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Restaurant Trends To Watch This Summer
Restaurant Trends To Watch This Summer By Bret Thorn
As the weather heats up, restaurants will naturally be turning to stone fruits, wild salmon and other hallmarks of the summer to entice guests. But several trends not specific to the season will also likely hit their stride this summer, ranging from popular new beverages to specialized service to new culinary techniques.
Cider: The next generation
Hard cider's popularity is accelerating, according to research firm GuestMetrics, which analyzes point-of-sale data at full-service restaurants. Cider sales in restaurants grew by 40 percent in 2012. But year-over-year sales in the first quarter of 2013 jumped by 70 percent, the company said.
"Ciders obviously have made a huge jump in the market," said Joe O'Connor, beverage director of Big Night Entertainment Group, which operates six restaurants in the Boston area. "They are appealing to all and easy to drink," he said, adding that they're particularly popular at brunch and in the early evening, and as a bonus they happen to be gluten-free.
Several restaurant chains added cider this spring, including 223-unit California Pizza Kitchen and 66-unit Smokey Bones. The Counter, a 37-unit casual-dining chain based in Culver City, Calif., offers cider, too, and 1,550-unit Chili's also recently marketed hard cider.
This summer we are likely to see second-generation versions of cider, according to Anthony Norkus, the craft and specialty grand manager at Louis Glunz Beer Inc. in Lincolnwood, Ill. "We're going to see a lot of experimentation with cider," he said, such as barrel-aging and the addition of hops near the end of the fermenting process, adding a floral aroma that can be found in beers such as India pale ales.
Chef's tables: The special treatment
New fine-dining restaurants are few and far between these days, but as chefs with high-end experience open more casual venues, they still want outlets to express their fancy side. So many of them have set aside special tables where they can work their culinary wizardry for those customers who want to see that kind of a show.
Since many restaurants have open kitchens these days, it's easy to set up counters at their edge where foodies can watch the action and get special treatment.
At The Storefront Co. in Chicago, chef Bryan Moscatello has set up a 13-seat J-shaped Kitchen Counter that loops from the main kitchen to the mixology station and on to the pastry area. Guests can order a three-course or six-course meal, or do a three-course cheese or dessert tasting.
"Some people have been here eight, 10 times and have never eaten in the dining room," Moscatello said.
Customers with particular penchants for cocktails or desserts can sit in front of those stations, where they can talk to the bartenders and pastry chefs and get extra tastes of what they are working on.
Not only does the Kitchen Counter give guests the specialized experience they're looking for, but it also gives Moscatello and his team a chance to use items like beef tongue or lamb neck that they get when they buy whole animals, but don't get enough of it to make an actual menu item out of them. The counter also gives them a chance to perform operational tests on items — making sure the pickup doesn't take too long or require too much burner space, for example — before putting them on the main menu.
Executive chef Phil Rubino uses his five-seat Mamma's Table for a similar purpose at Moderno in Highland Park, Ill., testing out cocktails and food in a private enclave with its own lighting controls and a private curtain.
At Niche in St. Louis, the four-seat Chef's Counter is for guests seeking special tasting menus. And the six-seat Kevin's Table at Gunshow, Kevin Gillespie's new casual restaurant in Atlanta, serves a similar purpose.
As more high-end chefs open middlebrow restaurants this summer, you can expect to see similar vestigial places for fine dining.
Smoking: More than barbecue
Grilling is always a popular summertime activity, as is barbecue — which Southern cooking aficionados define as cooking with smoke — but smoke is weaving its way into a growing array of items these days.
Florian Wehrli, executive sous chef of Crystal Springs in Hamburg, N.J., attributes that in part to improved technologies, such as the "smoking gun," which can be used to inject smoke into sauce and other unexpected places.
But old-school smoking methods are in play, too. Wehrli also covers seared meat with herbs and garlic and wraps it in hay, which he soaks in white wine and then lets smolder in the oven, imparting a sweet, smoky flavor.
E. Michael Reidt at Area 31 in Miami, is smoking grains, cheeses, salt and grapes, giving them a flavor many guests associate with bacon, without having to add any meat.
Mike VanBuskirk, executive chef of Cobalt Restaurant in Vero Beach, Fla., smokes items to add to his eggplant purée, tomato jam and other ingredients, and Danny Trace, the chef of Brennan's of Houston, is smoking soft-shell crab for the season.
Mark Bibby, vice president of culinary at Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill, based in Orlando, Fla., anticipated the growing popularity of smoke late last year, when he installed smokers in each of the chain's 66 locations and introduced a smoked prime rib whose success exceeded management's expectations.
By adding bold flavor and highlighting chefs' creativity, unconventional uses of smoke speak to many trends and will likely be particularly widespread this summer.
Local: Version 3.0
In independent restaurants it's now assumed that local, seasonal items will be used when they're available — some chains have worked on introducing such items for years. So to distinguish themselves, chefs are beginning to add something special to their local stories.
For example, Brian McPherson, chef of Jackson 20 in Alexandria, Va., uses kaffir lime leaves from a special tree in the restaurant's garden that he got from a monk at a Lao Buddhist temple in Virginia. He uses those leaves to infuse olive oil that he drizzles on his big eye tuna carpaccio with pickled radishes and herbs that, naturally, are picked from his garden.
Don't have any Lao Buddhist monks with gardens in your neighborhood? Don't worry; there are other approaches, such as what executive chef James Rigato does at The Root Restaurant & Bar in White Lake, Mich. He completes his local story in a more holistic manner by, for example, pairing a beer from Michigan's Upper Peninsula with whitefish caught in Lake Superior.
You can expect to see more of that kind of multifaceted local sourcing this summer.
Source: Nation's Restaurant News, May 8, 2013 (http://nrn.com)
Independent Restaurants Spur Real Estate Development
Independent Restaurants Spur Real Estate Development By Randy Parham for The Tennessean
Artists are typically at the vanguard of cultural development, even in commercial real estate.
For example, the "loft" concept so popular today in multi-family living began when artists, lacking the cash to live in "nice" neighborhoods, moved into abandoned industrial space in "dangerous" neighborhoods and transformed factory floors into wide open living spaces and studios.
These transformations could be stunning (they were created by artists, after all) and before long, regular folks decided they also wanted to live in a "loft" (a word invented by the artists) and the formerly "dangerous" places became trendy neighborhoods commanding high prices for real estate — which, ironically, the artists could no longer afford, so they moved on to another marginal part of town and the cycle began again.
This transformation of neighborhoods by creative types is underway in Nashville in a big way, except the artists work in kitchens instead of studios.
Unless you've been living under a rock the past couple of years, you know that Nashville has become a culinary destination. The New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Conde Nast, Bon Appétit, The Guardian, Food & Wine — it seems that just about every major news outlet in the country, and beyond, is raving about the explosion of great restaurants in our city.
And a remarkable real estate transformation has occurred in the wake of this flood of great food.
From East Nashville and Germantown to Charlotte Avenue and 12South, pioneering chefs have played a role in raising property values and spurring commercial real estate development. They've done it by drawing in people from outside the neighborhood who, because of their positive experience at the restaurant, come to see the restaurant's neighborhood as trendy and cool instead of far away and undeveloped. When a restaurant's fans tell their friends, the circle of influence widens. Within a few years, a formerly unappreciated part of town is perceived to be an attractive place to live and work.
East Nashville and Germantown are particularly good examples of this phenomenon. When Holland House, The Pharmacy and Mas Tacos Por Favor opened in the McFerrin Avenue neighborhood of East Nashville several years ago, it was a fairly unexplored part of town that was rarely visited by outsiders. Today, it draws people from all over town and new condominiums have gone up across from Holland House.
The same thing happened in the Eastland Avenue/Chapel Avenue part of East Nashville, which is home to Eastland Cafe, Rosepepper Cantina and the Walden development that is home to Silly Goose, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Ugly Mugs and The Wild Cow. According to David Lea of Keller Williams Realty, who sells a lot of homes in this part of town, home values have increased by 50 to 65 percent over the past decade — the period that coincides with the invasion of great eateries.
In Germantown, the transformation is even more dramatic. Early settlers such as the Mad Platter and Monell's restaurants, which sprang up in Germantown about 25 years ago, anchored the first block of renovated historic homes. Then came City House, Germantown Cafe and the Cupcake Collection, and most recently Silo and Rolf & Daughters.
After Mad Platter and Monell's started bringing in new people to Germantown, the word started getting around about this quaint historic community behind the Capitol. Within a few years, Germantown had become hip. As a result, commercial real estate developers saw an opportunity to renovate the old Werthan Bag factory into loft-style condos — arguably, the only true loft-style residences in town, since they really are in a converted factory. Recently, Werthan Lofts, which is now an unqualified success, finished its fifth phase.
Within a few years of Werthan Lofts' beginning, the team of Associated Estates and Bristol Development Group planned and built Vista Germantown, a huge and hugely successful apartment complex across from Germantown Cafe and home to the Silo restaurant.
Germantown is an example of the complete commercial real estate cycle for infill development fueled in part by pioneering chefs: Restaurants beget renovated single family homes, which lead to new multifamily complexes, which pave the way for new commercial real estate development.
And it all began with enterprising chefs who wanted to unleash their creativity but could not afford to open restaurants in the "nice" part of town.
Source: The Tennessean, April 26, 2013 (http://www.tennessean.com)
Eateria Provides Small Restaurants with Bountiful Opportunities
Eateria Provides Small Restaurants with Bountiful Opportunities By Will Schmidt
For small restaurants, cooking fantastic food on a regular basis is difficult, but trying to fill seats and retain customers is a whole different issue. Many of these restaurants are cornerstones of communities, and Ola Ayeni, founder of Eateria, has made it his mission to help keep their doors open.
"Independent restaurant operators and small chains do not have the time, knowledge, and resources to effectively promote their business in this digital age," explains Ayeni. "As a result, many people stick to the traditional and antiquated marketing techniques, which no longer work."
Set up as a business-to-business digital loyalty tool, Eateria provides an opportunity for small restaurants to do their own marketing on an incredibly simple platform. Emails, text messages, social media blasts, and coupons can be sent by the restaurants directly to their customers via the Eateria dashboard. Since everything is designed on pre-existing templates, restaurants save time and maximize their marketing efficiency.
"The dashboard is so simple a 10-year old can effectively use it," boasts Ayenia. "Not only will Eateria automatically send out coupons, emails, texts, and social media alerts, it also sends welcome emails, anniversary reminders, and special birthday offers. One click and you're done."
Eateria also has a built-in coupon validation system for users who receive offers. Restaurants can use their landline, smartphone, email, text message, or Internet browser to verify the coupons for legitimacy. To avoid blocking up busy work schedules, the Eateria team provides fast and efficient service no matter what platform verification comes to them from.
The validation service factors into Eateria's most powerful tool available to restaurants: data collection. Anything sent out to customers is tracked so restaurants know who opens a message, where they are located, or if an offer is redeemed. The critical component to all of this is that the individual restaurant owns all of their data.
"It is absolute, and there is no guess work behind it anymore," a triumphant Ayeni explains. Having unlimited access to this data allows a restaurant to get a grasp on exactly where they stand within their market to better attract and retain customers.
Other companies like Groupon and LivingSocial collect the same data, but disallow access to companies. Because of this, small restaurants can have a hard time retaining customers and do not get a clear picture of their business as it relates to their market. As an obvious result, profits begin to fail. There is a strong need for a company like Eateria. Small restaurants need to know that somebody has their back, especially in the wake of news showing a darker side to Groupon.
With Ayeni's model, small business can rest assured their best interest is at heart. Ayeni wants to take his business one step further and use Eateria's efficiency, affordability, and accountability to help teach small restaurants stronger tactics for success.
The Eateria team plans on taking their service nationwide in the future, and since everything operates on a web-based platform it can be accessed anywhere Internet is found. So the next time you are in the neighborhood, give Eateria a whirl and see what special offer might come your way. You will get some great food and help a small restaurant towards success in the process.
Source: Tech Cocktail, April 7, 2013 (http://tech.co)
Floridians eat more locally than rest of US
Floridians eat more locally than rest of US By Andrew Kays, Alligator Contributing Writer
Alan Hodges doesn't know if locally grown foods are really healthier, cheaper and of higher quality than imported ones.
"But consumers certainly seem to think so," said the extension scientist in the Food and Resource Economics Department at UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Hodges was one of the researchers in a consumer preference study by UF that found 20 percent of food eaten at home by Floridians was grown locally, to the tune of $8.3 billion in a year. Different studies indicate that other states obtain about 5 percent of their food locally.
Hodges said the two biggest factors were the nearly yearlong growing season and the recent media attention on local and natural foods.
Russ Welker, natural foods manager at Ward's Supermarket, agreed.
"Local food sales have grown significantly in the last 10 years, pushed by a big wave nationally in buying locally," he said.
Hodges said Gainesville residents spent an average of about $1,400 per household on local foods in a year. He said this contrasted with the statewide household average of about $1,114 spent in a year on locally grown food, primarily from retail grocers and farmers markets.
"Small and medium farms, especially those in the North Central Florida region, have embraced the movement toward selling local products," Hodges said. "They're the ones most likely to take advantage."
Food taken home from restaurants accounted for $320 million of the total, according to the study. Hodges said he thinks there is a great opportunity to increase that amount.
"For chains, the decision to buy local food is usually made at the corporate level," he said. "For independent restaurant owners or their chefs, the decision is theirs whether they are going to."
Welker said quite a few Gainesville restaurants bought Ward's locally grown and raised products, and Summer Break didn't affect sales much.
Both Hodges and Welker noted the diversity of consumers of locally grown products.
"We have the rainbow of humanity coming through each year," Welker said.
Source: The Independent Florida Alligator, March 26, 2013 (http://www.alligator.org)
How Can You Get A Meal Delivered From Local Restaurants?
How Can You Get A Meal Delivered From Local Restaurants? By Jeanie Groh, Star intern
In September 2011, Dennis J. Toms was out of a job.
One day, while taking lunch to his wife at work, he joked that someone should start a business delivering meals. The idea stuck, and in October 2011, he began drafting plans for EZ-Lunch Shelby.
"I was thinking about a lot of different ways to generate income," Toms said. Once he started looking into starting a meal delivery service, the idea "just snowballed."
Toms, now CEO of EZ-Lunch, said the business delivers meals from 27 local restaurants to individuals' homes or offices. Customers place their orders on EZ-Lunch's website or over the phone, and then EZ-Lunch places the order at the restaurant, picks it up and delivers the meal.
Toms went to "a number of restaurants" with his business plan, looking for places that would be interested in partnering with them.
About a year later, EZ-Lunch began delivering meals in Shelby. They hand-delivered menus and took orders over the phone.
The website launched on Jan. 1 of this year, and customers can now view menus and order meals.
EZ-Lunch accepts payment by credit and debit card online and over the phone.
EZ-Lunch adds a delivery fee of $4.95 to orders less than $20 within Shelby city limits. Deliveries more than five miles away from the EZ-Lunch office in downtown Shelby are charged an additional 80 cents per mile. Customers outside of Shelby city limits are asked to call in their orders, rather than ordering online, so that the correct delivery fee can be assessed.
EZ-Lunch drivers go to special measures to ensure the quality and freshness of each order is preserved during delivery. They use insulated food-warming bags. Delivery time depends on the location of the restaurant and the customer; however, most orders are delivered less than 10 minutes after leaving the restaurant.
"We do not deliver more than one order at a time," said Ann Long, EZ-Lunch office manager.
EZ-Lunch is the only meal-delivery service in the area. The closest competition is pizza companies that deliver, Long said.
Not only is a food-delivery service convenient for people who are unable to leave work for lunch or dinner, EZ-Lunch has found that many of its customers are homebound.
"It makes me feel good to know that we're providing a service for people who need it," Long said.
"The number one goal is to have a good, solid business to be dependable," said Toms.
EZ-Lunch currently delivers about eight or nine orders a day and employs three office staff members and five or six drivers. The business is currently launching a marketing campaign in hopes of raising more awareness about the business.
Toms hopes the company will see business increase to 15 to 18 orders a day, with a long-term goal of up to 40 orders a day.
"Food makes people happy," Toms said.
That's the maxim behind EZ-Lunch.
Source: ShelbyStar.com, Cleveland County, North Carolina, March 11, 2013 (http://www.shelbystar.com)
Liberty Grad Takes Food Truck To Head Of The Class
Liberty Grad Takes Food Truck To Head Of The Class By David Hayes
Michael Kramer grew up in the kitchen. So, it's no surprise to his closest family members and friends that his food truck Za'aTar is receiving rave reviews.
As a youngster, if he weren't entwined in his grandmother's legs while she was cooking comfort food worthy of any diner, he'd be underfoot while his dad whipped up a pretty mean homestyle Italian meal.
Now 22, the Liberty High School graduate said that in looking back, it was perhaps his mother who provided the most memorable life lessons to prepare him for what not to do while running a kitchen.
"One time when we went camping, she was trying to fry up some potatoes for breakfast when she asked, 'Why is the oil bubbling up?'" Kramer recalled.
It turns out, she'd tried to sauté with dish soap rather than canola oil.
After graduating from high school, Kramer decided to hone his love of cooking and enrolled in the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Portland, Ore. His first jobs in the outside world came in the kitchens of Seattle restaurants Serafina and Ciccetti.
An opportunity soon presented itself to skip years of serving on the line to get him that much closer to owning his own restaurant. A fellow Le Cordon Bleu College graduate, Brandon Ochs, had some money burning a hole in his pocket from years of contracting in Afghanistan and he had an idea — that the two of them open a food truck.
With food trucks dotting the landscape in cities across the United States, offering everything from hot dogs to haute cuisine, Kramer jumped at the opportunity.
Thanks to the Labor and Industries requirements, their first idea was short lived — the southern comfort food staple chicken and waffles.
"LNI said if we we're going to have a deep fryer, our truck would need to have a fire suppressant system installed," Kramer said.
To keep their startup costs as low as possible, they decided to go instead with what they knew, freshly made falafels and other Mediterranean cuisine they'd learned while at Serafina and Ciccetti.
"It turns out, we needed to get a fire system anyway," Kramer said.
Some research of the area showed there were about six to eight startup food trucks per month. Kramer wanted their idea to last and stand out.
"There were two falafel trucks already, but I thought neither was very outstanding," he said.
So, they slapped some red paint on their truck, called it Za'aTar (pronounced Za-tar), after the Mediterranean spice, and stocked up on all fresh ingredients. Kramer became the head chef and Ochs would concentrate on the business end of operations.
They kept their menu simple, offering just eight dishes.
The next trick is finding a prime location to serve up to some hungry masses. Business parks in South Lake Union, Renton and Kent proved to be perfect matches.
Word of mouth spread that Za'aTar was offering up something special. Kramer added it didn't hurt at all that Seattle food blogger Roll of Jen named it one of her top three food trucks in Seattle.
"We really wanted to change how people looked at food trucks," Kramer said. "It's not just a roach coach offering greasy food. You can actually get restaurant qualify meals from them."
It also didn't hurt Za'aTar's reputation that it received a perfect score during the state health department's last inspection. Even they couldn't wait for it to open.
"The health inspector said he couldn't eat the food served in his jurisdiction," Kramer said. "But, he said he's got spies and they said our food was good."
They use social media to get the word out where they'll be any given day, from Twitter and Facebook to their website. Kramer admits the winter months can be slow for food trucks. However, to get the business to spring and the busy season that lasts through August, Za'aTar recently beat out about 16 other trucks to exclusively serve up its cuisine at Smash Putt, a combination pub crawl and miniature golf extravaganza, from March 1 to May 5.
While Kramer hopes to open someday his own 15- to 20-seater, brick-and-mortar restaurant, he's content to be serving the hungry masses from his truck, one falafel at a time.
Source: The Issaquah Press, Washington, February 12, 2013 (http://www.issaquahpress.com)


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MW3 vs BF3 - The real thread to end the stupidity from a Fan of both series
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The MW3 vs BF3 stuff has gone on long enough, there comes a time when you have to be the bigger man or girl and walk away.
Lets get this sorted shall we.
Battlefield 3 - Questions of Stupidty
1. Has has it Beta which is a post-Alpha beta, it won't be the final game, to use this against the game is senseless and stupid
2. Bush Campers - Yes there are people hiding in the bushes on Metro, it wasn't the best map to show the game off, however on PS3 there is a button called select, it spots enemies, you spot them you get 10 points for sending them to their maker.
3. Map are too big - Get used to it, that is the way of game
4. lol its only 30fps - So? at 30fps it can be boosted to true HD, which I will get into in a bit
5. Its glitchly, I quit the beta because of it - Its a Beta, see question 1
Now that aside there are some issues with the game I have noticed, the console games do seem to have been tonned down in their content, in the maps show on the PC there are loads of vehicles etc, but the consoles seem to be limited to more infanty vs infanty which I think in a BF game sucks, if I wanted that I would wait for MoH 2
Modern Warfare 3 - Questions of Stupidty
1. Quickscopers are back - The annoying halfwits that they are will be back, not a good sign if you ask me
2. 60fps take that BF3 - While it will be 60fps it wont be true HD, as 1080i doesn't support it, but also due to the higher framerate MW3 has to be boosted from standard definition to 720p
3. Assassin will be overpower! - Please COD4 had UAV Jammer and it done the same thing as Assassin, if you can't shoot someone on the screen and have to require a Radar you should just camp.
4. Elite is better than Battlelog - They both do the same thing, the only thing Elite has over Battlelog is that you can upload videos, you have comps and the DLC is via Elite rather than via the VIP pass system BF3 will use
Those are some of the questions, my biggest issue with MW3 is the lack of information regarding the PS3 version, again we are left in the dark with regards to the install option and what features will actually be cut from our game and will the DLC on Elite be covered by the MS arse kissing contract.
Now post away if you feel you don't like my questions of stupidity and if you don't like BF3 or want to troll about MW3 post here and I will be happy to send you down the correct path.
i just cant get the feel for the battlefield series im getting it for the single player like always but i will stick to the mw3 multiplayer.
and its not just battlefield even playing gow3 the other week didnt feel smooth to play maybes its because im getting old and cod fits my comfort zone that and the fact i cant offered to buy ever fps and dlc aswell so ive stuck with cod.
its i bit like a few years ago when they brought pes out it was either stick with fifa or try something new i tried it didnt like and stuck with fifa ever since
COD play's well, we know what we are getting when we put that game into our consoles
its like ive said it feels smooth when playing it and im getting to old to start learning the ways of other games i will give multiplayer a go when i rent it from blockbuster after ive finished the campaign.
So Lets see the pattern here guys
W@W - JUG MP40 Lag Hit detection frame rate
MW2 - Hackers Boosters Noobtube Commando QuickScope Glitches like Javelin Care Package Speed dominated by air support Deathstreaks
BO - Lag Hit Detection Frame Rate Famas boring copy and paste guns
Stackable Killstreaks
Support Killstreaks where deaths dont matter , 18 kills and 30 deaths don't worry here's your juggernaut or Osprey gunner drop to get you 20 kills
No recoil Insta kill no skill just like MW2
QuickScoping is back and more OP then ever
Same outdated engine
We have all been saying that BO is the same as MW2 but MW3 is an exact copy
Will have the same childish community that will abuse the many problems this game will have
New Next gen engine
13 huge amazing maps unlike CODs 13 or so and most suck
Vehicles drive your own Jet Apache Tank with your team and earn your kills instead of calling in an OP Chopper Gunner and shoot red squares
Ton of diverse weapons , Every gun feels completely different
Destruction No camping , Whats better then killing a guy by dropping a building on them or flattening an entire battlefield
Actual Recoil where aiming matters Not who saw who first
Dice is supportive , look at the support by 3arch and IW
BTW here's a near finished BF3 match on a new map on PS3
Amazing graphics none of the beta issues for you COD Noobs who don't know what a beta is
And here he is the true dumb ass fanboy.. If you really like BF3 so much go post **** like this on BF3 forums why do you come here? to prove what? that you are ignorant little boy? grow up. Stop trolling each game is fun in its own way. Personally me ill rather play glitched CoD game than BF3 its just not my style of playing.. but it dont mean i have to be an ass to everyone else..So here is an idea mister vise guy go play your BF3 and have fun leave us CoD players alone ok? have a good day.
Buy both games everybody. They'll both be good in their own respect.
Persongal Statement: BF3's beta rejuvinated my FPS skills. Why? Different playstyle makes you more aware.
COD gives me critical target acquisition and engagement experience.
BF gives me tactical awareness and emphasizes squad flanking tactics.
Exactly both games have good points and bad, it shouldn't be about vs each other, even DICE and IW aren't at war with each other, 402 had a trip there a few weeks ago, its EA and Activision doing the mud slinging at each other
Unfortunately, both communities (including BF players) don't understand that you can like both franchises.
As a COD & BF veteran since COD1 & BF 1942, this so called "FPS war" really needs to stop.
Let Activision and EA ***** about who's better.
What's sad is that both DICE and IW/SH Games can get along, why can't the gamers?
We are all gamers at the end of the day. We play for our own enjoyment and support both developers who work their arse off to develop great games.
Just my thoughts.
Its the equivalent of the White Sox vs. Cubs.
You all need to SHUT THE @#$% UP about this. This debate is dumber than Artemis Fowl fanfiction. Which is pretty damn stupid if you know what I'm talking about. (if you don't know, keep it that way, unless you're a troll)
-The games aren't even out yet, so how can you judge?
-You might as well debate Halo vs. COD because both of the franchises have nothing in common besides being FPS games that take place in modern times
-Even if you do play them if you're a ninja or you went to CODXP & played the beta, you're both playing an extremley glitchy game that isn't the final game, and you're in the "video game honeymoon" phase
-The average COD fanboy just b*tches about the game and moans for nerfs. The average BF fanboy spends his days bashing threads on this forum and videos on youtube. Both of the fanboys are equally stupid
-If you love your franchise so much, why not go play it instead of debating a retarded topic?
Thank you for the vote of support
Voting? Voting for what? Was there voting?
yeah there was a vote, I won
I still don't know what this vote is. I don't remember voting for anything.
The BF3 beta managed to make me more excited for MW3 than BF3... true story.
This debate will never end. Idiots are basing BF3 off of the beta and think this is the final product.
The other side has morons thinking CoD is worse because of less authentic content or just the way it plays. Killstreaks, deathstreaks, certain attachments, etc. that holds more impact on games than the player's skill I can agree on, but nonsensical shenanigans are nothing to argue over.
I am personally not that excited for MW3 because of what has been shown and what it contains, but throwing out flawed statements and bias crap is a fail on your part. Especially when you have no idea what you are talking about.
I just cant get used to the slow paced gameplay.
In CoD there are 2 paced : Medium ussually in TDM and Fast which is in Demo, Dom and HQ
I played the Old PS2 COD games, then rejoined the series when MW2 came out only to skip out on B-ops (bad move bc the hackers pretty much dominated MW2 online afterwards). I also do have expirience in BF 1942, but never progressed into the modern series's. There was some things about the gameplay in the BF3 beta that I enjoyed. it did take a lot more teamwork and it was cool to be able to pick which teammates you spawned with. Not to mention the destructable environments made for a very chaotic environment when you were in combat. I do think that they could have done the weapons a little differently. I like to be consistent with my weapons and use the same one every time, and I loved the ones that were brought to bear by the americans, but I couldnt use the AK47 or 74 to save my life. and the gameplay was much slower paced when you werent in combat, you had to make a long run just to get back into the combat area if you couldnt respawn on your teammates. CoD didnt have that problem for me. After bieng used to the controls of the COD series i found it hard to get adjusted to the new controls.
all in all BF3 beta was good but my money is still going towards MW3. if I had money and time to play both I would probably get both, but my choice just by past expirience is MW3.
It's an off-topic thread therefore we can discuss whatever we want here.
You want to talk about MW3? Go to the main discussion then. This is the Off Topic section. Off Topic material belongs here. BF3 is off topic, so it is allowed here.
No cares what you like or dislike.
Why is it BF3 against MW3? They're both good games in my eyes. Honestly I think BF3 will do better in sales than MW3. They are two totally different games with different styles. I'm not a fan of BF3. I think it is a good game in its own respect, but I just don't like the feel and style of it. BF3 fans will probably say I have no skill and I'm a noob, but the fact of the matter is the playing style of BF3 doesn't appeal to me. We could all debate all day and night which game is better, but it's more about what playing style and community you like better. The one thing I don't understand is all the die hard BF3 fans getting on here and bashing MW3. They're like a bunch of christians trying to convert Muslims. Just leave us alone and let us play the games we want.
You know who wins in a fight? BF3 or MW3?
Whoever has the most fun wins in any game vs game debate
You see, this isn't like books or movies. In a book or a movie, everybody experiences it the same way, generally (unless you are one of those people that thinks that Harry Potter is about homosexuality and that Lord of the Rings is about the Atom Bomb)
Fun is the reason why video games were built (also to teach us some basic morality and let the smart people that make them loads of money). Whoever is having the most fun wins (for game vs game, not people in game vs people in the same game)
It doesn't matter how good a game is. Just that you are having fun. Whoever has the most fun, wins. If some Black Ops fanboy is having 5x more fun than me when I play MW2, then he will think black ops is better because he's having more fun; even though I have more fun playing MW2.
Just enjoy your games and stop debating. If you have to resort to bashing games here to pass time, then obviously your video game is not very fun, so you should move on.
Couldn't have said it any better myself.
This is probably the best thing I have heard all day. Props to you my friend.
Played MAG? Then you've played BF3.
Well said pal!
OT: Just play the damned game ffs, who cares about what is different, comparing 2 FPSs and pointing out the differences? Derp no brainer moron to me as far as I`m concerned M`kay.
I've never seen a debate between the two sides? Its mostly a bunch of nerds trying to come onto a CALL OF DUTY forum and convince others that BF3 is better.
From what I heard, people who patrol this site and the BF3 site said that there are no MW3 fanboys over there trying to convince them that MW3 is better. So why do BF3 fanboys come over here?
fanboys are morons, regardless
thebigb59 wrote:
fanboys are morons, regardless
Yes, but you must admit, the BF3 fanboys are being much more annoying in this situation. They have been swarming COD forums, news articles and blog postings for months now trying to bash COD and praise BF3. I give COD fanboys credit for not invading all the BF forums and doing the same thing. Not only have the BF3 fanboys been beating us over the head for months about how superior BF3 is, they also decide to insult us further when we play the beta and decide we just don't care for the Battlefield style of game. For a COD fan, BF3 is a slow boring game with less responsive controls and half the framerate. That, in a nutshell, is why 99% of COD fans will never switch to Battlefield. It may be a great Battlefield game, but the average COD fan has no use for it, and it's not helping at all when BF3 fanboys evangelize in our forums, and insult us when we express dislike for their game.
Well, CoD players mocked and made fun of BF in the past.
Consider this like "payback".
And people on these forums do the exact same thing of what the BF users are doing - bashing the other game. So it isn't one side just trolling the other side which is staying quiet.
Hell, you're doing it right now:
shadowthief wrote:
For a COD fan, BF3 is a slow boring game with less responsive controls and half the framerate. That, in a nutshell, is why 99% of COD fans will never switch to Battlefield.
Most of the stuff you just said is totally subjective and down right wrong. 99%? Some on here are considering buying the game. They don't let a faceless character over the internet decide what they should buy because they are bashing CoD.
No we dont do the EXACT same thing. What we're doing is sticking up for the game that we love because its being attacked in a MW3 forum. A forum that just simply wants to talk about MW3 topics. We are NOT the ones going over there and dumping all over BF3 trying to convince them that MW3 is better.
There's a difference.
Here's what i'm doing about this debate.
I played the bf3 beta, didn't really like it oh well. When it comes out i will rent it and give it a go once again. I play Cod cuz it's fun getting in a match and just kill everyone! Watch the online gamer series from reckless tortuga and have a good laugh.


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PHOENIX — Four years after he joined the Oakland Athletics, Michael Ynoa still has never pitched above Class A.
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Adam Lanza's mother, Nancy, was a teacher at the school, said the law enforcement official.
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It will be neat to see an aerial photograph of the entire ship as it now exists.
I see one of the R class SSBNs in the next dock - is that just for routine maintenance or has work started on dismantling the nuclear submarines stored there?
Talking of ACA cameras, I wish they had one on the port side too.
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The following is an excerpt from a post on the 'Future Carrier' thread on PPRUNE. Sums the whole thing up completely. Poster was 'not a boffin' hope he doesn't mind me posting his work on here.
'The sh1te that has appeared in the Telegraph as well as the ST has clearly been cherry-picked and quite possibly by someone who spends a significant amount of time licking windows for employment. Had one asked "are the QEC an improvement on CVS?" the answer would be yes. Had one asked "Other than the STOVL mode - which is not locked in for life (unlike CVS) - is QEC constrained in its potential?" the answer would be no. Had one asked "what organic AAR or buddy-buddy potential has the RN had since 1978?" the answer would be "f8ck-all". Had one asked "would you rather have QEC or not?", I'd be astounded if the answer was not "hell yes!"
All of this "debate" about QEC is essentially mischief making. Those still pushing the "it's only six jets" line need to take themselves outside and ask how many jets CVS was supposed to carry and if they get the right answer, then ask themselves whether there are any limitations over the next fifty years that would prevent QEC carrying more than 6 jets if required. Note that SoS has already said he envisages a minimum of 12 and that the deck is designed for the best part of 40. If F35B gets canned, then that is another debate, but wishful thinking won't make it happen either. There is a significant investment in the ships - and for the umpteenth time, they are actually big enough to have an alternative if we need to. Not something that you can do with your "Wasp/LHD" option.
Is portsmouth still building the flight deck sections for the Prince of Wales, not a lot of room in that shed to build them?
I've always loved the fact that we call them sheds, it means that effectily we are building our Aircraft Carrier in a shed
The progress compared to this time last year is absolutly amazing! I know for sure one of the hightlights of the new year for me, will be seeing UB07 roll out of that shed and onto a barge in all its glory! Lets hopethat next year the tabloids stop focusing on misinformation about these carriers and start to promote the amazing achievement that they are for our country, no other country is building 2 supercarriers at the same time, and the speed they are been done at is incredable, they really should be seen as a crowning achievement for what the UK can actually produce!
Happy New Year everyone, I look forward to possably meeting up with some of you next year!
Nice find Jonas; all of this negative press is just sensational journalism that helps to sell papers. I guarantee even when she is launched all the press will be there but there will be a strong undertone of cost overruns and the F35 isn't ready yet.
Anyway Happy New Year everyone!
All the best for 2013 folks "Lang may your lum reek" It's a Scottish thing, it means may your chimney be always smoking! Happy new year carrier watchers
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[QUOTE=suricata;6511539]I've always loved the fact that we call them sheds, it means that effectily we are building our Aircraft Carrier in a shed
Lets hope that next year the tabloids stop focusing on misinformation about these carriers and start to promote the amazing achievement...
Well said....And Happy New Year all .
Thought the Chinese were building two carriers as well though?, and don't forget uncle Sam.


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The UConn coaches haven't been architects of one of the most dominant programs in women's college sports history by accident. Nary is a motion made that isn't meant to better the Huskies, so it was not a coincidence that they had Jefferson, a promising freshman point guard, rooming with All-American guard Bria Hartley over the summer.
Hartley's mentoring did not stop when they went back to living with their normal roommates. Whenever the two guards were on the court during Tuesday's game at Providence and there was a break in the action, Hartley could be seen counseling her younger teammate.
"I think we have built a pretty good relationship where I could talk to her, give her advice," Hartley said. "If she needs anything she comes up to me, if I need anything I can talk to her so we have been working on our relationship.
"Moriah, she is a hard-working kid so if you say something to motivate her, give her advice, she is going to listen. She is quick. She can always create a shot for herself, and I think she adds another piece, a quicker piece to our team."
Jefferson showed off those skills against the Friars with a career-high 13 points. Now she looks to build on that strong effort when the third-ranked Huskies play at Rutgers today (4 p.m., SNY).
One of the biggest challenges Jefferson has faced is staying aggressive and looking for her own shot while running the Huskies' offense.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma challenged Jefferson at halftime against Providence to stop dribbling the ball laterally and use her blazing speed to attack the basket.
"I think I have to find a balance of when I am either attacking, or be able to pass the ball, too," Jefferson said. "I have to find the balance of being able to get my teammates shots and actually get myself shots too."
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"Knowing what offense to run, so she helps me a lot during timeouts and free throws. She is there to let me know I am doing all right, keeping me going," Jefferson said. "Bria is a good friend, and she helps me out a lot."
Hartley was shown the ropes by Tiffany Hayes when she arrived at UConn. When Hayes was a freshman, she tried to learn all she could from All-American Maya Moore. So the Hartley/Jefferson partnership is merely the most recent example of how the UConn veterans are entrusted with making sure their younger teammates understand everything that goes into playing for the Huskies.
"(Senior guard) Caroline (Doty) does that in practice on a daily basis, and she is teaching Bria now how to do it. So it is something that is passed down, and has been since I remember playing here," UConn assistant coach Shea Ralph said. "You have to teach the younger guys, otherwise they are not going to know and they are not going to learn quickly enough to help you.
"The hope is that she can become what she can become, which is a great hybrid of Bria and Caroline because Bria is not a point guard. She can play point guard, but she is a scoring point guard where Moriah is a point guard. We need her to (display) leadership and have the ability to move people around like Caroline does but also have the offensive mind that Bria has. I like that both of them are trying to help her because she needs to learn from both of them and not just one."
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