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THAT which nature abhors could help combat cancer, say researchers who've developed and tested weird compounds called nullomers. Their name comes from the Latin word "nullus" for nothing, and the fact that although they can theoretically exist naturally, they don't, possibly because they're too toxic or useless to life, and so the DNA sequences that encode them have been evolved out of existence.
Now, two nullomers have been shown to kill cells of two common types of cancer – breast and prostate – as well as a form of leukaemia. Yet they seem to spare healthy cells, which rapidly become immune to any ill effects. "To our surprise, the normal cells adapt and become less sensitive to the nullomers, whereas the effects on cancer cells increase with time," says Greg Hampikian of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, and head of the team developing and testing the nullomers. He thinks they might work by depleting energy production in cancerous but not healthy cells, but his investigations into how they kill cells are ongoing.
Hampikian made nullomers after analysing all publicly available genomes of living things, then working out which DNA sequences coding for peptides five amino acids long were absent from nature's inventory. He discovered that of 3.2 million combinations possible for such peptides, 198 were absent. Then, he set about making those peptides.
After screening them, he identified two, codenamed 9R and 9S1, that were particularly effective against cancer cells. The results, published in Peptides (DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.09.015), show that within two days, cancer cells became more sensitive to the nullomers, whereas healthy cells became more resistant.
Even more potent
The concentrations required to kill half a population of prostate or breast cancer cells dropped within 48 hours to as little as a third of the original level, whereas healthy skin and blood cells grew tolerant to the nullomers.
Further investigations showed that the nullomers killed the cancer cells by disrupting energy production in mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, their output of the energy molecule ATP dropping practically to zero. Hampikian is now investigating this in more detail to find out why nullomers damage cancerous cells but spare healthy ones. "There are so many basic differences between cancer and normal cells, everything from how fast they reproduce to how they metabolise sugar, so we're working on some of those variables now," he says.
Hampikian and his colleagues are altering nullomers chemically to try to make them even more effective. "We expect a big increase in potency," he says. However, he doubts they could combat cancer alone, and envisions use in combination with other drugs to reduce the chance that cancer cells will develop resistance to them.
The work gets a cautious welcome from Ali Tavassoli, a cancer researcher at the University of Southampton: "These findings are promising, but it's important to stress that they've only been tested on cells in the lab. Further studies of how these peptides might behave in humans, especially their stability and resistance to degradation, are needed before we know if they could be suitable drug candidates."
Journal reference: Peptides DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.09.015
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Sunday, 26 August 2012
ELDER MUSIC: Cadillac
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to take over the column. He's been here each week ever since delighting us with his astonishing grasp of just about everything musical, his humor and sense of fun. You can read Peter's bio here and find links to all his columns here.
There are no cars that rival the Cadillac in iconic status even though the Germans make better cars, the Italians sexier ones and the Swedes safer ones. Also, when was the last time you heard a song about a Kia?
Okay, I'll acknowledge the Ferrari but there are few songs written about it, so it's not really useful for a music column.
The second song (the first is down below) I thought of when Norma, the Assistant Musicologist, and I started pondering what to include is this one by WARREN SMITH.
Warren learned to play the guitar while he was in the air force. He decided to make a career of music and played clubs around Arkansas and Tennessee upon his discharge.He caught the ear of a couple of local musicians who recommended him to Sam Phillips at Sun Records.
His first several releases actually outsold those of fellow Sun alumni, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. Well, who's ever heard of them? This is one of those hits, Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache.
♫ Warren Smith - Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
ALBERT KING was one of the Kings of the Blues, a subject I've covered in a previous column.
Albert liked to call himself B.B. King's half-brother as they were born in the same town in Mississippi. However, his birth surname was Nelson and they weren't related.
Their guitar styles are similar although B.B.'s is more refined (if I can use that word when referring to the blues) and Albert's singing reminds me somewhat of Bobby "Blue" Bland. Not a bad thing.
Anyway, here's Albert with Cadillac Assembly Line.
♫ Albert King - Cadillac Assembly Line
The A.M. Insisted CHUCK BERRY be included. After all, he wrote so many songs about cars so you know there'll be a Cadillac in there somewhere.
She was right. It was in the very first song of his that became a hit. Rather surprisingly, Chuck wasn't driving the Caddie in the song, he was in the V8 Ford. Maybellene was the one in the Coup de Ville.
WILLIE DEVILLE recorded this song when he was still theoretically a band, Mink DeVille.
With a name like that, you'd expect a Cadillac song. Willy and his band were usually lumped in with the punks and others at CBGBs mainly because they played there for some considerable time. He was a lot more interesting than that narrow slot.
There were blues influences, a lot of New Orleans, some jazz and lots more besides as became evident in his later solo albums. Here's Willy when he still went by Mink DeVille with Cadillac Walk.
♫ Willy DeVille - Cadillac Walk
DADDY COOL was one of the greatest rock groups Australia produced and certainly a favorite of mine.
Their heyday was the early seventies. They didn't last long as a group and each of the four members went on to produce interesting music elsewhere. They get back together every now and then to play and occasionally record, usually when Ross Wilson feels like it.
There are few people in this country who don't like them. There's a famous story about Ross Hannaford, the lead guitarist, and one of his later groups. One time, Bob Dylan was touring and some members of his backing band went to the club where Ross and crew were playing.
After the gig, one of Bob's group said to the others, "It's lucky Bob didn't come with us, we'd all be sacked."
This is Zoop Bop Gold Cadillac.
♫ Daddy Cool - Zoop Bop Gold Cadillac
The EVERLY BROTHERS had a rather acrimonious split for about ten years. After their reconciliation, due in large part to Albert Lee, they recorded several really good albums.
Maybe the best of those albums was one called "Born Yesterday." This had some of their own songs as well as excellent covers of several of the finest songwriters around. It also had Albert playing lead guitar, something he did better than anyone around at the time. He's still the best around.
One of the songs they covered was written by the wonderfully named Larry Raspberry, Always Drive a Cadillac.
♫ Everly Brothers - Always Drive a Cadillac
An interesting track I found in the A.M.'s collection is by MAURICE KING AND HIS WOLVERINES.
Not shown in that photo is the singer, by the name of Bea Baker.
Bea went on to a successful solo career when she changed her name to LaVern Baker.
One of Maurice's earlier gigs was to front the all-female band the Sweethearts of Rhythm (well, all but him I guess). Later with the Wolverines, he discovered Johnnie Ray. Johnnie later said that Maurice and LaVern taught him all he knew about show biz.
Here's the group with I Want a Lavender Cadillac.
♫ Maurice King and His Wolverines - I Want a Lavender Cadillac
JIMMY LIGGINS started a band called the Drops of Joy after his big brother Joe did the same with The Honeydrippers.
Jimmy started out as a boxer but he left that and became chauffeur and general roustabout for his brother. Inspired by him, as I said, he formed his own band.
After playing the traps for a bit, he was signed to Specialty records. The song Cadillac Boogie was released in 1947 and was his second record. It was quite a hit.
You can hear the influence this song had on his brother's song, Rocket 88, that's generally considered the first rock & roll song (although there are many contenders for that title).
♫ Jimmy Liggins - Cadillac Boogie
THE JESTERS recorded for Sun records but after its heyday of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and yes, Warren Smith.
I guess it was easy for them to get signed to the label as one of the group's guitarists was Sam Phillips's son and another son produced this record. The song Cadillac Man was released in 1966, around the time English groups were everywhere so it disappeared, not without a trace, but without much notice.
It sounds as if it had been recorded a decade earlier but that's no bad thing. The group, and this song in particular, has been described as "garage band rockabilly." I guess it is that, but to me it's just blazing rock & roll.
This is the first tune we thought of for this category but as time went on it kept slipping further and further down the list until it fell off entirely. Then I thought: no it has to be included.
So, there's a perfectly good jump blues track that got the flick just so this one can be present. I hope you appreciate it. It is THE PLAYMATES with their only hit, Beep Beep.
In the interest of openness, I should report that I discovered some rather interesting pictures when I went online looking for photos of The Playmates. The things I have to endure for you all.
The Playmates were a trio consisting of Chick Hetti (real name Carl Cicchetti), Donny Conn (Donald Claps) and Morey Carr (I guess he was satisfied with his name). Unusually for the time, they played their own instruments as well. Here's that song.
FYI: I drive a Toyota Yaris. It's a red one so it goes faster.
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Chuckled at your search for photos of the Playmates.
Another fun morning of music. Thank You!
The minute I saw your headline, I started jumping...
"As I was a-motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville." Ah, yes.
And re the Everly Brothers (you have a typo this morning) and their acrimonious split--for some reason, being in a band together almost inevitably leads to arguments and fighting. Why is that?
And don't forget that many of these artist were brought to us by . . . ta-da!!! -- Cadillac Records!!!
And thanks foe recalling Albert King !!!!!
These were some great tunes Peter. I kept waiting to see Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac" Was it too recent a tune for your selection?
Larry, it was on the list, it just didn't make the final cut.
I'm new to these "Elder Music" columns, but both my husband and I are enjoying them so much.
Quite a group of songs and musicians. My much older bro still talks to this day of the beauty of his favorite car -- the cadillac model with the straight sleek fin lines -- his top pick of all the cars he owned, including some of those still highly thought of European makes.
Quite a difference from his very first car when he was in high school -- a Ford Model "A" or was it "T"? I know it had a rumble seat. He allowed his little sister to accompany him to the Red Bird gas station where I distinctly recall he bought 25 cents worth of gas.
Running late here: The Cadillac feature surprised me. I didn't know songs were written about Caddys. For a few months, I got to own one. As a wedding present in 1956, my FIL bought us a 1951 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. This middle class girl was so thrilled to be driving such an icon of luxury! My parents tastes went to Nashes. No one writes songs about a Nash. Fun and sad to recall the short-lived Caddy. My spouse traded it in on a Jaguar XK, and shortly wrapped it and himself around a tree. Life: Up, down.
Peter, not to be a spoilsport, but I'm not a great lover of car culture. I do own a car. My approach to it is pretty basic, and I drive it as little as possible.
However I do have a favourite car song. It involves a story: Red Corvette by John McCutcheon.
Despite my lack of response to songs about Cadillacs, I would certainly not want to discourage you from doing what I consider overall to be a terrific job.
One could be corny and say, what one shouldn't say, let the oldies stick together!
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A while ago my uncle asked me to look around for a P3AT for him, so i did. After multiple dealers literally laughed in my face when I asked if they had any, I realized that these are back-ordered everywhere around. The cheapest I found one was 265 at a gun show, plus Tennessee's ridiculous 9.5% sales tax.
So I decided to see if I could get lucky online and found these for $499 shipped. They are brand new, in the hard plastic cases, have consecutive serial numbers, and I didnt pay any tax on them. I didn't really feel the need to have one myself, but since I had to buy 2 at a time I guess now i'll have something to carry in my gym shorts when I'm out running or working out And for $249.50 apiece, I'll take it!
Cool, one for each pocket.
haha yeah, until I have to turn one over to my uncle
I'd really like to shoot one of those. I have no practical purpose to own one, (CC is damn near impossible in MD) but I'd like to try one out... It's like a squirt gun that squirts lead projectiles!
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It's like a squirt gun that squirts lead projectiles!
Heh, except squirt guns don't feel like someone hitting your hand with a hammer when you shoot them.
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Looks like you found yourself a deal!
Originally Posted by Mike Barham
Heh, except squirt guns don't feel like someone hitting your hand with a hammer when you shoot them.
after reading for months about how hard these kick, i was recently let WAY down on expected recoil when i shot my friend's. (he just bought it). doesn't even kick as har as my FEG PA-63 did prior to a new spring (that drew blood and bruised bone, now, its a pussycat)
course, igotta agree, it does kick a wee more that a squirt gun
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The KT-3AT is my #1 card table gun. I shoot it often to stay in tune with it.
I got mine de-clawed... with some houge jr's... The little wrap-around grips do wonders, without significantly adding bulk. Stays put nicely...
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I got mine de-clawed... with some houge jr's... The little wrap-around grips do wonders, without significantly adding bulk. Stays put nicely...
+1 on the Hogue Jr's. Makes the gun much more enjoyable to shoot, although it's still not a gun I want to put 100 rounds though any time soon.
Thanks friends. I might look into some of those grips. It doesn't seem uncomfortable to me the way it is, but the LCP I held the other day seems much more comfortable with its softer edges.
I have been carrying the P3AT more lately and it kinda grows on me
Here's a 15 round group from 7 yards with the P3AT. It's by no means a target gun but it does better than I expected from the little featherweight. This is also the first time I shot it, except for 2 rounds off my uncle's porch just to see if they worked, so I'm sure I can improve with some practice.
I also let the girlfriend shoot it, but she was done after 4 rounds
So far, 21 rounds, flawless performance
That's pretty good shooting with a mouse gun (especially that group at 1 o'clock)
My P32 shoots pretty much the same at that distance.
If anyone is interested, http://www.ktaddons.com/ sells stick on energy absorbing pads for Kel-Tec pistols. They also have a slip on grip cover and plating service for blued slides/parts.
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Well unfortunately your are correct. Its sad what sprint (or maybe its not) doing to its baby. However I do think after this gen of handsets come out the gen after that will be Sanyo's glory days again. Fingers crossed.
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Hi, Im creating a MMORPG game using Unity3D and I would like to know what would you like to see in a RPG? Or what's something new that you would like to see? The more ideas the better. Thanks.
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*grin* Oh, seriously?
Just a virtual replacement for the weekend pen & paper RPG session.
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I want to something that amaze me stuff like cool weapons and etc, and The sound effect have to be great
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This wouldn't be totally new, since Aion has done it, but have more MMORPG's with cinematics to the story. Another thing is Square going back to what was cool and not weird things they do these days with their RPG's. I was so upset with FF13 due to all the freaken monsters that were half robotic. Squaresoft use to own, and now its not the same since they became Square Enix.
If I were to make something up, how about a boss that gets stronger and stronger the more people that have defeated it in the MMORPG. Post the latest person to beat it in a board somewhere so that he can be billy badass and sip on Pina Coladas.
If you ask my opinion I'd have to wait for my turn! :)
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RPGs have great stories, interesting characters, etc. I like turn based RPG systems because they allow for more strategic gameplay. Fast action is fun and all, but sometimes I prefer a system that makes me think instead of simply react. That's what makes the best RPG gameplay systems fun for me. Also RPG's can be anything, thats one of the greatest things about: Action, puzzles, exploration, platforming, shooting ext and there are also turn Based RPGs, at their best, are very very strategic and challenging, even if they don't require good reflexes (a good example is Digital Devil Saga 1+2 for the PS2). I enjoyed playing Grandia 2 because of the awesome combat system, but the story was not Hemingway, to put it bluntly. Rpgs like Oblivion, however, is really awesome because you actually get to, you know, play a role instead of having to accept that my character is totally lame and can't do anything right like in Final Fantasy Whatever.
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Try something with no levels, that would be something impressive IMO.
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change-Confucius
As for the best old rpg Star Ocean the second story on the playstation. you can learn alot from that one. Also final fantasy A2 for the ds had a nice skill/ ability sytsem. I'm also a game developer, but I want to see an rpg that shies away from the standard get hurt and heal system. Fallout 3 has done the best job with the health system that i've seen so far. Also a new vaariety of characters/classes/jobs.
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Going hard
What I really like to see is a MMORPG with alot of focus on smithing and mining your own weapons, dunno sounds like a new killer MMORPG:D
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It's mostly s#!% in a can, unless it's s#!% on a wire.Why are you still playing with s#!%?
I would say, attempt to combine sandbox and theme-park gaming. It will be tough and you won't please everyone, but definitely divide the game into "Storyline-non-storyline" areas, so that is player x wants to do their own thing in your universe, they can without feeling cut out of the loop simply because they don't want to be part of the war between Empire X and their nemesis.
Also, strongly consider your genre's player base: fantasy mmo players by and large are way different than sci-fi mmo players. It is very unfair to lump the two groups into the same mold. Sci-fi-ers will need a great deal more leeway in the game than fantasy, since sci-fi itself is based upon pushing the boundaries as far as they will go, and fantasy tends more towards either "Thy will be done, my king" or "They will rue the day!".
As for aesthetics, players can overlook graphics for a while if the gameplay is awesome, and close attention to the sounds of the game is a must -more so than graphics, as it lends background to the gameplay that helps immersion on a psychological level.
Anything new here? Hmmm... Nope. o/
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It's mostly s#!% in a can, unless it's s#!% on a wire.Why are you still playing with s#!%?
Ever hear of EVE online? It's only been around since 2003...
Anything new here? Hmmm... Nope. o/
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If you're making a game for RPers, there are certain things that need to be in the game mechanics.
Chat bubbles, a simple thing that many MMOs don't implement. Why? Because chat bubbles have a much smaller range than the chat text windows. If you're in the middle of a dozen people, but only talking to one or two it's a heck of a lot easier to just watch the bubbles than the migraine inducing chat scroll.
Sitting in chairs/couches/ground/other surfaces. Again, a very, very simple thing. If you really want to go the extra mile, make swivel bar stools (which I've never seen in an MMO). Roleplayers use the screen and the pixels to show what their characters are doing, so they don't have to describe it. "Johnny walks across the room and orders a beer. He thanks the bartender and then spots an empty table so he rushes over there before anyone else can take it. His body shows every weary hour of the past fourty eight that he's spent on patrol, and he sits there with an almost rapturous expression on his face as the alcohol slides down his throat and warms his stomach" Yeah, but he didn't have to describe where he sat, or who the bartender was or even what he was wearing because all of that is there on the screen.
Emotes and animations. One of the biggest pet peeves in MMORPGs is that the emote system is rudimentary and difficult to work with. The animations are limited and they look really stupid. Invest in some good motion capture files that are out there. Simple emotes like waving, smiling, beckoning, surrenduring, kneeling, unconcious/dead, rude. (my favorite) with a very simple way to trigger them. Not having to type out /emote wave_Trixie9819
Chat box tabs and colors. Let the players decide what color 'speech' is, what color 'emotions' or 'actions' are. Let there be a way to set up a chat tab with only what you are doing now, with a separate tab for guild, another for local, another for combat, etc. etc. Let them mix and match and change the colors. It's a LOT easier for the eye to track a color than a name. If I want to assign blue text to everything Johnny's saying, let me. Or at least let me assign it for my group, another color for my guild, another for combat, etc.
Remember that RPers are very, very creative, if you give them the bare bones they will build on it. As they use what you've given them, you can develop more for them. Housing and decorating is very good for RPers. Being able to decorate 'public' buildings like a city hall or a bar. Cities themselves are good for Roleplayers and non-roleplayers alike.
I hope I've given you something to think about, sorry for the long post, especially for my very first post over here, lol.
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pew pew
The thought that comes to my mind right off the bat is what star trek online was claming to be before Crytic got ahold of it. It looked really cool! I think there was some good stuff there before it got handed over. Also Stargate online was really looking like something special untill there company got caught in a scandal of some sorts and went bankrupt from court rulings. I think there was some really good ideas in Stargate online as well, both games had good stuff to take from and add to the genre.
I would really like to see a non combat mmo, an adventure MMO to be honest. Something that alot of people could play and be available to a broad audience more so then the current crop of MMO we have. It wouldnt have to be non combat, but possibly adventure/combat mmo, maybee a mix of some sorts. Possibly an mmo that works your brains more, on the level of something like portal but in the mmo setting, and of course compleaty different lol!
Or there is a ton of people loving the horror zombie scene, make a sandbox living breathing world overrun by maniac zombies. You could code NPC characters to talk to you in real time using your own mic, changing there opinion of you how you talk to them and what you say, like if your in an intense run for your life from thousands of zombies, and there is some dude waiting at a door for you to let you in, if your acting silly with your voice cause your scared maybee he thinks your a zombie to, but if your calm and explain your self u survive and get to where its safe!
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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
Assassins Creed gameplay and movement mechanics in a fantasy RPG game. Anime art style preferred, but not a must.
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Originally posted by finny174
There are a few things:
1. Character customization. A RPG character should both look and be different than other players of the same class (if you have classes). Let there be plenty of coices, it is better to have few classes with many choices than the other way around.
2. Choices. Let there be choices in the game and let them have some impact. Now I don't mean TOR type dialogue quests here. A good example is the quest series in EQ2 that lets you change from good to evil or the other way around. Also if you have quests let the players choose either what type of quests to do or have several ways for them to complete them. There should be quests you solved by being sneaky or smart instead of just killing stuff all the time.
3. RPG tools. Stuff like emotions, formal clothing, personal houses and similar ways for players to express themselves by.
4. Real day and night cykel. I mean one where certain or most stores close at night, farmers go home and sleep, monsters that are only active during night and so on. It adds to the feel that the world is alive.
5. Weather that matters. Let the players actually freeze when it is cold, get wet when it rains and so on. Bathing in the winter should be dangerous.
6. Food and drink. Players should need to eat and drink just like in old RPGs (like Eye of the beholder). It also adds to making the game feel more alive and provides work for crafter since good cooked food should last longer than apples and iron rations.
7, Tools for guilds to create social events. Let guilds have tournaments, dances, archery competitions and similar. Let there also be mechanics to allow players to gamble at taverns (dices or knucklebones are easiest). It brings the community closer together. Allow betting in jousts and similar events.
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A good story that's like a main plot of the game, with an epic quest series as in LotRO for example - I love to have a "journey" in an MMO, not only random quests.
Little grinding for achievements - "kill 5000 wolves" is not really motivating, better be creative.
Optional PvP - I hate if you have to deal with aggressive co-gamers, but pure PvE games usually lack people to play with.
Many fractions, at least three - I think that games with at least three sections are more exciting. Two always means one will be stronger than the other, three means the two weaker can gang up agains the third one, that's fun. Things can change than, aren't static.
Which brings me to something I would SOOO love to see in an MMO: Non-static worlds, meaning that main bosses you kill should stay dead, the world should change with the story, etc. I know this requires a lot of instancing, but it makes the experience so fucking exciting. There could be something like flashback points through which you can kill the same guys over and over again or if you plan on helping others you are drawn into their instance. If you bring this into your game you got one sure player ;D
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RIP City of Heroes!
Originally posted by anothername
Also, a setting like WOG.
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There is definitely a glut of fantasy MMOs and WoW clones, and if you're going sci-fi you'll be hard-pressed competing against Eve Online if you go that futuristic...The Secret World and World of Darkness are going to have more modern-day themed stuff...
One thing I've noticed is that there definitely seems to be a lack of steampunk-ish MMOs, so you might want to try that. One particular genre that I've seen in a couple of TV shows and the Facebook-linked game Battlestations 2 is the one where Earth has broken up into a series of flying islands, and you need airships to get between them. If you could make a full 3D MMO based on that, personally I think that would be bloody cool, but that's my personal take on it.
For general aspects that would make an MMO good and not fall into the standard WoW clone trap:
-Avoid mindless grind as much as possible. "Kill 20 wolves", "Collect 15 spider cloths", etc, gets very boring very fast. You'll have to have at least some PvE content regardless of whether or not your MMO focuses on PvP, so make it really meaningful.
-Avoid stupid inflation in the player-run market. There are so many MMOs that allowed players to make those little shops with them sitting on the floor and they could put whatever price they wanted onto the items, that inflation on the "average" prices of those items got so bad that only top level players could ever afford them and the lower level players were completely screwed over. The only effective counter I have ever found to this is a fully player-run economy and fully destructable equipment as is done in Eve Online. If everything a player has on them can get blown up, and often does, if they have to regularly find replacements they're not going to buy from someone with an inflated price. If everyone is inflated, they'll just mine the necessary resources and craft it themselves.
-Avoid quick approach to endgame. Even if you get someone who doesn't eat, sleep or poop while playing the game, they shouldn't be able to burn through it in only 2 weeks. If you can make it so that a player like that would still take at least two years to get to the "end game" content, and would have to go through meaningful, engaging content that entire time, you're going to be worshipped as a god of developers.
-Avoid WoW-style skill hotkeying and auto-attacking. This style is very old, very boring, and even the great Eve Online uses it. Try to incorporate full twitch mechanics in your combat.
-Incorporate real world human skill. Don't have the outcome of a fight dictated purely by difference in level, and corresponding equipment/skills. For most MMOs, if a lower level player attacked a high level one the high level player could just sit there with his thumb up his ass while everything the low level player throws at him is "dodged" or just does 0 damage. Have human real-world skill involved in determining the outcome. Example, in Eve Online a player's real-world skill in logistical and tactical planning play a major part in fights. In an FPS like Counterstrike, a player's real world skill at aiming and dodging with the mouse/keyboard play a crucial factor in determining who wins a fight. A high level idiot should be able to be stomped into the dirt by a low level badass.
-Avoid players going into self-contained bubbles. Most MMOs give every player the exact same PvE chain of quests. Every single player saves Mindy from the orc, kills the evil demon overlord Kraz with a band of adventurers in a dungeon, and supplies the starving village with sacks of grain. Mindy needs to die for being stupid enough to get caught that many times, Kraz is probably sick of having to resurrect so much and that village probably has enough food now to feed a country for a decade...and every player can do all of this either on their own or with a limited group of friends. Try to have UNIQUE PvE content that truly forces a large number of players (100+) to work together to overcome the content, and once the final enemy is beaten, that's it. That event ends, no one else can do it. Another event may spawn somewhere else in a few days, but that first one is completely done. This is similar to Eve Online's Incursion system, or Rift's Rift system, though please don't ram it down people's throats every couple of hours like Rift seems to.
-Don't release something that's not ready! Please, please PLEASE for the love of god listen to this one! Make sure the damn thing works properly at least 90% before you unleash it on the masses! No matter what the content is, if it's riddled with bugs up down and sideways it's still a crappy game. Test the thing, to death, before a single customer sees it.
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Originally posted by Kiljaedenas
I basically agree with every single point of this.
Especially the no grinding and the incorporation of player skill.
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I have not played a lot of RPG's but I guess majority of these games have the most basic concept and the same blueprint, such as quests and player versus player though these have become an important factor in the popularity of an RPG game... Maybe you can make a game that has a twist in it? Quests are fine... you just have to create it into something remarkable. Personally, i would like to see the "real world" and "magical world" combined in a game.. if you know what I mean. And for me a game is more engaging if it stimulates the power of teamwork! :)
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Originally posted by Kiljaedenas
A steampunk MMO might be interesting. The big problem, as I see it, with Sci-Fi is that melee combat makes no sense and would have to be forced because everyone has guns. There's also the need to explain everything. "Its magic!" is a much easier fall-back for why things are possible than technology, which is based in logic.


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Thanks for your reply, and info... Now that got me thinking, so thought id share some thoughts, see if you have any answers...
04 R1100S, 10k miles, Original BMW Battery, 19mah gel i think, with a don't sell date of end 07, bike sold new end of 07...
Our summer temps 80f to 90f, winter down around the 30f, summer now, and while riding around town the other day, stop start at many lights, i decided to kill the motor at lights using the kill switch, which means the lights on, indicator on, ignition still live, when the lights go green hit the starter and go...
So the thinking is not to sit idling for ages, getting the motor temps up, but obviously putting more stress on the battery and starter...
How much juice is being used doing that, and would a Shorai handle that...
The listed Shorai battery for my bike is LFX21L6-BS12
I use Lipo, and Life batteries in model planes, and have the charging gear with balancers...
Keen to save a lot of weight, standard battery is 6.4kg...
I figure i shall need to replace the battery before long, its got to be on the way out for its age if nothing else, really surprised its still there, and working...
Cheers Jeremy
what you are describing will put a brutal drain on proposed Shorai LFX21 ... turning motor off for several minutes with about 11 amp draw, if your bike has 2x 55watt headlights. then starting motor ...
then repeat for unknown number of times in traffic without allowing engine ample time to charge battery back up.
Shorai LFX 21 measured about 6 amp hour under a 1C discharge ... this means that battery will sustain 6 amp drain for one hour. or 30 minutes under 12amp discharge.
your headlights don't understand PB/EQ .. they drain real amps.
my recommendations are Odyssey 925 with 26AH, unfortunately 24lb... otherwise Shorai LFX36 with about 12AH (actual) might do it .. if you charged to full before you started and your total down time not exceed 60 minutes @ 12amp drain.
you'd be better off turning off bike with key, killing everything including lights during stops
watch this video, which stress LFX18 battery very similar to what you described
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I recently signed a 12 month lease here at Woodbridge Crossing and I have to say for what I am paying I am impressed. The new Manager is a gentleman by the name Paul, he's absolutely wonderful. Lanesha and Tiara have… Full Review ▶
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Fireside: Thom Perkins
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"We're not spending $250,000 to hold a race," asserts Thom Perkins, longtime executive director of the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation. "We're spending $250,000 on trails to make better skiing for recreational skiers. Ninety-five percent of the use of this trail is going to be recreational and we designed these trails first and foremost to be fun to ski. We're building a recreational trail that we can race on. This is a world-class recreational trail and it is one of only six of these facilities in the whole U.S."
When Cross Country Skier caught upwith Thom Perkins this past summer, he was tramping through soft, fragrant, freshly bulldozed soil on a rocky hillside with a million-dollar vista of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Periodically he stopped to chat with his construction crew and check out the progress of a project that will widen and lengthen The Wave ─ one of Jackson's most famous and most popular trails ─ and bring it up to current FIS homologation standards.
Jackson has scheduled two major competitions on the trail this winter. The one with the broadest appeal is the January 24 TD Banknorth White Mountain Classic 30K, the opening event in the New England Nordic Ski Association's 2009 Marathon Series.
Perkins is one of cross country skiing's most forceful and influential figures. He has been the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation's executive director since 1976, overseeing a sprawling 154-kilomter trail network that interconnects a dozen-plus restaurants and hostelries in Jackson Village, crosses two golf courses, climbs three mountain ridges and radiates into three river valleys. Jackson has repeatedly been voted the best ski touring center in the East and, in 2005, Cross Country Skier cited Perkins among the 25 most important "Nordic Heroes."
During the one-third century he's been head honcho, Perkins has overseen about a dozen major construction projects plus many high-level races. This year's undertaking, which combines both recreation and racing, is emblematic of Jackson's status as an 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as well as the foundation's role in the U.S. cross country community.
"Building trails like this is way above and beyond what normal cross country ski areas are able to do," Perkins states, noting that funding for this summer's construction comes entirely from grants and donations. "Our non-profit status is critical to this operation. The fact that we are non-profit gives us a larger social responsibility within the sport. We accept that responsibility to the extent we can because we have the money."
Although serving the recreational enthusiast comes first at Jackson, hosting races is also part of the foundation's mantle of social responsibility to skiing. "I believe that races are good for the long-term health of the sport," Perkins avers. "Racing is part of the culture of the sport."
Hosting races and cheering the competitors is also part of the culture of Jackson. "Every time we have a race, we involve the grammar school kids," Perkins explains. "It's a cultural thing, where they get to see other nations, and it's good for them to see role models skiing around. Physical fitness and childhood obesity issues are really big things in our minds."
Perkins is especially proud of the foundation's extensive youth programs. "We make a great effort to make sure that kids get a chance to get outside skiing," he says. "Our grammar school program is a shining example. We provide free rentals, free lessons, free skiing. And we have a very big volunteer-parental base for that."
Perkins himself started skiing before he was three years-old and his first position in the snowsports industry was teaching cross country skiing as a PSIA-certified instructor and examiner.
Some people are surprised to learn that Perkins' formal education ─ and his first adult job ─ was in art: drawing, photography and sculpture. Others are surprised to hear him singing at the trailside Wildcat Tavern, where he often performs at the weekly open mic night, guitar in hand and poetry in his heart.
But art is central to Perkins view of his job, including this summer's reconstruction of The Wave. "What we're building is a 15,000-foot earth sculpture," he chuckles. "That's the way I think of it. And my background in visual arts is very well-suited to running something like Jackson Ski Touring. It's all the same concept. We go on the basis of quality first. If you have a sense of vision and quality based on art education, you can succeed at this."
Relating to others has always been the focus of his professional skiing life, including a two-year stint as president of the Cross Country Ski Areas Association, where he still serves as board member emeritus.
"I ski quite often and I enjoy skiing as a life sport," explains Perkins. "It is one of my great passions, but I spend more time providing skiing than skiing."
Providing and promoting are Perkins's chief roles at Jackson Ski Touring Foundation. Since the organization's 1972 launch ─ when several tiny inn-centered trail networks were united into a single entity ─ ski touring has been the linchpin of Jackson's winter economy and a mainstay of its social life and culture.
Perkins is acutely aware of that responsibility, particularly with respect to maintaining the trails throughout the year and grooming the snow in the winter. "If we fall down on the job, everybody gets hurt," observes Perkins. "This entire village's economy in the wintertime is based upon what this staff does. It all falls on this organization to attract skiers and fulfill what they want."
Although Jackson is Perkins's bailiwick, his philosophy transcends boundaries and he is often consulted on land and trail issues. The foundation uses property belonging to 68 private owners. Although some key routes are protected by deeded easements, most trails ─ including the newly reconstructed FIS race course ─ are covered only by year-to-year agreements. Landowner relations always rate a top priority. "Skiing is not all about snow; it's all about land," Perkins maintains. "You can have all the snow in the world, but if you're not allowed to go on the land, it's useless. So we treat our landowners' land with great respect."
This summer's construction illustrates two key objectives.
First is respect for the land. "While we're working on it right now, it looks awful, because that's the way construction projects happen," admits Perkins. "But when it's finished, we want to make sure that it looks real nice. And a year from now, that trail will look like it's been there for a hundred years. And that's important, because we're dealing with somebody else's land."
Second is to excavate, backfill and grade The Wave so smoothly that it can be groomed and skied with absolute minimal snowfall. That is very costly ─ about $50,000 per kilometer ─ but it provides a measure of insurance against low-snow winters and protects Jackson's myriad stakeholders. "We'll be able to open this trail with only a few inches of snow," promises Perkins. "If we can ski on the golf course, we can ski on this trail."
Scott Andrews, a writer from of Portland, Maine, learned to kick-and-glide at Jackson Ski Touring during the 1970s.