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Indeed. Best-sellers and popular crowd-pleasers are seldom 'great', from techical standpoints. All the stars (concept, quality, technique, originality, timing, sales & marketing, etc) probably need to align before we get another Chanel No. 5 or Shalimar phenomenon.
I have a TON of Full Bottles/Decants/Samples for trade/sale. Montale, Oud Oils, Amouage, Mancera, Penhaligon's
I think the point is if enough people don't like a frag (or art for that matter) then you could say it was overrated, but that would take a huge poll. The sales figures and longevity themselves surely bear out the facts. If enough people like it to make it a success, then either the sales marketing was pretty good or it isn't overrated. If the former, then it just wouldn't last long. If anything has been around for some time, and isn't particularly cheap, then it must be regularly rated pretty well and rated over the competition by somebody holding a purse or wallet.
Only have tried it once, not sure which version and if it was in good condition, but +1 No 5.
Also really can't see the attraction of Tommy Girl which seems to have
been massively popular and receives good reviews from experienced noses still.
As for overrated online, on BN and Fragrantica, probably Dirty English. Safari too. I'd even have to add Devin, though it's not a bad scent.
I think Mitsouko. I've tried it and I didn't like it. Maybe the vintage one is better but I find Shalimar superior to it.
I've also tried No.5-didn't like it . No.19 is much better imo.
Just a curiosity: I've asked many women,ages 25-50, ( including my wife) if they like No.5 and every time I got negative answers.
Not on the female board! Well, obviously for a fragrance to sell so well over so many years it must have something going for it - other than a name. Except for le Monstre No. 5, which is - IMHO - overrated. I think it is well accepted that it is overrated, but it sells because it is Chanel, le Monstre. But here again, we are talking about marketing and public perception. Not to say that there are not plenty of people who genuinely love No. 5, myself included depending on which day you ask me, but I think there are far more bottles of No. 5 sold than there are people who really love thefragrance. Personally, I'm just as happy - happier in fact - to wear my drugstore Chantilly. It has the same strange metallic note that No. 5 edt does on my skin, except that that note fades faster in Chantilly.
Ciprian, I do not like to wear Mitsouko. Every time I try I must scrub it off. But I love it anyway. I wish I could enjoy it. I think it is beautiful and evocative of all kinds of things, but I just can't wear it. It is not meant for me. It is alien and does not become part of me. In that case, I wouldn't say it is overrated, just not for me. Again...just my opinion.
Any and all fragrances by
I have smelled and analyzed all of them and there isn't a single one I feel is worthy of retaining my interest. This, obviously, is merely my own opinion. I do not intend to present it in the guise of fact.
As it is said in French: Les Gouts et les couleurs ne se dicutent pas.
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"...a Chacun son Mauvais Gout."
Terre d'Hermes is the most overrated, I think. I just don't get what people see in this one.
Pure Malt is up there too.
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Aventus and Creed aren't overrated. At least in my eyes. I also love Pure Malt and Cool Water. But this is just me.
They don't appeal to everyone, but the people these all appeal to, seem to love it.
If I had to pick one fragrance that's overrated, it would be Issey Miyake.
Tobacco Vanille - lovely opening and then a mind numbing relentless vanilla that probably comes staright off the shelf at one of the labs. A textbook case of front loading IMO.
Agreed. Tobacco Vanille: The first 5 min. are wonderful...then the dry down I could get from spritzing a bottle of vanilla extract on me.
As for Creed and especially Aventus...Even if they had longevity, and even if I even half liked Aventus...They are so over analyzed, and over talked about it makes me sick...COME ON...I followed a 3-page thread explaining the variations of the BATCH NUMBERS of AVENTUS!! GAG...
I have a TON of Full Bottles/Decants/Samples for trade/sale. Montale, Oud Oils, Amouage, Mancera, Penhaligon's
I followed a 3-page thread explaining the variations of the BATCH NUMBERS of AVENTUS!! GAG...[/QUOTE]
You deserve your misery then :-)
You deserve your misery then :-)[/QUOTE]
True, you can tell I am addicted to Basenotes!!! I get email notices every time someone posts in a thread I post in, so 5-6 times a day I was getting emails about desperate people pleading for any information about batch number RT559565CVC$$#55343434
I have a TON of Full Bottles/Decants/Samples for trade/sale. Montale, Oud Oils, Amouage, Mancera, Penhaligon's
True, you can tell I am addicted to Basenotes!!! I get email notices every time someone posts in a thread I post in, so 5-6 times a day I was getting emails about desperate people pleading for any information about batch number RT559565CVC$$#55343434[/QUOTE]
Another tactic by Creed to make them appear more exclusive.
Don't believe the hype.
I think there are many of us out there getting our inboxes flooded all day long.
We are all addicts...
I don't think Aventus is overrated as much as it is over hyped. It's mentioned so often these days that it becomes anticlimactic when people try it.
Send me some and I'll tell you.... lol
Estee Lauder Pleasures. Chanel No5 is great art.
Habanita! Even tho it has been around forever. It is bloody good!!! ♥♥♥♥♥
To be successful, you must smell successful! THATSMR2USIR
Solara Homme
XPEC Original
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Bursch by Acqua di Biella and Coeur de Vetiver Sacré by L'Artisan both top my list.
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie


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Movie SummaryEffing Brutal: The Full Motion Video Graphic Novel
Web Site: http://www.effingbrutal.com/ Description: Cover your crotch as we dive into the strange and oft disturbing sub-culture of cross-dressing urban cults and un-heroes. Set in Seattle, "Effing Brutal" tells the story of Josh, a transvestite-in-denial, who believes he's Tori Amos. Josh and his chronically bleeding Kung-Fu sidekick Larry inadvertently join a transvestite cult known as the "Strict Nine." At war with the Strict Nine are a violent skateboarder cult known only as the V.O.T.S. (or: Victims Of The System) who are obsessed with heavy-metal guitarist Chris Impellitteri. In the midst of this alt-cult war, Josh is kidnapped by the V.O.T.S., and in order to rescue him, Larry must call upon the unlikeliest team of superheroes on Earth: TEAM BRUTAL! Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
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The begining
By lindaschneider on Jan 12, 2007
I find the concept of a technology related blog to be a little strange so I'm not sure how this is going to go. But my plan is to cover the following types of content: \*
- overview of how the product is architected (overview)
- where the product is going (futures)
- what a specific feature does (feature)
- basics about jms or examples on how to use a feature (basics)
- general updates about the open source product (source)
- product updates and information (updates)
For today, I'm just going to give a quick 10 second overview about what the product is.
Open Message Queue is an open source project based off of Sun Java System Message Queue. The latest version currently available is 4.1 beta. It is available at:
https://mq.dev.java.net/It is a Java Message Service (JMS) provider which means that it provides reliable messaging between applications. For more information about the Java Message Service see:
In addition to the basic JMS features it also provides:
- clustering of servers
- integrated SOAP / HTTP messaging
- a C Client API
- a JCA 1.5 compliant Resource Adapter
- JMX support for both administration and monitoring
- High Availability (HA) support (starting in 4.1 beta)
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More than 450,000 usernames and unencrypted passwords appear to have been stolen from Yahoo Voice, a user-contribution services on Yahoo's network, and posted online.
Similar attacks have been reported separately against other online services, including Android Forums and Formspring, where users are being encouraged to change their passwords immediately, and to check whether they used the same password on other services.
It is not known whether the attacks are linked. Both Formspring and Android Forums encrypted the passwords that they stored, although that is not a guarantee that they cannot be cracked.
However the Yahoo attack is potentially the most serious. Yahoo bought Associated Content for $100m (£64.5m) in May 2010, and then set it up as Yahoo Voices, allowing user-generated content to be posted online.
Yahoo claims to have more than 600,000 contributors – which would include many of the data dump if it is verified. The Guardian could not verify whether any of the accounts were still active.
The last entries in the data dump appear to be linked to IDs which were created in 2006 – which could mean that the listing discovered by the hacker, or hackers, is an old one that is no longer in use.
Security experts said that the most worrying aspect of the attack was that the passwords for the accounts were not encrypted – meaning that any hacker could scoop up the emails and immediately start using them against other services, including Yahoo Mail.
That potentially puts far more at risk than just the Yahoo Voices accounts if they are still active.
Writing at the Trusted Security site, David Kennedy noted that: "The passwords [were linked to] a wide variety of email addresses including those from yahoo.com, gmail.com, [and] aol.com," and that they seem to have been extracted using an SQL injection attack – an increasingly common form of hacking attack in which flaws in the database and web software are exploited to get administrator-level access to the contents and structure of a database.
The page containing the Yahoo Voice addresses has all the details of the structure of the database that holds the details, as well as the usernames and passwords.
The Yahoo Voice hack has been claimed by a group or individual calling themselves "the D33Ds Company".


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Find success with your fall vegetables
Updated 9:28 pm, Sunday, August 5, 2012
We can grow vegetables year-round in Texas, and now is the time to launch a fall garden.
Vegetable garden design doesn't have any rules: You can plant broccoli in tidy rows, in a geometric pattern or in a flower bed. But if you want enough beans or carrots to put on your plate, follow these guidelines.
Choose a site with six to eight hours of full sun and good air circulation.
Tackle weeds so they don't rob crops of water and nutrients, advises William D. Adams, former Texas AgriLife Extension horticulturist and co-author of "The Southern Kitchen Garden" (Taylor Trade Publishing, $19.95). "Hoe, pull, cover with wet newspapers - whatever it takes."
Prepare a fertile soil once the weeds are gone. Vegetables need a heavy supply of nutrients to produce heavy harvests. Adams says to incorporate 4 to 6 inches of compost. "Order it by the cubic yard. The bagged product is sometimes mostly bark mulch. There are exceptions; just be sure you know what you're getting."
Work in 2 pounds of a complete fertilizer per 100 square feet of bed.
Ensure good drainage. Use a raised bed or work the soil up into ridges 8 to 12 inches high, Adams says.
Select the best varieties for our area, and plant at the best time. Follow our planting guide, and check the Bexar County Extension website (http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu) for variety recommendations.
Decide if you prefer seed or transplants. Transplants save time and produce earlier harvests. Growing plants from seed is cheaper, and you can experiment with more varieties.
Whether you grow or buy transplants, give them a fast start by protecting them from high temperatures with fiber row cover, Adams suggests.
Don't try to coax spring tomatoes into producing a fall crop, Adams advises.
"Dump the tomato plants. Cutting them back seems to stress them even more in this climate. For fall tomatoes, try 'Tycoon,' 'Celebrity' and 'Solar Fire,' extension horticulturist David Rodriguez says.
Mulch. A good layer of organic mulch delays the need to weed again, conserves soil moisture and moderates soil temperatures.
Water. Keep soil consistently moist to avoid stress, especially while temperatures are high.
Apply fertilizer alongside plants every two to four weeks. Foliar feed if plants remain pale green.


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County Council is providing an additional $3,000 for the farmers market. The money will be used to buy new furniture and for various renovations at the market.
Councilman Jack Estridge said this is the time to address the needs of the vendors and the community.
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Hungry for Denver Restaurant Week? Win a $50 gift certificate
Chef Troy Guard at TAG: She loved the restaurant, hated the date. |
Clear your calendar and unbuckle your belt: The tenth annual Denver Restaurant Week is only days away. And unlike past years, when it sprawled well into March, this time DRW is really a week long: From February 22 through February 28. (For the first time this year, there will also be a second round in the summer -- from August 23 through August 29). To whet your appetite for all the good meals ahead, we're giving away $50 gift certificates from some of the 300-plus participating restaurants. We've just awarded the first two, but we have more...
Hungry to win one? Keep reading to find out how. See also: Hungry for Denver Restaurant Week to start?
To enter the contest, all you have to do is share your favorite Denver Restaurant Week experience in the comments section below. If you already entered the first round, feel free to share that story again below -- we'll pick another winner tomorrow.
Here's our second winner, posted by lmonitz:
My first restaurant week experience was my first week in Denver last year. As part of an 8 hour first date (no exaggeration), this boy took me to TAG for pop rock sushi. Great meal. Terrible company. I was so bored I actually ordered the absinthe fountain to try to make him more interesting. Turns out not even 100 proof alcohol can help some people. I need a restaurant week redo.
The winter/summer split isn't the only change to Denver Restaurant Week this year. After a decade, the price has also gone up from the original $52.80 to $60 for a multi-course dinner for two, or $30 for one (not including tax or gratuity). To see menus from all the restaurants participating in this year's Denver Restaurant Week, go to Visit Denver's Denver Restaurant Week page.
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Rangers slip, but don't fall with loss
by Staff Writer / New York RangersRangers forward Brandon Prust, named the winner of the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award prior to the game, outraces Atlanta's Zach Bogosian to the boards behind the Thrashers net on Thursday night. |
• Lundqvist Named Rangers MVP Again
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By Jim Cerny, newyorkrangers.com
Throughout their mad dash down the stretch -- chasing after a playoff berth in the Eastern Conference -- one constant for the Rangers was that they controlled their own fate.
The Blueshirts can still get into a fifth Stanley Cup playoffs over the past six seasons, but they will now need a bit of outside help following their 3-0 loss to the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
Still holding the final playoff berth in the NHL's Eastern Conference with 91 points, the Rangers have two more points than ninth-place Carolina. However, the Blueshirts have only one game left to play, while the Hurricanes have two.
The magic number for the Blueshirts to clinch a playoff spot remains at three, meaning that should the Rangers defeat the Devils in their final regular-season game Saturday afternoon at The Garden, they would only need Carolina to drop one of its four possible remaining points– or Buffalo to drop all four of its remaining possible points – to clinch a playoff playoff berth.
While the Rangers will return to practice on Friday afternoon, their focus will shift later on to that evening's contest down in Atlanta between the Thrashers and Hurricanes. A loss of any kind by Carolina on Friday night -- either in regulation or overtime -- would put the Rangers in a win-and-in scenario on Saturday afternoon when they skate against the Devils.
"We didn't play well, and let's face it, we laid an egg," Rangers head coach John Tortorella said of Thursday's performance. "We need to move by this as quickly as possible. I know this team will be ready to play against New Jersey. But all this loss means is that we lost control and now we have to hope for help from someone else. Obviously we have to watch the scoreboard now."
Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist finished with 23 saves on Thursday night and had to make some truly spectacular stops against dangerous Atlanta players Evander Kane and Dustin Byfuglien. • MORE PHOTOS |
Buffalo's performance would also affect the picture. If the Sabres lose both of their remaining games in regulation time, the Rangers could also get into the playoffs with a win on Saturday.
"It's reality, it's where we're at," said center Brian Boyle. "We had control of our destiny and now it's up in the air, so we have to hope for a break. But we have to go out and be ready to play on Saturday. We're going to have to answer the bell."
The Rangers had a strong start to Thursday's game, but could not sustain any momentum against an inspired Thrashers squad. Scoreless after one period of play, the game shifted decidedly in the visitors' favor in the second when the Thrashers scored twice in a span of 15 seconds -- Rob Schremp scored on a screened right wing blast at 7:42, and Andrew Ladd netted his 28th goal off a breakaway at 7:57.
Eric Boulton deflected a pass past Henrik Lundqvist 4:19 into the third to squash any hopes of a Rangers' comeback, and goaltender Ondrej Pavelec went on to record a 29-save shutout.
"I had a good feeling going into the game, but they took advantage of our mistakes," said Lundqvist, who stopped 23 shots. "I'm definitely disappointed. We've been going pretty good for the last month and a half and we'd like to be in a better spot, but we're not. Now we just cross our fingers that we do our job on Saturday and that we get some help."
Rangers forward Brian Boyle crunches Atlanta star defenseman Dustin Byfuglien into the the boards during Thursday night's second period at MSG. • MORE PHOTOS |
"It's hard to tell what happened,' said defenseman Dan Girardi, who blocked a team-high four shots. "We were a step behind, late to get to pucks. We had some chances, but just couldn't bury it. Now we lost the driver's seat. Now we have to watch happens around the league and hopefully get some help and then win our last game."
That their fate is going to be decided in Game No. 82 does not come as a total shock to Tortorella.
"I felt this coming the past three weeks," said Tortorella. "We've been on a pretty good ride, but Carolina keeps on winning, Buffalo keeps on winning, so this doesn't surprise me at all. Tonight's game surprises me, but it doesn't surprise me that it's taking us to Game 82. But we'll be ready to play Saturday."
The Rangers and Devils will clash in a 12:30 P.M. start on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile the Hurricanes will close out their regular season later that evening against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"(The Devils) want to end their season on a good note and they don't want to see us in the playoffs," said Lundqvist. "It will be an exciting game. I look forward to it."


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Steamboat Springs The U.S. Ski Team made history at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in the Czech Republic. As a team, the U.S. finished second to Norway in the final medals count with a record six medals - four gold, a silver and a bronze.
Steamboat, as a community, can take great personal pride in its role in helping make this historic accomplishment possible for these athletes.
The Steamboat Springs community, together with the U.S. Ski Team, provided this opportunity for world champions Todd Lodwick, Billy Demong and Johnny Spillane. You built a local heritage for Nordic combined that has had dramatic impact. It was a partnership between the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. and the community as a whole. And you should be very proud.
Success at this level is a team effort. It requires a partnership between parents and our local USSA clubs. It takes volunteers who, in the true spirit of Olympism, give their time to coach and help run events. International success requires quality sport science, sports medicine, elite-level coaching and work within our international sport community. Most of all, though, it requires the perseverance, dedication, focus and hard work of athletes like Lodwick, Demong, Lindsey Van and Kikkan Randall.
Your community club programs, as well as world-class USSA programs, are funded by the generosity of supporters and communities like yours.
Congratulations to these athletes. And thanks to you, as a community, for your continued support of the next generation of athletes.
Bill Marolt
President and CEO, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association


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The Northwest Colorado Lynx open their Triple Crown season this weekend. The baseball team made up of boys 12 and younger began practice more than a month ago in preparation for a summer full of tournaments.
"They are ready to go," coach Shane Camilletti said. "We are Division 1 this year, for the most part. The kids are excited about the move up. They are ready for it."
The team of children from Steamboat Springs, Hayden, Craig and Meeker won't play in the area until June 17, but the Triple Crown season in Steamboat and neighboring communities opens June 6 with the Triple Crown Girls Fastpitch Softball School. The only fastpitch tournament of the summer begins June 9 and runs through June 12.
It should be a busy summer in Northwest Colorado, said Sean Hardy, national baseball director for Triple Crown Sports. The schedule and numbers are the same or slightly higher than last year's, he said.
"The fastpitch softball tournament has 20 to 25 additional teams from last year," Hardy said. "Baseball is about the same. The June tournaments are mostly Colorado teams that make it a traditional weekend. For the World Series, those teams have to qualify to even come to Steamboat. Now, what we are really doing as a company is geographically getting into new markets, like Seattle. Now, Seattle teams may qualify and come to Steamboat."
Between last summer and this summer, the city of Steamboat Springs put in new infields at the Ski Town fields and worked on the backstops at Howelsen Hill fields. Hardy said Triple Crown Sports is appreciative of the improvements and thinks the coaches and players will be pleased when they come here this season.
One notable change is the relocation of two World Series championships. Instead of playing in Steamboat, the 16- and 18-year-old teams will play in Grand Junction.
"It's a good move for those guys as far as venue and a good move for us to satisfy the demand for Steamboat for the youth teams 15 and younger," said Thad Anderson, Colorado division director for Triple Crown.
The Grand Junction fields will accommodate the older, more mature baseball players, allowing Triple Crown more scheduling flexibility.
Triple Crown also added a Division 3 level to go along with its popular Division 1 and 2 levels. Anderson called Division 3 "high-end recreational baseball." In other words, it's a division for players and parents not interested in a heavy competition and travel schedule.
The Division 3 tournament is June 24 to 26 and is being held exclusively in Steamboat this season.
"There is a demand for that kind of experience," Anderson said. "Again, it goes back to the concept to make it where everyone in the family can enjoy it. There are teams at that level who don't want to get deep into our tournament series but want something fun to do."
For questions about sponsorship opportunities call Anderson at the Triple Crown offices at 970-223-6644.


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Final score: Storm 64 Sun 68 (L) (0-1)
WNBA Finals Game 1
Attendance | 9,341
Anthem Watch | David Cassidy — yes, the Partridge Family guy. His performance was part lounge singer part love song. I said to our group afterwards, "It's okay to love your country, but not "love" your country." A little too much sex appeal there Dave. It wasn't the "Thong Song," it was the Anthem.
Fan Psyche | Them — "How nice that we're winning a game." Us — "So this is what Sacramento felt the other night."
Game Highlight | Ugh. The Sun only shot 50% from the free throw line. I don't know how much of that was us yelling "Brick!" but at least 2 or 3 were. That's about it for highlights.
Halftime | Ronnie Spector singing some of her hits from last century. No one paid much attention to her.
Flopometer | The teams traded flops early in the game. Other than that, most of the offensive fouls from our vantage point looked legit — you could tell because the players were actually getting rocked but not falling, which meant they weren't acting (or they're getting better at it).
SF.O Keyword of the Game | Crap!
Game Photos | Game Photos (Larry Morgenweck)
Okay, not the same team that steamrolled the Monarchs in the WCF Game 3. Actually, the Storm's performance was reminiscent of one of the games from the Conference Finals, except that they seemed to be emulating the Monarchs instead of playing Storm basketball.
The differences between their domination over Sac in the second half of Game 3 and this lackluster performance were painfully striking. Poor ball movement, a lot of standing around on offense while the point guard dribbled the ball around, bobbled passes, telegraphed passes into the post so that the Sun defenders were able to get a hand in and tip the ball away, and missed cues on defense that allowed the Sun to get away with passes under the basket and easy layups.
The Storm looked a step or two slower than the Sun, plain and simple.
The most glaring example of this came towards the end of the game as the Storm were clawing their way back into the game and were down by 5. I think there was 3 minutes or so on the clock. The game was suddenly within reach and the Storm's defense had momentarily stymied the Sun and forced a turnover. With Sue flying down the court ahead of everybody, Betty had the ball and either didn't see Sue or wasn't thinking fast break, even though Sue was completely open and had a clear path to the basket. By the time Betty recognized the opportunity and passed the ball to Sue, the Sun defenders had caught up to Sue and she couldn't take the shot. The Storm ended up losing the ball without scoring. I think the Sun came out of it shooting fouls. Instead of an easy score and being down by only 3 with 2:30 left, the Storm were down by 6. If the Storm had made that basket, I think they would have won the game. I'm not blaming the loss on Betty or Sue because that one play was indicative of the whole game, but that one play might have helped erase the Storm's sluggish play and given them a better chance at catching the Sun.
I really think that part of it is due to the format for the WNBA playoffs. The team with home court actually has to do more traveling than the team without. During this series, the Storm will have made 2 cross country 8+ hour flights while the Sun only have to make 1 (their trip home doesn't count since the series will be over by then). It would more fair, and actually give the better team the advantage if it went 1-1-1, in this case Storm, Conn, Storm. There would be potentially more travel for Connecticut, but then they are the ones without home court advantage. Next year, the Finals will be best of 5, so it will probably follow the NBA model and go 2-2-1 and award the better team a real home court advantage. Doesn't help us now very much.
I also think that despite Sue's comments about the Conference Finals not meaning a whole lot the Storm did have an emotional and mental let down from the exuberant high they had to be feeling after beating the Monarchs on Tuesday. The Sun have been resting since last Sunday, and they didn't have to travel. The Storm's emotional and mental state combined with their travel schedule resulted in a very tired looking team.
The first half was fairly even. Neither team had a huge lead, but the Sun were definitely scoring with more ease than the Storm. Lauren was getting double and triple teamed constantly, which is to be expected, but the other Storm players were not hitting their shots. The Storm guards were also telegraphing their passes to her and were allowing the Sun defenders to steal the ball. The other painful missed opportunities for Lauren came when she found herself being guarded by Sales or one of the other Sun small forwards. Sue, Betty and Tully would be dribbling the ball out at the three-point line with a clear view of LJ with Sales on her back and not get the ball to Lauren. They always swung it back around to the other side and allowed the Sun posts to switch off and go back to guarding LJ.
Looking at the game stats, I was shocked to see that the Storm outrebounded the Sun, had nearly even turnovers and hit one more three pointer than the Sun. The Storm also were almost even on made free throws. I was sure before looking at the stats that the Storm had been killed on the boards and had committed half again as many turnovers. Watching the game live, it really felt like the Sun straight up outplayed the Storm. The Storm had 20 offensive rebounds! How often does that happen and they still lose the game? I'm not much of a stat head, so I may be missing something but I don't see a "killer" stat that points to how the Storm lost. I have to come back to the energy factor — the Sun had it and the Storm didn't.
We can view this game a couple ways. The cynical way is to say that the Sun are a much better team than the Monarchs and the Storm aren't going to be able to rely on the same things to get the job done this time. The Sun are supposed to be underpowered compared to the Storm, but they are making up for that in grit and determination. At this point, the Storm need to completely regroup and start playing like they want to win. The more optimistic view is that the Storm played horribly while everything was going the Sun's way and the Storm almost stole this game. Like the Sacramento series, the Storm is the better team and just needs to play their game more consistently and they will come out on top, especially with a sold-out KeyArena at their backs.
Of course, I think the answer for Game 2 is a mix of the two approaches. The Storm are going to have to regroup to a certain extent and find ways to match and exceed the Sun's energy. The Storm is also the better team and even if they play a little better than they did tonight, they could win the series — they don't even need to have a history-book type of game like they did against the Monarchs. They just need to play their game.
Just like I was after the first game loss in Sacramento, I'm not worried about the Storm after this loss. They now know they can't just go out there and dominate because they look better on paper. The lesson from the Sac series was that you can't hang around and then turn on the jets late in the second half and hope to win. You have to turn on the jets early and keep them burning hot throughout the game.
A couple other game notes. The reffing was not nearly as bad as it was on Tuesday night. In fact, I would say that the Sun got the short end of the whistle more often than the Storm did. Maybe the refs are consciously trying to not give the home team the benefit of the doubt like they normally do and are calling more on them as a result. If that is the case, we may have a rough time of it in games 2 and 3.
One area that the Storm do need to cover in practice before Sunday is guarding those three-point shooters. It seemed like the Sun were camping out there and taking set-shots with no worry about getting a hand in the face.Like I said, the stats were surprising because it seemed like every time the Storm made an attempt to climb back in the game, the Sun would bury a three.
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The WNBA First and Second teams were announced before the game, as was the MVP although that one was awarded outside of the arena. The Sun fans gave The Diva a big cheer when she stepped up to get her First Team award, so the league could have given her the MVP without worrying about the crowd's reaction (unlike what would have happened in Seattle, hee hee). The funny part of the ceremony was that the league officials forced Sue and LJ to put on their full warm-ups on. We realized we had never seen LJ in the full gear and Sue was trying to put on her pants while she was walking and got the snaps all done wrong or something because the pants looked like they were on backwards or something. As the players all gathered under the basket in front of us to be introduced, LJ gave The Diva a big hug. Leslie didn't seem to be expecting it, but LJ just threw her arms around LL like they were old buds. I think LJ is trying to mess with The Diva's head a little bit.
At the half, there was a recognition ceremony for all the Team USA members in attendance (since the WNBA First and Second teams were basically the Olympic team). During the first half, the WNBA stars all sat in the section behind the Storm bench (the UConn women's team was sitting behind them too). Most of them were having a good time. Yo looked like she wanted to chew on the seat in front of her, understandably since she was so close to being the one out on the court instead of Seattle. After the halftime ceremony, they all disappeared. Teasely was spotted at a card table after the game and Yo was window shopping. No sign of the others.
I have to give the Connecticut fans a high score since they were almost all very cordial and polite. We only had one guy yell at us to stop doing "Brick!" and even then it seemed like he was mocking us more than being actually angry. We also got a lot of good natured jibes that we returned when needed. Several people thanked us for making the trip and quite a few gave us "Good game," on the way out. Of course, if we had won it might have been different, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. We also had a few people come up and ask about the website, which was cool.
I also have to give the Connecticut fans very low marks because they were all so cordial and polite. They came up with only one spontaneous cheer at the end of the game. They only made noise when told to, or when Diana Taurasi was in sight. She got the biggest cheer of the game, including when the Sun actually won. Towards the end of the game when the Storm started to catch up, nothing from them. Nothing from them when the Sun were rolling. They weren't golf clapping, but they weren't acting like they were at a Finals game or the last Sun home game of the season. Part of that was due, I think, to the fact that the average age of the Sun crowd had to be in the 40s. There were few kids at the game and a lot of senior citizens. I shouldn't have been surprised that they were so subdued.
The Sun have 2 mascots - Blaze, a felt and fur-based mascot, and some guy with an orange sequined jacket and orange pants who lead all the timeouts and such. They were constantly throwing t-shirts out. In fact, I don't think they did any of the types of timeout activities that we usually see. Almost all of the timeouts were the mascots and dance team throwing t-shirts into the crowd.
The arena itself was nice. It's only 3 or 4 years old, so it was in great shape. There were some odd things about it though — no central scoreboard, no stat boards, only 2 exits for the whole place which meant there was a crush of people piling up to leave after the game. If there had been a fire, people would have been killed in that packed exit. For those who took the trip to Spokane, this arena felt a lot like that one — not quite big league. That is not to say it isn't a good arena for basketball. The slope of the lower bowl is almost the same as the Key so you feel like you are closer to the floor in a similar row as compared to arenas like Staples or Arco. Still, I missed having the scoreboard and video screens in the middle of the court. The video screens they had were small and located above the upper bowl, so they weren't all that visible. Also, in terms of sound since being too loud has been an issue at the Key recently, these guys had their PA system cranked way louder than we have at the Key. It was painfully loud all on its own at times.
We had a good contingent of Storm fans at the game - myself and Angie, Shed, The Lurker, Samfan, Awase and mother, Tex and mother, Alison and fiancee, UPilot and father, along with a small horde of little girls in Sue Bird jerseys. It was great to meet Alison and her fiancee, and to meet McHuskyfan and her friends (who are going to be in Seattle for games 2 and 3). I missed getting to meet a couple of the other east coast-based Storm fans — maybe next year.
The Mohegan Sun complex is huge. The hotel is virtually the only tall building we saw in either Rhode Island or Connecticut (at least the parts of each that we saw). All of the other buildings in the area are 3 or 4 stories max and either made of wood or brick. Out of nowhere, you find this mirrored-glass monster that is 20+ stories easy. It looks out of place by a long shot. Kind of ironic that the one building that is least suitable for the natural surroundings is the Indian casino instead of a bank building or something similar.
The inside of the casino was beautiful with all sorts of mosaics, glass sculptures, marble and wood.They did a nice job. We didn't actually see any Mohegan indians, but then they are probably vacationing in Tahiti given the profit this place must be raking in.
The game started a half hour late, so we're sure we missed the end of it on the TiVO. We also heard that the first 10 minutes or so were preempted by the baseball playoffs — you all missed our best "Bricks."
We had 4 or 5 Liberty fans sitting behind us who loved the "Brick!" yell. They tried to hide when we started getting looks. One was trying to convince the Conn fans that the mint green sweater she had on was not really green. They did say that they are going to try and use it back home at Madison Square Garden nest season.
Most of us sat in one row, so there was a nice shot of green behind the basket nearest the Storm bench. They all saw us and gave us a wave pregame.
We did a little gambling after the game (no pregame gambling in order to save the winning mojo — maybe we should have used some of it in hindsight). I was the only to come out ahead - winning $19.
The Sun fans love Debbie Black the same way we love Tully. Debbie got bigger cheers as she went in or out than just about all the other Sun players.
The Connecticut fans also gave Sue a big cheer when she was introduced, and went on to cheer really well after each one of her fouls. For all the "I've got a dilemma about who to cheer for" we heard from UConn/Sun fans, they chose the Sun without too much difficulty and seemed to enjoy seeing Sue pick up fouls.
After our first "Brick," a cameraman made a beeline up to our seats and sat there filming us (mostly Shed) for what seemed to be half the first half. I think he was hoping for another "Brick" opportunity, but one didn't come up. Since the first part of the game was preempted, if we made it on TV, it probably wasn't seen by anyone. Hopefully the NBAtv replays will get it.


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Photo graphics for concepts and terminology.
Does anyone have any graphics for things like shoulder bumping/neck sizing, headspace, case "anatomy" (i.e. this is the belt, the shoulder, the neck) and so forth? I know I don't always do well translating the written word into an imagined visual picture. I was thinking if we can get this stuff all in a sticky so when people ask about headspace, loading to the rifling, neck vs full length sizing etc there's a graphic to point to.
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The Sierra reloading manual has a fairly good technical explanation of headspace, with lots of pictures of incipient case head separation, blown heads, etc. But no labeled drawing such as you suggest.
See post #24 in this thread for a good graphic - http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...ight=cartridge I'm not suggesting this is what you want, nor can I offer its use. I'm just linking to it as an example of a good graphic. And, while the SAAMI drawings are wonderfully complete, there is so much information presented that a newcomer is probably quickly lost. A few months ago, I was involved in a thread on this forum which attempted to delineate and define the various uses of the term "headspace". It was amazing how the term is misused. There is a correct definition, and yet there is a common use which is incorrect. And confusing. The task of simplifying this to a few images sounds daunting. How can it solve the problem of someone who has read that he has to have no more than 0.002" of headspace for optimum brass life, and then he sees the graphic labeled 1.634" - Headspace?
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I think the best "glossary" and "drawings" for cartridge and case (as well as barrel and chamber) parts and dimensions are in the reference documents from the Sporting Arms and Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI). These two are pretty good:
For information and specifications: http://www.saami.org/specifications_...tion/index.cfm For a glossary of terms and conventions: http://www.saami.org/specifications_...?page=glossary The term "headspace" probably has the most definitions across the shooting sports than any other word. SAAMI's glossary says it's: Quote:
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Should the realized risk premium be taxed – or not? In a simple two asset portfolio model we analyze the optimal taxation rule when the economy faces aggregate risk. We show in an appropriate designed tax system, that the risk premium of the risky asset should be fully taxed if the households are risk neutral in public consumption. If they are risk averse in public consumption, too, a positive tax rate below 100 % is optimal. We show further, that an efficient risk allocation between public and private consumption can be achieved without any distortion costs.
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Harmonic function
In mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of stochastic processes, a harmonic function is a twice continuously differentiable function f : U → R (where U is an open subset of Rn) which satisfies Laplace's equation, i.e.
everywhere on U. This is usually written as
Etymology of the term "harmonic"[edit]
The descriptor "harmonic" in the name harmonic function originates from a point on a taut string which is undergoing harmonic motion. This solution to the differential equation for this type of motion can be written in terms of sines and cosines, functions which are thus referred to as harmonics. Fourier analysis involves expanding periodic functions on the unit circle in terms of a series of these harmonics. Considering higher dimensional analogues of the harmonics on the unit n-sphere, one arrives at the spherical harmonics. These functions satisfy Laplace's equation and over time "harmonic" was used to refer to all functions satisfying Laplace's equation.[1]
Examples of harmonic functions of two variables are:
- The real or imaginary part of any holomorphic function
- The function ; this is a special case of the example above, as , and is a holomorphic function.
- The function
- defined on (e.g. the electric potential due to a line charge, and the gravity potential due to a long cylindrical mass)
Examples of harmonic functions of three variables are given in the table below with :
Function Singularity Unit point charge at origin x-directed dipole at origin Line of unit charge density on entire z-axis Line of unit charge density on negative z-axis Line of x-directed dipoles on entire z axis Line of x-directed dipoles on negative z axis
Harmonic functions that arise in physics are determined by their singularities and boundary conditions (such as Dirichlet boundary conditions or Neumann boundary conditions). On regions without boundaries, adding the real or imaginary part of any entire function will produce a harmonic function with the same singularity, so in this case the harmonic function is not determined by its singularities; however, we can make the solution unique in physical situations by requiring that the solution goes to 0 as you go to infinity. In this case, uniqueness follows by Liouville's theorem.
The singular points of the harmonic functions above are expressed as "charges" and "charge densities" using the terminology of electrostatics, and so the corresponding harmonic function will be proportional to the electrostatic potential due to these charge distributions. Each function above will yield another harmonic function when multiplied by a constant, rotated, and/or has a constant added. The inversion of each function will yield another harmonic function which has singularities which are the images of the original singularities in a spherical "mirror". Also, the sum of any two harmonic functions will yield another harmonic function.
Finally, examples of harmonic functions of n variables are:
- The constant, linear and affine functions on all of Rn (for example, the electric potential between the plates of a capacitor, and the gravity potential of a slab)
- The function on for n > 2.
The set of harmonic functions on a given open set U can be seen as the kernel of the Laplace operator Δ and is therefore a vector space over R: sums, differences and scalar multiples of harmonic functions are again harmonic.
If f is a harmonic function on U, then all partial derivatives of f are also harmonic functions on U. The Laplace operator Δ and the partial derivative operator will commute on this class of functions.
In several ways, the harmonic functions are real analogues to holomorphic functions. All harmonic functions are analytic, i.e. they can be locally expressed as power series. This is a general fact about elliptic operators, of which the Laplacian is a major example.
The uniform limit of a convergent sequence of harmonic functions is still harmonic. This is true because every continuous function satisfying the mean value property is harmonic. Consider the sequence on (−∞, 0) × R defined by . This sequence is harmonic and converges uniformly to the zero function; however note that the partial derivatives are not uniformly convergent to the zero function (the derivative of the zero function). This example shows the importance of relying on the mean value property and continuity to argue that the limit is harmonic.
Connections with complex function theory[edit]
The real and imaginary part of any holomorphic function yield harmonic functions on R2 (these are said to be a pair of harmonic conjugate functions). Conversely, any harmonic function u on an open subset Ω of R2 is locally the real part of a holomorphic function. This is immediately seen observing that, writing z = x + iy, the complex function g(z) := ux − i uy is holomorphic in Ω because it satisfies the Cauchy–Riemann equations. Therefore, g has locally a primitive f, and u is the real part of f up to a constant, as ux is the real part of .
Although the above correspondence with holomorphic functions only holds for functions of two real variables, harmonic functions in n variables still enjoy a number of properties typical of holomorphic functions. They are (real) analytic; they have a maximum principle and a mean-value principle; a theorem of removal of singularities as well as a Liouville theorem holds for them in analogy to the corresponding theorems in complex functions theory.
Properties of harmonic functions[edit]
Some important properties of harmonic functions can be deduced from Laplace's equation.
Regularity theorem for harmonic functions[edit]
Harmonic functions are infinitely differentiable. In fact, harmonic functions are real analytic.
Maximum principle[edit]
Harmonic functions satisfy the following maximum principle: if K is not a nonempty compact subset of U, then f restricted to K attains its maximum and minimum on the boundary of K. If U is connected, this means that f cannot have local maxima or minima, other than the exceptional case where f is constant. Similar properties can be shown for subharmonic functions.
The mean value property[edit]
If B(x, r) is a ball with center x and radius r which is completely contained in the open set Ω ⊂ Rn, then the value u(x) of a harmonic function u: Ω → R at the center of the ball is given by the average value of u on the surface of the ball; this average value is also equal to the average value of u in the interior of the ball. In other words,
where ωn is the area of the unit sphere in n dimensions and σ is the n-1 dimensional surface measure .
Conversely, all locally integrable functions satisfying the (volume) mean-value property are both infinitely differentiable and harmonic.
In terms of convolutions, if
denotes the characteristic function of the ball with radius r about the origin, normalized so that , the function u is harmonic on Ω if and only if
as soon as B(x, r) ⊂ Ω.
Sketch of the proof. The proof of the mean-value property of the harmonic functions and its converse follows immediately observing that the non-homogeneous equation, for any 0 < s < r
admits an easy explicit solution wr,s of class C1,1 with compact support in B(0, r). Thus, if u is harmonic in Ω
holds in the set Ωr of all points x in with .
Since u is continuous in Ω, u*χr converges to u as s → 0 showing the mean value property for u in Ω. Conversely, if u is any function satisfying the mean-value property in Ω, that is,
holds in Ωr for all 0 < s < r then, iterating m times the convolution with χr one has:
so that u is because the m-fold iterated convolution of χr is of class with support B(0, mr). Since r and m are arbitrary, u is too. Moreover,
for all 0 < s < r so that Δu = 0 in Ω by the fundamental theorem of the calculus of variations, proving the equivalence between harmonicity and mean-value property.
This statement of the mean value property can be generalized as follows: If h is any spherically symmetric function supported in B(x,r) such that ∫h = 1, then u(x) = h * u(x). In other words, we can take the weighted average of u about a point and recover u(x). In particular, by taking h to be a C∞ function, we can recover the value of u at any point even if we only know how u acts as a distribution. See Weyl's lemma.
Harnack's inequality[edit]
Let u be a non-negative harmonic function in a bounded domain Ω. Then for every connected set
holds for some constant C that depends only on V and Ω.
Removal of singularities[edit]
The following principle of removal of singularities holds for harmonic functions. If f is a harmonic function defined on a dotted open subset of Rn , which is less singular at x0 than the fundamental solution, that is
then f extends to a harmonic function on Ω (compare Riemann's theorem for functions of a complex variable).
Liouville's theorem[edit]
If f is a harmonic function defined on all of Rn which is bounded above or bounded below, then f is constant (compare Liouville's theorem for functions of a complex variable).
Edward Nelson gave a particularly short proof [2] of this theorem, using the mean value property mentioned above:
Given two points, choose two balls with the given points as centers and of equal radius. If the radius is large enough, the two balls will coincide except for an arbitrarily small proportion of their volume. Since f is bounded, the averages of it over the two balls are arbitrarily close, and so f assumes the same value at any two points.
Weakly harmonic function[edit]
A function (or, more generally, a distribution) is weakly harmonic if it satisfies Laplace's equation
in a weak sense (or, equivalently, in the sense of distributions). A weakly harmonic function coincides almost everywhere with a strongly harmonic function, and is in particular smooth. A weakly harmonic distribution is precisely the distribution associated to a strongly harmonic function, and so also is smooth. This is Weyl's lemma.
There are other weak formulations of Laplace's equation that are often useful. One of which is Dirichlet's principle, representing harmonic functions in the Sobolev space H1(Ω) as the minimizers of the Dirichlet energy integral
with respect to local variations, that is, all functions such that J(u) ≤ J(u + v) holds for all or equivalently, for all
Harmonic functions on manifolds[edit]
Harmonic functions can be defined on an arbitrary Riemannian manifold, using the Laplace–Beltrami operator Δ. In this context, a function is called harmonic if
Many of the properties of harmonic functions on domains in Euclidean space carry over to this more general setting, including the mean value theorem (over geodesic balls), the maximum principle, and the Harnack inequality. With the exception of the mean value theorem, these are easy consequences of the corresponding results for general linear elliptic partial differential equations of the second order.
Subharmonic functions[edit]
A C2 function that satisfies Δf ≥ 0 is called subharmonic. This condition guarantees that the maximum principle will hold, although other properties of harmonic functions may fail. More generally, a function is subharmonic if and only if, in the interior of any ball in its domain, its graph lies below that of the harmonic function interpolating its boundary values on the ball.
Harmonic forms[edit]
One generalization of the study of harmonic functions is the study of harmonic forms on Riemannian manifolds, and it is related to the study of cohomology. Also, it is possible to define harmonic vector-valued functions, or harmonic maps of two Riemannian manifolds, which are critical points of a generalized Dirichlet energy functional (this includes harmonic functions as a special case, a result known as Dirichlet principle). This kind of harmonic maps appear in the theory of minimal surfaces. For example, a curve, that is, a map from an interval in R to a Riemannian manifold, is a harmonic map if and only if it is a geodesic.
Harmonic maps between manifolds[edit]
If M and N are two Riemannian manifolds, then a harmonic map u : M → N is defined to be a critical point of the Dirichlet energy
in which du : TM → TN is the differential of u, and the norm is that induced by the metric on M and that on N on the tensor product bundle T*M ⊗ u−1 TN.
Important special cases of harmonic maps between manifolds include minimal surfaces, which are precisely the harmonic immersions of a surface into three-dimensional Euclidean space. More generally, minimal submanifolds are harmonic immersions of one manifold in another. Harmonic coordinates are a harmonic diffeomorphism from a manifold to an open subset of a Euclidean space of the same dimension.
See also[edit]
- Biharmonic map
- Dirichlet problem
- Dirichlet principle
- Dirichlet energy
- Heat equation
- Laplace's equation
- Poisson's equation
- Quadrature domains
- Subharmonic function
- Harmonic map
- Harmonic morphism
- Harmonic polynomial
- Balayage
- ^ Axler, Sheldon; Bourdon, Paul; Ramey, Wade (2001). Harmonic Function Theory. New York: Springer. p. 25. ISBN 0-387-95218-7.
- ^ Edward Nelson, A proof of Liouville's theorem. Proceedings of the AMS, 1961. pdf at JSTOR
- Evans, Lawrence C. (1998), Partial Differential Equations, American Mathematical Society.
- Gilbarg, David; Trudinger, Neil, Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order, ISBN 3-540-41160-7.
- Jost, Jürgen (2005), Riemannian Geometry and Geometric Analysis (4th ed.), Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-25907-7.
- Han, Q.; Lin, F. (2000), Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, American Mathematical Society.
External links[edit]
- Hazewinkel, Michiel, ed. (2001), "Harmonic function", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Springer, ISBN 978-1-55608-010-4
- Weisstein, Eric W. "Harmonic Function". MathWorld.


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Nov 29, 2012WHAT THE FU*K IS THAT? WORST GAME OF RESIDENT EVIL SERIES.GRAPHIC,AI...EVERYTHING SUCK ON THIS GAME,WHAT THE **** THEY THINK WHEN THEY RELASING THIS GAME? I PLAYED THIS 1 HOUR AND SOLD THIS ON EBAY.
Jan 22, 2013honestly, let me start out sayin i want my damn money back,second,it doesnt look like that story could ever exsist in the resident evil storyline, and third.....WTF??
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Mar 20, 2012Expected much more from this game. Story can be completed in 2-3 hours. Many problems concerning the gameplay as well. Save your money and buy the Silent Hill HD collection.
Mar 20, 2012A clone of SOCOM with the ambience of Resident Evil. A short campaign and repetitive .. Capcom just think out and withdraw money from their big franchises .. and without the DLC yet to come ...
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Mar 26, 2012Nope, simply no. Third person shooters are good, but mixing the Resident Evil gameplay with Third Person Shooter simply... doesn't work.
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Mar 21, 2012Resident Evil: ORC is an awful game.
the story is.. nonexistent. the combat is awful and shooting mechanic is extremely frustrating and bad.
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Mar 20, 2012a very bad game...single player is boring, the graphics are bad, why not mt framework???....multiplayer is not bad...but is not resident evil game..capcom is death whit resident evil
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Mar 23, 2012Wow. I love the resident evil franchise, but this was so bad it was nearly unplayable! A horrible game. Luckily I could take it back to the store for a refund.
Mar 20, 2012this game is very bad story is bad desighn is bad sound and music is very bad and etc Familiar RE sound effects are cool, naturally, but almost seem out of place in this spinoff gone wrong.spotty aiming and a terrible sticking mechanic destroy ORCâ
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Apr 4, 2012I wish i had know prior to pre-ordering that this wasn't a typical resident evil game. The game feels weak. Poor graphics and AI. Feels like darkness is used more to hide the graphical deficiencies rather than to set mood
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Mar 29, 2012This game was really necessary? It has nothing to do with Resident Evil at all. I don't know if Capcom is really getting any benefit from these crappy spin offs and bad use of a popular franchise name. Please Capcom stop giving your franchise to cheap studios and take more care about them.
Apr 2, 2012THIS GAME IS GOD AWEFUL. I've been a huge Resident Evil fan since day one, and I'm forced to pretend like this game never existed! Don't waste your money! Even after seeing the horrible revies I remained optimistic, but this time I really should ha listened to the reviews. Hardcore gamers stay away, I have no idea why their are even good reviews, most likely coming from gamers under 17.
Jul 23, 2012Quite simply an abomination to the series. Not even going to go into it. Seriously why would anyone want to relive the garbage they just waded through. The game experience was that bad I just want to forget this piece of crap ever existed.
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Jul 2, 2012I shot some one 5 times with the sniper and disn't die, he turned around shot me twice and killed me. CAPCOM if you "want the call of duty audience", start with fixing your broken system.
Jun 11, 2012I played only singleplayer, but the AI is terrible, bad story and sounds. Uncontrollable on PC. Short and repetitive campaign, only 3-4 hours long. No waste your money!
Apr 30, 2012This game is horrible. It's not fun and the animations and graphics suck. It is nothing like a Resident evil game at all instead they tried to make it some sort of cover based shooter. They failed. If your a RE fan your going to be much more than dissapointed and even if your a newcomer good luck having fun.
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May 4, 2012After waiting months for what seemed like a team shooter drawing on all the best of the RE series and improving on its flaws, this was disappointing in more ways than one. Poorly executed battle mechanics and cumbersome movement interface coupled with bullet-sponge enemies and set piece sequences turned what could have been something great into what could be the gaming let-down of the year.
May 16, 2012This is the worst Resident Evil game since outbreak! The shooting mechanics of this game is criminal.
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Jul 17, 2012This is a very, very BAD game. The graphics are BAD. Looks extremely pixelated. Not to mention the gameplay, iis awful. All thanks to a sloppy job by Slant Six Games. Save your Money friend!!
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Nov 2, 2012im being very generous with my reveiw i hated this game with a passion A.I is mental and everything else about the game is to. just plain terrible and i wish they would of made good use with the resident evil logo instead of wasting a valuable oppurtunity
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May 1, 2015A very great disaster.
Raccoon City is a complete disappointment. Instead there is only grusel Geballer here. The controls are so rigid that you can not aim properly until the monster is right.
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Sep 30, 2014Truly one of the worst games of 2012. Don't play this. Don't look at this. Don't even think about this. Especially if you're a fan of the previous Resident Evil installments. Simply abysmal.
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Jun 26, 2014Awful game,awful characters,awful story,awful game play,there's hard to think of one thing this game gets right.The only reason I didn't give this game a one is because it is at least playable. It's an insult to fans, that may look like resident evil, but overall is just a bad version of gears of war.
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May 4, 2012The characters, the story, the controls, the difficulty, and even the central premise... all of it seems to be on the right track, but none of it hits the mark. I still think there's a lot of potential here, but like any other game, the basics have to be nailed before it can start reaching for greatness.
X-ONE Magazine UKMay 3, 2012None of it feels much like Resident Evil. [Issue#84, p.85]
Apr 26, 2012An insult to Resident Evil fans, a failure at the most basic level for shooter fans, and a possible friendship-ender for those looking for a cooperative experience, Raccoon City is a disaster zone better left abandoned.


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