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Tooling Article
Tool Steel Considerations for Lean Manufacturing
The first step: Identify an appropriate goal with respect to tooling performance. While it might seem desirable for tooling to last forever, this would not be realistic nor would the high costs required necessarily translate into value at the bottom line. From a lean perspective, tooling should perform reliably, consistently and predictably. This allows a metalformer to effectively plan its operations, reduce variation and improve process flow.
Recognize the Factors that Affect Tool Performance
|Select the correct grade that offers the appropriate balance of wear and toughness for the job at hand.
The tool steel often takes the blame for problems that originate elsewhere, such as in the design, manufacture or maintenance of the tooling. From the start, metalformers must ensure that they are not asking more of the tooling that what it can handle—a classic source of waste. Start by selecting the right grade of tool steel as part of the design process, and by specifying the heat treatment of the tool steel as part of the tool-manufacturing process.
To control metallurgical quality, follow these three basic steps:
1) Select the correct grade that offers the appropriate balance of wear and toughness for the job at hand. Tool-steel suppliers can provide data comparing properties on a relative scale. Wear resistance generally is associated with longevity —it enables the production of more parts, extends maintenance intervals and minimizes downtime. To some extent, wear life may not seem as much of a concern in the age of JIT, short production cycles and more frequent tooling changes. However, achieving adequate wear resistance still is key to producing good parts with minimal variation, and to keeping dies out of the toolroom.
Simply using a more wear-resistant grade may not als be the correct choice. Do not overlook the importance of toughness; nothing spoils reliability and creates waste more quickly than a die component that develops the bad habit of suddenly chipping out a cutting edge (even though it otherwise performs to expectation). And, it is important to have a consistent selection methodology. Using a different grade of tool steel for each job likely will not allow metalformers to enjoy predictable performance.
2) Heat treat correctly. The effort required to correctly heat treat tool-steel components is significant in terms of time and money. However, no other single step will have greater impact on how the tooling will perform. Stampers must follow the proper procedure —without shortcuts—to realize the full capability of a particular grade of tool steel. A tool that has been poorly heat treated might work some of the time, but eventually the result will be inconsistent performance and waste. This is even more evident when using high-alloy, high-performance tool steels that can tend to be much less forgiving.
As a side note, manufacturers of heat treating equipment have made significant advances in recent years, such as high-pressure quench vacuum furnaces. Metalformers should seek opportunities to leverage those improvements.
3) Avoid inflicting unintentional damage. Work to maintain control of surface integrity when finishing the tooling. For example, overly aggressive grinding or EDM machining can cause poor edge retention, premature wear and an apparent loss of toughness. Care taken during finishing operations to minimize surface damage, remove burrs and maintain good edge quality will provide real value in the end. The more demanding the application, the more critical these considerations become.
Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement
Having assembled all of the available facts related to a performance issue or tool failure, begin to untangle the cause-and-effect relationships that underlie the problem. Consider all of the factors that possibly could play a role, beginning with the design of the tooling through to its actual handling and maintenance in service. The metalformer may need to perform several iterations of lean problem-solving methodology to obtain the desired level of improvement. An actual metallurgical-lab analysis may be indicated to provide confirmation of any suspected issues related to tool-steel quality, heat treatment or surface damage. If these issues can be ruled out, the stamper can take positive steps to upgrade tool performance by using more advanced tooling materials, surface coatings or treatments to enhance wear performance.
Upgrade Strategies
Although the common air-hardening grades such as S7, A2, D2 and M2 remain the workhorse tool and die materials, these materials have become commodities and quite generic in nature. The use of larger ingot and heat sizes along with the implementation of other cost-driven measures has negatively affected product uniformity and overall quality. This trend has given rise to the development of a number of proprietary premium tool-steel grades intended to improve performance in demanding applications.
Manufacturers produce premium tool steels using special melt methods and special compositions, resulting in improved metallurgical microstructures and correspondingly enhanced properties. Example: The powder-metallurgy (PM)-produced grades, characterized by very uniform and fine grain structure free from the alloy segregation effects inherent in any conventional ingot cast material. Highly alloyed PM grades offer levels of wear resistance previously unattainable, but there also are lower alloy grades that offer good wear resistance along with excellent toughness.
Applications where metalformers can benefit by using premium tool steels include:
• Long production runs or extended maintenance intervals;
• Heavy loads or limited lubrication;
• Difficult workpiece materials, such as HSLA steels and AHSS alloys, stainless steels and coated materials;
• Highly complex dies and tooling.
In addition to upgrading tool materials, tooling engineers can select among numerous options for coatings and surface treatments, which can improve tool performance. Examples include PVD thin-film coatings, which have evolved recently to include a variety of processes and coating compositions. One note: Take care to ensure that the substrate material is suitable for the coating process selected.
The Bottom Line
Extending lean implementation into the realm of tooling helps stampers begin to take some of the guesswork and "shoot from the hip" tendencies out of what often has been a very empirical art. In the past, metalformers made decisions based on the experience and assumptions of toolmakers, and metallurgy often was included as a key part of the various apprentice-training programs. However, it seems that much of this has been lost in the shuffle, as much of the focus has shifted to engineering tools such as CAD/CAM software and CNC capabilities. Keep things in proper perspective by practicing a lean approach to selection and treatment of your tool steels. MF
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We are all familiar with the perfectly lit, painstakingly styled studio photos of crisp lettuce or shiny tomatoes like the ones you see in advertising or on food packaging. A new trend has been emerging in food photography for some time now, which is becoming increasingly widespread: The photos are dark with atmospheric light accents on the food and exciting rustic textures.
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No, we're not talking here about player formations in football or a rather adventurous type of relationship! The golden triangle is instead a classical rule of composition used in paintings and photography. This timeless rule states that to create a harmonious image, the main subject should describe the shape of a triangle. The reason: This kind of arrangement exudes peace while the symmetry conveys clarity and harmony.
Tobias Kuhl is currently writing his doctor's thesis at the University of Bonn. Whenever his head gets overloaded with thoughts about specialist literature, he heads out into the countryside with his camera and the Tamron 150-600mm super-telephoto lens. In the Tamron blog, he gives tips about how he manages to create his impressive wildlife photographs …
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Finding Noel
Release Date: 10/3/2006
When I wrote my first novel, The Christmas Box, I never imagined it would become an international bestseller. It was a story for my two (then) little girls. But as I wrote, I realized that it was also for my mother -- to ease her pain over losing a child. My mother was my staunchest supporter and my biggest fan. A receptionist at a doctor's office, she would sell my book (sometimes by the case!) to patients in the waiting room. When The Christmas Box hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, no one, including me, was more excited than my mother.
I lost my mother on Valentine's Day of 2006. After weeks of struggling with my grief, I decided I would write a story for her. As she loved Christmas, I chose to write a Christmas novel, my first since The Christmas Box.
Finding Noel is about how people come into our lives for a reason. It is a love story about Macy and Mark, two young people from different worlds.
I'm sorry that this Christmas, for the first time since I became a writer, I won't be able to present my mother with a copy of my book. I think she would have enjoyed reading it. But, then again, I'm not certain that she hasn't.
As you read Finding Noel, I hope that you enjoy the journey and feel the same powerful emotions I felt as the story came to me.
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As keeper of Sports Illustrated's indispensable Vault, Andy Gray spends a lot of his time sifting through the sports photography of another time, when athletes wore short shorts and facial hair, and everyone looked vaguely uncomfortable. Here is one such photo.
Magic Johnson enjoys those California girls during a May 1985 photo shoot at Manhattan Beach. At the time, Johnson's Lakers were slicing through the Western Conference on their way to a fourth straight appearance in the Finals, and Magic was getting accustomed to life as the one of the biggest fishes in the pond that is Los Angeles. From Bruce Newman's story:
Magic moves smoothly through any kind of crowd, clearly at ease with himself, a star intent on enjoying—and sharing—his privileges. He might show up at a Madonna concert one night—giggling at teenage girls dressed like tarts, while dancing alongside them in the aisles—and catch a concert by saxophonist David Sanborn the next. Magic is as much at ease with friends like Michael Jackson as he is being interviewed by elementary-school children. He intimidates no one. Everywhere he goes, people call out to him as they might to an old friend. "His appeal is universal," says Laker forward-center Mitch Kupchak, "and being able to communicate with everybody is a talent in itself.


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During an interview with TheNeHipHop, rapper and reality star Benzino spoke in-depth on a shooting he was involved in, which took place as he was en route to his mother's funeral procession in Duxbury, Massachusetts over the weekend.
The "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star revealed that he was grazed in the back and shot in the arm during the shooting, but is currently doing "alright." He says that as a result of the shooting he'll be required to take part in physical therapy for his hand.
According to reports, Benzino was shot numerous times by his nephew Gai Scott. It's been reported that the shooting was the result of growing family tension involving Benzino, Scott, and other family members. Zino didn't speak in-depth on the shooting or Scott, but did state that "Money brings the worst out of people" while addressing the incident.
"I can't talk too much about that only because of course it's an investigation still going on…Only thing I wanna say about that as far as live on camera is that my mother was a beautiful, beautiful woman," Benzino said. "And what's transpired with her over the last 10 years was just really unfortunate. As far as her—I would have wanted her to retire. And be somewhere on the island and stuff, but things happened. Things happened that was out of my control. I'm in Atlanta and she's up here. And she has other daughters and nephews and stuff. It's just—it's unfortunate. Money brings the worst out of people."
As a result of the shooting and his mother's death, Benzino says he has become a colder person.
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Later in the interview, Benzino criticized the city of Boston for its lack of support for Hip Hop artists. He also referred to The Source magazine as being "garbage" and says the magazine went downhill once he and Dave Mays left.
"Boston's been hard on me…It's funny because people don't understand really that Boston kinda suppresses Hip Hop," Benzino said. "I mean, it really does. And it's been doing that—I mean, we went through hell just trying to get our groups popping…There's no real radio station up here representing Hip Hop. There's no real clubs up here that people can go and get their stuff played. It's just the vibe here is just, it's just a weird vibe. And I don't want people of Boston to get mad when I say that, but it's not their fault. You know what I'm saying? It's the people that run this city.
"I would give props where props is due, the magazine is garbage, man," he added. "At first it was sad now it's just funny…At one point they was putting nothing but independent artists and that's cool, but you're not gonna sell magazines like that. You know what I'm saying? You gotta have some star power in there. And the people who running it—People have said what they want about Benzino and Dave about The Source or whatever, but some of the greatest magazines and some of the issues came from us, period."
Towards the end of the interview he was asked about the authenticity of the VH1 reality show, "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta." After comparing the show to The Hunger Games, he revealed that it's "definitely not fake," but they do "manipulate your reality."
It's currently unclear when Benzino is expected to leave the hospital. His nephew, Gai Scott, was reportedly taken into custody and was charged with assault with intent to murder, according to 7 News reporter Adam Harding.


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WSU headed to first bowl game since 2003
The Cougars will face Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 21.
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Washington State football players probably weren't surprised when the news came down Sunday that WSU is headed to the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 21. Their coach, Mike Leach, hadn't done much to keep them in suspense.
"I told them (in practices) we're going to a bowl game," said Leach, who didn't actually know it then. "At no point was there any doubt in my mind we were going to a bowl.
"You play in the toughest conference in the country against the toughest schedule in the nation ... it's unfathomable we wouldn't go to a bowl."
All along, New Mexico had been a logical destination for the Cougars, who went 6-6 and find themselves in a bowl game for the first time since the Holiday in 2003. They'll play Colorado State (7-6) in Albuquerque in the first bowl game of 35 on the bloated schedule.
"Every bowl I've been to is a great experience," Leach said. "I couldn't be more excited to go."
Athletic director Bill Moos said the bowl requires a ticket commitment of $150,000 by the school, which, at $25 and $40 apiece, he figures to require about 5,000 tickets.
"I would guess we'd sell 5,000 to 6,000, maybe a few more," said Moos, who indicated that when WSU became bowl-eligible Nov. 23, the school started taking commitments from fans pledging tickets "regardless of where we were going to go." He puts that ticket number at about 2,500, saying, "that's a very good sign."
Moos said the Pac-12 Conference will, as a matter of policy, subsidize half of any unsold tickets of that commitment.
The bowl lists a payout of $750,000 per team, and Moos said, "We will spend all of that and probably a bit more. It's been my practice to do these things right and make sure we have the proper people there.
"We're not going to be extravagant in regard to taking the whole staff in the building, but those that I feel are essential and contributors to the success of the season will go. Everybody will have a work assignment while we're there."
The marching band and spirit groups will make the trip, he said.
Colorado State started slowly, losing to Colorado in its opener, and was 2-4 at one point. But it rebounded and scored 50-plus points four times, much of it on the strength of 5-foot-11, 203-pound running back Kapri Bibbs, who amassed 1,572 yards rushing on a 6.2-yard average.
The quarterback is 6-2, 220-pound junior Garrett Grayson of Vancouver, Wash., who threw for 21 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. The most decorated defender is 6-2, 250-pound linebacker Shaquil Barrett, who has 12 sacks among 20.5 tackles for loss.
One oddity shared by the two New Mexico Bowl combatants: WSU opened the season with a 31-24 loss at Auburn, which will play for the BCS national title, and Colorado State had a 31-6 defeat at Alabama three weeks later.
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Pioneers SF Short Now Live
I'm excited to announce that my short story Pioneers is now up and live on Sci-Phi Journal, an online magazine that publishes tales of science fiction and philosophy. Some stories take awhile to sell, some go pretty quick. Some I … Continue reading


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No flirting required. Just signed up that I was interested, way back when they were taking signups, and got the email when they opened up the creator preview more broadly. I think they're going to open it up more this week, so feel free to toss your name in if you're curious.
And as for experience boundaries, that's a good question, I explored a few sorta half-heartedly, but honestly the walking was so slow and I got so bored I didn't scout it out too thoroughly so am not sure. The built experiences I walked through seemed small, like a quarter sim in SL if that, but I don't know what the potential space available really is- I have heard it's more than the typical SL sim but I can't say for sure.


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As part of our efforts to provide high-quality, personalized care, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center offers patients the opportunity to have meals on their own schedules during their hospital stay, with a hotel-style room service program.
Patients can choose from an extensive menu available in their rooms, which features a wide range of options, such as customized omelets, made-to-order salads, personal pizzas and grill items, as well as traditional entrees like meatloaf and salmon. The menu also features selections for patients with dietary restrictions, even for those on a liquid diet. When placing an order, patients speak with a diet clerk who helps them decide what to order based on any dietary restrictions they may have.
The Northwest Hospital Room Service Program is available to eligible patients from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Meals are delivered to the patient's bedside within 45 minutes of placing the call. Visiting friends and family members may also order from the room service menu for a fee.
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The Kira Nichols Etsy Shop
1st Altered Puzzle
any other random puzzle, they all work great!
cheapo rotary tool to sand down the piece edges after putting paper on them. When you use the exacto knife to cut around the piece, there are still rough paper pieces that kinda overhang the edges. Sanding them with the little tool really helped the pieces actually fit back together again.
Anyhoo, happy Tuesday! I hope springtime is treating you well, and my condolences to those of you with allergies right now...
24 comments:
- Lynlee said...
Love this! I have to try one :)
- April 5, 2011 at 7:16 PM
- Mallory said...
I feel you on having Craft ADD with this. I started mine over a year ago and haven't finished it yet. Woops!
- April 5, 2011 at 10:31 PM
- hannelore_cossins said...
Gorgeous! Great idea never seen it before but it works so well.
- April 6, 2011 at 3:37 AM
- NuminosityBeads said...
I've been picking up those vintage preschool puzzles lately for altering. In fact I just finished one this week and am working on another,
I just couldn't show it because it's a present for someone. I'll let you know when it's up.
It's really fun but isn't it hard to piece it together now when the picture isn't contiguous ( I think that's the right word) I was having a hard time just with a six piece puzzle. What does that tell me about my development!
This piece is absolutely delightful, Kira!
xoxo Kim
- April 7, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- Bibliocat said...
That is the coolest art piece (pieces) I have seen. Wonderful idea!
- May 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Looks wonderful!
- January 16, 2012 at 7:23 PM
- Amy Petz said...
I love this idea and want to do it with my kids. I think I will divide the pieces up between me and the kids for a group art project. Love your site (found it through Pinterest). And LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the name of your blog! I snort laughed when I read it. Keep up the good work!
- February 10, 2012 at 11:17 PM
- Teach1 said...
I love this! I want to make something like this with pictures for my maid of honor. What materials did you use to make this?
- June 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- Kira - oopsicraftmypants.com said...
That would be fun to use photos! I just used a cheap puzzle from the dollar store, gluestick, misc papers, and used an X-ACTO knife to cut the shapes. Once the glue was dry, I used a rotary tool to smooth the edges, but that's optional!
- June 1, 2012 at 8:54 PM
- Tamara Thomas said...
Great job and terrific idea! I'm adding it to my mile long list of projects. I would love to do it with students, too. Love your blog name!!! I just imagine the SNL commercial.
- June 28, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Olivia Winn said...
super love this. when i become a teacher i am going to have my students do this on this first day of school and ill hang it on the wall the whole year!!!
- July 19, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- peggy aplSEEDS said...
great idea! and it turned out amazing!
- July 31, 2012 at 12:49 AM
- Cody said...
This is AWESOME! you did a great job!
- September 19, 2012 at 6:56 PM
- TANDYZ said...
could you cover the pieces in polymer clay cane work that would be interesting
- October 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM
- TANDYZ said...
Could you use polymer clay as well....that would be interesting also. thanks for sharing!
- October 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- TANDYZ said...
could you cover the pieces in polymer clay cane work that would be interesting
- October 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- LuckyRedHen said...
What a neat project, I love it! Thanks for sharing (I spied it on Pinterest and repinned). And I ADORE your blog name, so clever ;)
- January 10, 2013 at 10:53 PM
- simonbse said...
Genius, pure genius. Thanx for the idea!
- May 18, 2013 at 11:13 AM
- Shelley Carroll said...
I just found your blog. Fabulous projects!
I featured your altered puzzle in my Crafty Christmas round up.
Here's the link:
- August 13, 2013 at 2:21 PM
- FLORA MOATAMED said...
Oh you are so creative thanks for sharing, x
- December 8, 2013 at 4:34 PM
- Denise Johnson said...
I am having our 5 grandkids (ages 3 to 15) up for a week this summer and have found some fun crafts for them to do but I have to say this one is my favorite. I never thought of decorating the back of old puzzles! so so clever! I found you through pinterest (I am addicted to that darn site! lol) cant wait to try it! thanks again!
- June 3, 2014 at 1:45 AM
- sunflower said...
Saw this on facebook! Cool project! But then what do you do with it? Does it fit in a frame?
- October 10, 2014 at 2:56 PM
- alwin sam said...
You have inspired so many travel bloggers! Gifts in Coimbatore Keep doing the fantastic things that you always do!
- May 21, 2015 at 6:48 AM
- LitaG said...
Hi Kira, this website http://www.mpmschoolsupplies.com/ideas/2515/back-to-school-craft-create-a-class-puzzle/
had your work on it. I saw the pic and the name associated with the pic was incorrect so I contacted the site to rectify it. It was the same work I had asked you to use in a class lesson. I was shocked that another blogger was using your work so the website made appropriate changes. Love your work!
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Issue:Code:#include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("About to spawn command.com and run a DOS command\n"); system("dir"); return 0; }
The above code compiles just fine. When I rebuild (which includes linking) I get the following error message:
Compiling TEST1.CPP:
Linking test1.exe:
Linker Warning: No module definition file specified: using defaults
Linker Error: Undefined symbol _system in module TEST1.CPP.
(Throws the same linker error for all of the "execl" series commands as well.)
I've changed the system command to system() and rebuilt. The error changes to a compile error "too few parameters in call to system(const *char)... like we would normally expect.
I have a feeling I'm missing something really simple here but, not having seen this before, I am at a loss.
Any kick in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!


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The curve occurs in Newton's study of cubics. It is contained in his classification of cubic curves which appears in Curves by Sir Isaac Newtonin Lexicon Technicumby John Harris published in London in 1710.
Newton was the first to undertake such a systematic study of cubic equations and he classified them into 72 different cases. In fact he missed six cases in his classification. The trident is the 66th species in his classification and Newton gives the graph essentially looking identical to the graph given above.
Newton states some properties of his trident. For example he states that the curve has four infinite legsand that the y-axis is an asymptote to two tending towards contrary parts .He also comments And this figure is that parabola by which D. Cartes (Descartes) constructed equations of six dimensions.
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
The thunder from 30,000 cheering fans seemed to fade into white noise as Frazer Pehmholler took his first step across the New Hampshire field. His arms strained from the 670-pound load that hung from his clenched fists. His vision narrowed to his eldest daughter in the distance as she waved him toward his goal.
The first step was for the doctors that helped him overcome a debilitating bone disease in his youth. The second was for his Southington coaches that nursed him back to health at Memorial Pool. He took a steps for his high school teammates, his college teammates, his parents, his friends, and his daughters, but the last one he took for the world.
It was one small step for mankind, but it was a giant step for Pehmoeller. With a 99-foot walk, the boy that spent two years on crutches in elementary school had walked into a new world record at the Scottish Highland Games.
For a brief moment in the mid-1990s, Pehmoeller was the strongest man on earth.
"If I knew that I was that close to 100," he said with a laugh, "I would have probably broken a finger trying to make it there."
Few athletes are as accomplished or as relatively unknown as Frazer Pehmoeller. He holds the two oldest track & field records at the high school, but it's only been a couple of years that his records were displayed in the high school cafeteria. His records at the junior high schools have been long lost in the decades since the 1970s. His indoor track records at the high school still eclipse the record holders by feet rather than inches, but his exploits aren't official since they predate the official varsity team.
He set town records in discus and shot put. He set college records at UConn and set world records in the Scottish Highland Games. Pehmoeller is in a class of his own.
"He is the best kid ever," said former Blue Knight track & field coach Pete Sepko. "He is a really nice human being. He's a gentleman, and I've always been really proud of him as a kid and with what he did. It didn't come easy. He was such a hard worker, and he's the best thrower we've ever had."
Pehmoeller never set out to topple records. In fact, sports weren't a big part of his youth. Stricken by a rare bone marrow condition in his youth, he spent his time recuperating while his friends were honing their skills in local youth leagues. When he tried out for the junior high teams Pehmoeller didn't make the cut, but he didn't let that stop him.
"I actually tried out for the baseball team but that didn't go too successfully," he said. "Then, I saw these big guys running around the old football field at DePaolo, and I figured I might as well try what they were doing. I had no idea what a shot put was or a discus or anything."
At the time, Southington was already known for their throwers with Dean and Danny Angels setting records at the high school while Pehmoeller was chasing their records in the junior high. They were approaching the 60-foot barrier, and Pehmoeller was closing in.
By the time he arrived at the high school, Pehmoeller was ready to challenge their standards.
"I just got through a good group of throwers that were throwing 58'8" and 57'7"," said Sepko. "I remember thinking, 'How am I going to top that?' In through the door walks Frazer Pehmoeller, and he threw 60 feet within two or three years of them."
Few athletes trained as hard as he did. Pehmoeller's practices stretched until sunset. He spent the off-season in the gym and running sprints on the track. As a sophomore, he caught the shot put competition by surprise with a second place finish in the state competition. That was the start of his dominance in the sport.
"We worked out a lot together in the weight room, and he kept getting better," said Sepko. "Every year he got stronger, and he got faster. A lot of people think that you just have to be strong to throw that far, but you have to be fast, too. He always took pride in bringing down his 50 yard dash time. He came down every year. He wasn't just getting stronger. He was getting faster."
As a senior, Pehmoeller finally broke through. He snapped the 60-foot barrier in the shot put. He shattered the school records in shot put (60'10") and discus (175'3"). When the smoke cleared, he had earned two state titles in shot put and one in discus. Suddenly, scouts from across the college ranks descended upon the Southington native.
"It was pretty cool. I grew up in a family where my grandfather, my father, and even my brothers were electrical contractors, so there was a path set for me in the electrical business," he said. "What throwing allowed me to do is be the black sheep and go out to do what I wanted to do."
Pehmoeller took the process seriously, interviewing the coaches as much as they were interviewing him. He settled upon UConn because they offered him a course of studies that held his interest, and the coaches stressed kinetic training rather than chemical shortcuts.
"One of the biggest concerns for me as a thrower was steroids," he said. "Back then, they were so prevalent in the college realm, and I didn't want to have anything to do with them. You really had to question coaches and feel them out because there was a lot of pressure if they took an athlete like me."
It turned out to be a good decision. Pehmoeller went on to letter eight times with four years on the indoor and outdoor teams. He became one of the most versatile throwers in school history, competing in all four throwing events.
"I ended up being more of a jack-of-all-trades in college even though I wasn't much of a javelin thrower in high school," he said. "Basically, with the shot you don't want to throw the javelin, but since I had some decent throws in high school, they ended up having me throw it in college. I remember being at a Big East championship in Villanova, and I threw the shot put, discus, hammer, and javelin."
Along the way, Pehmoeller collected four Big East titles in the throws. In the training room, he set a school record in squats, and a record in the shot put that stood for more than a decade.
"I had a great coach in college, and he was a kinesiologist. He would say that an event like the shot put had about 5,000 things that you could do right or wrong on every single throw," he said. "The goal was to do more things right than wrong. If you did that, you were a really good thrower."
Pehmoeller didn't quench his thirst for competition by the end of his NCAA career, but it was a couple of years later that he finally found a way to compete. His cousin told him about the Scottish Highland Games, and he packed his car for a road trip to Loon Mountain in New Hampshire.
"I had no idea what I was in for. I didn't even know what kind of shoes to wear. I had never even seen it before," he said. "I showed up and found out the first day was for professionals and the second day was for amateurs. I was there for the first day with a borrowed kilt from my secretary."
In his first competition, Pehmoeller captured the stone throwing event, but he quickly learned that the other six events were more of a challenge. Slowly but surely, he began to rise in the rankings. By the mid-1990s, he was ranked fifth in the world.
Along the way, he set a new American record in the Sheaf toss, an event that requires a pitchfork to hurl a burlap bag stuffed with straw over a horizontal bar. Then, he set the world record in the Strong Man walk (99 feet) that shattered the former record (80 feet). A few years later, he decided to retire.
"You were moving something like two tons of weight on any given day," he said. "It used to take me two days to recover. Once it got to two weeks, I called it quits. I never had an injury, so I felt I was pretty lucky. The younger guys were coming up with sponsors like Power Bar. Here I was an executive doing this as a weekend warrior."
That wasn't the end for Pehmoeller. He had developed a knack for training athletes during his time with the Scottish Games, and it wasn't long before he returned to high school track & field. He saw some safety concerns during his daughter's competition, alerted the coaches, and was drawn into their ranks.
"It wasn't like I got into coaching to try to make them good," he said. "I just didn't want any of them getting hit in the head. With all my years of throwing, I learned a lot about safety. I didn't see any of that, so I got involved."
Over the next six years, Pehmoeller's throwers captured New York State titles in every season. Two of his athletes were nationally ranked. To satisfy his own need for competition, Pehmoeller entered the Empire State Games, and he earned a pair of gold medals in the discus competition. Lately, he's been competing as a cyclist with his most recent escapade in Portland, Oregan where he competed in a six-day, 600 mile race.
With his long career that spanned high school, college, and beyond, it was no surprise that Pehmoeller was selected to represent the town in the Southington Sports Hall of Fame. On Thursday, Nov. 8, he will be inducted in a ceremony at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville.
"It's totally humbling," he said. "So many people had a lot invested in me over the years. I'm sure everybody says it, but I really mean it. You can't get to a point where you're recognized like this without a lot of help and support from a lot of people."
For tickets, contact Jim Verderame at (860) 628-7335.
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Like we said yesterday when we noticed a professional photographer covering the Olympics had the same sort of trouble, this kind of oopsie can happen to anyone. Including Kobe Bryant, who was caught by Bravo's cameras asking some guy for help at the Roger Federer match, only to be told right away that the problem had the simplest of fixes. Stars! They're just like us! And who says NBC and its network partners aren't bringing us the best of these games as they unfold?
h/t to Joshua C.
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Photos of Killer Yapp
Little did any of us imagine just *what* KY was publicizing till we saw
The Photo.
Miss Snark has fainted dead away.
16 comments:
- Carter said...
Love the shoes, but Killer Yapp without a tam is just so...wrong.
- 2/08/2006
- McKoala said...
I'd tell you to tighten KY's leash, but he'd probably like it...
- 2/08/2006
- MissWrite said...
Oh, KY, you dog you! Hubba hubba, my Dobie, Justi wants a date!
- 2/08/2006
- Sha'el, Princess of Pixies said...
Well, I hope you're happy. Bill E. Goat will pout for a week because he's not on the cover of Goat Magazine.
- 2/08/2006
- Bonnie Calhoun said...
Tell Killer Yapp that smoking will stint his growth!
- 2/08/2006
- Jude Hardin said...
KY is a drag queen? Time to move Snarksville out to Tinseltown.
Just curious: Did Tony Rocky Horror give KY that foot massage or not?
- 2/08/2006
- Brooke said...
There's some serious poodle chicanery on the InterWeb these days: http://odiouswoman.blogspot.com/2005/09/back-at-ranch.html
- 2/09/2006
- Eileen said...
I never pictured KY as the Paris Hilton type. I hope there are no "action videos" out there.
- 2/09/2006
- M. G. Tarquini said...
The owner is always the last to know.
- 2/09/2006
- kitty said...
Do you think that THIS gave him the idea? Hmmm?
- 2/09/2006
- archer said...
I don't trust people who can't spell "schmuck."
- 2/09/2006
- Jarsto said...
Coming soon on Oprah's bookclub: "A Million Little Bitches" the memoires of Killer Yapp. An upper class New York poodle who writes about his double life. Associate to a glamorous literary agent by day, chain smoking, stiletto wearing photo-pup by night.
"I started out just saving for a gin pail of my own," mister Yapp says. "But then it became a habit. I guess I'm just a huge publicity hound."
PS. Apologies to everyone, especially KY, but I just couldn't resist.
- 2/09/2006
Rumor has it he posed as a lark while on vacation.. those HellHound Rott(on) Bitches SWORE there was no film in the camera. Schmuck. Only weenies and CityFolk use spellcheck. Magz
- 2/09/2006
Kudos to magz. Why did I think Killer Yap was a guy?
- 2/09/2006
- MW said...
I didn't realize Killer Yapp was a standard poodle. I love me some standards -- my family's on our fourth and the first was my parents' wedding present to each other about 31 years ago.
They are the world's most awesome dogs.
- 2/09/2006
There is nothing "standard" about me
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This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals.
This book is a must-read for policy makers, academics and students interested in this important region and an essentially important resource for contributors to global assessments such as the IPCC reports


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|In addition to coming into
his own as a passer, Tyler Fatigante has rushed for four touchdowns
and nearly 300 yards over the course of Waynesburg's first five
Photo courtesy of Mike Kabay
Tyler Fatigante waited three years to have his shot at becoming the starting quarterback at Waynesburg.
So when his moment finally arrived, when the chance to take center stage was right there in front of him, he stumbled.
Oh, the final score in his debut game read Waynesburg 34, Muskingum 23. The stat line for Fatigante, however, was far from impressive. It featured only six completions on 24 attempts, no touchdowns, two interceptions and 16 total yards. He was also sacked once.
"I played bad that day," Fatigante said. "It was tough to not be able to go out there and do my job. I was not happy with my performance, but I was glad we won. But I didn't get too down on myself. I learned from my mistakes and worked on getting better.
The effort paid off. In a game against Frostburg State a week later, Fatigante was in a zone, displaying the poise and confidence that earned him the starting job in the preseason.
He went 11-of-14 for 122 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for a touchdown and rolled up a team-best 64 yards on the ground as the Yellow Jackets cruised to a 21-7 victory.
Life has been good ever since, not only for Fatigante, but also for the Yellow Jackets, who are 5-0 overall, 3-0 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference and receiving votes in the Top 25 poll.
In a 35-14 win over St. Vincent in the PAC opener on Sept. 17, Fatigante connected on 14 of his 15 passes for 138 yards and three touchdowns. He did not throw an interception and also rushed for a touchdown. His effort earned him PAC Player of the Week honors.
The thing is, Fatigante is not going to pretend as if he is perfect. Yes, he has completed 47 of his 86 passes for six touchdowns and has also rushed for 285 yards and four scores.
On the flip side, he has been picked off six times, leaving plenty of room for improvement.
"I know I haven't played my best yet. I have a lot of room for improvement, but the individual success that I have had this season is a credit to my teammates," Fatigante said. "Having guys like Adam Moses and Christian Jackson to throw the ball to has made my job easier. Our running game is led by two great running backs in Dominic Moore and Bertrand Ngampa. I also owe a lot of credit to my offensive line and to the defense for making big plays."
Waynesburg head coach Rick Shepas has been impressed with what Fatigante has been able to do so far after watching him develop over the last three years behind Brad Dawson (2009 and 2010) and Josh Graham (2011).
"Tyler brings a lot of leadership to the team," Shepas said. "He has the ability to make great plays with his feet, and he usually makes good decisions when he throws the ball. His understanding of the game has improved a lot during his time here, and he knows how to go out there and get the job done.
Fatigante didn't play varsity football as a freshman, and he saw action in four games as a sophomore, carrying the ball three times for nine yards and playing on special teams as well. A year ago, he played in seven games, completing one pass and rushing for 83 yards.
"Even though you are on the bench, you can still learn a lot about the game," Fatigante said. "I was still involved with the team. I paid a lot of attention to the defenses we faced each week and just tried to learn as much as I could about being a quarterback at this level. I also got a lot of repetitions at practice and felt like I was ready to play when I got my chance this year."
Fatigante learned about patience in high school. During his senior season at Avonworth in Pennsylvania, he broke his collarbone in the second game.
Rather than mope around, Fatigante took on the role of an assistant coach, working with the quarterbacks and the scout team offense. He was cleared to play in a game that decided the Eastern Conference championship, and after a sluggish first half, he led a rally in the second half. His team won the game in overtime and earned a trip to the postseason for the first time since 1959.
"That was one of the toughest things I had to deal with," Fatigante said. "But I learned a lot about being a leader that season. I could have gotten down on myself because I couldn't play, but I stayed involved with the team and showed up to every practice. I made the most of the situation I was in."
And now Fatigante is making the most of his final run with the Yellow Jackets, who have taken aim at delivering the program its first PAC championship and playoff berth since 2003.
"We have done what we have been expected to do so far, but we all know we have a long way to go," Fatigante said. "We have a good football team. There is a lot of talent on it and we are very tight as a group. It's been fun so far, and we want to keep things going in the right direction."
Shepas had Waynesburg on the verge of a PAC championship in 2006, his second season as the head coach. The Yellow Jackets missed out on the title by one win.
A year ago, Waynesburg finished 6-4 overall and 4-4 in the conference.
"We have come a long way from where we were last season," Shepas said. "Our guys have worked very hard to get into this position and we have to continue to get better if we are going to compete for a title in our league. It's a tough league, and you have to be ready to play every week."
That focus has carried over to the players. And if anyone had any thoughts of looking ahead, those thoughts were chased away after Waynesburg survived a grueling battle against a one-win Thiel team on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets prevailed with a 20-19 road win.
"The close game might have been the best thing that happened to us. It showed all of us that we can't take anyone lightly," Fatigante said. "We can't get complacent because of the success that we have had. We have to stay focused and be ready for each opponent."
In the poll
Mount Union is still the No. 1 team in the nation. The Purple Raiders blasted Ohio Northern 54-0 on Saturday as they rolled to their 67th consecutive win in the regular season and won their third consecutive game in shutout fashion.
Mount Union has given up just seven points all year en route to starting 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the OAC. Jack LaForce was one of several defensive players to rise to the occasion for the Purple Raiders, tallying a career-best nine tackles. Nick Driskill added five tackles for a defense that limited the Polar Bears to 147 yards of total offense.
Baldwin Wallace suffered its first loss of the year on Saturday, falling 38-17 to Otterbein in the 35th annual Shriners' Game in Berea.
The Yellow Jackets, who entered the game ranked 15th in the nation, only trailed 24-17 at halftime but failed to score in the second half. It marked the first time all season that the Yellow Jackets have failed to score in the final 30 minutes of action.
Baldwin Wallace dropped to 3-1 overall and to 2-1 in the OAC. Josiah Holt had a big game despite the setback, catching seven passes for 191 yards and two scores.
The Yellow Jackets tallied 308 yards, with Ryan O'Rourke throwing for 260 yards on 13-of-22 passing. Michael Stacchiotti played well defensively despite the loss, tallying 16 tackles.
It looked like Wabash was going to be on the brink of another upset. The Little Giants, the victim of a 20-17 overtime loss to Allegheny last week, trailed by two touchdowns after one quarter of play against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday.
Leave it to quarterback Chase Belton to make sure that didn't happen. Belton surged into the school record book on Saturday with the performance of a lifetime, throwing for four touchdowns and rushing for three scores in a 54-28 victory.
The touchdown total is the most by any player in program history. Belton, who had a hand in five touchdowns in a game against Kenyon last season, rushed for 198 yards and threw for 183 as Wabash rolled up 566 yards of offense and improved to 3-1 overall and to 1-1 in the NCAC. The win bumped the Little Giants up one spot in the poll to No. 16.
Houston Hodges played a key role in the victory as well. He caught two passes for 79 yards and one score and also racked up five tackles. The touchdown was the first for Hodges since high school.
Star power
Ohio Wesleyan still has its name in the mix for a NCAC championship. The Bishops were fueled by the play of quarterback Mason Espinosa and defensive end James Huddleston.
Espinosa threw for 306 yards in the first half alone, completing 23 of his 31 passes in the first 30 minutes of play. He finished his night going 28-of-43 for 380 yards. Huddleston recorded nine tackles and broke through for four sacks that totaled a loss of 31 yards. He also recovered a fumble as the Bishops surged to 4-0 overall and to 2-0 in the NCAC. They won a total of four games all of last year.
Espinosa is completing nearly 70 percent of his passes this season. He is 122-of-180 for 1,264 yards and six touchdowns. The star signal-caller has been picked off only once. Huddleston, not surprisingly, is the team leader in tackles. He has 31 on the year, including 11.5 for a loss, and has racked up 6.5 sacks.
Don't look now, but it is starting to look like there could be a surprise contender for an OAC championship this season.
Otterbein is 4-0 after stunning No. 15 Baldwin Wallace 38-17 on Saturday in Berea, and quarterback Aaron Kingcade played key role in the upset. He rushed for three touchdowns and completed 15 of his 20 passes for 268 yards and two touchdowns. He hooked up with six different receivers in the victory on a day when the Cardinals chalked up 462 yards of offense.
Kingcade is 70-of-107 on the season and has thrown only two interceptions. He has thrown for 998 yards and six touchdowns and has been equally impressive with his feet, rushing for 177 yards and nine touchdowns.
Linebacker Chad Pepper anchored a defensive effort that limited the Yellow Jackets to 308 yards, including only 25 on the ground. Pepper tallied seven tackles and 1.5 sacks.
Pepper is tied for second on the team in tackles with 22 and has come through with two sacks. The Cardinals, ranked No. 25 in the poll this week, are 3-0 in the OAC and have won their first four games for only the fifth time since 1950. Otterbein won only three games last season.
Carnegie Mellon suffered its first loss of the year on Saturday, falling 54-28 to nationally ranked Wabash on the road. Quarterback Rob Kalkstein had a big game despite the loss, hitting on 17 of his 24 passes for 229 yards. He threw one touchdown pass. Running back Patrick Blanks stepped up as well in defeat, rushing for 157 yards on 26 carries. He scored one touchdown.
Kalkstein has been solid all season, going 57 of 79 for 1,225 yards. He has connected on 11 touchdown passes, and despite being sacked five times, he has thrown only one interception. Blanks is the leading rusher for the Tartans, churning out 342 yards on 72 carries. He has scored four times.
Adrian got an early jump on its quest to win a MIAA title by blanking Hope 24-0 on Saturday in the conference opener for both teams.
Wide receiver Justin Hemm delivered a clutch performance in the victory, hauling in 10 passes for 146 yards and returning four punts for 57 yards. Running back Dae'Von Robinson led the rushing attack with 84 yards. He scored the first touchdown of the game on a 44-yard run as the Bulldogs improved to 3-1 overall.
Defensive tackle Kevin Kleine deserves his share of credit as well. The standout racked up 10 tackles as Adrian posted its first shutout of Hope since 1983.
Hemm has caught 27 passes for 463 yards and three scores this year, while Robinson has rushed for 147 yards and one touchdown. Kleine is tied for second on the team in tackles with 23 and has one sack.
Case Western Reserve gave nationally ranked Wittenberg all it could handle on Saturday before falling 14-10 and dropping three consecutive games for the first time since the 2006 season.
Linebackers Ryan Ferguson and Kevin Nossem came through with 11 tackles apiece to pace the defense, which limited the Tigers to 263 yards and didn't give up any points in the second half. The Spartans fell to 2-3 on the season.
Ferguson and Nossem are the top two tacklers on the team. Ferguson has tallied 38 tackles and has forced one fumble, while Nossem has come up with 44 tackles and two forced fumbles.
Thomas More defensive back Zach Autenrieb made a little history on Saturday despite his team's wild 50-48 four-overtime loss to Geneva on Saturday.
Autenrieb tied the Division III career interception mark as he picked off two passes to push his total to 29. He came up with one interception in the second quarter and got his other interception in the fourth quarter, returning that one 25 yards for a touchdown to give the Saints a 22-15 advantage.
Autenrieb is now tied with Ralph Gebhardt of Rochester. Gebhardt
played from 1973-75.
On the season, Autenrieb has tallied five interceptions to go along with 22 tackles. The Saints are now 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the PAC.
Spencer Leno and Jamaal Everett came through with big games defensively to help Wittenberg slip past Case Western Reserve 14-10 on Saturday in Cleveland. Leno tallied a season-high 17 tackles and Everett picked off his third pass of the season and the seventh of his career... Jarrett Leister turned in a solid performance to help Alma earn its first win of the year on Saturday. Leister completed nine of his 19 passes for 145 yards and two scores to lead the Scots to a 20-14 win over Olivet...Rocco Colavecchia did everything he could to make sure Geneva won its first game of the season. Colavecchia rushed for four touchdowns, including the game-winner on a five-yard run in the fourth overtime of a wild 50-48 win over Thomas More on Saturday. Manny Sicre had a big game offensively for Case Western Reserve despite a 14-10 loss to Wittenberg. He rushed for 80 yards and caught eight passes for 83 yards...The defense of Allegheny was tough to crack on Saturday in the Gators' 15-3 win over Oberlin. The Gators held the Yeomen to no yards in the fourth quarter. Rudy De Stefano led the charge with 14 tackles, Colin Hartford picked off a pass and John Douglas tallied four tackles and recorded one safety....Akwasi Brefo racked up 11 tackles to pace the Carnegie Mellon defense in its loss to Wabash. The Tartans gave up 556 yards of offense...James Washington caught three passes for 66 yards and one touchdown to help Muskingum earn its first win with a 45-0 blanking of Wilmington on Saturday. Wilmington now ranks 10th all-time in receiving yards with 1,032...Louis Danesi tallied three sacks, tying the single-game mark for the second most in school history, as he helped Trine hold off Kalamazoo 30-20 on Saturday. Danesi also came through with seven tackles. The Thunder racked up seven sacks in all, which is the second-best single-game total in program history...CJ Powell scored twice in Heidelberg's 56-24 win over Marietta on Saturday. He caught a 35-yard scoring strike and returned a punt 67 yards for a touchdown.


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Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
October 14, 2011, 08:34:28 AM »
Hello everyone, this is my first post on the Forge forums. I've been reading threads on game design for a bit but I've never posted myself until now. I'm writing because I'd like your feedback on a project I'm working on.
As the title of the post suggests the name of this project is 'Gifted'. Most of you probably have at least a vague idea of what the game is about just going on that. I'll elaborate:
Gifted is a sci-fi/mystery/horror game that has players immerse themselves in what I like to call 'The Backstage', the underside of our reality where conspiracies and all the other things we usually don't believe take place. The Backstage is not a physical location, rather it is a series of social settings and situations that permeate The Frontstage, our every day reality where everything "normal" and "real" exists. These two terms are inspired from the sociological concept of symbolic interactionism.
The idea is that characters will try to solve mysteries and fight evil and all that stuff while navigating the two levels of reality and trying to avoid them spilling over into each other. There is nothing metaphysical about this, it merely means that a character who has a wife and children has to avoid exposing them to the dangers of whatever he has stirred up in The Backstage, and vice-versa, not carry over his inhibitions into a world where things are much more than they seem.
Game outline:
Science-fiction, mystery, horror.
Focused on investigation and interaction with some combat and action scenes.
Takes place in contemporary world.
Revolves around �evolved� humans which have developed a series of Gifts, essentially psychic powers.
Highly socially interpretive and immersive.
Meant to be played long term, in campaigns divided into multiple �chapters�, mimicking the development of a novel or a TV show.
What I wanted feedback on was not on the concept itself but on the 'system'. I still haven't completed it and I'm having some doubts on the main idea I've been working on.
I had thought of tying the concepts of Frontstage, Backstage and Breaching/Deviance into the rewards system. Skill and combat checks in the game would be made using a DX Keep system where bonus dice could be spent from the character's dice reserve. Characters could use any amount of bonus dice they chose on any given roll but they would have two separate reserves, one for their gifts and one for their skills. This means that characters would be able to have a high success ratio on very difficult tasks which would add dramatism and make the game more spectacular while at the same time introducing the factor of bonus dice management. The idea would be to reward players with extra bonus dice for them correctly 'interpreting' their roles in the 'Frontstage' and the 'Backstage'. Players who 'keep in character' would receive bonus dice, replenishing their stock at the end of the scene they did correctly. Likewise, deviant behavior would be punished by reducing or eliminating their potential rewards.
I've never played a system like this before but I find it very appealing and full of promise, however there are some very obvious limitations to it also. The main issues I can foresee are that if players are rewarded for keeping in character the game could end up being too intense, meaning too demanding of players who sometimes just want to relax and do some investigation or some fighting. Second, for the reward mechanic to work there has to be a compelling penalty, if this penalty is deviance it means that players that want to be successful must essentially be 'good', there would be no room for people to be 'bad', or comitt morally ambiguous actions, which I'm not really comfortable with myself because I tend to question moral orthodoxy in my own life.
I look forward to your feedback on this dilemma and any ideas or advice you're willing to share with me, thanks!
As required here's a link to an external document, there isn't much to read yet, just an outline of the Gifts so people can get a better idea of what the game is about:
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 14, 2011, 08:39:17 AM »
EDIT: Where it says Symbolic interactionism it should also say 'and dramaturgical theory'.
Sorry for doubleposting, I hadn't noticed that editing is turned off and I'm used to going over my posts and making little corrections once I've finished them. Not very smart, I know, but habits die hard.
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 14, 2011, 03:30:35 PM »
Ok, the specific concerns you've expressed look a bit confused to me. On the one hand you want to let players kick back and just gun down some mooks, and on the other hand you're building in penalties for bad behaviours, like say casually gunning down some mooks.Yes?
So, don't do either. There is no point designing for some sort of imaginary audience. You aren't Hollywood, you don't have millions of $ worth of investors money riding on the kind of success which requires appealing to the lowest common denominator. You can afford to write a game that some people will play wrong, but which the people who play it right will really get. Don't fear intensity, and if intensity takes them into "bad" places then so be it. Maybe that means that people, say, only play the game in chunks rather than continuously... so what? Almost all gaming groups will switch games in and out from time to time. Nor do you have any need to be "morally uplifting" or didactic in the manner of a children's cartoon that sees its duty as teaching right and wrong. These are rods you are making for your own back.
"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast."
- Leonardo da Vinci
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 15, 2011, 04:02:56 AM »
Hi. Thanks for your feedback.
I probably didn't phrase my concerns with sufficient clarity. The problem is that I have a system concept which I find very appealing but I don't know how to implement it without the whole 'forcing people to be good' thing. I think the system won't be effective unless there is some sort of penalty but I don't want to put a cap on my players' behaviour. I want to use the mechanic somehow because it has a good feel to it, but I need to find a way to re-orient it so that players aren't forced to follow certain behavioral patterns. The Frontstage/Backstage/Deviance model I exposed was meant kind of as an example, it is the general idea I'm toying with now but I'm very aware of its limitations and that is why I posted here originally, to see if anyone could suggest potential tweaks or modifications which to me aren't apparent.
Essentially, would you be interested in playing a game that used a similar mechanic? Do you think it would make the gaming experience enjoyable? Again, it wouldn't have to be exactly as I described because of the limitations, but do you find the concept appealing in general and if so, how do you think it could be implemented more effectively?
Again, thanks for your input.
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 15, 2011, 04:38:03 PM »
Hi sprightx,
Often an 'investigation' framework really revolves around something that is more like a book, ie, classic prerendered fiction, and as much as when one reads a book one travels through the fiction in reading/experiencing it, the investigation is the process of traveling through that fiction.
You don't want to limit character behaviour, but I think it's important to look at what you do want the players to do first. Is it something like that?
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 16, 2011, 05:04:32 PM »
Yeah, I'm interested in the investigation part as well. How do you see that playing out? Have you got any ideas for that system?
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 18, 2011, 03:26:56 AM »
Hi guys, thanks for your interest.
To be honest I hadn't thought of introducing a specific mechanic. I was thinking more in terms of having the GM develop adequate stories and simply role playing them but like you said, an investigative framework often develops like a book and is very linear. This can be fun if the story is really good but it can also be very limiting on the players' choices of action.
I've never played a game that included an investigation mechanic (does that even exist?) and it may be a possibility worth looking into. I remember reading a post that discussed a randomized content generation system, where certain concepts were assigned to numerical values and the story was generated by making a series of rolls and using the randomly selected concepts to generate parts of the universe. Could the same mechanism be applied to story generation?
We assign values from 1 to 6 in two columns to different terms that we could use to design a story, we roll dice, select the concepts and build the story around them.
1 Government // Experimentation
2 Military // Corruption
3 Police // Murder/Assassination
4 Corporation // Espionage
5 Religious sect //Secret technology
6 Secret services // Armed intervention
Example: Gaming group X rolls story dice obtaining a 5 and a 3, Religious Sect and Murder/Assassination. They then roll for the subcategories and get a 1 and 6, Christian and High Profile (other options could be Muslim, Jewish, low profile, serial, etc.). The GM takes these 4 key concepts and weaves them together into 'A Christian fundamentalist religious sect kills a high profile target'. The GM then calls on a little memory and decides to incorporate elements from The Pelican Brief, making the story "A Christian religious sects kills a supreme court justice with the complicity of certain government elements who want to replace him for someone they deem more suitable". The GM then decides that the players' connection to this event could be that they happened to witness the killing by coincidence because it happened in broad daylight in a park where they were running, having a picnic, chatting with some friends, going on a date, etc.
Of course this is only an example. The real thing, if I were to to go with it, would have to have many more options and would include subcharts so that once a main concept was selected the gaming group could roll again to generate some of the details and the specifics of the story. This approach could make the story generation process more unpredictable and more dynamic for the players. There is one problem though, and it is that if the players know beforehand what they're going to be playing, even if they don't know any of the specifics, it would remove some of the suspense and the interest of making discoveries and uncovering things. Alternately, a similar system could be used throughout the game at critical 'junction points', moments when something dramatic that affects the storyline happens. Whenever one of these moments comes along the GM could ask the players to make a roll without telling them what the result means and use the numerical values to determine how the scene unfolds and what happens.
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 18, 2011, 11:40:44 AM »
Essentially, would you be interested in playing a game that used a similar mechanic?
I'm afraid I don't really understand sufficiently to have an opinion. As far as I can tell your mechanic is "the GM applies their judgement and awards bonuses or penalties". There are lots of problems with that sort of approach, notably the fact that the players have little means of determining what will actually be rewarded or penalised, penalties removing control of the character ala Vampire's Humanity, etc.
Come to think of it, are you familiar with Pendragon? This has paired traits that both influence the characters behaviour and represent that behaviour. In this case, "violating" the character has causes it to decline and its mirror to rise, so this isn't really a bonus or penalty as such.
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 18, 2011, 02:19:13 PM »
Just a couple of short ideas. It might be worth looking at universalis, simply to break out of the 'players play PC's and that's how they input into the game'. In universalis, everyone in the group uses the system to build the world and it's events. In your game, perhaps everyone could build the story? Do you need players playing PC's?
Second with your faction/focus chart, I'd suggest rolling twice on faction, then someone (or by some mechanism, the group) chooses which one to go with. Then the same, rolling twice, on the focus chart. It blends both randomness and choice together, instead of just having one or the other. Good luck with it all :)
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 18, 2011, 02:37:38 PM »
To be honest I hadn't thought of introducing a specific mechanic. I was thinking more in terms of having the GM develop adequate stories and simply role playing them but like you said, an investigative framework often develops like a book and is very linear. This can be fun if the story is really good but it can also be very limiting on the players' choices of action.
Assuming you're talking about investigation/mystery, there are a bunch of interesting threads here on the Forge about that. Somebody else can probably direct you to the best ones, because I haven't delved too much into the vast backlog of closed forums. But, from my point of view, a good mystery game is a bit of a holy grail.
There's a game called Trail of Cthulhu which deals with one of the problems with investigative RPGs - what if PCs fail their skill check, and miss a clue? In ToC, the players can never fail to receive core clues. If they need it to solve the mystery, they automatically get it. If you're interested in that sort of thing, I'd recommend that game as a starting place.
Other issues are:
How can we prevent investigative games from being railroady?
Does it matter if they're railroady?
Does there need to be a predetermined mystery, or can it be generated in response to player choice?
Can the players be involved in forming the mystery?
In actual play, I have a feeling that mystery games end up chugging along just fine, and I think you could probably just leave it in the hands of individual GMs to sort out. But, as an exercise in game design, investigative RPGs seem tricky to really handle.
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 25, 2011, 05:27:59 AM »
Thank you all for your excellent feedback and sorry for taking so long to answer.
Again, I think I may have not explained myself well. My question should have been:
Do you think the general idea of a social rewards/penalties system is appealing from a potential player's perspective (as in do you find immersive social roleplaying gratifying enough to make it such a fundamental part of the game)? If the concept (not the system, as I haven't really decided how to implement it yet) does appeal to you, how do you think it could be implemented more effectively than the ideas I outlined which present many obvious flaws? I'm not looking for an opinion on the system itself as I still haven't really built it, what I'm looking for is how to do so in a way that would justify its use in the game and not exhibit all the flaws we discussed. I hope I've made myself understood more clearly this time.
Callan S:
I'm not familiar with universalis, I'll look into it as it sounds interesting.
Players could play PC's yet still feedback into the creation of their environment and the stories. It feels very unoriginal (which isn't necessarily a problem) but A Song of Ice and Fire's destiny points mechanism is a good example of a system that allows players to influence the story and events they participate in. While in ASoIaF destiny points can be spent in two ways and they can be used both to change the narrative and to modify rolls and their outcomes in Gifted maybe they could be restricted to influencing the story line. This, coupled with an extensive content generation system, would grant the players a high level of participation in the development of the story.
The previous point actually feeds into what happysmellyfish mentioned about Cthullu's clue system. Were the game to incorporate a resource that allowed players to influence the story it could possibly be used to purchase clues at critical moments. Players would have a low, fixed amount of said resource to spend on influencing the narrative or buying hints and this would allow them to obtain the information they needed to move the story forward. The issues I can see with such a system are that it might make the game 'easy', ie. players could not influence the story at all and just spend all their points buying clues, and that in the hands of a smart group of players such a resource could detract from the GM's control over the game, giving the players too much control. It is debatable whether this is good or bad although in a investigative game I'm inclined to think it is the latter.
The other point worth examining is whether a linear story is a problem. In theory a 'railroady' story can be just as enjoyable as one that grants players more freedom, but for it to be truly successful the GM has to be a VERY GOOD storyteller. For an experienced GM this isn't a problem, all of us who have run many campaigns have developed techniques and styles to make them enjoyable for our players, but for someone who isn't a charismatic storyteller it may be very difficult to make the game truly gripping, in which case the lack of freedom becomes a penalty and detracts from the overall quality of the experience. With greater player control part of the burden of making the story interesting is shifted off the GM but in a game that focuses on resolving mysteries giving control to the players kind of defeats the purpose of the whole thing. Even if a player doesn't know the details of the story or who killed whom, just knowing the general topic makes it much easier to predict.
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Re: Gifted: A contemporary Sci-Fi role playing game
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October 25, 2011, 04:09:51 PM »
Well, that's the thing about an investigative structure - it's basically a railroad. If the story is that the butler did it, then the butler did it. The players don't get to influence that at all and if they are expected, in moment to moment play to keep attempting to find it out (rather than their characters go do something else with their lives), then play of course heads towards that predetermined end.
Personally I envision a kind of wide tube instead of a tight track. The players can richochet from side to side in the tube, encountering very different events as they move latterally in the tube, even go backwards sometimes (though an overall progression to the end is the idea) and the tube doesn't pinch into one outcome, but has a few outcomes (including failing the investigation - despite the fact that 99% of books and movies can't stand to have failure as an ending). Further, the outcomes might undergo de-emphasis and some act of the players might become 'the real story'. Like say they are trying to find the murderer, but at some point the players encounter an orphan and something about it makes them intense and they try and find a family or some better situation for the orphan. Now maybe at the end they find the butler did it, but that's ceased to be the big deal - instead an epilogue abou the orphan having a better postion in the world is the big deal ending. That becomes the climax of the story. As a GM you just learn to let go of the butlet thing as you feel the players build up some passion about something else (and then you try and work out some way of stiching it into the climax (that, or if you conclude it now, play ends now, never mind the butler)).
That structure seems to give some freedom, but like smacking a horse on the rump, gets the players bolting and out there. I think full on narrativism gives a much wider range of freedom, but it depends on whether you want to.
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