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Also I didn't even mention the second amendment so if you think the 1st amendment is the second amendment masquerading as the freedom to speech then I have no understanding to why you brought up the second amendment.
|2010-01-20, 22:28
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Vexx said people on my side politically are disarming ourselves. I said we aren't, as we're the big supporters of the 2nd amendment, which helps protect the first amendment. As long as we are able to protect those freedoms, we are never disarmed.
I'll try and discuss the other part of our discussion later(after dinner?).
It's kind of fun being on a forum where I'm pretty much alone on my political views. Makes for interesting discussions. Though I wish I had more of my old man's debate skills and his personal experiences. Instead I rely much on what the people around me have been through as I haven't been alive long enough for some topics.
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|2010-01-20, 23:12
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Hmmm, I was misinterpreted.... I was implying that it was mostly liberals who were "unarmed" in any hypothetical civil war. Though many more liberals/progressives own guns than conservatives think (or that the vocal anti-gun crowd think). This is kind of derailing the thread methinks.
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all those sixties radical would also dust off thier Molotov cocktail recipes.
|2010-01-21, 02:54
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Mahathir: 9/11 was staged
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Now if someone like this Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Dr in what anyway) promotes a platform for people to talk about something reasonably, can anyone ridicule their point even more than him... He sure lives in his own funny world - sadly outside of a lunatic asylum.
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On a more light-hearted note (every pun intended):
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|2010-01-21, 03:41
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Considering the way 9/11 was, and probably still is, used as an excuse for pushing American agendas at the expense of the rest of the world, I actually wouldn't be surprised if it WAS staged.
Whether you like it or not the former Prime Minister of Malaysia AFAIK still has a strong influence on his country.
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...or are you actually serious!?
|2010-01-21, 03:54
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Oh Gawd, not this crap again.
And it comes off as if this guy isn't even claiming that the US Government blew the towers themselves. It looks like he's saying that they used super-awesome special effects. Wow. . .
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Its not that I oppose the statement that 9/11 is (mis)used for a variety of things, but to link this with a statement that 9/11 could (most likely) be staged is just... beyond my understanding, how an even halfway decent educated person... well there is no point to further promote this man's ideas here.
|2010-01-21, 05:02
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As the man says, if the government is willing to stage an attack that killed almost 3000 of it's own citizens in order to further go on to kill tens of thousands of people in other countries, why don't they just kill the people promoting these conspiracy theories? They've already shown that killing thousands of people means nothing to them, so why let the people who stumble across this live? Unless of course it's all bullshit, there is no conspiracy, this is all being made up, and terrorists really did cause 9-11.
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China says Google case not linked to ties with US
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|2010-01-21, 05:17
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The news thread has almost become like an actual news programme.
Focus on the bad, negative and sad, so let's toss in something 'nice' for a change
This is in regards to the plight in Haiti, which journalists sure are milking as much as they can for ratings at present, but at least some have managed to find some stories of hope/ positivity about in such a sea of tragedy.
Woman freed under rubble as new quake hits.
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|2010-01-21, 05:23
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@Everyone who quoted me.
Sarcasm much?
My point being is that the tragedy is been abused so much for personal/nationalistic/imperialistic gain that it doesn't surprise me if people start to think that the entire event was staged as grounds for such a reaction on part of the Bush administration. The rest of the world grieved with you all, but once it became a pretense for invasion of countries in which the gols have become so muddied and questionable over the years, you're going to have screwballs thinking it was all a joke to give the American government an excuse to do what they did.
Add to that of course that most of those denying 9/11 much the same way as denying the holocaust are Muslims, the very same people who feel like they're in the sights of America's rifle scopes after 9/11. Doesn't take a genius again because all this has been in the news for years.
It's so easy to blame the people for denying the tragedy, but so hard to ask yourselves why they deny it in the first place. I would go so far as to say that if the US government didn't act and react as they did, you wouldn't have Malaysia's ex-Prime Minister spouting of anti-American rhetoric while speaking about religious tolerance and Iran's (duly elected?) President supporting hardline Islamic views while battling killing protesters in the streets.
Whether America will admit or not, it help create this growing Anti-American trend, a point outside observers have been poiting out for almost ten years.
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I'm not blaming everything on the US government. Yes the anti-American sentiments have fostered in the hearts and minds of outsiders for decades, both deservingly and undeservingly. The problem becomes when people start thinking that they have no involvement in the causation of the problems at hand that the problems get worse and start instigating "solutions" when they clearly do not truly understand the root of the issue. The purported solutions themselves become confounders to the problem and further add fuel to the fire. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, I suppose.
I don't know enough about American government and foreign policy to know just what the hell was going on in their minds when they gave to go signal for the tanks to roll in, but personally over the years I just saw that if the Bush administration did have good intentions then they still haven't made it real that now Obama inherited a big problem. I'd say it's both a problem of understanding how to deal with the people they're helping and not knowing how to cull the weeds at the root.
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Favorite AC Album (New and Unlocked)
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A couple people mentioned it over there on the old thread, so I decided to make a new one. This poll will not end. Tell us about your favorite AC albums! No EPs were included as there wasn't enough space to include them all, but tell us about your favorite EPs if you'd like. I also excluded Hollindagain both because there wasn't enough room for it and because it's really a live album.
i still have trouble thinking of oddsak as a regular album [because it isn't!] and for some reason my brain wants to count holland even though it is a "live album" ... yet i wouldn't count crack box? i don't know... it bothers me that it is confusing / muddled! keep it simple / keep it clean!
Oh man. This is too difficult of a question! Do I pick just one? As for the EPs go.... I'd really have to choose their newest as of now, Fall Be Kind. Avey said in an interview a while ago that it felt kind of autumney to them and that's exactly how it feels for me. And now that I just said the word "feels"... I might have to go with that album (FEELS grood) to be my favorite. I love Panda's (Edgar's) beats in those and Kria's piano. Well, I could list everyone and say that I love what they do. But I won't for length's sake. Feels and Fall Be Kind EP... Those would be my favorites. Both have amazing headphone quality and great for regular speakers too. Perfect blend of styles and sound textures in each. LASPREE
Still Strawberry Jam for me.
I started the poll but I can't decide. At different times, my favorite album has been (in rough order) Sung Tongs, Spirit, MPP, Straw Jam, and Feels, which is where I am now. I'm gonna have to think about it.
i get mad when no one says indian/danse but i get very angry when people DO! __<" title="mad" />
Indian possibly could be my favorite. They all are! Why can't I vote more than once??
Because I'm just following what the last thread like this did. Favorite album. But I encounter the same issue you do, I can't choose.
Yeah. It's definitely a hard decision. Mine changes too often.
mine never changes! it was indian in 03 and it is indian in 2011! __<" title="mad" /> eyah! it's my obsession with the past! PINK SONG!
SPIRIT all the way. I've given my explaination a million times over on our lovely forum home and i'd feel silly doing it again!
that's more like an avey solo feat. pander on drums album versus an AC one!
If I had to pick without Spirit involved i'd choose INDIAN
i'm going to pick spirit, because it has a really unique atmosphere and a sense that there's a unifying story or theme, which a lot of ac's other stuff lacks.
Spirit is an infinitely beautiful work of art. The childish wonder present on it just kills me.
Lotta votes for Spirit. I wouldn't have expected that.
[quote="Dave"]Lotta votes for Spirit. I wouldn't have expected that.[/quote] yes
strawjam is the one i've heard the most times but when i'm in the mood for it Spirit is best album by far... so i voted Spirit
i love every song on Strawberry Jam and i could listen to them anytime, but i'd have to say that Here Comes The Indian is my favorite, such a great atmosphere and a lot of great effects and Panda plays some awesome drums.
With the amount of listens and the amount it resonated with me, I picked Feels. The special thing about feels for me is that its taste almost lingered in my mouth after I listened to it. You know where you still have the same feeling you have when you're listening to something far after you've stopped. that's feels for me. And every time I listen to the first have I'm oh so joyful
After about a year of AnCo once a day I clearly have decided that my favorite AC Album is Strawberry Jam Forever Jam is so sweet and tangy, it just brightens up the start of my day. It has a certain consistancy which leaves me wanting more, the album was pretty cool too. Favs off it our Peacebone, Unsolved Mysteries, and For Reverend Green
[quote="Dave"]I started the poll but I can't decide. At different times, my favorite album has been (in rough order) Sung Tongs, Spirit, MPP, Straw Jam, and Feels, which is where I am now. I'm gonna have to think about it.[/quote] exactly the same for me (well, different order)... I thought I had finally settled on Feels being my favey but then I listened to Spirit all the way through for the first time in months and now I can't decide anymore! In the past it's also been straw jam and campfire... I think I'll choose campfire songs because I think it's being grossly underrepresented and I think it's a 4-way tie anyway! EDIT: fucking polls, how do I answer them?
That was a really tough choice.. Honestly, I could put either Feels, Strawberry Jam, or Spirit as my favorite album of all time by any band.. It's so hard to say which ONE album I prefer. I like each for different reasons- they're all so diverse.. I had to go with Feels, though. (: And I think you just select an option..
Sung Tongs is bolded... does that mean I already picked it? I don't remember doing that... Well just consider Campfire Songs at 1 vote!!
[quote="deadfly"]Sung Tongs is bolded... does that mean I already picked it? I don't remember doing that... Well just consider Campfire Songs at 1 vote!![/quote] Danse Manatee is bolded for me, and yeah, uh, no, I did not choose that. There isn't any way for me to go in and modify the poll, the choice to block The Changing Of The Mind is the poll creators.
listening to the Sung Tongs vinyl reissue made me realize how much I love that record too. such a unique atmosphere and style, yet to hear anything like it, the way they use feedback and electronic textures under a freak folk guitar mass? brilliant! spirit is pretty great, even if i rarely listen to it all the way through. still feels though. 1st half for the best pop songs AC has ever written and 2nd for their most interesting and beautiful experiments. and then turn into something! good god that song is so good and it's so underrated. the way it ends is probs my 2nd favorite way an album ends behind jeff mangum putting down his guitar and walking out of the room
oh lol I just realized this is an old thread. Thanks a lot Peacefish, for reviving this thread and making a fool out of me.
I forgot I made this thread! Feels is still my darlin'.
Deadfly I am the fool on the hill. I spelled "are" like "our". Also I did not mention Feels and how Banshee Beat made me and my go totaly crazy for that song this summer. Should I resurect that thread...?
It's been resurrected! The resurrection is complete! Now we just have to kill it again.
Strawberry Jam is my favorite, I think the mix of songs on it is great. Every single one of their albums are amazing, I just feel Strawberry Jam gets just Squeaks by the others.
I chose Sung Tongs simply because it has most of the songs I love to sing along to. It's a great album for a Fall day and it just has this warmth to it like friendship or something.  My second favorite would have to be either HCTI or MPP. Quite a different end of the spectrum but both albums have such a great use of audio space and create such a unique atmosphere.
[color=#BF0000]I Thought for sure there would be more votes for merriweather and strawberry jam[/color]
Sung Tongs forever Feels is a close second though
Water Curses is their best music to me, but it's to short to be an album. I know the reason I found them is because of Merriwheather Post Pavillion but that album somewhat frustrates me in the way that it's three guys sitting at computers. Strawberry Jam has good songs but no flow and they are all loud so I can't fall asleep to it. Sung Tongs is amazing but I don't feel the power of them. Spirit they've gone they've vanished I adore, two guys just making music together, you feel like you're with them just having fun making music for music. I have yet to fully get into here comes the Indian, Campfire songs is good if you're in the mood for it. Fall be kind isn't that good accept for What would I want Sky?. Danse Manatee has songs that are not really songs and even though they sound good I can't have that be my favorite. Oh I know. Feels feels feels feels. It's their freekin masterpiece and I love every song. I will never get sick of that album. FEELS FEELS FEELING IS GOOD!!!!
feels has a bit too many snoozers! flesh canoe, bees, daffy duck hell banshy beast! but man... did you see them birds?, grash, purple bottle, turn into something! and though it is mellow LAKE is super groovy
Whaaaaaa I really like Flesh Canoe and Daffy Duck as parts of an album (it's really a great album, unlike MPP and SJ which seemed at times more like collections of great singles), and I LOVE Bees and Banshee Beat. The latter two are two of my favorite songs. It's all about taste, dude. For instance, I don't really listen to their early stuff anymore at all. It's too frenetic for my taste these days. I used to listen to it all the time, like almost exclusively 2004 and earlier. Just because I don't like listening to Danse or Hollindagain anymore doesn't mean they don't still have merit as pieces of music, that they don't still sound good. They're just not right for the way I feel right now. I dunno, it bums me out to hear some of my favorite songs called "snoozers". Mellow does it for me these days, just as over-the-top intensity did it for me in years past. I'm sure that will change again, too. Also, I love everything on FBK except for the pan flute portion of Bleed. Calling any of this stuff bad is worse than pointless. It runs the risk of making people feel bad when music that's close to their hearts is criticized. THAT MAKES ME A VERY SAD PANDA (bear.)
damn i can't believe people don't see Strawberry Jam as being a cohesive album, i thought the album flowed very nicely. purplesage, merriweather was not just made on a step sequencer, while the samples were made via a computer they were then programmed onto samplers and played by ac, its not like they sat in front of a computer to get In The Flowers to drop in like it does. that takes getting together and practicing the songs. I like that feels moves slowly at parts, it just makes the energetic songs stand out more. I refuse to label this album a masterpiece because that would mean the best of anco has come and gone. but then again everyone is entitled to their opinion and all of our unique opinions make this a great place to talk about music
Aw man, I really can't choose. All I know is that I really really like Strawberry Jam, Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished, Sung Tongs, & Feels. And Merriweather Post Pavillion~ Darn it. Now I'm thinking about Campire Songs. And Water Curses. Nevermind man!
lol well said
I have read through and come to a semi mild decision... MPP or FALL BE KIND I like them both ! But that took me a while, i really want to say all of them but it is so incredibly hard ! BLEUGH
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One thing that the pair does not represent is, "It ain't over 'till the fat lady sings." Someone might think that this is the cliché represented here as a visual pun—with "over" understood in a particularly macabre sense—because the operatic duo really are near the end of the ride, but the "fat lady" phrase appears to be a recent coinage, not firmly attested earlier than the mid-1970's.
The phantoms of the opera went from Marc Davis's original sketch to maquettes to finished figures with less alteration than practically any other characters in the HM. Marc just flat-out nailed it, and no one could improve on it. It almost makes these characters boring to blog about. They sure are fun to look at, though.
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The EANA workshop will take place in the AlbaNova main building (Roslagstullsbacken 21) in the Klein auditorium. The lectures will begin on Monday, 15 Oct, at 9:30 (at 9:00 on the other days), and the last lecture will end on Wednesday, 17 Oct, at 18:30.
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I teach 3 & 4 year olds and am always looking for new ways to teach shapes! And of course, they love to paint! Thanks! This is great!ReplyDelete
This is such a simple and clever idea! No special equipment, and awesome effects. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- coastalgalJuly 9, 2011 at 10:09 PM
Very often you can find used salad spinners at thrift stores and yard sales. I found a nice one for $3.00 and it works great. But, going to use the idea of using a plastic lid for the paper to sit on the bottom of the salad spinier. Your work around for not having a spinner is good though.ReplyDelete
Love how you made it BIG!! And you inspired me to try this again with a sheet this time and maybe some acrylics that way I will have colorful table cloth:)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the link.
Nice! Will give it a try. Looks so easy.ReplyDelete
You are so brave! I love how the table came out, though!! I am sure the kids loved it! Thank you for linking up!!ReplyDelete


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The rains couldn't keep Leno's Tank Car from exhibition at the Woodward Dream Cruise, but the boys at Bosch were kind enough to drop a tent over it to make sure no damage would be done to the one-of-a-kind engine on wheels by the not-so-much torrential downpour. If y'all remember, his 9500-lb. hot rod's humongous V12 tank engine (1792 ci) was merely naturally aspirated, so Gale Banks and the boys at Bosch decided to fit the sucker with some twin-turbo action. The resulting 1600 hp and 3000 lb.-ft torque is nothing less than epic — but we'll let you judge that for yourself.
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One of the things I have learned from my genealogy research is that if you get stuck then try again from a different angle. I use several different online sources and often find that something which may not be indexed on one will turn up on another. I have also learned that it is wise not to be too restrictive on search terms. A wider search can often throw up something that will be filtered out if the search criteria are too narrow. It can also give interesting collateral information about other family members than the object of the search.
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The Grinnell College Art Collection began with 28 etchings given in honor of Maude Little Macy (1845-1926) and $1,200 raised for the purchase of art during the endowment campaign of 1908. Since then, gifts, bequests, and judicious purchases with endowed acquisition funds have helped to build a collection of more than 5,000 works of art. The collection is distinguished by its social and political commentary by artists who have taken up pen and stylus as weapons against oppression, exploitation and human folly. It includes prints by William Hogarth, Francisco Goya, Honoré Daumier, Käthe Kollwitz, the German Expressionists, and Pablo Picasso. Drawings from the former Soviet Union and graphic work from Eastern Europe and the Baltic States were acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. In recent years, acquisitions have enriched holdings of photography, painting, and sculpture, while the focus remains on works on paper. Many of these works are used regularly in teaching and research.
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- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
- University of Iowa Museum of Art
- Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University
Collection Highlights
Sandow Birk, American Qur'an, Sura 36, 37, ink, acrylic, and gouache on paper, suite of 6, 2009
Edward Burtynsky, Oil Spill #1, REM Forza, Gulf of Mexico, May 2011, chromogenic print, 2011
Edward Burtynsky, The Pentimento Portfolio, 10 chromogenic prints from Type 55 Polaroids, 2010
Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #4, Chittagong, Bangladesh, chromogenic print, 2000
Sarah Charlesworth, Regarding Venus, Fuji Crystal Archive print, 2011
Sarah Charlesworth, Snake Girl, from the series Objects of Desire 2, color photograph, 1985
Bruce Conner, TAKE TWO, D.H.O.M.S., VOL. I, portfolio of 8 etchings, 1973/2001
Honoré Daumier: three lithographs
John Fraser, four drawings
Vladimer Gazovic, To You, Who Don't Like Violet, lithograph, 1970
Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Otras leyes por el pueblo, from the first edition, 1877
Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Subir y bajar, plate 56 from the only lifetime edition of Los Caprichos, 1799
Fred Hagstrom, two artist's books
Jacob Hoefnagel, three engravings
Gertrude Kasebier, Portrait, Miss Minnie Ashley, photogravure, ca. 1905
Marcia Kure, Split Personality I-IV, watercolor, tempera, and pencil on paper (4), 2001
El Lissitsky, Dlia golosa (For the Voice), 1923
Hung Liu, "Unofficial Portraits," six color lithographs with collage, 2001
Tom Marioni, Drum Brush Drawing, steel on sandpaper, 1972-2006
Robert Polidori, Salles d'Afrique, Portrait of Louis XVI by Callet #2, Chateau de Versailles, 2007
Ivan Puni, Study for a Fresco, watercolor, 1921
John Scott, Commander (Bad Eye), mixed media on paper, 2011
Diane Victor, Birth of a Nation, suite of 10 drypoints, 2009-2010
William Villalongo, The Wild, Wild, West, cut velour paper, 2007
Diane Victor, The Wise and Foolish Virgins, triptych, charcoal and staining, 2009
The Grinnell College Art Collection grows continuously through gifts, bequests, and purchases. If you are interested in making a gift of art to Grinnell College, please contact Lesley Wright, Faulconer Gallery Director, at (641) 269-4642.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Emblems, Time and Frustration
For some background, I'm a casualcore raider of Ulduar 25 and ten. I spend four or five nights a week in raids, though only three of those nights are progression raids and the others are simply alt-gearing raids I run in to give over geared heals or Ulduar 10 because for some reason I find Flame Leviathan to be fun as all get out (especially in a motorcycle OMG). I log in other times to lead no-drake OS since I still need Valorous gloves, sometimes do WG and otherwise level alts or do a couple dailies. Three nights a week for three hours I spend healing Ulduar 25 on normal modes with only relatively competitive progression without strict attendance requirements (thus casualcore).
When the Emblem change was announced as in the works for 3.2, I was honestly stunned. I found it to be...rather disheartening. The idea of banging my head against progression content and scraping together enough conquest badges for one piece of T8.5 after a month of wiping, grinding and pushing and then finding out that I could spend those three hours a night train-killing heroics for more benefit is disheartening, to say the least. Why should I push and frustrate myself with Ulduar and compete against other people and RNG for gear, when I could get competition-free heroics gear? Especially with the new content coming out, as Ulduar 25 gear will prepare you for normal 25 T9 level (it would have to).
At this point, I do Naxx 25 once a week. I cannot stand Naxx anymore, but it is something that is important for a lot of people who need to gear alts, new mains or even their current raiding mains with that last piece off of KT, so I go to be helpful. At times I am gearing up Bellbell just for something else to do, but a lot of the time I have to switch to Bellwether because her geared heals are needed to offset the difficulties that come with people playing Alts. I do this to help the guild, but with the hope that eventually we won't do Naxx anymore, that it won't be a raid night that rewards DKP and people will just pick it up on their own. I don't want another reason to go into Naxx. I don't want it to be a required night again just so people can attain a ton of Conquest badges quickly to get two piece T8.5. I don't want another reason to visit old, tired content. It invalidates Ulduar 25 as a farming instance once a new raid comes out, since Naxx is faster, easier, and has more badges attached. And, once again, no RNG or competition for emblem loot.
I understand the pull and attraction for people gearing up alts. And, from a progression stand point, I understand this is extremely helpful for people who are switching progression mains. Other people have pointed out that it's only two piece T8.5 and a few other epics. But the thought that a fresh 80 could rival my Druid in gear by running heroics while I'm smacking my head against a progression wall seems out of whack to me. You would almost get more benefit (time versus reward) from running 25 Naxx than fighting to Yogg. For an experienced raider in a progression guild or even a casual guild, this is actually helpful as it means more badges, KT loot, and less time spent with less difficulty and less repair bills. Helpful, but mind-bogglingly boring.
I also feel that this more encourages people to skip content, rather than play it. If you can gear up past Ulduar level through Emblems (Be Imba has placed my gear level, wearing a mash-up of H Naxx and Uld 10 loot at past H Uld), why visit it when you could skip right to the higher, newer tier of progression? There's no step ladder, so you're actually missing content. Isn't this counter-productive? Why would I bother running the coordination-reliant Malygos 25 when I could hop right into Uld 10 with my non-RNG-based-heroic-farmed-non-competitive T8.5 helm and chest, and T8 equivalent neck, pants and gloves? Or why even do Naxx 25 at all if you don't have the people or feel like joining/making a PUG, when Naxx 10 epics and heroic badge loot will let you waltz into Ulduar 10 or 25, perhaps even T9 introductory level?
I admit, as well, that the thought of someone in quest greens and two-piece T8.5 is...unsettling. I understand with Vault there's a lot of discrepancy, but this will just blow it out of the water, especially as Vault gearing relies completely on dumb luck. I would certainly take advantage of it on any alts I level if it is, indeed, implemented, and people don't seem to realize that this change would be extremely beneficial to raiding guilds. Suddenly have no mages, but too many Druids? Pull the one with the mage alt through Naxx 25 and 10 a few weeks and they've got enough badges and decent gear to be competitive. It's crazily better for casualcore to hardcore raiders than it is for strictly casual people, and yet I still don't want the change.
I guess I just don't like handouts. I raid for the sense of accomplishment, which I suppose is why I don't like Naxx anymore. I don't find any feeling of accomplishment or sense of earning my gear when I go into content I farmed as a fresh 80 and get T8.5 for it. I suppose, at the root of the problem, is that it feels condescending, and I do not like being condescended to. I do not like to just show up and Blizzard to go "Aw, how cute, you killed King Ymiron. Here you go, sweetie, some T8.5 and a popsicle. You run along now, go get 'em, Tiger." I don't want things easier, I don't want to be forced into continuous Naxx farming to remain competitive (like Kara farming of BC, it gets old really, really fast).
Some have mentioned that this is how the PvP system works, so it's how PvE should work, too. However, this is completely off-base. The raids don't scale with each patch. While each season your same opponents get tougher with better gear, Naxx does not get an upgrade each patch. In fact, more and more content is nerfed so it is easier and requires less gear, less coordination. You're doing less for more, whereas in PvP it's the complete opposite. You need better gear to do the same thing each season in PvP; in PvE you do not, and in fact can get by with less. To do the new thing you need more gear, but there were already steps put into place before that new thing that provide the gear. I could understand giving better gear rewards if they buffed heroics and Naxx, but when they're leaving it the same? It actually makes less sense than the PvP system.
So there's my two pennies chucked into the pile. I recommend also reading Tree Bark Jacket's opinion on the state of the game and how hardcore raiders are perceived because of it; she's done a fine job and I agree with her wholeheartedly. I'm honestly rather sick of people devaluing others' opinions because they disagree or dislike the changes. You're entitled to your opinion and so is everyone else. Agree to disagree, but telling people flat out to shut up and belittling them by calling them elitist or wanting to be a special snowflake or all the other sorts of demeaning language because they do not like the changes (or calling them "casual in an insulting tone on the flipside) is simply rude and hypocritical.
31 comments:
- Averna said...
Thank you. 100% agreed.
- June 23, 2009 at 9:01 AM
The great thing about WoW is that there IS room for us all, no matter how hardcore, casual, or non-raider type. That's why we have 11million or however many now playing this game.
As for the badge changes... I think in the end it will be good... I just cant rid myself of a nagging feeling that its just being done too quickly, perhaps they should have waited a few more months yet. There is an element of de-valueing the previous content that can't be written off, it's true and I think all us raiding types feel that on some level.
But that feeling isnt going to stop me from taking advantage of it, certainly not. If an item is an improvement for me, you can bet I'll be happy to get my hands on it.
In the end, its the player, not the gear. Access to better gear is not going to turn anyone with mediocre skills into a dps, tank, or healing machine. That's why overall, this is a positive change.
- June 23, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Rhidach said...
I agree completely. In BC I never really raided, so as you'd imagine I have a huge sense of accomplishment right now with my gear, and all the hard work I put into acquiring each piece feels a bit tainted now that someone can achieve the same level of gearing with a fraction of the effort I put into it.
I can see the need for new 80s to get some kind of boost to a higher iLevel so they can experience the new content, but to go from iLevel 200 to 226 as the entry-level raiding number is a bit of a leap. 213 or even 219 would have made more sense, I think.
- June 23, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Shawn said...
To chime in with my perspective from the other side of the changes - I'm not happy with them either.
My little group of friends and I are just now running our first heroic 80. We only play about 1 night a week and just putter along at our own pace. Regardless of our part-time pace, we still enjoy the allure of content ahead of us - the carrot and stick if you will. However, system changes like this really take the sparkle out of the objective. Each time Blizzard makes this game easier it just feels a little emptier. They aren't doing us slow progress folks any favors at all, just making us feel lame.
- June 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Ratshag said...
Is a very solid, well-writtens post. I's very impressed (though not surprised).
I thinks the buggers what'll benefit mostest (assuming Blizz sticks with the current plan) is gonna be thems tryin' ta catch up to a guild raid out in T9 country, and them guilds what'll be able to get new blood and not haveta ninja raiders from other guilds ta make up fer attrition. As the gap between the raid and fresh 80s gets longer and longer, I think something needs ta be altered fer ta keep the fresh meat coming in. Jumping straight up ta EoC's seems kinda a lot, though. Can't help but think what merging EoH's inta EoV's woulda been enough.
Fer guilds like me little uber-casual one, is gonna be mad-crazy loots we ain't gonna know what ta do with. Sure, a T8.5 helm would look damn spiffy on me head, but I sure won't need it fer ta do H-VA.
- June 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM
First of all, I find the term "casualcore" adorable and I am adopting it for my own guild.
I really appreciate Shawn's insight above. Dumbing down the game is really a hit to everyone, not just people who are ahead of the progression curve. Raiding is a time commitment, and those who don't have the time to learn how to play their classes or execute these encounters should not be able to succeed. Those of us who put the time in, whether it's a couple hours a week or 25 hours a week, should be able to look at what achievements we have earned and be proud of them--instead of being afraid that, due to nerfs, anybody is going to be able to sail through tomorrow what we have bled, sweat, and cried to do today. We may be selfish, but we are justified IMO.
- June 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Ratter's point is also a very good one that I hadn't considered.
In my case, its a very nice thing since my guild isn't even running Naxx25 anymore and I havent found a reliable pug yet to finish gearing my rogue alt. This way she won't fall too far behind the curve so I can continue to have her available at need, or just for a fun run here and there.
Thanks, Ratters. :)
- June 23, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Kalon said...
This is a really good point that I didn't address or even think about. I stated that Naxx would be great for farming badges - but doesn't that, well, kinda suck?
Doesn't it suck a bit to skip over Ulduar completely and do the next raid? Or just do Ulduar hard modes?
I'm trying to think about what my experiences were like in TBC. We started very late - March 2008 - and had Illidan down in June, IIRC. And there was no way in hell that we would have been able to do that without badge loot to fill in some of the gaps and boost us up here and there, and be able to farm T6 early content while working on hard T5. At the same time, there was definite incentive to go back and do T5 content. I think one of my bigger problems is not that you can get 226 level gear from heroics; you could essentially do the same in 2.4, and that was a good thing. No, I think the problem is that you simply can get tier gear and basically get every single slot covered adequately.
I think that if they toned down the amount of things obtainable from the vendors while doing this change, it would be good.
And I really hope that they don't add tier gear to the triumph vendors.
- June 23, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Talifalana said...
I'll start out by stating that I am not a raider. Never have been and probably never will be. So, take this comment with that in mind and weight it as you will.
I believe that those that are progressing through current end-game content should have a step up on the rest of us because of their dedication. It's not easy working through the content the first time.
There are always going to be players and guilds that are "above" everyone else.
Now I have no idea what the percentage of players raiding end-game content is but I bet it's not very high. 1-2% ? Maybe 3%? I asked this question on The Rawrcast Podcast #24 (http://rawrbitchrawr.blogspot.com/) and the hosts responded with 1-2%. If anyone has any real numbers on this, please correct if I'm wrong.
This group (whatever the percentage) is a very vocal group. They are the players who have websites, blogs, and podcasts devoted to this game. They are on the fine edge of performance where almost every change in every patch effects them greatly.
According to this group, most of these changes are bad for the game. According to 1-2% of the player base these changes are bad for 100% of the player base. Now 2% of ~ 11 million people is still a large number but the ratio is still very small. No matter what, a vast majority of the player base is not at end-game content and quit frankly these changes do not effect them.
Would some of these players like to see the inside of Ulduar? I'm sure they would. Do some of these changes allow this to happen? Possibly. Are these players going to progress through this content quickly? I would say not. They still have to find other competent players to group with and still have to fight the fights.
The real question becomes: Does this devalue what progression guilds have accomplished? The answer to that question is highly debatable by both sides. The next question is: Is this fair? Wow. Fair. That's even higherly (I know that not a word but I think it should be) debatable than the first question.
My thought is (bet you were wondering when I would get to the point) that this is good for non end-game players. There. I said it. *cringes awaiting barrage of flames and noob-bombs*
One last thing. I've noticed that many end-game players (mainly from blogs and podcasts that I have access to) are saying that end-game content is too easy and they are finishing it to quickly. Mmmmm. Some of these same players are also complaining that less equipped and less skilled players are doing the content as well. Mmmmm. Why are they upset when others do the content as well if it is so easy?
Disclaimer: As stated at the beginning of this post, I am not a raider and I am nowhere near being a raider. This are just my opinions from my point of view. That's what comments are for :)
- June 23, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- Bell said...
@Talifalana - My guild has no hardmodes down, hasn't downed all the keepers, hasn't even seen Yogg on ten man, and is only mildly competitive with the rest of the server. There are many, many players in the same range as me. And I am perfectly content with how this is now. I am fine with the fact that I cannot simply hurl my Paladin alt into content that outgears her. I hate this change, even with a bunch of alts who are getting decently high in level.
I have heard from many casual players that they dislike this change. It's not just the 1-2% who raid end-game hardmodes.
- June 23, 2009 at 12:53 PM
I like the concept of the change, but not the stated implementation. I don't think Emblems of Conquest should drop from everywhere. They should leave emblems drop as they are, and have a trade up system to "buy" higher tier emblems.
Someone mentioned seeing raiders in T8.5 mixed with greens. I honestly don't think this will happen. You still have to run lots of dungeons to get the badged needed for the T8.5. Most of the greens should be replaced by blues and likely several purples by then.
I also think the emblem prices of items will go up. They're low now, because of the limited number of emblems available, but once they start dropping left and right, it will be completely out of preportion, which means even more heroic farming for emblems to get that one piece of T8.5.
- June 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- YoungMasterCK said...
Couple thoughts...
First this change is great for me, I will give me something to do in WoW, other than level and alt or something. Let me explain, I can't raid. It is not a question of skill, or time. It's a question of the ability to commit to a regular schedule. This is true for most of my guild, part of the reason we are in a guild together. So, we run 5 mans, and lately we are rather bored. We still run 5 man's, but we have all the gear from it, have all the useful items from the EoH, and really just do it for fun. Unfortunately that get's old after a while. Recently we have lost about half of our guild to people moving on to other MMO's or just being bored with WoW.
Second I think this change has far more to due with 3.3 and the next expansion. At the start of WotLK blizz had a problem. You had people in sunwell gear blowing through the content like it wasn't there, and you had people who had never seen the inside of Kara who were struggling. Personally I think this is the first in a series of changes to prep people for the next expansion to be announced at blizcon.
- June 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Jorgen said...
I actually kind of like the badge changes. BC only had a single badge type, and that was my foot in the door to get into raiding in the first place.
I'm in a small guild, just running weekly 10's of Naxx, Ulduar, and Malygos. Naxx is an easy clear, working on Malygos, we can clear FL, Razorscale, XT, Kologarn, (not Ignis :( ) and are nearly there on Assembly of Iron.
We have been going to Ulduar for six weeks, two nights a week and as far as gear drops go, I've gotten two items for my resto druid. True, I do have some 25 pre-Ulduar gear from our guild alliance, but 10's are where I spend most of my time. It's nice to see the bosses, but when doing content for weeks on end for only two items, it gets kind of grating. I can't even buy valor emblem items because I'm only collecting them out of Ulduar 10 from four bosses. With conquest emblems coming out of heroic instances, I can now reward myself for all those weeks of running Ulduar with no upgrades.
We also have players that don't have time to raid on a regular basis hoping for a rare drop so that they can progress to the next raid level while it's still relevant. For these members, they can get decent gear so that when they do have time, they can join a raid and have fun playing a game with people they like.
We had at one point stopped doing Naxx 10, and those people that needed gear from there were pretty much SOL. Now we can happily drop Naxx 10 from our schedule and it won't be as much of a hit. I'm sure we will raid it still, for both drops and conquests but it won't be as urgent or important.
One final point. Bosses will always drop loot, and some it better itemized for specific styles of play or stats that you just can't get from conquest emblems. Ie. there are more options.
- June 23, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- Corgii said...
100 billion% agree.
The gear I spent so much time and effort (and tears) to get is being completely nullified by it being spoonfed to people who didn't even spend a fraction of the time I did getting it.
It's a slap in the face :l
- June 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Armond said...
The only flaw I see with this argument (and many like it) is that you need... what, 555 emblems in order to deck yourself out in 226s? That's a *hell* of a lot of heroics. I can't help but think most people would do heroics for a while, get their blues and purples, buy three or four pieces of emblem gear, and then get super bored of heroics and start doing raids, at which point they are actually putting in time and effort. It may only be time and effort for two naxx runs and a jump into Ulduar, but I don't think it'll be as bad as some people might expect.
- June 23, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- Talifalana said...
@Bell...Didn't mean to offend. Just expressing my opinion as a level 80 non-raider :)
- June 23, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- Bell said...
Not offended, just saying :P
- June 23, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Talifalana said...
*wipes sweat from brow*
- June 23, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- Adrian said...
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- June 23, 2009 at 11:40 PM
- Bell said...
I really wish Blogger would write "Comment deleted by comment author" as people seem to keep thinking I'm deleting comments from this page...
- June 23, 2009 at 11:49 PM
I'm sorry... I admitted I didn't read that first one carefully... ::chuckle::
- June 24, 2009 at 12:15 AM
- Bell said...
@Kayeri - it's no big deal, it's just I would hate for people to think I delete comments simply because I don't like what they say.
- June 24, 2009 at 12:17 AM
- Hagu said...
Like a lot of modern discourse, I see too little in the middle. I strongly think this is a "step in the right direction" however I thing there is legitimate points on both sides as to whether it is too large a step and/or too soon.
The PvP Season analogy is more straightforward, but the same does happen in PvE, albeit more slowly and usually with an expansion. What level 60 item was better than a 65 green? Is there anything from Ulduar beside the mace that anyone expects to be better than a level 88 quest reward? Were PvE accomplishments in ZG any less because a level 80 mage now solos it?
So there is a reason to make it easier to level 1-79 and gear up so as to attract new players. But accomplishments that are universal are not accomplished. This seems like an aggressive move towards the acceleration. I believe it is driven a bit by the fact that the 10/25 raid system was flawed. If you had 8-12 friends who were going to be friends regardless of the guild, then 10-man raiding guilds worked great. But unless you saw your guild as a "join us for the first 3 weeks you are 80" gear-up and churn guild, it was tough to find people who were interested in progressing and logging on but not so ambitious as to insist on 25s. As a GM who folded his top 5 on realm 10 man guild said, it was not like hard mode helped. You needed Nax-25 gear to do OS3D, etc.
I think that every boss, in 10/25 and reg/hard needs to have an achievement and date downed recorded. So getting KT down is not the goal; it allows you to differentiate between getting KT down in November 08 in greens versus in November 09 with guildies in T9.
So I think it is *not* a valid complaint about PvE gear being made common (my Isle of Q gear was about as good as what a lot of people had to kill Lady V for. But they did more/sooner than I was expecting with Ulduar not yet farmed by many and the expansion in 2010.
- June 24, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Babael said...
What all the whining people, including me, must understand is that nowadays WOW is no longer about entertainment, it's about net profit.
Unfortunately, for old school hardcore players like me, Blizzard cares more about their profit than with their level of entertainment/challenge of the game.
Which kind of player do you think Blizzard wants? A lifeless being that spends 30 hours/week raiding and clogging up servers or a five hour/week casual player?
They both pay the same but one costs more than the other... It is simple math.
That's why they made it easier, that's why they made it more popular, nothing to do with some people's sense of disconnection with high end game… Since when they started granting wishes to minorities?
Get real. If they could transform it into a fucking PacMan knowing that it would double their players do you really think that they would hesitate?
It's not about what WE like, it is about what WE pay!
- June 24, 2009 at 8:57 AM
YoungMasterCK: If you can't commit to a raiding schedule then why do you need access to raid level gear? If you're not enjoying WoW for what you can do in the game with the schedule you can commit to, then you should be playing another game instead of trying to instigate or supporting changes that cater almost exclusively to your type of player.
Furthermore, I don't believe anyone was struggling in T7 on account of their gear or raid experience. Raids that couldn't make any progress in Naxx were just populated with lazy raiders, plain and simple.
- June 24, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- Talifalana said...
@Babaela...I think Blizzard made it easier to level from 1-80 so that people could get to and enjoy
the newer content in Northrend quicker.
- June 24, 2009 at 4:17 PM
- benji said...
spot on friend totally agree. It's a slap in the face to the work we've done. they're are skipping from heroism to conquest...why not make them drop valorous in heroics!!??
- June 24, 2009 at 7:58 PM
- Aertimus said...
I think I will also be adopting the term "casualcore"!
- June 26, 2009 at 8:22 AM
You guys who are seeing as a slap in the face are forgetting the bottom line. Blizzard is a company. It exists to make money. If only a small percentage of its subscribers get to see content and/or gear upgrades, then they'll lose people as new games come out.
And giving out gear in an easier manner is not going to make good players of people who truly suck. They'll still suck. Hell we see them now in IF, where you look at some guy who has all his points in one tree, sporting AH greens and one piece of Naxx 25 gear.
- June 30, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Here's what I think. On my server there are only 2-3 alliance 25 raiding guilds with any real level of accomplishment. That leads to a crapton of pugs being available. I've done a number of them as well as my steady 10 man group who is very accomplished and a 25 alliance which has seen Yogg.
Here's what I've found: there are players who can raid and players who can't. It has very little to do with quality of gear and a lot to do with quality of player. There are people who know how to follow directions and those who stand in the pokey-balls and die. Gear won't make much of a difference for those second class of players, they'll just die on harder stuff.
So for the hardcore raider, this is a good thing: You can now Ilevel your alts faster. For the casualcore raider, this helps you get better gear so you can take better shots at harder content with less time involved. For the non-raider, this sucks the most even tho they won't know it... they can get massive Ilevel to keep running heroics. They might get into a pug for higher level content, but they won't be asked back.
So yes, it will kinda suck to see the non-raiders in gear I worked so hard for, but ultimately it will do them little good. They won't have the player skill to be able to raid even if they have the equipment to do so.
That's the aspect of this I don't see anyone else mentioning.
- July 1, 2009 at 2:36 PM
"Aw, how cute, you killed King Ymiron. Here you go, sweetie, some T8.5 and a popsicle. You run along now, go get 'em, Tiger."
ROFLMAO!!! So, so true.
- July 2, 2009 at 3:17 PM


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Store located in Shopping mall/center : Shoppers World Brampton
Store brand name : Le Chateau
Address & Location : 499 Main Street South Brampton, ON L6Y 1N7
State : Ontario
City : Brampton
Phone (Shoppers World Brampton) : (905) 459-1337
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