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All the signs were referring that there was a hippie culture in Soviet Union, but not everybody believed it. Not yet.
Introducing two old hippie souls from Tallinn – Aleksandr Dormidontov and Jaakko Hallas.
Aleksandr Dormidontov, my favourite Sass, trouble with hair since 1968
The directress of Estonian National Museum, for example, encouraged us to meet some prolific cultural researchers, to ask guidance and material. As soon as we had another shooting day planned – as with extremely limited budget, we often had to make 15h working days – we booked the morning for an interview Linnar Priimägi. He's a recognized art and cultural researcher, but for our mild distress he rather announced that hippie culture was apparent in America only, certainly not here, and then he even added, sounding almost like an apostel, that "it will never return."
I couldn't take these words.
Our director of photography Andreas Press, Kiwa, Linnar Priimägi and me
Later on I understood that his rather different understanding from ours was mostly about his rigid definition of what 'hippie culture' is – i.e. living in communes, raising children collectively, dropping lots of acid – all of which indeed was not really apparent in Soviet Union. But which doesn't necessarily mean that the 'hippie culture' was totally absent here. More so, hippie culture emerged most vividly underground and it was not open to public exposure, as this could have been followed by various sanctions by the Soviet authorities (e.g. dropping out from universities, treatment in mental hospital). And even more so, because Soviet hippie culture is something that has not so far been researched and written much about!
But it was Linnar Priimägi, who together with Ants Juske wrote a manifesto of their generation in 1978. The manifesto known as "Tartu autumn" stated their generation as the generation of indolence – taking the long story short, the outside reality is so ridiculous and painful, that you just don't care nor feel anything about it anymore. And certainly this attitude was part of the local hippie realm.
Meeting Aleksandr Dormidontov, the tailor-Sass
But thank god (e.g. Shiva), already in the afternoon we met some of the living proofs of the Soviet hippie culture – Aleksandr Dormidontov and Jaakko Hallas.
Aleksandr Dormidontov, locally known as tailor-Sass was one of the central character of the hippies in Tallinn, who apparently sewed wide trousers for most of the hippies in Soviet Union. His commune house at Nõmme with its massive book archive of the ninth generation of Estonian Russians – as this is what he is – and record collection dangled intellectuals and vagabonds alike. Sometimes, especially around the 1st of May – which became a legendary meeting point of Soviet hippies in Tallinn, to celebrate the launch of the hitch-hiking season – his house was full of more than 100 people, all longhaired, all into rock'n'roll music from all around the whole Sovietico. Sass explains the relations of Tallinn between bigger Russian cities: "Drugs we got from Petersburg, politics came from Moscow." I also find his speculation about the collapse of the Soviet Union remarkable: "Lenin didn't invent rock'n' roll. That was his trouble."
Sass' house at Narva street in Tallinn, opposite to the Tallinn University, is usually open for guests. Gosh, this man is so awesome. Especially I like his beard.
Sass and Jaakko
Jaakko Hallas used to hang out with hippies around 1968-1971 – the time when he experienced emotional high-voltage and enormous inner freedom. His close relationship with hippie world was mainly through his interest in esoterica and Eastern religions. After graduating from university he started learning about everything that was not taught at school or even prohibited. He proudly announces that "Hedonism of the mind is most important."
As we all sit around the round table, the secret history of the Soviet counter-culture started to leak with some intriguing memories. Sass tells us how once he had a joint in his hand, but had no fire. He then went to ask a lighter from a militia man. The militia just wrinkled his eyebrows murmuring that "This tobacco smells weird…"
Weed was apparently not known as a drug for the authorities back at the time here. So hippies indeed used to smoke quite freely in the cafeterias or on the streets. Only if they had something to smoke – marijuana was certainly not widely available in the 1970s, but it was around, especially when some hippie friends from Petersburg visited Tallinn or someone hitch-hiked as far as Ukraine, Caucasus or Central Asia and brought back a decent handful of weed.
Our director of sound Björn Norralt, Aleksandr Dormidontov, Kiwa, me, and Jaakko Hallas
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Dear forum members,
I have just bought a zipang cooler, to use it in my HTPC. The pc board is a gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H, with a phenomII 920, installed inside an HTPC case from thermaltake, DH 101. The case can accommodate the cooler (although a little tight), but I faced problems installing the cooler on the motherboard. There was no way to make the am2 clip anchor on both ends of the socket, as it seems to be longer that is supposed to be. The only way to attach the cooler is by moving the clips in the 2nd (middle) notch, where the cooler was attached with ease. I don't know the effect of this in the cooling performance though. Regarding the thermal grease, I have applied it onto the whole surface of the processor, before I attach the cooler. (I think that the AM2 clips must be somehow improved, I like very much the suriken ones!!!) Now, about the case: I replaced the front 12" fan with a scythe s-flex 800 rpm. And I didn't connect the two (6") rear funs. So, there is only one fan (12", 800 rpm) in front, and the PSU one. The whole case is put in a self, having 4 cm of free space around, and about 20 cm on the left side. The problem is of course temperature. Noise is not a problem (I cannot hear anything but the hard disk, a WD green one). However, my system idles at 50 easily after a while. So my question relates to the cooler fan: Is there a scythe fan I can use, to increase airflow and keep the system quiet? Ideally I want a 14" PWM fan for the cooler, that can go as low as the zipang fan (<800 rpm), but get more than 1000 rpm when the cpu is under load. The same will be nice for the 12" scythe fan I have as intake fan: the board has two PWM connectors, and I would like to put them to good use. Any ideas? |
Hello petasis,
could you please re-measure the temperatures with CoreTemp if you are using an other program? This is just to make sure that we can talk about temps which are verified and not wrong because of measurement errors. Kind regards, Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg
Here is a photo before installation:
http://www.ellogon.org/~petasis/Images/HEPC/IMG_1987.JPG And after: http://www.ellogon.org/~petasis/Images/HEPC/IMG_1988.JPG http://www.ellogon.org/~petasis/Images/HEPC/IMG_1989.JPG |
Hello petasis,
don't kill me for that question but: Did you remove the plastic protection film of the coolers baseplate? Cheers, Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg
I have connected the two 6" fans of the case: I now have a very noisy system, with slightly more temps:
http://www.ellogon.org/~petasis/Images/HEPC/ZipangTemps.png When I open up my system it starts from 32 and within a minute it goes around 42. I did a small stress and I stopped it when the temperature got to 61 as reported by CoreTemp. This was in about two minutes, and in about 3 the temperature was back to 42-43. I think that I need a more powerful fan, as the one the cooler has cannot turn quickly enough to cool my cpu under load. Any ideas? I need something like the suriken has, which has a good rpm range. |
Hello petasis,
actually I think that the contact pressure is not high enough. Could you please use the anchor in the position you got it? If I understand you right you changed the position for mounting purposes. An other idea would be to use the CPU Cooler Stabiizer AM2. Cheers, Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg
No, I cannot. There is no way the cooler will attach to the socket if I use the 3rd notch (the one the cooler originally had). The clip is longer than it should be, so it cannot attach the socket anchor point. No matter how I tried, the cooler cannot be installed :-(
Hello petasis,
did you try to do so with the mainboard outside of your pc or just inside of your PC? If the contact pressure is not enough, you will never get the temperatures you should get using your cooler. Cheers, Stefan - Scythe EU Hamburg
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1. Term for an unprincipled person who lies and pretends to be a victim in order to gain public sympathy when threatened with exposure as the fraud he or she is. These tactics are similar to the 'Big Lie' used in nazi germany.
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Carrara & Matta was founded in 1940 in Turin, Italy and acquired by Bemis Manufacturing Company in 1999. Today Carrara & Matta is the brand of toilet seats and bathroom accessories distributed across Europe in the professional Channel, and represents an important asset for Bemis Europe.
The Bemis Manufacturing Company was founded in 1901. Headquarters are located in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin (USA) with two manufacturing and distribution plants situated in Italy and in the UK. The firm is the world's leading producer and distributor of toilet seats and operates in key mwrkets around the globe.


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At Jacksonville Junior College, about 60 miles southeast of Dallas, a noticeable Eastern New Mexico presence was already on the Jaguars men's basketball team last year. For the next campaign, the presence will grow and become more significant as former Clovis High standout Jaden Isler has transfered to the school — which will be coached by Portales alum Cinco Boone in 2009-'10.
Isler joins former Wildcats' teammate Bryce Hill on the Jacksonville roster and Boone moves up from his assistant coaching post after former head coach Greg Young, an applicant for the ENMU job in the offseason, accepted an assistant job at Texas-Arlington.
Boone, 27, is starting his third year at the school and said he is ready for the challenge of being a head coach.
"Being an academic advisor, scheduling the games, hiring an assistant, work with the budget — it's been on my mind," said Boone, a member of Portales' 2001 Class 3A state championship team. "I've asked a lot of questions and paid attention. Now, it's just me actually having to do it, but I feel comfortable and confident."
"He played for me and coached for me. When he decided to get into the college game, I knew he'd do really, really well," Portales High coach Mark Gallegos said of Boone. "He's just self-motivated in whatever he does."
As for Isler, he feels like Jacksonville Junior College affords him a better chance of being recruited by a Division One basketball school. Last year, Isler played at Lubbock Christian University.
Isler actually already was a recipient of a D-1 scholarship. But after his heart stopped and he had to be hospitalized for several days, officials at Charleston Southern in South Carolina told the Clovis product that health concerns were the reason he wouldn't be allowed to play basketball there.
At LCU as a freshman, Isler averaged 15 minutes a game at the point guard position. Isler said that Jacksonville, like Lubbock Christian, didn't have any concerns about about his heart.
"That (LCU) wasn't a good fit for me. And I was thinking about going with a junior college after this season to see if I could go back to Division-I," said Isler, who said he was looking forward to playing with Hill, his backcourt partner at CHS.
"It's going to be cool to play with him (Hill) again. It's kind of like being in high school all over again. You've got to put yourself out there and play well — and get re-recruited," he added. "It's kind of like having to prove yourself all over again, but I'm looking forward to the challenge."
Both Isler and Hill, along with Texas Tech incoming freshman Jaye Crockett, were Class 5A first-team all-state selections in 2008 after Clovis advanced to the state championship game.
Boone thinks his Clovis players have a solid shot at continuing their college careers at another school when their Jacksonville days are over.
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Food allergies and intolerances are seemingly on the increase throughout the world, and with this food producers have been required to make a number of changes to their methods and products.
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Lance Armstrong is coming clean about his decision to use performance-enhancing drugs during his storied career as one of the world's most iconic cyclists.
In a much-anticipated sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Thursday, cycling's former golden boy admitted to doping throughout his career, including each of his seven Tour de France wins.
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"I view this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times," Armstrong admitted to Winfrey. "I know the truth. The truth isn't what was out there. The truth isn't what I said."
"I'm a flawed character, as I well know," he continued. "All the fault and all the blame here falls on me."
The disgraced cyclist also admitted that he didn't consider his decision to take performance-enhancing drugs "cheating" at the time -- rather, it was simply a way to create a "level playing field" since so many of his fellow competitors were also doping.
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He did, however, detail the "cocktail" that he used before competitions: A mixture of EPO, blood transfusions and testosterone. He also previously used cortisone.
"I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture," Armstrong said, by way of trying to explain his behavior.
The cyclist claimed that he stopped using drugs in 2005, and competed in the Tours de France in 2009 and 2010 completely drug-free. He placed third in 2009 and 23rd in 2010.
The reason Armstrong refused to come clean before, he said, was because he got caught up in the "momentum" of his fame and popularity as an American treasure, a superhero who could do no wrong.
"It just gets going and I lost myself in all that," he told Winfrey.
Armstrong did have a bone to pick with former teammate Tyler Hamilton's claim, however, that he had failed a drug test during the Tour de Suisse in 2001, and then paid off the International Cycling Union to keep the results under wraps.
"I'm gonna tell you what's true and not true," he said, insisting that the UCI was the one who approached him for a donation. "That story is not true. No positive test, no paying off the lab, no secret meeting with the lab director."
But when addressing reports that he was ruthless in his determination to uphold his squeaky-clean image, Armstrong was a bit more cautious in his answers.
"There was never a directive" that the other members of his team had to take the drugs with him, he clarified, though he confessed: "I was a bully. I tried to control the narrative."
"At the time did it not feel wrong?" Winfrey asked incredulously.
"No," Armstrong replied. "Scary."
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UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine Receives $587,000 Federal Grant
STRATFORD - The Department of Family Medicine at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford has received a three-year, $587,104 grant from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop a program that improves the ability of young physicians to care for patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases. HRSA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
"More than 90 million Americans, including an estimated 31 percent of all children, live with at least one chronic disease and we expect that to increase to 157 million Americans by the year 2020," said Dr. Frank Filipetto, the vice-chairman of Family Medicine at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine and the director of this new program. "Individuals in communities that lack consistent access to medical care will be particularly hard hit and this could ultimately prove daunting for physicians who treat this patient population."
With the HRSA grant, the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine will develop, implement and evaluate a residency training program that focuses on delivering effective clinical care that is consistent with current scientific evidence, identifies appropriate community resources that can help meet patient needs, and empowers and prepares patients to manage their health and their health care.
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1. Genesis 1:30
And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
2. Genesis 2:7
the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
3. Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
4. Genesis 3:14
all the days of your life.
5. Genesis 3:17
all the days of your life.
6. Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
7. Genesis 3:24
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
8. Genesis 6:17
I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
9. Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
10. Genesis 7:15
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
11. Genesis 7:22
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
12. Genesis 9:5
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.
13. Genesis 9:11
I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."
14. Genesis 9:15
I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
15. Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."
16. Genesis 12:13
Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."
17. Genesis 19:19
Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can't flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I'll die.
18. Genesis 19:20
Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn't it? Then my life will be spared."
19. Genesis 26:9
Isaac answered him, "Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her."
20. Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living."
21. Genesis 32:7
In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well.
22. Genesis 32:10
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two groups.
23. Genesis 32:30
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face,13:22 and yet my life was spared."
24. Genesis 37:21
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said.
25. Genesis 42:21
They said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that's why this distress has come upon us."
26. Genesis 43:9
I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
27. Genesis 44:30
"So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy's life,
28. Genesis 44:32
Your servant guaranteed the boy's safety to my father. I said, 'If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!'
29. Genesis 47:28
Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.
30. Genesis 48:15
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ALBUQUERQUE, YOUR public access channel 27 and Encantada channel 26, as brought to you by Quote-Unquote Inc., is threatened with extinction after 30 years of serving the community with a free-speech broadcast outlet.
In a bid to replace the existing operations and telecasts available from QUQ, uPublicTV has been awarded the negotiable $387,000 first year contract by the city of Albuquerque. A move perplexing to QUQ and their supporters, in part because their own contract bid would cost the city $117,000 less.
Opponents to the change debate the viability of the programming contract with uPublicTV because the organization is cited as holding a contract for a city funded education channel that failed to ever air any content. Further outrage is brewing as many view the switch as an attack on free speech as QUQ has allegedly come under fire by the city for its liberal content – and the move is being seen as a form of censorship for its seeming lack of economical and logical basis.
Read a comprehensive article covering both organizations in the current issue of The Weekly Alibi here.
QUQ has a chance at survival if the City Council and the Mayor's Office agree to appeal the award to uPublicTV at the November 7 City Council meeting.
To learn about the campaign to save QUQ visit their website, Facebook page and see the call to action from, Media Literacy Project here:
If you are an Albuquerque resident call City Council at 505-768-3100 and leave a message in support of Quote-UnQuote. City Council has the final say on all contracts. Look up your city councilor here at this website http://www.cabq.gov/council/ (Ask for a review of the Public Access RFP Process).
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Andy Carroll is preparing himself for a return to Liverpool when his season-long loan deal at West Ham ends this summer.
Liverpool full back Glen Johnson is enjoying a new lease of life under Reds boss Brendan Rodgers. Johnson, 28, has always been comfortable coming forward from the back and is encouraged to do so.
Winger Wilfried Zaha is set to switch to Manchester United next season and end his loan spell at Crystal Palace but he maintains securing promotion for the Eagles would be his best ever achievement.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan thinks FA Cup-winning manager Roberto Martinez will still be at the club next season.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers showered praise on Daniel Sturridge after watching the striker gun down Fulham with his first Premier League hat-trick.
PSG sporting director Leonardo missed the club's league-winning celebrations last night and spent the night in hospital instead after collapsing on his way to the airport.
Gus Poyet has called on Brighton fans to make the difference ahead of the npower Championship play-off semi-final second leg against Crystal Palace at the Amex Stadium.
David Moyes met with his predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United stalwart Ryan Giggs yesterday amid speculation that the Welshman could be offered a role on the Scotsman's coaching staff.
Chelsea forward Eden Hazard is desperate to see Jose Mourinho return to Stamford Bridge after describing the Portuguese manager as 'best coach in the world.'
Fans don't get to run football clubs as big as Real Madrid, but if they did, Gareth Bale would be on a one-way flight to the Spanish capital.
Manchester United defender Rafael and Chelsea midfielder Ramires are the surprise omissions from Brazil's Confederations Cup squad. Kaka and Ronaldinho also miss out.
The sports news website of Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has been forced to issue a grovelling apology for publishing a story which claimed that the club are preparing a 'shock bid' for Wayne Rooney.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has challenged his relegated side to bounce straight back up to the Barclays Premier League - and believes manager Roberto Martinez will be leading the charge.
Newcastle United have unveiled their away kit for next season, the first to feature controversial sponsor Wonga. Fans were outraged when the deal was announced last year.
Wigan may have just been relegated after an eight-year stay in the Premier League but they're not about to let the prospect of Championship football and the potential loss of manager Roberto Martinez dampen their spirits.
Liverpool are closing in on a £3.5million deal for Sporting Lisbon defender Tiago Ilori. Valencia have also made enquiries but Liverpool hope to close the deal quickly.
Sir Alex Ferguson has heaped praise on the retiring Jamie Carragher on the day it was confirmed the Liverpool legend would be given a guard of honour by his club for his final game on Sunday.
Fifteen years after their famous clash in Saint-Etienne, former Argentina international Diego Simeone today praised the 'extraordinary' career of David Beckham.
It was a moment that left everyone, including UEFA president Michel Platini, scratching their heads. Just who is that pint-sized fan muscling in on Chelsea's Europa League trophy ceremony on Wednesday night?
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PATTY GUINTO represents the Northern California chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, which keeps an office at 1060 La Avenida Street in Mountain View.
Recently I received an e-mail from Ms. Guinto asking for help. It seems the group's upcoming benefit could use a boost � and as Voice readers have shown many times, they are always ready to support a worthy cause.
Her e-mail is just the sort I like: well-written and succinct, with some flattery directed our way, so I'll just give you the bulk of it:
Dear Mr. Frances,
Thanks in large part to your coverage of the Alzheimer's Association's Memories in the Making program, in which individuals with mid- to late-stage Alzheimer's participate in art classes to improve communication and self confidence, our Memories in the Making Art & Wine Auction in 2009 raised $92,000 to support families coping with Alzheimer's disease in our community.
We will be hosting the event again on Friday, March 5. Unfortunately, we have not been seeing as many people register for the event as we had last year.
I am hoping that you might be able to run a calendar listing or event announcement in this week's edition if it's not too late!
The Memories in the Making Art & Wine Auction, emceed by KPIX-TV reporter Thuy Vu, is Friday, March 5 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Computer History Museum. All proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's Association. To register, click here or call (800) 272-3900
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The film takes place on a boat floating on an unnamed ocean, on which lives an old man and a young girl. The old man plans to marry the girl, who he supposedly found some ten years earlier, and who has never left the boat, as soon as she turns seventeen. It is a date the old man eagerly awaits, even counting down the days on a calendar. The old man's other prize possession is a bow, with which he protects the girl, as well as using it as a musical instrument. The two make money by hosting fishermen, and by telling their fortunes using the strange method of the old man shooting arrows at the girl as she swings in front of what appears to be a Buddhist painting on the side of the boat. Their idyllic existence is troubled by the appearance of a young man, who falls in love with the girl and accuses the old man of keeping her prisoner. Slowly, the girl starts to assert herself, and as the wedding day draws near, tensions mount and confrontation appears inevitable.
Celebrated Korean director Kim Ki-duk's tale of lust and fate.
One of the most controversial Korean directors, Kim Ki-duk is a self-taught filmmaker who prides himself on his outsider status, openly setting himself apart from contemporaries like Hong Sang-soo and Lee Chang-dong, who he considers too intellectual. Kim's films have drawn vitriol for their subject matter and praise for their technique, and he has often been compared to his predecessor Kim Ki-young, who was also self-taught and whose films bear a much less brutal, but equally eccentric, personal stamp. Born in a mountainous village, Kim moved with his family to Seoul at the age of nine. During his teenage years he dropped out of school and worked in factories, and at the age of 20, he began a five-year stint in the marines, the toughest and most demanding branch of the Korean military. These early experiences would inspire the gritty milieu and dim view of human relationships that characterize his films. A painter since childhood, Kim went to France in 1990, where he studied art and… read more
Imagine pitching this one to a studio.. It's about a 60 year old man and his 16 year old fiance. The whole film takes place on a boat in the middle of the ocean and oh yeah, the two main character don't speak to each other...... At all. They communicate by shooting arrows at each other.


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2012 Ryan Palmer Invitational Final Round
Location: Tascosa Country Club • Amarillo, Texas
Result: A&M-Commerce finishes 11th out of 17 teams (33-over 885)
Top Finisher: C.J. Clem ties for 21st overall (4-over 217)
Up Next: Brian Williams Memorial Invitational • October 22-23 • San Antonio, Texas
2012 Ryan Palmer Invitational Final Results (PDF)
AMARILLO, Texas -- A&M-Commerce slid back two spots over the final 18 holes of the Ryan Palmer Invitational, posting an 18-over 302 in Tuesday's final round to close out the 54-hole tournament with a 33-over 885 at Tascosa Country Club.
C.J. Clem was the top A&M-Commerce finisher for the second-straight tournament, posting a 4-over 75 in round three to finish with a 4-over 217, just missing his third top-20 showing in as many tournaments. clem finished two shots better than teammate Patrick Russo, who matched Clem over the final round with a 4-over 75 and tied for 27th overall with a 6-over 219.
Cade Grimm remained consistent, logging a 5-over 76 over the final 18 holes to card an 11-over 224, finishing among the top-50 in a four-way tie for 46th overall. Kason Childress notched a 14-over 227 with Seth Maxwell rounding out the Lion scorecard with a 39-over 252.
A&M-Commerce entered the day within striking distance of a top-five finish, but extra shots scattered throughout the course added up as both Incarnate Word and West Texas A&M leapfrogged the Lions in the team standings. A&M-Commerce finished seven shots back of the 10th-place Buffs (26-over 878) and eight strokes behind both Incarnate Word and Midwestern State (25-over 877) who tied for eighth.
Colorado School of Mines used an even-par 284 to slip past Colorado State-Pueblo and capture the team title, finishing with a 4-over 856 and besting the ThunderWolves (5-over 857) by one stroke. St. Mary's (6-over 858) also remained in the hunt, finishing two shots back of first with Abilene Christian (12-over 864) placing fourth and St. Edward's and UC-Colorado Springs (15-over 867) finishing tied for fifth.
After competing in tournaments in each of the past four weeks, A&M-Commerce will get a week off before returning to action at the Brian Williams Memorial hosted by St. Mary's October 22nd and 23rd. The 54-hole tournament will take place at Dominion Country Club with rounds one and two taking place Monday, Oct. 22 leading up to the final round on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
2012 Ryan Palmer Invitational Final Results
Place | Golfer | Score |
T-21st | C.J. Clem | 73-69-75=217 (+4) |
T-27th | Patrick Russo | 76-68-75=219 (+6) |
T-46th | Cade Grimm | 75-73-76=224 (+11) |
T-56th | Kason Childress | 72-79-76=227 (+14) |
77th | Brent Reagan | 74-83-78=235 (+22) |
89th | Seth Maxwell | 74-84-94=252 (+39) |
11th | A&M-Commerce | 294-289-302=885 (+33) |
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11/21/11 Bronco Update
Wednesday, November 23, 2011The Bronco Men's Basketball falls 81-76 to Colorado.
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The Bronco Men's Basketball falls 81-76 to Colorado.
Coach Bill Cubit talks about this weeks match up with the Miami Red Hawks.
Western Michigan hockey coach Andy Murray talks with Robin Hook following the Broncos' 3-2 loss at Notre Dame - 11/15/11
MAC West Co Player of the week QB Alex Carder looks ahead to Wednesday's game at Miami.
After dropping a weekend series to Michigan State, The Bronco hockey team prepares for a Tuesday night show down at Notre Dame.
The Bronco hockey team entertains Michigan State in a two game weekend series at Lawson Arena.
The Broncos fall 66-63 on a record setting night in the Glass Bowl.
The Broncos prepare for the Toledo Rockets next Tuesday night in MAC Football.
The Bronco Hockey team moves up in the national rankings after a sweep over Northern Michigan.
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Small wonder: Cozy Edgewood Gallery's Cheryl Chappell and Doug Bloomer welcome the community to a celebration of its 20th year. MICHAEL DAVIS PHOTO
The media and artistic styles spread out as well. It's a show with watercolors by Michael Sickler and Bill Elkins, Nicora Gangi's pastel, "Cherries," and photographic works; Bob Gates and Marna Bell and Toni Toland all have works in the exhibit. There's an impressive array of sculptures on display, including those created by Arlene Abend, David MacDonald and John Lombardi. Beyond that, the show encompasses mixed-media pieces and collages.
In planning the exhibition, the gallery, run by owner Doug Bloomer and manager Cheryl Chappell, wanted to celebrate the many shows staged at Edgewood and to directly connect with artists who have participated in its exhibits. A sprawling group show soon emerged as the best vehicle. "We contacted 56 artists, and 55 responded positively," Chappell said. "Many of the artists said they were creating new work specifically for the show. That made us feel very good."
Once the artworks were on site, Chappell went through a familiar exercise: figuring out how to best hang and place the goods. On one hand, the gallery is a small space. On the other, Chappell thinks in terms of solutions, not problems. "It's an intimate space, and I deal with it," she said. "With the various shows, there are different challenges and different solutions. I look at color flow, how pieces complement each other and other factors."
Over the years, the gallery has interacted with a large roster of artists, and the exhibition certainly documents those contacts. The show displays Linda Bigness' "Purple Rat," John Thompson's oil-on-linen "The Cigarette Runner," Abend's "The Tower" and "Liberation," a bronze by Carol Adamec. "During the last 10 years, we've focused even more on local artists," Chappell said. "That's worked out well."
Finally, in addition to displaying many artists' works, the current exhibit is different in that it's an evolving show. "Several pieces were sold, and the buyers wanted to take them home," Chappell noted. "We are replacing those pieces. We are also adding some ceramics to the exhibition. That will make it a slightly different show."
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One of the titles I'd been convinced to start reading as a result of DC's New 52 was Catwoman. Since, prior to the reboot, the only DC character I could take seriously was Batman, it wasn't too hard of a feat to convince me to read a comic starring one of his biggest villainous romantic interests. Plus, I figured it wouldn't be your typical superhero comic, as it's all about a woman who robs people blind. She's a cat burglar, so her nemeses are actually going to be relatively heroic. The idea of reversing the role of the lead character from hero to villain intrigued me. It worked for Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog. It had to work for one of the most popular characters in Batman's rogue gallery.
Alas, it's just not meant to be. Four issues in, and I just want to slap Selina Kyle in the mouth a thousand times for being so stupid, whiney, and slutty. She's not a particularly good burglar, because she just keeps getting caught. She gets her BFF and fence killed (because she keeps getting caught). And every time she encounters Batman/Bruce Wayne, she gets all twitterpated and has to be on him. All up on him.
Who is Catwoman? So far, she's just some weak woman who needs people to take care of her. She's too wrapped up in her chase for jewels (the glittery kind and the family kind) to make any kind of rational decision and, as such, bad things just keep happening to her. She encounters former woman-bashers which make her go crazy and eye-scratchy, the mob finds out where she's hiding out TWICE and run her out of house and home, she goes to the funeral of her dead friend and meets up with a former accomplice who can probably help her out if she would just be smart but, of course, she can't be smart and gets attacked by what's either a super hero or another mob enforcer…
It's just tiring and kind of stupid. I get that maybe you can't portray crime in a glamorous way but even the most determined thief is probably going to re-think her career path if in the span of what seems to be about two or three weeks she's been kicked around as much as Catwoman has.
I'm going to stick around and see what Catwoman does with this new element. My bet is that she asks Batman for help. And by ask, I mean totally have sex with him. Because that's how New 52 Catwoman rolls.


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Every year about this time we have a debate about who should be in and who should be left out of the BCS. And this year's poster child is Northern Illinois. Should the Huskies be in the Orange Bowl or be somewhere else?
Coming from someone that has been an OU fan forever, you might think I'd be bent out of shape about the Sooners not getting the nod over Northern Illinois. But I'm not. Because the only difference between playing A&M in the Cotton Bowl or Florida in the Sugar Bowl, or Florida State in the Orange Bowl is money. The BCS pays more money than the Cotton Bowl. OU/A&M should be a shootout and a fun game to watch.
Northern Illinois getting the nod over OU isn't the issue. The team that shouldn't be in the BCS is Wisconsin. No 5-loss team should ever get a BCS Bowl game, even if they are Big 10 Champs. You lose more than twice you should never, never, never be in a BCS Game. But the rules are written to protect the big conferences and keep the cash flowing their way.
When it comes to the bowl season, I care about the National Championship game, because it's the National Championship Game. I care about the game that OU plays in, because I'm a fan. And I care about the Valero Alamo Bowl because it's in our backyard. Outside of that, I could care less about any other bowl game, because win or lose it means nothing. You are playing only for pride and there is nothing on the line. If it's your team, then it's great. I can't wait for the day that UTSA makes a bowl game, regardless of which one it is. I have an obvious interest in UTSA, and it will be another rite of passage for a fledgling program.
If you are a fan of any one school, do you really appointment view every other BCS/Bowl game? If it's on, you might watch. Beats whatever else is on TV. But do you really plan your day around Wisconsin/Stanford or Louisville/Florida, or even worse South Carolina/Michigan in the Outback Bowl?
Let Northern Illinois enjoy this moment in the sun. Them being in the Orange Bowl matters way more to them than OU, Clemson, or Oregon State getting there—again! NIU does have something to play for. Respect! They probably won't beat Florida State, but if they do, they get instant credibility. And their school deserves a shot at the limelight and some of the money, despite a loss to the Big 10's worse team, Iowa.
We are getting a better system in two years, but unfortunately there will still be teams that get shunned every year. And that's fine, because it keeps us talking about a great sport that will always have someone that got left out!


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THE chief constable today praised his officers and staff for helping drive down crime across Hampshire and reducing the number of burglaries to an all time low.
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed how break-ins at homes have dropped by 22 per cent, with 4,214 burglaries being investigated by police between September 2011 and 2012.
Numbers of robberies have also fallen by 27 per cent, with 772 such crimes reported while there were 11,980 cases of violence causing injury to a person, a drop of 15 per cent in 12 months.
The statistics revealed how 1,769 sexual offences were reported, there were 4,309 cases of fraud and forgery and 20,220 cases of criminal damage.
Drugs offences however showed a seven per cent rise with 6,669 incidents – something Hampshire police say is as a result of proactive work including the launch of the Daily Echo backed Operation Fortress to tackle drug related violence in Southampton.
Mr Marshall said: "My aim since joining the constabulary in 2008 has always been to protect the people we serve from those who would cause them harm by making our two counties a hostile environment for criminals. I am leaving content in the knowledge that this legacy is continuing.
"The 12 per cent reduction in total crime across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is testament to the tireless dedication, commitment, hard work and 'one team' approach of officers and staff."
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The sad reality is that the Public safety perspective has and continues to dwindle. This is not the entire fault of the Police, though the weak politically correct senior officers within must take a share of the blame. Rather it is a combined society contribution which has virtually removed the ability and confidence of Police, Courts and other systems to control crooks in anything other than a superficial manner.
And last but not least are statisical definitions that may be modified to officially under-report. For instance a minor crime might be reclassified to require at least 1000 pounds damage or value or an assault to require at least actual bodily harm before they are classed as criminal. Anything other than that can classed as an offence but not a crime.
I am not saying this is currently occuring. However, I have seen distortions in stats over many years and definitely subscribe to the cliche "statistics, statistics and yet more lies".


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MMO devs will lose the fight against content churn, says SOE's Smedley
January 24, 2013 | By Chris Morris
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Sony Online Entertainment has become largely pseudonymous with the free-to-play movement, offering triple-A titles like
PlanetSide 2
for no cost from day one, and converting legacy games like
to the model.
It's fairly seamless these days, but when Smedley and his team decided to embrace free-to-play, it was a big leap of faith.
"Sometimes you make a decision and you're like 'Oh God, let's buckle in and hope everything goes well.' That's how it was with free-to-play," he says. "Now we look back and wonder 'How did we ever survive before this?' Living in a world where retailers control your software was horrible."
Though he did not reveal revenue figures, Smedley says that since the move to free-to-play, SOE has seen a 300 percent increase in new players for
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and a 350 percent bump in overall registrations.
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"Everybody is content for everyone else," he says. "That's the core of our strategy moving forward. A simple way to put it is: By allowing players to interact with each other, we're providing tools. It's like we're building a gladiator arena and throwing in the swords. ... We might bust the tigers out or bring in new kinds of weapons, like a tank. In my opinion, the days when companies can make content [generation] the number one strategy, in the kinds of games we make, are over, because we can't win the war.
Star Wars
The Old Republic
] proved that. Players bought it, loved it and they played the game. Then they left."
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hackers - banning one and naming him on Twitter.
"The reason I took that step was because that guy was one of the senior people at one of the most famous AIMbotting sites there is," says Smedley. "I think cheaters are disgusting human beings - specifically when it comes to gaming. I fail to see it is anything but being a scumbag, to cheat, because it's hurting other people. In a game like
PlanetSide 2
, you're ruining someone else's fun and that is the height of scumbaggery. ... We might lose players because of that. That means they're hurting our revenue and our living."
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player. He says he regularly plays
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League of Legends
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"There are times you know something and you're bursting to talk about it - and that is the case here," he says. "We're betting the company's future on this game. ... The last
game launched in 2005. We've blown up two design ideas over the last four years because they were too 'me too.' It wasn't enough of a change. We settled on a design that, when we looked at it, everyone in the room thought we were crazy. We gave it a week and came back, and we all said 'yeah, we're still crazy, but we can't get the idea out of our heads. ... It's going to be the world's largest sandbox game."
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Players will have to wait a bit longer to try it themselves, but maybe not as long as you'd expect. "Players will get their hands on an actual release version of what we're doing late [this] year - and I don't mean a beta," says Smedley.
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Glenn Sturgeon
24 Jan 2013 at 4:49 am PST
Cheaters are as my saying goes, "losers in denile."
As far as the quote about the next EQ "We're betting the company's future on this game." i'd very much rather see sony risk it all on the PS brand not EQ. I hope he's only referring to the SOE branch of the company.
If they don't end up making a profit on planetside 2 it'd be a shame, as its a nice game and getting better.
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David McGraw
24 Jan 2013 at 5:32 am PST
I'm incredibly curious to see what they've got going on with EQ Next. That IP is by far my fav MMO IP and I really hope they don't get too crazy
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Chris OKeefe
24 Jan 2013 at 7:40 am PST
I'm intrigued by anything billed as the 'world's largest sandbox game,' and especially curious considering that they appear to be applying their free-to-play dogma to it. 'Free to play' + 'enormous sandbox game' is going to be quite a feat. But they managed what seemed to be the impossible by successfully giving PS2 away, so I wouldn't put it past them.
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Gian Dominguez
24 Jan 2013 at 6:38 am PST
"In my opinion, the days when companies can make content [generation] the number one strategy, in the kinds of games we make, are over, because we can't win the war. Star Wars [The Old Republic] proved that. Players bought it, loved it and they played the game. Then they left."
I'd say WoW has managed to debunk it. Of course it does have millions of players so they have the resources to make content that will keep people entertained. As for SWToR itself I have heard it endgame was horrible. Its problem wasnt that is lack content, its problem is the content it made was not something that would keep people entertained for years.
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Chris OKeefe
24 Jan 2013 at 7:36 am PST
I think part of the argument is that it is getting harder and harder to retain players when there are increasingly more and better options available for the MMO player. Ultimately I think a lot of MMO players 'shop around' and have their one fallback. For a lot of people who got their start in MMOs, WoW is their fallback, and as long as Blizzard keeps pushing out content, it will keep bringing back repeat customers. Very, very few MMOs can probably make that claim.
How an established MMO generates revenue and how a new MMO generates revenue is probably an increasingly different thing. It may be safer right now to move away from the content generation game and into providing users with the capacity to generate their own content. I think Smedley is making a good point.
You're right that SWToR pretty much mucked up its endgame and it crashed and burned in large part due to that (and a failure to correct that problem), but it's a pretty extreme example of an MMO doing the wrong things. Even a good new MMO these days seems to bleed players over time.
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Maciej Bacal
24 Jan 2013 at 8:09 am PST
It's not really about the content of an MMO being good or bad, that's a whole different issue, it's about the fact that you have to make it to keep your game interesting.
WoW is extremely popular, so it makes sense for Blizzard to keep creating new content for it. Other MMOs don't have that privilege. Games like EVE Online don't need much content, not because it's a game about space, but more because it's a player driven game and CCP doesn't have to create a new raid instance each month to keep their game interesting, player do that themselves. This is the issue, MMOs aren't so magical anymore, you can't expect to keep the players interested by dangling the content carrot in front of them.
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Michael Wenk
24 Jan 2013 at 1:14 pm PST
I don't think WoW has debunked it really. WoW has player churn, quite a bit of it. What makes WoW different is they manage to keep the intake of players high to offset the loss of old players. Much of WoW's content is fun, which is also different from the typical MMO where only a small part of it is fun. Also, marketing. We all underestimate marketing and ATVI does an incredible job marketing WoW.
If I had to characterize WoW in this context, I would say that WoW has done an end around.
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Ian Uniacke
24 Jan 2013 at 4:19 pm PST
Lets not beat around the bush though...this isn't a "dead market" or whatever you want to call it. It's just a very profitable market that has attracted very talented competition and you have to compete with it. Most MMOs are just not in the ball park of quality that the competition has (eg WoW, Guild Wars).
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benn rice
27 Jan 2013 at 2:14 pm PST
but if you sidestep the competition and do something really different, you remove them as competition
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Jeremiah Guffey
16 Feb 2013 at 12:24 pm PST
Actually I would say WoW helps prove it. WoW was the last "big hit" mmo that really used that model. Since WoW games that have tried to follow that same style of game design have largely failed, and either die off or have had to switch their revenue models to free to play and other ways to attract people to them.
See: Tera, SW:TOR, The Secret World, Aion, Lord of the Rings online, Age of conan, etc.
Apart fromt hat I really hope EQnext is truly something different then your standard mmorpg formula (which the first EQ basically set, the theme park design, trinity class focus, hotkey combat, etc). They talk about sandbox and things that I have hope it's not the same ole same ole.
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Thomas Eidson
24 Jan 2013 at 8:07 am PST
You can make a sandbox game, have content that would take years to complete, and have a team that regularly outpaces the players consuming that content. We did that with many pieces of Ultima Online (EA) and Star Wars: Galaxies (SOE). The problem is you are limiting yourself to what you consider "content" as being a story line. A high quality story line is not something all players want to play. The success of Diablo 2 was not just its story line. Diablo 2's success was replay-ability.
A good procedural system can keep players occupied for a long time. Build your procedural systems early with tons of synergy between stats. Use pyramid reward systems (such as gem combining; or the Bulk Order Deed system I made for UO) that have very long term replayability. How about a procedural battleground, such as the ones we made for SWG that allowed the players to craft offensive positions and defensive positions (Planetside has some elements of this)?
You do not need to limit your games to "click on a dude for a few lines of text/voice over" quests.
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Alan Rimkeit
24 Jan 2013 at 9:34 am PST
Who wants a story line? I want a MMO sand box game with absolutely no story line. Just a world. An open world under the control of the players. No quests. No theme park style dungeons. The most similar game that I can think of is EVE Online. Combine the player controlled structure of EVE Online with a fantasy world. Star Wars Galaxies did this to a degree as well. But it did not go far enough IMHO. All governments controlled by the players. All guilds too. Mercenary bands, thieves guilds, merchants guilds, ect. All under player control.
I also know I am not the only one who wants these things in an MMO. Apparently the Pathfinder MMO is going for this kind of idea as well, but we shall see how that works out for Paizo and Goblinworks. I also hope that this is the direction the upcoming World of Darkness MMO from CCP and White Wolf will follow. Open world, no quests. Gang land Vampire warfare!
If the new EQ is anything close these ideas I am in.
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TC Weidner
24 Jan 2013 at 1:56 pm PST
@ALan I sort of agree. What many in this industry are missing is that if you allow and give players the ability to create, then they will do the content for you.
The old proverb,
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Give the players a dynamic world with the tools and content that allows for creative growth, and you will have created that virtual world which so many wish to escape too. Way to much time is wasted on quests and story and all that, why not instead create an interesting complex dynamic world and set the players free.
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Matt Cratty
24 Jan 2013 at 2:49 pm PST
You had me at SWG.
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benn rice
27 Jan 2013 at 2:18 pm PST
@TC right on
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Ramin Shokrizade
24 Jan 2013 at 8:54 am PST
I'm struggling to see what the title of this article has to do with the discussion in the article. The article itself looks like the usual Sony press release disguised as a news story.
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Steve Badley
24 Jan 2013 at 3:44 pm PST
This. I would have placed my post (below) under this but I missed it. I agree ... the story had nothing to do with the story.
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Emmanuel Henne
24 Jan 2013 at 9:38 am PST
First, those "10%" who buy stuff dont exist outside of SOE's wildest dreams.
Secondly, even at 10%, which would equal 75,000 players PER WEEK, how much do You make, 150,000 $ a month ?
Now deduct taxes, maintenance and workforce required to provide service, community support and new content, and that number quickly becomes rather frightening than a proof of concept.
In reality, 10% might be the peak, while most months You will see 5-7% of the users pay for something, and only 2 % leave substantial money for SOE. Its really like Lawrence of Arabia, big companies with loads of financial ressources just "don't mind that it hurts" because they think the long run will provide profits. AoE Online Press releases were correct: You can NOT produce content for FREE games, unless You can produce that content FOR FREE (aka "user generated").
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Robert Lever
24 Jan 2013 at 11:17 am PST
Where's your data bro?
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Maciej Bacal
24 Jan 2013 at 2:23 pm PST
Indeed. Looks like the base for your logic is "What sort of an idiot would buy hats in TF2?".
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Martin Sabom
24 Jan 2013 at 10:01 am PST
ARPU is probably much higher than the amount you are proposing above Emmanuel.
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Andy Stennett
24 Jan 2013 at 11:53 am PST
I'm still waiting for Otherland to launch. It was billed as the biggest sandbox game 4 years ago.
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Josh ua
24 Jan 2013 at 1:20 pm PST
I'd maybe purchase something in Planetside 2 if they weren't price gouging the crap out of the players. One weapon on one vehicle costs $10. One gun, for one class, for one faction costs $7. Still having fun with the default weapons though.
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Alan Rimkeit
24 Jan 2013 at 1:35 pm PST
That much? For one vehicle gun? Really? Huh, that is not cool at all. I wonder how well that is going for Sony.
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Bob Johnson
24 Jan 2013 at 9:37 pm PST
Yes in a vacuum the prices would be high. But much less so relative to someone enjoying a game on a regular basis for free. ;)
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Steve Badley
24 Jan 2013 at 3:43 pm PST
'MMO devs will lose the fight against content churn, says SOE's Smedley' ... but he didn't open any dialogue about what will take its place. F2P cash sales? PvP end game where contained space map design, adding a few objectives & possibly a new antagonist or two comprise the bulk of dev work? Sandboxing where MMORPGs become more world building than role play storyline adventure gaming? What's the cure?
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Ricky Bankemper
25 Jan 2013 at 10:17 am PST
I don't particularly agree with Smedley that 'MMO devs will lose the fight against content churn'. As I don't believe that is the battle.
The MMO consumer base often sparks a lot of debate, often dealing in absolutes. Players and forum goers have very strong opinions on how a game should play out and what features they want. So this means there should be a market for a mmos with varying features.
A majority of mmos, however, only attempt what is the most successful and I think everyone would agree that is World of Warcraft.
There are these list of features everyone has that should be in a mmo that range from quest hubs, soloing, cross-server group finding, open world pvp, etc. But ultimatly it feels like the same game is being made over and over.
A lot of those features have a heavy influence on the community and their interactions. I think there is room in the mmo market for games that split some of these features up.
Some people enjoy having to group to do everything. Yeah, that means they have to spend a lot of time looking for a group. What does being able to solo hurt? You are instantly lowering the pool of available players to group with. This is OK. There are plenty of games out there that let you solo or group. Why can't we have just one game that forces you to group. Why does every game need to have every option possible?
I think the mmo genre just needs to be bold and break the mold of trying to make the game please every type of player. Instead focus on a set of players and you will have a dedicated player base.
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Mike Mcgee
10 Feb 2013 at 11:48 am PST
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, anyone?
That was "EQ Next", IMO. A vast sandbox game. Most players called it EQ 1.5 when it was released. The classes were very similar to EQ1, especially the Bard class.
The game failed to gain popularity because it was just too ambitious, and too many things went wrong. Terribly wrong. I stuck with it anyway for several years, because even if the game was 50% functional, it was far better than any other MMO.
I'm kind of surprised that it's just now dawning on the EQ Next team, to try something like Vanguard. I would have done that from day one. Vanguard was and should have been "EQ Next". It's only proper that the next attempt should follow in its footsteps...
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Birgit Tolman
25 Feb 2013 at 12:19 pm PST
Vanguard is one of the best kept secrets, no matter how many bumps in the road it has it is still an incredible game.
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- Take on the role of Death in Darksiders II or indulge your inner martial artist in Sleeping Dogs.News - Posted Aug 13, 2012 8:29 am GMT
- Square Enix announces voice talent from East and West for upcoming action game; stars from The Amazing Spider-Man, Kill Bill, Lost, Batman Begins, Die Another Day appearing.News - Posted Jul 18, 2012 3:47 pm GMT
- Publisher's US president Mike Fischer says he can't understand why Call of Duty firm let go of the game, claims project will be a sleeper hit like Dead Island.News - Posted May 29, 2012 3:18 pm GMT
- United Front senior producer Jeff O'Connell says next-gen hardware should be accessible to "average" consumers.News - Posted May 29, 2012 6:45 am GMT
- United Front's cop action game dated for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC in North America; retailer-exclusive DLC preorder bonuses revealed.News - Posted Apr 13, 2012 4:36 pm GMT
- Square Enix bringing United Front's renamed open-world action game to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC during the second half of the year.News - Posted Feb 8, 2012 3:40 pm GMT
- Final Fantasy publisher picks up United Front Games' open-world crime game from Activision, release window and platforms undetermined.News - Posted Aug 1, 2011 9:42 pm GMT
- Updated LinkedIn profiles for two dozen former United Front staff indicate widespread departures following Activision project cancellation.News - Posted Feb 28, 2011 7:11 pm GMT
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- Release Date: Aug 14, 2012 (US)
- ESRB: MTitles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
Sleeping Dogs
- Publisher(s): Square Enix
- Developer(s): United Front Games
- Genre: Action
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Reckon the wrong selection, bad use of the subs bench and too many injuries to key first line players (Kearney, Bowe, Ferris, Flannery and the on form Horgan) and a ref, Pearson, who has a terrible track record reffing Irish teams where he seems to ref them rather than the two individual playing sides, cost Ireland this game. Pearson, never ever gives an Irish side the benefit of the doubt on a mariginal issue, fact! Ireland had a chance to win this at the death but for a panicky knock on by sub hooker Cronin who in my opinion shouldn't have been on the bench, Munster's Varley should have been. Cronin has come on as a sub for Ireland a few times before and on each occasion he has knocked on, on at least his first or second pass when in good attacking positions. Had any other Irish player received that pass Ireland would have one...End verdict is, with the team that was on the pitch Ireland made one too many inexcusable mistakes at 2 or 3 moments
Posted 11:24 14th February 2011
Great game to watch, sad that Ireland lost but well done to the very clinical France!
Hope Ireland learned a lesson or two tonight. Think its going to be another grand slam year for France. so so so clinical, England will find it very hard to beat them!!
Posted 21:00 13th February 2011
Pos | Team | P | Pts |
1 | England | 0 | 0 |
2 | France | 0 | 0 |
3 | Ireland | 0 | 0 |
4 | Italy | 0 | 0 |
5 | Scotland | 0 | 0 |
6 | Wales | 0 | 0 |


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