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Does Your New Health Plan Cover Abortion?
On Sunday, the Obama administration's self-imposed deadline for fixing Healthcare.gov passed, with seemingly decent results. For the past month, the administration had been consumed with that task. But in the meantime another serious problem seems to have escaped its attention: Federal and state health-care exchanges make it nearly impossible to tell whether their plans cover elective abortion. And in some states customers don't even have the option to purchase abortion-free coverage.
Last month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was brought before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to be questioned about the failures of Healthcare.gov. "If someone…has strongly held pro-life views, can you commit to us to make sure that the federal exchanges that offer that [abortion coverage] is clearly identified and so people can understand if they're going to buy a policy that has abortion coverage or not?" asked Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.). "I don't know," Sebelius answered. "I know exactly the issue you're talking about. I will check and make sure that is clearly identifiable."
That was November 1. It's still nearly impossible to determine whether plans on the exchanges cover elective abortion. For example, on the New York State exchange—supposedly one of the best—the signup process is painless. You create a username and password, enter your legal name, address, Social Security number, and within moments you're shopping for coverage. You can compare several plans at all levels of coverage (bronze, silver, gold, platinum). Monthly premiums are displayed first, followed by deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. You can explore a plan's outpatient-services coverage, its prescription-drug coverage, mental-health services, lab tests, etc. You can even see its pediatric-vision coverage. But you can't find out whether a plan covers elective abortion.
New York is not alone. The Minnesota Department of Commerce—which regulates insurance—could not tell me how many of the plans on its exchange cover elective abortion. "If you have trouble locating the information through the public filings on SERFF, I would recommend calling the insurers directly," a spokesperson told me. Same story in Vermont. And it's no different on the federal exchange. A Healthcare.gov customer-support agent, who—after reminding me that federal dollars won't pay for elective abortions—explained that the only way to know whether a plan included abortion coverage was to call the insurance companies directly. (Spokespeople for the HHS did not return requests for comment on this issue.)
The exchanges were designed to demystify the process of purchasing health insurance. The law's complicated mechanisms for handling abortion funding—basically, customers seeking abortion coverage must write out a separate check for that part of the policy—are premised on the customer being able to tell whether the health plan they're buying covers elective abortion. Unless the health exchanges make it clear which plans cover elective abortion and which don't, then the ACA's requirement that insurers segregate abortion funds makes little sense.
In order to remedy this situation, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) has introduced the Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act. The bill, which has the support of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, would amend the ACA to require all exchange plans to disclose whether they cover abortion, and to "prominently" display that information. It would also force insurers to show both payments a customer would have to make if she chooses elective-abortion coverage.
Transparency on the insurance market was one of the goals of Obamacare. If a customer doesn't have to call the insurance company to find out whether her child's eye exam is covered, then why should she have to when it comes to elective abortion? In this respect, the Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act ought to be a no-brainer.
Even if Rep. Smith were able to persuade enough House and Senate Democrats to sign on—only 2 of the bill's 117 cosponsors are Democrats—that wouldn't address another issue with the exchanges: In some states, all the plans cover elective abortion. As abortion took center stage in the 2009 health-care debate, it became clear that neither side would be completely satisfied with the final outcome. Many members of the prolife movement alleged that the bill allowed federal funding of abortions. Prochoicers thought the law stigmatized abortion. The law allows states to bar elective-abortion coverage from health-insurance exchanges. Twenty-three states have done so (to varying degrees). And in those that have not, the ACA forces insurers to jump through administrative hoops if they want to cover elective abortions. What's more, the ACA mandates that every state offer at least one "multistate plan" (MSP) that does not cover elective abortions. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which runs the Federal Employee Health Benefits, has negotiated more than one hundred fifty of these plans. Only two of them, an OPM spokesman confirmed, cover elective abortion.
So if the Affordable Care Act requires at least one of these plans in every state to exclude elective abortion, then why do some exchanges fail to provide such an option? Because full implementation is delayed until 2017. In 2014, only 60 percent of states have to offer multistate plans—70 percent in 2015, 85 percent in 2016, and 100 percent thereafter.* This means that there are now nine states that have neither banned elective-abortion coverage from the exchanges nor implemented multistate plans: Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wyoming. Officials in Rhode Island and Connecticut confirmed that on their exchanges customers cannot buy plans without abortion coverage. A representative of Hawaii's exchange said he thought all plans covered abortion, but couldn't say for sure. Iowa, Oregon, and Wyoming do offer plans that don't cover abortion, according to state officials. (Minnesota, New Jersey, and Vermont spokespeople did not tell me whether they offer plans without such coverage.)
Until the MSPs are fully implemented, thousands of Americans will contract for abortion coverage whether they like it or not—or wait until 2016 and pay the tax penalty for not having insurance until then.** Of course, until Obamacare came along, millions of Americans had no idea whether their insurance covered abortion—including members of the Republican National Committee.
The Affordable Care Act is one of the longest, most complex laws ever passed. That's because it was written to make major changes to one of the largest, most complex markets the country has ever known. Of course it would run into trouble as its many features—and bugs—started to go live. Some of its problems are technically daunting, but others are not. Rep. Smith's bill doesn't stand a chance, but there are other ways for people to tell whether exchange plans cover elective abortion. Secretary Sebelius told Congress that she would "make sure" that such coverage would be "clearly identifiable" on the exchanges. Following through on that promise might help her win back some of the credibility she lost in the wake of the Healthcare.gov fiasco. She'd take heat from some prochoice activists, but when it comes to the health-care marketplace, how can you argue with greater transparency?
President Obama could use a credibility boost too. As Obamacare goes, so goes the Democratic Party in 2014. He may not be able to repair Healthcare.gov with a wave of his hand, but he could ask the OPM to target states without abortion-free coverage for MSP expansion next year. And he could certainly direct his administration to make sure abortion coverage is clearly disclosed in the exchanges. Before the president signed the ACA, he devoted a lot of energy to addressing the concerns of prolife Democrats. Without their votes, the Affordable Care Act might not have passed. Supporters of Obamacare owe them a debt of gratitude. So does Obama. It's time for the president to settle that debt.
* The original version of this sentence misstated the timing of the implementation of MSPs. They will be available in all fifty states by 2017, not 2016.
* * This sentence was corrected to reflect the fact that because the timing of MSP implementation is written into both the statute and the regulations, a regulatory remedy is insufficient.
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Those who object to the self-financed abortion rider will know what their plan includes before they make the final separate payment required for the rider. Now, there may be the complaint that this comes after they have read through all of the plans and made a selection and then have to start all over. But the purpose of insurance companies not advertising the rider was because it would be a way of attracting the cheap to insure young non-child bearing women to these plans and leave the more expensive to insure parts of the population to the other plans, raising the costs of plans for people opposed to abortion. Now the pro-life movement has changed its mind and decided this is not a problem and wants the information up front. Let me know when they stop spinning around.
I'm not sure that this can be fixed in the regulations, since the law passed by Congress requires witholding the information until the moment of enrollment. Section 1303 says (bracketed text added by me)
(A) NOTICE.—A qualified health plan that provides for coverage of the services described in paragraph (1)(B)(i) [abortions other than in the case of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother] shall provide a notice to enrollees, only as part of the summary of benefits and coverage explanation, at the time of enrollment, of such coverage.
(B) RULES RELATING TO PAYMENTS.—The notice described in subparagraph (A), any advertising used by the issuer with respect to the plan, any information provided by the Exchange, and any other information specified by the Secretary shall provide information only with respect to the total amount of the combined payments for services described in paragraph (1)(B)(i) and other services covered by the plan.
I am confused. If the abortion rider is optional and requires a separate payment from the insurered, how does this increase the cost of plans for those who want it?
Clearly, those young, non-marrired people who don't want abortion coverage, or those young married people who also don't want it, have the option to decline the coverage. All other people who want abortion coverage will pay the cost of it. As someone who understands and is experienced in actuarial science, most insurance company acturaies will set rates assuming convervative assumptions about what classes of the population will elect abortion coverage, thus setting rates that will be self-sufficient.
In my opinion, young non-married people will not elect abortion coverage and most other people will choose or reject it based on the surveys of the population that are pro-life or pro-choice.
John Hayes,
You appear to agree with the USCCB's interpretation of that portion of the statute. I find that reading unpersuasive. The language is sloppy, and possibly intended to prevent insurers from advertising their abortion coverage, but there's no reason it could not be interpretted to mean that enrollment begins when a person starts shopping for insurance.
I have to confess that in my 27 years of seeking my own health care coverage, I have never asked this question. I guess my default view has been that, in this instance, the sin lies with those who seek, practice and provide abortion. And, that I was not an accessory to murder or somehow "funding abortion" because I participated in my employer's health care plan. I don't mind that people want to opt out of plans that provide for abortion, to make a statement about the issue. But I worry about where this could go. Will I someday be required, as a practicing Catholic, to opt out of such plans? How scrupulous will I have to be about this issue? Do those who would rashly consider such a thing also consider being scrupulous about all the other things our government does, like torture and capital punishment, that the Catholic Church teaches against? I understand that we must speak out against serious wrongs. The cost of not speaking out is very high. But how you go about it matters too.
Grant, I take it you mean the USCCB "Backgrounder" at:
Is Tim Jost preparing an analysis of it? It would be a time consuming job
Your thought of interpreting "enrollment" as the whole shopping experience might be a way in which regulations could force the "abortion", "no abortion" identification early on in the shopping process rather than letting insurors hold off until the last minute. It would be interesting to hear Tim's thoughts on that.
Grant, DC Health Link says this in their FAQ, so it appears that they don't believe that the regulations prohibit making this information available up front. Perhaps HHS needs to tell other exchanges to "Go and do likewise"
Which health plans offered through DC Health Link include coverage for elective abortions and which plans do not?
Health plans that do not provide coverage for elective abortions include all Aetna health plans, as well as the multi-state plans (MSP) offered by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (only the plans that include "Multi-State Plan" in their name). All health plans offered by Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare, and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield plans that do not include "Multi-State Plan" in their name include coverage for elective abortions.
Wouldn't it be useful for the bishops' conference in each state to put some people to work on researching, writing, and publicizing a similar FAQ for the plans available in their state? It doesn't seem that it would be an enormous job.
it would be good if the FAQ could go on to explain what choices those bishops consider legitimate in cases like these:
1. There is no plan available this year that does not cover abortion
2. Your long-time doctor is only available through a plan that covers abortion
3. All "no abortion" plan(s) are more expensive or provide poorer benefits than an "abortion" plan.
I suppose some state bishops conferences might say that you can't buy any plan that covers abortion, while others might say it is a prudential decision
Grant, I agree with your point about the importance of transparency and the Administration's responsibility to live up to its promises. Having thought about your original post in light of other news stories and the fact a number of states (Michigan the latest) now require "rape riders," I'm wondering about larger issues of transparency. Will the average woman signing up know to ask about coverage for emergency contraception when she goes to the ER after an assault? More important to me: does the value of transparency extend to Catholic hospitals being required to publicly inform their communities what care they will NOT provide in the case of miscarriages, sexual assaults, life of mother at risk, etc?
Why do people worry about abortion coverage? Having a policy does not compel anyone to use any such part of the policy. For those of us beyond child bearing ages it's academic at worst. For those still with the risk/joy of becoming pregnant, it's an option. Having the option does not compel using it.
If it's a matter of cost, then consider: if 300,000,000 Americans are covered for abortion, with roughly half now or earlier or later susceptible of becoming pregnant, then intelligent insurers can figure out what the statistical probability of any one such person both becoming pregnant and choosing abortion, by which time the precentage of the premium attiributable to abortion is minuscule.
And by the way, consider those awful, contraception and abortion facilitating, horrible, immoral sources of such risks known as .... paychecks.
The company that has a de facto monopoly on self-insurance in my state does cover abortions. I only thought to ask when I enrolled in 2009 because the Stupak Amendment was in the news at the time. Maybe the great martyrs of the past would have gone without coverage, but I didn't see how I could, so I enrolled anyway.
I am actually more to the right economically than most posters here, but the emphasis by the bishops and Catholic intellectuals on government-run plans that cover abortions and complete lack of attention toward business-run plans that do so bothers me.
That was supposed to be in reply to David Kane.
As the chief health insurance regulator in RI when the insurance excange was set up and a practicing Catholic the abortion issue was positively bedeviling. As a matter of policy, we wanted to get the insurance exchange up and functioning quickly and effectively, to get people affordable health insurance coverage. A minority of people considered the existence of abortion coverage to be a determining factor in their decision making process about purchasing coverage (this includes pro's and con's - the vast majority are oblivious for what is a very small portion of the insurtance premium). A smaller minority (some with considerable political influence) were determined to use abortion coverage as a wedge issue to bring down the exchange. The negotiated settlement to make sure federal funds are not used to pay for abortions is virtually unadministrable. In the end, the decsion about whether or not to offer abortion coverage as a benefit was left to the plans. (all did), We did not require them to offer a plan without it - it would have doubled the number of plans on the exchange "on the shelf". ,(In the large group market, you can have it excluded as a benefit if you want - there is no discount; in the small group and individual market we never revived one complaint - nbody cared in very Catholic RI)
On the issue of disclosure. The exchanges are facing a herculean task - in the earlier periods, sending people to insurers for additional information does not strike me as unreasonable.
As to the morality of one's premiums financing something one finds morally objectionable (even if I choose not to use it myself) , my premiums are also paying for a lot wasted medical care and inappropriate services (infertility services for women over 40?) that limit access for lower income folks. They are also paying for contraceptive service (pace Madame Secretary) My tax dollars are financing activities I find morally objectionable but are the law of the land. A more effective way to address the financing question is to make the activity itself illegal or not collectively financed (efforts to exclude abortion from insurance coverage have been tosssed out by the courts) - expecting extensive personal accomodation when one objects to what is legal and permissible seems to ignore the responsibility of citizens to live by the laws of the land while they work to change them.


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What's the best way to grate chocolate without getting it messy and melting all over one's fingers? I've been using a fine cheese grater, and while it does the trick, the chocolate melts in my hand as I hold it... How can I improve this process?
I would recommend staying away from a grater and either using a knife or a chocolate chipper (http://www.amazon.com/Lee-43198-Chocolate-Chipper/dp/B00005NUVX). The less friction and the more you keep your hands off it (because your hand will melt it as you have discovered) the better.
I was using a knife to "grate" chocolate, when my mom gave me...a cheese slicer (the one that looks a bit like a cake lifter)! Tip the chocolate bar onto its side, and as you would slice cheese, you "slice" chocolate, and then you get either finely grated whisps or thick curls, depending on the pressure used. Also, the chocolate has no time to melt, as it goes so quickly AND you only touch the back and front with 2 fingers. It works like a dream. I'm sure a potatoe peeler would have the same effect.
If you have the shelf space for one more gadget, a drum grater is an excellent solution. The friction isn't enough to melt the chocolate, and you are not touching it with your fingers. It is also more convenient for cheese and nuts than a standard grater. I find it much more convenient and quicker than knife chopping, and it produces uniform results.
Freeze the chocolate then put it in a mini electric food chopper.
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Governments in the region need to work to allow markets to decide natural gas prices with minimal interference and through price deregulation, while also meeting institutional requirements to attract new market participants, Maria van der Hoeven, IEA executive director, told a Tokyo conference.
By ALEXANDER MARTIN
TOKYO -- In order to ease Asia's high natural gas prices,
the region should work to develop a trading hub and facilitate
a market in which they better reflect supply and demand
fundamentals, the chief of the International Energy Agency said
Governments in the region need to work to allow markets to
decide natural gas prices with minimal interference and through
price deregulation, while also meeting institutional
requirements to attract new market participants, Maria van der
Hoeven, IEA executive director, told a Tokyo conference.
Her remarks come at a time when most sales of liquefied
natural gas in Asia are through term contracts as long as 20
years, indexed to crude-oil prices. Asian gas demand is soaring
and more supply options are opening, and this is driving demand
for shorter-term, more flexible arrangements.
"A key to improving functionality in the Asian gas market,
that's to develop an Asian hub," she said, explaining how Asian
gas prices have remained much higher than those in Europe or the US.
An IEA report released Tuesday said that while the system
now could be beneficial in providing investment security, it
didn't reflect the fundamentals and competitiveness of gas
within the energy mix of mature economies where the gas is
Singapore seemed to be most suited in Asia to develop a
competitive natural gas market and trading hub in the medium
term, the report said, with Japan, Korea and China likely
competitors in future.
As of late last year, at least 14 companies had set up LNG
trading or marketing desks in Singapore, including BP, BG
Group, Gazprom, Shell, Vitol and GDF Suez.
"Crude-oil-based pricing is irrelevant now," said Toshiaki
Koizumi, fuel department general manager of Japanese utility
Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco, a major LNG buyer.
"Crude-oil is not necessarily a good global benchmark. Its
prices are sometimes manipulated by speculators and do not
reflect supply-demand situation properly," he told The Wall
Street Journal recently.
"The Asian natural gas market is the fastest-growing gas
market worldwide, and is expected to become the second-largest
by 2015, with 790 billion cubic meters of natural gas demand,"
the IEA said.
Among new entrants to Asia's gas markets in coming years
will be suppliers selling US and Canadian gas, available due to
technology that has unlocked huge
reserves trapped in shale rock.
A string of LNG export terminals are being planned in North
America where spot market gas prices are as much as four times
lower than prices offered by suppliers in Asia and
Japan is the world's largest buyer of LNG, followed by South
Korea. Energy and trading companies from both have been among a
rush of investors pouring money into North American shale projects in the past two years.
Existing suppliers of LNG to Asia markets such as Chevron,
which is leading the development of two huge LNG terminals on
Australia's northern coast, have said that for them to underpin
such projects, they need certainty on
future revenues, and that this is reflected in the present
pricing system.
Japan's demand for natural gas has soared following the
shut-down of its nuclear reactors after the March 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster. Ms. van der Hoeven said while Japan
had well-developed infrastructure and financial markets for
LNG, its segmented and monopolized electricity market was a
hindrance in introducing a wholesale natural gas market.
"Japan has great potential to act as a hub, but it needs to
take important steps, improving infrastructure and further
developing its domestic power market," she said.
Tepco's Mr. Koizumi said a number of different gas pricing
options could be considered, including basing contracts on
benchmark US Henry Hub spot market price, the National
Balancing Point, or NBP, used in the UK and a Japan/Korea
reference price being suggested by a pricing agency.
Last November, Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. made a
preliminary agreement with a BP unit in Singapore to buy about
500,000 tpy of LNG linked to Henry Hub for 15 years
starting in 2017.
Ryu Si-ho, a researcher at Korea Gas Corp., said he knew of
discussions going on over a partial introduction or a change to
a spot-based system in place of long-term contracts indexed to
But any change isn't likely in the near future, he said,
adding that it isn't easy to renegotiate pricing of existing
long-term contracts with suppliers.
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Seeing that _sort_ its been used, why not just _use_ it. ;)
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According to the gpg(1) manual:
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I used only shuf command.
Here's a bash version using an array.
Choose random file from current folder. Avoids using ls.
Good if you have your music like Artist/(Year) Album/Song
random file from files in directory
The same thing using only Bash built-in's.
For readability I've kept the variables out, but it could me made extremely more compact (and totally unreadable!) by stuffing everything inside the single echo command.
Select a file/folder at random.
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Jill Abramson succeeded Bill Keller as the executive editor of The New York Times on Sept. 6, 2011, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She left the post on May 14, 2014. Ms. Abramson was previously the managing editor, a position she had held since 2003. As managing editor, Ms. Abramson was one of Mr. Keller's two top deputies overseeing the entire newsroom. When she was appointed executive editor, Ms. Abramson said that as a born-and-raised New Yorker and considered being named the top editor of The Times to be like "ascending to Valhalla."
"In my house growing up, The Times substituted for religion," she said. "If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth."
Ms. Abramson's selection was something of a departure for The Times, an institution that has historically chosen executive editors who have ascended the ranks through postings in overseas bureaus and managing desks like Foreign or Metropolitan. Ms. Abramson came to The Times in 1997 from The Wall Street Journal, where she was a deputy bureau chief and an investigative reporter for nine years. She rose quickly at The Times, becoming Washington editor in 1999 and then bureau chief in 2000.
Mr. Keller asked her to be his managing editor in 2003 as he assembled a team he hoped would restore confidence in the paper after the Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal. Ms. Abramson had been part of a group of editors who clashed with Howell Raines, the previous executive editor who was forced out after Mr. Blair's fraud was revealed.
In 2010, Ms. Abramson stepped aside temporarily from her day-to-day duties as managing editor to help run The Times's online operations, a move she asked to make so she could develop fuller, firsthand experience with the integration of the digital and print staffs.
Jill Abramson, Former New York Times Editor, to Write Guardian Column
Ms. Abramson will write regularly as part of the newspaper's coverage of the presidential race this year.
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hello guys is there any chance for a 10.4 patch that improves the brazil problem etc ?
hello guys is there any chance for a 10.4 patch that improves the brazil problem etc ?
No there isn't. What is the 'Brazil problem' btw?
No chance at all.
No, there wont. The next thing will be FM11.
the brazil problem is that you get fired easily. remember in 2004 when they won the world cup at germany they kept the same manager even if they had a terrible run in the qualifications
anyway thank you
There won't be a 10.4 patch - too busy with FM11!
there has never been a 4th patch
Was that because he 3rd turned off the CD check?
The patch is coming out 29 October and is called Football Manager 2011
Can you not just adjust it in the editor?
be nice if there wasnt even a patch needed
Yeah FM11 is the next patch, and if you don't like the new features or tweaked match engine, among other things on FM11.
Then it's just.. .. well tough!
SI won't go back and fix the bugs on FM10 [i.e. the corner routine], when they want people to spend their money on FM11.
If you want an updated version of the game go to the Editors Hideaway mate. Where you will find edited databases which are up to date in there. The 2 main ones are chris's and forbsie's. However they will probably not fix the Brazil problem.
well its not my only problem . for example players get unregistered for the asian champions league and the asian confederation cup for no reason and national teams prefer managers with lower reputation than u
anyway i think its a pity that sports interactive doesnt care about the clients that use former editions of the game and they leave bugs behind but we cant do nothing about it
I find that comment totally unfair.
FM is an incredibly complex game which will never be bug free but SI do much more than most developers to find & fix as much as they can within the available time frame.
At the end of the day they are a business and need to make a profit.
He has a point though.
Not really, if they spent all their time patching every minor issue that isn't even close to game breaking each new edition wouldn't be anything like the step up we get every year.
There are never any game breaking issues left after the 3rd patch, the corner routine problem isn't a problem if you choose not to use it and I for one would rather they focus on FM11
So.. They're a business and they need to make a profit, but in the world we're living in were customer orientation is even more important than ever, they shouldn't forget that their customers doesn't necessarily forget to easy either.. This isn't a "sort it out SI thread" is I overall think they're doing a good job, but I'm getting a bit annoyed now and then when I see comments around "no more patches, we're working on FM11", like it's for our best.. We've already bought the car they won't fix..
Their publisher, SEGA, is forcing them to release a new version every year.
In my honest opinion the new yearly editions of FM can be comparable to expansion packs of other games in terms of added features.
They do not have enough time or the resources to release a new game every year with enough new content to justify the full price.
But since there is not much competition in this genre we really don't have much real choice.
I think at least SI should set up an open beta period before they release the game. It's unacceptable to release the game and then have a major patch on day 1. That just shows that they are rushing to finalise the product when it is clearly not ready.
i 'm just saying all these because i am a fan of the series and i have spent many hours on the game. but there are some users that the same time fm11 drops in the market they will continue playing fm10 because they might be in the year 2050 and they might dont want to start from the beginning
(it happend to me a couple of times ) . so there users are "doomed" to play a game that they know it will never be fixed. thank god right now i am at year 1015 so it wont be a problem for me to wait for the new game and start again
and another thing that irritates me a little bit is that the final tests on the game are made by customers. i cant remember when it was the last time that football manager could be played safely without patch 0.1 . i dont have a problem to wait until the first patches but its a big unfair if you pay full price for an uncompleted game if you know what i mean. maybe they should lower the prices just for the first month or something
anyway lets hope football manager 11 will be a new start without these problems
I don't think ANY game company with yearly franchise goes back to older versions and spends time and money to fix the problems.
They can't even bring out the new one in good condition let alone fixing things in older versions.
If you dont like it dont buy it. Most of the bugs dont really make the game unplayable, ive never not been able to play the game when ive bought it.
An almost 3 guaranteed free fixes, with all the assoc. free data updates, and almost limitless data edits that the user can make? All for what can usually be picked up for £20-25 on release day?
I'd say SI do plenty for the user for a yearly release. I see what you're saying that they could do two-yearly releases, but surely that would limit them to tweaking the current game, rather than the more large-scale changes we're used to every year?
Why are people acting so defensive?
"If you don't like it then don't buy it" kind of mentality does not actually do any good for the improvement of the series.
I like the game. It's just a pity that every year they rush out an incomplete version to meet the deadline.
No one is demanding a perfect game. Is it too much to ask to release a finished game with no bug/ME patch required rather than using money paying customers as beta testers?
And "free fixes" isn't something bonus. It's what should have been included in the box.
I do appreciate the data updates in January. But even that can be done better. (Not bunching up all the Jan transfers into pre-season transfers)
And you locals may only have to pay something cheap like 20 pounds but in Aus we pay like $80
I see what you're saying, but from a purely selfish viewpoint, I'd rather see the SI team try to cram in as many new features as possible that are largely workable, and then fix the issues over the course of a year ready for them being perfect in the next one rather than following what I'll call the "FIFA model".
They make few changes, but iron out almost every kink. Successive FIFA games are almost identical, you need to buy every other year to see the difference. With FM, sure it's a bit buggy, but it's all new. Surely you want as different a game as possible for $80 a pop?
I think Miles or someone said elsewhere, they have a team of maybe 100 people who can test the game prior to its release for just a few weeks, and take it back to the designers to clean it up. At best, they can hope for 10,000 hours or so? When it's first released, millions of people are buying it, resulting in millions of hours of testing, of new probing, of finding out that the A-League still doesn't work, but no-one from London understands it anyway, or has taken it to 8 seasons where no other team signs marquee players making domination of the league dead easy....
I disagree with the updates being what should be in the box already, they get the game as ready as it can be in the time they have and then continue to work on it after its release.
fifa (even though i am a pro evolution soccer fan) has made huge steps though the last years
i think football manager can still improve massively as a game
Well I can see we are completely off-topic of OP, but that's ok.
I'm not trying to accuse SI of completely failing at what they do. I think they have been doing a good job with their limited resources.
But I'm strongly suggesting that in order for the FM series to grow further, it needs to improve its development strategy a bit.
First thing I guess is the development time for each version. If it was at all possible they should REALLY only release the game every 2 years and just have data updates in the odd years.
FM is a seriously complex game, and pretty much the only way to find and fix bugs is to test it a lot. Like I said before, they should really set up a broader open beta system where the obvious problems can be fixed before it is released. Year after year we pick up the game and play for 2 hours to only sit and wonder how they ever missed the obvious bugs.
At the moment it works OK to sell the incomplete game and have the patch out once everyone reports back the problems they are having.
But the world is bigger than that. And SI needs to aim higher and really increase their reputation as a reliable game company.
I heard that FM is starting to sell in the few hundred thousands, and that is quite impressive.
But if you want to aim for the tens of millions then things have to be changed; whether it be more money invested, more time spent, or whatever.
I understand that the football management sim isn't exactly the most popular genre in the world, but that's not a good enough reason to say this is as far as we can go.
Be happy but never be satisfied.
There, I feel a bit better.
I don't really have a problem with the yearly games, or indeed the fact that there are some bugs in them, but I really dislike the ""3 patches only" policy. While I wouldn't expect them to do a major release with database changes or anything like that after the Jan update, a small 4th patch to fix some issues found in 10.3 would be very welcome - I'm talking about things like the aforementionned Brazil problem, the issues with getting international jobs when not employed by a club and so on. I can't imagine it'd take that much work to release a small patch like this, and I suspect it'd generate a lot of goodwill among the playerbase.
It's the games realistic database that makes it so good, and it's simple & easy to use whilst still making it feel real, make the game so addictive.
That's why it's been the best Football Managment sim out there for years. [Although newer additions have started to get a little more complex]
Yeah Fifa may have better graphics, and you may have a Wayne Rooney running around the pitch who look's like Wayne Rooney but the rest of the game is poor. Fifa manager is too over done with graphics etc, that you know your just playing a game. Where as with FM it can feel real at times, too real sometimes.
If FM had Fifa's graphics and licenses, it would be a Super managment sim. But it's the games code and database that still would be the spine of the game.
But i'd take FM over fifa anyday, you may buy a book that as a stunning cover and pictures through out the book.
But it's the story inside what counts, not the cover. :P
if customers are fine with ram issues data crashes pure graphics and stuff sports interactive will not care to fix them. cant you understand that ?
Please try to see a little realism here, folks.
The out of the box game will NEVER be perfect.
Patch 1 will NEVER be perfect.
Patch 2 will NEVER be perfect.
Patch 3 will NEVER be perfect.
It's a computer game, trying to simulate a real sport with near infinite possibilities. All the developers can do is do the best they can before the deadline, release the imperfect game and issue imperfect patches. It's the MOST they can do.
No game is perfect, but there are not many that offer a day-1 patch to update the game with the improvements they've made in the fortnight since their manufacturer deadline passed, then hand out 2-3 more improvements over the next six months.
It can't be perfect. There will always be bugs. Always.
But what we get is way, WAY more than most games companies issue.
This is kind of disappointment actually.
I expect a software company to support their product a bit longer.
"New version is up, so we won't fix anything in previous version. Buy the new one!" approach is a bit annoying.
I am not talking about adding new features. Just fixing known issues.
Just because an issue is not fixed for the last patch, or has been reported since does not mean that it is not being worked on.
If this Brazil bug was instead England bug, then we would see, or actually would already have seen, a patch to fix it. It's a sad fact, but certain leagues are more important to SI/SEGA than some others. If I remember correctly, they released a new database with the first patch just to add ONE player that had been missing from a Premier League team, but didn't bother with the hundreds of missing players from other countries.
I think it's more the fact that this is what Brazil do. They have a proven track record of being trigger-happy when it comes to manager's not doing as well as they'd hoped.
I mean, SI could fix this problem, and push realism to the point that Brazil only appoint their kind of managers - people you've barely ever heard of, and only Brazillians, so you never get the job in the first place.
Personally, I lost 3 games with Brazil before being sacked, and tbf, I think losing against Portugal and Italy in the confederations cup without scoring probably did deserve sacking.
let me tell you one thing. this year they had made a mistake in the greek league in tv revenues and prize money and greek teams took almost the same money as premier league teams. which mean that after a season you could buy players with 60million euros.
AND THE WORST ? we had to wait for ages until the second patch was out.
you re saying that this is proffesional ?
If a majority of the customers would not be happy with the state of the game at release and the after-sales support, sales figures would suffer.
Quod non.
Should SI strive for perfection?
Off course
Should the customers report bugs and ask for solutions?
Off course
Should customers blow issues out of proportion and make a good product sound bad by giving the impression that they don't get good value for money?
If you are disappointed with the series; don't buy FM11. That the best(strongest) signal a customer can give.
And yes, you can continue to criticise FM10; that's how FM11-12-13... wil have fewer problems.
But please get some perspective into your views.
And btw: SI said before release that they would do a 3-patch-strategy for FM10.
Let's accept that SI will produce a new Football Manager title every year, whether through choice or producer demands.
Now, they have a limited number of programmers, somewhere about 60 I think? Let's assume what they've tried to do since FM09 came out in late October...
They instantly need to respond to the millions of hours of new testing from new buyers, and must dedicate their time towards fixing any mistakes in FM09. Lets guess that everyone at SI will do this, combing through reams of code written by other programmers, or maybe even themselves, but months ago, trying to solve problems and small errors. By the end of November, a new patch is released fixing the major errors.
Now, they can look at making FM10, and all the team can gather round, and discuss what they can do in it; which programmers can make what, and how will they do it. Now, about half of the team can crack on with new features, while the other half go back to FM09 to work out the problems in the new patch, and add in the data updates. At the end of January, another patch comes out.
Now, the whole team gets on with FM10 for a bit, before a third of them go back to try and perfect a little bit more of FM09 for the third patch, before they can finally all get back to FM10 for about 3 and a half months, before having to turn it over to testing, which helps them sort out the biggest mistakes. All of the testing done pre-release will be equivalent to about 1% of the number of hours done by new purchasers in just the first week of release. They finally hand it over in September sometime.
Now though, imagine that they're supporting all of the past FM's, so two thirds of the team are busy combing through FM editions from 2005 rather than working on the new product. Do you really think that the new FM would have anywhere near the number of new features?
It's simple. There's no commercially viable way to release a bug free football management game. We either have FM in the state it's normally released in, or we don't have it at all.
You wanna tell that Aussie feller up there ^^ He's paying well over the odds.
please also keep in mind every 4 releases, the game has a new look to it. Dunno what number they are up to now with the current look
Updating your anti-virus is not the same thing.
The fact of the matter is with only a limited number of employees, SI can only test so much of the game. They will target the most important areas of the game and any bugs will be graded by seriousness and how much they affect the gameplay. SI release the game knowing there are bugs to be fixed, because if they don't release it they don't make money. We deal with it because we know the game will be patched and there will be support post release.
first of all i complain a little because i am a fan. i want to have a perfect game because i play in fm world for more than 5 or 6 years.
there are solutions if they have limited employees. make simple guys like us beta testers. personally i dont have time but i m sure that many of you would be more than happy to help !
You're instead wanting to give 500,000 of these people a free copy of the game to check for errors, and hope that they'll still buy another copy after? Not a chance. If anything, they already do this with the user feedback / patches.
Just to add a bit more, I haven't found a football management game to frequently crash or have game-stopping errors since CM4 and FM05. Everything else has been trivial.
Also let me point out the law says that you go back to the vendor (whom you have the contract with) in the occasions that the product or service is not fit for purpose, not the manufacturer. So if you think the game is unplayable go to the place you purchased it off and try to complain and look for a refund. They'll ask "does the game not install, or otherwise render itself unplayable, due to no fault of your own?" and you'll say "oh yes, Brazil managers keep getting sacked this makes it unplayable ", and do you know what, the shop will have to be closed down for the day due to the staff not being able to stop laughing at you.
Anyone suggesting that SI are breaking the law by releasing a game with minor faults or errors, think about this:
The game cannot be perfect. Fact. It can't. The analogy of the book is a very good one. Often, "bugs" are just aspects of the game people don't like. Press conferences are not "broken", they're just rubbish. The "corner bug" doesn't NEED to be implemented. The Brazil manager thing is annoying, but not a game breaker. But the game works as well as it can.
Back to the book analogy - someone may think that bending the laws of physics in science fiction book is cheating and therefore not the book they want. But it's still a book. On the sleeve it will have said what the book is about but won't have gone in THAT much detail; yet, when buying a sci-fi book, you KNOW you have to suspend your disbelief to some extent. Or some Creationist releases a book explaining why evolution never happened (they have and continue to do so), despite the fact that everything in those books can be refuted by GCSE science students, but they are released anyway. Is it "faulty" because the content is provably wrong? Of course not. But it's still a book. On the sleeve it will say, "This book contains proof that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman alive, that God created them, and they [somehow] spawned the entire human race without resorting to incest, (but this book won't say how)."
SI release the best game they can. It's a football game with near-infinite possibilities within the match engine alone.
But first, they release a FREE demo. That demo usually contains some faults, but SI will post on this site which ones they've fixed with the day-one patch and which ones they are are going to have fix slightly later. You then buy the game based on the knowledge that you have gleaned via that process.
No one can say they don't know what they are getting into with Football Manager. There will always be faults (and bits some people just don't like). And if the law ever states that the game has to be real-life perfect, SI would never release another game and you'd be stuck with FM10 forever.
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Um...........no I am not making any such point. Nor am I suggesting SI are breaking the law. Your book analogy totaly fails. Nobody is saying that they don`t like the game, they are saying that there are bugs in the game that spoil the game play. If you bought a book and several pages were missing, or blurred to the point that they were illegible, would you accept that on the basis that the rest of the book was ok?
As for preknowledge? How many people are registered here? Now how many bought the game?
Why has anyone taken this thread seriously? If someone truly thinks this Brazil problem (which may or may not even exist) is a game breaker then they are seriously deluded. Reason number 2 for not taking it seriously is that the OP believes there was a world cup in 2004. Don't know how I missed that one!
You missed it, how could you?
It was one by the mighty Scotland
I'm pretty sure Blizzard were still patching Diablo2 5 years after it's initial release, and Blizzard have many software projects under development or already published, yet they can somehow manage to continue offering support.
Why as consumers do we have to accept a product that is faulty, purely because it is software. ?
If it was a toaster that didnt work, I'd complain and get it repaired, replaced or refunded.
If your playing a "Brazillian Save" then the issue with job security is actually pretty game breaking if you're frequently being sacked due to a programming error,
as it makes that particular save largely unplayable. And no the solution is not "Well don't play in Brazil then!!", the solution is for SI to fix it.
Whilst I understand where you are coming from and agree that in a perfect world a piece of software would be perfect the fact is it doesn't happen in the real world. Software such as FM is incredibly complicated and lots of so-called bugs are simply down to a difference in opinion.Why as consumers do we have to accept a product that is faulty, purely because it is software. ?
If it was a toaster that didnt work, I'd complain and get it repaired, replaced or refunded.
As far as the law states as long as FM loads and you can play the game thats enough.
Again I sympathise and personally I do think this is a bug that should have been fixed the fact remains that SI are limited due to money/time/people.If your playing a "Brazillian Save" then the issue with job security is actually pretty game breaking if you're frequently being sacked due to a programming error,
as it makes that particular save largely unplayable. And no the solution is not "Well don't play in Brazil then!!", the solution is for SI to fix it.
As a company they are very open with their approach to the releases and inform customers in advance of the strategy - three patches after release (day of release(ish), Nov/Dec & Feb/March). As a consumer this gives the opportunity to make an informed choice as to whether & when to purchase FM. There is also a demo made available and the opportunity to read the forums if you are in any doubt before giving over your money.
For your own sanity I think you need to accept that FM will never be perfect and free from bugs. You either accept this will be the case or stop buying/playing the game. Personally as I've got older I've learned to accept the minor errors and enjoy each version for what it is (which for FM10 means not playing as Brazil).
As to your analogy it's more equivalent of buying a book and finding a "there" instead of a "their" on line 4, column 2, of paragraph 3 on page 287 of a 643 page book than having a few pages missing.
No, because at no point did I say that FM was subject to the Sale of Goods act. Nor did I directly mention Sports Interactive. I said OTHER industries are and are consequently forced to offer a higher standard of service than software manufacturers.
SI is pretty good with their aftercare, certainly far better than some companies, but that is no reason for us to think ourselves lucky that they offer to fix issues that are game breaking.
No, it really isn`t. That example is irrelevant as the meaning is still conveyed. Completely different issue form a software bug preventing a feature working properly.As to your analogy it's more equivalent of buying a book and finding a "there" instead of a "their" on line 4, column 2, of paragraph 3 on page 287 of a 643 page book than having a few pages missing.
I think my analogy is a lot better than yours. The only problem mentioned in this thread is the Brazil manager "problem", and yes I'm putting quote marks there as it's not a problem. If you google the national team you'll see 33 managers in the last 64 years, a less than 2 year average. So is managers gettign sacked after a few friendly losses in anyway comparable to the example to the one of a book with a significant portion (a number of pages) missing? No it is not, one typo in my hundreds of thousands of words is far more accurate.No, it really isn`t. That example is irrelevant as the meaning is still conveyed. Completely different issue form a software bug preventing a feature working properly.
Why is everybody still arguing about this? At the moment SI are busy with FM11 so dont expect anything. In the future who knows. When FM10 was released they released another patch for FM09 removing the activation. If the Brazil problem is a quick fix, they may release a small patch to fix it around the time FM11 is released. If not then who cares, FM11 will be out by then. A far better game by the sound of it and im sure Brazil will be fixed in that.
Never mind. Multi-quote didn't work for me, and i can't be asked to write it again
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No......................I said it was the law for OTHER INDUSTRIES. HEre is what I said again.So when you say "Its [sic] the law" you're not referring to the only law that could possibly be applied to the situation? Somehow I don't think so.
"Every other industry is obliged to provide goods or services that work, are fit for purpose and safe. Its the law.
Think that all you want, but it won`t make it anymore true. Your example is purely cosmetic and has no bearing on the actual work. English is based on context far more than spelling. Teh prof of thes is taht yuo can undrstad thes santence, evan tho its speld wrong.I think my analogy is a lot better than yours.
If you are a fan of Brazil, or are Brazillian its gamebreaking. How would you feel if the same problem applied to Ireland?
I am arguing as a general point. We accept too little quality control over software. Whilst I accept that games will never be bug free and acknowlegde that SI are very good compared to other companies, we need to stop defending software that does not work properly. You would not accept it from any other industry.
This is why i don't come to these parts very often. I fear for the mental capacity of some of the people here.
'SI should only release the game every 2 years etc' I guess none of you realise then that they are in a legally binding contract with their publishers to release a new game every single year. Want to blame anybody? Blame SEGA.
Please, go ahead, find me another company who on or as soon after release date possible, will listen to the consumers and release a patch straight away, and then a further two down the line for other problems which are found.
I have bought this game on release date every single year since CM00/01, never have i found a bug which makes the game 'unplayable' and to be honest, if i ever see any 'bugs' it tends to be small things like news items etc...which tbf, i am not small minded enough to get worked up over.
I'm not a 'fanboy' before somebody pipes up with that one. I am a realist. The game isn't perfect (but its damn near to in my eyes) it never will be, as no game is. Every single game has problems, do you know why? Because they are COMPUTER games. If you want real life football management, round up some lads, go to a nearby park and start a sunday league football team, other than that, this game is the closest you're going to get.
I honestly do not know what some people expect. They pay £25 (which in todays market is not very much at all given that FIFA/PES etc retail at £40+) for a game which is worked on all year until the next is released and then has a whole community there who will provide additional add ons, updates to enhance the games experience.
Rant over.
B) I'm going to paraphrase a famous (non)poster from another message board I frequent, Attacko, in order to once again demolish your whole arguement.
FACT- Nobody is above the law.
FACT- The Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act applies to all vendors/manufacturers/sevice providers, i.e. it's not every other industry it's
FACT- SI are not above the law.
FACT- You complained that everbody else is obliged by law to provide a working good or service, implying that both SI are not providing their good in working order, or adhering to the law. Your whole post above was trying to to weasel out of this point after I pointed out the sheer idiocy of this arguement.
FACT- every single post I've read from you is the equivalent of a 5 year old saying "You're not allowed to score goals against me, I'm going home and I'm taking my ball. Mammy the other boys are unfair, they keep scoring goals. Waah, waah, WAAH.
FACT- Attacko is the superior!
Frankly don't even bother replying to this post unless you can construct an arguement that takes even a nano-seconds worth of thought to demolish. I destroyed your argument fully and comprehensively, and all you could come up with was "that's not my arguement, the thing I said which could have only one meaning, actually means the opposite".
but for me is vital!
and i had to wait 2 bloody months. i am sure that if the problem was for a british league SI would have patched the game immediatly!
It's a data issue, surely you could just edit the problem in the editor?
My question is why SI can't take the time to fix the minor bugs in the 10.3 patch. If customers are upset about it, it would make sense for SI to do the day of leg work in order to make them happy. Instead, they take this defensive "oh no, we work way too hard on FM11 that we can't devote ANY TIME WHATSOEVER to fixing FM10" attitude, which really makes no sense for me. I'm sure SI could find someone on this forum (maybe Brian Shanahan- I'm sure he has the time) who would be perfectly willing take a day to fix the Brazil "bug" and the Greece finance thing and would do it for free. SI releases 10.4 patch, the 10 people who were upset are now happy, and I'm not being glib. In my opinion, every customer should matter. I don't care if it's literally only the Greek guy who would be made happier, SI has a responsibility as a business to go out of their way to make sure ALL of their customers are treated well... Especially since this is such an easy issue to fix, which is what I find kind of ludicrous.
The average forum user, probably including Brian, wouldn't have a clue how to fix the Brazil "bug". It isn't a case of "untick the box where it says "Brazil sack their manager after every draw or defeat"", it would need a good knowledge of coding language, and the nuances of the FM code. In other words, they'd need to be a professional (who would want paying), they'd need to spent quite some time, and they'd probably need to already work for SI.
(How on Earth is this thread still open?)
@Scott: if you stopped blathering for just one secon and actually read what went on between me and the other poster you wouldn't have posted the ad hominem attack on me. Also please note for future reference that using big concepts that you don't understand to try and win arguements only makes you look stupid. Please note the following reference form Solomon "Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
Solomon also said this: "Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel."
More importantly though, I'll echo SCIAG's last comment (adding my own words also): how on earth is this train wreck thread still open?
Anyway my earlier point about SI not being able to magically pull a patch out of the air remains.
Is that all clear enough?
EDIT : beaten by StevoRobbo
ok guys you re probably blinded funboys. normally neither of them would come to greece. but anyways playing with a greek team and having each summer to spend 60-70m is gamebreaking. its simple
funboys? :confused:
Read very carefully what we wrote. In both cases it is likely that Ribery and Neymar would go to the Greek league for the reasons stated by both of us. It is never likely for Aguero or Gerrard. Give me a proper example and I will listen and sympathise, otherwise you just make yourself look stupid.
I think the word you were looking for was 'fanboys'. For the record there is no need to be so offensive. If you check my posts you will see that I criticise FM when needed and defend it when needed.
yea sorry fanboys i meant anywayz the proper example is this: greek teams had crazy amounts of cash= its unrealistic= it makes the game unplayable for me.
its not only about ribery teams that normally would have 1m for transfers now they had 30m.
ok obviously you dont find it that bad. BUT for me and for many people in the greek manager community made the game unplayable. the beginning of this convo was how the brazil problem makes the game unplayable for you. and the answer is the one i gave right now. i dont care that much about brazil as for the prize problem in greece and the fact that some players become unregistered for no reason .ok now ?
Regarding the TV money, I actually agreed with you a few posts back if you bothered to read. Here is what I said AGAIN for you:
I understand where he's coming from regarding British leagues though. Didnt they release a patch on game release day just to add Stephen Carr (I think) to the Birmingham squad? And that isnt even that important but a big problem with the Greek league takes 2 months to fix. I think there is more of a bias on SI's part towards the bigger leagues and England especially.
BTW im far from being a fanboy. I have plenty of gripes with FM when needed.


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I want to design a book using LibreOffice. Is there somewhere on the net good tutorials for this?
See Philip's comment. LibreOffice is just not a tool for book design. It is a tool for book authoring, and lacks almost all the tools necessary to design a book.
On the subject of book design, there are some quite competent articles on About.com, and a fairly good two-part video tutorial here: (Part 1) (Part 2)
Keep in mind that there are two quite separate things you must learn: book design, which is an entire and very mature subject; and the particulars of how to use whatever software you are working with. You don't become a book designer by learning how to use a layout program, and learning how to design a book doesn't necessarily teach you about any particular application (but it will tell you why LibreOffice is not a suitable tool for the job).
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I would like to set thumbnails for each tag. I actually need two type of thumbnails. 16 x 16 and 90 x 90.
16 x 16 will be used infront of tag name like stackoverflow. 90 x 90 will be used in tag page as tag avatar. Is there any readymade plugin available?
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I'm thinking Mxy.
I'm thinking Mxy.
Baby, I'm always thinking Tarvu. ;D
Making it official, lynch Tarvu .
Before I make anything official, I want to hear Tarvu's explanation.
Lynch Tarvu.
So why are we voting to kill anyone right now? We got the 3 in Group 2 through mass slaughter but I don't think that is going to necessarily work for Group 1. We already goofed with ZP and the Robutts have voided any powers that we may have available during this phase so we could possibly be killing someone useful before they get to help us. I suggest everyone Abstain.
How else do you intend to win?
By forcing discussion through withholding votes. The activation of their power makes me think they know we have a useful role still around. If nobody wants to come through by tomorrow though I have no problem getting the murder train rolling again.
According to Used's information.. their should just be one more ghost robot. But why does Clown keep on referring to the robot team as if there is more than one robot left.
This kind of leads me to think that Used has been possibly playing us this whole time.. Should we trust him?
But I doubt used has been playing us. It took thinning out our numbers, but 1 bot being left sounds about right.
As far as how to play this out, I'm wondering whether somehow exposing the rest of the special roles will help rule out who we can trust. Depending on how useful it is, obviously you won't want to say it out loud, but I think those of us who are pretty sure of others as being confirmed villagers, maybe PMing them with your information will help give them an idea of who to help lynch next?
I dunno if that's against the rules or too meta-gamey. It probably is, but just a thought.
Pretty sure Tarvu's a bot though. If not, then I will get total gratification from his death, regardless.
I'm pretty sure pming other players isn't allowed.
It isn't. Also it wouldn't matter because the "monsters" would say the same shit everybody else will.
Regarding always saying "robots" or "team", it's specifically done as Nihil said to hide information / not confirm anything.
In an earlier game we had some female players and I always made sure to not reveal any gender specific stuff when writing the fluff. This is also why I usually just go "somebody" when saying who does things during action fluff.
Basically, don't read anything into the fluff, ever. Any relevant information will be bolded. The fluff should always be just that: extra.
1 ZombiePlatypus - Killed for totally not being a monster.
2 usedtabe - abstain
3 Tarvu
4 Muckfoot - First Cyborg Experiment...failed.
5 djnealb - Axed in the brain> MONSTER
6 Panzadolphin56 - Stuffed into the engine of a car
7 Artful-dodgeR - Tarvu
8 Byronic Man - Second Cyborg Experiment...failed.
9 Bizarro - Slow roasted over a lovely fire
10 Mxy - Tarvu
11 Jdawg - Tarvu
12 Dexter - Flayed by Ghost Robots
13 Flamoctapus - Victim of an old fashioned lynching
14 Hatman - Hung for the crime of having too many hats
15 MarcoSnow - Neck snapped in vengeance > MONSTER
16 Fraser Brown - Smashed by Ghost Robots
17 From the River - Ate a bullet in grief
18 RedBeard - Insides became his Outsides, murdered.
19 Nihil - Tarvu
20 lizzardKing - Burned alive in his own motor fluids> MONSTER
Actually, regretfully I'm gonna call this one. Tarvu could hold out forever for people to change their votes, but this one looks called to me.
As soon as they found the dead body they immediately started screaming at each other, and somebody shoved Tarvu towards the hanging chair. Few words were exchanged and almost everybody quickly agreed. With Used the only holdout, the others grabbed the noose and threw it around his neck. Before Tarvu could even speak they hastily kicked the chair out from under him. The action was so sudden that his neck didn't even snap, and he hung there choking for a good few minutes.
As his life started dwindling the skies darkened over the cabins. Tarvu's eyes flashed in brilliant bright colors. They finally flashed a bright crimson red and then faded to black. A low rumble was heard in the distance and a large explosion shook the earth. The group started to cheer...they had killed the last Ghost Robot.
The sky stayed black however and the earthquakes continued. Deep beneath the earth something began to awaken...
Detail / breakdown post coming soon.
I brokeded yo game.
Congrats on the win, campers. Joke's on you though, the ancient gods are awakening.
What the hell happened to all the special roles, CB? Did the ghost-bots luck out and kill them off early on?
Also, the Nerd's special power was somewhat gamebreaking, just sayin'.


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Has anyone ever come across ?brook (not too sure about spelling) used instead of burp?
I brooked/I burped.
Was that you brooking/burping?
It may be derived from Scottish Gaelic.
Has anyone ever come across ?brook (not too sure about spelling) used instead of burp?
It may be derived from Scottish Gaelic.
Scots Gaelic does use bruchd for "burp". The word may have entered Scots dialectal English as "brook"; I've not come across it (but I'm not Scottish).
The OED has ruck, ruct and but are obsolete and rare, with quotations from 16th to 17th century.
Nall's Glossary of East Anglian Dialect (1866) includes:
This is interesting, it gives variants from Celtic and Germanic languages, although they could each be independently imitative of the sound and unrelated.
English verb, brook
One of the OED definitions of the verb brook is:
It has quotations from c950, to 1598's:
Other definitions include being able to endure something (i.e. to stomach it), or to find something agreeable.
According to etymonline.com, the verb comes from:
English noun, brook
The noun brook means a small stream, but originally meant a torrent or strong flowing stream.
Gaelic bruchd
Dwelly's Classic Scottish Gaelic Dictionary (first published 1901-1911) includes:
This is most likely the source of the term you heard.


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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division announces the recent appointment of Ted Will as the new Assistant Fisheries Management Section chief. He fills the position left vacant by Michael Spencer who took the position of License and Boat Registration Unit Supervisor. Ted Will previously served as Region Supervisor for the West Georgia region.
"Ted has served the division in multiple capacities for 10 years, and his most recent position as region supervisor where he not only continued to oversee his Region, but locally supervised the building of the recently opened Go Fish Education Center," says Division Director Dan Forster. "With his extensive experience in a number of statewide programs and projects, Ted will be an asset to the state's expansive Fisheries Management Section."
Ted Will, as assistant chief of fisheries, will be the Federal Aid coordinator for the Fisheries Section. In this position, he will direct administrative functions of the Section.
Ted Will began his career with the division as a fisheries biologist at the Demeries Creek office where he managed the Savannah River striped bass population and provided technical comments on Savannah Harbor deepening project. In 2003, he was promoted to senior biologist and had responsibility of both Evans County and Hugh Gillis public fishing areas. In 2007, he assumed the role of regional supervisor for the Central West Georgia area, supervising a staff of 22 and a budget in excess of $1 million. Currently, Ted resides in Houston County with his wife, Tracey and their two sons.
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Join Rae Zimmerman, NYU Wagner professor of planning and public administration, as she discusses her new book, "Transport, the Environment and Security - Making the Connection" on Monday, October 29 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. The school is housed in The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street (at Houston), 2nd Floor, New York, N.Y.
Synthesizing existing data, new analyses, and a rich set of case studies, Professor Zimmerman's book (2012: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd.) uses transportation networks as a framework to draw together the typically conflicting arenas of transport, the environment, and security, and provides collective solutions to their respective issues and challenges. The book is aimed at academics, students, and practitioners across a wide range of fields, including transport planning and policy, environmental economics, environmental management, urban planning, public policy, and terrorism and security.
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Dear Users,
I'm measuring barrier synchronization performance on the v1.5.1 build of OpenMPI. I am currently trying to measure synchronization performance on a single node, with 5 processes. I'm getting pretty weak results as follows:
Testing procedure - initialize the timer at the start of the barrier, stop the timer when the process break from the barrier. Cycle through N number of times and calculate the average.
1 Node 5 processes: 299.38ms
1 Node 7 processes: 513.95ms
1 Node 10 processes: 749.94ms
I am wondering if this is the expected performance on a single nodes. I presume Open MPI automatically uses Shared Memory for barrier synchronization on a single node which I think should be able to provide better performance when running on a single node. Is there a way to determine what transport layer I am using and I would greatly appreciate tips on how can I tune this performance.
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Cinnamon Cut-Out Ornaments
These cinnamon creations not only look nice, but they also smell great! Bring the heavenly aroma of baking cookies to your home by making these decorative cinnamon ornaments.
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Cinnamon cut-outs take time to dry. You can bake them in a 250°F oven to speed up the process, but be sure not to overbake them or to bake them at too high a temperature, or they'll crack. Cut-outs take one to two days to air dry. You might want to sand any rough edges with a piece of fine-grain sandpaper before painting them. A layer of varnish will protect your creations over the years.
Level: Moderately easy
Time involved: Two to three hours, plus one to two days to dry
- Mixing bowl
- Spoon
- 1 cup ground cinnamon
- 2/3 cup applesauce
- 1 tablespoon white glue
- Rolling pin
- Cookie cutters
- Cookie sheets
- Paintbrush or skewer
- Fabric paints in squeeze bottles
Mix the cinnamon, applesauce, and glue in a bowl until they form stiff dough. If the mixture is too thin, add cinnamon; if too dry, add applesauce.
Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4 inch on a surface lightly sprinkled with cinnamon. Cut shapes out of the dough using Christmas cookie cutters. Place the cinnamon shapes on a cookie sheet and make a hole in the top using the sharp end of a paintbrush or a skewer. Allow the cut-outs to dry for 24 to 48 hours, or bake them in a 250°F oven until hard. You could also make these ornaments free-form.
Decorate the ornaments with fabric paints in squeeze bottles.
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