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I remeber i made a mantyke set, like 13 years ago for someone, and it was awesome. I'll try adn reember it
I remeber i made a mantyke set, like 13 years ago for someone, and it was awesome. I'll try adn reember it
Man, I can't seem to find a Mantine set that isn't outclassed. Jellicent is a better wall and choice specs user, Kingdra is a better rain dancer, and, well, Milotic beats it at just about everything except rain dance. I saw your avatar, and misread this as manakete...ha.
13 years ago? Weird, cause DPPt (and Mantyke) was released 6 years ago. Can you travel time?
Who shot JFK?
Anyways, what people seem to fail to realize is Mantine's amazing support/wall capabilities. He's like a Specially defensive Skarmory with crappier typing. If you're going to use him, max Sp. Def, HP, with whatever support moves you feel benefit your team the most. Keep in mind that Mantine shouldn't ever really leave NU, and even there something to sponge random Electric moves would be great, as well as Spin support.
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Mantine is actually a lot worse than just a specially defensive skarmory. It indeed has a crappy typing, but more importantly, Mantine lacks a reliable recovery move, it lacks a move that forces stat boosters out like whirlwind or roar, and it lacks some noteworthy threat to specially defensive special attackers like Hypno or Slowking, something that makes the foe not just take free turns setting up. Skarmory can always threaten the opposing team by using the free turns to set up Spikes, putting pressure on the opposition. Mantine simply doesn't get much support moves, it can set up rain, and that's about it, while every other water type except Magikarp also gets rain dance.
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Confuse Ray
Ice Beam
Air Slash
Mantine is a pokemon designed for Double battles/Triple battles as supporter.
And with the right help he can be such an pain to kill. Lightingrod pokemon is Mantine's best friend, he could be an nice lead with Manetric as partner.
Pure supportine
Mantine - Bold.
Water absord / Swift swim.
252 HP / 176 def / 76 sp.def / 6 spd.
- Scald
- Wide quard
- Confuse ray / Toxic
- Aqua ring / Rest
Wide guard to protect itself from Discharge, and support his Lightingrod teamate against the overused Earthquake or Surf incase you have Rhydon/rhyperior with lightingrod as your partner.
Scald is for burning your opponent with decent amount of power, confuse ray is rather an filler and can also be changed with Toxic depenable of your
team building. Aqua ring to increase stall in combination with leftovers, or if you want to play and quik recover go for rest, although not recommand due
Mantine being asleep is basically screwed.
Pure Offensetine
Mantine - Modest.
Leftovers / Damp rock
Swift swim.
252 Sp.attack / 76 sp.def / 176 spd. / 6 HP
- Surf / Scald
- Air slash / Rain dance
- Ice beam / Rain dance
- Toxic
More offensively based moveset, never do 252 ev's on swift swimmers unless their base speed stat is really low. (Like Armaldo)
And well I think its obivious, set up rain and try to sweep. Once there is an waller in front of you, either switch or leave it with toxic.
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Rotom forms, Zebstrika, Raichu, Electabuzz, Eelektross, etc. See the pattern? Mantine is horrible against physically based electric types, whom there are lots of in NU. Rock type attacks also kill Mantine, and with stuff like Sawk running rampage, it's not hard to see why Mantine is difficult to use.
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Mantine... How life is unfair for you! You were designed as a counterpart to the ever useful skarmory but yet you fail in taking off like the the latter did. Your main issue is the fact that you lack recovery moves and you have to rely on rest, or water absorb to heal you up! While skarmory can set up spikes, stealth rock, phaze and attack while tanking major physical hits like a champion due to it's massive amount of resistances. You, on the other hand, are not that useful. Your typing leaves you with only two weaknesses, but, unfortunately, you have the 2 worst weaknesses a tank could ever have. A 4x weakness to electric can OHKO you even through you mega Sp DEF stat (no tank ever wants a 4x weakness for any type). A second weakness to rock types is what seals your position in NU reducing a major chunk of your bulk (no tank wants a weakness to stealth rocks). Rain dance is your main asset! You can effectively set up rain on a timed switch in, but even this job hazardous as it makes opponent's thunder perfectly accurate! Maybe you can use aqua ring the way skyla did to defend swanna from pikachu's thunderbolt! Might work!
All is not lost, 140 Sp DEF is still amazing and any special move that is not electric type will do small damage to you. Toxic is a nice option as you can take out something that you don't like in your opponent's team. Toxic, usually means that this pokemon won't last long on the battlefield. Scald is another nifty toy that have the potential to weaken opponent counter that tend to explore your softer physical side! Confusion and swagger work too... But, as you can see, Matine relies too much on hax to be effective to the point that most of the time it will fall in battle easily!
Sadly, mantine is not a dangerous pokemon, skarmory is a million time more useful, but, it can be a very difficult thorn in your opponent's back to remove in some situations. The only thing that mantine has that can make skarmory jealous of is a pre-evolution mantyke. (Although I'm not sure if that's a good thing).
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A mantine quarantine!
Mantine@leftovers / Damp rock
Ability: Water absorb / swift swim
Nature: +Sp DEF / -ATT
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Sp DEF / 4 Sp ATT
-Rain dance
Simple, a typical stall, wall, tank, you name it, set. Set up rain dance, toxic any pokemon, stall out toxic damage with protect and scald to attack while having a chance to burn a physical attacker! The ability and item are dependable. If you decide to run swift swim, give mantine leftovers so you can heal a little after each turn. If you gave mantine water absorb, damp rock is better as it makes rain last longer. The healing can be done with a predicted switch in to a water type attack!
Mantyke with eviolite is a pretty good wall in LC... It can run a similar set as the one above with some effect!
BTW... Can you say "I'm flying a mantyke kyte on a bike" several times rapidly?
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Rain Dance Mantine outruns and OHKOs literally all of the Pokemon you mentioned. Mantine isn't very easy to counter in NU without resorting to dedicated special walls like Regice (who will leave the engagement with around 20% of its remaining HP after two rain boosted Hydro Pumps) and Lickilicki (who can't do very much back besides try and stall out rain).
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Mantine @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Calm
Ev´s:252 HP/252 Sp.Def./4Sp.Att
-Air Slash
-Confuse Ray/Toxic
-Ice Beam
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Offensive Mantine needs Rain Dance, but not over Air Slash. STAB Air Slash and Hydro Pump (or Surf in this case) provide almost perfect coverage, and Mantine needs that. It'd be best to put it over Ice Beam or Hidden Power, although I do agree that HP Grass should be used instead of HP Ground. Either coverage move helps, as Ice Beam hits Altaria and HP Grass hits Water types like Alomomola and Seismitoad.
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Calm nature - Water Absorb
252 HP - 252 Sp.Def - 4 Sp.Atk/4 Spe
-Air Slash
-Aqua Ring
First set is a flinch hax set. Mantine's not gonna have a lot of opportunities to switch in, Water Absorb and a Ground immunity can only help so much, and Base 70 Speed without investment is a cry for help. If given the chance, though, Mantine can potentially ruin a pokemon through hax alone. Substitute against a nonthreatening pokemon like Slowbro and Empoleon (somewhat non threatening), then either use Aqua Ring to recover 1/8th of your HP each turn, or start firing Swagger. If an opponent is successfully confused, start firing Air Slash, and pray to god they stay that way until they die.
Your problems: Rock Blast, which will shred your Substitutes like paper, Own Tempo pokemon, Roar users.
Calm nature - Water Absorb
252 HP - 252 Sp.Def - 4 Spe
-Aqua Ring
-Toxic/Air Slash
Another substitute set, but it's Mantine's staple. Substitute and Aqua Ring for protection and healing, but the difference here is Scald and Toxic. Scald is to spread burns, covering Mantine's weaker physical defenses. Toxic is for everything else, as other Water absorb pokemon will wall Mantine endlessly. Air Slash is an option over Toxic as Toxicroak is the only other water immune pokemon that is also immune to Toxic, and Air Slash will split him in half.
Your problems: Really depends on what you went with for your last slot. Water Absorb pokemon will usually wall your combo of Air Slash and Scald, but Guts pokemon will benefit from the statuses you induce. Air Slash helps as most Guts pokemon are Fighting types, so it's 50/50 here.
Mantine@Choice Specs
Modest nature - Swift Swim
252 Sp.Atk - 252 Spe - 4 HP
-Hydro Pump/Surf
-Air Slash/Ice Beam
-Signal Beam
-HP Electric
An offensive set? But Mantine isn't an offensive pokemon. And you're right, he's not. But he has Swift Swim, and a usable 80 Sp.Atk base, the problem is that it's so low compared to other monstrosities out there. Swift Swim is the ability of choice here, so you'll pretty much need Rain active to make the most of Mantine. Hydro Pump or Surf, it's up to you. Air Slash is preferred over Ice Beam as Air Slash covers everything else Ice Beam does; unless you really hate Dragons. Signal Beam, while odd, is Mantine's best weapon against Psychic types and Dark Types. HP Electric finishes the set as a way to hit Water types that Mantine can't hit with everything else in his movepool (don't bring up Seed Bomb, just don't). And before you ask, why waste Mantine's huge Sp.Def on a choice set? You're not. It's that huge stat that'll allow Mantine to switch in on non Electric moves like they're nothing, and blast a hole in something with his Specs boosted items.
Your problems: Stealth Rock, big time. Also Pursuit users. Once the secret's out that you're running Specs, you aren't likely to survive those hits.
Mantine@Chesto Berry
Calm nature - Water Absorb
252 HP - 252 Sp.Def - 4 Sp.Atk
-Air Slash/Haze
A bit different, but the point is straightforward. Without relying on Substitute and Aqua Ring, Mantine only has ChestoRest to fall back on. This Mantine isn't meant to stay in, though. His purpose is to use Tailwind, and hightail it out of there, letting other pokemon take advantage of the speed boost. Again, this should only be used against things that can't hurt Mantine. Scald is to hurt something that needs hurting, and then you have the last moveslot. You may want to stay in and abuse the speed of Tailwind and start hitting things, praying for flinch hax, but Haze has more utility. Because of Mantine's abilities, he has some opportunities to get in on an especially troublesome opponent like Slowbro or Hippowdon, then Haze if they're boosts are causing problems. While Taunt bait, Haze bypasses Substitute and Suction Cups/Ingrain.
Your problems: Stealth Rock, again. Get a spinner, for god's sake. Also faster pokemon, packing any Electric move. While obvious for all sets, this is especially true for this one, as Mantine isn't relying on Substitute and running a more set-up-and-run kind of set.
Substitute is Mantine's best move, along with Aqua Ring, as it provides him protection against the most harmful moves and allows him to actually do things. Mantine is such a 50/50 pokemon, as in, if you manage to get rid of electric pokemon or electric type users in a battle, he's very difficult to take down.
And finally, some Doubles sets to finish this post off.
Calm nature - Water Absorb
252 Hp - 252 Sp.Def - 4 Atk
-Helping Hand
-Aqua Ring
5th gen forged Mantine into a formidable Double battle partner, with the addition of Wide Guard and Helping Hand. Substitute and Aqua Ring for general healing, but Helping Hand is where Mantine gets bothersome. With Water Absorb, you can boost the power of a teammate's Surf or Earthquake, the most common attacks in the game, and make them even more powerful. Scald is an offensive attack so that Mantine can actually hurt something, but you'll rather just spam Helping Hand if possible.
Your problems: Discharge. The sub will only take one hit from that, leaving him exposed for the duration of the turn. A smart player will use this window of opportunity to take out Mantine, following up a Discharge with a physical attack, or, god help you, another Discharge.
Calm - Water Absorb
252 HP - 252 Sp.Def - 4 Sp.Atk
-Helping Hand
-Aqua Ring
-Wide Guard
What's this? A Doubles set, without Substitute?!?! Yes, it's insane, but the point of this set is that you have something to cover your electric weakness, like a Lightning Rod pokemon, or a Motor Drive switch in. Everything else Mantine can take with ease, giving him the freedom to support his teammates. Tailwind speeds up your whole team, giving you ample time to outspeed potential problems. Aqua Ring has already been explained. Helping Hand is too good, and has synergy with Wide Guard. Allow me to explain. Wide Guard will protect you from a multi target attack, like the predictable Discharge, which Lightning Rod won't protect you from. And listen up, and this is very important, you should know that every Lightning Rod Pokemon is vulnerable to a multi target move in Doubles, and I mean the likes of Rhydon, Manectric, Zapdos, Seaking, etc. But then, you see something here? All of these pokemon also have a multi target move to use as well, most of them with Discharges of their own. And the best part is, Wide Guard will protect Mantine from a teammate's Discharge, allowing Mantine a snug spot next to all pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability. For those that don't have Discharge, he can use Helping Hand instead, boosting an Earthquake or Surf in a dire time. This analysis confirms Mantine's place in Doubles, being a decent partner to the likes of Rhydon and Raichu.
Your problems: an ill timed Wide Guard or losing a Lightning Rod partner at the worst possible time. Otherwise, you should be pretty set, except for faster Rock Slides. Ugh.
Final notes: Haze and Mirror Coat are illegal. There goes that set. :/
Well, that just about does it.
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While Mantine has the Special Defense stat of Skarmory's physical defense, it is outclassed by other special walls due to its typing. It does however, have a few qualities that allow it to function in NU; namely its abilities, Swift Swim and Water Absorb. While it faces competition from Frillish, it can set itself apart by its immunity to Spikes and neutrality to Grass.
Swift Swim: Doubles speed in rain. This is good considering Mantine gets good three-move coverage along with rain dance.
Water Absorb: Restores 25% when hit by a water-type move. This is the superior ability for defensive sets.
Swift Swim
Item: Life Orb / Damp Rock
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Timid / Modest
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- Rain Dance
- Hydro Pump
- Air Slash
- Ice Beam
What sets this apart from other swift swim sweepers is its ability to threaten Ludicolo and Shedinja with Air Slash. Hydro Pump is a powerful STAB that is quite powerful despite Mantine's mediocre base 80 special attack, when factoring in rain. For example, factoring in a bit of prior damage, it has a chance of OHKOing Specialy defensive Regirock. Ice Beam is mainly a filler, but is Mantine's strongest move against Zweilous, who would otherwise destroy you with a powerful Outrage.
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XPN Artist To Watch, Diego Garcia is on tour in support of his debut album, Laura, and plays two shows at the Tin Angel on September 21. He'll be here for a Free At Noon show Friday, September 23.
Former frontman of the indie band, Elefant, Diego Garcia went solo in 2010. His new album Laura is on many "Best of the Year 2011" lists, and is also a XPN Featured Album of the Week.
Incorporating his Latin background – his parents are both Argentinean – into his lush, delicate music, Diego Garcia's deeply reflective music calls to mind the likes of Leonard Cohen and Morrissey. Garcia writes incredibly introspective, often-anguished lyrics, and subtly fuses the Spanish guitar with a more traditional folk sound. With lyrics that explore a range of emotional planes, Garcia is a master of subtlety: Whether it is with panicking guitar strums, twinkles of Spanish guitar, or his soft and intimate musings, Garcia is able to delicately move the listener on an emotional level. He manages to weave his sounds like a tapestry, crafting a dreamlike, confidential album that is sure to leave listeners wanting more. After all, the album is all about his wife, Laura, and signifies a new, more personal chapter in music-making for this talented artist.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The crowd gathering Saturday was a typical Rio Carnival mix: a sprinkling of superheroes, girls in cute bunny outfits, zombies and princesses, a group of hairy-chested hula dancers.
But the sound sure wasn't samba. "You and I must make a pact," a high-pitched voice sang in English, soaring above the crowd. "We must bring salvation back."
The Michael Jackson themed "Thriller Eletrico" street party was one of a handful adding a dash of hard rock, Motown, Latin rhythms and other eclectic beats to the samba sounds associated with Brazil's wild Carnival celebrations, even if they include a season-appropriate jolt of percussion in their renditions.
Those who showed up for the Jackson "bloco," as the street bands and their followers are known, came prepared to celebrate their icon: There were white gloves in the crowd, along with sequined fedoras, wigs and get-ups representing the artist in various phases of his long career.
"I'm a huge MJ fan," said Marjorie Lopes, dancing near the stage as the band launched into "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough." "Now, mixing it up with samba, you can't ask for more!"
Tony Swaine, a flushed Irish visitor in a rather rumpled Bumble Bee outfit, was particularly appreciative of being able to sing along with the band.
The day before, he'd marched through a marathon of four blocos in which, as is typical, Brazilian partyers bellowed out the lyrics of decades-old Portuguese-language tunes they've known their whole lives while foreigners smiled and bobbed their heads, unable to join in.
"It was still fun," he said. "But here I can at least sing along."
Another rock-oriented group, "Sargento Pimenta," drew 60,000 revelers to a waterfront park last year for a Beatles homage, even if most of Rio is still dancing to the standard Carnival beat. One of the most respected traditional bands, the "Cordao do Bola Preta," drew about 2. 4 million revelers to downtown Saturday morning.
In a different city plaza earlier this week, other foreigners — the Uruguayans Maximiliano Duarte, who lives in Rio, and Luciana Vaccotti, who visits regularly — watched a new bloco group named for the Mexican classic "Besame Mucho" wind up its set with a bass-drum-heavy version of the Cuban anthem 'Guantanamera'. Continued...
Playing around with tradition is very much in the Carnival spirit, said Vaccotti.
"It's a re-appropriation of Carnival by people who come from other places and want do this in their own way," she said.
Mexican-born Osvaldo Jimenez Farias, who is completing his doctorate in physics in Rio de Janeiro, agreed. He was one of the founders of "Besame Mucho", which also includes members from Puerto Rico, Colombia, the United States, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Their set is just as diverse as the band, including classics familiar to anyone in Latin America, or with at least a few Spanish classes under their belt: the Mexican folk tunes "Cielito Lindo" and "La Bamba" and the Argentinian hit "El Matador" by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, among others.
"We're foreigners, but we're part of this city," he said. "The idea is to be part of this very Brazilian party, while recognizing that we also have something we can contribute."
The "carna-rock" band Bloco Cru also brings something new to the party. Lead singer Lu Baratz grew up in Rio but always had a rock-and-roll streak. She'd listen to The Clash, Iron Maiden, Metallica, but with "Brazilian ears," she explained.
"I'd hear rock and roll with tambourines, 'Brazilianized,"' she said. "I also knew other people who identified more with rock and other rhythms. So I decided to take AC/DC out for Carnival."
She debuted that cocktail in Rio's streets five years ago, and found a home among the hordes of locals hungry for something less traditional.
"It attracts all kinds of tribes," she said. "It's what Carnival is about, isn't it?"
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Cornell students and staff demand change after a group of African American women were attacked on May 6th. Community members joined in a rally Tuesday to show the University they won't stand for what they say is tolerance of racist and sexist acts. Our Katie Gibas tells us what they're fighting to accomplish.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University students chanted while rallying to get across a message that racism and sexism will not be tolerated any longer.
"Somewhere out there, there's a student right now, a black student in Mississippi who got in and is reading this and is like, 'It's not worth it,'" said Dexter Thomas Jr., a Cornell graduate student.
Omar Figueredo, another Cornell Graduate Student added, "Now students, including myself, on top the stress and anxiety of thinking about final exams, final projects and final papers, we're also thinking about how we're not welcome here."
The rally comes after an incident on May 6th when an undetermined number of people threw glass bottles and beer cans from the roof of the Sigma Pi fraternity at a group of African American women students.
"When the actual crime was being committed, the police arrived while they were in the building, yet somehow it has still come up that the assailants are unidentified. I just don't know how that could happen," said James Ricks, an Ithaca resident.
Those rallying say the university's response is inadequate.
"I think too often the response is to be defensive rather than to be proactive and constructive," said Professor James Turner.
Thomas added, "The response hasn't been enough, and I don't think anybody truly believes what the administration is saying. I don't believe it."
The goal of the rally is for immediate change...including the creation of an Anti-Racist Joint Task Force, requiring all staff to undergo on-going anti-oppression and social justice training and create a more efficient bias response team.
"I think it triggered all of us because it happens so regularly and so consistently that it's sort of the needle that broke the camel's back. It's how many times do we have to hear about this. It just happens with so much regularity in small and big ways that we decided that we could not stand by and say nothing," said Paula Ioanide, an Ithaca College Professor.
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Who knew that Pinterest could teach life-altering lessons? My takeaway? Just say no to the glitter.
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'Sparkles make it more beauti…'
"But mom, don't you like glitter?"
"Most definitely, no."
Paint, however, is a different story. My four children were dying to paint the other day. They had asked me repeatedly over a few days. I was also desperate for five, maybe ten minutes of uninterrupted time to cross just one task off my to-do list. I remembered an idea from Pinterest about painting in ziploc bags. Voila. I was able to start a load of laundry AND take the garbage out. Score. I snapped a picture and posted it on Facebook, because folks, ten minutes was a victory. A load of laundry started was a victory.
But that's enough about my victory. I want to talk about the days when I'm not so victorious.
Most days 'up-time' as my two year old calls it dawns on someone else's schedule. On any given day I could use just a few more minutes hours of sleep. I'm not even asking for drool-inducing coma-like sleep. No, I'd settle for that quasi-conscious state where you are generally aware that you should wake up, but you don't want to.
These are the days when merely moving through the necessary requirements of the everyday feels daunting.
Days like these hang heavy with the swamp-like weight of failure. It clings to me like damp mist and blocks the radiance of my children because the mere thought of getting to bedtime hems me in, not to mention the ideals of raising the littles to love Jesus and help others and actually aim and HIT the toilet bowl when relieving themselves.
This mom gig is an impossible task, but Mama, you are not called to summit the mountain of impossibility by yourself. No, today, and only today your call is to the necessary…to do the next thing…one foot in front of the other.
Do the necessary.
Pray a little. "God help me. I can't do this; I can't do today without you.'
**when I am having the rough days, the swampy days, where I feel like my feet are bound in the muck of good intentions yanked away by sleep deprivation, I have a few friends I can text and ask to pray for me…who can you text?**
Get dressed. Yes. Even if it is a yoga pants and t-shirt kind of day. Just put on clean clothes.
Do the next thing.
It can be as quick as changing a diaper or as daunting as organizing a playroom. Whatever your 'next thing' is…go conquer it.
Feed yourself.
Once you have the necessary, focus on the possible. Is it possible to instill a Bible-full of values in one afternoon? No. But you CAN read ONE Bible story. Pray ONE prayer together. Intentionally hug each of your children and tell them why you love them. Eat a piece of chocolate. Or two. And soon, wee habits done consistently over a long period of time make a difference. (My pastor is always saying that.)
And all of the sudden, the words of St. Francis of Assissi (who inspired this post) are coming to fruition…
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible' and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Jesus, be with each and every mom today who feels the weight of mothering the beautiful blessings you've given her and feels that it is too heavy; that you have asked too much. Help her to give her burden over to you. Give her the courage to reach out and ask for help. Send women to come alongside her and support her. Enable her to do the necessary. Strengthen her to overtake the possible and Lord, with your help, let her do the impossible.


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Thread: Help me with skipping
27-08-2002, 22:48 #1Tarantino Guest
Help me with skipping
Hi, some of our players and TS 2.0 users as aome problems with skipping. We have all turned process priority to realtime, but it diden't help... So please help us!!!
Any one know??
27-08-2002, 22:59 #2
Try changing sound devices, for example chane from Wave
to Direct Sound. Its worth a try. You can change this setting
under " Setting >> Options"
27-08-2002, 23:01 #3Tarantino Guest
Yes I tryed that but it does not halp!!! Need more HELP, please
Thx again
27-08-2002, 23:03 #4
Did you change this after you set the Process Priority ?
27-08-2002, 23:04 #5Tarantino Guest
27-08-2002, 23:06 #6
Ok, what computer specs and what OS are you running ?
(this is info you should take a habit in writing in the first post)
27-08-2002, 23:09 #7Tarantino Guest
I have:
Hercules GameTheater XP
I run Windows XP
I have 1024 Mb ram
GForce 4 TI4600 ;-)
so.... that's it
27-08-2002, 23:11 #8
not bad specs you got there
You said all had theese problems?
Im assuming you all were on the same server.
Have you tried hosting the server some where else
just to try if it makes any difference ?
27-08-2002, 23:14 #9Tarantino Guest
Not everybody, just some of us. That's what I find weard!!
And sometimes it's no problem.. This is after a restart the problem is there or not. What I meen is that a restart dosen't always help!!
27-08-2002, 23:17 #10Tarantino Guest
I'm going to bed now... So I pick this up tomorrow again... Thx so far.
27-08-2002, 23:17 #11
Hmm... sounds real strange. Im assuming your not running
anything else before running Teamspeak after a reboot.
27-08-2002, 23:18 #12Tarantino Guest
Yes... Right!!!!
27-08-2002, 23:19 #13
Im running out of tips. try reinstalling it ?
28-08-2002, 08:49 #14Not everybody, just some of us. That's what I find weard!!
I will go through every player tonite and make sure that we all have the same settings.
Running out of ideas. We may have to go back to 1.5
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set TS to normal priority then close and restart it
ctrl-alt-del and goto taskmanager then to processes find TeamSpeak.exe highlight it right click on it expand priority and set it to high close taskmanager and try it. the most common reason for choppy voice is TS does not get its share of cpu time even tho its by no stretch of the imagination a resource hog, alot of games are.
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I am a relatively new first-time mother, and I wanted to share with you a few thoughts, in regards to how this event, this Rite of Passage truly, gives me so much to work on as a druid.
The strength side:
- the strength of love and being loved: the bond between parents and child is so strong that I really feel I could lift mountains for my child. It feels as if my heart was beating louder and my consciousness and understanding of love had gone one level deeper.
- a new focus of energies: I can accomplish anything, but mostly, I need to plan and channel my energies in a new way with a new goal at the center of my actions. That means sharper decisions, and more decisive actions, after more careful and quick thinking.
- a new understanding of altruism: it is nice to help the homeless, but there is also a feeling of "feeling good about yourself because you are doing the right thing" going with it. Whereas with my child, I would be ready for ultimate sacrifices (like giving her my slice of chocolate cake, he) with the feeling that it is only right and normal, nothing heroic about it. In truth, I am even eager to be tested on that.
- a new definition of myself: i used to be shy and unassuming, not always standing up for myself because I would put myself in the other's shoes and trying to understand them - at the expense of my well-being sometimes. With my child, I know what I want, what I don't want, when to say no, when to insist, when to fight, when to withdraw. It is a powerful feeling!
There are probably many other ways I am being tested positively and strongly. However, I realize also that some weaknesses appear to balance out the good.
The weakness side:
- more questions than ever: I was already wondering about the future for myself, and for my family, my husband, my dog...now i have also to wonder about long term more than ever for my child. Will I be doing the right things? Will I be in the wrong? Will I be able to tackle this or that smoothly?
- a new fear of time and death: will I live long enough? what if something dreadful should happen to my child? Or to me while she is young? I need more protection! She needs more protection! When is too much protection bad? I want time to go slower so that I can indefinitly enjoy her in my arms. I don't want to be tested in some ways - I am sure you understand which ways - that I can't even name in this druidic thread...
- being hurt will come soon enough: my feelings will be hurt, my heart will bleed, my anxiety will transform into anguish at times, I will be broken, trampled on, discarded (NOT looking forward to teen years). I will doubt myself, be angry and sad. I feel weak because I feel exposed. "Making the decision to have a child--It's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." ~ Elizabeth Stone
Being a mother is paradoxal. It is feeling all-powerful and totally unsure of yourself at the same time. I have to work on my temper more than ever, I am discovering inner monsters and pitfalls. I feel like a mountain. A gigantic earthquake shook me and shaped my new life, and with the strong pyramidal structure of stones, I discover new heights with pure eternal snow at one end, and new abysses and chasms with risks of avalanches on the other spectrum.
I would like to know in what druidic ways you all felt challenged by motherhood/fatherhood.


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The rich get richer! Adele and the super-rich.
Adele's tax grievances won't resonate with fans | Music | guardian.co.uk.
So, Adele, a popular (or at least was popular), UK singer has spoken up about paying taxes. I am not certain why she was shocked about the tax taken from her album paycheck. Maybe she felt that her celebrity status leaves her exempt from government tax rules. In fact, she believes her high tax payments give her the right to go on a shooting spree (I will give her the benefit of a doubt and assume she was joking here). Oh dear! I can't help but wonder what her modest salaried fans think when she complains about being left with only four million British pounds in her album paycheck. At the end of the day, these fans provide her income by buying her albums and going to her gigs, yet she has the nerve to stand up and say she resents helping to support the British social system – the education, health and public transport that all her fans use! At 23 years old, perhaps we can put her twisted view point down to immaturity. Although, I'm inclined to believe that the Diva mentality has taken hold and she has lost her grip on reality. I'm sure many of her fans living on less than ₤20,000 per year (many supporting a family), will be more than happy to swap and give her a taste of the "real life".
Rob Fitzpatrick's Guardian article got me thinking of another case I read about recently. This one is a US based story:
An empty offer from the super-rich – Newsweek
Perhaps admirably, Mark Zuckerberg (facebook founder), has spoken up about raising income-tax rates for the super-rich in the US. I say "perhaps", because actually it won't affect him! Bruce Bartlett has highlighted the fact that Zuckerberg, and others in his earning bracket, have invested the majority of their wealth in stock. Their income is a result of capital gains which are taxed at only 15%. These guys end up paying a lower rate of tax than the majority of the US population!
I'm not sure which case is worse! At least Adele could be credited for her honesty (however brutal). These other guys though, including individuals such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, verge on the deceptive. In fact, it is deceit. They would have the people of the US believe that they would like to pay extra taxes out of the goodness of their hearts but they won't actually pay an extra penny!
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages were mixed Friday as the benchmark S&P 500 Index worked its way up to a five-year high.
The S&P 500 climbed 5 points, or 0.3%, to 1,486, bringing its gain to 0.95% this week. Surprisingly bleak U.S. consumer confidence and a lagging technology sector weighed on the markets. Still, the S&P 500 is at its highest close since Dec. 26, 2007.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 54 points, or 0.4%, to 13,650. The blue-chip index gained 1.2% for the week and finished up six of the past seven days.
Breadth was slightly positive with losers outnumbering winners 21 to nine on the Dow. The most prominent blue-chip percentage decliners were Intel(INTC) , American Express(AXP) , Bank of America(BAC) , Pfizer(PFE) , Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) and Boeing(BA) .
American Express posted a 47% decline in fourth-quarter net income, as the credit card issuer incurred charges related to restructuring costs and other expenses. Adjusted earnings of $1.09 a share topped Wall Street estimates. Shares were off 1.6%.
Boeing shares slid 0.31% on ongoing concerns about the safety of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
General Electric(GE) was a blue-chip winner after the industrial giant reported good fourth-quarter results. Caterpillar(CAT) and DuPont(DD) shares also traded higher. AT&T(T) added 0.63%.
AT&T said Thursday it would record a $10 billion fourth-quarter charge related to its pension and benefit plans. After trading in the red for much of the morning, the shares recovered some, but fell again in the afternoon session.
The Nasdaq lost 1 point to 3,135. The tech-heavy index rose 0.29% for the week.
Most sectors in the broad market rose. Conglomerates marched higher as General Electric, the largest U.S. conglomerate, advanced. Utilities and energy were also up. Lagging sectors were led by technology, consumer-cyclicals and health care.


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BOSTON -- For the Royals, the pregame trade rumors on Friday night were pretty much confirmed when the Red Sox abruptly scratched first baseman Adrian Gonzalez from their lineup.
"You knew when they pulled Gonzalez out of the lineup, something was happening," Royals right fielder Jeff Francoeur said.
The big trade wasn't announced until Saturday afternoon and it obviously caught everyone's attention.
"Our first family is this team but all Major League Baseball, every team is kind of a family so once something like this happens, people have gone through it and they know how it can be on your family and on you personally," Royals left fielder Alex Gordon said. "Maybe some of those guys liked it over there and it's kind of tough to pick up and move so we pay attention to that. A lot of the guys know each other and we keep in contact, but it's part of the game, part of the business."
Francoeur saw the immediate effect.
"For Boston it just opens up a bunch of payroll," Francoeur said.
"You look at the first basemen across the leagues -- the elite ones -- and most of them are signed up for the next five or six years. So I'm sure that with LA, that was their thinking, this was their way of getting a first baseman for the future. And I'm sure Boston wants to shore up some other areas now. When they signed Adrian and all those guys that was kind of [former GM] Theo [Epstein's] deal and now he's gone, and they might want to go a different way."
The scope of the trade made an impression.
"Even before the deadline, this would be a huge trade with the salaries," Gordon said. "So what I see is the Red Sox are probably going to make some moves in the offseason after dumping all this salary. They must have a plan and it seems like they're going to stick with it."
Royals aren't fazed by Sox changing starters
BOSTON -- An immediate effect of the Red Sox's mega-deal with the Dodgers was that it dispensed with Josh Beckett's scheduled start against the Royals on Saturday night at Fenway Park.
"We had an idea. We do all our homework. It's no big deal," Royals manager Ned Yost said.
Except that Beckett, in his career, has a 7-1 record and 2.58 ERA against the royals in 10 starts. But he was on a plane to Los Angeles and his replacement was Aaron Cook, 0-1 with a 6.52 ERA in two starts against Kansas City.
Royals veteran Alex Gordon said that players aren't all that concerned about the past history of the other team's starting pitcher.
"Not really," Gordon said. "You can't really worry about what they're doing. They're going to throw whoever they need to. We've just got to control whatever we can in our at-bats. Whoever it is, make sure we're prepared whether it's Aaron Cook or Beckett."
Obviously, though, batters are aware of how they've done against a certain pitcher in the past. On Friday night, Gordon went against Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester at 0-for-11 with six strikeouts.
"I went into last night knowing I hadn't had that much success against Lester, but I didn't think it was going to carry over. I went in there with confidence and thinking I was going to get a hit every time I went up, but I knew it was going to be a challenge," Gordon said after going 2-for-4 with an RBI double against Lester.
"Yeah, we think about it, but this game is about forgetting what happened in the past, if it's good or bad, and focusing on what you can do today."
The change in Red Sox pitchers probably suited the Royals' Jeff Francoeur. He was just 1-for-19 (.053) against Beckett but 10-for-26 (.385) against Cook.
Smith experienced in debuts at fabled parks
BOSTON -- Left-hander Will Smith made his Major League debut for the Royals this year at Yankee Stadium.
Smith found that overwhelming but, as he prepares for his first start at Fenway Park on Sunday, he feels ready. And he's had fun just getting acquainted with the 100-year-old ballpark.
"It's awesome, just so much tradition here," Smith said. "So many good players have come through here. You've got the Green Monster and I actually went inside of it with Gio [Johnny Giavotella] and we signed our names in there. It was a lot of fun. We went on top of it [Friday] and I still want to go see Pesky's Pole. There's just so much tradition here, how can you not love it?"
Just being in the Red Sox stronghold can stir emotions.
"I got goosebumps [Friday] night when they sang the 'Sweet Caroline' song. It's the first time I ever heard that, that was awesome," Smith said.
But as he makes his 11th big league start, Smith feels he can make his surroundings secondary and concentrate on getting hitters out.
"Everything's a lot easier now. You're not overwhelmed by everything," Smith said.
Royals dust off Abreu for action against Sox
BOSTON -- Infielder Tony Abreu hadn't played for over a week so Royals manager Ned Yost had him in the lineup on Saturday night against the Red Sox, giving Johnny Giavotella a break at second base.
Abreu came through with the go-ahead RBI single in the 12th inning, as the Royals rallied for a 10-9 victory to even the series at one game apiece. He finished the night 2-for-6.
Yost views Abreu as a good utility player.
"His natural position is shortstop, but he plays third fine and he's OK at second," Yost said. "[He's a] switch-hitter, he can swing the bat a little bit. Good player, I like him. We've got two really good options with him and [Irving] Falu as utility guys. You don't feel like you're missing out when you put them in the game."
Falu, up with the Royals earlier this year, is currently with Triple-A Omaha batting .317. Abreu, in his time with Omaha, hit .322.
Abreu might also get a start on Sunday at third base in place of Mike Moustakas, who went into Saturday night's game in a 0-for-15 skid.
"He's grinding a little bit, but he's got to learn how to work through it," Yost said of Moustakas.
Crown points
Bench coach Chino Cadahia has rejoined the Royals in Boston after attending to a family matter in Kansas City.
Futures Game pitcher Yordano Ventura, out with a hand injury since July 30, returned to toss 4 2/3 solid innings in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' 3-2 win over Springfield.
Two strikeouts on Friday night gave reliever Tim Collins 10 in his last 11 outs to that point. His 83 K's led all American League relievers.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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UTEP, now 7-6 on the season and 1-0 in conference play, used a smaller lineup all evening against the athletic Green Wave and it paid dividends. Konner Tucker led UTEP in scoring with 14 points, draining four 3-pointers and making both his free-throw tries. Julian Washburn had 12 points, but excelled far
more on the other end of the floor. Washburn played all 40 minutes and held Tulane's Josh Davis to just nine points. Davis came into the game leading Conference USA in scoring, averaging 18.1 points a game. It was the first time Davis has been held under double-figure scoring all season.Point guard Jacques Streeter had 10 points, six assists and just two turnovers. McKenzie Moore had nine points, nine rebounds, four assists and no turnovers. And Cedrick Lang added eight points, scoring four buckets on pick-and-roll plays.
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UTEP got off to its fast start, but the Green Wave hardly went gently into the Gulf Coast night. Tulane cut UTEP's lead to just two, 28-26, at halftime. But UTEP came out in the second half on a 15-5 run, stretching the lead to 46-31
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A Nanny in Columbus, Ohio 43201< 1 Mile AwayAt a Glance: Female • Age 20 • No reviewsI am currently a 20 year old student at the Ohio State Univerisity studying Public Health as a sophomore. Originally from Cincinnati, I previously worked the past two summers as a lifeguard at Kings Island Amusement Park. Surprisingly, my time there not only taught me everything...


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At the initiative of the Swedish Government and the Hungarian Parliament, the Council of Europe has created a Raoul Wallenberg Prize in order to keep the memory of Raoul Wallenberg's achievements alive. The Prize, worth € 10 000, will be awarded every two years in order to reward extraordinary humanitarian achievements by a single individual, a group of individuals or an organisation. The award ceremony will take place at the Council of Europe on 17 January – the date of Raoul Wallenberg's arrest in Budapest in 1945. Nominations should be received by 30 September 2013. (more...)
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