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Exelon urges NRG shareholders to elect nine new independent directors to maximize the opportunity to realize this value
CHICAGO (July 10, 2009) -- Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) announced today that it has mailed a letter to shareholders of NRG Energy, Inc. with more information on its increased offer to acquire NRG. The letter emphasizes that the offer brings $2-3 billion in immediate value to NRG shareholders, and there is nothing that NRG can do on a standalone basis to match that. In the letter, Exelon urges NRG shareholders to vote the BLUE proxy card to elect nine new independent directors who will foster negotiations. The full text of the letter follows:
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Dear NRG Energy, Inc. Shareholder:
Exelon's offer to NRG shareholders is about real value - $2-3 billion immediately and more in the future. We have increased our offer by over 12% after identifying an additional $1.5 billion in synergies and giving credit to the real value that NRG has created through its acquisition of Reliant's retail business. There is nothing that NRG can do on a standalone basis that will give you as much. We are offering you securities in a company whose value will also grow when power prices recover, whose value rises rather than declines as carbon is priced into the marketplace, and whose balance sheet is much stronger.
The only way you will be able to realize this value is if you and other NRG shareholders take action now to elect nine new independent directors to the NRG board. We urge you to vote today using the BLUE proxy card - by telephone, by Internet or by signing, dating and returning the BLUE proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. Even if you have already voted by using the White card, you can still change your vote by using the BLUE proxy card.
Exelon is prepared to discuss its offer with NRG at any time without preconditions. Exelon has made a full and fair offer for NRG, taking into account current market conditions as well as the additional synergies we have found and NRG's acquisition of the Reliant retail business. Election of nine new NRG directors will foster negotiations that can lead to a mutually beneficial transaction. The election of less than nine new directors will not demonstrate the shareholder conviction that is essential to make a transaction happen.
You have received an avalanche of information about our offer from both Exelon and NRG, especially in the last several weeks. There are six areas that deserve a closer, objective look. These six areas go to the heart of our value proposition.
1. Exelon has significant upside earnings potential, while NRG faces revenue deterioration.Between 2009 and 2011, we expect Exelon's gross margin to grow by approximately $500 million due largely to the expiration of the below-market power sales agreement between Exelon Generation and PECO Energy Company. This projection is based upon forward market prices, expected generation, and Exelon's existing hedges, including Exelon Generation's successful bids in the recent Allegheny and PECO Energy procurement auctions.Based on NRG's own publicly-disclosed hedge position and current forward prices, NRG is likely to experience a significant decline in EBITDA as baseload energy revenues fall by roughly $700 million in 2011 compared to 2009. Exelon disclosed this estimated decline in a July 2 SEC filing, and NRG has not challenged it.In 2009, 95% of the NRG baseload portfolio was sold forward at an average price of $61/MWh, based on the average prices disclosed in NRG's 2008 Form 10-K. In 2011, NRG's average sales price will be roughly $9/MWh lower:
This deterioration in pricing for roughly 63 GWh of baseload energy, combined with roughly 3 GWh in forecasted reduced baseload output, again as disclosed in NRG's 2008 Form 10-K, produces an expected revenue decline of approximately $700 million in 2011 compared to 2009.
2. The difference between NRG's and Exelon's valuation of Reliant is much smaller than NRG asserts.
NRG claims the purchase of Reliant retail has resulted in an increase in NRG's value of $4.50 per share, and that Exelon has ascribed only $1.00 per share of value to Reliant. In fact, we do not value Reliant retail as highly as does NRG, but the difference between our valuations is much narrower than NRG asserts.
We believe that the gross value of Reliant retail is about twice what NRG paid for it, while NRG maintains that Reliant retail is worth $4.50 per share, about three times the purchase price paid only two months ago. The difference between these values is not, as NRG claims, over $3.50 per share. NRG's $4.50 per share value is not net of purchase price and does not include any cost for permanent collateral. Exelon's $1.00 per share value is net of both the purchase price and collateral requirement. Thus, NRG's repeated comparison of its valuation of $4.50 per share to Exelon's $1.00 per share is a classic failure to compare "apples to apples." Deducting the purchase price and permanent collateral from NRG's gross number results in a valuation of just over $2.00 per share. Moreover, Exelon's $1.00 per share valuation does not include approximately 50 cents per share in net present value of synergies which Exelon believes it can achieve in consolidating the two companies' retail businesses.
NRG's recently updated guidance forecasts $400 million of Reliant retail EBITDA in 2009. We believe this is only a temporary increase due to low gas prices and an un-hedged position and is not indicative of the future performance of the Reliant retail business. The low gas prices that made Reliant retail valuable in the short term threaten both its value and that of the rest of NRG's business in the longer term.
3. The transaction is equitable on a free cash flow basis.
NRG asserts that it will contribute a disproportionate amount of free cash flow relative to the ownership stake its shareholders will receive in the combined company. We agree that NRG has attractive free cash flow, but their estimate significantly overstates NRG's contribution to the combined company.
NRG created a new definition of free cash flow - "recurring free cash flow." In recurring free cash flow, NRG excludes both its environmental and growth capital expenditures. NRG has significant environmental capital expenditures looming in the coming years above the projected expenditures that NRG has specifically quantified in its public disclosures. In addition, NRG repeatedly stresses that its various "growth" initiatives are the building blocks to its future prospects. If those environmental and growth capital expenditures were to be included in the analysis, NRG's cash flow would be much lower than the "recurring free cash flow" that NRG's management is forecasting.
The free cash flow measure being used by NRG also fails to remove the effects of leverage, which further overstates NRG's relative cash flow contribution. Exelon determines value by performing a long-term discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis for each asset. This approach correctly accounts for leverage and riskiness of the cash flows, includes all related costs, and reflects the long-term impact of key factors like gas and carbon. One shorter-term measure which is more consistent with our DCF approach is leverage-adjusted EBITDA. This metric is routinely used by the financial community to analyze acquisitions and correctly accounts for the impact of leverage. Based on this metric, the cash flow contributions to the combined company by NRG are clearly in line with Exelon's offer, as illustrated below.
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4. NRG faces $1.3 - $2.3 billion of environmental compliance costs, while Exelon has significant carbon upside.Pending federal initiatives will have a significant impact on NRG's coal-fired power plants, which account for approximately 75% of NRG's megawatt hours sold. These initiatives include aggressive enforcement actions by the Obama administration of the Clean Air Act New Source Review requirements on NOX and SO2 and the Environmental Protection Agency's forthcoming Clean Air Interstate Rule and Clean Air Mercury Rule, as well as the EPA's likely new requirements relating to coal ash management. NRG will have to spend a significant amount of money on capital improvements to address these new requirements.This is a fact that NRG recognizes. In its first quarter 2009 Form 10-Q, NRG discusses these initiatives and states that it has prepared a capital expenditure plan in anticipation of these upcoming requirements. However, NRG does not disclose the estimated costs in its plan, leaving it to others to estimate the costs. Based on publicly available information about NRG's plants, our assessment of the impact of the federal initiatives on those plants on a plant-by-plant basis, and third party estimates of costs of compliance for each plant we evaluated, Exelon determined that these initiatives will result in compliance costs for NRG of $1.3 - $2.3 billion in excess of NRG's $1.2 billion of planned expenditures for current environmental requirements as disclosed in NRG's 2008 Form 10-K. Our estimate of these costs is included in our valuation model for NRG. We disclosed these costs in a filing with the SEC on July 2, 2009, and NRG has not taken issue with our analysis.While NRG faces up to several billion dollars in environmental costs, Exelon, with the largest nuclear fleet in the country, stands to benefit more than any other generating company from whatever carbon legislation is passed. We believe Exelon's EBITDA will increase $1.1 billion annually if the Waxman-Markey legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009 becomes law. As a stand-alone company, NRG has little upside from carbon legislation. Any downside from carbon legislation for NRG is separate and apart from the $1.3 - $2.3 billion in additional environment compliance costs outlined above.
5. Exelon's low risk, low cost uprates offer better value than NRG's high risk, high cost new nuclear build.
As the owner and operator of the largest and best run nuclear fleet in the country, we know something about nuclear plants and the risks of nuclear construction. While NRG has done much work on its STP 3 & 4 new nuclear project and there is some value in the option inherent in that project, the value of that option is overwhelmed by the associated risks. Any NRG shareholder who values new nuclear output in a carbon-constrained world should see much greater value in Exelon's proposed nuclear uprates.
New nuclear projects are subject to substantial project execution and cost escalation risks. The industry has inaccurately estimated the costs of these projects in the past. NRG has no experience building a nuclear plant, and its cost estimate of $3,200 per kW is far lower than the consensus U.S. cost estimate of $4,000 - $4,500 per kW. In addition, both the amount and sources of NRG's financing for the project are uncertain and none of its major risk mitigation steps have been implemented.
On the other hand, Exelon's nuclear uprate plan delivers more megawatts than NRG's new build with little risk and at half the cost. Nuclear uprates provide a substantially higher return at much lower financial risk than new build and do not present the risk of new build cost overruns and regulatory delays. This is evidenced by Exelon's success in implementing over 1,100 MWs of prior uprates. The power from uprates will come online sooner and our phased approach means we can defer specific uprate projects if market conditions dictate. The value upside in Exelon's existing fleet and uprates is substantially greater given the little risk and higher return embedded in Exelon's nuclear fleet.
6. Real synergies equal real value.
We are confident that all $3.6 - $4 billion in net present value synergies that we have identified can be achieved. Our analysis of potential synergies was compiled by an Exelon team with significant experience in the PECO-Unicom merger and other corporate transactions and was assisted by the country's leading synergy consultants. More importantly, our significant experience in cost reduction demonstrates we will achieve these cost savings, and possibly even more. In cost reduction programs in 2000-2001 and 2003-2004, we delivered annual savings of over $250 million and $350 million, respectively, far surpassing the initial targeted savings.
Our synergy estimates are based in large part on information taken from NRG's published financial reports, publicly available information, industry proxies and Exelon cost levels for similar areas. NRG's functional baseline for the synergy analysis was calculated using information from NRG's 2008 Form10-K, resulting in approximately $1.3 billion of non-fuel O&M costs before any adjustments specific to NRG. We then utilized a bottoms-up functional review, assessing discrete operating areas. Our analysis was entirely consistent with our other cost reduction programs that have yielded significant value to Exelon shareholders.
In addition, the estimated level of synergies is consistent with those observed in prior power sector transactions. On a combined basis, the estimated synergies amount to 6-7% of total O&M for both companies, which is less than the 9% observed in prior transactions and comparable to that estimated by NRG in its hostile offer for Calpine.
Make no mistake - our offer is the only opportunity where you will see meaningful, real shareholder value of an amount that makes a difference, especially in a marketplace buffeted by volatile commodity prices, regulatory challenges and credit constraints. NRG has no other means to provide you the amount of value that our offer represents. There is only one way to capture the immediate value of Exelon's offer - you must vote for all nine independent candidates proposed by Exelon. Your vote is what counts. To elect directors who are committed to looking out for your best interests, including pursuit of the value inherent in a combination of Exelon and NRG, you should vote the BLUE proxy card TODAY by telephone, by Internet, or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed BLUE proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you have already voted by using the White card, use the BLUE to change your vote to support the only meaningful value creation opportunity you have as an owner of NRG.
Thank you for your consideration.
John W. Rowe Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Exelon Corporation
Exelon announced on June 17, 2009, that it had filed its definitive proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission to solicit proxies from NRG shareholders at the NRG annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for July 21, 2009. Exelon urges all NRG shareholders to use the BLUE proxy card to vote in favor of proposals to expand the NRG board and elect nine new, independent and experienced directors who will act in the shareholders' best interests to capture the highest shareholder value possible.
Important Information This press release relates, in part, to the offer (the "Offer") by Exelon Corporation ("Exelon") through its direct wholly-owned subsidiary, Exelon Xchange Corporation ("Xchange"), to exchange each issued and outstanding share of common stock (the "NRG shares") of NRG Energy, Inc. ("NRG") for 0.545 of a share of Exelon common stock. This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to exchange, or a solicitation of an offer to exchange, NRG shares, nor is it a substitute for the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO or the Prospectus/Offer to Exchange included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-155278) (including the Letter of Transmittal and related documents and as amended from time to time, the "Exchange Offer Documents") previously filed by Exelon and Xchange with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Offer is made only through the Exchange Offer Documents. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents and other relevant materials as they become available, because they will contain important information.
Exelon filed a preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A with the SEC on April 17, 2009 in connection with its solicitation of proxies (the "Preliminary Exelon Meeting Proxy Statement") for a meeting of Exelon shareholders (the "Exelon Meeting") to be called in order to approve the issuance of shares of Exelon common stock pursuant to the Offer. Exelon expects to file a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Exelon Meeting (the "Definitive Exelon Meeting Proxy Statement") and may file other proxy solicitation material in connection therewith. Investors and security holders are urged to read the Preliminary Exelon Meeting Proxy Statement and the Definitive Exelon Meeting Proxy Statement and other relevant materials as they become available, because they will contain important information.
Investors and security holders can obtain copies of the materials described above (and all other related documents filed with the SEC) at no charge on the SEC's website: www.sec.gov. Copies can also be obtained at no charge by directing a request for such materials to Innisfree M&A Incorporated, 501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10022, toll free at 1-877-750-9501. Investors and security holders may also read and copy any reports, statements and other information filed by Exelon, Xchange or NRG with the SEC, at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or visit the SEC's website for further information on its public reference room.
Exelon and Xchange will be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Exelon shareholders for the Exelon Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. In addition, certain directors and executive officers of Exelon and Xchange may solicit proxies for the Exelon Meeting. Information about Exelon and Exelon's directors and executive officers is available in Schedule I to the Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. Information about Xchange and Xchange's directors and executive officers is available in Schedule II to the Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. Information about any other participants will be included in the Definitive Exelon Meeting Proxy Statement.
Forward Looking Statements
This communication includes forward-looking statements. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made herein. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include Exelon's ability to achieve the synergies contemplated by the proposed transaction, Exelon's ability to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of NRG and Exelon, and the timing to consummate the proposed transaction and obtain required regulatory approvals as well as those discussed in (1) the Exchange Offer Documents; (2) Exelon's 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 18; (3) Exelon's First Quarter 2009 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in (a) Part II, Other Information, ITEM 1A. Risk Factors and (b) Part I, Financial Information, ITEM 1. Financial Statements: Note 13; and (4) other factors discussed in Exelon's filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this communication. Exelon does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication, except as required by law.
Statements made in connection with the Offer are not subject to the safe harbor protections provided to forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
All information in this communication concerning NRG, including its business, operations, and financial results, was obtained from public sources. While Exelon has no knowledge that any such information is inaccurate or incomplete, Exelon has not had the opportunity to verify any of that information.


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audiObelisk: The Machine & Sungrazer Premiere Tracks from New Split LP
Been waiting for this one. Back in September, Dutch fuzzers The Machine and Sungrazer announced they were teaming up for a split LP and a tour that, in keeping with the former act's apparent Lebowski fetish, they decided to call "Strikes and Gutters." As The Machine seemed to come the most into their own yet on their 2012 album, Calmer than You Are (also a Lebowski reference; review here) and as I'd heard Sungrazer play some new material earlier in the year at Desertfest London, I knew good things were in store, and indeed, the split does not disappoint.
Comprised of six tracks (three each) totaling over 47 minutes, The Machine and Sungrazer's joint effort was recorded by The Machine guitarist/vocalist David Eering, who makes a good argument here for becoming the in-house engineer at Elektrohasch. Each band gets three tracks, and both use their time to craft a huge wall of fuzz, jamming out open, glorious heavy psychedelia, organic and rich. The Machine begin with "Awe," a massive riff put to good use as the base from which the band wanders and then fluidly returns, Eering's guitar sounding an alert while drummer Davy Boogaard and bassist Hans van Heemst lock in a firm groove beneath. Watch out for the slowdown.
On the other side, Sungrazer affect desert rocking warmth on "Yo la Tengo" that comes across like Yawning Man doing a take on The Beatles' "Sun King." Dreamy, psychedelic and honing a wide expanse, the cut departs from some of the thickness of its compatriots "Dopo" and "Flow through a Good Story" to underscore Sander Haagmans' soothing multi-layer vocal with a slowly unfolding surf tone, the bassist incorporating fills that wind up leading the song as much as Rutger Smeets' airy guitar even as they ground it, drummer Hans Mulders moving from lighthearted rim clicks to driving crash rhythms — and back — with ease.
With permission from the bands, it's my extreme pleasure today to be able to premiere "Awe" and "Yo La Tengo" for streaming. The split LP between The Machine and Sungrazer is due out on Feb. 14, the same day their Strikes and Gutters tour begins at the 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Please find the songs on the player below, and enjoy:
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Don't Take My Word for It...Take Theirs: The Best A/V Books and Courses
Something's in the air - it must be time for some summer reading. Earlier this week we told you about the new edition of the Rotel Ultimate Guide to High Performance Home Theater. And a reader recently asked me what books he should read to learn more about audio and video. I am unabashedly stealing this idea for an article.
After all, we all learned this stuff somewhere.
From entry level to advanced, here's a list of many things for the book learnin'.
Intro to HT
Before we move on to the harder stuff, we've got to lay down the fundamentals.
Practical Home Theater by Mark Fleischmann
Mark is the audio editor for, ahem, a different magazine. We won't hold that against him, though. His is one of the few books on this subject updated yearly.
Secrets of Home Theater by Mike Wood
The man, the myth, the legend Mike Wood produced this tome in 2004. While some of its info is be a little dated, the fundamentals are still sound. It's sort of out of print, but you can pick up a used copy for next to nothing, so why not?
Not remotely a book, this Blu-ray has some of the best tutorials about all things A/V I've seen. Also, it has some excellent test patterns. Highly recommended for all levels.
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Now we step up to the more advanced courses, the real meat of it.
The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill
It's massive and massively expensive, but here's what Brent has to say about it: "If you really want to learn about electronics, there's no better place to start than The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill. It's a textbook so it's pricey, and it's somewhat out of date at this point, but still, IMHO no other book broadly covering the subject is as good or as easy to read."
Engineer's Mini Notebook Volume 1
Another of Brent's picks: "Great introductory guide for beginning circuit design. It's where I started."
Loudspeaker Design Cookbook by Vance Dickason
While ostensibly about building your own speakers, you'll learn a lot about how and why speakers work the way they do.
Also not a book. The Imaging Science Foundation and THX both offer TV calibration training. They're available in different areas throughout the year. Beyond learning how to calibrate a TV, you'll learn all about how TVs work, how to set them up, and more. Walk in knowing what a remote is, walk out with the ability to calibrate a TV. Even if you never plan on calibrating TVs professionally, these are excellent courses to learn all the Is and Os.
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Not enough? Want something more hard core? Brace yourself for the advanced courses.
Digital Video and HD: Algorithms and Interfaces by Charles Poynton
This reads like a graduate level textbook, and probably is. Incredibly in depth, and one of the best resources on the subject of digital video. I've used it as a reference countless times. Other times I stare at it and drool as my brain seizes up.
Master Handbook of Acoustics by F. Alton Everest and Ken Pohlmann
One of the best resources on the acoustics of rooms. The latest edition has contributions from our very own Ken Pohlmann.
Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms
A fantastic book by one of the most respected legends in the speaker world. The hows and whys of speakers, rooms, listeners, and listeners in rooms with speakers. A must-have for anyone looking to learn about the amazing world of acoustics. Better, by the way, than the textbooks I had on the subject in college.
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For a number of years, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency's Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center (SPARC) in College Station, Texas, have been testing spray equipment at the Annual International Equipment Evaluation, commonly known as an "equipment rodeo." ARS agricultural engineers Clint Hoffmann and Brad Fritz at College Station evaluate spray equipment used in insect control applications for public health throughout the world.
The rodeo, held each year at the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) in Jacksonville, Fla., is part of the Deployed War-Fighter Protection Research Program, a joint initative of USDA and the U.S. Department of Defense to aid troops against insect attacks. One key element of the program is to devise and improve application technologies to deter and kill disease-transmitting insects like mosquitoes and sand flies.
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Java creator James Gosling thinks that Google "totally slimed" Sun by using big parts of Java without paying a license, and says that he agrees with Oracle in the lawsuit between the companies.
That may be a bit surprising, because Gosling quit his job at Sun shortly after Oracle bought the company, and has been critical of Oracle in some blog posts since then. Then, last March, Gosling took a job at Google. He's since quit that job to work for a startup.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Going in Blind
It wasn't really a major fight, or a planned event. We were going through Ulduar, and we got to Auriaya, someone suggested that we do the Achievement [Crazy Cat Lady]. We shrugged and went to try it, not expecting that it would be very hard.
We started with 2 tanks, each tanking 2 adds. And then we started wiping. After a few wipes, we realized that our add tanks were constantly dying at around the same time. Looking up the death meter on Recount showed that they died from a Bleed debuff that was ticking for 20k. At this point, we realized that the Bleed was a stacking debuff. So we tried using 4 tanks, each having one add. This worked a little better, but the tanks still died to the bleed, just a little later in the fight.
So we switched to tank swapping. Two tanks took 2 adds each. At 7 stacks, a clean tank taunted the adds. This strategy seemed more successful, and on the next try the tanks opted to see if they could survive up to 10 stacks, to minimize swaps. However, this made it harder to heal, as both old and new tanks were taking heavy damage. We went down to 4 stacks, and swapped as often as possible. That attempt was very clean and led to a nice kill.
I had a lot of fun that fight. I greatly enjoy working on strats and tweaking them until you get something right. This is the one aspect of Royalty guilds that I really envy. They get to go in blind and form their own strategies for most content.
The immediate question is why not seek out a guild that tries to play blind? My guild explicitly looks up strategies and videos before the raid. This seems opposite to what I like.
The trade-off though is time. If we went in blind, we'd probably be a lot further back than we are now, progression-wise. That [Crazy Cat Lady] attempt was a great deal of fun, but we spent over two hours on that fight. If we had looked it up ahead of time, we would have one- or two-shot it.
Second, you can't guarantee that no one will "cheat". If you have a raid group of 25 people--especially people who are enthusiastic about WoW--odds are someone will follow discussions about bosses. They'll surf forums, or read EJ, or watch videos. Then what do you if the "cheater" contributes to the strategy discussion? Ignoring what she says, just because of the source, seems counter-productive.
Third, it's already hard enough to find a decent Aristocracy-level guild that matches my schedule and general inclinations. Adding the "doesn't look up strategies" requirement might eliminate all possible guilds. Especially as such a guild is likely to lose better players to further advanced guilds. Very few people are willing to deliberately wipe when they could avoid failure by looking up the answers online.
Finally, we still haven't beaten all the content, even knowing the strategies ahead of time. Formulating our own strategy from scratch seems like a luxury when we still need to work on our execution.
Still, fights like this [Crazy Cat Lady] and Al'ar back in TBC, where I got to strategize rather than just follow a recipe, remain treasured moments.
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I have fond memories of figuring out strats for my guild. Sure it costs more wipes, but I'd trade 5 wipes or so for the opportunity to play the full raiding game; all that strategizing is part of raiding and it's a shame that people work so hard to eliminate it.ReplyDelete
I have thought of making a guild that runs blind, but I suspect it's too late for this expansion. People either know the fights by now or they're so incredibly slow that I doubt they'd learn at a good rate. Maybe next expansion, starting at the first raid.
Best of luck and opportunity for future blindness!
- Calinaomil8:26 AM, November 30, 2009
I love it when we have to figure out our own strats on the fly. I remember when ToC first came out, our Raid Leader was convinced Twins was first up to bat. Next thing you know, Northrend Beasts appeared! Figuring out how to do that fight without a preplanned strategy had to have been one of my most fun encounters that I've done in a while.ReplyDelete
That's one thing that I loved about the pre-nerf Ignis trash. The first two were absolutely owning groups when Ulduar first came out, to the point that the GMs were clowning people on the forums. "Just round everything up and AE it, right? Isn't that how you say we've made the game?"ReplyDelete
Meanwhile, our group, which included a fair number of vanilla WoW raiders, took one wipe, and went, "OK, it's a LOS fight, we do it like Firemaw" and went right through it. It felt so GOOD to figure it out on our own and breeze past everyone else.
Blizzard's addition of attempt limits (either limiting wipes or limiting time) seems to discourage this. Going in blind might cost you 5 extra wipes, which is no big deal in Uld25, but if you only get 10 tries on the Lich King in a week, that's a major hit.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:18 PM, November 30, 2009
The PTR is a good place to go blind when they are testing new bosses.ReplyDelete
However with so many news site about World of Warcraft, you need to be on the cutting edge to get there on the first night.
And, from personal experience, it helps going with friend. I did a PuG once and it broke after two wipes. I was telling myself, what did people expect on a new boss.
i can't stand the idea of watching a video beforehand.ReplyDelete
sadly, this is what's expected.
- Anonymous8:55 PM, December 01, 2009
Even the best guilds in the world don't go in blind. They may not have strategy write-ups and videos to study but datamined content gives enough information about a boss' abilities that they can suss out the general thrust of the fight before they ever pull.ReplyDelete
Like it or not, if you care about ranking you can't go in blind. And since the majority of the world does care about ranking, if you ever need to recruit then you need to care about ranking.
While I'm not going to disagree with your viewpoint, since it's certainly understandable and valid, I personally would just find it a little silly to always (or even just usually) go without seeing at least some prior details, because in the end, you're mostly just spending time to discover things that have already been done.ReplyDelete
Isn't this one of the things the Internet was designed for? Spreading information about what does and doesn't work so that needless effort isn't wasted on duplication?
Of course, that said, even the strats already put out aren't infallible. Instead of making the game being to develop the -entire- strategy yourself, why not make it that you are bending it to your own raid comp? It's very unlikely that you have the exact same setup as the dudes who wrote it, after all. I know we've had to spend a lot of time refining and adjusting strategies from Tankspot and other sites in my guild, which isn't that much different from going in "blind".
After all, even if you aren't following a strategy from some boss guide, you're still going to run from the default strategy of "tank and spank" until you discover that things don't quite work that way.
That said, we still had some fun in Heroic ToC because we tried to run everything like normal, and finding out that things didn't quite work that way. "Wait, why are the jormungars out? Gormok isn't dead yet.", "Why is the portal still up and spawning Maidens?", and my favourite "Uh, the ice spheres aren't respawning."
- Anonymous5:51 AM, December 02, 2009
[quote]Best of luck and opportunity for future blindness![/quote]ReplyDelete
Interesting that you posted this since wow.com just posted an Breakfast Topic article on the very same subject.ReplyDelete
My husband and I run a small 10-man guild that does raid blind. Obviously, we're not on the cutting edge of progression, but we enjoy figuring out the fights on our own. It reminds me of solving adventure game puzzles without peeking at a walkthrough!
Heh, the wow.com article actually links to this one. It's not really a coincidence.ReplyDelete
Um i did the achievement with my guild 10 man raid we did the achievement and it took around 5 trys. fighting blind is fun for certain raids (including ulduar, dieing is one of the aspects.ReplyDelete
- Willsbeau1:33 PM, December 05, 2009
My guild decided for this expansion we would do all the fights blind. We tell everyone not to read up on fights and although some do, they keep their mouths shut for the most part, although we rarely one shot bosses and instances on the first night they are out, we do quite well, and we have fun.ReplyDelete
Sure guild rankings are important but what does it really matter if you aren't #1. Have fun completing the instance not just having a number on some website that knows nothing about how much fun you're having.
Now I will admit when we have lots of problems we do look up fights and make sure we aren't missing something important (like that a fusion punch dispell might miss)
Good luck to you!
My GM has changed his raid strategy as well. In BC we were required to read up on fights and be prepared with consumables. This xpac we've done everything blind. Now most of the guild enjoys it for the first 2 attempts after that we 75% of the group get irritated. I wouldnt get irritated as much if didnt know that the guild actually took things seriously once upon a time. ToGC is hell the officers (main tank/GM) refuse to read up strats and take the time to learn how to use everyone to their full potential.ReplyDelete
I think the whole normal and hardmode thing really killed "progression" raiding for the guild Im in. BC we were a progression guild and one of the better horde side guilds on our server now not so high and the majority of our skilled players have abandoned us due to the "blind" style of raiding.
Blindness is getting contagious coz they give those goosebumps! Really an adventure. Strategizing on the fly is more fun during those raids!ReplyDelete


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Emerging East Asia's local currency bond markets continued to expand in 2012, signaling ongoing investor interest in the region's fast-growing economies but also raising the risk of asset price bubbles, said the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) latest Asia Bond Monitor.
"Emerging East Asia is much more resilient than it used to be but governments still need to be careful that the surge in capital inflows doesn't fuel excessive rises in asset prices and that they are prepared for a possible reversal in the flows when the economies of the US and Europe pick up again," said Thiam Hee Ng, Senior Economist in ADB's Office of Regional Economic Integration.
By the end of 2012, emerging East Asia had $6.5 trillion in outstanding local currency bonds versus $5.7 trillion at the end of 2011. That marked a quarterly increase of 3.0% and an annual increase of 12.1% in local currency terms. The corporate markets, though smaller than the government bond markets, drove the increase, growing 6.2% on quarter and 18.6% on year to $2.3 trillion.
Emerging East Asia is defined as the People's Republic of China (PRC); Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; the Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; and Viet Nam.
Investors have been putting their money to work in emerging East Asia since the early 1990s, but the flows have picked up pace in recent years because of low interest rates and slow or negative economic growth in developed economies while emerging East Asia has enjoyed high growth rates and appreciating currencies.
Investment is increasingly coming from overseas, with foreign ownership in most emerging East Asia local currency bond markets increasing in the second half of 2012. In Indonesia, for example, overseas investors held 33% of outstanding government bonds at the end 2012, while foreign holdings of Malaysian government bonds had reached 28.5% of the total at the end of September 2012.
The fastest-growing bond market in emerging East Asia in 2012 was Viet Nam, 42.7% bigger than at end 2011, largely due to the rapid expansion in the country's government bond market. The Philippine and Malaysian markets grew 20.5% and 19.9% respectively, while India's market expanded by a strong 24.3% to $1.0 trillion. Japan still has the largest market in Asia at $11.7 trillion, followed by the PRC at $3.8 trillion.
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One of the most important pieces I've read in the last week is Yates Walker's piece of Christine O'Donnell. He takes on that most cherished of anti-teaparty conventional wisdom, Christine O'Donnell victory in the GOP primary in Delaware was a disaster for conservatives and maintains it is just the opposite. He has much to say but lets lead with a line that every conservative activist should take to heart:
Mike Castle was a leftist's dream. He was a big-spending, George-Soros-funded, NARAL-approved politician who never met an earmark he didn't like. Electing him as a Republican weakened the party. In every policy debate that matters, Mike Castle and others like him side with the left. For this, they are rewarded by the media and described as moderate.
This might seem an odd time to bring this up, but it has special relevance today when you consider Chuck Hagel.
Hagel hit the Bush Administration on Iraq. He piled on the president on a regular basis and what was the result?
CBS, ABC, NBC CNN, MSNBC lionized him, he was constantly on the air, for an opinion or a sound bite. When the left (read Media) needed "balance" in their presentation, they could always count on Chuck to provide "bipartisan" opening that began with "some in the president's own party… like so: (all emphasis mine)
Brokaw: "Iraq has divided this country deeply. Where is the war taking us? What happened to 'stay the course?'"
George W. Bush: "I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation in Iraq, I'm not satisfied either and that is why we're taking new steps to help secure Baghdad."
Brokaw: "Even longtime Republicans see this election as a vote up or down on those who thought the war was a good idea."
Sen. Chuck Hagel: "Iraq is the issue. Iraq is the issue everywhere, in every state."
And not just on Iraq on North Korea:
On NBC's Today, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman lamented that it's too late for Bush to salvage peace: "North Korea has concluded that this administration wants their, their head on a wall, basically, and therefore there's probably nothing the United States can do now, to really reassure the North to give up their nukes, which is really their life insurance policy." This came just a minute or so after Friedman described Kim as the "Tony Soprano of Pyongyang."
NBC set up the Friedman interview in which reporter Andrea Mitchell explained that "experts" say this weekend's tougher steps are insufficient. She quoted Robert Gallucci and Wendy Sherman without telling the audience that the two of them were essential cogs in Bill Clinton's Kim-coddling regime. For "balance," they were echoed by Sen. Chuck Hagel.
and Israel:
Mitchell spun the domestic criticism of the Bush administration as bi-partisan but the only Republican critic she could identify was Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel.
Do you see the trick here? It's not news if Barbara Boxer or Dick Durbin hit the GOP but if you can find a party member to do it, you get to double your attack AND provide the illusion of "balance" after all this critique is from a Republican. Yates Walker again:
In reality, moderates like Mike Castle are guarantors of conservative defeat. Political debate always ends in compromise. If Castle is "moderate," then why should anyone entertain proposals from the far right? In every debate, the question is not whether conservatives win, but how much we lose.
Chris Coons defeated Christine O'Donnell in 2010. Since that election have you ever once seen the MSM put Chris Coons on the air? Does on MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, Face the Nation, ABC's This Week or Meet the Press look for his comment on the news of the day or quote him on air? No. Why? Because if blue state Democrat Chris Coons parrots the Obama/Liberal/MSM line it's not news.
But lets pretend, just for a moment Christine O'Donnell had not run and Mike Castle won that seat. For the last two years you would have seen him on every network as the face of the GOP. He would be the "sensible" face advocating more taxes and spending, the, the "moderate" face to fund abortion, whenever the MSM needed "balance" his face would be there.
And maybe, just maybe in 2020 or so he could have been the token GOP member in a future Democrat administration.
Instead the MSM has to find "no labels" republicans to put on the air, as opposed to actual serving members. They need to fish for squishes in the house caucus because they don't dare put a Ted Cruz next to Chuck Schumer on Meet the Press again, or give a Kelly Ayotte face time or promote a Marco Rubio unless to hit him for drinking water.
This is the gift Christine O'Donnell gave the GOP by running so hard to win the GOP primary in Delaware in 2010. It's the gift Doug Hoffman gave the GOP when he defeated Dede Scozzafava and it's the gift Marco Rubio gave the National GOP when he went to the Senate and sent Charlie Crist to the Democrat convention.
I don't vote Republican because I have a love affair with the letter "R" or hope to get a member of my (former) club on the inside to provide patronage. It's to advance ideas i believe in for the benefit of the country and my children and some day grandchildren.
If the GOP forgets this lesson it will die and deserve to. If the nation forgets this lesson it's the day this republic ends.
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I was running a simple scenario for some players - non of who had played Agon before - and we ran into a couple of odd situations.
1) Advantage Dice - once you gained advantage dice you keep them (if relevent) unless taken away from you. But it says that an advantage dice can only be used once per contest or battle. Does that mean once per an exchange (round) in a battle? So it's not allowed to use it for attack and defence in the same round - but I could use it for attack in one exchange and then defence in the next?
2) If you use an oath to get somebody to provide a helping skill - does that impare the skill used?
2a) Is it possible to use an oath to get somebody to provide a helping skill that is the same as the one your using? So for example I'm attacking with a spear - can I borrow somebody else spear skill to use on top of my own? Or would I have to use a different skill such as cunning?
3) Can you move level with and past opponents on the positioning grid?
4) Does the antagonist need to state when a weapon changes - if it's not obvious? An example would be a sorcer who has a melle attack and a ranged attack which are both spells - would the antagonist need to let the players know the mage was using a different spell?
5) NPC or minion powers - can these be used multible times in a battle (but only once in an exchange) or once per a battle? So swift for example?
Not sure the game went down very well with the players - they kept looking at me like I'd gone mad. One of them said if felt like a board game pretending to be an RPG - which might have been me focusing on the rules a lot.... runningit again this weekend for different people.
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Ok, I'll try to give you some answers:
1) I'm not sure, but it should be "once per Battle". However, now John enforce the using of the Alternate Advantages from the Agon wiki, as it was a semiofficial rule.
The rule is here:
Alternate Advantages
; John said more about it
on Storygames and
on The Forge.
2) When you spend an Oath to call for an Helping Die, the other hero must give you a die (and impairs the ability, as it was a Creative Ability) but he can choose freely from which ability (as long as he can explain how it happens in the fiction).
However, you can discuss it: "Ok dude, I'll delete another Oaths if you help me with that d8+2 in Insight. What do you think?" "Two would be better" "Ok that's it".
3) Uhm, I'm not sure I understood what you mean (and my english is poor, so no surprise...). Can you explain more in details?
4) I'm not sure of the answer, but... Yes I think... Also because it's obvious at the table when the Antagonist do it and pick up other dice for the NPC... In other words, "there's no secret", so why dont' explain it in the fiction? ;-)
5) When a power can be used only once per Battle, it's specified in the manual (for example "Fear" if I remember right), otherwise it can be used once per Exchange.
Don't get frustated with the "boardgame-not-rpg" thing. In my experience, it's a reaction very common when someone encounter indie rpgs for the first time. It's a matter of getting familiar with thems. :-)
And don't worry about the rules, it's normal to go mad the first time with a new game. I suggest to let the heroes read the manual after playing for the first time, so they can help you with the rules and you will be no more the only one how knows everything. ;-)
I hope I was of some help. If you have other questions, don't be afraid to ask. ;-)
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