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Doctor Who: Legacy Collection (I) (UK - DVD R2)
Tom Baker's unfinshed story comes to DVD in a still-unfinished version...
Doctor Who was in it's seventeenth season, and although the series had seen it's highest viewing figures during that time ( City of Death's Parisienne location work tickled the fancy of casual viewers), it was a season that was almost bi-polar in it's consistency, with the all-time highs of the aforementioned Douglas Adams epic, to the comparative lows of The Horns of Nimon. The season was supposed to end with a six-part epic (which would have been the final six-parter in the show's history) entitled Shada, and the considerable writing talents of Script Editor Adams were called upon to tell a tale of a prison constructed by the Time Lords, a Gallifreyan in retirement and a would-be conqueror of the universe, but sadly, The Doctor would find himself up against adversaries more powerful than even the Daleks - the Trade Unions!
The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) arrive in present-day Cambridge to visit Professor Chronotis (Dennis Carey), who has seemingly misplaced The Artefacts of Gallifrey - a book dating back to the time of Rassilon - and in the wrong hands, it could wreak havoc. The mysterious Skagra (Christopher Neame) arrives around the same time, with a device that can drain the thoughts from a mind and he is after the Professor's book...
Casual Doctor Who fans will be most acquainted with Shada via the excerpt featured in The Five Doctors, when Tom Baker gave a definite "no" after being undecided for quite a while; this clip featured Baker and brief-and-future wife, Lalla Ward punting in Cambridge and formed the basis of the whole time-scoop premise used in Terrence Dicks' anniversary story.
Just before the first big dip on a rollercoaster, the cast and crew were on a high after location filming was over, and though there had been minor union trouble when it came to shooting the bicycle chase though the streets of Cambridge, the cast and crew were looking forward to completing Shada in the studio, but after some shooting at Television Centre, the unions flexed their muscles and Doctor Who found itself locked out of the studio. Despite attempts to resume shooting, Doctor Who found itself continually being shuffled further back, with crappy ephemeral shows, such as The Generation Game taking precedent, Shada was ultimately shelved and became the stuff of legend, with only the occasional picture or mention in Doctor Who Monthly to reaffirm it's existence.
The first official attempt to release a "complete" version of Shada happened back in 1992, when BBC Video persuaded Tom Baker to record linking material to paper over the occasionally massive gaps in the narrative, the filming of which took place in the Museum of the Moving Image, with many Doctor Who adversaries in the background; the result was a noble attempt to bring an unfinished Tom Baker story and worked reasonably well during the earlier episodes, when more material was present, but really started to fall to pieces during the latter episodes. Sadly, it is this version that has been released on DVD.
As it stands, the material that was shot for Shada stands up pretty well for the first couple of episodes, but with each passing instalment, the amount of missing footage increases and it begins to fall apart, especially during the final episode, where so little footage was completed, that it practically implodes, strangling itself in a vortex of dangling story threads and not even the considerable dramatic talents of Tom Baker can rescue it.
It is a crying shame that Ian Levine's wonderful version of Shada (which manages to reunited most of the surviving cast members and uses animation to bridge the gaps that were left by the industrial action) wasn't used for this set, as it is certainly the closest that Shada has ever come to being finished and watching it makes you feel as you are seeing the completed version. There are reasons as to WHY 2Entertain ultimately passed on Mr Levine's animated Shada and those concerned are very tight-lipped, but we can say that Ian is a most altruistic person as far as Doctor Who is concerned and his dedication to the show is absolute. We'll just go on record as saying that we have seen it and we loved it - now we'll move on to what BBC Worldwide have presented here.
What is most notable about Shada in terms of the two leads, is that Tom Baker and Lalla Ward are firing on all cylinders in dramatic terms and there is none of the unevenness that plagued their personal and professional relationship in the following season. Though Baker's performance throughout season seventeen was all over the place (the best example was City of Death, which saw him careening all over the place like a roller-skating toddler on a freshly-polished floor), he delivers a rock-solid turn that only comes from believing in the material, and both Baker and Ward certainly respected Douglas Adams as both a writer and a script editor; Lalla Ward has never made a secret of the fact that she loved Douglas Adams and his work; on almost every audio commentary she has participated, the late Mr Adams' name is dropped so often that Ms Ward should have been courteous and hoovered the floor of the recording booth afterwards. The respect that Baker and Ward have for Douglas Adams shines through in their performances, which makes it even more of a shame that Shada was foiled by industrial action.
Christopher Neame was a young, charismatic actor who first came to prominence by appearing as Johnny Alucard in Hammer's attempt to pull themselves out of the gothic quagmire, Dracula AD1972. Neame threw himself into that role and though much of the youthful arrogance had mellowed, his performance as Skagra in Shada retained a sense of arrogance, but there was a supreme sense of self-confidence that underpinned it all and on top of that, Skagra initially wears an absurdly wide-brimmed hat worthy of Johnny Alucard himself.
Daniel Hill would go on to be a regular on popular eighties BBC sitcom, No Place Like Home, and much like Christopher Neame, he was a young actor in the seventies and was eager to prove himself, but his portrayal of Chris Parsons was more understated than that of his co-star, but still turns in a memorable performance as the youthful post-graduate student who is dragged into the unfolding intergalactic adventure.
Dennis Carey is great as the retired Time Lord, Professor Chronotis, bringing a mixture of scholarly warmth and elderly forgetfulness to the role. It's a pretty safe bet that Douglas Adams based the character on one of his professors during his time at St John's College at Cambridge, and Carey builds upon what Adams put upon the page by giving Chronotis a slightly dithering quality that endears him to the viewer. Adams liked the concept of this character so much, that he ended up reusing it, and other ideas and concepts from Shada in one of his subsequent works…
The location footage is well-shot, with director Pennant Roberts bringing an almost cinematic quality to it (the fact that he intended to shoot a bicycle chase through Cambridge at night with TWO crews gives weight to his lofty ambitions, despite this attracting the unwanted attentions of the union), and Cambridge seems to take on a sort of romanticised quality that you tend to find on the lid of a tin of expensive chocolates.
The original 1992 VHS release used unrestored footage and looked pretty much how you would expect an unrestored VHS Doctor Who story to look, but the good folks at the Doctor Who Restoration Team have given this neglected story the customary treatment and the results are most pleasing.
The location footage seems to be sourced from the original elements, as there is a pleasing amount of natural-looking film grain and a surprising degree of vibrancy in the colours. There is precious little in the way of dirt, debris and general print damage, and the image in generally look pretty damn spiffy.
The VHS release had incidental music composed by eighties Doctor Who composer, Keff McCulloch, who tried to ape the style of beloved composer Dudley Simpson, but the results were not generally liked by Doctor Who fans. Irrespective of general opinion of the score, McCulloch's work is presented here in a perfectly fine manner, with the music sounding cleaner and more vibrant that the original VHS release.
2002 Shada: A year after the death of author Douglas Adams, a bold attempt to finally bring a completed version of Shada emerged; produced by Big Finish and starring Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, along with Lalla Ward, this internet-based version of the story is presented in here in full, the only catch is that it can only be accessed by popping this disc into your PC or laptop. Further to this, it only seems to be accessible by the internet, as it can only be viewed using an online "viewer".
We have to say that we could never really get into this version of Shada - we happen to love Paul McGann's Big Finish audio adventures, but there's something about this that seems to rub us up the wrong way; whilst it's great to hear Lalla Ward reprising her role and McGann is as fabulous as ever, the whole thing seems like Dead Man's Shoes and Tom Baker's cuff-boots must have seemed like Bigfoot's in comparison.
Taken Out of Time: This is a 25 minute documentary that examines what happened to Shada and examines what could have been, had industrial action not robbed Doctor Who fans of a Douglas Adams-penned story. The most exciting aspect of Taken Out of Time is that it has the active participation of Tom Baker, who is always entertaining whenever a camera is pointed in his general direction and he does not disappoint here, spouting witty yet insightful comments about the production and the profound sense of shared disappointment felt by cast and crew alike.
There are many picturesque shots of Cambridge, which form the backdrop for several interviews with the participants and it shows that very little had changed between the end of the seventies and the early half of this decade. The background of how Douglas Adams came up with the story of Shada is not really explored, but this documentary ultimtely looks at the production aspects, rather than the creative genesis, but this is to be expected, when the almost mythical nature of Shada outweighs the story itself.
If Shada could be regarded as a disaster in production terms, the this documentary points out that at least something good and lasting emerged from the televisual wreckage, in that actor Daniel Hill had been getting friendly with Director's Assistant Olivia Bazalgette, which resulting in their getting together and they are still happily married to this day - their devotion to each other is shown in this featurette in a manner that is genuinely sweet, rather than nauseating. Speaking of relationships that were formed during the Graham Williams era, it's curious that there is no sign of the erstwhile Mrs Baker in this thing; you would have imagined that because of the connection to Douglas Adams, Lalla Ward would have jumped at the chance to appear on-camera and sing his praises once again. You'd have at least thought she'd do it to elaborate upon Tom Baker's inability to use a pole to steer a waterborne craft and use the term "silly punt".
Actor Daniel Hill's morbid aversion to two-wheeled vehicles is discussed, with the actor's near-death experience in front of the cameras being brought up in a fairly amusing manner, and the clip that made it into the (ahem) finished version of Shada is used to illustrate the point. Hill himself comes across as a terribly likeable chap and seems like is he cut from the same sort of cloth as Douglas Adams himself, providing many interesting anecdotes about the filming of this most mysterious of Doctor Who projects.
Director Pennant Roberts passed away in 2010, but is represented here by clips from an interview conducted in 2005 and he is able to provide a few posthumous nuggets of information about the filming of Shada, including the specifics surrounding the first of the industrial actions taken during the shoot.
The first half of this documentary covers the relatively successful location shooting and early studio filming of Shada and, as is often the case when watching documentaries about disasters, you know what's coming, but you still hold a faint glimmer in your heart that things will work out in the end, and this is certainly the case here. It is around the halfway point that the first ominous signs of union troubles emerge, when the use of two crews for the filming of the chase scene through Cambridge was targeted by the unions and it just goes downhill from there, with depressing tales of how Shada became jinxed and eventually doomed.
Now and Then: This is yet another in the occasional series that takes a look at the locations used for Doctor Who, comparing and contrasting them with how they appeared at the time of filming and how they look now. Predictably, very little has changed in the historic city of Cambridge, with most of the historic buildings looking either identical or, in some cases, cleaner than how they were seen during the filming over three decades ago. All of the locations are covered, including the places used during the bicycle chase and the punting on the river scenes. This enjoyable 12 minute featurette serves to highlight just how much of Cambridge has been unnervingly unaltered by time and the remastered clips from Shada just underline this.
Strike! Strike! Strike!: Watch this baby and you are in for 27 minutes of sheer unadulterated entertainment, as your genial host Shaun Ley presents an informative and quite often amusing look at how the various unions involved in television production exerted their authority and how their actions impacted upon the recording of everyone's favourite show about a time-travelling police box. From the first documented potential walk-out after William Hartnell offended his dresser (was she Welsh?), to the potential problem that was stirred up during the current Matt Smith era, the baffling whys and wherefores are explored and the demise of the power of the unions at the hands of Thatcher is explained.
There is participation from several key people, including actress Nicola Bryant (still looking ravishing after all these years), director Richard Martin, producer Derrick Sherwin, former Doctor Who Magazine editor and author Gary Russell, along with many others.
One of the most fascinating parts of this documentary involve Derrick Sherwin and the late, great Barry Letts explaining about how they were able to shoot Spearhead From Space on film and on location for the same amount of money it would have taken to shoot in the studio and with a full crew; Russell ponders upon how interesting the rest of that season would have looked if it had been shot entirely on 16mm film? The answer would probably be that it would look fabulous, but have lousy production sound. The other most interesting segment chronicles the near-miss that befell the Third Doctor's return trip to the planet of Peladon; The Monster of Peladon was very nearly recorded in black and white due to industrial action, but last minute intervention prevented this common practice from happening and the events of one of Jon Pertwee's dullest stories could be enjoyed by few.
Punctuated by clips to humorously underscore the mood of the times, and with some amusing graphics (Daleks waving placards), Strike! Strike! Strike! manages to (ahem) strike the right balance between being informative and being light-hearted. This is wonderfully enjoyable stuff, with the only sour taste coming from Tony Lennon, ex-president of BECTU, who described Doctor Who as "a cheap potboiler (sic), that filled a slot on Saturday evening" - I am sure that many Doctor Who fans will be with us when we say in response "Fuck you!"
Being a Girl: This is a half an hour documentary that has been kicking around for a while, trying to find a home and ending up in this refuge for orphaned extras known as The Legacy Collection. Ardent feminist Louise Jameson narrates this look at the changing depiction of female companions over the decades and uses plenty of clips to illustrate the views of the director of this documentary.
There are no interviews with members of the Doctor Who cast and any sort of social commentary - outside of Jameson's narration - is provided by broadcaster Samira Ahmed and Doctor Who Monthly contributor Emma Price, both of whom represent the feminist side (somewhat obviously) and the angle begins with the unfortunate stereotype of Susan being a companion who twisted her ankle and screamed a lot (which was unfortunately shovelled upon her after initially being set up as a far more interesting character). The female companions of the classic era are whipped through quite quickly, with only Sarah Jane Smith and Leela being examined in slightly more detail, and New-Who's companions are also put under the microscope and their roles in a 21st century culture are analysed, with Rose and River Song being particularly praised.
We would take issue with Ahmed's opinion that the female companions in the seventies were created by producers in order to "wind-up feminists" - Barry Letts was a very serious and sincere person, who would not have wanted to deliberately introduce a character that would upset people. Despite a couple of caveats (missing out Katarina, even thought she was a bona-fide companion is one of them), this is a pretty entertaining way of blowing half an hour and it's nice to see a collection of clips spanning the entire run of Doctor Who. Oh, and the possibility of having a female Doctor rears up at the end of the episode, with Ahmed saying that she would love to see a Margaret Rutherford-type playing The Doctor - this will NEVER happen now... they'd never cast anyone, irrespective of gender, over forty in the role these days.
Photo Gallery: Though Shada was never finished, copious production and publicity pictures were taken and are presented here for your own personal gratification. What is most interesting is that the majority of the pictures seen here come from the relatively small amount of time that was spent in the studio, rather than the comparatively large amount of time spent on location. Keff McCulloch's music from Shada is played over the assortment of images.
Information Text: Despite the incomplete nature of the story, you lucky viewers are still presented with a seemingly never-ending stream of fascinating facts, figures, statistics and trivia connected with Shada. Beginning with the genesis of how the VHS Shada came about (it was originally proposed that the-then Doctor Colin Baker would narrate the links to Peri, in a manner not dissimilar to the Big Finish story, The Hollows of Time), and that it was John Nathan-Turner who wrote the links, with some liberal improvisation from Tom Baker ( "Beat you, Cock!"). It is revealed that Douglas Adams didn't want Shada going out, and that - in an event not too dissimilar from something straight from the pages of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - it only happened because it accidentally signed the release form when it was included amongst a bunch of forms on his desk. The Info Text in during the first episode deals with the origins of the story, but the infamous production problems are dealt with in detail later on. In essence, this is another meticulously researched and entertainingly written collection of trivia and information that is always present on Doctor Who DVD releases, and though there is sadly no audio commentary on Shada (Daniel Hill would have made for a great participant), the Info Text attempts to fill the void and does so in a fairly successful manner.
Coming Soon: Yes, it's finally here! The Reign of Terror, complete with animated versions of the missing episodes. We've seen them and all we'll say for the moment is that the style of the animated episodes will seriously divide fans...
Doctor Who fans can - and will - continue to debate just how much of a classic Shada would have been if the story had been completed; there are some who insist that it would have taken its place in the all-time top ten of classic Doctor Who stories and there others who say that it would have been an average story to wrap-up what is generally regarded as a fairly dull season.
The version of Shada presented here will do little to satisfy either parties in terms of changing or reinforcing their polarised opinions, as it is essentially the same version that was released two decades ago, but at least the surviving footage has been given a much-welcome wash-and-brush-up. It's still not a completed version of the story (Ian Levine's animated take easily presents the most "finished" version), but this still gives a tantalising - but ultimately frustrating - peek at what might have been.
Review by Wilson Bros
JAMIOUSE Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 24
Another great review, I look forward to your take on The Reign Of Terror. I have to admit I rather ejoyed Shada, I hadn't seen it before and was expecting another dull 'beige' Baker episode but it's surprisingly enjoyable. It is a great shame it was never finished but just how much footage was shot in the first studio session? It seems rather alot! It would have been nice to see Shada itself, why there's no photos of the sets is a bit of mystery.
Thanks for the kind words, Jamiouse.
Shada has a great concept and some lovely location work - it's just a shame that much of the studio work was never shot. Tom Baker being on top form only adds to the enjoyment, as he was all over the place during this period of his tenure.
They seemed to rattle through quite a number of scenes during the first studio session, which was ultimately to the benefit of fans. As why there are no photos of the sets, we have no idea, but we know a couple of people we can ask...
Oh, we're working on The Reign of Terror at the moment - the animation style is going to seriously polarise opinions.
The Wilson Bros
Shada has a great concept and some lovely location work - it's just a shame that much of the studio work was never shot. Tom Baker being on top form only adds to the enjoyment, as he was all over the place during this period of his tenure.
They seemed to rattle through quite a number of scenes during the first studio session, which was ultimately to the benefit of fans. As why there are no photos of the sets, we have no idea, but we know a couple of people we can ask...
Oh, we're working on The Reign of Terror at the moment - the animation style is going to seriously polarise opinions.
The Wilson Bros
JAMIOUSE Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 24
I've cancelled my order for Reign until I read a review or two. I like alot of Hartnell stories but I do find the historicals hard going, had 2 Entertain decided on another missing story to animate I wouldn't hesitate.
We happen to enjoy the historical stories; Dennis Spooner was always good at writing these and there are some fun moments in The Reign of Terror. We'd love to see an animated Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, but we do we know...?
The Wilson Bros
The Wilson Bros
Matt Stilwell Banned Join Date: October 2004 Location: United States Posts: 517
Does this have the 1992 Tom Baker linking parts ?
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,831
I look forward to watching Shada later this week. i haven't seen it as of yet
Matt Stilwell wrote: Does this have the 1992 Tom Baker linking parts ?
Yes, and ol' Tom is just as goggle-eyed as ever as he fills in the hulking-great gaps in footage.
The Wilson Bros
Yes, and ol' Tom is just as goggle-eyed as ever as he fills in the hulking-great gaps in footage.
The Wilson Bros
General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children
Disc Details
Release Date: 7th January 2013
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: 2002 Shada Podcast, Taken Out of Time, Strike! Strike! Strike!, Just a Girl, Then and Now, Photo Gallery, Information Text, Coming Soon Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Pennant Roberts
Cast: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Christopher Neame, David Brierly, Daniel Hill
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 149 minutes
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2013 Toyota Land Cruiser: New Car Review
Pros: Beastly yet refined V8; capable in the dirt; luxuries and technology galore; eight-passenger seating
Cons: Imposing size; poor fuel economy; so-so comfort for rear passengers
What's New: Sturdier exterior styling, a revised interior, a hard-drive-based navigation system, Entune mobile-app integration, and a bunch of standard features that used to be optional, including a rear-seat DVD entertainment system. It's also significantly more expensive.
The 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser shows just how far this iconic SUV has come since it rose to prominence as the two-door FJ40 Land Cruiser more than 50 years ago. That old Cruiser was a purely utilitarian vehicle, a Japanese Jeep Wrangler of sorts. But in recent years, the Land Cruiser has morphed into a four-door luxury SUV with automatic everything, hard-drive-based navigation, a rear entertainment system-the whole nine yards.
While the spirit of the old FJ40 lives on in the retro-cool FJ Cruiser, the 2013 Land Cruiser is basically the Japanese Range Rover-an opulent people carrier clinging to its storied off-road legacy.
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Comfort & Utility
The 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser is offered in one very well-equipped trim level. Standard features include 18-inch alloy wheels, a sunroof, keyless entry and ignition, power leather-trimmed front seats, four-zone automatic climate control with separate second-row controls, JBL premium audio and a rear-view camera. There's also a hard-drive-based touchscreen navigation system with the smartphone-based Entune interface, a rear-seat DVD entertainment system and connectivity for iPod/USB and Bluetooth devices. Every Land Cruiser comes fully loaded, so there are no factory options.
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The full-time four-wheel-drive Land Cruiser is powered by a 5.7-liter V8 that cranks out 381 horsepower and 401 lb-ft of torque. The transmission is a six-speed automatic. Although the Cruiser weighs close to three tons, the V8 provides effortless acceleration, and it's one of the most refined large engines on the market. Fuel economy is an expectedly dismal 13 mpg city/18 mpg highway. On the bright side, you can tow a trucklike 8,500 pounds if you want.
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On the pavement, the Land Cruiser is a brute, but kind of an endearing one. The throaty V8 certainly helps; it's pretty amazing how much get up and go this SUV has. The Cruiser's enormous dimensions are readily apparent from behind the wheel, but you feel completely invulnerable up there, like you're on a personal suburban safari. Road noise is appropriately subdued for a high-end luxury vehicle. Off-road performance is excellent thanks to good ground clearance, low-range gearing, a locking center differential and a slew of driving aids.
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Reaction of Darkfall Players
Stabs made an incredibly astute observation. The actual reaction from the players who should be most offended, those still playing Darkfall, were for the most part very sympathetic.
RyanT, who didn't even agree, even went so far as to repost my entry on the Darkfall forums. The post wasn't met with scorn and more than half of the follow-up commenters agreed with me.
And that was on ForumFall. A place not exactly well known for its welcoming and endearing nature towards QQ posts.
That's because at some level they all understood one basic truth: That even many of the current DF players, if forced to start over, wouldn't spend 4-6 months of intense effort developing a character that didn't get four-shotted. I think what non-DF players missed is the scale of effort required.
I also wasn't criticizing the fact that imbalance existed. At one level, I'm OK with the imbalance because I view myself as the type of player that will just "work" past the imbalance. However, ultimately what got to me was the realization that the sheer amount of "work" required is unfathomable.
Again – scale.
This isn't WoW. If I had spent the amount of effort I had spent in Darkfall on a Level 1 WoW character – I would not only be level 80, but I would have 4 or 5 BIS items (Best In Slot). Heck, I more or less did that same exact thing a year ago January/February with my Mage alt.
Darkfall is a game where everything you do contributes to a skill and stat. The more you play doing ANYTHING, the more your stats increase. Character development never really stops.
Thus, it would be monumentally unfair to the "other guy" if I was allowed to easily catch up. How would you feel if you spent 6 months developing a character only to have me "catch-up" in six weeks and then pass you?
Tobold's "Serial Ganker quits Darkfall"
I found it a bit entertaining that I never wrote the word "quit" anywhere in my original post and it was used in Tobold's title. True enough, I suppose. But perhaps a good example of my overall issue with how Tobold characterized my post.
I felt the selective quoting had a much more negative overtone about Darkfall than my original post. Again, I wasn't misquoted or even quoted out-of-context, but certainly anything positive that I had to say about Darkfall was conveniently left out.
Tobold goes on to say these thoughts of mine echo his own thoughts about EVE. The principal problem of PvP in an MMO is character advancement and such advancement puts new players at odds with veteran players. I've raised that question myself on occasion. Certainly it's an issue.
However, it's not a unique issue.
It exists in Darkfall, it exists in EVE, it exists in WoW, it exists in WAR. It exists in all MMOs. It even exists in MMOs that don't allow you to attack other players. Tobold would have you believe that this issue doesn't exist in PvE. But it does. Because we don't play MMOs in a vacuum. We play with other people.
When you RAID in game like WoW, you compete for your RAID spot. You are one of 10 or 25 people. If there are 11 or 26 people who want to RAID – let the competition begin. Who's got the best gear? Who does the most DPS? The more veteran or "advanced" player has an advantage.
Even mundane tasks like harvesting, trading, or mining are all competitive activities in which veteran players have an advantage.
Mining Copper on foot? You'll lose to the guy on the mount.
Mining Fel Ore on a mount? You'll lose to the guy on the Flying Mount.
Competing on the Auction House? You'll lose to the guy with more gold who understands the market, has established trading contacts and can afford to weather out a bad market.
Veteran players will always have an advantage. This isn't new. In fact, the only way to take away that advantage is to either force everyone to be equal or take the "group" out of the equation.
That's why I can't really be critical of Darkfall or EVE on this score. It's indicative of a bigger problem with all MMOs.
How do you on-board NEW players while at the same time not invalidating the work of your more veteran players?
Blizzard takes the approach that with every expansion, you effectively get a gear reset. They also don't have any qualms about lowering the effort required to get gear or increase your relative power. It takes a third of the time to level 1-60 that it once did. Gear that was BIS when I quit WoW a year ago is trivial now. In short, they actively undermine the efforts of their most dedicated players in order to create this balance.
If there is something different about Darkfall and EVE it's that neither game takes this approach of invalidating the effort of their most dedicated players. I'm sure some would argue that they should. I don't know. As a new player to Darkfall, such a thing would have greatly increased my experience. But at what cost to the veteran players?
Even in Blizzard's case though, the solution isn't exactly ideal (as evidenced by Tobold's recent complaint about the grind in Outland). You still have 70 levels to slug through of content 4-6 years old before you can get to the most active group content as a new player. Most of which you will do as a "solo" player.
The "Hero" Reaction
I think what irritated me most about Tobold's post is the direction it took in his comments and Gevlon's separate follow-up post on his blog. Over the years, Tobold has been pretty outspoken about EVE in that "there are more of the downtrodden masses than there are emperors." A criticism that I don't share. He wrote:
I get extremely suspicious nowadays whenever I hear of a game which allows you to achieve great things, lead an empire, and rule over the masses. [..] If I want to lead empires, I play single-player games.In fairness, I don't think Tobold was aiming that comment at me. However, it quickly became obvious in the comments that at least some of his readers were attributing the idea that *I* wanted to lead empires and that's why I quit Darkfall. Gevlon took it one step further and said that I quit because I didn't want to be a cog and that I wasn't a team player.
The common theme is this silly idea about people wanting to be a "Hero". I've never really liked that argument not because it's untrue but because no one likes feeling unimportant.
You are the center of your Universe. You will always care most about what happens to YOU and what YOU do. Even if you are part of a team, YOUR role and YOUR actions as they contribute to the team are the most important part in YOUR little universe.
I played team sports in High School, so I understand perfectly well what it means to be on a team. Individual success is meaningless if the team doesn't win.
But if the team DOES win, does that make individual success still meaningless? No.
Your individual performance still matters to YOU. If you know that YOU are not contributing to help the team win, you don't feel as if YOU earned it – even if the team does win.
So it should never come as any surprise to anyone that the most important part of any MMO is YOU.


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At Georgetown's El Monumento Restaurant, Bar Manager Jeremy Corn can mix up a mean Manhattan while regaling guests with nuggets of cocktail history and trivia.
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"The recipe for a Manhattan," he says, "is two ounces of bourbon, 1 ounce vermouth, and two dashes of bitters. That's easy to remember—211—that's Manhattan's area code."
Every Wednesday, Jeremy and his crew of bartenders host an event at El Monumento's bar, known as El Bar, called "Mixology Wednesday." For $14, visitors can try miniature versions of three classic cocktails, comparing flavors, techniques, and presentation. Depending on the day, Mixology Wednesday can wind up like an abridged version of Jeremy's popular "Mixology 101" class, which he offers monthly and also by special arrangement.
"We keep the classes small-about seven people tops-since we have them out back at the tiki bar," says Jeremy. "So far, the crowds have been really diverse; last weekend we had a couple in their mid-30s, a few regular customers at the restaurant, and a couple from Sun City.
"People always want to know: Why do you stir instead of shake, and vice versa? The rule is that you should stir drinks that contain straight spirits. We apply water and ice to chill and dilute the drink, and you don't want to introduce air. When you pour a spirits drink, it should look silky-smooth like ribbons, like a stream of diamonds.
" But you shake a drink that has fruit juice in it. The shaking creates bubbles, which creates an infinite surface area. That creates what we call a flash infusion.
"Sometimes people wonder: Why use a jigger? Why measure at all? I always tell them that we approach cocktail-making like making a recipe. After all, it's an offshoot of the culinary arts, and attention to detail is paramount."
Jeremy is writing a booklet to accompany his "Mixology 101" classes, in which he'll provide the recipes for the drinks he considers the top 25 classic cocktails. If you master these, you'll bartend with flair at any gathering. The top 25 include standards like the Bloody Mary and the Daiquiri, along with lesser-known libations such as the French 75, the Moscow Mule, and the Sazarac, which dates to 1820s New Orleans.
Jeremy says his favorite drink right now is the Old-Fashioned, and here's his recipe: Combine 2.5 ounces rye whiskey, .5 ounces simple syrup, and .25 ounces Angostura bitters in a mixing glass. Add ice and stir very well. Strain into an ice-filled, chilled rocks glass, and garnish with a lemon twist.


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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare muscle disorder but it is one of the most frequent genetic conditions affecting approximately 1 in 3500 male births worldwide. It is usually recognized between three and six years of age. DMD is characterized by weakness and wasting (atrophy) of the muscles of the pelvic area followed by the involvement of the shoulder muscles. As the disease progresses, muscle weakness and atrophy spread to affect the trunk and forearms and gradually progress to involve additional muscles of the body. The disorder is progressive and most affected individuals require a wheelchair by the teen-age years. Serious life-threatening complications may ultimately develop including disease of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy) and breathing (respiratory) difficulties.
DMD is caused by changes (mutations) of the DMD gene on the short arm (p) of the X chromosome. The gene regulates the production of a protein called dystrophin that is found in association with the membrane of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells. Dystrophin is thought to play an important role in maintaining the structure of these muscle cells. DMD is classified as a dystrophinopathy. The dystrophinopathies are a spectrum of muscle diseases, each caused by alterations in DMD gene. The severe end of the spectrum is known as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and the less severe as Becker muscular dystrophy.
The dystrophinopathies belong to a large group of diseases known as the muscular dystrophies. These disorders are characterized by specific changes (e.g. variation of muscle fiber size, muscle fiber necrosis and inflammation) in muscle biopsy. The clinical hallmarks include the weakness and wasting of various voluntary muscles of the body. Approximately 30 different disorders make up the muscular dystrophies. The disorders affect different muscles and have different ages of onset, severity and inheritance patterns.
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A Year of Living Green
From recycling to energy-saving appliances to growing food in small spaces, Apartment Therapy has you covered when it comes to living green at home. Here are 10 of our favorite green posts from 2012.
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4. Gardening Without a Garden: 10 Ideas for Your Patio or Balcony
5. Helpful Links: Rain Barrel Roundup
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Dolphin Customers Alice Klar Release 2nd Single
DSCO DANCE is the 2nd Single of Liverpool based Pop Duo ALICE KLAR
With the help of the radio stations Berlin Radio Fritz and MDR Sputnik ALICE KLAR have gathered many German listeners and back home, here in England, they shared the stage with the likes of Santigold and Ladyhawke.
"DSCO Dance" is the second single from ALICE KLAR and gives a further insight into the 2010 anticipated album.
Alice Klar have performed around the northwest in 2008 and 2009, tearing up the local electro and indie scenes and supporting Santogold and Ladyhawke at MTV's Liverpool Music Week. Building on their local success, Alice Klar are now confirming gigs nationwide and are looking forward to causing a riot at venues such as Notting Hill Arts Club, Death Disco and independent festivals. Alice Klar intend to tour a few cities in Germany this year too.
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Open a new blank canvas
Floodfill white.
Paste a paper of choice from the scrapkit
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Layers - Load/Save Mask - Load Mask from disk -
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Mask - load with the following settings
Source Luminance - Fit to canvas - Hide all mask checked.
Merge Group.
resize to suit.
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Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow
load the following settings
0 - 0 - 30 - 6.00 - Black.
Copy and paste your tube as a new layerplace as you wish or as I have,
See my finished Tag as a guide.
remembering to add drop shadow to each layer.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop shadow
load the following settings
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Add any elements that you may wish
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again use my tag as a guide
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You can select any other elements from the kit
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I also used elements
37, 38, 44 and 52
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Save as you would normally.
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by thefourthman » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:17 pm
hence the spoiler and black out crap, fool!
by Stephen Day » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:23 pm
Just out of curiosity, why didn't you think Lemire's art fit the story? Everybody else seems to have thought it was one of the best parts of this issue.
by Eli Katz » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:24 pm
I'm ready to form a lynch mob!
by Stephen Day » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:35 pm
Whoa there, let's hear him out first. Let him state his reasons for why he feels the way he does. He might have a good reason for his opinion.
If you still don't like his answer after that, well, have to with the lynching then.
by Eli Katz » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:01 pm
This is the RG -- we need controversy and contempt or else we die.
by Stephen Day » Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:09 pm
Well, OK then, lynch away.
Just keep this in mind; if you're ever the one people are calling on to be lynched, I might not step in the way like I did here.
by thefourthman » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:50 pmEli's a real man, he wants no back up from Canadians!
by Amoebas » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:48 pmI've been a Jonah Hex fan since the 70's. I still own that awful 80's scifi future series. I was gladly there for issue #1 of this current series as I have been for the entire run.
Reading the reviews here makes me hope some of you will continue to check the book out, because there have been some truly great stories in the issues you've missed (especially #50 drawn by Cooke).
As for this issue - I knew Jonah was going to eventually find his Pa, I just didn't know this was going to be it. Having a deeper background into the character than most, I state with certainty that the bastard got everything that came to him.
For a series that rarely mentions continuity, this issue was filled with dialog about previous tales - credit to Gray & Palmiotti because with every mention, I clearly recalled the details of those stories and how excellent they are.
This story was spectacular, years of waiting for this encounter and it's nothing like I expected it would be - this was better. The final scene was damn near perfect. With this series coming to an end (kinda) this issue serves as a great final chapter.
The art - while it fit the story excellently, I kept getting distracted by some inconsistent characters early on (the blond thief's face looked different every other panel for example). Once I got used to Lemire's style that feeling ebbed. Even so, for pulling me out of this book with his art, I can't give the book the perfect 10 it could have gotten.
Story - 10
Art - 9
Overall 9.5
Not part of this issue is what comes next. Sure Jonah will continue for another issue and then he moves on to All Star Western, but with his Pa now dead, that's one less demon Jonah needs to carry. With closure comes... what? I look forward to seeing what G & P come up with.
by Zero » Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:48 amJonah Hex #69
I liked the art, I liked the story and I liked this comic. Jonah Hex usually leaves me wondering why i don't enjoy it more and usually it's down to the art I guess because when someone as accomplished as Lemire or Darwyn Cooke draws an issue this is a comic I want to read.
Sorry for the late and half-assed review. Reasons.
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I have waaaaaaaaaaay too many since my friends are too funny, but what are some of your moments?
Eeheheeh. I have too many as well ~!
Paul Walker, I loved you :c
I don't have friends. So no fun moments for me.
Me and my buddy were drawing some art at his kitchen table one day ..
"Hey Mat .. hey Mat, check this out .. it's a dwarf. He's got 100 pickaxes in that backpack .. "
*He looks over*
*I draw some fucked up eyebrows on the dwarf*
He starts laughing .. then laughs some more .. then starts cackling hysterically. Eventually, I start laughing my ass off because he can't stop laughing. I don't even know what was so funny. His little brother and sister wander in and see us laughing .. and then they start laughing.
Finally me and him and his little bro were all on the kitchen floor laughing to the point of tears because he was losing his shit and couldn't stop laughing for any discernible reason.
Ahh .. good times.
Ahahahahha LOL ii can imagine!! thats too funny ;P
The first one that comes to mind would be when I went over to a friends house, and saw his iPod sitting on the side of his couch. He was talking to another friend that was there so i just picked up his iPod and started looking through his Emails. He looks over and watches me for a few seconds before trying to hit it out of my hand. He succeeds, but in the process of hitting it away it was thrown into my face and then behind the couch, we all looked at it for a second before breaking out laughing.
Smoking weed together.
Never mind now
First that comes to mind is a camping trip with my best friend. We had decided to go exploring the shrubland. I got curious and ingested some plant material. I called it "tree sap" when my friend had questioned me of what I had in my mouth (pretty stupid in retrospect). I must have gotten some sort of "high" off of it, as I had become hyperactive,perky, and paranoid. We decided to climb this boulder that was about four meters tall, and from there was a great view of the land. We saw a sheriff's car pull up from where the brush had started. Looking for us probably. In paranoia I hid, but my friend told me that I had leapt clear off the boulder like Gollum from LotR. He panicked, thinking I had broken a bone or sprained an ankle. Only to have me scurry up like Gollum, peeking my head over the top ever so lightly to conceal our presence until the sheriff left.
It didn't end there, on our walk back to camp, we heard twigs snapping and still under the effects of this tree sap I was thinking mountain lions. We both paused trying to discern the direction of the noise. The noise again. This time I yelled "Mountain lion (expletive)!", ran like hell, getting scratched by the brush, having some of our clothes snagged and torn. It was a rush.
I most definitely would ingest that tree sap again.
Shall be absent from CR for undisclosed and indefinite period of time.
When my friends and I took Kokology tests together. It was about choosing an instrument you would most likely like to play in an orchestra:
Violin, String Bass, Trumpet, or Flute.
Most of my friends picked the violin since most of them play it for real, but I picked string bass because I always adored them and wanted to learn to play them despite my size.
Turns out, the instrument you choose tells you
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about your expertise in bed, if you know what I mean. LOL
It was so awkward, and we couldn't believe it, that we started laughing so much and continued to take other quizzes.
Here's a link to the quiz if you're curious.
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Back on hiatus until May
One of my buddies has a really deep voice but when he laughs it's shrill, another one sounds like a machine gun going off when he laughs.
If i make a joke, I'm just scared for my life lol jk
memento mori
One of the moments I'll remember for the rest of my life...
Me and two of my buddies (both named Johnathan oddly enough), were at our elementary school back in the day one weekend to play basketball on the courts they had back behind the building. We only had two basketballs so the odd person out had to out rebound someone to get his turn to shoot. Me and Johnny #1 were tussling for a ball after he shot and it ended up rolling to the far side out the court so we raced over there and he ended up getting to it first. We start walking back to the goal and he decides he wants to punt the ball into the net from this side of the court. He punts the ball and we both follow it with our eyes, and right as it is getting near the basket Johnny #2 was going up to attempt a lay-up, unaware of the incoming punted ball. As Johnny #2 was in mid-air the punted ball came down and landed directly on top of his head causing him to flail around and collapse on the ground in a quite humorous manner. Of course me and Johnny #1 began laughing uncontrollably and Johnny#2 got quite offended, screamed obscenities at us, and then proceeded to walk home, which made us both laugh even harder. About 45 minutes later when Johnny#1 and I had finally stopped laughing we walked to McDonald's and got food. Twas a good day, and the image of the perfect timing where the ball hit Johnny#2 while he was in the air is forever burned into my brain.
seeing this kid in my tutor class start crying when reminiscing of when he got hit by a snow ball last year, doesn't sound funny, you had to be there.
Me, my little brother and best friends were going on a camping trip. We were all sleeping in the tent and my little brother, and I shit you not, did one of the loudest farts I have ever heard. I'm not exaggerating, it sounded like a rocket launcher was fired right next to our tent. We all bursted out laughing. We couldn't stop laughing for a good 20 minutes. That was a good day. I have a lot of good memories with my bros, too many to count.
But I'm thankful for my best friends, really. We've been friends ever since we were toddlers and I wouldn't know where I would be right now if I hadn't met them.
hillbilly buck here, we out here lookin out for sumuh deez snapper flahs
The first time I met my best guy friend was when he came up to me at a bar while I was drunk and slightly pissed off and he hit on me. So being the rational person I was I punched him in the face. Now he was and still is a pretty big guy and my aim was off due the inebriation so I didn't do much damage but he was so emotionally hurt by it that I seriously thought he was going to cry. Evidently he was really worried that he'd offended me and kept apologizing which made drunk me feel really guilty so I ended up buying him a drink and explaining why I was drunk, upset, and not interested in dating him. He has never let me live that down, although I managed to get him back at his bachelor party but that's a tale for another time.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.


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A recent Beltwide study forum led by J.C. Banks and Craig Bednarz, on the importance of the first 40 days to final cotton production, has generated interest in these production practices, but Virginia Cotton Specialist, Joel Faircloth reminds Virginia/Carolina growers that these 40-day recommendations will vary somewhat for different states.
Speaking at the recent Virginia Cotton Producers Annual Meeting, Faircloth compared the first 40 days of a cotton plant's health and growth to that of a child. "We all want to give our children the best chance possible to succeed later in life, so we provide the best inputs we can, but every child and every situation is different — so is every cotton crop, he contends.
Planting date is more critical in Virginia than in areas of the South where the growing season is longer, he notes. "When you don't plant on time, you are shortening the bloom season. In a normal year, the last affective bloom date in Virginia is Aug. 15, meaning after that time those bolls typically aren't going to amount to too much.
In Virginia, we recommend you have a soil temperature at 3-inch depths, at 10 a.m. of 60-65 degrees F. We also recommend a 5-7 day warming trend following planting and no heavy, packing rain.
This is critical not only to reduce crusting, but because soil moisture can significantly reduce soil temperature, Faircloth says. He points out that recent research conducted by Virginia Tech Plant Pathologist Pat Phipps indicates that temperatures nearer the 60 degree F line, followed by warm weather, may be as good as 65 degrees F. With that range and a range of 30,000 to 60,000 seed per acre, growers have some flexibility in planting.
In Virginia, 66 cotton varieties were tested in 2005, though Faircloth stresses that no recommendations are based on one-year of data. "Look at multi-year variety test results and multiple locations, when possible, the Virginia specialist says. "This may be the most critical decision a grower makes, because it determines what will happen the rest of the year and what the yield potential is for the year," he explains.
In general, Roundup Ready, with and without Bollgard trait, produced higher yields than other technologies. "We are confident over the next few years varieties will be developed that contain new technologies and produce comparable or better yields," Faircloth contends.
The top yielding Roundup Ready Flex varieties produced about 100 pounds per acre less than the top producing varieties without the new technology. None topped 1,600 pounds of lint per acre, nor produced 44 percent lint. The top Flex variety, Stoneville ST 4664 RF did produce high yields and high quality cotton, but not comparable to other varieties in the one year test.
The next three top-yielding flex varieties, Deltapine 108RF, Royster-Clark VCX612 and Deltapine 110RF all produced yields within 150 pounds of the top yielding non-flex variety.
Two Bollgard Roundup Ready varieties, Deltapine DP 444 BG/RR and Deltapine 454 BG/RR produced the highest yields and all had high lint percentage and quality scores. Deltapine 434 RR, Deltapine DP 393, PhytoGen PHY 370WR and PhytoGen 310 R all produced yields within 100 pounds of the top variety in the test.
In three-year variety tests in Virginia, Deltapine DP393 had the highest overall lint yield and quality scores. Deltapine 444 BG/RR, Deltapine432 RR, Bayer CropScience FM 989 BR, and Stoneville, ST 4892 BR, all performed comparably to the top variety in multiple year, multiple site tests.
For Virginia and other states on the northern edge of the cotton-producing belt, the use of plant growth regulators is not always a yield-enhancing practice. "In Virginia, I don't think we have a place for plant growth regulators in the first 40 day period," Faircloth contends.
"We know that plant growth regulators enhance cotton maturity, which can be extremely important in Virginia, but we don't want to cheat early season cotton varieties out of their potential by applying plant growth regulators too early or at too high rates. Especially on top performing varieties, like Deltapine 444, we don't want to rob them of their production potential," the Virginia specialist says.
"If you apply plant growth regulators too early, you can rob the plant of its yield potential. We've seen it both ways — increases in yields and losses in yields," Faircloth explains.
Cover crops are critical to the first 40 days of a cotton plant's life, according to Faircloth. First, cover crops build up organic matter. And more importantly, cover crops reduce sand blasting, which on Virginia's light, sandy soils compound all early season problems, especially thrips.
"Just like you don't want your kids to get sick and interfere with their growth potential, you don't want your cotton plants to get sick," Faircloth notes. In Virginia, the common early season diseases are rhizoctonia, commonly called sore shin, and pythium or damping off diseases.
Virginia Tech Plant Pathologist Pat Phipps says the first line of defense against these, and other, early season diseases is high quality seed that are coated with seed protectant fungicides and insecticides. Seed with cool germination of 80 percent or higher are desirable and seed with cool germ levels below 60 percent should be avoided, he says.
In a cool, wet environment, or in fields with a long history of disease problems, in-furrow treatment with fungicides may be needed to ensure seedling health, Faircloth adds.
The primary early season insect problem is thrips. Over the past 5-6 years cotton losses to insects and cotton losses to thrips are very close together, Faircloth points out. Seed treatments look promising for thrips control, and Temik has supplied consistently good control of thrips, the Virginia cotton specialists says. "Ames Herbert, entomologist and head of Virginia Tech's Integrated Pest Management Program has done a good job of demonstrating the value of protecting seedling cotton from thrips injury," Faircloth adds.
Taking more and more peanuts out of the rotation (Virginia is down to less than 20,000 acres of peanuts) will likely cause an increase in nematode problems in cotton, Faircloth warns. Nematodes restrict roots from taking up nutrients and damage from these pests is frequently diagnosed as soil fertility or other type damage, he points out.
Managing weeds in the first 40 days is arguably the most effective way to maintain cotton plants at their maximum yield potential. Each week after planting a grower delays making his cotton weed free, costs over 260 pounds of cotton per acre, according to recent trials conducted by North Carolina State researchers John Wilcut and Alan York.
In the first 40 days, method of glyphosate application is critical in Roundup Ready cotton. "Post directed application of glyphosate is legal, but if the application is sloppy and the herbicide hits high on the plant, you may see yield reductions," Faircloth says. "It all depends on how many heat units you get to compensate for the bolls you lose with off label or sloppy post-directed applications," he explains.
The single highest input cost for Virginia cotton growers is soil fertility. With fertilizer costs, especially nitrogen, soaring, applying optimum amounts is critical to the bottom line.
Proper liming is critical in Virginia cotton, because it is among the most sensitive to low soil pH of crops grown in Virginia. Cotton will grow best in the state at pH levels in the 5.8-6.5 range.
"Last year we saw a lot of problems from potassium deficiency," Faircloth notes. On deep sandy soils, most often with high nematode levels, we saw some very bad situations with potassium deficiency, he says. On these deep sand soils, growers may need up to 150 pounds of potassium per acre, he concludes.
If all goes well — the weather is good, all the inputs work and everything falls into place, Virginia growers stand a good chance to make another good crop in 2006, the Virginia cotton specialists concludes.