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- Mori: "Now listen to me, Luis. I got a wager for you."
- Luis: "I ain't having no monster measuring contest with you, bro. I keep telling you I ain't into that creepy shit."
- ― Mori Kibbutz about to tell Luis Lopez about his deal
This Ain't Checkers is a mission in the episodic content The Ballad of Gay Tony, given to the protagonist Luis Fernando Lopez by Mori Kibbutz.
Mori explains to Luis that they must go to the Algonquin heliport to get onboard a helicopter. The two drive to the heliport in Mori's Buffalo, while Mori says that this competition is for "high roller cats" only. Upon arrival, they are given parachutes and are lifted up above South Algonquin, receiving instructions on the fundamentals of the race.
Once the cutscene ends, the player must pull the ripcord on the parachute and commandeer a boat idling at the dock below, near Happiness Island. After reaching a boat, the player must guide the boat through a series of checkpoints until they reach land in Westdyke. The player must then choose one of four cars, each equipped with nitro that must be skillfully used to drive to the finish line in Middle Park. Once the finish line is reached, a cutscene will play, ending with Mori making up excuses for why he lost, going so far as to say someone sabotaged his car.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
- Get in the car.
- Go to the heliport.
- Get in a boat.
- Drive to shore.
- Get in a car.
- Drive to the finish line.
100% Objectives
Complete the mission in 7:30
Take 0% Damage
Land in one of the boats after freefalling.
Was always in first for the duration of the race.
Video Walkthrough
- When freefalling, make sure that you only release the parachute when you're in first place. Pulling the ripcord before being in first place will instantly deny the "Always First" scoring mark.
- The Bullet GT waiting at the final portion of the race has a unique lime green colour. After finishing the mission, you can take it to your safehouse to keep.
- If you take any other car than the red Buffalo, Mori will be seen driving that car because he owns it.
- This mission is the second opportunity in the game to get Mori's uniquely red Buffalo without failing the mission. The first chance is on the mission Kibbutz Number One.
- There is a glitch that will cause the final cutscene be completely skipped if you're reaching the goal with the nitro activated.


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You are a star for putting these sites on here i soooo need the help i am attemting to make a Boushh costume and there are so many bits i need so the help is fantastic Thank you x
You are a star for putting these sites on here i soooo need the help i am attemting to make a Boushh costume and there are so many bits i need so the help is fantastic Thank you x
i just noticed this and i won't feel bad saying "thanks" since it finally got stickied anyway.
a few new sites on there to me so thanks for getting this together
I mean no offence to any peticular member. This is just my general feeling.
For us Scandinavians (or Swedes rather) www.kinn.com has supplies for all your molding and casting needs.
Thanks for your input! Compiling often does make sense!
the Spaniards (or Portugueses... or whoever being near the Iberian peninsule) can find casting and molding supplies following the links above:
Thanks for the post. I agree that this was a needed post. I could hunt google forever for companies that sell supplies, and then if you buy from anything, it's a **** shoot if the company's any good. I've been looking forward to starting some props, but hesitant because I didn't know where to start. So thanks again.
I used to work for Searay Boats and these people always had what we were looking for materials or knowledge wise .
I thought id update, that I use ALUMILITE.COM exclusively now.
Their quality is head and shoulders above smoothon products. Every product I have used from them, has been top notch, and any problems I have had (That ended up being my fault) they took care of anyway.
I have molds that are 2 years old, that have been stored in freezing temperatures, that still make great pulls, and their resisn are MUCH less brittle.
I personally use both Reynolds Advanced Materials being there is a shop locally in Orlando and I also use Alumilite (http://www.alumilite.com) out of Kalamazoo Michigan... Which, Alumilite actually just sent me a box with almost a grand worth of stuff in it to try out... I'm sculpting a rather large Optimus Prime maquette as well as a set of Iron Man armor - Both places really are awesome. and as I am typing this I see the #33 post saying the same thing... Go me... LoL
I´ve found a Casio MQ-1 in German eBay!
sweet thanks for the info
I was hoping to contribute a little by adding a plastic supplier that I use. I have bought ABS and Sinra from them and picked up a few scrap pieces of other plastics to play with. They only sell full sheets but they are willing to work with people on the shipping. Yes, they sell to the public. Having differnent suppliers in different places gives people shipping choices. I haven't needed to ship form then since I live close but here they are,
5720 S. 40th Street
Suite 3
Phoenix, Arizona 85040
Toll Free: 800-829-4770
Phone: 602-437-1000
well done fix supply company for all molding, casting, make up needs.
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Boy I haven't been very active on these forums in so long.
Here is the supplier who is right by my shop and I buy most of my stuff from them. Karen is the owner and an awesome lady!
In fact Howard Senft aka Chewie15 on the rpf buys a lot from the sculpture depot too since he lives not too far away either
Tell her Cal at Far Away Creations recommended her! I doubt it'll get you a discount but for what it's worth
Outstanding list, Thanks!
Thank you so much for this! This is perfect for a newbie like me who is desperate need of direction!
Great post cheers, although I am in the uk it gives me a place to start as just been asked to make a replica sword from Spartacus
Thanks Bex
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wow! thanks for this..
Awesome this list is going to help a lot once I get started, thanks. evan4218
Local for me but also ships anywhere: The Compleat Sculptor, Inc.
Thanks. When I get out of Iraq this may come in very handy. How do I demand it remains a sticky?
Wow, this is very informitive. Thanks everyone
For any Aussies out there, these guys are in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, They deal with Silicones,foams,latex pretty much anything for moulding and casting.


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Bravo, Acer.
Performance is generally good, except when unlocking after sleeping. It takes a while for the CPU to catch up (I noticed the sluggishness and installed a CPU monitor to see if I was correct...now I need to find what's causing the slow down); however, once it does everything is considerably snappier.
It doesn't seem that Acer included any new or updated bundled software; however, I've also noticed that Windows navigates the USB attached devices more quickly and a problem I periodically had where certain folder would never show up seems to have been resolved.
I haven't had any problems with any application I use regularly, so, so far, I'd say that at least for me this was a very successful update.
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Wifi connects at home much faster.
Default browser seems smoother.
Have not tested battery life yet though.
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@poppyspoppy: I updated manually by downloading the update and installing it.
Please note that if you update by this method you do so at your own risk. SLD cannot be held responsible if you brick your tablet. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about but you never know.
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Seems good but haven't really explored fully.
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I did gind that ifI decrease the video qulaity the sync is much better, but it does seem ICS does not handle video as weel as HC or prior. I also have a gtablet, with half the memory and it plays video that ICS has problems with (e.g HBO2GO)
Have you tested other sources? The stream itself from gbtv.com could be slightly out-of-sync, and not an issue caused by the tablet.
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I've downloaded direct from Acer and it just says application not installed.
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|November 1st, 2012, 02:07 AM
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ever see a ghost?
I work mid-nights and listen to late night radio. Currently I'm listening to coast to coast am and since its holloween night plenty of ghost stories being told. so do you have any?
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I got 3, kind of. One from when I was a little kid, woke up in the middle of the night and looked out my bedroom window and saw, what I would describe today, as an apparition of some sort. Floating across our front lawn. Freaked me out, and didn't sleep the rest of the night. Can still see it in my head like it was yesterday.
The second was not a visible sighting, but I was visiting my great Aunt in Royal Oak about 25 yrs ago. She had an upstairs to her house that she rented out to a single woman who was away for the weekend. Middle of the evening my family is sitting around talking after dinner, and we hear what sounded like someone dropping a box of bricks on the floor, and then someone running across the floor upstairs with heavy footsteps. Then nothing. My dad called the cops because we thought someone broke in. He went upstairs to investigate before they got there and found everything locked up tight. The guys did their job upon arrival, and found the same thing. Nothing out of place, no broken windows, or unlocked locks. Completely unexplainable.
The last has happened at my parents house 3, maybe 4 times. I have seen it one of these times. They have a bookshelf in their living room, near the entrance to their foyer/mud room and it collects wallets, keys, etc. What happens is, an item sitting on a shelf will just come falling of, and end up like 5 feet horizontally away from the bookcase. Now I can understand if something is precariously perched, and just happens to fall cause a truck went by or whatever, fall off, and be next to the bookshelft within a foot or so after a bounce. But these things are NOT even close to falling off, and are 5 feet away from the base of the damn thing when they do. Like someone is swiping them off the shelf, yet no one is there. When I saw it happen, I went to the bar to try and forget cause it freaked the $hit out of me.
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Ex girl/freinds house scared me so bad I about shit myself.When she got home the next day I asked about it and she said it happens,dont worry,no big deal.
Im sitting on the coach watching a movie with a freind and hear foot steps in the attic,pacing back and forth.Then it stops and we hear some rocking or squeeking going on.I never slept that night.After I got home from work the next day me and my freind curt went in the attick and found a bunch of boxes,and a rocking chair,along with other junk.
When Kelly (homeowner) got home we told her about the noises and she said not to worry.She said that is Mildred and she doesnt hurt anyone.Apparently Mildred hung herself in the house because her husband was cheating.
Kelly still lives in that house,and I have not spent the night since.
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When I was a kid we moved into a house that was just down the street from where my mother grew up. Well the house had been empty for some time and the upstairs was locked off. The very first night my oldest sister got up and went to the bathroom , when she came back to her bed she saw a dark figure standing in front of her bed. It totally freaked her out and she just froze there. The dark figure disappeared and she got in bed but she kept hearing a woman calling out the name Charles all night. In the morning she asked if anybody had heard the woman calling the name Charles all night long. My mother said that the previous owners had both died in the house and the man's name was Charles Maxim. My mother knew both of them and grew up helping take care of Mrs. Maxim when she got sick. We would hear people talking, walking, laughing, and moving things around constantly in that house. I saw an apparition several times go past my bedroom door . A small child had also died in the house and my toys would constantly get taken out of the old cedar chest I had as a toy box and placed on my bedroom floor. We could hear something playing with my toys as we ate dinner almost every night as my bedroom was directly above the dining room. We lived there for 8 years and the activity was constant. We had some people refuse to set foot in the house again after experiencing activity of their own . The house still stands and has quite the turnover of owners, most people don't seem to make it past 6 months to a years there. I loved it there and would move back , my mother has even thought about selling her current home and buying that place back. We never felt threatened but we were sure they were there with us . We had to move as the daughter wanted it back but she ended up selling after a couple years herself. Maybe because my mother as a teenager had helped care for the old couple they took to us and didn't want anyone else there who knows.
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My buddies dad was the caretaker at lost lake boy scout camp in Farwell. It was originally owned by Henry Ford's secretary in the 20's and 30's. Apparently, Ford had some shady dealings with the mob, so the house was built more like a fortress. What appeared from afar to be log exterior walls proved on closer inspection to be 3-foot-thick concrete that had been carved to look like log. The perimeter of the house was surrounded by a moat, comple with machine gun turrets mounted to the roof. In the basement, a moving bookshelf hid a secret passage that lead to a nearby lake, providing a swift getaway to anyone being chased by mafia hit men.
I went there to stay a night during their offseason on my way north to deer hunt. It sits in the middle of a 3000 acre chunk of property and we were the only people around... Literally for miles. I used a bathroom at the top of the stairs before I took the "tour" When we came back up the stairs the bathroom faucet was on full blast, hot water steaming up the whole room. They had a ghost named George, and things like this happened daily. I was freaked out, and didn't stay. There have been several paranormal "experts" that have vistited the house and wrote some articles on their findings. Very cool place if you ever have the chance to go check it out. I think they have events throughout the year where they are open to the public.
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Sounds familiar, Rhonda.
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over in Japan in the 90's and had a picture taken of me climbing a tree at night, drunk and stupid. got the pictures back from being developed (35mm) and there was a white fuzzy "shadow?" that was hanging down from a branch beside me.
Showing the picture to my friends relatives, they said it was a curious ghost from an old hotel that burned down not far from there, Mt. Yumihari if i remember right, and they dkidnt seem to think it was strange...cultural differences i guess.
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Cant say Ive ever seen anything but Ive been in a few places that just felt "off". I found them creepy. My wife and I went to Jamaica and took a tour of a house that is supposed to have a history of hauntings for the last century or so. Nothing creepy about it, just a big old house on an old sugar cane plantation. The dungeon under the house was a little bit strange though. I relate to the story in red. When I was 16 I worked at a KFC restaurant that many of the employees and a few managers through the years said was haunted. I was skeptical and really never paid the stories too much attention. The biggest claim was various employees and managers would hear their names called when closing the place down for the night. I was told this happened so much they were beyond fearful and were annoyed with it. I worked alot of long hours, double shifts and closed the place down late at night often and never heard a thing. So I was quite skeptical until one morning I was just entering the rear kitchen door and I heard something. It was a while before my shift and there was nobody in the kitchen. As I entered in I heard a clang noise and the sound of something metal scraping the tile floor. A pair of serving tongs sliding across the floor quickly caught my attention. After observing this the shift manager who was standing at the other end of the kitchen, asked me if I saw what just happened. She then told me that she was walking into the kitchen just before me when she saw the tongs slide across and fly right off the prep. table as if somebody flung them. Im not sure what caused what we saw but those tongs had some momentum and didnt simply fall off the table straight to the floor. A funny theory some of the "believers" had was all these "events" were related to this one manager. Apparently most of the stuff happened to her or around her. I think her wide, bulging eyes and crazy hair had a lot to do with their suspicions too.
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anyone ever hear about this? I think it was from the early 60's.
I have seen a news paper article on this , but don't recall if was the Detroit News or Free Press. One of the lady's my wife worked with had the article, and said when she was in school her bus used to go past the house .
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I know these aren't great pictures but I'm by myself and was doing the best I could with "staaaay" lol. I just want to show him off, would like to know what everyone thinks of him, also what color he is. He started out what looked like a tri-color puppy, even as he got a bit older he still had a lot of black. Now it seems like his black is fading and shrinking lol. He's way darker than his parents though. I don't have any papers on him, his mom is AKC registered but I don't know her bloodlines, though I think she looks like she comes from show bloodlines. His dad is shaped more like him. I have more puppy pics in my picture album.
P.s. Sorry about the black on black with the wood heater and his back lol.
He stacks quite well on his own, I kinda fudge things up when I stack him. He looks short, looks like his front and back legs are set too far apart. It's not how he stands naturally.
I just love this dog to death. He's coming out of this wimpy stage he's been in and becoming more brave and protective. He's probably the smartness dog I've ever raised, though he still ranks second to my corgi as being the best lol.
Beautiful head shot on the sitting photo. Lovely markings - may even turn out to be as saddleback - he is still young.
Thanks, both his mother and father look like faded black and tan to me. But I'm not sure, I've always loved GSDs but I didn't realize they had so many color variations. He was one out of the three darkest puppies in the litter. And he just seemed better looking than the rest. I do think it's cool how he went from almost totally black to all the different shades of brown, the shrunken black marketing's and the silver hair on his hips and withers/shoulders.
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I have two daughters. One is a junior in college. The other is a senior in high school who will be going to college this fall. They both have stocks given to them by my parents years ago, from which they get quarterly dividends of around $140 each. Every year on the FAFSA I have to put the current value of the stocks under their student assets on line 41, in the amount of $11,236. They each have only around $1,500 in income and savings. My younger child has a little more as she hasn't spent her savings on college yet. As parents, our assets were less than the required amount and our total adjusted gross income was about $62,000. We do have 529 plans for them also, in our names. Our EFCs were 5335 and 6378. I want to know if it would be better to sell the stocks or keep them, in order to have less assets and get more aid, because it seems like we don't get much help. They both got merit scholarships from their colleges. — Ann M.
Selling the college junior's stocks will have no impact on her eligibility for need-based financial aid because she has already filed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for her senior year in college.
The FAFSA is typically filed in January through June before the start of the academic year, although it can be filed during the academic year through the end of the following June. While the income figures reported on the FAFSA are based on the tax year prior to the award year, the asset figures are based on a snapshot as of the date the FAFSA is filed. For example, the asset value of a brokerage account is usually based on the most recent account statement received before the FAFSA filing date. Unless there are unusual circumstances or the FAFSA is selected for verification, the FAFSA cannot be updated for changes that occur after the FAFSA is filed. For example, the FAFSA cannot be updated because of a subsequent change in the value of an asset.
Selling the high school senior's stock holdings, on the other hand, might improve her eligibility for need-based financial aid, if the proceeds are contributed to a custodial 529 college savings plan. A custodial 529 plan is like a regular 529 plan, except that the student is both the account owner and beneficiary. The FAFSA treats a custodial 529 plan as though it were a parent asset, yielding a more favorable treatment.
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I am no expert but i have a 9 week old pup that i have had for a week now and we have had get success with just keeping him on a leash in the house. It's always in my hand. It's a great way to know what he is up to at all times without having to follow him. my dog is also a constant sniffer and i had to to take him out ever 15 minutes when he first got him. Now I feel that he knows he has to hold his pee until he is let out i only take him out every 30 minutes. when my pup has an accident in the house it's always on one side of the room so i avoid letting him go to that part of the room unless i am feeding him or he is napping. Having them on a leash is also a good way to catch and correct bad behavior before it happens. I noticed in the past few days he whines at the door when he needs to go out. there hasn't been an accident under my watch in 3 days...can't say the same for my husband
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|Thanks for the reply. I tried to just keep him near me and follow him around but the problem with the sniffing is... he does it constantly. He literally just walks around the house sniffing the ground. Then all of a sudden.. its too late. Very little signs before he goes..
lol. I don't know what to say but I had to laugh.
From my limited experience: If he doesn't need to go, bring him back in and let him sleep inside? Atleast he doesnt need to poo or pee while he is sleeping. I remember ours used to sleep a lot which was a relief. Ours also didn't need to go that often, but when he did go it was usually after a meal. I let him have access to water till about 8 PM. He seemed to drink a lot. I just took him out when he was sniffing, you kind of get the sense that they need to pee. Maybe you can tether yours to you when he is awake? I wouldn't worry about going back on the training. If you are generally watchful, they are smart enough to figure it all out in a few days (and it seems as though yours already is.) If you catch him going in the house, you can just say uh uh and take him out right away.
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König is 8 1/2 weeks. Im using the bell method to housebreak him. I read everywhere that puppies will go pee or poo 5-30minutes after eating or drinking water. Im beginning to call BS on this.
I'm controlling his food and water for the purpose of potty training. This is what I do:
-I give him food or water
-Play with him for about 5-10 minutes
-Put him in the crate. Wait an hour (was doing 20 minutes, then 30 minutes, then 40 minutes..but he wont go pee!)
-Take him out, engage him for about 5 minutes
-Take him to the door, ring the bell, treat, leash to the potty area and say "potty"
-My question starts here. When he actually has to go, he is beginning to know that this is his spot. So when he DOES have to go, he will go IMMEDIATELY. As soon as we get to his spot, its go time, he sniffs, then BAM goes potty.
-Now when he DOESN'T have to go, he goes to the potty area and tries to leave the potty area. I try not to tug on the leash just yet so instead I block him so he can't leave, then he just starts to whine and cry. I dont give in and keep blocking. Then he just lays down and doesnt potty. He'll even go to sleep right there in the potty area. Im worried he'll start associating the potty area with me trapping him there and not letting him leave, making it a negative place to be.
-Now EVERYWHERE I've read.. says to wait til he goes.. no matter what. Just keep waiting. But c'mon.. if hes laying down and going to sleep... Im pretty sure he doesn't need to go. I feel like everytime I take him to his potty area and he DOESN'T go.. im going backwards in training. As if its taking longer for him to associate the bell, and going outside with "I'm going potty"
-He also does NOT go poo after each meal. So far he has only gone twice a day. Once after breakfast, doesnt poo after lunch, then poos after dinner. I'm feeding him Nature's Domain. Half cup each serving.
So should I take him out in longer increments? I thought it would be BETTER to be CERTAIN he is going to pee or poo. I dont want to keep crating him but it's very tiring to have to follow him around the house 24/7 because he hasnt pooped or pee'd yet and I'm worried he might have an accident.. Which would just set back training even more.
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I think you will love Piney Narrows
Hello Silvio. We kept our vessel at Piney Narrows for about 4-5 years. You will find the slips are aged but the facilities offer an easy to enjoy atmosphere. The heads are heated and air conditioned and it offers a room to one's self. You are assigned a parking space so you can always get heavy items to and from the car to the boat with ease.
You will find that there are slip owners who will rent their slips on their own and then there are slips available from the rental office. We did both, starting out with a rental office slip, then over a season seeing a slip for rent via an owner. We found the manager and the slip owner to be wonderful folks. There were some folks who keep their vessels there that may not be as pleasant but that is another story. Certainly more keepers then stinkers, if you know what I mean.
There is a pool, frequented by young parents holding babies in diapers. That kind of turned me off. The veranda on the office facility has a great view of the Narrows. One can sit there and watch the world go by. Red Eye's Dock across the water usually has a band on summer weekends. Also you will be able to watch the July 4th fireworks from your boat. The harbor is very protected but there is some noise off Rt. 50 if there is a South wind. You will want to avoid 50 (Bay Bridge) either traveling East on Friday afternoon or evening due to warm weather, beach traffic. Then Sunday PM has the reverse so you will want to avoid traveling 50 W during that time.
There are wonderful bike trails on the island and you can easily get to the library via bike on the trail. There are also loads of choices for eating out. Again, no car is needed as you can walk, dinghy or bicycle for many places for a meal or an ice cream cone. The favorite grocery would be the Safeway and there are a number of good locations for alcohol/wine/beer close by.
We loved that area. Kent Narrows does have some shoaling issues that can build over the Winter in the North Channel. We had hoped to be at Piney Narrows but did not find a suitable slip for this season. We will plan to be up on the Chester River so maybe we can meet in person some time.
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Thanks for the great pointers everybody. As I expected the members here are a wealth of information!
SVAuspicious- Thanks for the thoughts and hooking up with you for a direct sail across is very tempting, but I think I want to take my time and ease up the coast in short hops this time. I am using this trip as a 'decompression' trip between work and returning to school in January (need time on the boat to convince myself once again that I am not too old to be in school). I am hoping that my kids, brothers, sisters, in-laws, friends, etc. will join for a day or two at different points along the way. I suspect that I will have a boat full in the Keys and Bahamas and be alone north of Georgia :-)
Since you have the time (and unless you're dead set on the Bahamas), I would make my way to Miami, then do a series of overnight hops up to Hilton Head Island (Miami-Ft Pierce, Ft Pierce-St Augustine, St Augustine-Hilton Head), then go inside on the ICW (I would go all the way to Beaufort Inlet myself in two more hops, the last two nights, but the trip inside is worth doing once).
Easy day to Beaufort SC, then two to Charleston (anchoring the first night), two days to Georgetown SC, then another two to Myrtle Beach, then to Southport, then an easy day to Wrightsville Beach (to put you in a good anchoring spot going to Beaufort). Two more days to Beaufort NC, then an easy day to Oriental. From there, you can go to the Outer Banks (Orcacoke, then Manteo), or follow the ICW up through BellHaven and the Alligator River. Then you have another choice of the Dismal Swamp (my choice) or the Virginia Cut up to Norfolk. Except on the Nuese River in NC and crossing the Ablemarle Sound (one day each), weather shouldn't be a big factor. Once on the Chessy, you have all kinds of choices.
The outside hops are weather permitting, of course. This is just a suggestion on my part, based on my trips through these areas, and what I think is a good mixture of speed and scenic.
I wouldn't be contemplating a South Florida and Bahamas sojourn in September and October - it might be the end of the hurricane season but it's by far the most active time. That might just me being overly cautious, but I've encountered enough hurricanes whilst making my way south from the Bay to the Keys to have great respect for them.
I'd head straight up to the Bay planning on going inside all the way with a chance that you'll have to hole up at some point to avoid a storm. Remember that going offshore you'll get large swells if there is hurricane activity even very far away, so if you see a window that will let you out for a few days offshore, just check that there is no unusual swell being reported. I once went offshore at Beaufort, heading south, and found an enormous swell running with only 15k of breeze - it was caused by two hurricanes passing way offshore.
I have done the trip from and to Florida numerous times at the time of year you plan to travel. My best advice to you, considering the boat you have, is to not go outside after October, and even in October you could be pushing your luck. A Catalina of that size is not a boat you want to be in with a northern wind pushing against the gulf stream. If you have to do it, make short runs, after monitoring the weather, on the outside with a stop along the coast of S. Carolina, then go inside behind Cape Fear so you don't have to go around Frying Pan Shoals, go back out on the other side of Cape Fear and cross Onslow Bay. Then go inside at Beaufort and take the Intracoastal up to the Cheasapeake.
A longer yet safer route is the intracoastal waterway all the way up.
I would leave the inexperienced crew on land and take someone experienced if you decide to go outside at the time of year you plan to head for the Chesapeake.
Hi Silvio,
I did see you said you aren't interested in overnight runs. I'd like to poke at that a bit. You can run from Marsh Harbour, Abaco to the Chesapeake Bay offshore direct in 4-5 days on your boat. It's a great and energizing experience. Most years a good weather window opens every week or so. If you need more experienced crew I can likely help you.
Just something to think about.
Oh - C&I in Little Creek or Norfolk is a much more pleasant experience than in Florida.
I did not construe anything you posted to mean "DEFINITELY DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS TRIP" What you said is very good info. Although I haven't done any boating in the Chesapeake area we have lived in Maryland before and I know how the weather can be during the fall. Some gorgeous days full of sunshine and mild temps, some days with raging wind and quite cold temps, rain, and sleet.
I threw out there that I have time to spare for precisely the reason that I can 'hide out' when necessary for several weeks (in total, not at one time) if it came to that. I will point out that I am kind of a sissy when it comes to cold so I would prefer to hide from bad weather on a dock where I can plug in and run the heater
Thanks again.
|Im not suggesting that the 'gales' will prevent you. What Im suggesting is that it may take longer because you may have to 'hide out' more often. Usually there is quite a bit of good sailing weather until the end of November in the Ches., etc.
RichH- Thanks for the input, precisely the thoughtful and intelligent kind of information I was hoping to get by posting.
RaynCyn- I will be sure to drop you a line when I get there. We are in the middle of a protracted move to Bethesda. My wife and kids (youngest is 15 but they are still 'the kids' " are already there but my work has me stuck in Florida for a while longer.
My back up plan if it just looks like a bad idea to make the trip that late in the year is to do the Bahamas part and then put the boat up somewhere near Jacksonville, FL. until the spring, then bring it up in April or May. I just hate leaving the boat that far away and not be able to run over and tinker with it when I have time.
|Silvio, Welcome to Chester. We are nearby, at Castle Harbor. We'll be making the trip the other way in a year or so. Would love to meet you and chat when you get here. PM or e-mail us at rayncyn51 at gmail. The beer will be on us. - Ray'n'Cyn
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I live in Upstate New York and might be able to give you some direction.
If you will be living in New York City, you will have an extremely tough if not impossible time getting a permit. Living upstate near the capital can take 4-6 months, as did mine. I would not recommend buying a handgun in Florida at this time if you plan on moving here in four months. You will not be allowed to bring it in the state until you have a New York state permit, as NYS does not recognize any other states' permit. Regardless if you want to hunt, use it for target practice or carry concealed, you will need a permit prior to purchasing a handgun or importing one that you already previously owned.
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I played with a WinRT tablet when it first came out and loved it, but I decided against it because the 32GB version had about 3GB of usable space. Expandable or not, that's pretty pathetic, and I like Microsoft.
I went with a 32GB Transformer instead, which was cheaper, and where the Android 4.1 OS only took up about 2GB. I've yet to fill it up the remaining storage space, and I still can't believe how productive I can be on Android. It's really evolved over the years, and it's made me consider retiring my iPhone 4 for a Nexus 4.
Full disclosure: I'm not a fanboy. I like all three companies. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, so don't respond to my post like I am.
While the storage space available is unfortunate, a cheap sd card fixes it rather easily. I can't wait to get one of the surface pros, nothing Apple has can compare. Apple needs to stop being lazy and actually improve their products and get back to innovating
The reason the iPad doesn't use much space is because it is running a phone operating system. It doesn't have very much capabilities in the way of much of anything except games and stripped down business apps.
A windows tablet can do everything that the desktop counterpart can do because it is running the exact same software. The recovery partition has always been there so that you could back it up to an external source and use if needed. That means that you will have an extra 20-30 gbs once you back up the recovery and delete it.
For the guy that said HDD's are getting larger for the sole purpose of media, well you are sorely mislead. As technology develops and becomes more sophisticated for use with more complicated tasks then naturally more code will be used as well as graphics. This will make all programs larger and larger.
Sorry if I sound condescending, but the ill informed posts started to annoy me.
Yay 1/3 of what you thought you were getting. I was gonna get this, the commercial was so enticing but i understand why the school girls in the commercial were so angry!
Its principally for media, and design elements, some of which are embedded in "code" for efficiency.For the guy that said HDD's are getting larger for the sole purpose of media, well you are sorely mislead. As technology develops and becomes more sophisticated for use with more complicated tasks then naturally more code will be used as well as graphics. This will make all programs larger and larger.
Binary executables and libraries expand, and take up ever more room because they can, since storage space is rarely considered a meaningful constraint anymore. Lots of duplication, old versions and backups.
Newer OSes do legitimately need more logic (hence, more code) but unique instances of logic are not a key driver of bloat. Media in its various guises, and redundancy are. Development models that encourage rapid prototyping and copying of inefficient algorithms, while discouraging careful and precise code tuning (it is more cost effective from the developer's standpoint) play a BIG role in fattening the system, too.
Its the way of the future, pretty much.
Sorry, I didn't notice your condescension, but the woeful misapprehensions are saddening.Sorry if I sound condescending, but the ill informed posts started to annoy me.
Using them as a basis to criticize others is unfortunate.
Here's my 2 problems, I'm not spending that much money then throwing more money at the keyboard AND storage. I shouldn't have to spend upwards of a grand only to buy external storage spaces. Not only that, even buying extra space, you can install programs to that external storage, so you Are still stuck with 23GB of programs you can install, that's of you keep ALL files on the external storage. Too much for the costs vs rewards
And no I wasn't criticizing the people themselves but the fact that they take articles on the internet as fact and don't do the research themselves.
The reason I brought up the fact about larger hard drives are for media alone is because it is simple, that is false. It is a big part but not the entire purpose.
So according to Adobe (Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection - Tech specs) their CS6 Master Collection takes up 14.5gb of disk space meaning after you've installed it you'll have what? 8.5gb (yes that's right about the lowest spec iPhone 4's storage space for an easy comparison) which is quite frankly pathetic. I'd rather get myself a 128gb iPad which you know will actually have 128gb of storage space with the majority of it useable.
Something about this ain't right. I have a 64 Gb (59.5 GB) windows tablet running Windows 8 and a fresh install with a few basic programs installed andI still have 45.5 GB free. I am only using 14 GB. I think MMi had failed to check facts just to generate Windows hate.
The fact is, I would rater have a Windows tablet as opposed to an iPad bcause, simply put, I can do more on a Windows tablet. Screw RT, give me full Windows 8.
The iPad is a toy...intended to play music and videos, and angry birds.
Surface is a productivity tool, intended to do laptop stuff when sitting, and tablet stuff when moving. The surface is meant for work, and a full Windows OS is needed for that.
FYI...a responsibly used Windows machine destroys Mac 10 times outta 10. That is the beauty of Windows; in the right hands...it is a beast!
Now I do agree that Windows 8 (yes even RT) and even Android (Phone or Tablet) have a lot of advantages over iPad's iOS such as the ability to store documents and other "Real World" computing content locally on your device. I mean sure Cloud Computing is nice but we're still a long way from ensuring a completely reliable connection to that cloud all of the time.
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Mmk, link is over here for anyone who wants to join. Start at 6/7pm PST and it'll last maybe an hour or two.
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Just letting everyone know that one of my computers went boom last night (power supply 'exploded'). While I have (several) backup computers my time will be limited while I deal with the repairs to my primary computer. I will be available for gaming on monday.
A week from monday will be questionable depending on the nature of repairs. I hope to cannibalize one of my backup computers' power supply to get the main computer working. Hopefully any damage to the main computer does not cause that power supply to follow the first power supply into the abyss. On the plus side, I have already tested my main computer's hard drive and there is no damage to it or my gaming data. :)
- Gauss
Gauss, you might want to have your mobo checked out before you go plugging anything else into it. Power Supply errors are the #1 cause of motherboard malfunctions (not counting user error) and can very easily damage not only your motherboard, but also components that are already in place, RAM/HDD/GPU/CPU.
If you don't have the equipment to check it, I suggest you at least disconnect all the major components before hooking up the new power supply. If the motherboard boots and pulls up the BIOS you -should- be fine, just hope that when your power supply went it didn't take anything else with it.
Also, if you do need a fresh power supply, Newegg is having Black November sales, including 450w power supplies for around $50. Pretty good deal all things considered.
Crypteck, I am aware of this (I have a degree in electronics, not completely transferable to computer repair but it helps). I do not have a motherboard checker but I have already unplugged the HDD and other elements. The HDD is fine, already checked it out.
I am figuring it took the motherboard with it and since my motherboard is out of date I will basically be looking for a new computer.
I also confirmed the power supply is what blew (a couple of capacitors blew).
Thanks for the advice and the newegg heads up (I bought my computer's parts from newegg, I like newegg). Worst part of this is that if I have to rebuild my computer and I am unsure of if I can keep it an XP machine when I do that. I am really not looking forward to buying a new OS.
- Gauss
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Also, if it helps I've found that PC Part Picker over here is quite helpful when building a new machine.
Cypteck, np. Actually got a bit of good news, had a friend of mine look over the power supply (he has more recent familiarity with power electronics than I am) and it turns out the damage was on the input side rather than the output. That increases the chances the rest of my computer is undamaged. I will find out tuesday. :)
- Gauss
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The game is still on. Gauss you should still be able to keep it as an XP machine. You will just have to replace the old drivers with the drivers for the new equipment. Most companies still make XP drivers even for newer equipment.
If I get to build my new desktop I might go back to XP also since I still have it on my old HD.
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Game still on tonight? I'll be there, even if I'm a little late.
If I am indeed late, go ahead and start without me. Same as before, I'll maintain formation at the front behind erastor and work mainly to intercept and pin enemy movements. [url=http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=456809]Here[url] are all of Haugan's stats. Just keep him alive long enough for me to show up.
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Down Comforter, I see the value in what you are trying to do. However, it seems that Cryptek's character Haugan is a 'kill em all' type. I tried to explain that not all goblins are necessarily our enemy but that didn't go over very well. Anyhow, I don't know if you caught this but Cryptek stated that Haugan will let the goblin pass and leave but otherwise will not work with the goblin.
So we have a few choices:
Allow goblin to leave.
Kill goblin.
Have goblin assist us.
We also need to decide how we will handle future battles. We have two issues there.
Issue 1: We attack without ascertaining if they are an enemy.
Issue 2: Do we keep them alive for questioning, we may not need to if we solve issue 1.
- Gauss
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I'm obviously going to want to keep the goblin alive given that I am most certainly not a "kill em all" type. Especially since I've negotiated a peace with him and he can help.
I do think we need to differentiate between friend and foe more often. This isn't World's Largest Dungeon, we need be diplomatic and establish good relations with other people. We can't just go hacking and slashing through everything we encounter and then murdering whoever survives.
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Goblins, kobolds, drow, orcs and other monsters that typically cause trouble are always assumed to be on their worst behavior. If they show up in civilized cities such as Korsovo, and Absolom they won't be attacked on sight, but they will be watched closely.
They're monsters, and those races as a general rule do plenty to keep that perception and reality alive and real. Savage races like orcs and goblins are NOT welcome in civilized areas, for the most part.
There are lots of exceptions. Trolls and winter wolves are all over the place in Irrisen society, while in Katapesh, pretty much ANYONE is welcome to walk the streets as long as they behave themselves.
But in places like Korvosa or Absalom... nope; orcs and goblins and kobolds and hobgoblins and the like would be brought to the city guard for questioning. If they behaved well... then that's sort of uncharted territory in a lot of cases, but there'll be a LOT fear and nervousness, and it'll be very much on the head of the orc or whatever to be on their best behavior if they don't want to get arrested or attacked.
As far as the idea of "anyone in the dungeon is fair game" I can tell from experience with AP's that not every armed NPC is an enemy.If the party kills someone that had info that could have made the game easier then that info is lost forever. The exception is that someone else has the info and the party runs into them, and does not kill them.
If the "Well we should have known about ___" comes up, and the NPC that had that info is dead. I will simply let it be known that I made the opportunity available. I won't tell the party how to play the game, but they will have to deal with the consequences of their actions. By the same token if you trust someone that can't be trusted you will have to deal with that also. Choose who you spare or kill carefully is all I can say.
How "good" works in my games. You can kill in self defense and/or the defense of the common folk. You value life so you prefer not to kill*. However that does not mean you have to offer quarter once attacked and/or combat is imminent.
How does that differ from being evil. Evil would kill because it is convenient, even if they know there is an alternate solution, especially if they know it puts their lives in danger.
Thieves guild members have holed up with hostages, but the mission is on a timer for plot reasons
The heros/antiheros both want the town to do well, and the guild members to not be successful, but the methods for solving the problem will be different.
Good:Goes into the building to save hostages at the expense of risking their lives.
Evil:Burn the building down at no risk to their lives. The hostages are an acceptable loss. It also ensures the time does not run out.
*According to James that may not apply to "monsters".
With all of that aside your alignment does not really matter all that much except for certain classes. For the sake of ease of play we can assume that a good deity would look at things the same way Absolom or Korvosa would.
I would suggest the party discuss how you want to handle known enemies, and NPC's that are not known to be enemies
My objection is twofold. First, the saving of a Goblin that had already suffered two Coup's without anyone objecting. It was only after someone took an OOC joke too seriously that time was rewound and the Goblin was brought back to life. That's crap. NPCs die. Get over it. If critical information went with him, too bad. Rewinding time like that to revive someone is Metagaming. I wouldn't expect you to do that for another player, so doing it to a Goblin pissed me off quite badly. The Coup's were declared, and rolled without challenge. Only after they were done did anyone declare opposition. And then time got rewound. That's my primary objection.
My second objection comes from a proverb told to me the first time I tried to run a game. "Do not build glass castles to float in the sky unless you want players to throw rocks through the windows." That means if we miss information, we miss information. It isn't the end of the world, nor does it change our original objective. I have no problem getting information, but for f$*~s sake, our characters have the information they need. Anything else is strictly more icing on the cake. Going out of our way, holding up the game AGAIN, just to learn something we had probably already guessed, would have guessed, or didn't need to guess in the first place. We have a surplus of information, and have done practically nothing about it. Goblins, Bugbears, Demons, mutants and whatever else is attacking the town, and your characters are more interested in saving a single Goblin who, by all the rules, ought to be very, VERY dead.
And again, I'm not interested in being drawn into an argument of alignments.
As for my character, he's a stubborn bigot. I can't imagine a situation in which he would be willing to fight with a Goblin at his side.
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We did the same thing with the coup de grace as happened previously with Tsuto. You had no complaints then. The only difference here was that we had to roll for it whereas previously I was convinced it would be best to have everyone's input rather than roll for it.
As for the "proverb", that's just odd. Why would we be playing if we didn't want to be more immersed in what is happening? It's not fantasy murder simulator and I for one enjoy learning about exactly what's going on and converting an enemy into an ally makes it all the better. Your character's bigotry is fine if that's who he is, but realize that it will bring him into conflict with the party and others. Especially when he threatens to murder someone because he's racist.
Two coup's? There was only one. I made the Coup. While I rolled 3 'attacks' I was only using the damage since a Coup is an autohit and autocrit. As for time being rewound, I went out of turn. That was MY bad. I did not give Tellian time to stop me. So when he wanted to I stated that I had gone out of turn and he should have the option to stop me.
Regarding the second objection. I agree we do not need to interview every person and we do need to speed up the interview process. But it does need to happen. I do not believe we have all the information. We do NOT know who the enemy is. We know it is some dude leading the tribes. Where is he? Who is he? What is he? (Answer to the last is he is a medium humanoid looking person, maybe human but the reports have varied).
We do need more information. We do not need to buddy up to each of them though. We also need to ask first, kill second. It can be much harder to ask questions of people you just kicked the crap out of.
Crypteck, in general you can make any kind of character you want. But if you make a character that will cause problems with the group either the group or the character should be re-examined, usually the character since it is a minority. It is one reason I generally state that players should figure out how and why they get along before a campaign starts. I do not like wasting campaign time on interpersonal conflicts. (Note: it is a waste of time to me, others like that sort of thing.)
- Gauss
I did have an objection when we did this with Tsuto, and because this is basically a repeat of that entire incident I will make it simple. Getting stuck asking "what to do" with an NPC is the problem. Taking captives isn't an option not matter how many times you suggest it. Beating, then questioning, then killing is no more an option than taking captives. If killing Goblins is morally ambiguous, then letting them live only if they have information to give us must be evil. How is the life of the Goblin with information to give us any more valuable than the Goblin that tried to fling molten glass at us? And if we're just going to kill them anyway, isn't it cruel to force them to divulge under the pretense that they're saving their lives? If you save one, you have a moral obligation to save them all.
I do not believe it is so unreasonable that a NG fighter is unwilling to overlook his own nearsightedness enough to let a Goblin into the party. Lets be clear here, being a racist in D&D is nothing like being a racist in real life. Goblins have been making a bad name for themselves long before my character was born. Maybe these specific Goblins aren't deserving of Haugan's hate, but you cannot call him wrong when Goblins steal and murder all across the map every single day.
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Seriously? Taking captives should always be an option unless we are under imminent threat of death. Any Good character would recognize that. A goblin that is weaponless and holding information is a viable interrogation subject or prisoner as it presents no threat compared to the goblin throwing molten glass about. In what realm of the imagination is allowing someone to live evil when killing them is morally ambiguous?
You cannot tell us we cannot get into arguments about alignment when everything you just said is about the morality of killing people. By your argument, my character could grow up in a region that hates humans and would be totally justified in butchering humans while being "NG".
As it stands, Tellian has no issue killing goblins and others to advance himself because that's who he is and because he deserves to be LE. You cannot advocate murder, the execution of prisoners, and attacking people without question while being Good. It just doesn't work that way.
We are, however, off topic.
Tellian will continue to secure prisoners and allies that he deems useful. Gauss will agree that it can be worthwhile to learn from those we encounter rather than running in blind.
I will speak with Watcher in private regarding how worthwhile it will be to interrogate someone so that we do not get bogged down with interrogations during sessions. Failing that, I can handle these things via PM's and the like outside of the game.
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Regardless of how you wanted him into the party, he's still going to show up in combat, and probably have something to do. Which is good. He has 4 arms, natural armor, and fast healing. It would be wasteful to let him in the party, but not involve him in combat. However, if all you're going to do is have him hang around behind the party while we explore, just let him leave. Same with the rest of the prisoners. Having a line of Goblins underfoot is not any way to explore a Dungeon. But clearly you're intent on doing just that. I was unable to talk you out of it, so I'm not going to impede you. Not that I could have since you've already announced that you're taking prisoners rather than letting them flee.
Haugan has no intention of putting up with Goblins in the party, regardless of why they're there. Since he will have nothing to do with the party once a Goblin is brought into it, I have to retire him. If I try to force the subject he'll eventually just walk out of the party himself. Rather than leave the group a person short in the middle of a game, I'm replacing him now. It's the best solution I can come up with, and unless you intend to let the Goblin leave, it's the course I'll be taking.
For whatever reason I can't edit that post. The last bit came out wrong. I -should- do this anyway. Haugan isn't set up for any kind of future build, and in a few levels isn't going to be able to preform in combat against even appropriately challenging encounters. The shield bash and armor spikes combo is amusing, but lacks offensive ability. I need to reroll the character for more than his contentious nature.
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Are we really going that slowly? Five sessions of about three hours of gaming (not counting distractions and tangents) each has resulted in a major combat encounter, investigation and interrogations, a dungeon cleared and another halfway(?) done. It's not the fastest game ever, but it is hardly the slowest I've been in.
For what it's worth, I liked Haugen for the most part. I'll do my best to keep interrogations and the like to a minimal amount of time from now on.
My biggest issue is making progress when it's time to progress. It's like we've been fumbling through all the dungeons, and the only time everyone can agree he had an overall success was when we were on the smallest battle map we've yet been on. I think that once we've managed to flesh out our party and are comfortable moving around the map as a group (instead of as a bunch of individuals, though we haven't been doing that poorly in this respect) progress will go much more smoothly.
Also, since Jman has withdrawn I have invited a person I met this week to join us. They appear to have D&D experience, and I've seen them construct very basic concepts using Pathfinder rules, so they may possibly be making an appearance.
Regarding tonight's game, with the possibility of a three person party I'll go ahead and keep Haugan around. Part of the reason I was retiring him was because his only real purpose in a group is to keep enemy attention on himself, a role that I foresaw being minimized as our summoner levels up and as we gain NPC cohorts. However, with the group a person short, and leveling up not yet an option, he still has use as a tank. And I think if we are to have any chance of clearing this dungeon without casualties, his defensive focus and moderate HP will be more useful than the Dwarven Urgrosh Ranger or Archer Ranger I was going to replace him with.
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1. Issues(personal) have come up tonight that won't make the game possible. I do apologize in advance for me not being around. I am clear for the rest of this year however.
2. If anyone has suggestions to speed the game up I am all ears. I do think we are doing a lot better than before now that everyone has their macros in place, and we have started to use skype. I get paid on Friday so I will have a headset. I will also look into why I only have issues when I am in a conference. When I skype with other people, even if they are halfway around the world and the mic and audio are fine. I won't be recruiting to replace Jman though, at least not unless we lose one more player, which I hope does not happen.
Cryptek give me the link to your new build. I will look over it very late tonight or tomorrow. Whatever the value of your gear is now is what you can use for the new character. That will keep things simple. If you have a new icon you would like to use send me a link to my inbox or email it to me.
PS:I am just able to get to a PC. That is the reason for the late notice.
I wasn't around for the initial building stage, so I never got the chance to see all the build rules in one place. It was 20 point-buy if I remember correctly, but was there any other rules I need to know about? I may have been told once when I was building Haugan, but if I was I can't find any record of it.


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2.2 Binary packages
The file name of a binary release contains the version of the wxWidgets toolkit that has been used, and the version of the Haskell compiler was used to build wxHaskell. Make sure that you have the same version of the compiler installed, for example ghc6.8.2. All packages have ODBC support (but not OpenGL). Documentation and samples are not included with Linux packages.
- wxhaskell-bin-msw2.8.9-ghc6.10.1-0.11.0-0.zip (Windows, ghc 6.10.1)
- Unzip the release somewhere and click on the newly created wxhaskell-0.11.0\bin\wxhaskell-register.bat program to register the wxHaskell package. To uninstall, you can click on wxhaskell-0.10.3\bin\wxhaskell-unregister.bat and than remove the wxhaskell-0.10.3 directory.
Note:If you have an older version of wxHaskell installed, please remove it before installing this version. Older releases can be uninstalled by clicking on wxhaskell-unregister.bat.

- wxhaskell-bin-gtk2.6.3-ghc6.8.2-0.10.3-0.deb (Linux ghc 6.8.2)
wxhaskell-bin-gtk2.6.3-ghc6.6-0.10.3-0.deb (Linux ghc 6.6)
- Linux .deb package built on Debian Etch

- wxhaskell-bin-i386-mac2.6.4-ghc6.8.2-0.10.3-0.dmg (MacOS X, Intel, ghc 6.8.2)
wxhaskell-bin-powerpc-mac2.8.7-ghc6.8.3-0.10.3-0.dmg (MacOSX, PowerPC, ghc 6.8.3, updated)
wxhaskell-bin-powerpc-mac2.6.4-ghc6.8.2-0.10.3-0.dmg (MacOSX, PowerPC, ghc 6.8.2)
- The installer copies the wxHaskell libraries to /usr/local/wxhaskell and registers them with ghc. To test the installation, you can run the following commands from the samples/wx directory:
> ghc -package wx HelloWorld.hs -o hello > /usr/local/wxhaskell/bin/macosx-app -v hello > open hello
It is recommended to read the notes on using wxHaskell with MacOS X.