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And you probably don't, but give me a dozen paragraphs or so to convince you. But first I have to make something clear. I totally agree with you that permadeath will not work in a modern MMORPG, let alone add anything to it. We have to do more than just delete your character after 1 death, to utilize all the potential of permadeath and make a better game. This is vital to understand when creating a game with permadeath. It isn't permadeath itself that is good, it is what it allows you to do.
I'm going to start the party with a couple of statements that may either be right or wrong. If I am totally wrong on all of them, then you should probably leave the thread and find something else to read, if not, then keep reading.
When you play a game you want to feel something. Feel that you are achieving something and filling some kind of purpose.
You would like to be THE hero instead of just A hero.
You enjoy seeing you progress, but even more so when others recognise your progress and strength. After all, nothing is better than t-bagging the enemy player that you just vanquished, amirite?
The game is good for the ride, but in the end, when all quests are done, mobs slayed and gear obtained, there really is nothing more to do.
You would like the be the MOST powerful character and totally squash anyone who dared oppose you.
Next I will describe the experience of the average MMORPG for you:
"'Ding!'... ahhh, the sweet sound of leveling. Now you are strong and powerful right? This is what MMORPG's are really about isn't it? That moment when you gain a level and are stronger"... You think this to yourself, and maybe if you think a little more you realise that you are actually just as strong as you were before, because with the level comes the obligation to take on stronger mobs. Mobs that are equally more strong. Not really a thrill is it? But there are other ways to feel the thrill in MMORPG's aren't there? Maybe you get a two second thrill when you win a PvP match or finish off a quest, but that is really as far as it goes. While you walk around killing mob after mob, who all respawns two seconds later in the exact same spot with the exact same skills, you feel nothing. And then when you return two seconds later to do the exact same thing with the exact same outcome, you might realise: Wow... this is crap. However, it is like it has always been, and there is nothing better so you don't give it any afterthought and play on - this is how MMORPG's are supposed to be, right?
You walk around hour after hour doing the quests, saving the queens and kingdoms, and beating the bad guys. Except you don't. Twenty seconds later they respawn and another 'hero' sweeps in and 'saves the day'. They create kingdoms and wars for your entertainment, but in the end it is as if they made you a cake and you thought "Wow, is that cake all for me!?" and then you look around and see that everyone got the exact same cake, and btw, over there is another group who all has a different cake, that looks different but actually tastes the same, and all of a sudden you realise that you actually would rather have pie...
Then, after hours and hours of grinding and doing the quests that millions have done before you, you finally arrive at the top. You are max level and everyone looks to you and thinks: "Wow, he is so cool and I wish I had wasted just as much time as he has on this game already". Oh yeah. I forgot the million others who is also at max level! and who don't give a shit because, in truth everyone can get there. You stop playing and find something else to do, and everybody forgets that you every spend even a single second on that game. There is nothing more to do, and you move on to the next themepark. Lets be honest - your character might aswell have permadied.
This is the destiny of the modern MMORPG character. Kill all the mobs, save all the kingdoms, perish all the nasty-loking-mobs, and aquire all the gear-that-is-way-to-big/skimpy-to-actually-be-practical-but-gives-you-10-instead-of-9-strength-so-why-not. And then stop. Forget it ever happened and waste you time on something else. You are contempt. Don't fix what ain't broken right? No. Not right. Why not go for something better? Here is what an MMORPG experience should look like:
You wake up, sun flashing in your eyes and blink a couple of times waiting for your eyes to adjust to the light. You swing the legs over the side of the bed and take a deep breath. Suddenly you think: "I want to do something new today... Something I've never done before... I want to go on an adventure!". Your new character is unskilled but has the possibility to do anything. You choose to... go hunting! You establish a deal with the local leather armorer to provide him with hides regularily, and you live off the thrill of the hunt for the next month (or week or day or whatever). Then you realise: "I've become pretty good at shooting with an arrow and sneaking... Maybe I should become an assasin? You say your goodbyes to the local townsfolk who you've come to know and like (or hate) and depart to the nearby capital. Upon arrival you seek out the local tavern to find out who's in charge of who. On the way there you randomly spot a group of thugs trying to mug a lady. Being in a good spot you pull out your bow and arrow and shoot them down. You have aquired a friend. She helps you find the person in charge of covert operations in that specific settlement. And you get a position. A month later, you recieve a special job. Assasinate the king of your rivaling kingdom. You carry out the task, and as a result the rivaling kingdom is added to yours and you recieve a great price and a place to call your own. You decide it is time to study the art of magic. A couple of weeks later you recieve word of a dragon nearby. You and a squad of soldiers are tasked to kill it. You die but with your last breath you realise that your final spell has taken the beast down too. A statue is erected in the town square as a memory to you and your eforts to the kingdom.
This could be the story of any game. However it is not. It is one of the billion ways the story of your MMORPG should be able to unfold. If you decided not to save that lady it should've gone a totally different way. Or if you had decided to go to another kingdom, or not to study magic. Your choises have to matter.
"But how can this ever be? No amount of scripting can make this possible?!"... Not true. The world just has to be player driven and ever changing.
Making it player driven is 'easy' enough. Leave the tedious tasks to the npc's (shopkeeping, guard duty, scribing), and give the positions that matter to the players (Kings and queens, assins, dragons, crafters/suppliers of inventory). And allow them to do anything with the world that is realisticly possible (build cities, destroy cities, cause a demon invasion and that kind of stuff).
Making it dynamic and every changing is a little more difficult, especially programming wise, but it is possible. First you need the fauna and flora of the world to be dependant on player actions (dynamic spawning) so monsters don't just spawn over and over again in the same spot. Second, you need to make the world persistant. Don't revert the world to the same state when the clock strikes twelve, but let it evolve and expand at the players touch. Third, you need to give the players an incentive to play against eachother. There won't be any excitement if everyone is just happily holding hands and cultivating the world together. Make a race that has a reason to hate the other race(s) and watch history unfold as they battle epic battles. And fourth, you need Permadeath.
Without permadeath the king will never die, and you have the same problem as you had when he was an NPC. The cities will never fall, and the enemies never die. The world has become static again, and once more, all you can do is watch as player after player attain max level and as the world is filled out with cities of epic proportion and space is running out you have another themepark to run thorugh and forget. No one will ever raise a statue of memory, because your character is still there. Right until you get bored and stop, and everybody forgets him. You could say that permadeath makes you "quit (or die) while you are ahead". Go down with grandeur and for a purpose instead of waiting until there are no more purpose.
Another thing permadeath allows, is for different character paths to be 'overpowered'. By simply making magic equally harder to achieve and retain, you can make it what magic has always been supposed to be. Why should a knight in shiny armor be able to kill a mage who wields the power to crush mountains and summon demons? (unless he sneaks up and cuts his throat maybe). Dragons. The mighty beast that nobody can be because nobody can stop them then. If becoming and staying a powerful dragon is sufficiently difficult, then that is not a problem. The power rage will be over when enough weaker characters pull themselves together and ally to kill the beast.
Some say that we get bored with games because there is nothing new to do. A game like this won't have that problem, because the players create the new things to do. As the world evolve, the array of posibillities that a player has evolves with it.
Yet another thing that should be in a game like this is a classless system (skill based). Let every character learn what they want with the right amount of practice. There is no reason to arbitarily limit you to one path, and there is no danger of one player becoming a master of everything if you just make the hardest achievents hard enough. Let those who are willing to take a chance and has the skill be rewarded, and let the more casual players do whatever they want.
Now, to address the inevitable complaints.
"There is nothing fun in spending hours to become strong, then lag for a second and loose it all". There is ways to avoid this. One could be allowing you to have a 100 lives instead of just one, and another could be watching your ping, to determine if it was lag that was the cause.
(Followup) "When I die all is lost, why would I want that?". First of all because it allows for all of the above. Second, it makes strong being prestigious - would you really rather be just as strong as millions of others all the time, than being the strongest and most feared/influential for a while while you crush all your oppenents and have everyone else look up to you and want to be you? Third, you don't actually loose everything. You still have the connections you had before, and you and your community have still achieved all the things they had before you died. The game changer is letting the player achieve something that is not bound to his character (like levels). Fourth, try a different path. Focus on another skill, and try a different playstyle. The amount of ways you can replay are infinite becaus they rely on the community and state of the world. Nothing will ever be the same.
"Why would I want to roll a new character". This world is persistant. All the achievements that your character has done are still there. The kingdom you helped fund, the village you saved from that dragon, and your good friend and mastersmith Alvar. You will remember it all and it will be visible. Other than that the world will be totally different from what it was before, and so will your experience. Like playing a new game.
"I want to see my character grow and evolve. Perma-death does not allow for that." This is exactly what it allows for. It allows for the game to give you the option of becoming even more powerful if you have the skill for that.
Permadeath is not here to limit the game for you as many thinks. It is simply a means that allows the developers to create an even better game, not something that is there for a convienience for them. So bring it. Throw your anit-permadeath trash at me, and let me enlighten you
To those who are concerned with griefers:
I'm sure that there is mutliple ways to counter griefing, and I am going to list one combination here (inspired by Trials of Ascension).
Don't show what level/strength other characters have. If this is the case the griefer would not be able to attack low level targets, and would either die more often than kill, or have to spend time and lives getting to a stage where he would be powerful enough to kill more often than be killed, and at that stage still die sometimes, eventually perishing. Second part of this solution is making combat more reliant on strength and tactics than skill. Don't make players able to take a billion hits because he is 40 levels higher than the next player. If you get your head chopped off you should always die, and even the lowest leveled player should be able to cut the throat of an unprepared and unfocuesed high level player.
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At first it was just a test fitting at 11am, but it took so long to get everything sorted that I just stayed in it until the Legion photo at 8PM.
I had a great time, but I do have a lot of work ahead of me. I really need new knees, JD's are just too small.
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by jammertime, Jun 11, 2008.
Nope, the LT owner didn't win last year.
How about this. Drafters 1-4 see picks 1+20 2+19 3+17, 4+16th The 17th pick is way down the scoring ladder. Picks 8 and 13th look pretty good.
Oh, I was OK with 8. Especially since Barber dropped to me. Last year I picked tenth and got a bye in the playoffs. That probably had something to do with me getting Adrian Peterson relatively late. So yeah, if you can pick up a gem, that helps a lot. But in football I've just seen a trend where the Tomlinson owner wins. It's not really like that in other sports. In other sports I just don't see anyone that much head and shoulders above the rest of the field year in and year out. How did the Tomlinson owner do in our league last year? In all my other leagues he finished first.
Now that you mention it, I cannot even think of a league in which the Tomlinson owner was not the league champion. Who had Tomlinson in our league last year? I can't remember.
Where were you when a year ago I was saying to Jamm, LT shouldn't be drafted period! Course Jamm drafted him AGAIN but managed to lose in the P/Os.
Finished 2nd.
Well, obviously Jammer's suckiness :nerd2: outweighs LT's greatness. But LT is so great that he took second place even with a terrible owner like Jammer. Oh...no offense Jammer. Just stating the facts.
Darth and I both knew it was Jammer that had LT last year. We were just trying to rub in the fact that only Jammer could manage to lose with LT on his squad.
I don't think that you'll be doing so hot with Brady this year either.
I think they already postponed the Baltimore vs. Houston game this weekend because of the hurricane. I don't know if other games will be affected, but keep your eyes open and set your lineups accordingly.
Good thing Saints are at TB. Sorry for the abbre.
Possibly the most even trade ever. TE Anthony Fasano (Bill) for WR Bernard Berrian (webz) I needed a fill-in at TE with Dallas Clark injured, and Bill needed some WR help after losing Nate Burleson. After the trade was completed we plugged both guys into our starting lineups for Week 2 and both guys came up with... a big, fat ZERO! If that's not a fair trade I don't know what is...
Green Bays Dee scored about 20 pt. on Det. SD scored -1 .
23. I'll take it. My kicker sucked and your Hanson got 14. I've got a nice lead but 34 may not be enough. I'm hoping Romo decided to handoff to my running back Barber. If he decides to replace his girlfriend Witten with Crayton, I'm gonna be in some deep do do. I'll be watching...
LOL....I think we both got screwed with that trade. ...and Darth said he's never been in a football league in which there was a trade.
Thank you DeSean Jackson!!! Fine, take away the TD, whatever...
F, I lost to Tate. What's up the Clayton, he caught 2 passes.
There is no shame in losing to Tater. He's probably got one of the top 8 or 9 teams in our league.
Top 10 at the very least.
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I did 3 alexandrite today without even going beyond EX roulette, just from doing hunts for a few hours.
I could have done quite a bit more but I decided to run ramuh EX with my raid group.
200 allied seals per 1 alexandrite, it's quite easy to get, i should be getting my novus mid next week at this rate.
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|We have this issue as well, but the cat proves too much of a distraction for the pup. When she's not in a playful mood the cat is fine around her, and they even nap together sometimes (see below). It's just she always wants to engage the cat in play and doesn't seem to take us seriously. She's not very treat motivated - she'll ignore us and the treats in favour of other pups (we've tried training her around my mum's dog and sister's pup but she decides she prefers playing than listening to us for treats. She was also the only pup in her puppy class who didn't care about the treats they gave us to practice training). The cat isn't scared of her and doesn't even run from her, but I'm not sure how to get the pup to listen to us... she knows 'sit' and 'down' and 'stay' and 'leave it' and obeys them fine in other circumstances, just not around other pups or animals
Looking at the problem from the wrong end at this point. The dog has to learn chasing/harassing the cat is unacceptable!
When you tell a dog to "Stay" the dog should 'Stay!" He's blowing you off if he moves. I use the car my dogs don't step foot out of the car until I tell them to.
You can use the car to train stay. Put him in the car so stay if he moves back in the car he goes, he'll figure it out pretty quick. At some point he will to you to see if it's OK to step out!
You can teach a down at the same time, in the car with the stay. Once done "if" he goes after the cat "Down" and "Stay."
Try "fixing" the problem at the other end with the basics!
my cat and pup was like that too, in tell my pup got bigger then the cat. Now he tried to maul the cat and Bite. I don't think it's in anger, just rough play. Since this is the case now, I won't let my dog by my cat. He will try to run after the cat every time he see my cat, and I would have to stop him in action and tell him NO! I don't know how to get my boy to like cats.
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I was really strict with our new puppy at first around the cat. We taught "leave the kitty" command and he does well with it. Fortunately, my 20 lb cat isn't afraid of the dog either and doesn't run (instigating a chase) and it sounds like you are lucky in that too. They actually enjoy each other's company. I don't allow any rough play though. I used to think my cat was so huge...until my GSD started growing! Now I truly see how fragile kitty's little legs are and know it would only take one innocent little play bite to break his leg. My dog know the "easy" command and "leave the kitty" and he obeys that or I take him off the cat and put him in a down/stay. You should see his face then when he isn't allowed to play...so pitiful!
For the most part, kitty just comes out a slobbery mess where the dog has slobbered all over his back!
Advice would be 100% supervision with kitty always being the one to allow or not allow interaction. My cat also has his tall kitty condo and other escape places if he wants to be left alone.
This is puppy learning down/stay with cat as distraction when he was 4 months old. I control their interaction.
Some links are in this thread. And the primary rule of cats and dogs living together
is the dog "never" chases the cat!
I have lived with 15 cats and three dogs for more than 14 years, Never a single cat dog "incident!" The cats are free to interact with the dogs as they please.
|i always separate my dogs from the cat when things get too rough. my year and a half usually just smells or licks the cat but my 4 month old likes getting way too rough. i just yell stop or no and he stops. he's going to get a lot bigger and i don't want the cat getting hurt someday. but that's just me, i would also like to hear what other people do.
Cat and pup play fighting
My cat and dog have seemed to take a liking to each other. The past few days the dog (who is about the same size as the cat for now) has been chasing the cat around, and it seems to have been all in good fun. The cat would come back and antagonize the dog so it seems to be mutual play. Yesterday they started to get a little more rough, but if one of them yelped they would stop. The cat hasn't been using his claws or anything, but now he will sneak up on the dog and bite the back of his neck and pin him to the ground. The dog doesn't seem to mind, he even acts like he enjoys it, but it just seems kind of violent? They are still stopping whenever one yelps, and it seems to be more of a show than anything. Neither of them have gotten hurt. Should I separate them when they do this? Or is it ok to let them play like that?
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Sony SLT Alpha 99 review: New full-frame sensor is Sony's best yetBy Janice Chen - Friday December 21 2012 Sensor Review
The new Sony SLT Alpha 99, Sony's first full-frame DSLR equivalent in three years, combines the company's latest and greatest 24.3-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor with its SLT (Single Lens Translucent) technology to deliver impressive image quality combined with fast and continuous autofocus while shooting still images and videos.
When Sony released its first full-frame DSLR, the Sony Alpha 900, back in 2008, it was the highest-resolution DSLR to date and held its own when compared with competitors such as the Nikon D700 and Canon EOS 5D Mark II from the more established DSLR vendors. In 2009, Sony followed up with a lower-end full-frame model (the Sony Alpha 850) but since then has been focusing its efforts on cameras with smaller sensors, including its popular NEX line of compact interchangeable-lens hybrid cameras as well as its SLT line of cameras that utilize a stationary semi-transparent mirror rather than the flip-up mirrors in conventional SLRs.
Because there's no need for the mirror to move up and down between shots as there is with a traditional SLR, the Alpha 99 and other SLT cameras can display live-view images constantly and autofocus works quickly and continuously while images are shot rather than needing to focus between frames.
This not only helps the A99 achieve continuous shooting speeds of up to 10 fps, but it also means that the camera can produce smoother results when using autofocus while shooting video, a feature that also benefits from the A99's new dual phase-detect AF system (which combines a 19-point AF system with 11 cross sensors and a 102-point focal plane phase-detection AF sensor overlaying the main image sensor). It also means you can't have an optical viewfinder, but the A99 compensates with an impressive 2.4-million-dot OLED electronic viewfinder with 100-percent coverage. (You can read more about the Sony SLT Alpha 99's new features here.)
Sony Alpha 99 sensor performance
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Further readings for the Sony SLT Alpha 99 review: New full-frame sensor is Sony's best yet
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Finally, a Sony full-frame DSLR: the last one was the Alpha 850. But though the new full-format 24Mpix camera shines with all of its new technology and features, it now belongs to the family of cameras with electronic viewfinders instead of with the Alpha 900 and its traditional DSLR viewfinder. With this new positioning, Sony stands out from among the leading lights in this market segment.
Added by tonkore | January 10 , 2016
Zeiss 135mm 1.8
What's your problem with this lens? Why was it never tested?
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Re: Zeiss 135mm 1.8
Our apologies for the late reply. Due to a very tight testing schedule and quite a lot of other priorities, we could not include this lens on our road map, and we are still not sure whether we'll be able to test it or not. We can only advise you to stay tuned on dxomark.com and on our social media pages for future announcements.
Added by desmond68200 | September 03 , 2015
sony a99
Sony is doing well, a99 is one wonderful innovation, but I don't know why Sony has stop manufacturing DSLR or DSLR like cameras which is less expensive like sony a580 and which have longer battery life. I think is time for Sony to upgrade the a99, we have had a lot of a7 series which too expensive and very small. honestly I like a99, because of how it was built and great image quality.
Added by inspiredbynature | March 07 , 2014
Lenses to Test
I know it would be difficult, but is there any chance you guys can get your hands on the older Minolta glass? It is much more integral for the Sony mount since the Minolta mount is still very much a part of our system. So if you ever get your hands on the following lenses (I am a bit biased as a wildlife photographer), can you please test them as many alpha shooters still use them.
Minolta 200/2.8 G APO
Minolta 300/4 G APO
Minolta 400/4.5 G APO
Minolta 600/4 G APO
Minolta 80-200/2.8 G
Hopefully you can get your hands on some of these lenses and test them.
Added by voigtkampff | December 18 , 2013
still no tests for many lens
Any news regarding the tests of broader range of high-end lens for Alpha system? The Sony 50/1.4 ZA SSM was supposed to be tested in the summer and it's still not there. People often ask for testing Sony 135/1.8 ZA or 24/2.0 too, are there any plans for them? And the new 70-200/2.8G SSM II? These are probably the lens the professionals are most interested in.
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Re: still no tests for many lens
No news for now as we did not get hand on one sample :(. But these 2 lenses remain in our wish list for this winter. The 70-200mm SSM II should be done too.
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The DxOMark team
Added by timtom | December 05 , 2013
test lens
numbers don't talk to me that much... but this is not the point here. However i think the prime lens ranking is going to be bothered when you will review the 135f1.8 sony zeiss. and... the 50f1.4 sony zeiss planar! just purchased it, It's my 4th 50mm among every brands and this is stellar, contrasty as f*** straight from widest aperture. SSM crazy fast and accurate, way above all others CaNikon. Not flawless (distortion, CA f1.4), but almost, it's a must have and indirectly a must test. you must do it!
Added by ripper77 | August 01 , 2013
a99 and D600
i'm a beginner in these dslr cameras, can you suggest to me what to choose between a99 and D600 because im so confuse about the two.
also, what's the best standard lens for nikon D600? at first id like to choose a99 with sal2875 and for nikon lens that i dont know..
please help me..
Added by rtrechow | July 11 , 2013
Sony 300/2.8 SSM scores much too low...
from my rather long experience with the predecessor, the still "current" 300/2.8 SSSM, there has to be a mistake in the testing of the new Sony lens - it will not be worse than the old version (or will it?).
And the current 300/2.8 SSM is at least on par with the Zeiss 85/1.4 AF or the 135/1.8 AF which I use, and A LOT (and I mean: A LOT!) sharper than the Sony 35/1.4, for example - it is one of or even the best lens in the Sony system (for an impression, just look at Sony´s MTF charts).
Almost everybody in the Sony forums who has access to that lens says the same... - so could there have been a mistake?
A focus problem or a "faulty" lens, for example?
I would LOVE to see a retest with a second item - Sony company should be interested in putting the result right and proving the 300/2.8 SSM to be the "stellar" lens it is... - the current version is indeed!
Thank you,
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Re: Sony 300/2.8 SSM scores much too low...
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
Sony lenses we analyzed were provided by Sony itself. About your remark on the 35mm f/1.4, DxOMark results confirm what you noticed (please check the comparison here Sony 300mm vs 35mm f/1.4).
If you only look at the Sharpness score, the 300mm is far higher rated than the 35mm f/1.4. However the DxOMark score is performed in lowlight condition. In such illumination, the larger aperture of the Sony 35mm f/1.4 enables a lower noise on the SLT A99 sensor. That means that you will finally get a similar IQ on both couples: on one side (300mm), you have a sharp image but with an higher level of noise, on the other side, the image is softer but without noise.
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Added by Hawaii-Geek | July 03 , 2013
Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZA SSM Test ?
When will you have the new Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZA SSM on this Test list ?
Would also like to see the side by sides with all the best 50mm
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Re: Zeiss 50mm f1.4 ZA SSM Test ?
Thanks for your comment.
We should receive a sample this summer… Stay tuned :)
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The DxOMark team
Added by Kuau | June 29 , 2013
Zeiss Manual focus lenses
I use Zeiss manual focus lenses on my A99 and the results are amazing.
Basically I purchased Nikon mount ZF.1 lenses and easily changed the mounts with Leitax mounts, now I have the best of both worlds, class leading glass, fantastic EVF with focus peaking.
I did a comparison of the Excellent Sony 24/2 lens and Zeiss 25/2.8, I preferred the look of the Zeiss 25.
Added by trainerKEN | June 28 , 2013
PLEASE test the Carl Zeiss 135mm f1.8!
I really wish you guys would do some test with this lens... A lot of us a-mount shooters feel that it could possibly be the best a-mount (prime) lens... and even the best 135mm prime on the market. I would love to see how it does (in terms of scoring)
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Re: PLEASE test the Carl Zeiss 135mm f1.8!
Thanks for your comment.
ZEISS 135mm is planned on Canon and Nikon mount soon, we will ask for the Sony mount too but we can not give you a precise date, stay tuned…
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AP's already picked through the gruesome national exit polling from Tuesday. I'd like to highlight one additional piece of data that is especially interesting: According to CNN's figures, Mitt Romney actually won white Millenials (18-29 year olds) by seven points, 51-44, despite losing the broader demographic by 23 points. (McCain lost young voters by 35 points in 2008). Virtually all of Romney's gains within this age bracket came from young whites. He got absolutely demolished by young people of color; losing young Hispanics by 51 points, and young blacks by 83 points. The specific age breakdown of Asian voters isn't available, but Asians broke 3-to-1 for Obama overall, so an approximate extrapolation isn't particularly difficult. The demographic implications of Tuesday's results are becoming increasingly obvious: Republicans simply cannot win elections without dramatically improving their standing and image among non-whites. If they don't, they'll quite literally lose the future.


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Originally Posted by alexg View Post
But can anyone predict how much of the Fero's quality is present in a given litter a few generations down the line? ... or in the given puppy from that litter?
Originally Posted by John C. View Post
So if Fero and his progeny repeatedly show up in a pedigree, and Fero is known to produce a certain quality, presumably that quality is important to the breeder, and will be expressed in his dogs.
|John C.
Once again thank you everyone - such good comments. I will definitely follow up with PM's to the two individual members if that's ok with them.
Also, Wolfstraum articulated better than I did where I'm coming from. There seem to be certain dogs and certain lines that supposedly impart certain characteristics to their progeny. I would assume those characteristics can be further enhanced by line breeding (I think that is the correct term) or if a certain "point dog" shows up multiple times in a pedigree. Hopefully, this will give me some idea (independent of the breeder) what qualities will predominate in a particular litter. It also may give me a better idea of the breeder's goals and what qualities he is trying to produce in his dogs.
So if Fero and his progeny repeatedly show up in a pedigree, and Fero is known to produce a certain quality, presumably that quality is important to the breeder, and will be expressed in his dogs.
I think this information would be helpful to me in differentiating between different breeders of working dogs because I have a pretty good idea of the qualities I'm looking for. For example, I don't plan on resuming Schutzhund training, nor am I particularly concerned about a dog's ability to stand up to a forceful helper or to protect me from a dangerous intruder. Knowing this I don't necessarily think I need a dog with strong defensive drives.
Similarly, I have seen dogs who are extremely dominant and who require owners willing and able to constantly keep their thumb on the dog to keep this dominance in check. That dog would probably not be a good match for me and would do better with a different owner.
On the other hand, my prior dog had a ton of prey drive and a very big desire to please me. This made training sessions a joy. We both LOVED doing obedience training together and I was able to get great results while keeping it a game. I would love to duplicate this in my next dog.
The one bad thing about my dog is that he had low defensive thresholds and was a little nervy. This is something I would love to change in my next dog, so I would definitely want a breeder that emphasized stability and a rock solid temperment.
Finally, although I'm trying to be pretty specific, since I think it is ultimately helpful to have an idea of what your looking for, I realize that buying a puppy is not like buying a car. You can't simply choose a particular model and then specify exactly the color, trim and options you want. Particularly with puppies, you might not understand exactly what you've got for 1 or 2 years. But then, that's part of the fun.
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and LEE above is a another good one to speak to about a referral!
I think getting a referral from a breeder who knows their stuff as the two I"ve listed do, is a big help in finding what your looking for..Or can I say I would have no problem getting a dog from either Cliff or lee
Sires become popular because they either produce a BIG winner or three - or are known to consistently pass on some characteristic....this is called prepotency. Looking at pedigrees, there are dogs consistently used who had some characteristic and have shown to be prepotent in passing that on. For lack of a descriptive label, I am going to call him the <point dog> as future generations will point back to him....There are often more than one <point dog> in any given pedigree - usually there are 2 or even 3. That is when you start thinking about "nicks".....I come from an equine background in pedigree studies, and use the same terminology and analytical reasoning.
Like in horses, once there is a large number of progeny, those progeny get bred, thus carrying down the genetics...this is when you see prepotancy come into play...when it is coming down 2 and 3 generations from the <point dog>. When this <point dog> end up widespread, he ends up in the pedigree 4, 6 , 8 maybe 10 times in the 6th through 10th generations....thus you have a VERY good chance of picking up genetic characteristics that are attributed to the <point dog>. New <point dogs> crop up...but I look behind them for nicks that made them become what they are.
I think you need to avoid the thought that seeing a certain dog in the pedigree means you're going to get a certain trait out of your pup. There are hundreds of dogs that produce high prey, hundreds that produce high hunt, and hundreds that produce all the other things that people look for in a dog. Canine DNA is so malleable that I find it very hard to believe dogs from the 6th generation or farther back have really had that much of an affect on the pup in question. I think they've had an affect on the 4th and 5th generation, but after that, it's more about the breeding decision in regards to those dogs and what they bring to the table to produce a solid next generation and so on.
More focus needs to be on the 2nd or 3rd generation, which in today's world can be pretty difficult to get information on because we are so segregated and it's not like you're going to find dozens of people that have seen dog X train and trial. There aren't too many dogs that are currently being bred that are probably going to be in the same group as the feros of our breed. The world is way larger today and the breed has become much more regionalized.
Talking to a breeder is good, but make sure they prove that their dogs are capable of doing what they claim. So working titles or being an actual working dog if you are interested in SAR. As far as SAR goes I know there are dogs out there known for their hunt drive and producing high hunt drive dogs.
All breeders believe in their dogs. But it's one thing to say, my dog can do schutzhund but I just don't do it, and another thing to actually do it and show that the dog is capable.
If you PM the possible pedigree to some of the pedigree experts, they'll be able to back up the breeder's claims or let you know something more about the dogs in the pedigree. But always remember that just because a dog in the pedigree was known for something, doesn't mean they passed it on to their offspring or the particular offspring used in the next generation.
I think the best thing you can do is look for a breeder that is breeding the dogs for themselves in order to succeed in the venue you're looking at. That kind of tells you that they are aiming for success with the dogs and believe that what they're doing is right because they want a dog that can do the work. Of course a history of success in that venue is also very important, but a breeder that holds back dogs in order to work them in that venue says that they stand behind their dogs working ability.
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|John, I would pm Cliff above, tell him what your looking for and I'm sure he could recommend a breeder..Cliff is my "go to" person when I'm looking for pedigree information
|John C.
Wow, great comments from everyone, thanks. To give you a little more info. about my background, I've owned dogs all my life and 3 GSD. One when I was a child and two as an adult.
My last dog passed away a couple of months ago at age 12 and was a fantastic dog with a really interesting mix of drives - but who also had some issues.
As far as my experience as a trainer - guess I know enough to realize how little I know. I trained in Schutzhund for about a year and a half with my last GSD and got a BH. We were working toward a Schutzhund 1 when my club kind of imploded and I became disillusioned with some of the political infighting and personality clashes that developed between some of our members. But I do think I learned a lot from our training director and some of our members, who were very experienced and knowledgeable about dogs in general and schutzhund in particular. Our club also had a number of K9 officers, so I got to see a wide variety of dogs with varying abilities and temperments.
As a result I do have a pretty clear idea of what I'm looking for in my next dog and think I will be able to articulate it pretty clearly to a breeder.
I also know what I want to do with the dog - no schutzhund this time, but a lot of obedience and possible SAR.
My concern is that even hobby breeders want to find good homes for their dogs and are proud of their breedings. I'm concerned about going to two different breeders, whose dogs possess very different qualities and being told by both breeders that of course my dogs would work for you.
At the same time, I recognize that there has to be some level of trust between me and the breeder, particularly since even within a specific litter the pups are likely to possess a wide range of temperments and to some extent I will rely on the breeder to match me up with the best puppy.
|John, I know a lot of people who have gotten super dogs by trusting the judgement of some of the pedigree/training people, far more successful approach than a novice going to a breeder and assessing what they don't know.
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College Goal SC will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 from 10am to 1pm on the campus of Columbia International University (CIU), located in Columbia, SC. The event, to be held in Memorial Residence Hall, will include an information session on financial aid programs and the process for applying for financial aid. Participants will receive assistance in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for 2012/2013. Students will also have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a free iPAD2. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
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'I still think they made out great. When the moves were made, Homgren said he didn't know if his team would be better, but he knew they would be different. Turns out that their results were the same. They traded away their Captain and one of their leading scorers and still went as far in the playoffs. Now they also have the benefit of being younger and having sent the message to their team that nobody is too established to be moved.'
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Hey guys I have 2 mojos that I bought remotes for off ebay and I would like to make it so they both shut off with one remote. Has anyone done this yet? Help would be great! Thanks!
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Canada's support for climate change adaptationNov 21, 2013
PHNOM PENH – Canada has given US$2.2 million to support a UNDP-managed climate change adaptation project for the next two years.
With the latest fund, the project – Promoting Climate Resilient Water Management and Agricultural Practices in Rural Cambodia – is now starting the second phase. Its targets are farmers and local authorities in 32 communes in Kracheh and Preah Vihear provinces.
The project will build on its previous achievements through different agricultural and livelihood schemes to help improve the villager's ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
"This additional fund provides an opportunity to replicate the project successes, and more importantly those that are defined and needed by the vulnerable community," said Napoleon Navarro, UNDP Deputy Country Director.
More than 5,500 rural families will get support with implementing an integrated farming scheme, which includes home vegetable gardening and climate-resilient rice production to improve their living condition.
"If we do not respond effectively, climate change will permanently affect our economy, society, and people's livelihoods," said H.E. So Khanrithykun, Director-General of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.
During the last four years, the project was supported by US$3 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNDP, and the Royal Government of Cambodia to carry out a series of activities. They included, but were no limited to, installation of solar-powered pumps to provide clean water for consumption and farming, and restoration of canals to supply adequate water to the rice field.
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Dover Youth to Youth helps prepare for Santa weekends
By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent | December 12. 2013 9:37PM
James Travis, 5, of Dover, informed Santa he hoped for a garbage truck, snow for Christmas and another baby sister. They got a chance to talk Wednesday as Dover Youth to Youth prepares to welcome children to the 7th annual Santa's Castle at the McConnell Center. (JOHN QUINN/Union Leader Correspondent)
Members of Dover Youth to Youth have been busy preparing for his arrival for the 7th annual Santa's Castle, which is sponsored by radio station WTSN and The Bay. It is scheduled to run from 2-6:30 p.m. for the next two weekends to raise funds for anti-drug programs in the city.
Two of the visitors — James, 4, and Lily, 2, Travis, both of Dover — enjoyed decorating cookies, coloring festive pictures, hearing holiday music, making ornaments, seeing Christmas movies and meeting Santa, who asked what he could try and bring this year.
Santa, who wore the suit his mother made for him, promised to do what he could.
John Nash, 12, of Dover, said it's a lot of work to decorate the many rooms, find a festive costume — usually with green or red leggings — and prepare to guide visitors through the season.
"I came here every year when I was little," Dudley said.
"I had a little girl who once asked (Santa) for a unicorn and a pink flying car," Schneider recalled.
Mitchell said about 150 to 200 people stop by each night. He added it takes about 30 minutes to navigate all of the activities at the event, but some people just stop by for a photo with Santa.
Mitchell said there will be a toy soldier, a giant teddy bear, the gingerbread man, about 25 elves and live music from the Winter Parking Band.
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A leader among faith-based universities, Eastern Mennonite University emphasizes peacebuilding, creation care, experiential learning, and cross-cultural engagement. Founded in 1917 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, EMU is an educational institution of Mennonite Church USA. EMU serves students of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds and confers undergraduate, graduate, and seminary degrees.
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'Where are you calling from?' 911 dispatcher asks
BEND, Ore. - Keaton Snow dreams of fighting wildfires from the air. But the 19-year-old Bend helicopter pilot-in-training had no idea Thursday would be the day he'd start saving lives.
"Is that a fire?" Snow asked Leading Edge Aviation flight instructor Jay Bunning as they worked in the last of their three-hour training flight, around 12:30 a.m.
"Ah, yeah, it might be -- go have a look," he said, so they flew closer to the apparent flames.
"Check it out - it is a fire!" Snow said, and Bunning agreed.
The high-flying duo apparently were the first to spot a wildfire that broke out on the east side of the Deschutes River Canyon, below a southwest Bend neighborhood.
"Often, pilots are the first to see these kind of things," Bunning said. "They've got a great view."
"Whoa!" Bunning said at one point as they circled the scene. "It just torched that tree up!"
The blaze was quickly spreading up a ravine and dangerously close to a large neighborhood at the top of the canyon rim.
"You know, it was scary, because nothing like this has ever happened (to me)," Snow said later. "And I knew that it was getting within 50 yards of houses."
Bunning said despite sounding calm on the video recording of the flight, it was frightening, "seeing it torch these trees and seeing and seeing how close it was and the wind was in the right direction to blow it to the houses as well."
Quickly, Bunning was calling Deschutes County 911, to make sure they knew and firefighters were on the way, even able to provide GPS coordinates.
At first, the dispatcher appeared surprised at the location of the caller.
"What are you observing?" the 911 dispatcher asked.
"I'm observing a fire that's climbing up the hill towards the houses," Bunning said.
"Where are you calling from?" the dispatcher asked.
"A helicopter orbiting the fire right now," the flight inspector said.
The sound of the circling helicopter also awakened neighbors, which the pair figured was a good thing -- this time.
"I kind of put myself in that position," Bunning said. "Being asleep at 1 o'clock in the morning, and you wouldn't see it until it was right on top of the house."
"Nobody called it in?" Snow asks as they circle overhead. "I guess not," Bunning responded. "They were asleep -- until we flew by."
Back on the ground later, Bunning said, "I did want the people to wake up. Normally, a helicopter buzzing is a nuisance. But I think it's the urgency in an emergency situation."
It woke up area residents like Patrick Douglas -- and he's very glad.
"These guys were definitely trying to wake people up, you knew that for a fact," he said. "And they did a great job."
Snow said he hopes to become an EMS pilot, having previously worked as a medic and firefighter, "and I wanted to combine those careers."
In the view of people like Douglas, Snow and Bunning are already saving lives.
"That pilot and his co-pilot are heroes, in my mind," Douglas said. "They took the time out to ensure that people were getting up."
And spotting the fire over a dark city skyline got a passing grade from Snow's teacher.
"Good eyes, Keaton!" Bunning said.
Bend fire Battalion Chief Bill Boos said more than a dozen firefighters responded to the scene, not including the Central Oregon Irrigation District crews.
Bunning posted a 15-minute video segment of the flight on YouTube (http://youtu.be/62GOuRxUbUM).
"The fire was about half the size of a football field but below the level of the houses," Bunning wrote later, "so it would be unseen until it crested the ravine, where it would be right on the back yard of houses, less than 100 yards away."
Boos said the cause of the fire was under investigation. Police said later Thursday that while there had been no recent lightning in the area, the cause of the fire had yet to be determined.
Flames erupted along east slopes of the Deschutes River Canyon in SW Bend early Thursday morning; photographer John Michaelson says the bright red light near the bottom of the photo is not flames, but a fire engine heading in from the north along an access road.Bend brushfire scene


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"Land of quattro:" Audi showcases the Homes of All-wheel Drive
by George Achorn on 6 December 2012 in Audi News
- Print, TV and online campaign displays fascinating quattro driving routes
- Microsite users contribute portraits of their "land of quattro"
- All-wheel-drive share of Audi sales exceeds 40 percent
From snowy mountain passes through urban streets to summer excursions to the beach. In its recently started international marketing campaign, "land of quattro", Audi is documenting the vast variety of possibilities offered by the broadest lineup of all-wheel-drive models in the premium segment. This campaign spotlights a given country's most exciting all-wheel-drive routes, honoring it as a true "land of quattro". Users can now access a dedicated microsite to share their favorite destinations for quattro driving.
"Our 'land of quattro' campaign brings a global success story to people's doorsteps. quattro is as varied as a country's roads and we want people to discover both," says Lothar Korn, head of Marketing Communications at AUDI AG. The print motifs of the campaign, tailored to each market, invite people to a trip through their own quattro country. These motifs showcase a given country's most exciting all-wheel-drive routes and feature their location on a stylized map. The "land of quattro" campaign has already started in Canada, Germany and Russia; it will expand to Austria, Italy, Switzerland and other markets in upcoming months.
In an online special, Audi presents additional all-wheel-drive routes for each "land of quattro" (for Germany: www.audi.de/quattro). Microsite visitors can enhance the quattro map by adding their own experiences and sharing with Facebook friends. An extensive tribute to a country's most popular all-wheel-drive routes will be compiled. In early 2013, a TV commercial will continue the exploration of all-wheel-drive terrain.
Audi has explored the connection between winter sports and the quattro drive system for many years. In this winter season, the premium carmaker will support events such as the Audi FIS Ski World Cup, the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup and the 2013 Alpine World Ski Championships in Schladming, Austria under the slogan "Home of quattro".
More and more Audi customers opt for the dynamic performance and safety of the quattro drive system. 2011 was the first year in which automobiles equipped with quattro represented more than 40 percent of Audi sales. In the first nine months of 2012, it was above 42 percent. And not just SUV drivers rely on all-wheel drive from the company with the four rings. Indeed, more than a quarter of all Audi customers across all other model series opted for quattro from January through September. In Germany alone, 73,663 new Audis with all-wheel drive were registered during this same period. That far exceeds the direct competition.
Audi customers can now choose from over 140 quattro model variants, taking all the different body types, engine versions and transmission options into account. The brand with the four rings thus offers the widest range of all-wheel-drive models in the premium segment. There are also a number of technical solutions for delivering power to all four wheels. Behind the successful quattro principle are three different technologies, which Audi is constantly refining in order to build the ideal all-wheel-drive system for each vehicle concept. The latest evolutionary stage of the quattro system featuring a crown-gear center differential and torque vectoring is available in the Audi RS 4 and RS 5.


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Nikki Reed and her feet footwear.
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If Rihanna had her arm down you would see way more of Rihanna then you probably want to. Her dress was completely see thru.
Speaking of going sexy. Have you noticed that since Harry Styles dumped Taylor Swift for being asexual that she has gone out of her way to look sexual?
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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger insists his Arsenal side have the character to bounce back from Saturday's disappointing 3-3 draw against Norwich.
The Gunners dropped two vital points in the race for third place when a late Steve Morison goal condemned them to a frustrating draw at Emirates Stadium.
Wenger remains optimistic his side can secure automatic Champions League football, but admits he is concerned by their recent form.
"We have character because to come from where we did [earlier in the season] is difficult," he said.
"But we have had room to do even better. When you consider that in the last three home games we have taken two points, when you are so close to where we were, we have a lot of regrets. Let's hope we will not pay a heavy price for that.
"Fourth place is not Champions League, it is a qualifier at best. Maybe not at all if Chelsea win the Champions League. I have no gut feeling about it, I am just gutted today."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source