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Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen—specifically Alan Moore's side of it—was Topic A in comics circle for a few weeks after DC announced Before Watchmen a while back (10 years, in blog time). During that time, one of the many "arguments" anonymous online commenters were making against Moore's expression that he wishes DC wasn't doing Before Watchmen was that since the work featured characters somewhat inspired by the DC-owned Charlton characters, he should therefore be cool with DC continuing to exploit them.
Moore and Watchmen and that argument were all quite present in my mind while reading Supurbia #1, or Grace Randolph's Supurbia, as it appears on the cover of the issue. The premise is "superhero Desperate Housewives," and that premise is so strong in the first issue you can practically hear that very pitch ringing in your ears as you read.
The super-people are all obvious and, in the first issue at least, barely-extrapolated-from analogues of DC (and two Marvel) superheroes: Sovereign, the caped demigod in constant Superman Is A Dick-mode; Night Fox, billionaire playboy with an underground cave lair; Batu, warrior woman from an ancient culture of warrior women; Cosmic Champion, current member of the Cosmic Corps who inherited his mantle; and patriotic super-soldier Marine Omega and his grown-up sidekick, Bulldog.
It may simply be symptomatic of my having been reading superhero comic books for too long now, but when by the time writer Grace Randolph and her artist partner Russell Dauterman introduced the third obvious analogue, I started sighing. Moore didn't invent the use of analogues, of course—Marvel and DC were using thinly veiled versions of one another's characters to comment on them for fans' sakes at least as far back as the last Silver Age—but Watchmen sure made the strategy more present for the generation of comics creators and readers that followed that work.
So when I see Sovereign flying off on a splash page of Supurbia, I can't help not only thinking of Superman, but also of Supreme, The Samaritan, Mr. Majestic, Apollo, The Sentry, The Saint, The Homelander, The Plutonian (from another Boom book!) and a dozen others.
"Analogue" books have become so numerous at this point that not only do the analogues in them allude to their source material and inspiration (usually intentionally, so as to comment on them, while having a layer of legal cover), they also evoke all the other comics to use analogues of the same characters.
I wonder if the messy cloud of suggestions that can arise in a reader's head whenever a new comic uses a Basically Superman or Pretty Much Batman character now cancels out the advantage of using such characters in the first place—can a comic comment on some aspect of Superman by using a Superman analogue now, or has that just become another meaningless trope of super-comics, an empty gesture, a once-potent ritual that a reader may now regard as simply a habit of the makers of the genre, rather than a creative choice?
Does having this Batman-esque character hook up with his sidekick say anything about homoerotic undertones in the original Batman comics, or does it simply repeat the observations and jokes of Bratpack, The Authority and The Pro and so on?
I don't know if Randolph does have a great, sweeping statement to make about superhero archetypes or their relationship to the world in Supurbia. As the title no doubt tips you off, it's entertainment, not literature. Supurbia is something light and fun, not dark and serious.
The above-mentioned superheroes all live with their wives or partners (and, in Practically Wonder Woman and Kinda Steve Trevor's case, their kids) on the same street in an innocent-looking suburban development, a Super-Wisteria Lane, with their secret headquarters underground. The normalcy, even the banality of the above-ground setting is the security they count on.
There are a bunch of conflicts introduced in this issue, about one per household—Batu favors her daughter to the point of neglecting her son, Night Fox is cheating on his wife with his sidekick, etc.—but the big ones include Sovereign's shacking up with a reformed (or is it "reformed"…?) supervillainess, Marine Omega suffering from a mysterious illness, and the touchy-about-being-called-a-sidekick Bulldog's new, nosy former fangirl wife.
The focus is on the spouses, not the heroes—each of the spouses gets introduced with a few color-coded narration boxes—and this is apparently their story. And so far at least, it's a fine, diverting story.
The art by Dauterman is a real treat, and, for me, even more of a selling point than the concept (Note: The cover is by Ale Garza, not Dauterman, so don't judge the book by it). The figures are smooth and free of any extraneous details—there's just a touch of cartoony exaggeration to most of them, underlining particular essential character traits about many of them.
It's not exactly Watchmen. Nor is it Astro City or The Pro. Or Promethea or WorldWatch. But it's hard not to think of all those comics—and a dozen or so others, some better, many worse—while reading it. That's not necessarily a failing of Randolph and Dauterman's work with the book, which is fairly top-notch (if it suffers from anything its from broadness and obviousness), but rather a failing with the medium and industry as it stands a generation after Watchmen.
Simply put, too many creators have had too many high-concept ideas about Superman and his super-friends.
That, or there are too few truly good superheroes with mass appeal; superheroes have been too narrowly defined as riffs on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and three or four other Golden Age heroes.
Or I've simply read too damn many comics to be able to divorce a book like this from all the other books to be founded upon the same character-generation technique.
The art's by Russell Dauterman, not Gabriel. Gabriel's the colorist. At least according to CBR's preview: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=11653
Has BOOM ever put out a book that isn't just a regurgitation of concepts we've seen a million times? They're imitators, not innovators. They're giving a segment of fans what they want…the same stories they've read before, only in a (somewhat) new package.
The inside of the cover says Russell Dauterman penciled the interiors as well. I'm sorry, but for the person that wrote this article, how the hell do you get that wrong?
J. Caleb is the enemy of fun… as always.
Great book. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting a fun read!
Yeah, it's pretty obvious at this point that CBR has some kind of agenda against SUPURBIA. They didn't cover it, even when it became a top news story, and now this petty "editorial" that doesn't even get the most basic facts right?
What is this, Fox News?
When Watchmen used those archetypes, it was to say something about the broader archetypes beyond the Charlton characters they were specifically referencing. The Comedian wasn't just the Peacemaker; he was a comment on every gun-wielding might-makes-right tough guy costumed hero. Nite Owl wasn't just Blue Beetle; he represented Batman and every other costumed hero with lots of gadgets and a secret headquarters. Moore and Gibbons knew the history of costumed heroes deeply enough that they were able to draw out recurring and ongoing themes that we've seen again and again. The Superman homages and the heroes in this comic are shallow: you're meant to see the immediate homage and nothing deeper, nothing more meaningful. It's too bad.
Conspiracy, CBR's Kelly Thompson gave Supurbia #1 four out of five stars, which kind of shoots a hole in your "anti-Supurbia agenda" theory.
Good post. I find myself thoroughly in agreement: this game has just been played too many times to be interesting any more.
Thanks for pointing that out. My apologies to the artists whose names I mixed up and to any confused readers. I fixed it…I think. Do let me know if I missed any references to the artist.
"Perplexed" (if that is your real name, and I'm pretty sure it's not…What is this, Dear Abby?),
You get it wrong by citing the name right next to the correct name instead of the correct one. It was a dumb mistake, but it's not like I put down Harriet Tubman or Gandalf The Grey or something.
Okay, I'm totally violating my own rule of not responding to people who don't even have real names here but yes, yes you are completely correct. This IS Fox News.
Yeah it's a conspiracy.
Option B is that it's an overhyped, below-mediocre indie book getting a lot of press but won't last more than 12 issues.
Just out of the two sample pages listed here:
Wife: "HEY SUPERMAN!"
Husband: "You don't have to yell, I can hear you at a whisper."
Wife: "Here's your lunch!"
Husband: "I don't eat."
These two are MARRIED? Or does the writer just have to include the expository dialogue by making her characters retarded?
It doesnt need to last 12 issues.
Cause its a 4 issue mini series.
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J, I think you're looking at Watchmen over this when a better "analogue" would be Squadron Supreme. It's a shame the Desperate Housewives or Real Housewives tag was used so much because it's none of that.
It's the new Authority.
By this point, they shouldn't have to use analogs. They should be able to use Superman, Batman, etc. themselves. When Siegel, Schuster, Kane, Finger, and so on created these characters, the maximum duration of copyright under US law was 56 years. During those 56 years, National/DC had exclusive rights to the characters, as they gradually became a part of our culture. What should have happened is that in 1995, Superman would have entered the Public Domain. Batman would have followed in 1996. That didn't happen because Congress overstepped its Constitutional mandate and ignored the purpose of copyright (to incentivize creation of NEW works) and retroactively extended the copyright on existing works. If copyright law still worked like it was supposed to, writers would be as free to use Batman and Superman in their stories as they are to use Robin Hood and Paul Bunyan.
Jason A Quest, exactly, this is why analogues are used so often. I would love to see stories told using licensed characters, treated as though they were public domain. We might be able to get beyond deconstructing superheroes.
Good article. I'm very much in agreement with you. I think I've lost a lot of interest in these superhero analogue stories for awhile now. What's supposed to be a witty commentary on the genre just ends up becoming derivative to me.
Supurbia just sounds kind of dull. Congrats to those who enjoy it, but…a Superman that's a dick? There's an entire fucking site about that and countless stories about it too. Batman and Robin are gay for each other? So mind-blowing I almost forgot someone posited that idea around the same time Leave It To Beaver was relatively new to television.
It's sad too, because if it hadn't shoved some boring analogues down my throat and dealt with superheroines and their private lives, I would've read it.
Yup, this is exactly why I have no interest in this book. If I want to read a half-hearted story about a pseudo-Wonder Woman, Superman, or Batman I'll read a DCnU book.
"When Watchmen used those archetypes, it was to say something about the broader archetypes beyond the Charlton characters they were specifically referencing."
This is exactly correct. And it did so brilliantly. To bring up "Watchmen" in a way that makes it somehow comparable to this book is utterly absurd. But Newsarama wants to promote the Watchmen prequel and has tried to undermine Moore's legitimate criticism in various ways. This has to be the most ridiculous attempt at that, however. If Newsarama can't tell the difference between Watchmen and Superbia, then you guys need to pack it up and call it a day.
FYI, this isn't Newsarama.
" Has BOOM ever put out a book that isn't just a regurgitation of concepts we've seen a million times? They're imitators, not innovators. They're giving a segment of fans what they want…the same stories they've read before, only in a (somewhat) new package. "
Okay, so what are these brand new concepts that BOOM lacks? Keep in mind that your answer can't include anything I can compare to any previous story.
Nathan Fox had a pitch like this. A lot of the concept art is on his website. His ideas were a little more scandalous and over-the-top.


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This is picking up off a facebook conversation I began which you can find here.
I'm still baffled as to why anyone thinks it is a good idea to have 2 (truly, 3) USA Cycling cyclocross racing national calendars. It has been explained that it is so USAC can keep their event qualifying process straight (CXNC first before attaining UCI status) and to market the PRO CX calendar as a product.
The PRO CX calendar is just the UCI calendar. (with a bunch of races left out)
Elites (pro and amateur) chasing points reference the UCI calendar and have an international ranking based on those points. Non-elites are not the target audience for the PRO CX calendar. So why does it exist? The UCI calendar supersedes it. The USAC PRO CX calendar points/rankings only mean anything to themself. The PRO CX races are all UCI races so, even if you are leading the PRO CX but behind riders in UCI points, your call-up for the PRO CX events are based on your UCI points. Another thing that is confusing to consumers is that there exists a separate USAC points ranking of non-UCI, USAC sanctioned races that don't appear to have a calendar even though those very vital points count towards rider start position at USAC races and USAC national championship races, (which in my opinion is the most important audience we should be cultivating to grow the sport) they do not appear to have any USAC promotion. The one good thing for elites is, the $20k purse attached to the PRO CX calendar. Equal payout, 20 deep. Kudos USAC there. That is for the series overall and is in addition to the UCI payout schedule at each event. And hell that is fantastic for mid-field amateur elite women, the top 5 is a hard nut to crack in elite women's cyclocross, now you can post up middling results, race enough races and get $200 for your 19th overall PRO CX result, regardless of how many UCI points you do or do not get. Seriously, women just outside of the top 10 get a nice little bump at the end of the year. But don't kid yourself that most of the women riding outside the top ten have near enough $ to travel to all (or most) of the PRO CX calendar. It is too big of a travel calendar for all but the very well supported paid professionals. (who just race as many UCI races as makes sense) So it's less of a focus for the vast majority of riders and more of a; "oh hey all those UCI races happened to be on the USAC PRO CX calendar too" for elite riders across the nation. I would say something like "the USAC PRO CX calendar does not matter" but, there is $40k sitting there saying it does.
These are just some of the questions I'm asked. (and I loathe that I have to justify my statements/questions on the internet with: I don't think USAC is the enemy, I don't suspect shady business in the background (heh heh though I should) and I don't hate the east coast. (hell I'm FROM the east coast) All I want to see is growth and a healthy thriving cx sport. For many of you entrenched in the system, this may all seem apparent and questioning the way things are sounds imbecilic. But from the questions and concerns I hear from riders across the United States, our great Nation, many are just confused and often just default to focusing on regional events (USAC or not) while picking and choosing the UCI races they can afford to travel too. From amateur elites, to professional riders I know: all look at the UCI calendar first when planning a season of travel. We should be streamlining calendars and focusing on our core participants. Not creating a 2nd faux-pro calendar that is a mirror image of the International calendar (sans a bunch of races). My thought is: Put that $40k purse towards promoting a December age-group National CX Champs. The Professionals don't need the $ or the incentive to race those UCI races on the PRO CX: they are going to race them anyways as they are already on the UCI calendar. Focus on keep our core of non-professional racers engaged and stop wearing out our amateur racers with offensive national travel schedules and a season that for most amateurs or age-group racers is 6 weeks too long.
(a note from twitter here) Myerson is correct; the event-qualifying step of being on (and the whole point of) the CX National Calendar first, gets overlooked or bypassed for National Championship events.
We all saw where that landed us with the 2015 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships this year in Austin.
A week ago, I was doing #CXSchool with a couple dozen riders, after things got real hard and a couple of us peeled off to ride home the fun way we came across a gentleman trying to repair his flat tyre at the top of Saltzman. We helped out a bit and he says:
"Are you Molly Cameron?"
"I read your blog… well I used to read your blog."
Oh snap! There it is! meta-culture (and some protoculture) slapping me in the face! GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR AND START WRITING AGAIN! So here we go:
Cross is coming, you should be training. But, if you are in the hater-camp; tired of the hashtags, tired of the excitement, tired of the anticipation, annoyed by early season cyclocross races, annoyed by late-season cyclocross races and sick of all things cyclocross CX CROSS CX2016…
I got nothing for you. Cyclocross is really hard and it is really fun. It is accessible to all levels of rider and can be refined into an art form by the rare few. It is hard for people to emotionally and mentally reconcile how incredible the sport is, how difficult it is to be really good at it, how rewarding it can be and how devastating it can be. For some it is a job, for others a hobby, for others… something to loathe.
Not many things are like it. A completely inappropriate use of equipment originally intended and designed for a different sport.
No one likes pity parties, haters or excuses. Find your place in cyclocross; it is not going away and we've got 6 months of it ahead.
Last weekend I did a road stage race in Eugene and got completely handled. Just worked over. There was a point where I was like "what else do I have to be doing? I'm already doing 20+ hour training weeks!" I would not call it demoralizing though, it was hot and very hard.
Two days ago we did the Wednesday night CX ride in Forest park and things started to click. The climbs felt easy, like really easy. My file tread tyres hooked up perfectly in the loose dry dirt. And I felt like I could keep riding and riding and riding all night.
Its going to take a couple more months but I feel the form coming.
I just got back from China and am catching up on what I missed during the week I was out of town.
Love or hate Facebook, when you are up all night with jetlag it is very convenient for catching up with what your pals (that are on FB) have been getting up to.
A team. The team. Team mates. Your team, his team, her team. Their team. OUR TEAM.
This is often such an abstract thing with various implications and definitions. Being on a team means something different to everyone. I've been on, been a sponsor of and founded many, many different teams in my years in cycling. I've seen people come and go, teams grow and collapse, I've seen friendships ruined by politics and shitty behavior and I've seen friendships grow stronger because of cycling and our desire for something better and more beautiful than the status quo.
The best thing for me? Coming home and being pumped to see everyone, to ride with everyone and to watch my pals crush it on the bike, in races, in training and in life. My team mates appreciate the beauty in the little things, the beauty in cycling, in going hard, working hard and having fun. I love that amongst the photos of racing and riding, I get pictures of hiking epic wilderness, car engines in pieces, food and art.
This keeps me motivated, keeps me pumped and stoked to hang out and party with all of you.
Cycling is my life and I am surrounded by people that love cycling and by people that are creative, hilarious, self-aware and treat other people nicely.
I love it. I love that we cultivate this fantastic energy amongst ourselves.
There is so much momentum with the Portland Bicycle Studio team going into this cyclocross race season. I'm riding an amazing wave of positive energy and motivation here. I sound like a f'ing hippie.
Seeing all of your pictures; smiles on your faces, covered in mud and sweat and on your bikes, the photos of your cars, your pets, your pals, your lives, your travels and your adventures.
I'm gonna ride this awesome wave of stoke. Join me on it.
All pictures credit: Jose Sandoval. Great dude, fantastic photographer, good people.
This is easily my favorite behind the barriers. Some of my favorite people are in it and some of my favorite races too.
Man, that deleted scene where Thufir kills himself? That is good stuff.
I mean really?
There have been cyclocross races in the summer for as long as I've been racing cx. And every season people start complaining about how it is not real cx, the races are earlier and earlier every year and how is it ruining the cx season, ruining road season and they are going to protest the early cx season by just riding mountain bikes all fall.
Well, I will be riding mountain bikes and doing big fun road rides all fall too; and you will still see our team and my face at all of the pre-season cyclocross races.
These people like to make up arbitrary rules about the hows and whats of cyclocross. Their knowledge of cx is infinite, with the internet and their computers. The same people that consider tubeless wheels and box section tubular rims for cyclocross! Americans!
Ronny says: "we created this great cyclocross course in the forest and the riders will be able to test themselves in the pre-season. This is not a big race like Hofstade or Zolder, we do this because we love cyclocross."
The early season is the PRE-SEASON. Whether you are starting your 2013, 2014 or still finishing up your 2012 season, stop complaining about having races to attend and test yourself.
If they fit in your training program, do them. If not, don't complain. Support those who are racing and don't whine about the conditions and the courses. Do you know how many bike races were cancelled this year? Neither do I, but it was a lot. "wah wah summertime is supposed to be crit season!" Where are your crits now? You critic, you heckler, you amateur!
Go support your local race promoter! Or put your own damn race on and stop complaining about having bike races to do. Cyclocross has created more growth and participation in road and mountain bike racing than any of that racing has been able to do for itself.
Even the best in the world fall on their face in the early season. Klass went on to win the Belgian National cyclocross championship a few seasons later. You go hard, you make mistakes, you learn from them and you take all of that and move forward into the the fall and winter.
You have to train, and practice and train. And part of training is riding the early season races, having some fun and supporting the local race promoters + giving the cycling fans something to talk about.
Contribute something to your community or find your self soon with out a community to criticize.
Strange times these. Contador becoming likeable, British riders clobbering everyone on the climbs. You gotta have hope this is all a good sign.
Watching Froome climb like a gawky bird on a bike… I appreciate the spinning, the cleat placement, the whole package. It is ugly and effective. It works for him. It is not that I admire Froome particularly, but rather… I like that he properly calls it cheating.
Quotes like this: "I'm not sure I said I was honoured, I said I would only take it as a compliment," Froome said. "Obviously Lance won those races, but to compare me with Lance… I mean, Lance cheated. I'm not cheating. End of story."
And I appreciate that Lemond calls it like it is. Eventually the clean performances will catch up and surpass the doped ones. This is the hope I cling to. You can stare at watts and Vo2 and w/kg and Pantani vs. Armstrongs times up all these climbs as benchmarks. But one day, legitimately clean riders will surpass these benchmarks.
"…in 20 years I am confident my results will stand." Virenque never said that. And as far as I can tell neither did Armstrong.
Froome's humble first words after winning the ITT today: "I did not expect to win today."
I appreciate that.
Thanks Cosmo.
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Our Giro, Enve, Conti sales rep… repping.
We are getting lucky this spring. A little bit of sun, a lot or dry weather.
And you can't do this. Even if you tried. (thanks AHTBM)
Let's start with an interview (try to ignore the interviewer) of the winner of the World Cyclocross Championships, heart breaker, supercrush of many, Marianne Vos.
Excited for these shoes to come out. There is a lot of great foot wear available and coming out but Shimano always continues to impress with high performance and extremely durable products.
And super excited about all the amazing things coming out of women's cyclocross racing. For a good read on the who to follow in PRO cx social media, CLICK HERE and dig around the site. And watch all of these videos below:
My name is Molly Cameron and I am a bicycle racer. I happen to live in Oregon and did the majority of my racing in Oregon and Washington this season. I traveled internationally, raced some UCI races and am preparing to fly to Madison, Wisconsin to race the US Cyclocross National championships next week.
I registered for the 2013 Cyclocross National Championships the day online registration opened. I signed up for the Elite race, the Master's 35+ race and a "non-championship" race. These were, I should note, individually the most expensive races I have ever paid for.
I'm not complaining here, bike racing has never been cheap.
A few days ago, it was brought to my attention that I am listed in last place on the start list and "race predictor" for all of the races I registered for. Apparently I have no "USAC points" so I am listed in dead last place. I kinda chuckled about it to myself, my goals for the Elite race are reasonable, my UCI points should start me mid-pack and I've generally entered the Master's race as a warm up and to pre-ride the course a bunch at race pace.
While I have a decent shot at winning the 35+ race, it has never been a target for me. (I have finished in the top ten every year I've done an age group race at Nationals, which is infrequently). I've always tried to focus on being the best racer I can be and race against the best I can in the Elite race. I've never liked it when legitimate professional talent (not me, obviously!) cherry picks age group national champ races. Not naming names but it happens, UCI licenses or not. I've always held the belief the age group races are for the riders with real jobs and stuff other than bike racing to focus on.
So when a bunch of racers also registered in the Master's 35+ race sent me notes/tweets/etc voicing how my lack of a call-up in the race was "BS" and "ridiculous". I put a little more thought into it and, yes. Yes it is ridiculous.
I emailed a few people at USA Cycling today (December 31st) to inquire about my lack of USAC points. I'm not going to name any names as everyone I have ever dealt with at USA Cycling has been responsive, helpful and professional. I've raced all over the world and only had good experiences with the UCI and USAC representatives and employees. I'm not writing this to incite or perpetuate any anti-USA Cycling sentiment. I don't think USAC "sucks". Though maybe some of their policies do.
The response I got from USAC was what I expected. I have read and know the rules myself.
"We have some fairly rigid policies regarding call ups. If you are riding in the elite men race, then the first criteria will be UCI points, so your call up would be based on that. For masters, we use the returning 8 places from last year, followed by USAC rankings." Which is completely fair. My racing and results should speak for themselves this season!
Here is the catch: USA Cycling is my national governing body yet, USA Cycling does not recognize ANY of the racing I did this year (except CrossVegas, where a mechanical in the last lap ended my race) and that affects my USAC ranking; I currently don't have one. Zero points. Even though I am internationally ranked by the UCI, I don't officially have any USAC points. Not a single point. This year, I had a great season. I won races, was rarely off the podium and consistently raced against International caliber competition at every race.
Many of you may know about the non-reciprosity between USAC and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association. You might have read this article on Velonews detailing the current state of affairs, if not, give it a read for some context. Read the comments too. There is a lot of the "blah blah USAC sucks" type but, you can find some intelligent exchanges in-between the USAC bashing. Here is another article.
People jokingly comment to me; "move to Colorado!" or "move to New England" suggesting that, I would not have this problem if I was in a region that had USAC reciprocity and there is a bunch of USAC sanctioned racing. That is not a realistic solution to the problem. If anything these are pretty selfish recommendations, from riders not caught up in this power struggle.
I'd like to also note that I've never felt like the USAC or UCI is "evil". My intention here is not to vilify the USAC or UCI. I've never felt the need to trash talk either governing body. Like I said, I am a bike racer, I show up, play by the rules, race clean and do my job the best I can against the best competition available.
I'm not writing this looking for sympathy, special favors or to bend the USAC rules for me. I'm writing to point out how flawed this system is. If USAC is supposed to be my national governing body why don't they recognize any of the racing I've done this season? This is, of course, a rhetorical question.
I represent everything that USAC should be supporting. I am a 30-something year old bicycle racing "consumer"! I love bike racing, I put lots of money into the sport and race consistenty. I travel to races, I've been going to US Nationals yearly since I started racing cyclocross. I buy my spendy UCI/USAC license every year and pay my entry fees with no hesitation. I represent many, many of us cyclocross racers; we work full-time jobs, have a lot of other responsibilities in our lives and still dedicate ourselves to being the best cyclocross racers we can be.
But, because of some political power plays between the governing bodies of our sport, my racing does not count. At least not to USA Cycling.
When I asked about my UCI points and UCI ranking superseding any USAC point system for ranking in the master's race. And, to be fair, I was just pointing out how silly it is that I am ranked internationally but not nationally.
"No because most of the people with UCI points are professionals and not allowed to ride the masters events anyway. If you are on any kind of UCI team, or you have ridden world cup events this year, you are considered an elite and not allowed to ride masters events at any level. That takes care of most of the people who have UCI points. The philosophy is that if you are good enough to earn UCI elite points, you should be riding elites and not masters."
I'm sorry, you are incorrect. Most of the people with UCI points are not professionals. Not even close.
While I agree with the philosophy; and I too think that if you are good enough to be getting UCI points you should be racing the Elite race but, not necessarily to the exclusion of any age group racing you are able to do. I also like the rules about UCI team members and World Cup participants not being able to race age group races. Makes sense. But in reality it is because the cyclocross community is largely self-policing that most professional-caliber riders with any self respect or self awareness know better than to cherry pick the age group categories at nationals. It is not because the USAC rules are so well written that the categories work them selves out.
You (USAC) are wrong about most of the people with UCI points. The overwhelmingly vast majority of racers in the United States racing UCI races are not professionals. There are hundreds of UCI licensed riders racing UCI races and NOT getting UCI points. And the vast majority of racers getting UCI points in those races are not professionals. Of the currently 87 UCI ranked US riders with UCI points right now, about a dozen are professionals. Maybe. The other 75 something US riders with UCI points, (while some are very well sponsored) are bicycle racing consumers. Grass roots level bicycle racing consumers, that put a lot of money and heart back into the sport.
Let's consider for a minute: What if my season goal was winning the Master's National Championship 35+ race? I don't see why it could not be, I'm 37, I work 2 full time jobs and still managed a competitive cyclocross season. I'm the stereotypical masters racer. If I trained hard and maintained my form through the holidays just to find out that USAC does not recognize any of my season's race results and that I have to start in the back row of the most important race of the year, I'd be pretty devastated.
Just because I live in Portland, Oregon and race local races.
In addition to all of the race results, I asked about the chance I'll be fined for holding a UCI Elite license and racing non UCI events this coming season:
"The penalty is a 100 fine the first infraction and a 30 day suspension for subsequent ones. Last year it was only the professional riders but I have heard discussion of all international license holders but am not sure when/if that takes effect"
While this is pretty unlikely to happen to me, it very well could. Again, USAC is just enforcing a UCI rule that has been around for a while. But I hope they pick up on the public outcry. It is a rule that makes no practical sense and bums out everyone.
No one benefits with these kinds of rules. Well, maybe the UCI does.
Where does it leave us in 2013? UCI cyclocross racing is very important to me, important to my sponsors but, the bulk of the racing I do is in Oregon under OBRA. I already have both my OBRA and UCI/USAC 2013 licenses. USAC can potentially fine/sanction me for racing non-USAC races as soon as the local season starts up. I can race as many master's cyclocross races in Oregon and Washington as I want to and I'll still never earn a USAC point.
It is a broken system. One would think, that USAC, looking to actually live up to their namesake and represent every cyclist in the USA, would just be gracious and acknowledge OBRA races and results. If anything, just do it for the racers. This kinda stuff only makes our lives complicated and does not in any way improve our racing experience or benefit the national racing scene.
I know the USAC representative I emailed back and forth with about this will eventually read this and I apologize for just copying verbatim your emails here but, I know you are just dictating the current policy and it is nothing personal. I appreciated the quick responses to my questions. I have a lot of respect for every race official, race promoter and everyone involved in the various bicycle racing sanctioning bodies. While I may not always agree with you, I could not race my bike without all of you doing what you do.
I'm really not concerned with my call up at Master's nationals. It is the damn principal here. USAC does not appear to have a real grasp on what bike racers are actually doing, what is actually important to us. Maybe one of these years I will actually show up with some fitness and contend for the win. But if things stay the same, I'll still never earn a single USAC point in 2013 regardless of how much racing I'll do, UCI, Masters, Elite or otherwise.

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Leisure centres are being closed, run-down or hiking charges pricing locals out of swimming and sport sessions, a shock survey reveals today.
The Tory-led Coalition cuts are having a huge impact on council-run leisure centres across the country with many cutting staff, reducing opening hours and not replacing sports equipment.
Cockroaches were found in changing rooms, swimming pool surrounds were found to be dirty and soiled tissues left under gym equipment in a snapshot survey of leisure centres by Britain's public sector union Unison.
And the cuts of £71m from leisure centre budgets since 2010 have made a mockery of prime minister David Cameron's claim that the London 2012 Olympics would leave a positive sporting legacy.
"The impact of closures and shorter hours at leisure centres will be enormous on youngsters aspiring to be good at football or netball.
"We have a perfect storm of rising prices, limited access and families being priced out," said Heather Wakefield, Unison's head of local government.
In a survey of 7,500 women members, 62% who use their local leisure services said they had got worse over the last year.
The top four issues giving cause for concern were; fewer staff (65%), shorter opening hours (55%), old equipment and dated facilities (43%) and rising charges (42%).
Ms Wakefield added:"Many working parents are struggling to find affordable activities for their children during the long summer holidays.
"Leisure centres provide a wonderful opportunity for children and adults to spend time together in an active and social environment, but vicious government cuts are forcing them to close altogether or hike their prices out of reach.
"At a time when childhood obesity in the UK is a serious concern, government cuts to funding for leisure services is a misguided approach that will have a negative impact on the quality of life of young people."
In Birmingham, Britain's oldest public swimming baths faces closure next year in a bid by the cash-strapped city council to save £8.8m by shutting nine leisure centres.
Moseley Road Baths - a grade II listed building, which on the English Heritage At Risk register - opened in Balsall Heath in 1907 and has two pools, but only one is open to the public. Campaigners say it is "much loved" and are trying to save it.
Rachel Gilles, secretary of Friends of Moseley Road Baths, said: "Yes, the building is neglected, we know that, but it's been neglected by the council for decades and now they say it costs too much to repair.
"If they shut Moseley, then the council won't meet the demand for swimming locally, schools will not be able to go."
Last month more than 100 swimmers staged a " protest in a photographic event and stood in the empty pool in a recreation of China's Terracotta Army.
Earlier this year the Football Association said council-run football pitches used by thousands of amateur teams in weekend matches are in an "abhorrent state" and called for more sustainable artificial pitches.
The FA said many were suffering from overuse and were waterlogged after heavy rain, but increased fees have not always led to improved maintenance.
The campaign group Save Grassroots Football urged clubs across the country to refuse to play their matches in protest about the rising costs of hiring poor-quality pitches.
One struggling mum, a single parent with three children under 16, told the Mirror she had been priced out of her local swimming baths.
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East Midlands -3.5% -£1,246.
London -28.1% -£11,013.
North East -21.3% -£9,196.
North West -16.3% -£10,155.
Scotland -4.7% -£2,399.
South East -20.1% -£10,960.
South West -15.3% -£5,090.
Wales -16.0% -£7,464.
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i think we need everton to win. arsenal have a much easier run in. this is 1 of the few games left they could lose. & im not worried about everton gaining 3. because if they finish above us then we would end up 6th & not 4th anyway. because they wont finish above arsenal or chelsea anyway. looks like 2 seperate battles. arsenal & chelsea fighting for 3rd. us & everton fighting for 5th. im cheering on everton tonight & fulham tomorrow. my exclusive predictions. arsenal 3 v everton 1. fulham 1 v chelsea 2.


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So, that new nature show called "North America" has got me going crazy for images like theirs. I'm not sure if you've seen it, (its been on every sunday on the discovery channel) it was a 7 episode series all about North America's wilderness. The first episode showed this amazing scene of a herd at sunset, of course I couldn't even nearly capture the beauty that they did.
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Lol the way this pic is!
Who's rear end is that in the corner? And this is a great pic!
I know that I'm replying to a SUPER old comment (LOL!), but that's someone on the Indian Pony mold, if it helps at all. ^^
Thank you! Um, its an old model that my sister named Rain (after the Spirit movie), don't remember what exact model it is though. xD
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I'm just getting into breyer photography myself. I've got quite a bit of them, though I'd love to get more! First a question is that the Nokota Kanaretah?? I'd know that mould anywhere it's my all-time favorite! Secondly an absolutely stunning pic! and thirdly, I'd love it if you could take a look at my pics and give me some Ideas. I'd love to do a fall pic of my briers but it's been muddy and cold lately and I really don't like exposing them to the Elements too much. Especially my Nokotas They're to beautiful for that.
Yes, keep collecting!! Haha. Yes that is Kanaretah, and I love that model too! Aw thank you! Yup, I sent you a note. Actually, I've put lots of my models into mud, dirty lake water, ect. and it washes off with no problem. Whenever it pours here I get excited to bring my horses out for pictures, haha! But it is hard in the mud.. But just try taking photos in all sorts of grass and mud, ect.,I would suggest, to get a feel for the works & wonders of Breyer model photography! D:
Beautiful! I might get some breyers! (The first ones i had, the dogs got 'em and ripped out the hair.)
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Thanks! And great! Breyers are a great hobby to get into, you'll enjoy it tons!
Oh, well I have a couple of stallions who look like they could be play fighting and this photo made me realize it.
Herd photos. Yeah, they take practice... but you just gave me an idea! *Crazed photographer face*
Yes they do - Their a challenge, which is why I want to try!! Oh what's your idea? I love to hear other breyer photographers' ideas/techniques! xD
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PROVO — Boasting one of the nation's top forwards, Perry Jones III, and a cast of other talented players, No. 6 Baylor put its perfect record on the line as it visited a sold-out, raucous Marriott Center. BYU, energized by guard Matt Carlino's first appearance in a Cougar uniform, was poised to spring a huge upset.
It had all the makings of a classic game Saturday afternoon — and the two teams delivered.
In the end, the Bears downed BYU 86-83 in a thriller before a crowd of 22,700.
The Cougars (8-3) had a couple of chances to send the game into overtime, as Carlino, who scored 18 points in his debut, missed a 3-pointer with six seconds left.
"I should have made it," Carlino said afterwards. "I thought it was in."
Then after a missed free throw by Baylor, Charles Abouo dribbled the ball up court and handed it to Brandon Davies, whose 3-point attempt was blocked at the buzzer by Pierre Jackson.
"I had no doubt in my mind that it was going in if I had gotten the shot off," said Davies, who recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds. "But they made a great defensive play. You have to give them credit for that. I had no idea where (Jackson) came from. I didn't see him at all."
"The play that we had called, we were going to race it up and try to get it to our guard popping out for a 3-point shot," said BYU coach Dave Rose. "I thought we had a better opportunity in transition to get that shot off than if we call a timeout. We kind of got out of kilter and got the ball to Brandon, who's not our best 3-point shooter, and they made a nice play."
Just prior to those final two BYU possessions, Jones, who scored a game-high 28 points, went down with what appeared to be a serious knee injury, stopping play for several minutes as he lay on his back, being attended to by trainers.
But after play resumed, Jones checked back into the game and his putback with 20 seconds remaining gave the Bears (9-0) a 3-point advantage.
"We think we have a rebound and Perry Jones jumps up and grabs it and sticks it back in," said Rose. "(Baylor) made plays. They deserved to win."
The Cougars were, of course, disappointed with the outcome, knowing that, with a win, they had an opportunity to crack the Top 25 rankings for the first time this season, and secure a signature win that would have looked awfully good, especially in March.
"Baylor made some terrific plays, especially down the stretch," said Rose. "We had quite a few chances there. We just came up a play or two short. Our guys are really disappointed in the locker room, and they should be because they believed we could come in here and win the game."
"I expected us to play against a really good team and we did," Carlino said. "I expected us to compete really well, and we did. But we expected to win, too."
The first of Carlino's four 3-pointers lifted BYU to a 13-point advantage, 41-28, with a little more than two minutes left in the first half. But the Cougars squandered that lead as Baylor went on a 10-1 run to end the first half. Despite the fact BYU held a 26-11 rebounding advantage, it led by just four, 42-38, at intermission.
"You have to credit BYU's team for playing outstanding in the first half," said Baylor coach Scott Drew. "They got multiple good shot attempts and I think that was because of their heart and toughness. It's a good group of guys. The crowd got them going. The crowd was outstanding."
"They changed their personnel and went with two point guards and pressured us," Rose said about the final minutes of the first half. "Instead of it speeding us up, we got a little bit timid and turned the ball over a time or two.
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One nice thing about GlassFish is the notion of a domain. A single installation can have multiple domains, each being created with the
asadmin create-domain command. I use that a lot to separate clients and servers when using web services for instance. If you're not using Solaris Containers/Zones which have their own set of ports, you have to have different port settings for each domain. Default ports for GlassFish are as follows:
4848 for
HTTP Instancefor
When creating a new domain, I usually always start the other domains I'd like to see running at the same time and specify new
Admin and
HTTP Instance ports. The reason for starting first other domains is to make sure the new domain with not be created with any ports already in use (exact ports used are shown during domain creation).
The other option I recently found out about is
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Taken straight from the
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Determines the number with which the port assignment
should start. A domain uses a certain number of ports
that are statically assigned. The portbase value
determines where the assignment should start. Choose
this value judiciously. The values for the ports are
calculated as follows: Admin port: portbase + 48, HTTP
listener port: portbase + 80, IIOP listener port:
portbase + 37, JMX port: portbase + 86. See the output
of this command for a complete list of occupied ports,
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FABONGRASS FABONGRASS May 7, 2013 17:33 Flag
The 'TACKLE FROM BEHIND'....
Oh Rikki Rikki OAP Thick Rikki, do I really have to explain EVERY little detail?
Can you NOT possibly THINK for yourself????
Sagna, got to the ball FIRST as stated, the reason this is so IMPORTANT in this particular incident is because the manner in which Sagna tackled Van Persie was PERFECTLY LEGAL, when one is in the knowledge that he touched the ball FIRST!!!
WHY, I hear that DENSE excuse for a brain ask!?!?!
Sagna never went through RVP, he did not tackle dangerously, he did not scythe the guy down, HE PLAYED THE BALL!!!
The tackle was NOT malicious FFS!!!
Your lame and frankly HILARIOUS post on the Arsenal board......
'So regardless of who touches the ball and when, the tackle can still be declared careless, reckless or using excessive force.
This was the case with Sagna's tackle on RVP, the ref was unsighted, therefore had no idea who touched the ball, he quite clearly gave the penalty for the tackle itself.'
He gave the penalty because of the evidence before him Rikki.
FACT is, what with Sagna touching the ball, the referee did not have ALL the evidence did he?
His decision was PROVEN INCORRECT FFS because others DID have the benefit of ALL the EVIDENCE!!! It's not rocket science Rikki!!!
Just because the incident was not seen at the time does NOT mean it didn't happen does it you fool!?!?!
Crikey if the whole world went by your 'logic' all would be lost! I mean, what about Lampards goal in the World cup? You know the one that went ACRES over the line yet was not given by the ref!?!?
Did the ref in that case make the correct decision Rikki!?!?!?
Take your time old man!!!
Hell......get Steve to help you with it!!!!
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United do rule United do rule May 8, 2013 07:26 Flag
But why did you write this on the Arseandall board , midget ?
"A 'tackle from behind' IS a FOUL no matter what, you idiot!!!" Also, remember writing this " If the ref says it's a penalty, it's a penalty " ?


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A Final Fantasy by Any Other Name Plays Just as Sweet in Bravely Default
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Despite the title, Square Enix's latest import release is pure, classic Final Fantasy.
It's kind of a shame last week's 1UP cover story focused on gaming's mysteries, because I have a real head-scratcher to add to the tally: Why on earth isn't Bravely Default: Flying Fairy called "Final Fantasy"? Sure, it hints at it with the initials of its subtitle -- that "FF" isn't fooling anyone -- but for some inexplicable reason this clear follow-up to 2010's Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light has been saddled with a nonsensical name that fails to properly convey its truest strength: Namely, the way it brilliantly captures the spirit of some of Square's finest PlayStation-era work.
Instead, the name it bears means "courageously fail to make payments on your loan," which surely isn't the right message to be sending in this age of economic uncertainty. Then again, Final Fantasy got its name because Square expected to go out of business. Maybe facing the prospect financial doom is some kind of good luck charm for Square. Who knows.
What I do know is that Bravely Default will be vastly more appealing to most gamers than 4 Heroes. Not that the previous game was particularly terrible (I rather enjoyed it!), but it adopted some deliberately archaic mechanics in order to feign a sense of nostalgia for bygone days; in doing so, it managed to alienate quite a few players who didn't have much patience for its high difficulty often borne of deliberately restrictive design limitations. For its spiritual sequel, Square has pushed the design sensibility forward by about a decade, tying together the feel of Final Fantasy IX (a whimsical-looking fantasy underscored by disaster and tragedy), the visuals of SaGa Frontier 2 (beautiful hand-drawn backdrops, these deftly combine 2D and 3D elements to create a stunning, immersive look), the Job mechanics of Final Fantasy V, and a somewhat old-school turn-based battle system that expands on some of 4 Heroes' concepts without being as hands-off or punishing about it.
In fact, it's this 4 Heroes connection from which Bravely Default seemingly draws its title. Unless there's a strange plot twist further down the road involving the heroes going into receivership, the game's name has nothing to do with bad bank loans and everything to do with the combat system's distinctive hook (every RPG has to have one, right?). Here, the fairly standard battle mechanics offer two additional menu options for players to select, "Brave" and "Default." Brave is a sort of quick combat boost that allows a character to perform two actions in a single turn as opposed to the usual one, while Default is essentially defending.
These two actions are linked to that character's Brave Points, which work much like a similar mechanic in 4 Heroes. There, each combat action required a set number of Action Points, one of which regenerated per turn; a combatant could sit out a turn to regenerate additional AP and execute more expensive skills. The concept is similar here, except that BP don't completely dominate the flow of battle as in 4 Heroes: Magic spells use more traditional magic points, for example. Really, BP determines the cost of using the Brave skill. By default, all combatants have zero BP, and each turn spent in Default adds a single BP to their tally. Contrarily, making use of the Brave command burns one BP to allow that extra turn. If a character has a BP stocked, they can boost their turn with Brave and act as usual in the next round. On the other hand, a character who uses Brave with zero BP will be forced to sit out the subsequent turn, completely helpless at the enemy's hands. The flow of battle therefore becomes a matter of knowing when to Default, when to use Brave, and preventing enemies from stocking up too many BP of their own -- yes, they can execute Brave attacks, too.
The game's first bosses put the player's understanding of Brave and Default to the test early on. Two "freelancer" class characters (the default class whose innate skills are strictly support) take on an enemy White Mage and Monk, whose specialized abilities greatly outclass the heroes'. Only by making effective use of BP and piling on heavy damage in a single turn (and not missing the subsequent round of action due to BP burnout) can players hope for their damage to outpace the White Mage's healing abilities. It's a challenging, demanding fight, but it seems to set the stage for the game to come. And, once these foes have been slain, your heroes gain the ability to employ those Jobs. No crystals bestowing their powers upon the noble heroes, here; Job change in Bravely Default involves wresting those powers away from the warm corpses of your fallen foes.
In fact, there seems to be a rather bleak tone to Bravely Default despite its cutesy Akihiko Yoshida-designed art style. The game begins with an entire town being wiped off the face of the earth and a young shepherd struggling in vain to save his little brother from being drawn into the yawning chasm that results from the devastation. Your first quest in the game is to return to the site of the disaster, where a vast circular hole is all that remains. And based on early impressions from those who have finished the game, it only gets grimmer from there.
Of course, what's really grim is the lack of any indication that this beautiful little RPG will ever come to the U.S. It seems too good not to make its way overseas, but the games industry is changing, and nothing about localization is a sure bet anymore. 4 Heroes of Light reportedly flopped at U.S. retail -- a failure that had much to do with the wretched state of the American DS market at the time, but still the sort of thing business people look to for guidance. Bravely Default would be an expensive localization: It ships on a large 3DS cartridge, contains tons of text, and features an amazing amount of voice work. Yeah, we've basically wound the clock back to the days of Super NES RPG localization concerns -- ROM space and market viability and the like.
But cross your fingers. Despite its name, Bravely Default really is the sort of Final Fantasy experience gamers have been clamoring for. With luck, we'll be playing it ourselves sooner rather than later... or not at all.
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This game...Posted: Nov 22, 2012 12:00AM PST by jezzarisky
This game really needs to come over, it just looks so good in every possible way. I hate how dismissive SE is being about the whole thing, not really helping their case at all, and in fact it's sort of the final straw for me, I've started boycotting their game until they release this game in the West.
And now the wait...Posted: Oct 26, 2012 12:00AM PST by AxlSkull
For a localisation that is. I don't know if I should get excited about this game or just plain sad to have to wait for the localisation that might or might not happen. In the meantime I'll get The four heroes of light that should kill some time...
Well thanks for making the video anyway!
WANTPosted: Oct 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by xWhackoJacko
Yeah.Posted: Oct 25, 2012 12:00AM PST by jeffokiecorry
I'd probably buy this. I'd love if it came over.
...and Type 0...
...and...Kingdom Hearts Remixes...
I like Japanese games...what can I say?
Japanese games-Posted: Nov 18, 2012 12:00AM PST by WillowWolf
are awesome :D. I dunno what it is about them, but I tend to like the ones I play. I'm on your side with this.
Well...Posted: Oct 24, 2012 12:00AM PST by Karrick
Since we're facing localization problems fom the 90s, all we need to do is use localization answers from the 90s! ie. Slap Final Fantasy back on the title of that handheld RPG a la The Final Fantasy Legend and Final Fantasy Adventure and we're good! Everything would come full circle!... And maybe implode upon itself.
So far not coming to the US for "reasons"Posted: Oct 24, 2012 12:00AM PST by Pachinko
right ? ;P
Square Enix doesn't have anything announced for 2013 release yet for the US and in the past they've tried to put a game or 2 out on each console every year so I'd like to think it will indeed come out here , possibly with a name change- say Final Fantasy 4 Warriors of light II. I'd also like to think that maybe perhaps a release in some shape or form of type zero will happen but I think I'm setting myself up for disapointment there.
I want this SO bad...Posted: Oct 24, 2012 12:00AM PST by Kokoru
I'm not sure if I wrote my opinions on Final Fantasy XIII (which were better than I initially thought) that some of the classic staples that I think are neccesary in order to make Final Fantasy "feel" a little more like FF was the OVERWORLD. The video already satisfied that one thing beautifully and the graphics are AMAZING despite it's cutesy look.
I couldn't really hear the music too well but I LOVE the job system that is in place! In short, if it takes doing what people did for Xeno Blade and Last Story than we need to clamor to Nintendo to get this one released!
*cough*VAGRANTSTORY!*cough*Posted: Oct 24, 2012 12:00AM PST by OccurianHeretic
This game is SCREAMING for a localization headed up by Joseph Reeder and Alexander O. Smith.
It should be notedPosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by halochief_90
That this game actually sold better than 4 Warriors of Light in Japan. Despite the lack of the FF brand, gamers were more excited to play this. Maybe it's because when most people see a none-numbered FF title, they just shrug it off as another spin-off. The FF spin-offs afterall do not have a great track record aside from Tactics.
I don't mindPosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by Wakkawipeout
Having to wait a couple of years for Square-Enix to localize this game if that's what it takes.
Please come to the USPosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by Shi_Wei_Li
After Vanilla Ware's last cancellation I don't want to see another JRPG that actually looks decent shy away from the US when there hasn't been an absolutely stellar JRPG release this whole generation... don't get me wrong: Valkyria Chronicle had good gameplay, Last Story was sooo close, and Xenoblade at least offers a full package, but the closest thing to a JRPG knock-out punch I've played this generation was Nier. Which flopped hard in sales and reviews both. *Sigh*
Region locking sucksPosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by ForeverArgo
This is the reason region locking the 3DS sucks, now to import this game I would have to buy a japanese 3DS (or go get it modded and hope they don't screw it up)..... wait this is just like the old days! nostalgia!
Bring itPosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by evildog13
I hope it does make it here , although I'm not thrilled about it being a 3DS title. I don't own a 3DS (yet)and I play my regular DS less and less. I like to be able to set aside an hour or two to sink into a good rpg, but after about 20 minutes my DS makes my hands cramp up. And of course damn near every game I have for the DS is an rpg. I was really hoping Nintendo would make a DS player for the Wii like thy did for the Gamecube(GBA) and SNES(OGB).
I Had The Same HopePosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by MikkiSaturn
I suppose the two screens/touch screen stuff made it impossible. Here's hoping they do something like that with the Wii-U then!
Bravely DefaultPosted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by MikkiSaturn
I'm thinking default, as in traditional, standard. But this game isn't ashamed of being traditional, so it's Bravely Default. See what I mean? Anyway, I REALLY hope this game comes out here.
So Final Fantasy stopped being FF...Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by DenGreatshot
...and this game is the FF I grew up loving? Yea. Needs an English remake. Loved it the moment I saw the artwork on the frontpage and only got more excited as I read the article.
Were you able to get a feel for the story?Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by Thomas_Happ
I mean, beyond that it's a grim one. This is, admittedly, my favorite part of Final Fantasy games. I'd probably go through all kinds of sadistic game mechanics as long as I developed an attachment to the characters.
Very archetypical JRPG...Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by orient
...according to the latest 8-4 Play podcast. They gave the game rave reviews, but said the character dialogue is annoying and childish, and the characters themselves you've seen a thousand times before. Our only hope is that those guys actually translate the game and turn it into something a bit more compelling.
As a "4 Heroes" fan..Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by HungerArtist
...this looks delightful. I found 4HoL to be charming, challenging, and clever. The difficulty level never bothered me (didn't get all the focus on its difficulty -- it certainly wasn't at a "hardtype" difficulty), and I enjoyed experimenting with crowns for optimized syngergy. The Black Mage was overwhelmingly overpowered (a refreshing change for FF!) but other than that, there was plenty of viability for virtually any crown/job distribution.
If this is a spritiual successor, with superior graphics and a grim narrative -- good lord, sign me up! That is, if I can play it in english.
Thanks for the preview Jeremy, although I will curse your progeny if it turns out this is JPN only.
All the good RPGs...Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by ambivalent
...go to handheld these days. Minus the cool indie things popping up on steam (more rain-slick precipice of darkness!) and whatnot.
Digital Download?Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by supadude5000
Now that we have full games like NSMB2 and Paper Mario coming, if cartridge costs are the issue why not just make it downloadable? Hell, you can even leave in the Japanese voice acting and opt for subtitles, JRPG fans love that stuff.
Why do I think of house mortgages whenever I read the game's title?Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by awwnuts07
Seriously, what's up with the naming convention? Loving the art design though.
Did you read/watch it?Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by hawthorneluke
I thought it was some random RPG with a weird name till playing the demo, where the name made infinitly more sense. The "brave" and "default" aspects of the battle system are some of the most important and original parts of it, and that battle system is also an incredibly big part of the game. I easily put 10 hours into that demo, which had zero story or character info, just focusing on the battle system, but that alone was really fun, so I just kept playing and playing (plus it was one hell of a packed, well made demo).
The "brave" option lets you be brave and use up to 4 turns in one go, leaving you completely vunerable for 3 more "default" option lets you do the opposite and not use that turn, just blocking, saving up one BP (brave point), which you can then exchange for one extra brave attack later on without the worry of going into minus BP and skipping following turns, waiting for your BP to return back to 0 before you can attack again.
So, you could say that in fact not being brave and using all your attacks in one go, but instead, daring to not even attack at all for a number of turns, being default is a brave option, ie being bravely default.
I'm sure there's more meaning hidden in there to do with the story, but seeing as how much a big part the battle system plays, which is more than normal RPGs, considering the battle system and all its jobs alone is fun enough to let me play a demo for 10 hours (I usually like RPGs for the story), I think the name makes a lot, lot more sense then it does compared to when not playing the game at all, where it just sounds incredibly strange.
More goodness...Posted: Oct 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by Setzer The Gambler
...that is bound to stay in Japan, just like the DS SaGa remakes, I guess.
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I can only say I've watched football since the 90s, but I don't think I've ever seen a coaching staff use so many of it's players in so many roles.
- The backup quarterback running Wildcat, Pistol, and option plays as a passer, runner, and receiver.
- Backup runningbacks and receivers regularly being rotated in and out.
- Tight ends lining up as fullbacks and receivers.
- Defensive linemen playing as fullbacks. 6th and 7th offensive linemen playing as tight ends.
- Star linebackers sitting out in favor of a 5th or 6th defensive back.
It's pretty incredible that the coaches get EVERYONE involved. I kind of thing the idea is good for getting "everyone involved" and keeps everyone happy/motivated. It's also really good because it gets those back-ups some valuable playing time. On other teams, players such as Daniel Kilgore probably wouldn't see the field unless it was a blowout or there was an injury. But by having him as a 6th or 7th linemen, he gets some live game experience for that one day when he may have to start.


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I have a laptop running Vista and just installed on it
Virtual PC 2007 that has a virtual machine (windows 7 OS). Is there a way to treat this virtual machine as a server on the same machine? I would like to be able to remote desktop to it from the host (same laptop the VM is on).
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I'm pretty sure you have to run the networking as "Bridged." For example, in Parallels, you'd do this:
That would allow the VM to have it's own IP. You should be able to access it via SSH using that IP address. This is untested, but it should work.
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Originally posted on Patriots Life | Last updated 5/13/13
It is odd to imagine that having your season end in the AFC Championship game would kick off what is considered to be a long offseason. I guess that is what comes with the territory when your team has championship aspirations year in and year out. Patriots Pro Bowl linebacker Jerod Mayo has never won a Super Bowl, but he picked up the winning mentality as soon as he came to New England. After taking his wife on a tropical vacation, the defensive captain was ready to get back into the swing of things at the Patriots' offseason workouts: "It's like we didn't miss a beat," said Mayo, who said he is healthy and hasn't dealt with any offseason injuries. "I think guys took off a couple weeks and then they were right back here working out. So we have a great group of coaches, strength staff, great training staff, so guys don't really go different places." These offseason workouts are the building blocks for the upcoming season. Though optional, they are useful for players to get an addit...
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Hi there,
I wondered if somebody out there can help me! :)
I'm trying to output a link at the end of my loop to take the user back to the correct category depending on some conditions.
I have read many help forums and tried a combination of things, but couldn't see the answer.
At the end of my loop I want it to output the correct link depending on if the post was categorised as "blog", "in the news", "event updates" etc.
So for example, say I click on Blog then one of the posts listed on that page, at the foot of post (when viewed as a single post) I want to output "back to blog." The same for Event Updates, when a user is viewing a single post view, I want my loop to output a link that takes the user back to 'Event Updates'.
Here's my code, at the end of my loop (which works perfectly fine otherwise!:
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<?php if (get_the_category('blog')) {
echo 'Back to blog'; }
elseif (get_the_category('eventsupdates')) {
echo 'Back to event updates';}
else {
echo 'Back to in the news'; }
Any help gratefully received!