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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Good and bad, sweet and sour
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44 comments:
- Christine M said...
Your strawberries are gorgeous!
- November 9, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Heather said...
I love those sweet strawberries. Oh my I think I may have to order a kit!
- November 9, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Jessica said...
Those strawberries look almost good enough to eat! I hope lifes lemons sweeten up for you...it is no good when things get a bit sour.
- November 9, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Cathy said...
Oh, those little strawberries are so cute! I think they would make wonderful Christmas tree ornaments.
- November 9, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Barb said...
YOur doll quilt is just lovely....love your strawberries
- November 9, 2011 at 2:18 PM
- Cathy said...
Oh lucky you to get such a gorgeous quilt from Kathie, I love the quilting on it. And your strawberries are almost edible, absolutely stunning! xo
- November 9, 2011 at 2:20 PM
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- November 9, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Cathy said...
Oops you got me twice!!! Now three times! xo
- November 9, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Nedra said...
I've seen a lot of cute strawberry pincushions out there, but these are the cutest ones yet!
- November 9, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- taylorsoutback said...
Luscious strawberries! And your presentation is stunning - what crystal clear photography!
- November 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- Nifty Quilts said...
It sounds like you received that lovely quilt at just the right time. I love stories like that. And now you've made strawberry lemonade!
- November 9, 2011 at 4:08 PM
- Ольга Т. said...
Очень красиво и красивые фотографии!!!
- November 9, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Janet said...
What a marvelous little quilt - a wonderful gift!! There are so many different fabrics to enjoy. I really like how it is quilted.
Your strawberries are darling!! You make such pretty things :0)
- November 9, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Donna K from N.TX aka Quilting Bear Gal said...
Such a generous gift. And your strawberries look good enough to eat. But I won't
- November 9, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- PJs Lapperier. said...
Lovely strawberries. Have to order a kit :o)
- November 9, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Salley said...
What a little treasure! I hope there is a deserving little Dolly to slide under this quilt. You deserve this RAK because you are always so generous with inspiration and instruction for your readers.
- November 9, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- Miriam said...
What a sweet quilt from Kathie!
I hope those lemons in your life can be turned into lemonade and that there are no more lemons!
The strawberry pin cushions are gorgeous! They will look wonderful as Christmas tree decorations!
Thank you for the link to Kristen's blog. Lots of long, slow projects here!
Great to see you back blogging!!!
- November 9, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- Jane in Wales said...
What a lovely little quilt to receive in the mail!
And I love your strawberries!
- November 9, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- Oops-Lah said...
Yes, it happened to me too. Nearly had a fit when my blog disappeared. I had to appeal to have it re installed and after about 24 hours is was back. What cute strawberries you've made and yes, they would indeed make lovely Christmas decoration or any decoration for that matter.
- November 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Katie said...
I must say, those strawberries are hard to resist! :-)
- November 9, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Stephanie said...
I like how you add sweet to the sour. Some people would take those lemons and make Margaritas! :o) Another tasty option. I can imagine an entire little tree filled with the sweetest strawberries ever. Perhaps a white tree? Beautiful little quilt from Kathie.
- November 9, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- Terry said...
Love your strawberries! And that quilt from Kathie is so pretty! Lucky you! :0)
- November 9, 2011 at 11:35 PM
- Darlene said...
Adorable quilt from Kathie! She's been spreading sunshine all over blogland. :-)
The strawberries are Ahhhhdorable, Janet.
- November 9, 2011 at 11:37 PM
- Dolores said...
Gorgeous strawberries and yes, I did sign up to celebrate hand quilting.
- November 10, 2011 at 12:42 AM
- Judy said...
What a thoughtful gift from Kathie!! Sorry to hear about the lemons, but your choosing to make strawberries must have brightened your day.
- November 10, 2011 at 2:33 AM
- Thimbleanna said...
That little quilt is just beautiful -- you lucky girl! It's so nice to see you back too!
- November 10, 2011 at 3:56 AM
- Shirley said...
There would have been a world wide web demo had they not put you back on air. Gorgeous strawberries love the counterbalance and what a treasure from Kathie. Methinks it cheered you up no end. xx
- November 10, 2011 at 4:40 AM
- Kaaren said...
I made lemonade from my lemons, Janet but your strawberries look and I'm sure 'taste' soooo much better!
I hope all is well in your little corner of the world.
Kathie's mini is awesome. I know you'll enjoy it as will your grand babies when they come for a visit.
- November 10, 2011 at 5:34 AM
- Sew Create It - Jane said...
Those strawberries are darling! I love the idea of them hanging off the Christmas tree!
- November 10, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Karen said...
Love the little quilt and the strawberries are adorable!
- November 10, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Janet O. said...
Lucky, lucky you to receive that little mini from Kathie. I remember it from her blog. What a treasure!!
Those strawberries are adorable. Definitely a great ornament!
- November 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Sewjournal said...
What a kind thing to do. Sorry about your lemons but your strawberries look good enough to eat. :)
- November 10, 2011 at 4:43 PM
- Rachaeldaisy said...
That little quilt from Kathie is just so beautiful. The fabrics are so lovely, the pattern works so well and I love the scallop quilting!! Your strawberries are so sweet and would make wonderful decorations. The picture of them hanging on the tree looks like a magazine shot.
- November 10, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- Lori said...
The little strawberries are so cute! Mine would never looks as good as yours:)
What a sweet and thought RAK from Kathie.
- November 11, 2011 at 1:43 AM
- Pinkadot Quilts said...
The little quilt is so sweet, you are a lucky girl! Your strawberries turned out beautiful. I think sometimes I get as much enjoyment out of a small project as a big one.
- November 12, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- Lisa said...
Oh Janet, Kathie's quilt is gorgeous!! How lucky you are. What a riot of fabric. Those strawberry pincusions are darling. I may have to make some.
- November 14, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- Doniene said...
Hi Janet, I'm a new follower and admire your work! I was wondering if it would be okay for me to copy the picture of the mini quilt from Kathie? I just want it for my files - possible to make one in the future? I'm about to make a quilt with more applique, so I'm looking forward to using all your tutorials!!
- November 15, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- Kristen said...
The pincushions are so cute. Hope the lemons turn to sweet lemonade! Thanks for mentioning me! :)
- November 15, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- Barb said...
What a sweet kindness form Kathie and it sounds like you needed one.
It is a sweet half square triangle and very clever, I think.
Love your strawberries - sorry about the lemons. They are inevitable, aren't they?
- November 21, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Jeanne said...
Love the strawberries and what a gorgeous gift from Kathie!
- November 26, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Ruth said...
When I saw your little quilt, I had to make one for myself. By the time I started it, I forgot where I saw it, but when I posted a picture of mine, Barb reminded me that it was from you. I hope you don't mind that I copied it! I love scrappy little quilts!! I posted it on my blog yesterday, in case you want to see it. Thanks for the inspiration!
- November 29, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- Carrie P. said...
Oh, that quilt from Kathie is beautiful. I read her blog and she is so talented.
- November 29, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Robin said...
Wow! What a wonderful RAK-- the quilt is just lovely. :) And the strawberries? Awesome. They really would make super cute ornaments too!
- December 4, 2011 at 4:00 AM
- Sonja said...
I love your doll quilt!!!
Good way for my come-back in patchwork;)
- December 21, 2011 at 5:25 AM


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"Manta Aisora's comedy about Cthulhu deity-turned-girl already inspired 2 Flash-anime series
A promotional advertisement for Manta Aisora's Haiyore! Nyaruko-san comedy light novel series has announced that a new television anime adaptation has been green-lit. XEBEC will animate the new series.
The story of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity of chaos (Nyarlathotep) who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.
Aisora launched the light novel series with illustrations by Koin (Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox) in 2009, and Softbank Creative published the seventh volume this past April. The novels already inspired one video series and one television series of Flash-animated shorts by DLE Inc."
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"The official website for Xebec's new Haiyore! Nyaruko-san television anime series relaunched on Tuesday and revealed the anime's staff:
Original creator: Manta Aisora (GA Bunko/Softbank Creative)
Original Character Design: Koin
Director: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
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The site also confirmed that the cast members from the previous Haiyoru! Nyaruani net anime series and Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft television anime series are returning and presented new key visual art.
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I honestly do not know what to think about this. On one hand moeified Nyarlathotep would cause Lovecraft to spin so fast in his grave the would dig all the way to the dreamlands. On the other hand its so insane it works way to well with Nyarlathotep. I just don't know.
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Small miracle Cthulhu itself wasn't moeified, I suppose.
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1. Haiyoru! Nyaruani ... which had nine 2 minute eps - often these can be found all bundled together in one file. This is the ONA, I believe.
2. Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember my Mr. Lovecraft ... which had eleven 5 minute eps officially, but had an extra ep added on towards the end (i.e. 12). This is the "official series season 1", I guess.
And what Xebec will be doing will be the "official series season 2", most likely.
These are based on a LN series ... a manga adaptation exists and I think there has been a drama cd released as well....
Anyhoo ... for those who did not know there is a thread on the shows that have aired which can be found HERE.
Let's see....Here is a pic of the "cast" from the 5 minute ep series:
From left to right we have the Lovecraft mythos deities: Nyarle (?), Cthulu, Nyarlathotep, Atlach-Nacha (?).
So ... umm ... yeah. They DID "moeify" Cthulu.
On other fronts one of the reasons why I like this story is precisely because it pokes fun at Lovecraft's stories.
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Quote from: Achronos on January 17, 2013, 12:01:07 AMMegan Fox is ugly and has toes for thumbs. Who cares?No offense, but I doubt that you are God's gift to woman--I know I sure am not. Let's face it, we would be more than lucky to be with any woman in the league of Megan Fox. To be fair though, there are still many women more beautiful than her--Amanda Carrier and Marisa Miller immediately come to mind. Heck, I could walk into an ROCOR parish and probably find ten woman more beautiful than her.
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Megan Fox is ugly and has toes for thumbs
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IMO, its better that Cruz stays the way he is as an ordinary human being who outwits his opponent. That would make winning his opponents a very satisfying experience and humiliating to his opponents (imagine Arclight's reaction upon losing to a mere boy like Cruz). In One Piece, some of the crew are able to beat their "special ability" opponents without special powers and it just makes them more badass. In war, strengths and firepower alone doesn't guarantee victory(Anybody saw the chinese movie "Red Cliff"?).
Cruz's intelligence will balance the fight with Simeon and eventually become a major threat to Arclight's gang. Look at how successful Lelouch from Code Geass is with his smart brain? Since Needless story concept is based on "Adam and Eve", Cruz is like the "apple of Wisdom".
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Spoiler for Volume 4-5:
Well, I've watched enough anime and manga (probably so have everyone) to normally be almost untouched by such developments these days. If Mio was a protagonist I would have muttered "Get off it, author. We all know she's going to be fine. Let's skip to the HOW, and try not to use too absurd a deux ex machina! (something this author has been reasonably good at so far...)" But Mio is not really a protagonist. You might remember she was introduced with a rather Kick the Dog moment.
I'm not assuming the worst, and you are probably right that she's going to make it, but such factors do introduce doubt. For the first time in many years I actually do not feel certain a character I care about will live, instead of knowing they'll live and hoping the author actually uses his brain in getting them out instead of the too worn "Last minute spurt of miracle power", or worse "The power of love and friendship" or similar deux ex machinas.
And that's no bad thing, except for my heart, who's waiting for the September 19 (plus the few days before someone finishes scanning...)
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|2009-08-24, 01:45
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Cruz is the Batman without a utility belt on Needless, that is what impressed me.
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About fighting against Arclight's ability
To claim that Arclight's ability is unmatched in the story is overhyped. There are definitely ways to workaround it. Everything has a loophole. Its up to detective Cruz to come up with a proper countermeasure in their next round of fight. Im sure the author had thought of a weakness when he planned Arclight's ability. Lighting won't strike twice for Arclight.
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I agree on what you have in the spoiler.
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As tough as Needless are, they may have super secret forbidden move that requires huge sacrifice. If you played enough RPG games, there are some spells or moves that will handicap you once executed. Side-effects could come in various forms, even death (the Kamikaze move in FF8). Arclight's "ability amplify" trait will be his shortcoming if used incorrectly. This strategy will screw Arclight real bad and teach him not to rely on other people's abilities.
The "sound" ability featured in volume 0 is extremely broken. Its like Lelouch's geass ability through the victims' ears. If Cruz were to have an ability, this ability suits him as he can command people at his will and combine with his brains, hes gonna own every single battle. Cruz could probably say "Don't move!" or "kill yourself!" and Arclight is instantly owned (Unless the victim is deaf or Cruz can't speak).
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In Code Gease if your blind your safe, in needless you need to be deaf or hard of hearing.
What if Cruz's ability here is cancel? You know the kid in Xmen movie 3 that can take away cancel the mutant powers, I just have a hunch if ever he'll have a fragment within him, that might be it, that is also a pretty broken power. Just an ordinary human relying on wits and survival to battle, no other techniques or special abilities.
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Another disadvantage about sound is that sound can't travel in vacuum, thus if they fight in space or sound protective space/wall, the "sound" ability is useless. However with the "sound" ability, the user can shout "don't kill/fight us!" and Arclight is screwed. Better yet, shout "Lets be friends and peace!" and then end of manga. Good ending for everyone.
Blade's final words to Cruz before they got separated in vol 8 said that they were currently no match for Arclight. Thus I speculate that Cruz and co. need to recruit a needless with the "right" ability against Arclight. Of all abilities presented thus far, I find "sound" ability close to "god-like", thats why i supported Cruz potentially having this ability to become the next Lelouch. He could also use this ability to brainwash his sister back to his side.
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Well if it was more like the kid on the Xmen3 Movie who can take away mutant powers when your near him or if he grows agitated he'll burst out a stream that takes away all Needless powers. Everyone will be normal humans again. Arclight will be turned back to normal. I can see now the Blade, Uchida and Eve stomping on Arclight when he loses his powers for lol's.
Trap Yamada is too cute.
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Well the events in vol 0 clearly tells us that Needless powers are still around in future, thus Arclight failed in retrieving his powers back.
Since Eve is out of action, we now have a new female protagonist - Yamada-ko chan
About Saten inspecting Eve's face and saying " 'IT' has being taken away?" could he be refering to the crystal on her forehead? Since both Adam's and the girl Adam has it, it would be strange that Eve doesn't have the crystal on her forehead.
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guys just one thing, people here are trying to connect volume 0 to the rest of needless. I thought that 0 was a pilot or prototype manga and that it is not in the rest of the continuity
example: i thought the girl in the first manga was later split (not literally but story wise) into adam and eve as she looks like eve and has adams collar. So does the priest guy in the second part with the characters from the main manga and you are not going to tell me that guy is Blade.
also i agree that Cruz should not have a fragment. i just think its what usually happens in these mangas
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I find it disturbing that you only find that image disturbing!
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About the adam girl, yes its possible that its a separate parallel story with no relation to the main story. I mean its rather disturbing to know that Blade and Eve are not around to look after the Adam girl if she is indeed related to them. The fact that Adam girl can grow up in just 2 years time is also unbelievable.
Yamada-ko chan FTW. He may become the king of cross-dressing.
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Yeah, Blade pretty much had the match won, but Arclight "cheated". Reminds me of the boss character Gill from SFIII.
Since Blade's Zero ability is imperfect, he might have lost those learned abilities over time. The crystal on the priest's forehead is a dead giveaway about his identity.
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text: Latest News Europe Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen attempts to keep Russiagate alive However, as with all other allegations in this 24-hour fictional drama, there is no evidence to offer as proof. Published 7 months ago on July 27, 2018 By Seraphim Hanisch 350 Views Share Tweet Russiagate has dominated the news cycle for close to two years now. Consider what that means. Support The Duran – Browse our Shop >> Two years of breathless allegations. Two years of "we've almost got something on Trump!" by the likes of CNN and other anti-Trump organizations. Two years of propaganda of the most slanderous sort, intended to block or destroy the agenda of this President. And also… two years of blowhard with nothing to show for it at all, other than maybe ratings for the networks who have become, through this enigmatic pursuit, the new night time drama show for millions of American viewers. The "bombshell" that Mr. Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen gave CNN was nothing different this week. CNN reported July 27th,that Mr. Cohen claims that Trump knew in advance about the 2016 meeting in New York's Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton. This claim comes from "sources with knowledge." As usual, unnamed. The report goes on a little further: Cohen's claim would contradict repeated denials by Trump, Donald Trump Jr., their lawyers and other administration officials who have said that the President knew nothing about the Trump Tower meeting until he was approached about it by The New York Times in July 2017. Cohen alleges that he was present, along with several others, when Trump was informed of the Russians' offer by Trump Jr. By Cohen's account, Trump approved going ahead with the meeting with the Russians, according to sources. But then, the constant caveat that we must remember: To be clear, these sources said Cohen does not have evidence, such as audio recordings, to corroborate his claim, but he is willing to attest to his account. Great job, CNN. You just promised your public an elephant sandwich made of nothing.In fact the next bit of writing gives proof to the fact that this is all nothing: Cohen privately testified last year to two Congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. A source familiar with Cohen's House testimony said he did not testify that Trump had advance knowledge. Cohen's claims weren't mentioned in separate reports issued by Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee. Contacted by CNN, one of Cohen's attorneys, Lanny Davis, declined to comment. "He's been lying all week, he's been lying for years," said Rudy Giuliani, the President's attorney, to Chris Cuomo on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" on Thursday night. He added, "I don't see how he's got any credibility." Giuliani also said Cohen is "the kind of witness that can really destroy your whole case" and called Cohen, who was a top Trump Organization attorney for a decade, a "pathological liar." The rest of the newspiece, amazingly, continues to disprove its own breathless claim that Mr. Cohen "has something" on Trump by showing repeatedly how he had ample opportunity to say so earlier, but never did. However, CNN also knows the readership of its news pieces. Most news media is familiar with the "hook" technique, usually a blazing headline or some amazing claim that draws reader interest to the piece in question. CNN also has an audience that is so completely opposed to Donald Trump that the facts proving that this is a nothing-burger can actually be placed in the piece without much worry that anyone will start to question the "fake news" aspect of this network. To them, President Trump IS a threat. And that is why they are so dedicated to taking him down, by any means necessary. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Related Topics:RussiaDonald TrumpCNNfake newsglobalism'Russiagate'Michael Cohen Up Next Here's why neocons HATE Russia more than any other nation Don't Miss Are big social media companies being used to advance the New World Order's agenda? Advertisement You may like The mainstream media does not want you to think [Video] Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order Nearly assassinated by his own fighters, al-Baghdadi and his caliphate on its last legs (Video) 3 Comments 3 Leave a Reply This comment form is under antispam protection 3 Comment threads 0 Thread replies 0 Followers Most reacted comment Hottest comment thread 3 Comment authors Recent comment authors This comment form is under antispam protection Subscribe newest oldest most voted Notify of new follow-up comments new replies to my comments GuestRaycomeauIt is hard to believe that anyone who has even a grade school education can watch CNN and not question their bias. Normally , someone like Wolf Blitzer arranges 5 or 6 fellow believers in front oh himself, and they compete as to whom can tell the biggest lies about Trump ( or) repeat the Democratic party"s uncorroborated bull-feather diatribes. Since all of this nonsense could lead to WW111 , why in hell isn"t some legitimate organization of honest adults stopping this. Vote Up0Vote Down ReplySeptember 5, 2018 13:52GuestThraxiteThis Cohen fellow looks like a deer caught in the headlights, he certainly does not look the type to have a strong backbone and to stand up for what he believes in. Afterall, the fool taped a client and then volunteered those recordings against his client. Who would ever allow this guy to look at any of their personal information again? or to do any work for them that didn't solely involve janitorial work. I doubt this guy will ever work as a lawyer again. Vote Up0Vote Down ReplySeptember 5, 2018 13:51GuestVince DhimosGiven Trump's Iran hystreria, he is a threat to the world. Vote Up0Vote Down ReplySeptember 5, 2018 13:51 Latest The mainstream media does not want you to think [Video] It is difficult to tell if recent reports like this really represent a realization for the media, but this interview rings true nonetheless. Published 19 hours ago on February 19, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch Several recent stories on Fox, Breitbart, and here on The Duran all address the increasingly obvious bias of the mainstream media with regard to news reporting. We discussed on The Duran how Chris Wallace of Fox News refused to hear details from White House Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller about why the recently declared National Emergency is in fact legitimate. This piece revealed that the media is very actively trying to control and direct what information they want the public to hear, rather than truly reporting the news, or interviewing people to get their takes on things, and to perhaps fully interview all sides in a controversy and then let the American public decide for themselves what to think. This used to exist in more gentlemanly debate programs in some fashion, such as with the TV debate program Point Counterpoint, but now, the bias of the reporter or of the network is the primary operator in determining the outcome of the interview, rather than the information that is available about the story. This has helped create a news and information culture in the United States that is truly insane. As examples, consider these paraphrased headlines, all occurring within the last few years: "Empire" star Jussie Smollett attacked by Trump supporters (even in MAGA hats!) Donald Trump colluded with Russia to interfere with and steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton Russia's Kaspersky Lab is a Kremlin front (because its owner was educated at the KGB academy) President Trump is a racist and all that he does is excite other white racist men "Hands up, don't shoot!" was what Michael Brown of Ferguson begged of the police officer that killed him Covington Catholic High School students abuse Nathan Philips, a Viet Nam veteran and Native American America's withdrawal from the INF means war is coming between the US and Russia. The world is going to end in 12 years if America does not stop using fossil fuels (but everyone else can still do so) All of these are probably familiar to most readers. Many of them are still repeated and acted on as if they were real. But the articles we linked to behind most of these ledes are examples of the disproof, usually 100% disproof, of these. They are hoaxes, or reports built on circumstantial evidence without any proof, or in the worst cases, pure slander and propaganda. One reporter for CBS news, 60 Minutes anchor Lara Logan, discussed this in an interview with retired Navy SEAL Mike Ritland, for his own podcast program, which was picked up by the MediaIte website. The video of her interview is quite lengthy but starting at about 02:14:00 there is a particular segment that the MediaIte writers called to attention. We include this segment in the video. PARENTAL ADVISORY: The video is unrestricted in regards to language and there is some profanity. Parents, please listen first before letting your children watch this video. A major point Mrs Logan makes here is that 85% of the employ of the mainstream media in the USA consist of registered Democrats. She also speaks forcefully against the use of stereotypes, and suggests the best place to start is actual facts. This means that most journalists are coming into this work with a bias, which is not set aside for the sake of the facts of the story. Probably the most key point comes at 2:18:20 in the video is how Lara Logan is taught the way to discern whether or not someone in journalism is lying to you: "Someone very smart told me a long time ago, that, 'how do you know you are being lied to?', 'how do you know you are being manipulated?', 'how do you know there is something not right with the coverage?', when they simplify it all, and there is no gray. There is no gray. It's all one way. "Well, life isn't like that. If it doesn't match real life, it is probably not. Something is wrong." Lara Logan then pointed out the comparison of the mainstream media's constant negative coverage of President Trump against the reality of his work, that, regardless of one's own personal bias, it does not match that everything the President does is bad. She also highlighted the point that one's personal views should not come into how to report a news story. Yet in our days, it not only comes into the story, it drives the narrative for which the story just becomes an example of "proof" that the narrative is "true." Tucker Carlson talked vividly about the same characteristic on his program Monday night on Fox News. He points out that the 3,000 yearly shooting in Chicago get very little news coverage, but that is because these are not as "useful" as the Jussie Smollett story is. This is an example of using an event or a person's actions to satisfy a politically biased propaganda narrative, rather than report the news. This is not occasional, as the list of news headlines given above show. This is a constant practice across most of the mainstream media. Probably no one who gives interviews on the major networks is exempt, for even Mr. Carlson often resorts to cornering tactics when interviewing liberals in an apparent attempt to make the liberal look ridiculous and the point of view he espouses to look vindicated through that ridiculousness. While this is emotionally invigorating for the Carlson fan who wants to see him "eviscerate" the liberal, it is very bad journalism. In fact, it is not journalism at all; it is sensationalism in a nasty sense. It also insults the viewer, perhaps without them knowing it, because such reporting is the same as telling the viewer "WE ARE IN CONTROL!" and that the viewer must simply go along with the narrative given. It is very bad when what should be information reporting, policy discussion, or debate becomes infected with this. Ideas, the product of (hopefully) rational and discursive reasoning, are pushed aside by pure emotion and mass sensationalism. Put metaphorically, it is the new look of bread and circuses, keeping the masses entertained while anything else might be happening. Sometimes the motive for this is not so sinister. After all, we have a 24 hour news cycle now. In the 1970's we didn't. And in those times, the calibre of news reported was much higher. Reporting was far more careful. The Pulitzer Prize winners Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein did their incredible exposé on the doings of President Richard Nixon under the directorship of the Washington Post editor, which demanded triple-checking of everything, making sure that all information was factual, accurate and genuine. While the story was indeed sensational, more importantly, it was true. Now we have a lot of sensation, but very little to zero truth. As an example, every one of the ledes linked above is not proven to be true, in fact the truth in many of these stories is the opposite of what the headline says. This would not be much of a problem if the media lies were not absorbed and reacted on by their readers, listeners and viewers. But the fact is that there are a significant number of consumers of mainstream media news that do react to it. The Covington High School incident showed this in perhaps the most frightening way, with open calls for violence against teenagers and high school students, requested by professionals, people that are supposed to be adults, such as Kathy Griffin, Reza Aslan, and GQ writer Nathaniel Friedman, who called for these kids to be "doxxed", which as we reported, is an action that can be deadly. We are in the times where the love of many has gone cold, and all is about expediency and selfishness. While there are a few outlets and a few journalists that still retain interest in recording and disseminating the truth, the reality is that most of what is out there is tainted by the drive for attention and sensationalism. The media that engages in such behavior is actually hurting people, rather than informing and helping them. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Russia and China Are Containing the US to Reshape the World Order China and Russia are leading this historic transition while being careful to avoid direct war with the United States. Published 22 hours ago on February 19, 2019 By Federico Pieraccini Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation: Fortunately the world today is very different from that of 2003, Washington's decrees are less effective in determining the world order. But in spite of this new, more balanced division of power amongst several powers, Washington appears ever more aggressive towards allies and enemies alike, regardless of which US president is in office. China and Russia are leading this historic transition while being careful to avoid direct war with the United States. To succeed in this endeavor, they use a hybrid strategy involving diplomacy, military support to allies, and economic guarantees to countries under Washington's attack. The United States considers the whole planet its playground. Its military and political doctrine is based on the concept of liberal hegemony, as explained by political scientist John Mearsheimer. This imperialistic attitude has, over time, created a coordinated and semi-official front of countries resisting this liberal hegemony. The recent events in Venezuela indicate why cooperation between these counter-hegemonic countries is essential to accelerating the transition from a unipolar to a multipolar reality, where the damage US imperialism is able to bring about is diminished. Moscow and Beijing lead the world by hindering Washington Moscow and Beijing, following a complex relationship from the period of the Cold War, have managed to achieve a confluence of interests in their grand objectives over the coming years. The understanding they have come to mainly revolves around stemming the chaos Washington has unleashed on the world. The guiding principle of the US military-intelligence apparatus is that if a country cannot be controlled (such as Iraq following the 2003 invasion), then it has to be destroyed in order to save it from falling into Sino-Russian camp. This is what the United States has attempted to do with Syria, and what it intends to do with Venezuela. The Middle East is an area that has drawn global attention for some time, with Washington clearly interested in supporting its Israeli and Saudi allies in the region. Israel pursues a foreign policy aimed at dismantling the Iranian and Syrian states. Saudi Arabia also pursues a similar strategy against Iran and Syria, in addition to fueling a rift within the Arab world stemming from its differences with Qatar. The foreign-policy decisions of Israel and Saudi Arabia have been supported by Washington for decades, for two very specific reasons: the influence of the Israel lobby in the US, and the need to ensure that Saudi Arabia and the OPEC countries sell oil in US dollars, thereby preserving the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency. The US dollar remaining the global reserve currency is essential to Washington being able to maintain her role as superpower and is crucial to her hybrid strategy against her geopolitical rivals. Sanctions are a good example of how Washington uses the global financial and economic system, based on the US dollar, as a weapon against her enemies. In the case of the Middle East, Iran is the main target, with sanctions aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic from trading on foreign banking systems. Washington has vetoed Syria's ability to procure contracts to reconstruct the country, with European companies being threatened that they risk no longer being able to work in the US if they accept to work in Syria. Beijing and Moscow have a clear diplomatic strategy, jointly rejecting countless motions advanced by the US, the UK and France at the United Nations Security Council condemning Iran and Syria. On the military front, Russia continues her presence in Syria. China's economic efforts, although not yet fully visible in Syria and Iran, will be the essential part of reviving these countries destroyed by years of war inflicted by Washington and her allies. China and Russia's containment strategy in the Middle East aims to defend Syria and Iran diplomatically using international law, something that is continuously ridden roughshod over by the US and her regional allies. Russia's military action has been crucial to curbing and defeating the inhuman aggression launched against Syria, and has also drawn a red line that Israel cannot cross in its efforts to attack Iran. The defeat of the United States in Syria has created an encouraging precedent for the rest of the world. Washington has been forced to abandon the original plans to getting rid of Assad. Syria will be remembered in the future as the beginning of the multipolar revolution, whereby the United States was contained in military-conventional terms as a result of the coordinated actions of China and Russia. China's economic contribution provides for such urgent needs as the supply of food, government loans, and medicines to countries under Washington's economic siege. So long as the global financial system remains anchored to the US dollar, Washington remains able to cause a lot of pain to countries refusing to obey her diktats. The effectiveness of economic sanctions varies from country to country. The Russian Federation used sanctions imposed by the West as an impetus to obtain a complete, or almost autonomous, refinancing of its main foreign debt, as well as to producing at home what had previously been imported from abroad. Russia's long-term strategy is to open up to China and other Asian countries as the main market for imports and exports, reducing contacts with the Europeans if countries like France and Germany continue in their hostility towards the Russian Federation. Thanks to Chinese investments, together with planned projects like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the hegemony of the US dollar is under threat in the medium to long term. The Chinese initiatives in the fields of infrastructure, energy, rail, road and technology connections among dozens of countries, added to the continuing need for oil, will drive ever-increasing consumption of oil in Asia that is currently paid for in US dollars. Moscow is in a privileged position, enjoying good relations with all the major producers of oil and LNG, from Qatar to Saudi Arabia, and including Iran, Venezuela and Nigeria. Moscow's good relations with Riyadh are ultimately aimed at the creation of an OPEC+ arrangement that includes Russia. Particular attention should be given to the situation in Venezuela, one of the most important countries in OPEC. Riyadh sent to Caracas in recent weeks a tanker carrying two million barrels of oil, and Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has taken a neutral stance regarding Venezuela, maintaining a predictable balance between Washington and Caracas. These joint initiatives, led by Moscow and Beijing, are aimed at reducing the use of the US dollar by countries that are involved in the BRI and adhere to the OPEC+ format. This diversification away from the US dollar, to cover financial transactions between countries involving investment, oil and LNG, will see the progressive abandonment of the US dollar as a result of agreements that increasingly do away with the dollar. For the moment, Riyadh does not seem intent on losing US military protection. But recent events to do with Khashoggi, as well as the failure to list Saudi Aramco on the New York or London stock exchanges, have severely undermined the confidence of the Saudi royal family in her American allies. The meeting between Putin and MBS at the G20 in Bueno Aires seemed to signal a clear message to Washington as well as the future of the US dollar. Moscow and Beijing's military, economic and diplomatic efforts see their culmination in the Astana process. Turkey is one of the principle countries behind the aggression against Syria; but Moscow and Tehran have incorporated it into the process of containing the regional chaos spawned by the United States. Thanks to timely agreements in Syria known as "deconfliction zones", Damascus has advanced, city by city, to clear the country of the terrorists financed by Washington, Riyadh and Ankara. Qatar, an economic guarantor of Turkey, which in return offers military protection to Doha, is also moving away from the Israeli-Saudi camp as a result of Sino-Russian efforts in the energy, diplomatic and military fields. Doha's move has also been because of the fratricidal diplomatic-economic war launched by Riyadh against Doha, being yet another example of the contagious effect of the chaos created by Washington, especially on US allies Israel and Saudi Arabia. Washington loses military influence in the region thanks to the presence of Moscow, and this leads traditional US allies like Turkey and Qatar to gravitate towards a field composed essentially of the countries opposed to Washington. Washington's military and diplomatic defeat in the region will in the long run make it possible to change the economic structure of the Middle East. A multipolar reality will prevail, where regional powers like Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran will feel compelled to interact economically with the whole Eurasian continent as part of the Belt and Road Initiative. The basic principle for Moscow and Beijing is the use of military, economic and diplomatic means to contain the United States in its unceasing drive to kill, steal and destroy. From the Middle East to Asia Beijing has focussed in Asia on the diplomatic field, facilitating talks between North and South Korea, accelerating the internal dialogue on the peninsula, thereby excluding external actors like the United States (who only have the intention of sabotaging the talks). Beijing's military component has also played an important role, although never used directly as the Russian Federation did in Syria. Washington's options vis-a-vis the Korean peninsular were strongly limited by the fact that bordering the DPRK were huge nuclear and conventional forces, that is to say, the deterrence offered by Russia and China. The combined military power of the DPRK, Russia and China made any hypothetical invasion and bombing of Pyongyang an impractical option for the United States. As in the past, the economic lifeline extended to Pyongyang by Moscow and Beijing proved to be decisive in limiting the effects of the embargo and the complete financial war that Washington had declared on North Korea. Beijing and Moscow's skilled diplomatic work with Seoul produced an effect similar to that of Turkey in the Middle East, with South Korea slowly seeming to drift towards the multipolar world offered by Russia and China, with important economic implications and prospects for unification of the peninsula. Russia and China – through a combination of playing a clever game of diplomacy, military deterrence, and offering to the Korean peninsula the prospect of economic investment through the BRI – have managed to frustrate Washington's efforts to unleash chaos on their borders via the Korean peninsula. The United States seems to be losing its imperialistic mojo most significantly in Asia and the Middle East, not only militarily but also diplomatically and economically. The situation is different in Europe and Venezuela, two geographical areas where Washington still enjoys greater geopolitical weight than in Asia and the Middle East. In both cases, the effectiveness of the two Sino-Russian resistance – in military, economic and diplomatic terms – is more limited, for different reasons. This situation, in line with the principle of America First and the return to the Monroe doctrine, will be the subject of the next article. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Nearly assassinated by his own fighters, al-Baghdadi and his caliphate on its last legs (Video) The Duran – News in Review – Episode 178. Published 22 hours ago on February 19, 2019 By Alex Christoforou The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how the Islamic State has been rapidly losing territory over the last two years in Syria and Iraq, due to efforts by Russian and Syrian forces, as well as the US and their Kurdish allies. The jihadist caliphate has lost most of its forces and resources, leading it to go into hiding. Al-Masdar News is reporting that Daesh* leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly attacked in a village near Hajin by some of the terrorist organisation's foreign fighters in an apparent coup attempt, The Guardian reported, citing anonymous intelligence sources. Baghdadi reportedly survived the alleged coup attempt, with his bodyguards taking him into hiding in the nearby desert. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud. Meanwhile European leaders are shocked at US President Trump's ISIS ultimatum. Via Zerohedge… After President Trump's provocative tweets on Sunday wherein he urged European countries to "take back" and prosecute some 800 ISIS foreign fighters as US forces withdraw from Syria, or else "we will be forced to release them," the message has been met with shock, confusion and indifference in Europe. Trump had warned the terrorists could subsequently "permeate Europe". Possibly the most pathetic and somewhat ironic response came from Denmark, where a spokesperson for Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Copenhagen won't take back Danish Islamic State foreign fighters to stand trial in the country, according to the German Press Agency DPA. "We are talking about the most dangerous people in the world. We should not take them back," the spokesperson stressed, and added that the war in Syria is ongoing, making the US president's statement premature. Germany's response was also interesting, given a government official framed ISIS fighters' ability to return as a "right". A spokeswoman for Germany's interior ministry said, "In principle, all German citizens and those suspected of having fought for so-called Islamic State have the right to return." She even added that German ISIS fighters have "consular access" — as if the terrorists would walk right up to some embassy window in Turkey or Beirut! Noting that the Iraqi government has also of late contacted Germany to transport foreign fighters to their home country for trial, she added, "But in Syria, the German government cannot guarantee legal and consular duties for jailed German citizens due to the armed conflict there." The United States is asking Britain, France, Germany and other European allies to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we captured in Syria and put them on trial. The Caliphate is ready to fall. The alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them…….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2019 France, for its part, has already agreed to repatriate over 130 French Islamic State members as part of a deal reached in January with US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who are holding them, after which they will go through the French legal system. However, French Secretary of State Laurent Nuñez still insisted that the west's Kurdish allies would never merely let ISIS terrorists walk out their battlefield prisons free. "It's the Kurds who hold them and we have every confidence in their ability to keep them," Nuñez told French broadcaster BFMTV on Sunday. "Anyway, if these individuals return to the national territory, they all have ongoing judicial proceedings, they will all be put on trial, and incarcerated," he said, in comments which appeared to leave it up to others to make happen. ….The U.S. does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go. We do so much, and spend so much – Time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. We are pulling back after 100% Caliphate victory! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2019 And representing the Belgian government, Justice Minister Koen Geens charged Trump with blindsiding his European allies with the demand, which included Trump underscoring that it is "time for others to step up and do the job" before it's too late. "It would have been nice for friendly nations to have these kinds of questions raised through the usual diplomatic channels rather than a tweet in the middle of the night," Geens said during a broadcast interview on Sunday, according to the AFP. Meanwhile in the UK the issue has recently become politically explosive as debate over so-called British jihadist bride Shamima Begum continues. The now 19-year old joined Islamic State in 2015 after fleeing the UK when she was just 15. She's now given birth in a Syrian refugee camp and is demanding safe return to Britain for fear that she and her child could die in the camp, so near the war zone. Conservatives in Britain, such as Interior Minister Sajid Javid have argued that "dangerous individuals" coming back to the UK from battlefields in the Middle East should be stripped of their British citizenship. He said this option has already been "so far exercises more than 100 times," otherwise he also advocates prosecution of apprehended returning suspects "regardless of their age and gender." Identified as French nationals fighting within ISIS' ranks, via Khaama press news agency The UN has estimated that in total up to 42,000 foreign fighters traveled to Iraq and Syria to join IS — which appears a very conservative estimate — and which includes about 900 from Germany and 850 from Britain. SDF leaders have previously complained about the "lack the capacity" for mass incarceration of ISIS terrorists and the inability to have proper battlefield trials for them. Recent estimates have put the number of ISIS militants in US-SDF battlefield jails at over 1000, though Trump put the number at 800 in his tweet. However, even once they do return to Europe it's unclear the extent to which they'll be properly prosecuted and locked in prison by European authorities. 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Stuffed Poblanos
4 medium
poblano peppers
4 large slices of
Chihuahua cheese
(enough to fill each pepper)
4 egg whites
¼ cup corn meal flour (harina de maiz)
½ teaspoon oregano (optional)
Cooking spray
Heat oven to 350°F
Roast peppers over medium to high heat until skin is blackened and wrinkly (no oil needed)
Place roasted peppers in a plastic bag to steam. (Leave in bag for 5 minutes.
While peppers are steaming, mix remaining ingredients together to make a batter
Remove peppers from the bag and peel blistered skin off
Make a slit down the pepper lengthwise and remove seeds from the inside of the peppers
Place cheese inside each pepper and fold flesh over
Dip each pepper into the batter to cover
Place the battered peppers into a pan coated with cooking spray. Place in the oven.
Cook until batter has firmed. Serve hot.
Flavors of Fiesta
by University of Illinois Extension
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STACKED TRAIT options will continue to grow as shown by Dow AgroSciences' latest announcement that it plans to stack its 2,4-D tolerance trait with SmartStax for a launch in 2013. The company has submitted the 2,4-D trait, called DHT1, for approval; it could be on the market by 2012.
"We think 2,4-D with glyphosate will give growers convenience and flexibility to keep a good weed-control program in corn," reports Tom Wiltrout, Dow AgroSciences strategy leader of global seeds, traits and oils.
The new Dow AgroSciences trait provides tolerance to broadleaf phenoxy auxin products such as 2,4-D and grass "fop" herbicides. The new trait also provides more flexibility for use of 2,4-D. It will allow planting immediately after application, rather than after the delays required under current labels.


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Thailand Celebrates Teen Badminton Star's Victory
The badminton world championship won last week by 18-year-old Thai Ratchanok Inthanon has already re-energized her country's interest in a sport dominated by the likes of Indonesia, South Korea and China. The WSJ's James Hookway tells Deborah Kan her rags-to-riches story.
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Sunday, April 06, 2008
Are Consumables Bad Design?
Drums are just the latest consumable to have issues. Flasks and elixirs got sorted into the Battle/Guardian system to keep them under control. There are complaints that the caster classes have to chain mana potions every two minutes.
So it begs the question: Are consumables--items which give a temporary bonus and are then destroyed--inherently bad design?
In theory, potions and flasks are pretty cool. They're a strong part of fantasy literature, and the idea of brewing elixirs is pretty neat.
But in practice, consumables tend to be annoying. Because they are powerful, content tends to be balanced with the expectation that the players are using them. If content wasn't balanced around that, a buffed group would find it too easy. As well, farming materials or money for consumables is something you have to do for every raid. Basically, you're continously expending a lot of effort just to stay level.
Permanent items on the other hand, like armor, enchants, and gems have a large initial cost, but once you meet that cost you're set. You've actually achieved something, and your character will always be better from that point. To me, gathering the materials for a [Red Belt of Battle] seems much more worthwhile, and much more fun, than gathering the materials for flasks for the next week of raiding.
Of course, WoW can't remove consumables entirely, as the Alchemy profession is based on them. But it might be a good idea for a new game to simply not include consumables. Make buffs either permanent or easily renewable. In many ways, I think the endgame would be a better place if consumables didn't exist.
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Consumables aren't bad, but blaming them for the larger issue is. The problem is that encouters are designed to be outgeared for the majority of people to have success.ReplyDelete
With WoW, this means that encounters are balanced around consumables, which by and large give a decent buff; by balancing to that standard, you basically eliminate any advantage the guilds which mandate their use gain, handicapping the guilds that don't. Better to balance against a certain gear level, without consumables.
I've played other games that had consumable buffs; FFXI is probably my favorite that did. There, consumables buffs were a huge advantage, but by no means required to play well; however, they did give a notable advantage.
I like the professions system, but when professions become mandatory for certain classes or encounters, I think that's a sign that they are overpowered and imbalanced - or at least, too readily available.ReplyDelete
This issue with consumables is nothing new though - we see it with the tailoring bop sets too. The gear is soo good that it's almost obligatory for new lvl 70 priests, locks and mages to take up tailoring. Even shammies and druids take it up for the primal mooncloth set. This might also happen with other classes and professions, I'm not sure.
The only solution I can see is to make consumables and gear usable and wearable to all, but I guess that would create problems in its own right.
IMO the problem is not consumables.ReplyDelete
I'm no hardcore raider, but even I knew that the next raid would be over-tuned.
Then nerfed.
It's the Blizzard pattern all through TBC.
(Kara is the prime example - it went from hard to get into and difficult to complete, to open access and an easier badge farm than the 5-man heroics.)
They really need to implement a different difficulty settings for raids as well as dungeons.ReplyDelete
Balance the "normal" setting for not requiring consumables and perfect class balance.
Balance the "heroic" setting on whatever will make the raiders not blow through the content too fast.
- Anonymous9:07 AM, April 07, 2008
Blizzard is not requiring consumables be used in any encounter, but they do help make any encounter go that much more smooth.ReplyDelete
It gets kind of annoying preparing consumables for raiding, but if the whole raid is using them to get the most out of your players then it really shows.
Like doeg says, Blizzard makes the instances as unforgiving as possible for the hardcore raiders who love the challenge, and then tones that difficulty level down in subsequent patches.
Hmm, I'm not sure that what I was trying to convey really came across. Maybe I'll take another stab at it later.ReplyDelete
Also, everyone makes the claim that Karazhan got nerfed, but what changes really happened?
- Shade of Aran had his elementals tuned down. Blizzard and Flame Wreath were fixed so they couldn't overlap.
- Romeo and Juliet was tuned down.
- the iceblocking trash became shackleable.
Were there other nerfs? I don't think that Karazhan has changed that much since release.
- Revaan10:53 AM, April 07, 2008
I think the point was content requires consumables to be mastered, which seems true, for content that is new to raiders. Once you get a fight on "farm", guilds can usually handle it with several people or more missing consumables, although it is still ridiculously easier if everyone is all potted up and well fed.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:37 AM, April 07, 2008
The Mark of Illidari drop does a good job of providing consumables for raiding guilds.ReplyDelete
You can get mana and health pots from battle ground tokens.
And gemming and enchanting for mana regen, intel, stamina, can reduce the need to spam pots.
Overall, I think Blizzard has done a good job to make consumables easy to get and not as necessary for raiding guilds.
The drums issue is a consumable issue, but it's also a crafting issue. Leatherworking stands out alone, above and beyond as a profession with the armor kits, good mail and leather craftable items. The drums were supposed to be a neat little bonus (like LW needed a bonus).ReplyDelete
I feel that all encounters should be tuned with no consumables, and that consumables should help you to learn the encounter, or help to make up for small gear gaps in the raid.
However, it doesn't work out that way, and end-game raiders may complain that the content is too easy with all their consumables AND highest level of gear. So they're made a little tougher... a far cry from the pre-TBC raiding days when consumables were required for certain fights at the expected gear-level.
This new area is for raids with T6 level gear. If consumables are needed for a T5/T5.5 level raid to progress in there... that seems fine.
I feel the concept of the Blade's Edge/Grull's Lair Flasks, as well as the other obtainable 'raider flasks' should be extended. The BEM flasks have the best ring, as they're relatively easy to obtain in bulk and any class can do the few daily quests to get the 'buff' consumables they'd need for the week. (If there are already SSO flasks that I don't know about, my apologies)
Now the problem with drums. They're not a true consumable as ONLY leatherworkers can use them. They should fix that. Or give another prof, like engineering maybe, the ability to make a consumable that creates a non-stacking drum-like effect.
I think it's cool for professions to get neat little things... Unfortunately, there used to be a professions for 'neat little things' called engineering...
In the case of Kara, there were a few nerfs. But the primary 'nerf' is that player gearing and gear availability has far outstripped Kara in the last 14 months.ReplyDelete
Many raiders running Kara now are T4 or better.
Those with PvP gear are running with S1 from BGs or S2/S3 from Arena, and/or Veteran's/Vindicator's.
Many powerful badge gear items have been added.
Faction epic gear has been added over several patches.
Even crafting is easier, with gathering professions improved (such as Engineering gas mote extraction), and more people with fast mounts.
There is plentiful gold from dailies.
Greens are in the SSO reward pouches (and even 10% chance at badges), which are being d/e-ed and flooding the AH, reducing mat costs for enchants.
There are more and improved gem recipes.
There's even a shot at a +15 stamina blue gem from the fishing daily!
I would guess that there are very few groups who are entirely new to Kara and who have a full group of marginally-geared toons. The learning curve is gone. Rather, most groups entering Kara probably have at least some overgeared toons who have seen the whole place and cleared it multiple times.
The cumulative effect is that Kara is far easier than at TBC release.
It's been pretty much reduced to a badge farm.
- Anonymous3:25 PM, April 07, 2008
I agree that spending time farming for crafted items that simply don't disappear upon use is obviously a better plan. 2.4 certainly helped that happen, as badges of Justice are certainly attainable. But even so the top patterns are still rare and many smaller servers don't have good access. Knowing who has what pattern has been worked on through forum threads but, some kind of in game auction house to some how sell ability to make something would be helpful imo.ReplyDelete
On a side note, the fact that vendor flasks are only usable in 25 man instances is something i find to be annoying. I'm casual and after doing the 40 man thing back in Pre-BC i have no interest in setting foot inside an instance with a raid bigger then 10 (well accept a BG i guess.) If we gotta finish grinding up 3 Reps to exalted, Why can they not work in any raid?
Arkhan - Arygos
- Anonymous3:06 AM, April 08, 2008
I was there for world first Karazhan, 3 days after release, and it's been nurfed many times since then. Nightbane went through 5 changes in less than a week. If you aren't on the cutting edge, you really don't see how many changes go through.ReplyDelete
- *vlad*4:55 AM, April 08, 2008
Blame Diablo, the game where you had to drink health pots to stay alive, and drank mana pots to renew your mana.ReplyDelete
WoW used Diablo as its basis for the character UI, so mana and health potions were an obvious carry-on from that.
I think we could all do without having to drink mana pots every time the cool-down expires.
"Blizzard is not requiring consumables be used in any encounter, but they do help make any encounter go that much more smooth."
Right, Healers don't need mana pots...
Off topic:ReplyDelete
Encounters are often tweaked in the first few days. There have been encounters that were unusually easy, and others that were unusually hard in the first few days of release.
To talk about the initial difficulty of Kara is hard to do for guild that were 'farming' Naxx. I had friends, and had close ties with the only guild on our server to complete Naxx before 2.0, and T3 level gear was good. Many classes didn't replace it until T4.
However, my guild was working on the last two encounters of AQ40 when 2.0 hit, and while you wouldn't replace T2/2.5 with greens, level 70 blues were often better.
Back then, Kara was hard for people in T2/lvl 70 blues. The crafted epics were harder to get mats for, and the heroics have been nerfed across the board. Primal nethers used to be very rare and difficult to obtain... there was no arena/honor gear worth it's salt for PvE.
Kara is still a challenge in all blues/greens/lvl 60 epics. The 'gear inflation' we've seen for entry level 70s is, in my opinion, great. It's allowed players catching up to progress more quickly.
I'd be hesitant to say that Kara has received anything close to the order of nerfs that say, Magtheridon has... but a new level 70 has far superior itemization than before, making progression in those entry level raids much easier. (plus the badges! I wish I could get all those badges for the first 2 months of farming Kara/Gruul/Mag for gear...)
- Anonymous2:10 PM, April 08, 2008
Problem 1: the reward v. effort is skewed. Too much time spent gathering with nothing to show for it when the raid is done. All other professions have a permanent affect.ReplyDelete
Problem 2: Guild view. If you are dumb enough to take alchemy, you are expected to provide potions. Blacksmiths are not expected to provide armor for everyone, etc. The guild usually does not contribute herbs, but expects Pots.
I would like to see the ability for herbalists to create small "garden" like magic items. "Greenhouse of healing" would take some farming to create, but then sits in a bank slot and creates mats for 20 healing pots per week. . . Time limit on power, but permanent reward from grinding rather than having to re-grind everyweek for the rest of your life. . .
- Anonymous1:06 AM, April 10, 2008
saying that LW needed a buff is a joke. As far as BOP's are concerned, Rogue LW'ers have few options. Pre sunwell, there are BOP boots, shoulders and the 3 piece sets. Of these, the Swiftstrike Shoulders are the only "hard to obtain" item, as they require hearts of darkness, which still can be bought on most servers. The Boots of Utter Darkness and the Primalstrike chest, belt and wrist are all replaced in KARAZHAN. Compare that too tailoring which has the same level of difficulty in crafting BOPS, yet those sets last until at leasts T5.ReplyDelete
also, LW'ers have drums, but tailors have nets, designed to do the same thing- an extra little bonus. Don't tell me your guild didnt go nuts about nets when you did vashj.
yes, the fact that mages are becoming leatherworkers is a probably outside of the design of the drums of battle, but rogues are becoming hammersmiths as well, all for the one item they can use with that profession.
"Consumables aren't bad, but blaming them for the larger issue is. The problem is that encouters are designed to be outgeared for the majority of people to have success."ReplyDelete
Jason, that's a most excellent point. Proven by the fact that Blizzard nerfed the Mags encounter even though people would go in T5 and higher gear regularly these days - it required more coordination than most fights, even with top notch gear.
Speaking about professions, I'm about to give up mine (Smithy/Engineer). The Khorium set was great and all, but for raiding as a holy paladin, those professions are a joke. Might actually go Herbalism/Alchemy, looking at the new stone. Why can't smithes not repair their own gear or that of their co-raiders? Why is that profession so useless?
Wasn't the first gear check curator? Seems like all the raids have gear checks, competency checks, etc. Anyway, yeah its wrong for mages to be LWs. Expect drums to be nerfed :)ReplyDelete
And sunwell to be tuned down, thats almost a given.


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It all started with some stools. Browsing Interior Design and DIY websites have become a recent obsession of mine. Since I'm spending more time in my apt these days, my need to do some projects and create a unique work and living environment has grown. Yet somehow I always find something that takes it back to fashion and these stools dipped in paint, immediately took me back to a pair of Alexander Wang heels I saw weeks ago. Less than 24 hours after seeing those stools, I saw another pair of shoes with the dipping effect. Then another, and another like they were telling me something.
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I did find some of the dipping-effect shoes that should work, so give me a day or two to gather some garments that will compliment the footwear. I'm still going through the emotional process of ch00sing just one for myself which is hard and I need some time. You understand how it can get, right?
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