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Vaughn Gittin Jr, Nitto Tire Victorious at Road Atlanta
Now Second Place Overall in Formula Drift
Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. is no joke on the drift course, and he proved that once again at Road Atlanta where he propelled himself and Nitto Tire to victory during the second event of the 2014 Formula Drift season. Vaughn's Nitto-equipped Ford Mustang RTR was pushed to the max rocking some Nitto Tire NT05 tires.
Despite the torrential downpour that plagued Friday's qualifying round, Vaughn Gittin Jr. still nabbed third in the loud black and green Mustang RTR and took on the Top 32 knocking out fellow Ford Mustang driver Justin Pawlak, and powerhouse Fredric Asabo.
"This weekend's Formula DRIFT race at Road Atlanta demonstrated the wide-ranging capabilities of our NT05 tire and showed why it is the choice of champions like Vaughn Gittin Jr.," said Harry Kong, Brand Publishing and Social Media Strategist for Nitto Tire. "Vaughn's ability to push his Mustang and maintain absolute control in both wet and dry conditions played a critical role in his win at Atlanta."
After propelling that Ford Mustang to first place this round, Gittin is now ranked second place in the Tire Championship standings, just 30 points below competitor Chris Forsberg.
"Winning tonight feels amazing and what feels even more incredible is the way that we won," said Gittin in a post-race interview. "We drove our hearts out. We fought as hard as we possibly could and I can't thank my team enough. I can't thank Ford enough for making an amazing Ford Mustang and Nitto Tire for the unbelievable tires that clearly separated us from the rest of the field."
Next race is May 30-31 at Florida's own Homestead located in Miami, so be sure to keep up with Vaughn Gittin JR. and his NItto Tire-equipped Mustang as they plan to land another podium finish.
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by Brent Harris
February 23, 2010
Wabash posted a 73-54 win in Tuesday's North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals over Denison to advance to the semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. The Little Giants will face Wittenberg University in the semis Friday night at 6 p.m. at the College of Wooster in Ohio.
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Chase Haltom blistered the Chadwick Court nets for 11 first-half points on the way to a 17-point effort for the game. Wes Smith took over midway through the final period, scoring six of his team-high 21 points over a two-minute span to lift Wabash to a 12-point lead. Smith
sparked a 12-2 run by the Little Giants after Denison had cut the advantage to eight with 9:52 left to play.
Brian Shelbourne provided 12 points and seven rebounds for Wabash, matching his career-high scoring effort. The sophomore guard hit 4-of-6 shots and 4-of-5 free throw attempts to keep the Big Red defense from sagging inside on Smith.
The Little Giants took an early eight-point lead thanks to three-pointers by Haltom
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and Smith, only to see Denison cut it to three with the strong inside presence of Dimonde Hale. A favorite for the NCAC Newcomer of the Year Award, Hale scored a game-high 23 points for the Big Red and had 13 of Denison's 17 first half points.
Wabash never gave up the lead, shutting out Denison over the final five minutes of the first half to build a 13-point halftime lead. The Big Red cut the advantage to eight on two different occasions before Smith's second half run put the game away for Wabash.
The Little Giants held Denison (7-19) to eight first-half baskets and just 22-of-62 shooting overall. The Big Red were 3-of-18 from beyond the arc and 7-of-16 from the free throw line. The Wabash defense created eight blocked shots, led by senior Rich Kavalauskas with three.
Derek Bailey added nine points and three rebounds off the bench for Wabash. Aaron Brock sat most of the first half with foul trouble, but finished with eight points, four rebounds, and three assists for the game.
Wabash controlled the boards, outrebounding Denison 42-35. The Little Giants connected on 30-of-63 shots in the game and hit 7-of-16 three-point attempts. Wabash did not attempt a free throw until the final six minutes of the game, but finished by hitting 6-of-7 from the stripe.
The Little Giants (18-7) will try for a season sweep against Wittenberg in Friday night's semifinal game. Wabash defeated the Tigers 64-57 at home before taking a 72-69 win in Springfield, Ohio last week --- the first win by Wabash over Wittenberg in Springfield in school history. The Tigers defeated Hiram 85-62. Wooster will play Ohio Wesleyan in the second semifinal game with the two winners to meet Saturday in the championship game at 7 p.m. in Wooster. The Little Giants have advanced to finals each of the past two seasons but are still looking for their first NCAC tournament title.
Highlights - Wabash vs. Denison (NCAC Quarterfinal Game)
Results: Wabash 73, Denison 54
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My in-country language-learning history before moving to China included studying German in college and dabbling in Spanish on various trips to Central America. What I didn't notice until coming to China was how much I absorbed from my surroundings while I was in Central America or Germany. In the Dominican Republic, for example, an English speaker can read the Spanish word for supermarket in a familiar script displayed above an actual supermarket. If you don't already know the word, you've just had your first exposure. If you've learned it before, it's just been reinforced.
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Shadow Ninja
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:10 pm
Post subject: My worry with NGIII
Alright guys, some of the things I've heard about are starting to be confirmed as details leak out regarding NGIII, so now I feel I need to vent a little.
Most of you know me as an outspoken proponent of the Ninja Gaiden franchise. I've beaten every single entry of this series on all available difficulties, beaten every mission in NGB and NGII, posted speed runs, some strategy guides and FAQs, and even ran a contest or two thanks to our friends at then-Tecmo NA. I've always had an "in" or two present in Team Ninja/Tecmo until recently and as such have tried to bring you guys as much info as I could without getting anyone in trouble. Well, except the one time I managed to piss off Team Ninja by posting a couple Co-op vids from NGS2, but in my defense I hadn't signed an NDA and wasn't aware I was supposed to hold off. So you could say I'm one of the most hardcore players, harshest critics, and enthusiastic fans of the series on this side of the pond. Everyone here is a huge fan but I don't feel any qualms about throwing my hat in for a few of those titles.
This is why I'm incredibly distressed about the direction I see Ninja Gaiden III taking. It's been some time since I've gotten any real information on the title, but everything that I've heard has thus far been confirmed, right down to a major change to the core gameplay mechanics for combat. There's also some things about structure for the story and world traversal, but I'll leave those alone right now. It's one thing to state that the gameplay of a title feels dated and feel the need to update it; it's another entirely to re-work the title so much that it feels entirely different. Since I don't have anything concrete that I can share at this point regarding the current state of play, coupling what I do know with Hayashi-san's comments on the systems, I'll simply drop a similar situation to describe how I feel: the degree of changes being proposed remind me most of taking Street Fighter into 3D and changing the systems. I'm referring to the Street Fighter EX series and most specifically Street Fighter EX 3 on PS2. Another example would be Samurai Shodown leading into Samurai Shodown Sen. The may be fighters, but the biggest change wasn't the art style, it was the core method of engaging in combat.
Now I understand the logistics of talking up game changes and I've been fortunate to have a decent amount of contact with Team Ninja dating back to 2005 when I was able to sit down and talk directly to Itagaki-san at a pre-E3 dinner. I do understand where they're coming from. I do know that there is a good portion of the gaming public that won't give Ninja Gaiden a chance due to the stigma attached by many to difficulty. But you can address the camera and difficulty complaints, as well as evolve the formula enough to be a true sequel, without completely changing the systems and effectively tossing all of your hardcore faithful into the water with everyone else. I want to learn new systems to compliment my existing skill set. I want to grow WITH Hayabusa. I do not want to feel like Hayabusa and I both got tossed into straight-jackets after being hamstrung, because that's what these changes are amounting to. I don't want to think about cutting someone. I want to think about the most effective way to dispatch the myriad enemies before me while keeping myself alive. Hayabusa is a Super Ninja, not a chef preparing steaks for a meat market.
I'm alright with focusing more on Hayabusa himself. I don't need the fanservice from the DoA franchise. I'm even alright with humanizing Hayabusa a bit and dealing with his feelings about things (that's coming, btw). That stuff is all fine and good. But I do not support drastic changes to core gameplay. I'll naturally reserve final judgment until I can get my hands on the game, but I am absolutely not looking forward to seeing the first gameplay, least of all being played by someone with little-to-no experience with the series (or at the least, amateurs). I simply cannot get behind a drastically different Ninja Gaiden. This is supposed to be a sequel guys, not a spin-off or a new franchise. Don't let us down.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:07 am
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why do they feel a need to completely re do the combat system? If theres one thing NG got right got prefect back in 2004 it was the combat system, and I think NG2 and NGS2 did a grate job of adding to that, we seen more balanced weapons and wider rang of them, we seen the Shuriken get better implemented in to the combat, and dismemberment, UTs, in terms of combat it was more then perfecta at NG2
I have this really bad feeling that Hayashi is going to go down the one weapon root with NG3, like in other hack and slash game where the character only has one weapon or one decent weapon (GOW,DMC) and if he dose that NG is dead to me
I do like the idea if a more human Ryu but some of the things that have been said just doesnt sound like Ryu, or the Ryu we know,
Im starting to think that NG3 will probably be a good game its just not going to be Ninja Gaiden
But yeah we do have to hole out for some game play or even playing it our self before completely passing final judgment
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Superior Ninja
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:07 am
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I'm going to take the wait and see approach with this but based on the way you describe it it sounds like a Primeval series 3 wave.
It goes away from that magic that sucked you in and throws stuff that made it appealing right out of the window. Instead you get something which feels completely different. It uses the same characters but the different approach to it doesn't make it as appealing to the hardcore fans that loved it in the first place.
It is good in its own right and has some interesting twists in there but as an NG game it just doesn't fly.
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Legendary Ninja
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:36 pm
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I think the problem is that they don't know how to improve Ninja Gaiden's combat anymore. Hayashi said it was old now but there are still ways they can improve it. They need to go back to Ninja Gaiden Black / Sigma's combat and work up from there. I think they made a few mistakes with Ninja Gaiden II (enemies didn't have many defensive options, lower variety in enemies, so many projectile attacks and no reloading animations, etc)
I don't know what Hayashi's planning for Ninja Gaiden III but it's starting to feel like a reboot. Hopefully, it won't be as big of a reboot as DMC but I doubt that since it's the same team that's making it.
Yosuke: Ninja Gaiden I was all about cutting people and in Ninja Gaiden II it was about dismembering enemies. In Ninja Gaiden III, you're going to experience something new regarding the feeling of cutting people. This is going to be new because you'll actually feel how it is to cut through someone; you'll feel the bones breaking. We're going to focus on the feeling of cutting someone more than dismembering them.
So it seems like Ninja Gaiden III won't have any dismembering (maybe a little like head chopping) but will be more like Ninja Gaiden I but with more feeling when you cut a person. The only thing I can think of is that you'll plunge your sword into an enemy and then pull it out in different directions.
I believe Hayashi likes Ninja Gaiden a lot. I've seen his name mostly on Ninja Gaiden games (Dragon Sword, Sigma, Sigma II) so it NGII might turn out well.
Not that it matters so much but I wonder what he was planning to do with a Kasumi. He made it seem like she was going to be in the next game but now he's focusing on just Ryu. Doesn't matter though. I didn't care for Sonia much so I hope they have a better girl. And Momiji should be the one to give Ryu the Eye of the Dragon. She is the shrine maiden after all. I'm kind of excited to see Ninja Gaiden III at E3. Mainly because it's been so long since we've played a new Team Ninja game. DOA Dimensions is kind of a compilation, Metroid Other M was a Nintendo game, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma II was an upgrade from Ninja Gaiden II. It's been 2 1/2 years since Ninja Gaiden II and I wasn't so happy with that.
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Greater Ninja
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:09 pm
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I agree, I'm not liking Hayashi's comment about the "feel of cutting" someone but that it will require button presses. This gives me the impression that you have to keep pushing the X button in order to slice through someone, thus getting in the way of the flow of combat and combos. I see this as more of a gimmick that will wear thin soon after one playthrough.
I would have to disagree with him on NG1 and 2 feeling outdated as well. I look at all of the action games recently and they still haven't done anything incredibly different from NG. God of War 3, Enslaved, and Castlevania LOS both have a shallow combat system and seems to be more focused on presentation than the actual fighting. The only hardcore action game is Bayonetta and that's just DMC on steroids; it plays nothing like NG.
NG just simply needs to
on its existing game mechanics and presentation in order to be ahead of the competition, not reinvent the whole game. I think NG2 lacked the cinematic presentation that NG1 had, so I don't mind that they're focusing a little more on story and character.
In terms of game progression, I think bringing back the feeling of freedom to explore from NG1 due to the environmental designs would be a nice addition that puts it ahead of other action games. It gives it a sense of adventure that you just don't find in extremely linear action titles and provides a nice change of pace where you don't get bored of constantly fighting enemies (especially the same enemies over and over), which I found to be a flaw in NG2.
It'll be interesting to see where the new Team Ninja takes the series, but many fans' fears for the worst seems to be coming true, which is instead of building on the incredibly well developed combat engine, they're trying to remake the whole thing from scratch. NG's combat doesn't need to be remade. It's arguably the most comprehensive and in-depth combat mechanics of any action game right now, so I don't see why Hayashi would call it outdated. No other game requires you to master defense and offense at a quick pace and to always be on your guard due to the enemy A.I. The system just needs to be further tweaked and balanced.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:45 pm
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I'm debating heading to E3 this year to catch a glimpse but the biggest problem is it likely won't be playable on the show floor. I have a history with Tecmo NA, but I don't think that will do me any favors with TK folks. I simply don't know most of them. I have no real reason to go otherwise. I think I will drop them a line directly though and point them here. If they are worrying the biggest fans of the franchise, who's going to drum up word of mouth? A well-done trailer just doesn't have the impact it did four or five years ago. Gamers are increasingly jaded.
I'll see what I can do.
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Superior Ninja
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:52 am
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Didn't Eurogamer say Hayashi confirmed it was playable? I'm sure I read that.
Yes they did. See:
Its the very last question.
"Actually we cannot answer at this point. We will in the really near future. Also, especially for the series fan, we will make sure we bring excitement. At E3 this year we are going to provide a playable demo."
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Joined: 23 Apr 2008
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Location: Rochester, New York
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:49 am
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Most recently he did an interview and stated that it would be for press, last I heard. It's four in the morning so I could be incorrect, but that was my understanding. We'll see. Either way, my worries about this game stand until I play the game. Not sure if I'll bother with the trip since I'm moving to the LA area around July anyway. That would only cost money that could be put to better use elsewhere.
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Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:34 am
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I agree, I'm not liking Hayashi's comment about the "feel of cutting" someone but that it will require button presses. This gives me the impression that you have to keep pushing the X button in order to slice through someone, thus getting in the way of the flow of combat and combos. I see this as more of a gimmick that will wear thin soon after one playthrough.
To be honest. That whole article about this bone breaking-super-duper-feature sounds just dumb. I dont have any respect for that because to me it is an utterly useless "improvement". And it's probably just a rumble feature which means if you cut an arm, the controller will vibrate a bit and cutting trough bodies makes the pad flying to the other side of your room
I wish TN would speak about other more important things.....like the core gameplay.
If theres one thing NG got right got prefect back in 2004 it was the combat system, and I think NG2 and NGS2 did a grate job of adding to that, we seen more balanced weapons and wider rang of them, we seen the Shuriken get better implemented in to the combat, and dismemberment, UTs, in terms of combat it was more then perfecta at NG2
I agree with that. But IMO Hayashi and Tn follows the same concept like other devs are doing it right now:
"Innovations/changes where you actually dont need them, just to squeeze as much money as you can".
Bungie did it with Halo Reach, and to me Halo Reach has the worst Halo multiplayer ever, just because Bungie brought totally unneeded stuff to the core gameplay to attract the majority of gamers out there: casuals. And the result was flaming and complaining in Bungies forums.
I guess Team Ninja is now on the same trip, lol. "Making the game a bit easier" already is the first step.
Recently I found an interesting statement from Treyarchs (COD Black Ops) Community Manager:
When asked what the biggest problem facing the games industry today was, he said as a community manager who lives in the media or social media world every day, I think the social culture of video games is moving in a more negative direction as technology and social media continues to grow. Rather than growing with it, the trend seems to be devolving.
More and more gamers seem to forget what this industry is all about, he adds, saying Its a creative industry the most creative form of entertainment in existence. Too many developers who try new things are getting burned by pundits and angry entitled fans who look to be contrarian, sometimes simply for the sake of being contrarian. The only thing this attitude aims to achieve is stunt that creativity and innovation even further, which is something that no rational gamer looking to be entertained would want to do.
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Joined: 20 Mar 2009
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Location: UK
Gamertag: mohsin117 PSN: mohsin117
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:55 am
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i dont have a problem with NG going back to only having Ryu playable, I actually think its a good call, but when he says there wont be any DOA characters, I really really hope his just saying that there wont be any DOA characters playable, im going to be upset if DOA characters are completely absent from the game, especially after Hayashi went on about there being a surprise for NG fans in the game where he was referring to Kasumi, so he clearly feeals that we wanto to see Ayane, Kasumi and so on
I dont mind seeing Rachel again shes grown on me after playing NGS2 and seeing Sonia, I dont want to see any more of Sonia what a horrible character, and an insult to every body in NG, why dose the CIA seem to know more about the fiends and attack on the Hayabusa village then the Hayabusa? She makes absolutely no sense so much thing wrong with her, and it really angers me to think that a horrible character like Sonia was given preference over Ayane, Kasumi, Momiji, Joe, Genshin, Muramasa you know what every one!
I really do hope we see the DOA characters in the game and in the story, I know if they are missing I will be asking after them, and im sure others will be too, maybe we ill see them in the multiplayer
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:45 pm
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I would be upset about it. Yeah Ryu is the star so he has the majority of the game time and gets treated a cut above. It is HIS game.
But having said that the extra playable characters bring something unique to the game that not even new weapons can match because each character also has unique movements, abilities or fighting styles. All they need to do is separate the extra characters in alternate modes like "assignment Ada" from RE4. Alternatively they could have them playable for mission mode or have a difficulty set like Dragon Sword but they should keep them in for those that want them.
There are plenty of ways round it. IMO removing a feature that was put in twice is another step backwards again. I know this Ryu's game and I use him most but the other characters often make nice alternatives for me.
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Joined: 08 Oct 2009
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:52 pm
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It's clear that team ninja wants to sell more, but it also seems they have no idea what to do in order to accomplish that.
Hayashi says that NG needs something new and fresh, but the LAST thing that needs to be changed is the combat system. He wants to implement features that will separate NG from other games, make it stand out, and that is exactly what the combat system did.
The thing about cutting or having to press buttons to get the katana to go through the enemy...really? is that what the "innovation" is? A pseudo QTE gimmick? I am sure Hayashi knows that QTEs are at least 12 years old right? hardly an innovation.
Team ninja needs to sit down, look at the previous games and separate the good from the bad. The combat system was flawless, yet the story was HORRENDOUS. I beat NGS2 about 20 times now and have yet to understand why Sonia was kidnapped. They can even make the game easier and more...approachable, but it doesn't have to completely remade for that to happen.
I could go on and on about this but what's the point? We all agree with what needs to be changed and what needs to remain, but we also know that TN will do whatever they want in the end, so we can only wait for E3.
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Location: Sweden
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:36 am
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I dont mind new stuff in NG games.
But it is very risky.
One thing I dont want it to change however is the combat, Ryu and how badass Ryu is in his poses, fighting...etc. and music.
I do NOT want DOA in my freaking Ninja Gaiden games, unless that person is Hayate.
I am getting sick of every wallpaper, avatars....etc. is the damn girls while Ryu is taking a beatseat.
When NGS2 was about to come up it was obvious how they were making the girls as priority while Ryu was "meh the ninja dude we all know".
I want Ryu to become like a dark ninja, a dark past, give him a circle beard, make him evolve , gritty ninja master that has been through so much stuff..
And please add some elemental powers to his attacks and not some generic ninpo stuff.
I want ninpo's to be combined with combos.
Also this new combat feature, it sounds like QTE to me, and I swear to god, if they even consider adding QTE I will be super pissed off!
Leave that childish automatic combat to western devs like God of War or something.
In NG it has always been about manual combat, YOU have to fight from start to finish, no matter how badass a QTE scene could turn out.
Look at Bayonetta for example, its all real time but yet the fight setpieces with the bosses are crazy.
I am also happy if they would bring back gore, but not the crazy NG2, tone it to a bit more realistic level, kind of like Dragon Age for example.
I wouldn't mind if in NG3, blood would be on the characters, God of War 3 did, Dragon Age games are going it, really badass IMO.
I am interested in this game considering I am a big fan of NG series since NES, and considering this is Hayashi's real NG game I will have faith.
But what he did with NGS2, I am worried, I do NOT want girls>>>>>Ryu scenario.
If I could take any girl that stays, it would be Ayane considering she is closer to Ryu's fighting pace.
As much as I love Momiji's design and ninpo, she was BORING, but then again, she didnt have a damn katana or short swords or anything, I HATE big weapons.
I dont know, I will have to wait and see really.
Though, I do find the idea of sword going through flesh and bone quite fascinating.
PS. I can tell you guys this, as much as NG3 wouldnt be as I visioned it, I would still buy it, yes I am THAT weak for Ninja Gaiden games.
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Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:57 am
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Instead of giving us DOA characters like Ayane, Hayate and Kasumi or even NG characters Momiji, Joe, Rachel and hell even Shinji where going to get.... Sonia, ugh cos you know she really works in NG
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I believe Tengu did jokingly ask for her lol.
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The X Factor USA is heating up as the final 5 contestants fight it out to the finish. But the judges are also at war, and during the past few weeks one thing has become more clear…Simon Cowell is a bully!
It's amazing to watch just how angry Simon gets when the other judges don't agree with him whole heartedly. He has been especially cruel to Nicole, bashing her every move. She seems on the verge of tears just about every week, after he hits hard with his punches. But he also recently told Paula to "shut up" when she tried to give her opinion on one of his mentee's performances. Since she is used to his "bully mentality", thankfully she seems more immune to him now.
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Multitasking is taking a bigger toll on working mothers than on working fathers, confirms a new study published in the American Sociological Review. The authors suggest the key to the difference in stress may lie in which tasks each group is juggling. As the Los Angeles Times reported, the parents all spent nearly equal hours doing paid work, but the women were spending about nine more hours each week multitasking. In addition, that maternal multitasking often involved juggling housework and childcare.
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Multitasking by fathers was far less likely to involve child care, the study found, and unlike moms, dads tended to report they were more focused when in charge of their kids. Researchers said this jibes with much research showing that fathers are more likely than mothers to engage with their children in "interactive activities" that are "more pleasurable than routine child care tasks." When mothers had child care duties, they were more likely to take the kids along on errands, drive them to activities or supervise their homework, the study found.
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Barbara Schneider, study co-author and a sociologist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, also told the Los Angeles Times article that the families studied were not necessarily "typical American families":
Participants in the 500 Family Study may not be representative of American families economically, educationally or by ethnicity, Schneider acknowledged. But by focusing on some of the busiest parents, she said, the study underscores the disproportionate emotional toll that multitasking may be taking on women as they shoulder a wider range of responsibilities in the family.
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(CNN) -- For years, Allan Munroe refused to leave his wife's side. Norma, his bride of more than six decades, was battling stage four lung cancer.
As her health declined, Munroe welcomed the distraction of his second love: the Boston Red Sox. He kept his TV tuned to his favorite team's games to keep his mind off losing the woman he describes as the "better part of himself."
Norma Munroe died in May. Angela McKinnon said that after her grandmother's death she knew she had to get her grandfather to Fenway one last time, if only because of his age and health.
"After everything that happened, it was a horrible ordeal. We were talking about how life is short, and you just kind of have to make things happen," she said.
Next weekend, Munroe will travel 1,000 miles to see his favorite team play in person for the first time in 50 years. His dream is coming true thanks to the generosity of strangers and a crowd-funding page his granddaughter set up.
McKinnon decided to start a GoFundMe page called "ShipGpaUpToBoston" (named for the Dropkick Murphy's song "I'm Shipping Up To Boston," a Boston sports team anthem.)
"Now is the time for my grandfather's wish to come true, because no one is guaranteed tomorrow," she wrote on the website.
Munroe has had a number of medical setbacks in the past few years, including recently breaking his hip and being in the early stages of dementia.
The family had no money to get Munroe from his home in Florida to Fenway. McKinnon asked for help, but the donations came in slowly. She then started tweeting her grandfather's story to everyone she could.
Eventually, McKinnon's mission to get her grandfather to Boston caught the attention of one very important member of the Red Sox organization: owner John Henry's wife, Linda Pizzuti Henry.
Pizzuti Henry e-mailed McKinnon, saying in part: "Your grandfather sounds like an incredible man. Best of luck with your trip. I will happily provide game tickets, lunch at the game, and a private tour of the ballpark. Let me know the number of tickets needed."
Amazing family! We have reached out-offered tix & more MT @mashable: 87 y/o Allan Munroe dreams of @RedSox in Boston http://t.co/SGrbMMP6yC— Linda Pizzuti (@Linda_Pizzuti) August 31, 2013
Red Sox spokeswoman Zineb Curran said Pizzuti Henry read about Munroe's story on Twitter and was "touched by how the Red Sox provided such comfort to him while his wife was sick and how his family was doing what they could to create a special experience to share with him."
McKinnon says the response from friends and strangers has been amazing. With the help of the Red Sox and other Boston-area businesses pitching in for the family's airfare and hotel, any money left over from the donations raised will be donated to the Jimmy Fund, an organization that raises funds for adult and pediatric cancer care.
Before the game, the family plans to visit a commemorative brick they bought for Munroe that reads "Allan Munroe Has 2 Tru loves, Norma & The Sox."


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The first-week sales figures for Rihanna latest record are in, and the news is good: Billboard reports that Unapologetic has landed at No. 1 this week, a career first. The album — her seventh in seven years — brought the singer her strongest sales week ever, with 238,000 copies sold.
This breaks Rihanna's streak of having the most No. 1 hit songs without a No. 1 album. (Last week, her latest single "Diamonds" became her 12th to top the Hot 100, passing Whitney Houston to become the artist with the fourth-most top singles.)
"We are so proud and happy to deliver Rihanna her first #1 album in the U.S.," Island Def Jam president Steve Bartels said in a statement. "Taking an unusually short runway and turning it to an advantage — like the unprecedented 777 Tour — is a testament to the teamwork, ingenuity, ethic, and belief in the legacy of this artist that showed in every single hand that touched this project."
Before Unapologetic, Rihanna's best sales week belonged to 2010's Loud, which landed at No. 3 with 207,000 moved units, while her previous chart peak was 2007's Good Girl Gone Bad, which debuted at No. 2 that year.
But RiRi wasn't the only one who shined bright like a diamond this week. Adele zoomed past the 10-million mark with 21, which is now the 21st (yep) album in SoundScan history to do so. And she did it all in 92 weeks — the shortest time span for a diamond album since the days of N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys.
Elsewhere in chart news, Taylor Swift's Red remained at No. 2, scoring 185,000 in sales, while last week's chart champ One Direction dropped to No. 3 with 176,000 copies sold.
As for Idol idol Phillip Phillips, his "Home"-driven The World From the Side of the Moon debuted impressively at No. 4, with 169,000. While that number isn't quite up there with the 197,000 Scotty McCreery scored with last year's Clear as Day, it ranks in the stronger side of overall American Idol debuts.
But if you're only here to find out how Kid Rock fared, then you're in luck: the rock vet swooped in at No. 5 with 146,000 copies, making Rebel Soul his seventh album to hit the top ten.
For more fun chart news, head over to Billboard, where Led Zeppelin dukes it out with Jason Aldean and Keyshia Cole sneaks onto the list.


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Marketing & Communications Department
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Photos taken for and by the Marketing & Communications Department are used primarily for its own publications.
To make a request for photos please complete the online request form by selecting the tab above.
Requests must be submitted 48 hours prior to the photo date for shoots during normal business hours, and two weeks prior for evening and weekend shoots. As with all requests we will do our best to accommodate you. If you are not able to provide 48 hours notice, you may check out a camera through a member of the Marketing & Communications Department.
Event Photography Requests
The Marketing & Communications Department will take photos at events if the photos will be used in the newspaper or in publications. If you can give us a 30-minute window during your event when a photo needs to be taken for use in the newspaper or in a publication, we will try to accommodate that request.
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When a request is received or a need arises for images of particular individuals or settings (e.g., Amphitheater at 11:30 a.m., PTA project ), the Marketing & Communications Department will contact the appropriate faculty member or department to schedule the photographer.
Faculty members should inform classes of the upcoming photo shoot and remind students about appropriate appearance. The Marketing & Communications Department will supply the faculty member with an announcement to be made to the class with suggestions for making the shoot as effective as possible.
The faculty member is asked to permit the photographer to make an announcement upon arrival at the classroom. The photographer will introduce himself, briefly explain his purpose and allow students who wish not to be photographed to move to a part of the room that will not be included in his photos. This process is dependent upon students not wishing to participate identifying themselves to the photographer.
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The Marketing & Communications Department, in consultation with requesting departments when possible, is responsible for choosing images on behalf of Central Penn College for use on the College Web site and in various publications and projects. Occasionally images are shared with outside entities making requests.
Choices for photographs are made with great sensitivity to:
- the goal for the message(s) to be communicated,
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- the impact of the photo on the audience's perception of Central Penn College.
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Still or video photo shoots may be informal (candids of campus scenes, performance groups, large groups or activities) or formal (planned visits to classrooms, labs or offices; headshots with professional backgrounds; or video shoots on campus) in nature. All photographic images become the property of Central Penn College. Marketing & Communications staff members add the digital photos or video footage captured to the College's library of images (maintained by Marketing & Communications Department) that becomes a resource for the Web site and College publications.