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While Atmosphere may have been quiet the last few months they definitely haven't been idle. They've been busy recording an EP to coincide with the release of long time friend and Atmosphere documentarian Dan Monick's book. The book spans over seven years of Atmosphere history and will be available later this fall. Slug talks about the two projects on RSE Radio which you can listen to over at Rhymesayers.com/Radio. Speaking of RSE Radio you can now catch Slug every Saturday night from 9PM-11PM CST on RSE Radio as he joins Siddiq to co-host each week. Tune in to 90.3FM Minneapolis & 106.7FM St. Paul or you can listen online at KFAI.org
The band added two new members to the family recently. Slug welcomed his new son into the world and Erick the keyboard player is now the proud father of a baby girl!
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DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - The stunning eco-chic Hotel Arista brings a perfect balance of urban modernism & luxurious appointments to Chicago's west suburbs. Featuring 144 residential-style guest rooms & suites, signature restaurant SugarToad and 10,000 square feet of elegant meeting space.
Hotel Arista at CityGate Centre
144 total rooms. 20 suites. Lounge. Valet/laundry. Business center. Exercise facilities. Room service. Comfort meets convenience with touch control lighting, wireless internet and a mini bar custom stocked to your personal preferences. Marble bathrooms feature separate frosted glass showers and variety mirror with built in TV screens. With the best of Naperville right outside our doors, you can enjoy everything from eclectic dining to entertainment and first-class shopping.
This landmark hotel is a unique blend of old-world grandeur with modern-day luxuries and timeless service. Elegant 53 guest rooms. Magnificent two-story ballroom with stunning glass floor. Upscale dining. Elaborate meeting rooms.
CITY:St. Charles
Boutique all-suite hotel features the "Phi" Bistro & Bar with a full-service Starbucks coffee bar through the "We Proudly Brew" program and room service for breakfast and dinner, indoor heated pool, 24-hour fitness center, 24-hour business center and wireless Internet access. Guest suites are 25% larger than standard hotel room & include 32" flat-panel TV, MP3-player alarm clocks, spa-inspired showers, sofa sleepers (most suites) and work desks with smart lamps. Within 1 mile of over 200 stores, fine and casual dining and much more.
CITY:Vernon Hills
Minutes from O'Hare International Airport, Hotel Indigo Chicago-Schaumburg North provides convenient access to downtown Chicago by car or rail. This Schaumburg hotel offers breathtaking décor, an inviting lobby and social areas to relax, a quick service bistro for cutting edge cuisine, and fresh and modern meeting rooms for your business or social event. Hotel Indigo Schaumburg is pet friendly.
Howard Johnson Hotel in Addison has two meeting room. The largest is 500 sq.ft., Smoking rooms available; continental breakfast included in rate; free shuttle to/from O'Hare airport; free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly.
Howard Johnson Inn & Suites - Elk Grove Village
Have fun on your getaway at Howard Johnson Inn and Suites Elk Grove Village O'Hare hotel. Just 30 minutes from downtown and five miles from Rivers Casino in Rosemont, you are going to love how close our Elk Grove Village hotel near Arlington Park Race Track is to the most prized attractions the Windy City has to offer. O'Hare Airport is less than 10 miles away.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
All-suite, luxury property with fully-equipped kitchens. Complimentary breakfast, evening reception, high-speed internet, indoor pool, fitness center, and sports court. Studio suites, one and two bedroom suites as well as spa suites.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - 316 suite-sized guestrooms, perfect for leisure or business travel. Health club, indoor pool, whirlpool, sauna, 13,000 sq. ft. of meeting/expo space, restaurant, and lounge.
Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus
Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus has 218 newly renovated, luxurious guest rooms, modern conference facilities, superb dining, recreational facilities, plus 47,000 sq. ft. of state of the art meeting space with seven tiered floor auditoriums.
CITY:Oak Brook
All suite accommodations, includes complimentary continental breakfast, indoor pool & fitness center.
CITY:Hoffman Estates
The Hyatt Place Schaumburg is a hotel that puts style, innovation and The Hyatt Touch® within reach. Located in the heart of Schaumburg, across the street from popular attractions such as Woodfield Mall & IKEA, 15 minutes from O'Hare Airport and only 40 minutes from downtown Chicago. Our guests will enjoy a spacious guestroom with a 42 inch flat-panel HDTV, our signature Hyatt Grand Bed™, a plush Cozy Corner oversized sofa-sleeper that is separated from the sleeping area and complimentary Internet access. We also recommend our guests take advantage of our heated indoor swimming pool, state of the art fitness center, and complimentary shuttle service within a 5 mile radius. Guests enjoy a free continental breakfast along with Seattle's Best® coffee and can purchase hot breakfast entrees. We also offers a variety of freshly prepared items which guests can order 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Host a business meeting or elegant social even in our 3000 square feet of flexible meeting space.
Contemporary decor with stylish furnishings including divided living and sleeping areas, two double plush Hyatt Grand Beds™, state-of-the-art media and work center with a 42" flat-panel high-definition television that easily integrates with laptops and other electronic devices, an over-sized Cozy Corner sofa-sleeper, wet/dry bar and bathroom vanity with granite counter tops. Enjoy complimentary hotel-wide WiFi and continental breakfast buffet.
Hyatt Place Chicago/Lombard/Oak Brook
Intimate coffee/wine cafe, freshly prepared menu items available 24hrs, high definition plasma flat screen TVs with plug & play technology, Hyatt Grand beds, heated indoor pool & fitness room. Close to many restaurants, shopping, and major hwys.
Hyatt Place Chicago/Naperville/Warrenville
Designed for the busy lifestyle of today's multi-tasking, business traveler, Hyatt Place provides casual hospitality in a well-designed, high-tech and contemporary environment. Signature features include a coffee and wine bar and 24-hour guest kitchen.
In the heart of Chicago's prestigious North Shore, Hyatt offers suite-size guest rooms, state of the art StayFit health club, indoor lap pool, hot tub, hi-speed wireless internet access & more. Easy on-off access at I-294 and Lake Cook Road. Convenient to O'Hare International Airport and close to Ravinia Festival, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Cuneo Museum, shopping, the Metra train station to downtown Chicago and many other attractions. Please visit the website for more details.
Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Chicago
Located steps from Woodfield Shopping Center, the Hyatt Regency Woodfield-Schaumburg's new hotel design incorporates earth tones to enhance creativity, productivity and energy. 470 guest rooms and suites offer hi-tech features including 37" flat panel television, iHome docking station, wireless internet access and in-room safes, while over 30,000 square feet of meeting and event space is a deal for groups of 10 to 1000. Enhance your mind, body and soul in our Stay Fit fitness center with lap pool, cardiovascular equipment and free weights, or simply relax in the seasonal outdoor pool and hot tub. Fresh 1800 restaurant entrees are prepared with only the freshest ingredients. Many herbs and vegetables are harvested seasonally from the Chef's own garden. Ranked in the top twenty for guest satisfaction for Hyatt Hotels, the Hyatt Regency Woodfield-Schaumburg's unparalleled service, upscale amenities and dining venues will create a memorable hospitality experience.
This 206-room hotel offers the newly renovated Networks Restaurant & Lounge (which features a patio) and complimentary airport shuttle. Hyatt is close to the new Rivers Casino, Allstate Arena and Rosemont Theatre.
Guests will discover the comforts of a world-class boutique hotel in this six-room operation on the College of DuPage campus. The Inn's eco-friendly design includes French doors overlooking a lavishly manicured landscape and floor-to-ceiling windows.
CITY:Glen Ellyn
InterContinental Chicago O'Hare
This luxury 556-room hotel features an impressive collection of international art, The Montrose Room live music club, and dining at Bistro Museo, The Capital Grille and McCormick & Schmick's. The hotel is within walking distance of the Rosemont Theatre, and close to Rivers Casino and Allstate Arena.
InTown Suites - Chicago Northwest - Elk Grove Village
Our Elk Grove Village temporary housing location offers: fully furnished efficiencies, complete kitches, free high-speed Internet, premium TV lineup, guest laundry facility, weekly housekeeping, included utilities, low weekly rates, no lease required.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Find your next home away from home at the InTown Suites extended-stay property in Villa Park, where apartment-style rooms with many amenities await. Situated in close proximity to all the area has to offer.
CITY:Villa Park
Jameson Suites - Arlington Heights
Free hot/cold breakfast buffet, also Japanese breakfast items, Japanese TV and newspapers, free WiFi, whirlpool. Extended stays welcome. King & Double/Double bed rooms with sofa sleeper. Executive Suites available.. Complimentary O'Hare shuttle and shuttle provided in a 5 mile radius. Work-out facility plus complimentary Health Club passes. New Dreamium Bedding. Renovation 2008-2009. Next to Mitsuwa Marketpalce.
CITY:Arlington Heights
A vintage bed and breakfast in Evanston's lakefront district, Janet's Place is located in a tranquil neighborhood close to shops, restaurants and public transportation. Northwestern University, beaches and Evanston's city center are just blocks away.
Relax and unwind at Kohler Waters Spa at Burr Ridge.
CITY:Burr Ridge
La Quinta Inn - Chicago/O'Hare Airport
The La Quinta Inn Chicago O'Hare Airport is just minutes northwest of O'Hare International Airport (ORD). We are the perfect destination for business visitors to United Airlines Training Center (2 mi), Elk Grove Village Industrial Business Park, Allstate Arena (3 mi).
CITY:Elk Grove Village
La Quinta Inn - Hoffman Estates
A great place to unwind. Rooms have enhanced lighting and expanded bathrooms. King plus rooms offer recliners. Free local calls. Children uner 18 free in parent's room.
CITY:Hoffman Estates
La Quinta Inn & Suites Bolingbrook
Guests are offered a deluxe hot breakfast, 24-hour fitness center, indoor pool/whirlpool. All guest rooms have free hi-speed wireless internet, microwave and refrigerator. Two-room suites available.
La Quinta Inn Chicago/Oakbrook Terrace
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - 150 gold-medal rooms with 25" TV, in-room coffee, iron/ironing board, voicemail, dataport phones, complimentary continental breakfast, and on-site workout room.
CITY:Oakbrook Terrace
La Quinta Inn Chicago/Willowbrook
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - 130-room hotel with fitness center. In-room coffee maker, hair dryer, iron/ironing board, 25" TV, voicemail and dataport phones. Free local calls, USA Today and breakfast bar.
Featuring 99 spacious guest rooms. Continental deluxe breakfast, indoor pool, hot tub, and exercise room Meeting spaces available. Wirelss high speed internet. Pets are welcome.
LaQuinta Inn & Suites - Bannockburn
Unwind at La Quinta Inn & Suites with complimentary breakfast, swimming pool, whirlpool, fitness center, Club Room and more. Enjoy our oversized rooms and upscale accommodations complete with in-room coffee maker, refrigerator, microwave, and high-speed wireless internet access.
Lynfred Winery Bed and Breakfast
Lynfred Winery's lavish and elegant bed and breakfast suites are designed to represent French, Italian, German and turn-of-the-century American Vineyards. Escape to another world without leaving the country!
As warm as a European Inn, as charming as an English bed & breakfast, the Margarita is a treasure trove of historic vintage charm. Tastefully furnished with antiques, each one of the 41 guestrooms is unique. Featuring Va Pensiero, a North Shore favorite.
A full service resort, located on 175 naturally wooded acres of Chicago's North Shore, offering an ideal setting for retreat-style meetings, romantic getaways, weddings and fun-for-the-whole-family vacations or reunions. Enjoy the 18-hole PGA championship golf course, award-winning Marriott Theatre, tennis club, along with several on-site restaurants, a lounge and Starbucks. While staying in one of the 383 rooms or 6 suites, enjoy a swim in the indoor or outdoor pool, work out in the fully equipped fitness center and relax in the whirlpool. There are also 26 meeting rooms totaling 40,000 sq ft. available for any planned event.
Marriott Residence Inn Deerfield
Newly renovated extended stay hotel. Offering 3 suite options: studios, penthouses & 2 bedroom suites. All have full kitchens however, a daily complimentary full breakfast buffet and light dinner is available. Internet access, grocery shopping service.
Marriott Suites Chicago Deerfield
his hotel features 248 suites with a private parlor room separated by French doors. Suites include a spacious bedroom with a separate living area with sleeper sofa, wet bar, microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, Plug-In Panel to connect your laptop, iPod
This hotel features suites with a private parlor room separated by French doors. Suites include a spacious bedroom with a separate living area with sleeper sofa, wet bar, microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, Plug-In Panel to connect your laptop, iPod and camera to the 32" LCD, HD flat-screen TV and in-room movies. Enjoy the fitness center, indoor/outdoor pools, sauna and fitness trails. Enjoy a delightful dining experience with friendly service, great food and an extensive menu in the Basil's Bistro, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, located within the hotel, also offering room service. There are also 6 meeting rooms with 9,000 sq. ft. of flexible event space.
Distinctive boutique-like setting with 254 suites, each featuring two unique living areas. With over 3,300 square feet of meeting space and a convenient location at I-88 and I-355, this hotel offers the perfect setting for both business and pleasure.
CITY:Downers Grove
119 rooms, located within walking distance of Chicago Premium Outlets and just off I-88. Amenities include free local calls, kids stay free, pet-friendly rooms and free morning coffee. Coin laundry, Wi-Fi and truck parking available. See their web site for rates and availability.
Newly Renovated Hotel! Offers complimentary breakfast, wireless internet, business center, fitness center, local calls, and USA Today newspaper to all guests! Call now and book your stay!
Motel 6 - Chicago/ Arlington Heights
All new rooms. Completely renovated Motel 6 from top to bottom. Flat screen TV's and all new furnishings. Located just off I-90 on West Algonquin Road. Woodfield Mall - 3 miles. Complimentary morning coffee WiFi available in all rooms. Motel 6 offers clean comfortable rooms and great service at the lowest price of any national chain.
CITY:Arlington Heights
All rooms recently renovated. Outstanding location near the intersection of Oakton Street and Higgins Road. O'Hare Airport - 8 miles. Allstate Arena - 5 miles. Complimentary morning coffee. WiFi available in all rooms. Motel 6 offers clean comfortable rooms and great service at the lowest price of any national chain.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Motel 6 - Chicago/Rolling Meadows
Located just off Highway 53 North in the hear of the Rolling Meadows business district. Arlington Park Racecourse - 1 mile, Woodfield Mall - 5 miles. Complimentary morning coffee, swimming pool. WiFi available in all rooms. Motel 6 offers clean comfortable rooms and great service at the lowest price of any national chain.
CITY:Rolling Meadows
Affordable, budget motel with quality sleeping rooms. Centrally located for easy access to attractions, restaurants and shopping.
CITY:Villa Park
Motel 6 Chicago North - Glenview
The promise of the best price in any national chain and a clean, comfortable room. Featuring 111 rooms, this motel is 8 miles from O'Hare International Airport. Pets are allowed. Guests will enjoy complimentary morning coffee, free local calls and expanded cable.
Limited service hotel located adjacent to O'Hare Airport with 24 hour complimentary shuttle van service, wireless internet, extended continental breakfast, fitness room and guest laundry. Rooms: 107, Suites: 8
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Muirhead Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast
Private Master Suite surrounded by nearly 800 acres of prairie, this Frank Lloyd Wright designed home offers a private bath, historical artifacts, hearty country breakfasts and beautiful views.
Muirhead Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast
Private Master Suite. Surrounded by nearly 800 acres of prairie, this Frank Lloyd Wright designed home offers a private bath, historical artifacts, hearty country breakfasts and beautiful views.
This property has 31 guest rooms and 1 suite. Amenities include free parking, WiFi, microwave & refriferator availability, non-smoking rooms and rollaway beds.
North Aurora Hotel Inn and Suites
North Aurora Hotel has 120 comfortable, convenient guest rooms including King, Queen, Double and King Suites. Complimentary continental breakfast from 7 - 10 am every day. 24-hour front desk welcome center. Kitchenettes, free WiFi access and cable TV. Spacious free parking for up to 250 cars. Conveniently located right off I-88, Exit 117 at Rt. 31. Minutes from Chicago Premium Outlets, Hollywood Casino Aurora and the Aurora Transportation Center.
CITY:North Aurora
Oak Park Arms Retirement Community
The Oak Park Arms, a luxury hotel originally built in 1922, has a beautifully appointed ballroom and additional spaces available for special events. Residents choose from spacious apartments or single rooms. Independent, Assisted living, and short-term stay services are available. Our social life includes dances, performances, exercise, art, clubs and much more. Some events are open to the public. Our comfortable and convenient facility has been a retirement community for 30 years.
CITY:Oak Park
This historic building, a Colonial Williamsburg Revival, dates back to 1902. The Inn opened in 1988. It is decorated with antiques and collectables, giving the house a feeling of charm and delight. The Inn has eight bed-rooms, all unique and different, as well as several dining rooms and a glassed in Garden Room. Available for weddings, receptions, banquets, private parties, meetings, retreats and more!
With 473 luxurious guest rooms, two championship golf courses, a renowned spa, award-winning dining and entertainment, three pools and extensive meeting and conference facilities, Pheasant Run hotel in St Charles IL is the perfect setting. And, while you're getting that special spa treatment or enjoying a romantic dinner or play, your children can have a great time in our Kid's Klub. This special program offers supervised activities for children ages 3 to 11 years. Activities include playing games, watching movies, and making crafts to take home. Plus, every Saturday you can visit the craft corner where Mom and Dad can join in on the fun and make some seasonal themed crafts with their kids. Board games are also available for check-out through the Activity Desk.
CITY:St. Charles
Diverse selection of spacious rooms and suites. Amenities: Business center, exercise room, indoor and outdoor pool, restaurants, lounges, comedy club, spa, golf course.
CITY:St. Charles
1042 guest rooms, IACC-Certified Space to 2000. Amenities: Business Center, Exercise Room, Lounge, Spa. No leisure guests-corporate and association meetings only.
CITY:St. Charles
Complimentary breakfast, fitness center, high-speed internet access, leisure suites available, lots of extras!
Fifty-one rooms within walking distance of Fox Valley Mall and minutes from downtown Aurora, the Paramount Theatre, SciTech Hands-On Museum, Hollywood Casino, Two Brother's Roundhouse and antique shopping.
Located one block from shopping, complimentary hot breakfast buffet, evening beverages, and high-speed internet access. All rooms with microwaves and refrigerators.
122 guest rooms, Amenities: Business Center, Exercise Room, Outdooe Pool, Complimentary Hot Breakfast. Pet friendly - charges apply.
CITY:St. Charles
Quality Inn & Conference Center - Burr Ridge
122 room hotel. Indoor pool/whirlpool, exercise room, restaurant, lounge, guest laundry, local/airport shuttle & 7000 sq. ft. meeting/banquet space. Amenities: in-room coffee, iron/ironing board, hair dryer, voicemail/dataport phones & VCR.
CITY:Burr Ridge
An upscale limited service property. Free high speed internet in all rooms, free enhanced continental breakfast, lobby business center and a variety of room types including whirlpool & fireplace suites.
Radison Hotel Chicago O'Hare Airport
The Radisson Hotel Chicago O'Hare in Des Plaines is located less than two miles from Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Rivers Casino and provides spacious, well-appointed hotel rooms and convenient amenities, including a complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle. This hotel in Chicago O'Hare area offers you the perfect location near all major expressways, including I-90, I-290, I-294 and I-55, has plenty of parking space for hotel guests and is within walking distance of great restaurants and shopping. The Radisson Hotel Chicago O'Hare boasts a wide range of additional complimentary services to enhance your stay, such as a Business Center, Fitness Center and seasonal outdoor pool. Choose the Radisson Hotel Chicago O'Hare and see what sets us apart from other Chicago O'Hare hotels.
CITY:Des Plaines
This 467 room hotel features newly renovated guest rooms, meeting rooms and public space. Located in Rosemont, the hotel is two miles from O'Hare Airport, adjacent to the Allstate Arena and just minutes from the Stephens Convention Center.
A full service hotel just 9 miles from O'Hare Int. Airport and 20 minutes from Downtown. All guest rooms have Select Comfort Sleep Number Beds.
Ramada Inn & Suites - Glendale Heights
This 82-room Gold Key property prides itself as the perfect venue for business & leisure travel, meetings and family events. Discover numerous guest room options and over 7,000 sq ft of flexible function space backed by a seasoned catering staff.
CITY:Glendale Heights
The staff at the Ramada Bolingbrook is committed to providing guests a level of service that is still old-fashioned and personal. Whether your travel plans take you across the country or across the street, you will feel at home.
Indoor pool, hot tub, Jacuzzi suites.
Full-service aiport property offering newly-renovated Plaza guest rooms and all those amenities geared towards the corporate business traveler.
This is a fully renovated Inn located in the beautiful North Shore suburbs features complimentary gourmet coffee to all our guests 24 hours a day, complimentary access to Bally Total Fitness for guests 18 and older, free USA Today and we are conveniently located/adjacent to shopping and restaurants. Family restaurants adjacent to hotel deliver to your door. Our renovated meeting room holds up to 30 people.
Red Roof Inn Chicago - Northbrook/Deerfield
Nestled in the northern suburbs of Chicago, you'll find Red Roof Chicago Northbrook Deerfield. This hotel is conveniently close, within 3 miles, of Allstate, Baxter, Caremark and Underwriters Laboratories, as well as the Chicago Botanic Gardens and the Ravinia Festival. This Red Roof is renovated with all new rooms, contemporary furniture, new bathrooms with granite countertops, a comfortable easy chair, a conference room, coin laundry, an elevator, and more.
Red Roof Inn Chicago - O'Hare Airport
In a terrific suburban Chicago location, Red Roof Chicago-O'Hare Airport/Arlington Heights is conveniently located off of I-90, just 2 miles from Woodfield Mall, 4 miles from Arlington Park Raceway, 6.8 miles from O'Hare Airport, 7 miles from Allstate Arena, 8 miles from Rosemont Arena, and near many restaurants and shops. All rooms offer free WiFi. Superior and Deluxe rooms offer microwave & refrigerator. Free coffeehouse-style coffee and tea in the lobby. This location offers premium channels including ESPN and HBO.
CITY:Arlington Heights
This is a newly renovated location with all new rooms, contemporary furniture, new bathrooms with granite countertops, a comfortable easy chair and more.
CITY:Downers Grove
119 renovated-room hotel, turn down service, 6 blends of different coffee, pet friendly, handicap accessible rooms. Close to restaurants, shopping and businesses. Conveniently located off I-88 Tollway.
With newly renovated rooms, this 100% Smoke Free Red Roof Inn is located just 21 miles southwest of Downtown Chicago with easy access to METRA commuter trains and less than 20 minutes from Midway Airport. We offer a great suburban location close to restaurants, shopping at Oak Brook Center and IKEA, and entertainment at the Burr Ridge Village Center. All rooms offer free WiFi, free local calls, and free long distance calling in the continental US. This location offers On Command Video with a selection of free TV channels, pay-to-view premium channels and movies. One well-behaved family pet per room is welcome.
Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel
Awarded the prestigious AAA 4 Diamond award, this luxury North Shore Hotel is home to Ruth's Chris Steak House and Pancetta's Regional Kitchen + Bar and located near many Fortune 500 companies, Northwestern University, Chicago Botanic Garden, Ravinia Festival, world-class restaurants and great shopping malls. The hotel boasts 385 renovated guest rooms, an indoor pool, sun deck, and exercise room.
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel
Experience refined style where stunning modern design and architecture blend with impeccable service. Our 500 spacious rooms and suites offer imaginative & colorful décor. The 148,000 square feet of modern meeting space is perfect for all events.
Residence Inn by Marriot Deerfield
Residence Inn offers you magnificent accommodations that feel like home, whether it's for a night, a week or a long-term visit. Enjoy convenience to area businesses, the Botanic Gardens, Ravinia Festival and Six Flags Amusement Park. Start your day at this Marriott hotel in Deerfield IL with our complimentary breakfast buffet in our Gatehouse. Each suite at our Gurnee Mills mall hotel includes a fully equipped kitchen with full-size appliances. All Flatware, Chinaware, Glassware, pots, pans and utensils are provided for you. No time to shop? We will do it for you! Just drop off your shopping list and take advantage of our complementary grocery shopping service! Whether traveling for business or pleasure, our friendly and proficient staff at Residence Inn takes pride in offering you a great stay.
Residence Inn by Marriott Chicago Bloomingdale
96-room all-suite hotel includes fully equipped kitchens, living area, complimentary breakfast and evening socials from Monday-Thursday.
Residence Inn by Marriott Chicago Lombard
Residence Inn by Marriott Chicago-Lombard features 144 spacious suites, equipped with full kitchens, separate living areas and high speed internet access. Guests enjoy complimentary HomeTouch Breakfast and a weekday managers reception in our Gatehouse.
Residence Inn by Marriott Chicago Oak Brook
Residence Inn Oak Brook has 156 suites with separate living and sleeping areas and a fully equipped kitchen. Breakfast buffet is included daily, an evening reception is provided Mon-Thurs, with appetizers, beer, wine and sodas.
CITY:Oak Brook
Residence Inn by Marriott Chicago/Naperville/Warrenville
At the newly renovated Residence Inn Naperville/Warrenville, we combine all the comforts of home with Marriott's passion for making every guest feel welcome.
Residence Inn by Marriott- O'Hare/ Rosemont
The Residence Inn- O'Hare/ Rosemont is a 192 all suite property located 1½ mi. north of O'Hare Airport. Each suite includes fully equipped kitchens. O'Hare shuttle service is complimentary.
Residence Inn Chicago Lake Forest Mettawa
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Canada defeats Université Laval in exhibition men's volleyball matchQUEBEC CITY (November 9, 2012) – Canada's Full Time Training Centre Team defeated the Université Laval Rouge et Or 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18 in a men's volleyball exhibition match on Friday night at the PEPS.
Rudy Verhoeff of Calgary led the Canadian attack with 18 points (13 kills, three blocks and two aces). Chris Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., had 15 points and his brother Nicolas Hoag 14 points. The Hoags are the sons of Canadian national team coach Glenn Hoag.
''We had some ups and downs in the match,'' said Canada's FTC head coach Vincent Pichette. ''Our players are working very hard right now and are following a demanding physical program. We had some strong moments in the first and fourth sets and I was pleased with how we regrouped after dropping the second. We need to keep working on our consistency and execution.''
For Laval, Tommy Bélisle, a national junior team member, led the charge with 10 points while Frédéric Mondou added nine.
''We battled hard,'' said Laval's head coach Pascal Clément. ''We lacked finish near the end of the match and didn't put enough pressure on our opponents.''
Canada's FTC team heads south to play Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or on Saturday.


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Why Not Use IIHF-Sized Rinks?
JP Nikota
July 04 2012 11:37AM
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At first blush, this idea made all the sense in the world to me; I felt that it had the potential to fix so many of the NHL's current woes. Maybe the league wouldn't have to be constantly changing rules if it could just increase the ice surface.
I know what you're thinking: this was an unrealistic prescription from the get-go. The NHL would never expand its ice surfaces. Teams would lose important rows of expensive seats, and sight lines might be ruined in the upper bowls. The short-term cost of renovations would be steep, and the long-term loss of revenue from seats would be unpalatable to owners, many of whom are already in tight to keep their teams in the black.
But I'd like to focus on what it might actually do to the game itself, for a moment. I've taken to examining what European statistics I can get, and have enlisted the help of European hockey journalist Risto Pakarinen (@puckarinen).
I've broken down the potential benefits of expanding NHL ice surfaces into thee broad (but ultimately interconnected) categories: scoring, hitting/injuries, and game flow.
If the Competition Committee had one overarching aim, it was to alter the rules of the NHL so as to increase scoring. Things like player safety have seen half-committed efforts to affect change, but I'd rather scrap, for example, the trapezoid behind the net and just increase the size of the rink if it'd help scoring.
The simplest way to check this is to look at goal per game totals across the four largest leagues. All data is from the 2011-12 season in each league.
Average Goals Per Game
It should be noted that the Finnish league, SM-Liiga, doesn't use a set standard for rink size. Most rinks in the league fall somewhere between the North American and European standards.
The long and the short of this? The only league to score even slightly less is one of the leagues that actually does use IIHF-size rinks - Elitserien.
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that the NHL's European counterparts find the back of the net any more frequently, so there isn't even a correlation to investigate.
The NHL has been very clear that it does not want to compromise or diminish the physical aspect of the game any more than is absolutely necessary. It's easy to see why: there is a large contingency of fans that love big hits.
The thing is, if the NHL were really serious about reducing head injuries (or any other injuries for that matter) they'd probably be looking to cut back the level of physical play. Do the owners need incentive to do this? Well, aside from protecting multi-million dollar assets, they could theoretically extend the season and see more cash from extra games. If the game isn't doesn't exact such a physical toll, then why not, right?
Now, it seems logical to me that a larger ice surface might give players a little more time with the puck, and maybe we'd see a reduction in injuries and/or hitting. Perhaps players could be more judicious doling out the hits if a misstep would put them much further away from the play. If the league put less emphasis on hitting and more on skating, we might even see a drop in the number of Colton Orrs around the league.
In this case, however, the numbers say one thing, and the experts say another.
The only European league to record hits is Elitserien (a.k.a. the Swedish Elite League), and last season their players hit at approximately half the rate of their NHL counterparts. In Sweden, the average player administered 0.63 hits per game, while in North America, the figure was 1.26 hits per game.
There are some problems with this method of evaluation, of course. For starters, it's only one season's worth of data. Secondly, hits are a notoriously unreliable stat to record, and there's no way of telling how consistent the records are in Sweden, and no way of telling how their recording strategies differ from those in the NHL.
Furthermore, Finnish journalist Risto Pakarinen believes that the style of hockey being played in Sweden, for example, is becoming increasingly North-Americanized, and that hitting is becoming a larger part of the game:
"Even the new national team coach is a subscriber to a straightforward style of hockey, with aggressive forechecking and pucks to the net, which means that the play in the other zones also changes. That's one reason, another is just the fact that the NHL is the career goal to most people in Europe, and the third, what I think is the cyclical nature of hockey trends."
It's also important to note that the Swedish league had its own concussion 'epidemic' last season. "I'd guess that, prorated over an 82-game schedule, there are the same amount of injuries," Pakarinen said.
At this point, it's impossible to separate the cultural effects on hitting in the game, and the more concrete factors like rink size. In short, it's too difficult to draw a useful connection between rink size and injuries.
Pakarinen had this to say:
"I think it's a little bit of a question of a chicken and egg. Finnish hockey is more aggressive, and there's more hitting, regardless of the size of the rink. Finns have smaller rinks because they want to see more hitting. Swedish Elitserien playoff hockey is as intense as any. That said, I'm sure the rink size adds to it."
Last, but I suppose not least, fans love big hits, and anything that took away from what we've got now would probably be unpopular.
Game Flow
I'm surely not the only person to be fed up with the kvetching over the shot-blocking bonanza that was the New York Rangers' recent playoff run. There is also, as you are all of course aware, still plenty of wailing about the use of the dreaded "trap". Still others bemoan the death of run'n gun hockey, when players could actually carry the puck over the blue line. Now? Chip and chase. Chip and chase.
Wouldn't some extra room out there help these kinds of issues? It seems like it'd be significantly harder to take away skating room if you have to take more away. It must be harder to block shots if you have to block a larger area. Right?
As I understand it, the trap continues to work exceptionally well in Europe, with no real room to breathe. Need a familiar example? Canadian fans should remember well the number that the Swiss National Team did at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
"The teams can, and do, trap in Europe just as well. Whatever trends there are, whether hockey is offensive or defensive, the same trends can be seen in Europe," said Pakarinen.
The confusing thing about all of this is that in short, yes, there is more fluid puck movement in European leagues. Teams are more loathe to relinquish possession of the puck, and so, for example, forwards are content to pass back to defenders if they approach the opponents' blue line and don't find skating room:
"I don't mind seeing the puck returned back to the D in the neutral zone and all that. But yes, I do think the European game is more flowing than the North American game. I do think it's mostly [a difference in hockey] culture, because you can see that changing in Sweden these days."
Despite my early assumptions, it seems that expanding the NHL's ice surface would have few of the desired effects. At least, it would be difficult to expect any particular changes. Hockey coaches and players are constantly finding new ways to use systems, and there is no way to predict how North American hockey culture would make use of the extra skating room.
The one thing that people don't get about the big rinks is that you still generally score from the same areas of the ice as you don on the small rinks.
Yeah, there's a lot more open space, but none of it is actually dangerous ice. As a defenceman, I'm not going to play wider on you on a 2 on 2, I'm going to play in the same basic spot as I would on the smaller rink.
The one advantage is that there is more room in the offensive zone to maintain possession... but that also comes at the price of that when you are winning the game, it's easier to rag the puck and keep it away from the opposition, which in a way could keep scoring down.
July 04 2012, 12:18PM
The one thing that people don't get about the big rinks is that you still generally score from the same areas of the ice as you don on the small rinks.
Yeah, there's a lot more open space, but none of it is actually dangerous ice. As a defenceman, I'm not going to play wider on you on a 2 on 2, I'm going to play in the same basic spot as I would on the smaller rink.
The one advantage is that there is more room in the offensive zone to maintain possession... but that also comes at the price of that when you are winning the game, it's easier to rag the puck and keep it away from the opposition, which in a way could keep scoring down.
As a result, the puck spends a lot more time on the wall, correct? The offensive team doesn't want to give up possession and the defensive team doesn't want to give up position.
I've never really thought of the IIHF game as a terrific improvement, the comments from Pakarinen seal my interpretation.
A lot of fans would probably sour on the big ice if they watched a few SEL games.
July 04 2012, 01:33PM
@Cam Charron
The other thing is that NA hockey fans are usually only exposed to the larger ice during best on best international play. With high caliber players in a small sample size the hockey might look more exciting but with regular teams over an 82 game schedule I doubt it would look the same.
@JP Nikota
Yeah, there's more flow, but it's all to the outside. It basically replaces the 3 man cycle that dominates the North American game.
I think you'd see an instant change in the NHL, but within a couple of seasons NHL coaches would adjust and we'd be back to finding ways to add more offense to the game.


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Huntley Outlet Center offers over 40 brand name retailers at 25% to 65% off every day, including Mikasa, Reebok/Rockport Outlet Store, BOSE Factory Outlet, The Gap, Carter's and much more.
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The computer maker unveils specially optimized tablet and smartphone sites.
Kevin Woodward
With more consumers using smartphones and tablets, mobile commerce is on the rise—and computer maker Dell Inc. wants to be in the middle of it. That's why Dell has created its first tablet-optimized catalogs and smartphone mobile commerce sites for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, all of which are available now.
Dell's timing is right, as a recent survey from consulting firm Deloitte LLC found that 68% of smartphone owners plan to use their devices for holiday shopping this year.
The digital catalogs, including a Gift Guide issue, reside on Dell.com and use the HTML5 programming language so that any consumer, regardless of the mobile browser he's using, can view them, says Brandon McGee, director of mobile for Dell globally. The catalogs use artwork from the print versions, but formatted for the web, he says.
For example, taking advantage of mobile touchscreens, consumers can tap an item in the digital catalog to learn more about it via a pop-up box. A tap on the Customize or Buy buttons in that box links a consumer to the product detail page for the item on the e-commerce site, where the consumer can then make a purchase.
Mobile marketing firm Joule helped Dell create the tablet-optimized catalogs.
The sites for Black Friday, the busy shopping day after Thanksgiving, and Cyber Monday, the Monday after that which is one of the busiest online shopping days, feature countdown timers. When the clock reaches zero, consumers will be able to visit Dell's mobile commerce sites set up specifically for these two shopping events, McGee says. The sites are located at Dell.com/BlackFriday and Dell.com/CyberMonday.
McGee says Dell's promotional efforts include marketing messages on Dell.com, e-mail, social media, print and paid media. Some ads will feature bar codes, such as Quick Response codes, that consumers can scan using apps on their smartphones to visit Dell's mobile commerce sites.
And while McGee would not share data about traffic or conversion rates for consumers using tablets and smartphones, he says the volume of that traffic has increased dramatically over the last couple of years.


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Managing Holiday Stress
It's that time of year again. Shopping malls and parking lots everywhere are filled to capacity with hurried shoppers and oversized SUVs, and you're expected to brave the crowds just to ensure your wallet feels the holiday pinch? With the turkey in the refrigerator back home, the cookies yet to be baked, and your hyper-critical mother-in-law on her way, you have neither the time nor the energy to do it all by yourself. Here are some easy strategies to help you get organized and actually enjoy your holiday season.
Scale back a little
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This week, the state of Michigan passed and Governor Rick Snyder signed into law new right-to-work legislation. The two measures ban unions from requiring workers to pay membership dues. The tactics employed by supporters to pass the measures show they have learned from recent efforts. The measures were attached to an appropriations bill, which exempts it from being taken to a referendum. The measures also exclude firefighters and police, groups that were critical in overturning similar measures in Ohio. The right-to-work effort underway in a number of states also demonstrates the power of conservatives at the state level, despite the Republican loss in the presidential election. Last week, Sophia Lee, an assistant professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, presented a chapter on her forthcoming book at the Miller Center's GAGE Colloquium. Lee's new book provides insight into the current situation by examining the history of two important and powerful, but competing movements since the 1930s – the civil rights movement and the right-to-work movement. Her book explains why the state action doctrine survived the civil rights and conservative revolutions, and explores the implications of this history for the workplace and beyond. The thriving right-to-work movement at the state level today has its roots in the 1940s. Though it hasn't always been politically successful, the right-to-work movement has been deeply intertwined with the conservative and anti-New Deal movement. Lee documents one of the earliest conservative efforts to apply the Constitution to the workplace. In 1944, Hollywood impresario and showman, Cecil B. deMille brought a lawsuit to the court challenging the constitutionality of a one-dollar fee levied on him by his union. Lee notes that this was the first of many campaigns to pass a right-to-work law banning mandatory support for unions in the state of California. According to Lee: Like the black railroad workers of his day, deMille struggled to articulate why the Constitution reached his workplace. To say he was unsuccessful would be an understatement. The California courts found his claim near incomprehensible. But deMille was not deterred. He spent the rest of the 1940s building a foundation to champion the right-to-work and taking his constitutional theories to the prominent public pulpits at his disposal. In the 1950s, right-to-work advocates, with the help of deMille, formed their first organizations dedicated to getting the Supreme Court to declare mandatory support for unions "in conflict with the Bill of Rights." Although the right-to-work movement won potentially promising precedent in the Supreme Court, it didn't achieve all that it had hoped for. It wasn't until the late 1970s that a vast majority of workers finally surmounted the state action hurdle when the federal court extended constitutional principles to workplaces governed by the National Labor Relations Act. In 1979, Harry Beck, a telephone company worker, won a federal district court ruling against the Communications Workers of America, arguing the union had violated his First Amendment rights by collecting agency fees beyond those "allocable to collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance adjustment." The right-to-work movement also achieved an important political triumph when the Republican Party pledged support for its efforts in its 1980 Party Platform: The Republican Party reaffirms its long-standing support for the right of states to enact "Right-to-Work" laws under section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. The political freedom of every worker must be protected. Therefore, the Republican Party strongly supports protections against the practice of using compulsory dues and fees for partisan political purposes. Yet, despite Ronald Reagan's election, right-to-work legal efforts were complicated by the administration's competing commitments to the Republican Party and a commitment to a strict construction of the Constitution. Lee examines the challenges to Beck's case and the role of the Reagan Justice Department in the Supreme Court's hearing of the case. While the right-to-work movement remained an important Republican constituency, according to Lee, constitutional politics in the Reagan administration placed the movement outside out of the conservative legal mainstream. Even in spite of historical setbacks, the right-to-work movement appears to be on the up-swing once again. This time around, rather than tactically focusing on the courts, its efforts center on targeting state legislatures. 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Save the date for this year's Pittsburgh Pirates Home Run 5K 10K and the Chick-fil-A® Family Fun Run, scheduled for Saturday, April 22, 2017. Please check back soon for more race details.
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Today saw the release of Zulu X-Ray, the latest EP from GDD homies Zedex (formerly ZX). The young British house duo have put out a stormer of a record, featuring guest vocals from Brooklyn based label-mate Sam Wilkes. This week we caught up with Jamie Graham and James Trayford of Zedex to talk about their new release, recent name changes, and dancing dirty. Here's how it played out…
GDD: Thanks for taking the time to chat guys. So starting from the top, how did ZEDEX come about?
James Trayford: We were at school in Peterborough together, but while there we'd both been playing in this electro-rock band called Cut This City, without much success. As our influences changed we started a side project, quickly becoming our main project, called ZX.
GDD: Why the recent name change from ZX to ZEDEX though?
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JT: …plus we're not as big as the games console or Citroen car yet!
GDD: What influenced your sound starting up, and who influences you now?
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Hi my name is, um..... Bob... yeah, Bob.
Hi, my name is Bob, and I'm a bank ninja. I've made nearly a hobby out of it. Find a guild that's a little loose in the first place, big enough to have some assets but thin enough on top to be looking for constructive help, work your way up over a month or two, gain some trust, and then cash in at 5 AM on a Tuesday. No telling how much money I've made. Got a bunch of mules, and even mules on my accomplices' accounts, for the sole purpose of pocket space for guild vault proceeds.
To be fair, though, I don't just rob guilds for the sake of robbing. I choose targets that have fundamental problems, and it started out over very legitimate grievances with leadership of the first couple guilds (first one decided a couple months after I merged a guild of about 60-80 people into it to move all its leadership into a major raiding guild, leaving the low-levels and new members adrift on empty promises--couldn't stop them from looting the guild of members, but I stopped them from looting it of stuff; second one had its leadership change servers). The later ones though--really, there's a sucker born every minute. If you're going to let some stranger have full access to your vault, you deserve to be robbed blind. And if you don't know my home phone number, I'm a stranger.
The absolutely most evil thing, though, would have to be deliberately robbing a corp leader of his entire membership body through a little misdirection and propaganda. After all, it was their choice to mutiny, not mine. Anyway, he quit playing... pity.
Mind controlling enemy players and making them swan dive into the lava. OR....
Playing a female woodelf Ranger in EQ named Piritien Pynk that wore hot pink armor...and having a Bard dude hang on me constantly. He thought I was a girl simply because I was playing a female character and flirted with me. The guy gave me stuff constantly...so I went with it. Was kind of sad...yet funny when I told him I was a guy. OR....
Not necessarily mean...maybe messed up and morbidly funny....running a lvl 1 Human Priest named Peteophile around Stormwind in WoW in his undies chasing after the little NPC children. I was bored after a month...gimme a break.
If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.
It was kinda fun in GW2 to watch someone die, and then take their monster kill.
Then I'd bend down and start rez'ing them. Just when the rez was almost complete, I'd stop it, and wander off leaving them still lying there.
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Probably train pulling in EQ on purpose. Face the facts.. without people like me it would have been a less dynamic experience!
Agree! It was more fun to me to avoid such trains successfully than when I died to them. Especially avoiding them in restricted space places.
Back in EQ there were so many ways to do mean things.
Money had weight. You could convert platinum into a ton of copper pieces. Hop on your mount so that it didn't weigh you down, then go give it to a begger. The begger could not move and if they did move, it was very slowly. And if they hit even a slight drop in terrain, they died from falling damage.
You would go get higher level weapons and give them to low level orcs in the noobie area. The orcs would actually equip the weapons. Then watch low level characters get one shotted.
There was a chest piece you could get in later levels that you could use to give to low level players. It really was a decent piece of twink gear but it had something like -50 or someting hitpoints. You give that to an orc. A new character kills and loots the chest piece. If they equipped it, they would die because new characters didnt have that many hit points. The best part was that when you looted your body, it would automatically equip the chest piece back.
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I told a guy straight what I thought of him and his player skills which caused him to quit and uninstall the game. But to be honest, my contribution was merely the proverbial "final nail in the coffin".
With no remorse.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
Hmm for me its got to be AoC launch, when the catacombs underneath Tortage was a pvp zone. Dark, narrow corridors, perfect for ganking. I was lurking down behind the ladder, out of sight as my Cimmerian Barbarian. I saw a Demonologist climb down and begin running down the corridor, I made quick work of him and that was that. However, he came back a few more times and I can't honestly remember how many times I killed him but by a fluke I fatalitied him, took his head off. That did it. He raged. But I felt guilty, because he was obviously a noob like me.
Besides that there was a time in WoW and I was in Stranglethorn Vale and I saw this couple of allies just questing, so I killed them, and I camped them, and I played a rogue which was even worse. Anyway eventually I get a whisper from a level 1 horde asking me politely please not to kill them anymore, as he just wants to quest with his girlfriend, I died a little inside and agreed that I would cause them no more troubles.
I feel like a Catholic at confession.
Originally posted by Aralith
Back in EQ there were so many ways to do mean things. Money had weight. You could convert platinum into a ton of copper pieces. Hop on your mount so that it didn't weigh you down, then go give it to a begger. The begger could not move and if they did move, it was very slowly. And if they hit even a slight drop in terrain, they died from falling damage. You would go get higher level weapons and give them to low level orcs in the noobie area. The orcs would actually equip the weapons. Then watch low level characters get one shotted. There was a chest piece you could get in later levels that you could use to give to low level players. It really was a decent piece of twink gear but it had something like -50 or someting hitpoints. You give that to an orc. A new character kills and loots the chest piece. If they equipped it, they would die because new characters didnt have that many hit points. The best part was that when you looted your body, it would automatically equip the chest piece back.
All that is awesome.
Where did all that fun stuff go? I don't care if it's mean.. rpg's should give you options like. It's more eventful for everyone.
Originally posted by dave6660
I shot a man in Jita, just to watch him die.
Nicely done
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
Originally posted by Zekiah
In UO you could stand next to a bank, have your bank box open, and then steal something from someone next to you, drop it in the bank box before guards kill you, and you'd have said item(s). I did this once and grabbed a guild hall key from some guy, he was VERY upset lol. I didn't keep it though, I was just having fun. Stealing isn't fun for me but messing around with a sandbox system like that is.
THIS^^ man i miss UO
Deleted a character in swg that was the owner of a guildhall Mall whit over two dozen vendors insite after deleting the guildhall (and thus deleting about 20+ vendors and the thousends of items on them)
I was in a bad mood that day..
I am not a very mean guy, I can only think of Random Arenas PvP in GW1... yeah I know its technically not an mmo.
I used to make extremely effective healers or extremely effective tanks or extremely evasive characters that could also teleport away, or extremely effective interrupts (to make the opponents feel completely useless) that prolongated the encounters sometimes a whole team vs me alone, sometimes until the timer reached its limit (that means that nobody wins / gets the points, after a long and difficult fight) by then the players probably hated me and they would rather /resign or logout everytime than endure another match with me in it. Also you could only make significative points for the RA title if you had 25 or 15 (I am not sure) consecutive wins, so it would be a total drag to get to fight one of my characters. XP
Why? because many players were offensive to me and others that were only learning and trying to have some fun and I wanted to make them suffer slow and painful / frustrating battles (the only ones enjoying those long battles were the same noobs that only wanted to have fun and didn't cared so much about the points).
I was considered a griefer in the early days of WoW. I would infiltrate the Orc capital, and destroy all the bankers, or the auction house guys. This was before the guards were so uber and they buffed them up and added stealth detecting npcs. In fact, some of these measures were at least in part due to my exploits on Argent Dawn.
Banker ganker was a nickname I was fond of. I believe for the most part I was hated to an unjustified extreme, though there were a couple instances where I would consider my activities 'mean'.
1. Ganking noobs on a PvP server, Dark Iron.
2. With the banker ganker, keeping auction house npcs dead for almost an hour.
3. Attacking a wyvern keeper (this was back when it was hard to get anywhere at low level without using them) before another player could use it. He was lower level, but sensing a chance to get me while I was fighting the keeper, he attacked and flagged himself. I vanished and then killed him. I then went back and killed the keeper before he could respawn.
4. Taking the guild to a Horde town and just occupying it, killing all npc's for a couple hours straight. I can see how that's mean.
Not all that mean, but in Warhammer I reveled in knocking people into lava to kill them in a PvP arena. It kind of became the only thing I cared about doing lol.
Originally posted by denshing
1: My guild in SWG made a ticket requesting help to fix a stuck statue at our city. The CSR (Customer service rep) Came a couple hours later, and the leader city warned him which flagged him for PVP if he didn't leave the city within a short period of time. He ended up being attackable and we griefed him and danced on his corpse. Needless to say we all got banned, but it was fun. 2: In Planetside, my friends outfit was doing mock gen drops/holds. I was on the opposite faction and CR5. I told my friend that I was on the way to the base they were practicing at. They were about to leave so I had my friend ask them to do another run because he felt they needed more training. They did this and I showed up in my cloaker, set my Orbital strike right above their galaxy. When they all loaded in I had already pressed the button and it was counting down. As it was going off I ran up to my friends computer and listened to all the members in TS screaming and yelling BAIL BAIL OH GOD BAIL as all but one of them blew up in a glorious fireball.
Haha! That was you?!?
I remember seeing that screenshot so many years ago on the forums.
Yeah, I've got one.
Playing BH in old time SWG during the Jedi vs BH wars.... one of the wrinkles to the system was, if a Jedi was killed, he either had a recorded death against the total number for permadeath in the early days (but these deaths degraded over time) or in later times, Jedi took a XP penalty hit on deaths, where XP deaths could go into the negative.
Either of those two circumstances, however, could be avoided if the Jedi was able to contact/pay/beg a master doctor to come and rez him/her before the 30 min clone timer expired and the Jedi auto-cloned to the nearest clone faciliy.
Well, I have always been one for treating people how they deserve. So, If I hunted down a Jedi back then, and was fortunate enough to win the fight (original Jedi were VERY powerful in pre-NGE swg) what I did next would depend on how the player behaved.
If the player fought a good fight, showed some skill, and didn't do all the trash talking leet speak, hate tell stuff that is so popular these days, I'd either let them go, or let them get rez'd with no interference or take the equivalent of the bounty fee to do either.
But if they were a hate kiddie, it was something else entirely.
Enter: The Wizard of OZ treatment.
If the Jedi was down, and had been a jerk/sore loser one of the things I did was drop a structure on the corpse of the Jedi waiting for the rez from of doctor. The structure of choice was an old "structures factory" because they had large geometry compared to other factory structures, could be set up on any planet, and only took up one lot.
If the doc could not see the Jedi, and stuck under a factory, the doc couldn't, it was an automatic trip to the cloner and "no Rez for you".
If I got hate tells before that, I got twice as many after.
In closing I won't say I did that many times, and certainly not a majority of times I achived a Jedi kill, but of those times that people did get "the building", each and every one deserved it for being a jerk.


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