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Posts tagged with 'trust'
R.J. Sadowski, cited by Tara Bennett-Goleman in The Horse Sense That Builds Trust
Minimizing noise by increasing trust — Stowe Boyd →
Stowe Boyd via GigaOM Research
Increasing our trust of others is a way of loosening ties, and it is just that loosening that is needed to become faster: faster in response to the unforeseen, and faster in executing against plans.
There is no way to step up to the higher-order performance of fast-and-loose business without a dramatic increase in trust, and a significant curtailing of certain types of communication, which look like noise from the fast-and-loose perspective.
I plan to write more about the 'higher-order performance' threshold some more this week. Go read the whole piece, which was sparked by a piece by Brad Overnell-Carter.
Henry Stimson
Mark Birch Says 'Treat Them Like Children' →
Mark Birch supports Marissa Mayer's 'no remote work' policy in an amazingly condescending way.
What I have found in observing human nature is that we are all inherently selfish. In many respects that is healthy because we certainly should look after our own needs lest we get taken advantage of in regards to compensation, opportunities, safety, or workload. There is a point though where it can be taken too far and many will push those boundaries to the limit.
Maybe we should rethink the line about treating employees like adults and instead treat them like children. That is not meant to be in the demeaning way which evokes some command and control relationship and constant browbeating. Rather, I view this from the perspective of nurturing, guidance, and support. That is what most people want in a company they work for and what they yearn for in their working relationships. It fosters an environment of belonging where people feel there is worth and value in their work where they are not simply some cog in the system or number in the HR database.
Treating them like adults sounds all well and good until you realize that that is a very cold place to be. It is all free agents all working for themselves. It might be efficient, but it is hardly nurturing or accepting or collaborative. It is the kind of place where you are expected to just know it and do it. There is little room for experimentation or tolerance for failure. Relationships are superficial and fun is only allowed during sanctioned company events. I have worked in this type of environment. It is very professional and clinical. While my more calculating and analytical leanings can appreciate its rigor and independence, it is not a pleasant place to work.
Childhood is a wonderful thing and sounds a whole lot better than this adulthood thing. I had fond memories of growing up and I never had to shoulder the cares and frustrations of the world. It was a time of play and creativity and exploration and freedom and fun. Maybe we would be better off being more child like in the workplace instead of pretending to play grown up as poorly as we do.
I guess the implication of saying 'we' should treat 'them' like children is that Mark Birch assumes that his readers are adults, like him, and those others — the lower status workers who should be treated as children — aren't reading his post.
Birch suggests that people want to be part of a work context in which other, more grown-up people deal with the hard decisions, and they can simply do their jobs and not have to worry. This is Dostoyevsky's Grand Inquisitor, who tells a returned Christ he is no longer needed, because the Church now exists, and that people don't want — or can't handle — the freedom that he offered.
I don't agree with Mark. People don't need to be kept in an artificially juvenile state, and looked over by (supposedly) benevolent adult managers. While people's view of the world is self-centered, that is a necessary basis for human existence and not equivalent to selfishness. Humanness is defined by our connections to others, and human altruism is the source of most of the good in the world.
Mark basically is saying that people can't be trusted, that they will take advantage of any opportunity to 'cheat', and so we should structure the workplace and work policies so that temptation is taken away, for their own good. My attitude can be summed up as 'First trust, then trustworthiness', or as Henry Stimson said,
The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.
Again, as I wrote earlier this week (see The polarization around remote work comes as no surprise), the most revealing aspect of the Mayer 'no remote work' edict is the bright light it is casting on how deeply polarized we are regarding the autonomy involved in distributed work.
Stress, Trust, And Meditation
The biggest single problem in most workplaces is stress. Stress can be caused by a hundred different factors — like fearfulness, feeling overwhelmed, lack of autonomy, aggression — but it likewise can be reduced significantly by a number of well understood techniques.
The most important single thing that management can do to increase the well-being of the workforce is to stem factors leading to stress. As perhaps the most important example, we should agree to a complete end to any attempts to control people's behavior through fear, such as threats about being fired, demoted, or forced to take on unwanted tasks.
The single best thing management can do is to foster trust in the workplace. John Helliwell's research shows that workers are willing to make considerable economic tradeoffs to work in companies where there are higher levels of trust (see What to do about the disengaged workforce). His work showed that 'a firm managing to provide better jobs (as measured by some package of the non-financial job characteristics connected to higher levels of life satisfaction) would be able to reap rewards in some combination of dimensions: lower quit rates, lower monitoring costs, easier (and hence less expensive) hiring, and more effective effort from employees at all wage levels.'
But companies can also attack stress head on, and help workers cope. One promising area is meditation, which starts with a bad rap, but offers a great deal in stress reduction, as Mirabai Bush relates in a piece about her company's efforts in teaching meditation within the corporate setting:
Teaching Meditation Techniques to Organizations - Mirabai Bush via the NYTimes.com
At first, resistance was everywhere, but so were the possibilities. A litigation lawyer thought that if he became more compassionate toward the opposition in his cases, he couldn't be a zealous advocate for clients. But he found that being calm, clear and compassionate gave him better insights and better timing.
An environmental leader thought that if others knew he practiced meditation, they wouldn't take him seriously — and would write him off as a tree-hugger without scientific rigor. Instead, he found that he became more resilient, and less overwhelmed by climate-change predictions, and that he collaborated better with colleagues.
Magazine editors thought that they would miss deadlines; in fact, they learned to focus on priorities and work better in teams to meet the deadlines in new ways. Data-driven Google engineers questioned the value of developing capacities that can't be quantified, but many of them learned better ways to communicate. One engineer told me his wife had noticed a change in the way he listened to her. She asked him: "What happened to you?"
[…] Neuroscientists have confirmed much of what we were experiencing: that meditation improves attention, reduces stress hormones, increases appreciation and compassion for others and helps us recover faster from negative information.
Personally, this work has made me feel more connected to the world. Watching the responses of so many people — from an economics professor to Army soldiers — I've come to believe that it's a basic human need to be calm and clear, to be aware of ourselves and others, to be kind and collaborative, to be fully present in each moment.
When you take away the residue of stress, even if nothing else in a person's work setting is changed, things slow down. There is time to think, time to reflect before acting.
As T.S. Eliot styled it, we can be 'at the still point of the turning world', and then get back into the dance of work, but breathing a bit deeper, and seeing a bit farther.
A Lift 12 talk by Tricia Wang on trust in online social networks.
One takeaway: shared interests lead to shared identity leads to shared responsibility.
(via thenextweb)
Trust and Complex Technology: The Cyborg's Modern Bargain - PJ Rey via Cyborgology →
PJ Rey via Cyborgology
Being a cyborg is risky business; we must depend on the expertise of others to ensure that our equipment is fit for use. This radical dependency on expert systems—and the societies that create them—makes cyborgs fundamentally social beings. In fact, it is through dependency on technology, and the subsequent loss of self-sufficiency, that we express our commitment to society. Technology has always been part and parcel to the division of labor. Think bows and shovels. In this sense, being a cyborg requires not only trust in technology producers, but trust in other technology users. There is no such thing as a lone cyborg. The birth of cyborg marks the death of the atomistic individual (if such a thing every existed). Donna Haraway rightly contrasts the cyborg to Romantic Goddesses channeled in small lakeside cabins. Cyborgs are cosmopolitan.
This is not to say that Modern day cyborgs are incapable of being critical of technology or expert systems. On the contrary, the cyborg's humility in admitting her own dependencies leads her to acknowledge the importance of struggling to enforce certain values within techno-social systems, rather than plotting a Utopian escape (the sort that had currency with Thoreau and other Romantics and that continues to be idealized by cyber-libertarians who view the Internet as a fresh start for society). My favorite Haraway quote explains:
This is not some kind of blissed-out technobunny joy in information. It is a statement that we had better get it – this is a worlding operation. Never the only worlding operation going on, but one that we had better inhabit as more than a victim. We had better get it that domination is not the only thing going on here. We had better get it that this is a zone where we had better be the movers and the shakers, or we will be just victims.
Cyborgs always see the social in the technological; the "technology is neutral" trope is a laugh line.
Trust Is Trust, Online And Off
Recent Pew research that shows that those that use the web more, trust people more:
The typical Internet user is more than twice as likely as others to feel that people can be trusted," with regular Facebook users the most trusting of all. "A Facebook user who uses the site multiple times per day is 43% more likely than other Internet users and more than three times as likely as non-Internet users to feel that most people can be trusted.
Adam Pennenberg connects the dots between this and conventional, face-to-face trust bonding:
Adam Pennenberg, Digital Oxytocin: How Trust Keeps Facebook, Twitter Humming
[…] trust goes to the heart of our economic and social systems. Neuroeconomist Paul J. Zak, a professor at Claremont College and author of the forthcoming book, The Moral Molecule: Vampire Economics and the New Science of Good and Evil, says that trust is the lubricant that makes economic transactions possible. […]
In his own research, Zak and a co-researcher found that nations with higher levels of trust (Sweden, Germany, the U.S.) have stronger economies than those on the other end of the spectrum (the Congo, Sudan, Colombia). "Where there is more trustworthiness, there is more prosperity," Zak says. This trust also influences what we buy. A 2009 Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey study found that shoppers value the opinions of people they know the most, followed by online reviews written by strangers or in online communities.
There's a good reason for this. We humans are hard-wired to commingle with one another offline and on-, and the web and its platforms like Facebook and Twitter make it more efficient than ever. That's because virtual relationships can be as real as actual relationships. The truth is we're all one step removed from reality, living life through the prism of our own minds. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found when they scanned the brains of fiction readers that they reacted as if they were actually living the events in the story.
Zak has traced much of our behavior to oxytocin, a single neuropeptide he's dubbed "the moral molecule" because it appears to shape much of our better nature. Also referred to as the "cuddle hormone," oxytocin is the same chemical that forges that unshakeable bond between nursing mothers and their babies. Women have 30% more of it than men, but men have plenty, too, and in a spate of experiments spanning a decade Zak has linked oxytocin to all manner of human behavior—from empathy to generosity to trust. And when we believe that someone trusts us, we trust them back, and this alters our behavior: It makes us more generous, for one. Ultimately, oxytocin is, Zak says, the "social glue" that adheres families, communities, and societies while simultaneously acting as an "economic lubricant" that enables us to engage in all sorts of transactions.
It turns out that oxytocin is not all sweetness and light: it is also associated with xenophobia and tribalism. Nonetheless, it is certainly at the root of our commitment to others, and our sense of trust, which arise from various sorts of friendly interactions, and these can happen just as well in general online as off, in general.
(Turns out there is a big surge in oxytocin after various sorts of intimate touching, both sexual and asexual. But that's not the only pathway to intimacy.)
So, once again, our online relationships are as real as those formed offline, and the trust that accompanies them is too.
Swift Trust
Debra Meyerson and other colleagues developed the concept of swift trust in the mid-90s, through observation of temporary work teams, such as those used in Hollywood for movie production. They discovered that the conditions surrounding temporary work teams foster the fast bonding of groups around the task based on the specifics of how groups coalesce around the project work to be done, and the suspension of mistrust.
I've pulled out a longish sample from Swift Trust and Temporary Groups, here, as a placeholder. I will be returning to this material for some in depth posts, but this is fundamental to my ongoing research agenda on The Social World.
As an organizational form, temporary groups turn upside down traditional notions of organizing. Temporary groups often work on tasks with a high degree of complexity, yet they lack the formal structures that facilitate coordination and control (Thompson, I967). They depend on an elaborate body of collective knowledge and diverse skills, yet individuals have little time to sort out who knows precisely what. They often entail high-risk and high-stake outcomes, yet they seem to lack the normative structures and institutional safeguards that minimize the likelihood of things going wrong. Moreover, there isn't time to engage in the usual forms of confidence-building activities that contribute to the development and maintenance of trust in more traditional enduring forms of organization. In these respects, temporary groups challenge our conventional understandings regarding the necessary or sufficient antecedents of effective organization.
These observations come together in a fascinating puzzle. Temporary systems exhibit behavior that presupposes trust, yet traditional sources of trust — familiarity, shared experience, reciprocal disclosure, threats and deterrents, fulfilled promises, and demonstrations of nonexploitation of vulnerability — are not obvious in such systems. ln this respect, temporary systems act as if trust were present, but their histories seem to preclude its development.
In the following discussion we argue that one way to resolve this puzzle is to look more closely at the properties of trust and of temporary systems. A closer look suggests that temporary groups and organizations are tied together by trust. but it is a form of trust that has some unusual properties. In other words, we propose that the trust that occurs in temporary systems is not simply conventional trust scaled down to brief encounters among small groups of strangers. There is some of that. But as we will show, the trust that unfolds in temporary systems is more accurately portrayed as a unique form of collective perception and relating that is capable of managing issues of vulnerability, uncertainty, risk, and expectations. These four issues become relevant immediately, as soon as the temporary system begins to form. We argue that all four issues can be managed by variations in trusting behavior, and if they are not managed, participants act more like a permanent crowd than a temporary system. It is the configuration of these variations in behavior that accounts for the unique form that tnrst assumes in temporary systems, a form that we call swift trust.
The characteristics of temporary systems, which have potential relevance
for the formation of trust, include the following:
- Participants with diverse skills are assembled by a contractor to enact expertise they already possess.
- Participants have limited history of working together.
- Participants have limited prospects of working together again in the future.
- Participants often are part of limited labor pools and overlapping networks.
- Tasks are often complex and involve interdependent work.
- Tasks have a deadline.
- Assigned tasks are non-routine and not well understood.
- Assigned tasks are consequential.
- Continuous interrelating is required to produce an outcome.
To convert the individual expertise of strangers into interdependent work, when the nature of that interrelating and work is not obvious, people must reduce their uncertainty about one another through operations that resemble trust. Interdependent strangers faced with a deadline also face the need to handle issues of vulnerability and risk among themselves.
An inquiry into swift trust in temporary systems starts with propositions such as the following ones, which restate themes introduced earlier:
Proposition 1 . The smaller the labor pool or network from which personnel in a temporary system are drawn, the more vulnerable the people who are drawn; the stronger the grounds for not expecting harmful behavior, the more rapidly will trust develop among people. The presumption here is that people in a small labor pool have a higher chance of interacting with one another again in the future. which means their reputations as competent or incompetent people whom others can trust or distrust will follow them and shape these future contacts. Reputations are implicitly threatened in any given project to the extent that chances of future interaction increase. ln Axelrodian (Axelrod, l984) terms, the "shadow ofthe future looms larger" in such groups. However, people in overlapping networks or networks of weak ties may face more reputational vulnerability because a damaged reputation would disseminate across a wider group of people.
Proposition 2. Role-based interaction leads to more rapid development of trust than does person-based interaction. This presumes that role expectations tend to be more stable, less capricious, more standardized, and delined more in terms of tasks and specialties. all of which diminish the anticipation of ill will and help reinforce and sharpen expectations.
Proposition 3. Inconsistent role behavior and "blurring" of roles will lead to a slower build of trust. This presumes that role blurring heightens uncertainty. People who exhibit inconsistent role behavior raise questions about what they will do with whatever is entrusted to them. Attempts to answer these questions slow the development of trust.
Proposition 4. People under time pressure in temporary systems make greater use of category-driven information prosessing, emphasizing speed and confirmation rather than evidence-driven information processing that is focused on accuracy. The presumption here is that interpersonal perception in temporary systems is subject to the same patterns in a speed-accuracy nadeoff as is perception in other kinds of systems. The time-limited nature of a temporary system tends to be reflected in perceputal tradeoffs that favor speed.
Proposition 5. Category-driven information processing in temporary systems is dontinated by institutional categories that are made salient by the context in which the systems form. The presumption here is categories imported to accelerate interpersonal perception disproportionately reflect local organizational culture, industry recipes, and cultural identity-based stereotypes. These categories affect expectations of goodwill or ill will and encourage swift trust or swift distrust. In some cases, tust may develop even more swiftly when imported categories also produce behavioral confirmation.
When this happens, not only do perceivers look for data that confirm their initial categorization, but their behavior itself increases the livelihood that the target will behave in the manner anticipated. This combination of selective perception and behavioral confirmation produces data relevant to trust more quickly, which means trust itself is enacted sooner.
Proposition 6. Greater reliance on categorgrdriven information processing in temporary systems, with its attendant pressure for confirmation, leads to a faster reduction of the uncertainty associated with trust but to a higher risk that subsequent action will disconfirm the trust and produce damage. The presumption here is that swift trust, especially in response to category-driven perception, overlooks a great deal. Although these oversights leave room for behavioral confirmation and self-fulfilling prophesies, they also allow for actions that disrupt trust (Zucker, 1986. p. 59) and for errors in misplaced trust.
Proposition 7. Swift trust is more likely at moderate levels of interdependence than at either higher or lower levels. The presumption here is that moderate interdependence creates moderate vulnerability, which can he handled with the moderately strong expectations of good will that flow from placement of a trustee in a salient institutional category. People who fit salient categories are to be trusted more so as the degree of trust needed is modest.
At higher levels of interdependence, conformity of action with expectations formed on general categories alone is too little data for too high stakes. This combination represents a greater amount of perceived vulnerability than the data can address. Trust will be shaky rather than solid, slow rather than swift, and actions will be tentative rather than firm.


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One of Scotland's most senior environmental campaigners has been named the new director of Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Richard Dixon, who has been at WWF Scotland since 2002 – and the organisation's director since 2005, has been confirmed as the permanent replacement for Stan Blackley who left his job as chief executive in May – after only a year in the role.
It will be Dixon's second stint at Friends of the Earth Scotland, having been head of research there for eight years, and he is expected to take up his position in the New Year.
During his time at WWF, he helped push the Scottish Parliament to pass tough climate change laws, campaigned successfully against a new power station at Hunterston and make Scotland's fisheries more sustainable.
He said:" I'm very much looking forward to returning to grassroots campaigning at Friends of the Earth Scotland, an organisation that has always been close to my heart. "Pushing government to act on climate change, challenging companies which trash the environment and promoting the cause of those least able to get justice on the environment are all on the agenda, as we campaign for a world where everyone can enjoy a healthy environment and a fair share of the earth's resources.
"Friends of the Earth Scotland is a part of the world's largest grassroots campaigning network, active in nearly 80 countries around the world. I am proud to be rejoining that network and relish the prospect of making sure that Friends of the Earth Scotland contributes to international campaigns as well as those at home.
"There is plenty more to do to make Scotland the zero-carbon, resource efficient global example we would like to see and I'm sure WWF will continue to make a big impact on bringing about positive change."
During his first stint at Friends of the Earth, he helped to treble the number of Scottish beaches officially recognised by the government and wrote the first comprehensive report on air pollution north of the border.
Matthew Crighton, Chair of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "After a year of restructuring and downsizing, we are refocusing our efforts on key campaign priorities for Scotland's environment and our climate change commitments. Recruiting Richard as Director is a key step in building up our capacity for these tasks. We are all very much looking forward to working with him."
WWF Uk chief executive David Nussbaum, said he hoped to make an announcement on Dixon's replacement before the end of the year and said: "Our loss is definitely the Scottish environmental movement's gain. Under Richard's leadership, the WWF team in Scotland have gone from strength to strength, delivering successes on climate, energy and marine issues. We're looking forward to continuing to work closely with Richard in his new role."


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Could Tramel Terry commit for a third time?
The 4-star wide receiver from Goose Creek High School has already committed twice to UGA and currently remains pledged to the Bulldogs.
However, Terry quietly took an official visit to Clemson this past weekend, which has created speculation that he may switch his commitment for a third time.
"It wouldn't surprise me," Goose Creek coach Chuck Reedy told DawgNation's Radi Nabulsi.
Reedy, who is a former head coach at Baylor and Clemson assistant, told TigerIllustrated's Ryan Bartow that an announcement could come during December's Shrine Bowl all-star game.
He also told the website that Clemson is recruiting Terry at running back.
The first time that Terry committed to UGA was two summers ago, as one of three 2014 players that pledged at Dawg Night prospect camp, along with Camden County High School QB Brice Ramsey and 5-star RB Derrick Henry of Yulee, Fla. Henry later backed off his pledged and presently intend to sign with Alabama.
Two months later, Terry re-opened his recruitment to include both Clemson and South Carolina because he felt like he "rushed" his initial decision.
Flash forward to last March, and Terry committed to UGA again.
Last week, before his trip to Clemson, Terry explained to the AJC why he wanted to take an official visit to UGA.
"I'm just going to Clemson; that's all I can say about that. I'm 100 percent going to sign with Georgia. With Clemson, I want to take my official visits. I would take all of them, if I had time."
Now the Clemson trip may turn out to be more than just an afterthought.
– By Michael Carvell, AJC Recruiting Blog
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October 11th, 2012
6:18 pm
Chuck Reedy hates UGA and is doing everything he can to get Tramel to go to Clemson.
Tramel wants to play with Ramsey in college
Will be interesting to see if Clem$son can change his mind
All indications are no
October 11th, 2012
6:22 pm
a third time?
October 11th, 2012
6:25 pm
If they are recruiting him at RB then someone at UGA needs to drive home the shelf life of an NFL RB versus WR. Geez, really??!!
October 11th, 2012
6:40 pm
The trend is becoming to flip, where 3-4 years ago there was very little flipping. If it becomes a fad, and that's what 17 years old love ( Me to Me to) then you might see flips for a second 15 minutes of fame. I like the way Mark does it. Focus on player, spend a lot of one on one and get the handshake and committ in private. Not fool proof, but the game of 20 commits and 40 offers still out is not Richt. You lose some that way, but it works most of the time for Mark. I'm still concerned about crashing and burning against good, ranked teams. It doesn't appear to be talent.
October 11th, 2012
7:01 pm
Who cares…how many of these "hot shot" recruits actually pan out? How many do we actually coach up? Just my opinion.
October 11th, 2012
7:05 pm
So who is to blame prospect, process, media, recruiting websites?
A.) Prospect: Well they are kids 14-21 year olds (JUCO) who are flip and flopping like mad now when they didn't ten/five years ago why? Are kids different now than then I don't think so much and if so it is miniscule.
B.) Process: Everybody has the right to choose and change their decision before a "binding letter of intent" is signed without ramifications (LOI). That is still the same as 5/10 years ago maybe a slight modification somewhere along the way but nothing to my knowledge which would be a significant 'game changer" causing all these flip/flops.
C.) Media: Well now we enter a gray area where some media has ventured from reporting events to creating them; I say yes you could surely point a finger or two in the direction of the "mother ship" the major player, but not the only fish in the sea that makes a living off controversy and stirring the pot.
D.) The recruiting websites themselves:
1.) They funnel huge monetary revenues into many pockets (all legal like) in exploiting outdated NCAA recruiting bylaws which were never designed to counter this threat because it did not exist 5/10 years ago.
2.) Money flows and kids flip, that's how this ball bounces and the same people report it now and some even charge a price for that "insider info"…. Get 'ya coming and going.
My point: you can't blame the Elephant for the circus act…
October 11th, 2012
7:06 pm
Ok, so with Demarre Kitt de-committing from UGA, let's have UGA coaches visit Tramel Terry and let Mr. Terry know how important he is to UGA…
October 11th, 2012
7:14 pm
Who cares, UGA could use some 2/3* guys who Want to play and be DAWGS.
October 11th, 2012
7:17 pm
@The Truth…right on brother! It should be an honor to get a football scholarship, not a birthwright. Did Pollack waiver?
October 11th, 2012
7:39 pm
I'm a little tea pot watch me toot! I'm a little tea pot toot toot toot……
October 11th, 2012
7:43 pm
I felt this way all along he wants to stay instate since he is committed to Uga sc want give him an official so he decided to go upstate but if you have a chance why not play in the sec ?
October 11th, 2012
7:52 pm
Uga the place where 4 and 5 star recruits come to under perform and win Nothing!!!!!!!
He should go the Clemson for sure, don't blame him.
October 11th, 2012
7:52 pm
I want give you a comma and some instate it sentence structure…….
October 11th, 2012
7:56 pm
I would tell this flip flopper i would make the decision real easy for him by pulling his scholly and rewarding it to a kid who dreams of playing at UGA. There a lot of hard working kids in this state who would love to come to UGA and play. And those are the type kids who usually end up making themselves into good football players. How many of these ballyhooed recruits up fizzling out and how many of the under the radar kids end up being good football players. Guys like david pollack and thomas davis who came in here under the radar and left as stars. How about david greene the winningest QB in UGA history, no other scools were beating his door down. I'm sick of the prima donnas and they never seem to pan out here anyways.
Just to name a few of our recent recruits who have not lived up to expectations:
Isiah crowell – already kicked off the team
Alec ogletree- missed four games after 2nd drug suspension. A lot of talk about how great he is but yet to even play a full season.
Ray drew- could someone put an APB out on this guy? He was supposed to be great but if he can't start for our underachieving defense something is wrong.
Christian lemay- in limited play he looks really underwhelming. Will he ever start a game at UGA?
Marlon brown- has developed into a nice possesion type guy. Big target and certainly not a bust but he was supposed to be an all world type recruit.
We have had guys like stafford and AJ that lived up to the billing but both of those guys comitted early and never wavered. It seems like the ones who want all the attention end up doing the least when the lights go on for real.
October 11th, 2012
8:06 pm
Apparently your word does not mean a thing these days.
October 11th, 2012
8:18 pm
Yep a lot of kids dream of getting punked by South Carolina on national TV, 35-0.
October 11th, 2012
8:38 pm
Chathsworth dawg is 100 per cent right on everything he said!!!! Good job!!
October 11th, 2012
9:02 pm
Chathsworth Dawg is pretty much 100% wrong. It's easy to exceed expectations when there are none and easy to "not live up" when expectations are high. You're picking examples selectively and they're not even good ones. Ogletree is a beast for our defense. Ray Drew is a sophmore, let's not write him off yet. Crowell won SEC Freshman of the Year last year while spending a chunk of the year playing hurt. Sure, he's not there now, but let's not doubt the talent. And from everything that's been put out, he's handled the exit with class. It's long past time for UGA "fans" to attempt to do the same.
Do you not think we could go back through rosters and name hundreds of under-recruited guys who didn't pan out. Or 5 stars who did.
With fans like you whining about everybody on the current roster, we don't need fans. It's past time UGA "fans" support the players that show up every day and put on the uniform and get pummeled for the pride of your university. To do anything less is cowardly. You hide behind a keyboard talking out of both sides of your mouth.
October 11th, 2012
9:07 pm
You are spot on
October 11th, 2012
9:11 pm
short wide outs –su_x———-go away spoiled recruit—-so tired of
October 11th, 2012
9:15 pm
October 11th, 2012
9:23 pm
Really Paul? I keep hearing how much of a beast ogletree is but he has spent most of his time hurt or on the sidelines after a SECOND DRUG suspension. He may have raw physical ability but it hasn't translated to him being a difference maker. And a good argument can be made that herrea was playing the position better than him. And your praising crowell? Yea he was a great kid riding around town with a gun with a filed down serial numbers. And not only is he not here anymore but he laid down in every big moment when we needed him the most. Remember the UT game and the SEC championship game? And if ray drew was so great why can't he help our sorry defense with zero pass rush?
Clowney started at USC as a true freshmen. How about it paul?
October 11th, 2012
9:26 pm
One more thing Paul, I loved how they put the uniform on and showed up in Columbia saturday night.
October 11th, 2012
9:47 pm
Mark Ritch you are an idiot . Please tell me what has Clemson has done in that tough ACC
October 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
ACC Champs 2012.
October 11th, 2012
10:56 pm
Ta Daaaaa !
October 11th, 2012
11:15 pm
Now let Ramsey go to Ga. Southern where he belongs, and go get the next GENO SMITH. I'm talking 6′2″ 215lb. dual threat QB STUD, ANTHONY JENNINGS. Just kidding DAWG fans. You'll get your blonde haired, blue eyed QB. Anthony is LSU bound anyway. Gonna lead them to another National Title. You better hope the Tigers don't roll back in on y'all's schedule. Anthony will do y'all just like another Georgia native did. I'm talking Richt and Booboo's tight end prospect, CAM NEWTON! 32 years Dawg fans. 32 friggin years, and with personnel decisions like these, it'll be another 32. Go DAWGS!
October 12th, 2012
12:33 am
I find myself strangely uninterested in where he signs. If UGA doesn't get some more big time offensive linemen in this class it doesn't matter how many 4/5 star WR's we get. UGA has big time athletes coming out of their ears, yet they lose to USCe 35-7. The old FSU strategy.
October 12th, 2012
12:47 am
Bottom line: No matter the class ranking, UGA isn't "man enough" to win anything of consequence under CMR.
October 12th, 2012
12:49 am
Kid needs to move on and open a spot for someone who wants to play at UGA. Hope we aren't left with more egg on our face. We need linemen anyway…
October 12th, 2012
2:01 am
Dogs overdo it with skill players. Seems track star recruits is all the dog coaches want. Linemen for both sides of the ball should be the priority. The dogs have lost a lot of good in state linemen to other schools lately;
October 12th, 2012
8:06 am
How many commitments make a commitment? These kids???????????????
October 12th, 2012
9:09 am
We have top quality kids who were born and raised UGA…but havent even tried to recruit them…continuously pursing kids who flip flop from outta state!!
October 12th, 2012
9:29 am
This whole process is so gay, and you morons just feed the beast.
October 12th, 2012
9:33 am
Does anybody care if a WR is wishy-washy about coming to Athens to play ball?
Hell, we had the #1 WR in the NFL Draft on campus for 3 seasons, and where did that get us?
Lack of recruits, and recruting rankings ain't a problem at UGA.
October 13th, 2012
5:29 am
Who knows? He may flip four times.I agree with the UGA fans who say "who cares".
Let him go. UGA can get enough players that they want or need.
October 13th, 2012
9:28 am
nice to see that tide roll is still living but u gotta drop this jennings thing. he cant even make his high school team win much less uga. he has just about the same stats in high school as aaron murray has right in college now. we dont want another one, we wont to go a step above that. and how is ramsey a southern qb if satan did everything he could to get him to go to bama??
October 13th, 2012
12:43 pm
another screwed up mind needing attention, maybe he will leave. that is one of our problems now, if you don't want to be there, get out, or play like you want to be there; oh, and COACH like you want it also.
October 13th, 2012
10:13 pm
Why bring this article back when you have newer ones written? And you wonder why people think the AJC is anti-UGA.


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Yumm, this was a good recipe, but I really didn't notice the bourbon taste, but I guess all the ingredients come together well. Served with three fruit salsa, roasted mashed potatoes and Caesar salad.
Hoisin and Bourbon-Glazed Pork Tenderloin
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 209
- Calories from fat: 25%
- Fat: 5.8g
- Saturated fat: 2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7g
- Protein: 26.3g
- Carbohydrate: 9.2g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
- Iron: 1.4mg
- Sodium: 452mg
- Calcium: 13mg
- 1 cup hickory wood chips
- 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon chile paste with garlic
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 (1-pound) pork tenderloins, trimmed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
- Soak wood chips in water 30 minutes; drain well.
- Prepare grill.
- Combine hoisin sauce and next 7 ingredients (hoisin through garlic) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
- Slice pork lengthwise, cutting to, but not through, other side. Open halves, laying pork flat. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Add wood chips to grill. Place pork on grill rack coated with cooking spray; cook 5 minutes. Turn and baste pork with hoisin mixture; cook 5 minutes. Turn and baste pork with hoisin mixture; cook 5 minutes or until pork reaches 155° or desired degree of doneness. Let stand 5 minutes; cut pork into 1/2-inch slices.
- Hoisin and Bourbon-Glazed Tuna:
- Follow steps 1 through 3 above. Sprinkle 6 (6-ounce) tuna steaks with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Add wood chips to grill. Place tuna steaks on grill rack coated with cooking spray; cook 5 minutes. Turn and baste tuna with hoisin mixture; cook 5 minutes. Turn and baste tuna with hoisin mixture; cook 2 minutes or until tuna flakes easily when tested with a fork. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 tuna steak).
- Nutrition per serving: CALORIES 328 (26% from fat); FAT 9.4g (sat 2.4g, mono 3.1g, poly 2.9g); Protein 42.9g; CARB 12.2g; FIBER 0.4g; CHOL 70mg; IRON 2.1mg; SODIUM 502mg; CALC 25mg
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Pork
- COOKING METHOD: Grill
- OCCASION: Valentine's Day
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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When Kliff Kingsbury was hired as the head coach at Texas Tech this past winter, it was lauded as both a steal for the school and a win for young bros looking for a big break everywhere. After all, it's not often that a school takes a chance in giving a plush head coaching job to any 33-year-old, let alone one that walks around with the swag of your average 30-something at happy hour every Friday night.
Still, questions did remain about Kingsbury's hire, specifically on whether or not he was able to discipline a group of football players that were barely older than he was.
Only apparently on Tuesday we got an answer to the question of: "What happens when a bro stops being polite and starts getting real?" And we got it in the most hilarious way possible.
Above is a note Kingsbury left for all his players, as they get set to leave campus for the rest of May. It comes via the Twitter feed of Texas Tech offensive lineman Alfredo Morales, and well, it's awesome.
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*Also we advise you to be active over break as you will need to be ready to work once June rolls around. Sitting at the house playing COD/2K13/Madden against 12 year olds online doesn't suffice as "activity" even if you claim to "wreck shop."
While we're not sure what "wreck shop" means, what we are sure of is that this note is that this may be the single coolest thing that has happened this off-season.
Still, what we're more curious to know is whether this warning applies to the 33-year-old coach in addition to his 20-something year old players.
After all, doesn't Kliff Kingsbury just look like the kind of guy that loves a good game of "Call of Duty" every now and again?
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When you first start out playing grand theft auto or if you thought you would start from the beginning again, then these gta 4 cheats are for you. Eventually you reach the point where you realize that you just want to trash the city and drive around ridiculously fast. This is where cheats come in. There are variants of cheats, ranging from unlocking weapons and health all the way down too different cars and other types of vehicles. To type in a cheat, go to Niko's cell phone and type the number in for the cheat to be activated.
This gta 4 cheat is one of my favorites, it spawns the M.O.A.H or Mother of All Helicopters, the Annihilator. This helicopter has a missile launcher and machine gun combined, so you will have no difficulty in dispatching wave after wave or police and shooting down helicopters. The latter does take some skill as they will be moving quite fast.
This is a cheat for the brave or fool hardy because you use this enough times; you will have a full six stars and will be immediately shot at, so it is not a cheat to be taken lightly. Even a very skilled person can struggle to survive with this cheat. If you are not feeling on par with Rambo and gunning down more police and swat then you can kill. Then you can use it a few times, as it raises your wanted level by one each time, so the less brave (or foolish) can just go up to three or four stars.
While this cheat does not give you a complete advantage, it does start you off with full health and a few weapons. Which when you are struggling through the first few missions, can be quite useful. You can also use it when you are being chased by police or even civilians and cannot find a hot dog stand.
This is another popular cheat, as it gives you a wide variety of top class weapons. In case you run out of ammo or haven't unlocked any of the good guns, this is the main cheat too wreck havoc among the city. You may want to fire RPG's at cars or into Cluckin' Bell. Maybe you just want to throw grenades out of the car window, this cheat is for you, it gives you the Baseball Bat, Grenades, Combat Pistol, SMG, Combat Sniper, Combat Shotgun, Carbine Rifle and the RPG.
This cheat is for those who wish to jump or drive off the top of a building and land in ridiculous ways. This spawns the Sanchez (which references the TV show) and drives very quickly. This bike has all the moves, you can wheelie of the top of moving trucks or back-flip off the tallest building with this dirt bike. The sky is the limit. A gta 4 tip -or challange on reddit- is too use this vehicle as a weapon when you know your going to die. You jump off at the last minute and watch the bike fly into a crowd of people, so at least you get too go out in style (almost).
While these are the more popular cheats, there are lots more which can be useful or just plain fun. Their numbers are:
362-555-0100 – Health and Armor
486-555-0150 – Weapons (Poor) – Molotov's, Knife, Pistol, Pump Shotgun, Micro SMG, Assault Rifle, Combat Sniper and RPG
267-555-0100 – Remove Wanted Level
468-555-0100 – Change the Weather (This is considered more of a gta 4 hint as it isnt very useful and gives you no advantage)
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Calgary Flames defenceman Shane O'Brien and Detroit Red Wings forward Mikael Samuelsson both cleared waivers on Sunday.
The Red Wings assigned Samuelsson to the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins after the Noon et deadline passed for him to be claimed.
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#2 - Aad's Homage To His Old Dwelling
Name: aad
Location: rotterdam, the netherlands
Size & Type: approx 55m2 (you do the feet math), 2-bedroom app in a renovated old school-building
Favorite resource:
flea market and recycle shops, ebay too.
Small is cool since it forces you to reduce to the very essence of living, dropping all the unnecessary stuff that might clutter your life otherwise.
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Though not a US resident, i enjoy the thought of participating in the smallest coolest contest from the other side of the ocean, the east coast being geographically nearest :D I do understand this excludes me from winning any prizes, but then, weren't competions about the honor and cheer of participation? :) since we'll move to a new place in three months, this is my farewell presentation of my old dwelling :)
Your favorite element:
my versatile cubic glass window display in the kitchen, a 50s shop display rack
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Yay, I am glad to see our first non US entry. A very cool apartment, and I love how much character those wooden floors have.
When you say it is a renovated old school building, does that mean it actually once was a school. Or is that just saying its "old school"?
its nice to see something that looks lived in but put together and not over staged. i LOVE the dandilion picture above the bed!
55 (meters squared) = 592.015073 square feet
I think the hyphenated "school-building" indicates that it's an antiquated school-building, as opposed to an old-school building.
By the way - to convert m^2 to sq. ft, you multiply the size in m^2 by 3.28^2 (or 10.7584). So this one is 55 x 10.7584 = 592 sq. ft. Interesting - that's the exact same size as my place, which is in an old factory-building.
I've seen some european design books that purport to convert m^2 to sq. ft. by simply multiplying by the number of feet in a metre (3.28) - but that's totally wrong.
is it just me or does the floor plan sketch bear no resemblance to the photos?
I'd love to see a photo of the glass display case that is the coolest element. Also, what is the wall covering behind the dining room table. It was a bold (and successful) choice to go with such a big pattern, and I think it works well with the large hanging lights.
Can I ask where the gigantic dandelion picture came from??
I second AndyJohnson's observation...
I really like the patterned wall next to the dining area and the large photograph by the bed.
"I second AndyJohnson's observation..."
Third.. hmmmm something isn't right.
Perhaps the floor plan is an older version of a furniture layout. But yes, it should have been updated to accurately portray the (lovely, sunny) space.
Really cool wallpaper and dandelion picture. We've been planning on putting the same chandelier in our bedroom as well (Dutch by Design?).
I think I get it - the bed is actually turned 90 degrees from what the plan shows, and the sofa is actually parrallel with the kitchen and facing the windows, which means the table is where the sofa is drawn on the plan....
But regardless, the space looks really nice. Excellent artwork on the walls.
re: sketch...
was made by heart before i moved in. there appeared to be two bedroom windows, and furniture ended up in different places in the end.
Regarding photos/floorplan...quite astute observation but...
Is it possible that the dandelion-backdrop is a screen where the door opening is (in the floor plan)?
The floorplan doesn't have the bedroom windows drawn in, either.
The furniture placement in the LR is different from the drawing, too. But it does still work...sorta. I think people maybe draw things differently than how reality actually might be...
Yeah for tiny Rotterdam apartments! Like the wallpaper and artwork.
wow, really beautiful!
i saw the pictures before reading anything and i thought to myself, "this looks very european." :)
loving the unexpected bursts of color.
I would LOVE to live in this space...
More dandelion love.
Technically, wouldn't you be in the West Coast (of Europe)? I like your place. Clean, simple, yet very livable. Cozy.
I loveLoveLOVE the kitchen and glass cube storage (partially seen behind the couch)! I wish that had been better represented here. :( (As seen in a previous 'flickr find' recognition post.)
I love the overall feel of Aad's space and his usage of color. Great built-ins doubling as seating, nice natural light and simple drum shades above the table. I love how everything came together after being thrifted --while some pieces you can tell are more expensive, it almost proves that you don't have to have TONS of money to have an amazing space.
Looks very cozy!
Additionally, now that I'm really looking at the space, I love how the focuses of the rooms aren't on TVs or computers, but on the natural views. I feel like every space is meant for practicality and good conversation. I'd love to read a book lying on that couch or have a meal and a great bottle of wine at that table.
I really dig the nurse artwork for some reason. And the window bench. Jealous!
Is is just me or does the "To Contest Page and All Entries" not take you to any of the entries?
I don't think that three photos will be enough to judge in this contest. I want to see the famous cubic kitchen storage.
This is lovely; a simple, clean background punctuated by those great oversized graphic elements (the dandelion and the beautiful wallpaper).
Three photos definitely wont be enough!
I don't know if it's 'legal' to link to other photos, but like I said in an earlier comment, Aad's space was featured in a 'flickr find' post that can be found under "Silly Narziss". (I'll be fair and not directly link, but I do suggest that you look at the rest of his space --not in context of the contest.)
It was hard to only show three photos of my space. It is so small (293 sq ft) that it's hard to get back far enough to capture the whole space.
...and what is up with AT LA: please post entries!
I'm so sad that you're moving from this space in 3 months! Yipes! I think I'd have to be heavily sedated to be dragged out of that place.
I agree there should be a few more pictures but this space is great. I love the layout and how you've made it appear much larger. I think the painted wood floors help in making this place seem much larger.
I really like the dining area. The wallpaper, the lights, the table, all perfect. Thanks for sharing with us.
answering a few questions:
-nurse by christian junghanns (neopop.de)
-wooden floors were put in by myself
-dandelion is photo wallpaper by eijffinger.nl
-as is the lis-de-france wallpaper
-window bench was homemade storage/sitting solution
-and sorry, i never realized the floorplans would be posted too, else i would have drawn a very new one.
:) aad
more props for the 'wall decor'!!!
LOVE the nurse painting, the amazing light (you are so lucky!) and the built in storage window seat - that is genius and the scale of it in that space looks perfect. Thanks for sharing Rotterdam!
That dining room looks very familiar, but not sure from where.
The wallpaper in the dining room is so amazing! I would never think to mix white walls, silver-ish chairs and an oak table like that but it's great. Inspiring space. If only I could get rid of all my stuff and have that kind of serentiy in the home.
my parents had those same chairs when i was a kid! i know they're not uncommon, but if i could find another set knowing what they could look like based on your wonderful re-finish, i would snap them up!
my fav so far!
While I don't like every single detail, I like to overall feel. The hanging lamps over the table are great.
Missing the photo of the coolest element
HEY! We live in Bergen op Zoom! Dag! I love it, very Dutch but still with a uniqueness thats gorgeous. Heel mooi!
love, love (I have a simliar wallpaper). What is your tv sitting on?
I really love this place, particularly the art. However, I am biased because I have seen it so many times before. I am amazed at how this place has not changed at all from previous submissions. Perhaps its just the same pics being used over and over.
My own place changes all the time as my mood changes. I would find this place much more interesting if I could see how it evolves over time.
The dandelion pic makes me want to sneeze! (But I love it.) Also love the wallpaper, and how the whole dining area is put together.
I love your apartment. It's beautiful! - sunny, bright, cheerful and clean with character. I'm wondering were the dressers in your bedroom are from? Thank you.
Wat leuk! Ik vind het mooi zo mooi. Welke buurt zit het in Rotterdam?
I've probably said it before, but I completely love your place! I still have your post in the Livejournal saucydwellings community saved and I look to it for inspiration all the time.
I too love this place and wish there were more pictures.
Aad and AnnaPDX, would you let us know where we can see more of this?
I remember seeing this before and still love it. I particularly like the bed being on the floor and the huge painting above with the image and colors, the surrounding white, and the beautiful surpise of a chandelier.
I find this much more appealing and real than an obviously overly expensive renovation.
Very charming and I'd enjoy living in this space.
sorry to those asking for more pics, i think posting links here would be a way of circumventing the 3-pics-only contest rules.
:) aad
Wow, what a cool, relaxing, comfortable space. I love the floor, love the storage/window seats, love the dining room with that wallpaper, the color scheme, the light, even the nurse!
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- rotterdam: historic delfshaven
- drawers in the bedroom by ikea
- tv stand: old sil print wooden case on wheels
- rental place
Love it! Great use of the space; cool and modern with a bit of levity...somehow more interesting than most American spaces.
I was going to say, this place looks exactly like the city flat my husband had before relocating to the states - he's from Hannover, Germany. It's the exact layout, size, almost the same aesthetic. Only my husband had these floor to ceiling bright orange drapes in a mostly white room.
Anyway, I love it -- I mean, it's just such an amazing space (bones) first of all, but then what you've added to it only enhances it's features. I really like the wallpaper in the dining room, it's very dramatic and unexpected, especially the pattern you've selected.
And I am so excited to see a Dutch apartment in this contest. Yeah!
Nice use of space, and more overall, art. Seems there could be so much more color to liven it up.
love this space! the light and colors- love the gray- and the punch of color in the bedroom. i love how the minumum color scheme allows the outside to add its own element. very no fuss- cool modern w/o being slammed over the head with it. understated and beautiful, and lived in.
One of my favourites. A warm, inviting space, while still feeling clean and spare.
loverly home. beautiful art. thanks for the inspiration.
Fantastic place, congratulations. It's the closest I've seen on here to mine, or should I say, what I would be thrilled mine turned out like once I finish. Cozy, stylish, unique. What else can you ask for?
Kate, I also got an allergic reaction to the dandelion picture.
Fancy dining room wallpaper seems a bit too dark for the more casual, light-colored furniture.
Bed looks very comfty, though.


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I agree. Achievements in the game should not require insane amounts of luck. If its anything like the mount/remote from brewfest i'm already crying at the sight of trying to achieve this. I ran brewfest maybe 10 times a day every day (but two) and I've only seen the mount drop twice and the remote once (lost both times with my shitty rolls).
Im still going for the title, but its already turning me off from the event.
Schadenfreude said...
Same here, not to mention I'm going to have to wait for the second Squashling--I know the other guy who wants it in my small guild in real life, and he is twice my size. Sigh.
This new system is called "Achievements", right? Here's what Merriam-Webster has to say about that word:
1: the act of achieving : accomplishment
2 a: a result gained by effort b: a great or heroic deed
3: the quality and quantity of a student's work
You set a goal, you work toward it, and you achieve it.
How is getting a good roll out of the RNG to see the Squashling drop, followed by another good roll to win it, an "accomplishment" or "a result gained by effort"?
Now, I'm really stoked about the whole accomplishment system. But especially with time-limited holiday events, could "earn the capricious favor of the entropic gods of the RNG" not play such a large role? I suppose the drop rates might be greatly adjusted this year, but if the Squashling is anything like the mount drops from Brewfest, I don't really see this as an "accomplishment". Some people got lucky and nabbed a Kodo their first day in. A lot of commenters claim they ran Direbrew 5+ times every day and never got a mount. Some did little work to get the reward; others put in a lot of work and ended up with nothing to show for it. That's the RNG, and that's not an achievement.
Maybe Blizzard has a different philosophy regarding holidays in general--the "cool" stuff stays on very low drop rates to remain rare; if you keep running holidays, eventually you'll get something rare/cool. I'd like to propose making the cool stuff "expensive"--in terms of effort required to obtain it--is a better way to go. I'm thinking of Brewfest '07 here, where if you wanted the ram, you ground out 600 tickets for the ability to purchase it. That kept me engaged and running all the dailies every day, and at the end, I was excited to get my ram. Yes, anyone and everyone *could* end up with a Brewfest ram that way, which makes it less rare--but no less cool. And honestly, in the intervening year, I've seen very few other people riding around on a Brewfest ram, so I'm not at all convinced that system made the ram less rare.
One more point here--the toon that got the Brewfest ram was my warlock, because I though the glowing green eyes on the epic version fit that toon. My main is a paladin, and I can't really see him riding that ram. The beauty of the system of Brewfest '07 was that I could choose--I decided a certain of my toons wanted a reward, and I was able, with a little diligent effort, to get that reward for that toon. My paladin still ran Brewfest and got the clothes, but didn't bother with the ram. All in all, I had a blast with Brewfest '07--because achieving (there's that word again!) my desired reward was within my power, as a player.
Looking at Hallow's End, I'd really like to make my paladin "Trueheart the Hallowed". If it required consistent effort throughout the event, I'd stay engaged and enjoy my accomplishment at the end. If I put forth consistent effort to have a small chance at getting what I'm aiming for, and the RNG didn't favor me, I'd honestly think twice before really engaging Winter's Veil.
So, Blizzard, if you're reading (and we hear you do keep an eye on this site), here's my proposal: that offering players guaranteed rewards based on effort in game is superior offering players rewards that may or may not come with effort--superior in terms of player engagement with the content and ultimate player satisfaction. Especially with seasonal, time-limited holiday events. I'm sore that I've never seen the Triptych Shield of the Ancients from the Chess event despite months of weekly Karazhan runs, but I know there's always next week (at least until we're off for Northrend). Knowing there's always next YEAR for this Hallowed achievement is a much more bitter pill to swallow.
Please, Blizzard, remove "Sinister Calling" as a requirement for "Hallowed be Thy Name". Keep the accomplishment, but break the link like you did with the Children's event ("Veteran Nanny" IIRC). Unlinking a FULL collection of masks might not be a bad idea either (such as requiring a single mask for the meta-achievement but not the full set). Alternately, make the masks tradeable (feel free to stick a duration on them, or make them summoned items so they disappear on logout). Please remove reliance on the RNG from the Achievement system.
superfrank said...
seriously, blizzard should just give the best gear and titles to everyone as soon as they hit 70.
turtlehead said...
"How is getting a good roll out of the RNG to see the Squashling drop, followed by another good roll to win it, an "accomplishment" or "a result gained by effort"?"
How is not "a result gained by effort"? Grinding for a cosmetic doodad, RNG included, is the very definition of effort.
I think the achievement stuff is darn silly but it seems to make people happy which is no small thing. However, I'm mightily annoyed by all the whining about achievements *in some cases* being difficult. I'm using a very broad definition of difficult here. Parking on a holiday boss for a random drop is annoying but not hard. There's a truly strange sense of entitlement to these achievements. Some will be dead easy, some will be truly hard, and many will be your payout for a zillion hours doing nothing but seeking the ones which scratch your particular special moist place. What's the problem? If you want another flaming horse because the eyes are a different color then suck it up and go do it. It's your choice. It has no in-game benefit beyond aesthetics. In your own words: "You set a goal, you work toward it, and you achieve it."
I passed on a bunch of squashling drops last year because I knew others were excited and I'd ditch them for bank space within a week. Same with brooms. Passed on Baron mount twice pre-BC (.02% drop rate? something like that) and MgT bird mount many times as well (twice on MgT patch launch day). Could've extorted gold for my rolls but that'd've been nothing but being a jerk.


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