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Welcome to our new online banking! We've been upgrading customers to this new system over the past several months and now all of you can experience Online Banking with Blue IQ™.
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Unless you are very different from most people, you do not want to spend lots of time handling your finances, do not want to worry about your finances, and do not want to make your financial life any more complicated than it has to be.Keeping your financial life simple can save time and reduce stress. Here are nine ideas you may want to consider.
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You've asked. We've listened. We're excited to announce Arvest Mobile Banking Alerts and Arvest for iPad app are coming soon to enhance your banking experience! Mobile AlertsSoon, Arvest Mobile Banking customers will be able to create text, email and push* alerts to manage their finances more efficiently. Mobile Banking Alerts are managed within the Mobile Banking tab inside Arvest Online Banking. Register your mobile phone in Mobile Banking now so it'll be even easier to register for text alerts when they become available.When Mobile Banking Alerts are available, you can select which of the following alerts you'd like to receive:
iPad AppThe long anticipated Arvest for iPad App is coming soon to all Arvest Mobile Banking customers. Arvest iPad app features include:
Keep an eye on our blog and arvestmobile.com. We'll let you know when these changes are live and available for your banking convenience. *Push alerts available for iPhone only. iPad and Android phone push alerts coming in late 2014.**Blog edited by blog admin on 12/19/2013.
Arvest has updated the way Arvest Online Banking users log in to their accounts. This change requires no action on the part of the current Online Banking users. Users no longer see the specific image and phrase on the password screen.
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Friends of Weiser State Forest
The Friends of Weiser organized in 2010 in order to ensure the future use of forest lands through the preservation of forest trails. The trails at Weiser State Forest are multi-use meaning most trails are open to hikers, bikers, horses, hunters and hand gliders. The group works in cooperation with the DCNR forestry personnel who approve all project improvements.
Within the Weiser State Forest are some very rugged and secluded wooded areas. These areas can be reached by the 65 miles of roads which have been constructed for wildfire suppression and administrative use.
Upcoming Workday Schedule - See Calendar of Events Tab
Upcoming Meetings -
Jim Theurer's Barn, Halifax, PA
Watch for the registration flyer here
Our current project -
Oct. 18, 2013 - Milton Hershey School Seniors volunteer at Weiser.
We had a very productive work day this past Friday, Oct. 18. Milton Hershey Schools brought 9 students up for their service day. We painted the signs on the Troutman Trail, the signs around the entrance, signs on the way up White Oak Road, blew the leaves off the picnic grounds and put the top rail on the bridge to Split Rock trail. It was really nice having this group of seniors up to help! Thanks everyone for volunteering your time! It was greatly appreciated.
BRIDGE at MINNICH'S HIT - the beginning to end
–Haldeman\Greenland Tracts,is replacing a bridge that has been washed out for years on the Split Rock Trail. The trail head is located at Minnich's Hit Picnic Area. On December 16, 2012, a group of volunteers began the work on the new bridge. They were able to finish the majority of the work. A special thanks to all who volunteered.
Nick Zulli reads the blueprints before bridge construction begins.
The walking bridge deck was finished on December 16, 2012.
- Expand an old existing trail that makes a loop off rim trail at the top of the mountain just past the hang glider launch. We will just need to clear out the bottom part of the loop which will not take much work at all.
- Repaint of replace trail markers- DONE
- Replace old grills and tables at Minnich's Hit Picnic area - DONE
- Re-Route Preserve Line and Wolf Pond Trail
- Discussion on opening new trails to connect the trail system to the town of Lykens is still being considered for 2014. Another possible trail is from the end of Lukes to Fawn Kill.
OUR SECOND PROJECT COMPLETE on November 13, 2011.
Our second project - was to build a hitching post to tie horses at Minnich's Hit Picnic Area so riders could use the restrooms and picnic. The rail is 30 feet long and has places to tie 10 horses. Don Newcomber did most of the work, he did a great job with Scott's & Rick's help! It didn't take long until Scott visited the site and found several horses tied to the hitching post!
Installation of the Hitching Post
Hitching Post is getting more use.
WE DECLARED THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED TRAIL COMPLETE on July 16, 2011.
Our first project - was to continue the physically challenged trail at Minnich's Hit that was started by the Rattling Creek Singletrackers Bike Club. The first leg of this work began on March 19, 2011. Nineteen volunteers attended the workday to help move mid-sized stones to a staging area. The stone will be used to build small walls needed to level the trail that leads to the meandering creek with its pristine waters and soothing sounds.
Trails - Multi-use
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At the plate: In what was likely Scott Podsednik's swan song with the Rockies, the outfielder went 2-for-4 with a double. Clint Barmes regained his stroke, going 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Omar Quintanilla, who made the club as a utility infielder, hit a triple, but was thrown about 5 feet from home plate when third-base coach Rich Dauer waved Quintanilla around home, looking for an inside-the-park home run.
On the mound: Starter Jorge De La Rosa, now scheduled to start the Rockies' second regular-season home game against the Phillies on April 11, had his best outing of spring.
With superb fastball command and a deceptive changeup, he held the White Sox to one unearned run over 5 1/3 innings, striking out nine. He gave up seven hits, but only a double by Jim Thome was clubbed hard.
"I don't really care about the strikeouts," De La Rosa said. "I just wanted to pitch good with fastball command. I felt much better with my rhythm today."
Closer candidate Manuel Corpas threw one clean inning, striking out one. His spring ERA rests at 1.00. Manager Clint Hurdle said that he's already picked his closer – either Corpas or Huston Street — but won't announce his decision until Thursday. However, there are growing indications that Street is going to get the job.
In the field: With De La Rosa keeping the ball low in the zone, the Rockies infield was kept busy. The Rockies turned four double plays today.
Up next: The Rockies travel to Surprise, Ariz. to play the Royals. It is the Rockies' final trip up to the Phoenix area for a Cactus League game.
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Wheel Offset and Backspacing
So you finally saved up the cash to get the perfect set of wheels for your ride, now what. There's diameter, that's the easy part, your favorite song says you need some 24s! Now you just google your vehicle to find out the number of lugs and distance between them, 6 lugs 5.5″ spacing 6×5.5. Okay all set, go on eBay and order some wheels… Not so Fast! Did you know many wheels are sold in 3-10 different wheel offsets or ET (some German abbreviation for offset). The wheel offset is the distance in millimeters (mm) that the hub of the wheel (where you bolt the wheel to the car) is from the True center of the wheel. Basically a positive offset of +25mm means the center of the wheel is 25mm closer to the outside (curb/fender side) of the wheel, thus pushing the wheel in toward the caliper/brake. This basically sinks the tire and wheel into the fender. If the same wheel were to have a wheel offset of -25mm, that means the center (lug nut or mounting part) is closer to the inside of the wheel. This is what often creates a larger lip on the wheel or a concave style wheel, Thus pushing the tire out toward the fender making it flush or on your favorite monster truck way outside the fender creating that super aggressive 4×4 stance.
How to Measure our Backspacing (Back of the wheel)
Or hopefully you can just look on the back side of the wheel/rim and find this stamping!
(This would be a 18″ diameter with 8″ width and +55 offset.)
Let me start by just throwing all the math at you, then you will see some diagrams and explanation below.
Using 205/60-15 as an example:
Tire width = 205 mm
Aspect Ratio = 60 (sidewall height is 60% of tire width) or 0.6 * 205 = 123 mm side wall
Wheel rim dia. = 15 inches
So the INCHES diameter of a 205/60-15 tire is = (2*205*0.6/25.4) + 15 = 24.69 inches diameter is same as "height"
formula from mm and ratio to inches:
((2*tire width mm*tire ratio*)/25.4)+rim diameter inches = tire height in inches
For width tire width mm/25.4 = width inches
To convert from inches to mm
Tire width = 8″
Tire height = 25″
wheel dia. 15″
(tire width in * 25.4) = width mm then round to 5mm or 8*25.4 = 203.2 or 205mm
((Tire height – rim diameter) / 2) / (tire width in * 25.4)
formula from inches to ratio in %
((Tire height inches- rim diameter inches) / 2) / (tire width inches)= % again round to nearest 5 (60 or 65 using our previous numbers)
For width tire width inches * 25.4 = width mm
As the offset is moved toward the Curb Side (positive + offset) – toward the fender – it has the opposite effect on the wheel stance, moving it in toward the caliper which creates a larger gap between the outter edge of the tire and the outer edge of the fender. As the offset moves toward the caliper (negative – offset) the wheel and tire are moved out toward the fender and with a large enough negative offset the tire will stick out past the fender.
The following diagrams assume the wheel is the same width in both examples. Remember if the wheel width changes this will affect how much the offset will move the wheel. Example: a 7.5″ wide wheel with a +25 offset will be "tucked" into the fender while a 10″ wide wheel with +25 wheel offset could be flush. How? You have to account for the 2.5″ of extra wheel width. That mean 1.25″ on each half of the wheel from the center line. Since every inch is worth 25.4 mm that means you have added 31.75mm of wheel toward the fender and another 31.75mm toward the caliper, even though the offset was the same.
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Assuming you are keeping the same width wheel, this is what offset would do as you change from positive offset such as +25 to less positive such as +12 or past the center line of the wheel to negative wheel offset such as -12.
First an example looking from the rear of a vehicle with a stock or positive offset. The suckin or tucked, factory look.
This second diagram looking from the rear of a vehicle with a negative offset (same width wheel). This setup will give the flush or with a larger negative offset one can achieve the aggressive look as you move outside the fender.
So now that you know exactly what wheel offset is we will move on to the other word used by the custom wheel world. Backspacing. Not all that different however to keep you on your toes it changes where we measure from. We are still looking for the distance from the mounting surface of the wheel, however rather than measuring to the 'center line' of the wheel, backspacing is measured from the back edge of the wheel to the mounting surface. Like below.
What is Offset?
by: Custom Offsets
Confusing? Not a big deal that's why CustomOffsets.com exists. You don't have to worry about all this because we have created a place to SEARCH. BROWSE. and SHARE pictures of your favorite rides with the specifications of the wheels, including wheel offset to make finding the perfect wheel for your ride sooooo much easier!


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Bringing Halifax history alive
A new website, bradforddenton.com, helps visitors understand history in the making through the current Bradford Denton House restoration in Historic Halifax. The house's former owner, Col. John Bradford, was a delegate from Halifax County to the 4th Provincial Congress meeting at Halifax in 1776. He, along with the other delegates, took a unanimous stand to instruct North Carolina's delegates to the Continental Congress to support a separation from British rule, according to historian Jeff Dickens. This brave stance was the first such action in any of the colonies and helped shaped our state as it is today.
The website features photos of the circa-1760 house, along with original Halifax Resolves images; rare currency signed by John Bradford; a video that scripts the Bradfords' service to a young America and dramatic readings from Francis Asbury's journals.


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Oil must flow
Pipelines remain the safest way to deliver crude across the country.
Businesses across Casselton, N.D., locked their doors on Tuesday. It wasn't part of a New Year's Eve celebration, but a citywide shutdown after a series of massive explosions resulting from a collision involving a mile-long train carrying crude oil. The burning plumes of black smoke rained choking fumes throughout the town of 2,400 while the local sheriff's office recommended a total evacuation.
No one died, and for that we should be thankful. As the town returns to normal, it isn't likely that much will change for the booming energy economy. Despite this disaster, the oil will continue to flow.
It kept flowing in October after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Alberta, Canada. It kept flowing in July after a train carrying oil in Quebec derailed, causing a blast that killed at least 42 people and destroyed more than 30 buildings. After all, petroleum is still the lifeblood of the global economy, and the oil must flow.
Renewable sources of energy grow every year, and natural gas can be a bridge to that cleaner energy future. But until we're on the other side, safety and efficiency will have to temper the dangerous power we harness in crude oil. Part of that safety means encouraging pipelines, which are routinely the safest way to move oil and gas across our country.
Almost 500,000 miles of pipeline crisscross our country, doing their daily work with routine reliability. But as Chronicle reporter Zain Shauk wrote for Fuelfix.com, a lack of pipelines near new oil and gas development have forced companies to rely on rail. So when those good-hearted but wrong-headed folks protest pipelines, they're not stopping the oil, they're just forcing it into riskier railcars. Pipelines are not without flaw, prone to leaks and disasters of their own.
But after another year of Keystone debates, train disasters and predictions of 50 more years of petroleum dominance, environmentalists from the White House down should take a sober look at the numbers and contemplate just how many more train disasters they want to risk for want of new pipelines.


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Overlooking the imposing Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Amalfi is an intimate hotel located 600 metres from Termini Station that stands out for its class and comfort among the 3-star hotels in the center of Rome. t offers attentive, personal service and rooms with LCD satellite TV. Rooms at Amalfi Hotel are decorated in a simple classical style.
Each comes with air conditioning, a minibar and en suite bathrooms with hairdryer. A buffet breakfast is served daily at the dining hall of the hotel. Guests can enjoy a typical Italian fare with creamy cappuccinos or espresso brews, fruit juice and freshly baked pastries. The helpful staff at the hotel Amalfi's 24-hour reception can offer advice on trips, such as to the Coliseum, a 15-minute walk away. Cavour and Piazza Vittorio Metro stops are both 500 metres away.
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They're still theoretically gunning for that August 1, 2014 release date, but the Fifty Shades of Grey production team has given in at least a little to their scrambled schedule and pushed back the start of production on the wildly popular book's adaptation. According to THR the shoot, which was scheduled to begin early next month, will now kick off on December 2, giving newly hired star Jamie Dornan a few extra months to do pushups and get in proper hunk-ified shape.
On top of that, Variety reports that Mark Bomback, who most recently worked on the script for The Wolverine, has been brought on to polish the script, originally put together by Kelly Marcel. It's been only two weeks since Patrick Marber was also hired to do a pass at the script, which suggests that the rush toward production means a lot of people are scrambling to get the story in manageable shape. Imagine that!
Dakota Johnson, who was hired back in September for the lead role of Anastasia, is still on board, as is director Sam Taylor-Johnson; there's got to be some joke about how it's the women who stay put and the men who keep rotating in and out on this female-targeted project, but I haven't read Fifty Shades of Grey and I'm worried I'll walk into a joke way dirtier than intended.
As much discussion as the movie has inspired in the last few weeks since Charlie Hunnam's departure, this remains a bizarrely delayed adaptation of a book that was white-hot when Universal and Focus Features acquired the rights a year and a half ago. When the film arrives next summer-- that is, if it does miraculously manage to start production a mere 8 months before its release date-- it will be nearly three years away from its peak of popularity. A rushed production, source material past its prime, a leading man who was far from the first choice-- it's unkind and unfair to call movies a disaster before they premiere, but this one sure has a hell of a hole to dig its way out of before August 1 next year.


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If you've read some of my earlier posts, you might have realised (or not) that I'm moving soon. To a place I can finally call my own. I'm incredibly excited (and at the same time in despair about the finances bit!).
Renovations is going to start soon in June, which may mean that I may temporarily have less time for the blog. Let's see how that'll go. But in the meantime, I've been slowly (by that I mean randomly) tidying up and getting prepared for moving.
Part of the tidying up also entailed discovering new polishes hidden or stowed away in boxes that were forgotten. Today's Essence is from one of such boxes. I suspect its a long-forgotten purge box though...
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Rockford's new Sunday liquor ordinance is a victory for freedom.
Rockford's new Sunday liquor ordinance is a victory for freedom.
I don't drink for religious reasons. Regardless, I support the right of others to drink responsibly.
Allowing businesses to sell alcohol on Sunday with less restriction was the right thing to do.
Rockford has respected the Constitution by discontinuing this special reverence for Sunday.
I want to challenge everyone to learn the history of blue laws in America. Blue laws are legalized religious standards that were established during the early formation of our nation.
Some blue laws seek to preserve Sunday as a day for worship by restricting shopping and the availability of certain products or services. These laws respect an establishment of religion and violate the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Christians should note that blue laws fulfill biblical prophecy. In the book of Revelation, the Bible teaches that before the return of Christ to the world, a nation that fits the description of America will give power to a religious authority and restrict people's ability to buy or sell based on a religious code enforced by persecution.
Christians especially should think about the time at hand.
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This Week's Prudential NW Open House: Gorgeous, Shimmering Shorewood Waterfront
NPB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest's Open House for this week is a gorgeous, shimmering waterfront and classic Northwest Architecture home in Shorewood!
This is a rare opportunity to own Architects' "Tucker & Shields," designers of the famous Canlis Restaurant.
Soaring window-walls bring nature indoors, along with a captivating entrance, unobstructed Puget Sound views – all bathed in sunlight.
Level entry, abundant guest parking, 60-foot waterfront, sandy beach, tidelands.
Privacy, seclusion & serenity; easy Seattle & Airport commute!
WHAT: Prudential NW Open House
WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 26, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
WHERE: 12139 Shorewood Dr SW, Burien, WA 98146
- List Price: $1,249,950
- MLS Number: 393460
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 1.75
- Year Built: 1957
- Approximate House SqFt: 2,940
- Lot SqFt: 18,673
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Come experience the new MD Disc Golf nickel plated baskets called "The BasketOctober"!!!We will be using portable baskets for this tourney so that the course can be tweeked before installing permanent baskets. Your input is what we want! Come be a part of this course development and try the newest design in baskets.October 27th - Baldwin City Course Kick-Off - Map and directions below...Directions to the course: Note that highway 56 west of Baldwin City is closed.From the center of downtown Baldwin City, go south on 6th St which is also E 1700 Rd to N 150 Rd. Turn left (east) and go to E 1800 Rd. Turn right (south) and go to N 100 Rd. Turn left (east) and you are there.See direction to the course on Map | View map of Baldwin City Disc Golf Course
IFF this is anything like the Clinton Lake course from a few years ago...your cardmates will want to take turns spotting.
I was just out there to check things out. How are we to play when the grassy area east of the lake is still waist high prairie grass thats not been mowed all year. Are you sure this is really going on. I live in baldwin and I don't see this working this sunday. I want to play and give my opinion on this course. I guess I ll have to go out and see if anybody shows up. Does anybody have more info on this tournament?


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Dave Barry's Year in Review: Why 2010 Made Us Sick
Let's put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped out about 75 percent of all of the species on the planet. Can we honestly say that we had a worse year than those species did? Yes, we can, because they were not exposed to "Jersey Shore."
So on second thought we see that this was, in fact, the worst year ever. The perfect symbol for the awfulness of 2010 was the BP oil spill, which oozed up from the depths and spread, totally out of control, like some kind of hideous uncontrollable metaphor. (Or "Jersey Shore.") The scariest thing about the spill was, nobody in charge seemed to know what to do about it. Time and again, top political leaders personally flew down to the Gulf of Mexico to look at the situation firsthand and hold press availabilities. And yet somehow, despite these efforts, the oil continued to leak. This forced us to face the disturbing truth that even top policy thinkers with postgraduate degrees from Harvard University -- Harvard University! -- could not stop it.
The leak was eventually plugged by non-policy people using machinery of some kind. But by then our faith in our leaders had been shaken, especially because they also seemed to have no idea of what to do about this pesky recession. Congress tried every remedy it knows, ranging all the way from borrowing money from China and spending it on government programs, to borrowing MORE money from China and spending it on government programs. But in the end, all of this stimulus created few actual jobs, and most of those were in the field of tar-ball collecting.
Things were even worse abroad. North Korea continued to show why it is known as "the international equivalent of Charlie Sheen." The entire nation of Greece went into foreclosure and had to move out; it is now living with relatives in Bulgaria. Iran continued to develop nuclear weapons, all the while insisting that they would be used only for peaceful scientific research, such as -- to quote President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- "seeing what happens when you drop one on Israel." Closer to home, the already strained relationship between the United States and Mexico reached a new low after the theft, by a Juarez-based drug cartel, of the Grand Canyon.
This is not to say that 2010 was all bad. There were bright spots. Three, to be exact:
1. The Yankees did not even get into the World Series.
2. There were several days during which Lindsay Lohan was neither going into, nor getting out of, rehab.
3. Apple released the hugely anticipated iPad, giving iPhone people, at long last, something to fondle with their other hand.
Other than that, 2010 was a disaster. To make absolutely sure that we do not repeat it, let's remind ourselves just how bad it was. Let's put this year into a full-body scanner and check out its junk, starting with ...
... which begins grimly, with the pesky unemployment rate remaining high. Every poll shows that the major concerns of the American people are federal spending, the exploding deficit, and -- above all -- jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs: This is what the public is worried about. In a word, the big issue is: jobs. So the Obama administration, displaying the keen awareness that has become its trademark, decides to focus like a laser on: health-care reform. The centerpiece of this effort is a historic bill that will either a) guarantee everybody excellent free health care, or b) permit federal bureaucrats to club old people to death. Nobody knows which, because nobody has read the bill, which in printed form has the same mass as a UPS truck.
The first indication that the health-care bill is not wildly popular comes when Republican Scott Brown, who opposes the bill, is elected to the U.S. Senate by Massachusetts voters, who in normal times would elect a crustacean before they would vote Republican. The vote shocks the Obama administration, which -- recognizing that it is perceived as having its priorities wrong -- decides that the president will make a series of high-profile speeches on the urgent need for: health-care reform.


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Elizabeth and Chris just celebrated their 6 month anniversary – and that is how behind I am on posting.
Their wedding day was on a gorgeous September Saturday at a beautiful winery in Geyserville, California. The weather was perfectly sunny with a crisp chill, which is the ultimate cake-baking weather. Elizabeth and Chris chose chocolate mocha and lemon raspberry as their two flavors of choice.
Everything for this wedding cake went smoothly, until it came time to transport it. I loaded up my friend's hatchback with the cake, my flower friend (and roommate, she does all the flowers for my cakes), my chauffeur (who is also the owner of the hatchback), loads of extra frosting and piping bags, and we set off for the 100 mile journey.
Huge lessons learned here. Lesson one – wedding cakes do not like road trips. We had to drive under the speed limit with a 3 tier cake in the back, so what google maps tells me is an 1 hour 40 min drive will actually result in a 2 hour 50 min drive. Throw in unexpected road construction, 1 road-side stop in the beginning to readjust the cake sliding around in the back, plus a desperate gas station bathroom stop which doubled as a "quick, open up the back and let me fix the top tier because half of it is falling off". Part of the top fell somewhere within the first 1.5 hours and until we stopped, I had to force myself not to turn around and look at the cake, because everytime I did I had a mini heart attack freak-out. If you were one of the folks who happen to be filling up at that gas station we stopped at, I sure did give you a lot to stare at with the hatchback open and me frantically re-frosting a cake. Which brings me to lesson two: always bring loads of extra frosting, your offset spatula, and plenty of paper towels. I am so thankful I did.
Lesson three – bring a jacket. We drove the entire way with the air conditioner on full blast for the sake of the cake, and I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and jeans. No doubt I was freezing my toosh off and slapping myself for forgetting my jacket. When you're cold and shivering, your hands start to shake. Or it could have been because I was nervous. Or running late. Or lacking a weeks worth of sleep. Anyway, trying to decorate a cake with shaking hands is not a pretty sight. The cake table on site was also in the middle of the room with the ceremony right outside, so guests were also watching me decorate, which quadrupled my anxiety.
But after all was conquered, the wedding cake ended up alive and well. It was actually a very scenic and beautiful drive up to wine valley too, had I taken a moment to stop and soak it in. Elizabeth filled me in after the honeymoon to let me know that everyone enjoyed the cake, which made it all worth it. She even facebooked me a picture of her friend trying to sneak a lick of frosting before it was cut! Hilarious.
Congrats Elizabeth and Chris, and happy half-year anniversary too – Biz, you were stunning, and I'm thrilled to have been part of your wedding day!
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arket meltdown, the Dow plunging to scary depths not witnessed for decades, and a nation on the brink. Like the victim of a schoolyard sucker-punch, the U.S. money market bleeds retirement plans, blown nest eggs, and dashed hopes and dreams. The ensuing butterfly effect we know well. Construction slowed to a crawl as the mortgage market collapsed upon itself. Banks no longer loaned money. Homes went into foreclosure and families headed to divorce court. Contractors flee to bankruptcy court seeking protection from their many creditors, while two rows over sits the family for whom they built a home for. A frightened nation seeks its footing and looks for answers.
Andrew Gross's "Reckless" gives us the answers wrapped in 404 pages of fast moving conspiracy-driven prose laudable for its plausibility. The book starts with a jolt, the haunting words "…the planes are in the air" inviting the reader to relive that horrifying day of many Septembers ago. And then they meet Ty Hauck, a stud police detective who takes early retirement and lands on his feet at one of Wall Street's top security firms. Things were looking up for Hauck. He had a woman and even played hockey dad to the woman's kid. Not to mention, he was making pretty good coin with the high powered security firm. But then a family is murdered in an apparent robbery-murder scenario. Sadly enough, not that much of a shocker in today's society, but this is different to Hauck – personal. He begins to nose around, not blind to the fact that his old friend's husband, murdered as well, was a trader at one of the big firms on the Street. And he wasn't the only Wall Street trader to die an unnatural death since the market crash, another fact not eluding Hauck's practiced eye.
Assigned a case as a gesture to one of the firm's favored clients, Hauck's investigation turns up hot leads and the story's obligatory female foil in the form of U.S. Treasury Agent, Naomi Blum. Together they stalk a trail recklessly strewn with the money and corpses left in the wake of international financiers gone rogue. Facing danger at every turn, the duo jets across the globe in a race for the very life and security of the country.
When all is said and done, I can't see the harm in tucking "Reckless" by the beach towel and Frisbee the next time you take off for vacation. An easy read, it flows well and smoothly switches scenes and characters by the copious use of short chapters, making it perfect for putting down and picking up again without missing a beat.
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Timeflies Team Up With Take Boston to Donate to Marathon Bombing Victims
Timeflies teamed up with Take Boston, the event startup launched by two Boston college students, to help raise money for One Fund Boston, which benefits the victims of the marathon bombing tragedy that took place on April 15.
Elliot Grainge of Northeastern University and Robbie Earl of Boston University of Take Boston hosted a Timeflies afterparty on April 18 at Lansdowne Pub and raised $6,000 in benefit funds. Timeflies played a gig that drew over 3,000 fans at House of Blues. About 600 of the fans from the show hit the afterparty, which the band mentioned on stage, thus extending the invite.
In addition to the six grand raised by the afterparty, Timeflies donated their entire merch haul from the HoB show to One Fund, elevating the total raised to $13,000. That's an amazingly generous act, as most bands survive based on the merch that they sell while on the road. So for Timeflies to donate it all to the One Fund was a classy and selfless move.
Well done, gentlemen.
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Lawrence After Arabia
August, 1922. The most famous man in England has vanished without a trace: T.E. Lawrence has completely disappeared. But in the idyllic calm of the village of Ayot St Lawrence, on the top floor of the home of Mr and Mrs Bernard Shaw, the 'uncrowned King of Arabia' is hiding – with slabs of homemade carrot cake for comfort.
Wearied by his romanticised persona and worldwide fame, disgusted with his country and himself, Lawrence is craving normality. But when you're a brilliant archaeologist, scholar, linguist, writer and diplomat – as well as a legendary desert warrior – how can you ever be normal? And beyond the Shaws' garden wall, nobody cares how he feels: England just wants its hero back. Can he ever return?
Howard Brenton's new play, commissioned to mark the centenary of the start of the Arab revolt, finds Lawrence trapped in his love/hate relationship with the limelight, tormented by ghosts and haunted by broken promises.
Brenton makes a highly anticipated return to Hampstead following the critically acclaimed historical epics Drawing the Line, 55 Days and The Arrest of Ai Weiwei.
John Dove is a regular collaborator of Howard Brenton, having directed his plays In Extremis, the award-winning Anne Boleyn and Dr Scroggy's War (all at Shakespeare's Globe). A prolific stage director, he is a former Associate of Hampstead Theatre where he has directed 15 productions. He is currently an Associate Artist of the Edinburgh Lyceum where he has just directed The Crucible as the culmination of his epic cycle of six Arthur Miller plays. His most recent production in the West End was Farinelli and the King, which starred Mark Rylance.


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In the old days, playing Twister involved a group of (hopefully drunk) friends of mixed sex, a plastic play mat, and a spinner. In November, thanks to the video game magicians at Majesco, all you'll need it a $200 to $300 video game console, a $150 add-on, and a $50 video game.
Apparently EA didn't need Twister for its Hasbro Family Game Night series, so Zumba Fitness makers Majesco snatched up the license, and they're ready to slightly change the way you play Twister forever. Now instead of the mat and spinner that made the game so much fun, you use the Kinect. Well, the Kinect, and a very special playing piece.
"This is using your full body as a game piece," said Majesco's chief marketing officer, Christina Glorioso.
As our own Stephen Totilo pointed out earlier today, yes, that's pretty much Twister.
The video game version of the body-bending board game comes with some 16 different game modes, including Party Play for up to eight players, which is ... Twister. There's also a mode where players stand in front of the television set, dodging oncoming shapes. That's not Twister.
Honestly I can't think of a single benefit to playing Twister on a video game console. You'll still need enough room for the camera to see and register eight people. Mode that can be enjoyed by one or two players might be nice, but the whole point of Twister is inappropriate touching in the name of good clean fun, so something is definitely lost in translation.
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Next up was The Wellington in the High Street. A pricey Sports Bar with a Harlequins Rugby flag pinned up behind the bar. A bit like a reverse tardis, large on the outside but not all that big once inside.
It's not often a pre-match session gets it's own feature on European Football Weekends but with this being a local derby, we'd thought do something a bit special. Here are the photographs from our cunning plan to start the day at Walton and Hersham's ground and visit every pub between there and Walton Casuals abode. Beer + football + local derby = a winning combination last time I checked.
So as per advertised we kicked off at Stomford Lane, home to Walton and Hersham FC. The ground is located in an area swamped with luxury houses which probably cost an arm and two or three legs. The pitch is surrounded by an athletics track (boooooo!) but the main stand has a bit of character and looks about a thousand years old.
In true EFW tradition we made our way onto the pitch. Here's a snap of me in front of the main stand....
.....and no 'break in' to a ground is complete without the mandatory shot of a couple of lads pretending to be managers on the team bench. Big Deaks (left) and Cynical Dave (right) duly obliged.
So after a successful start at Walton and Hersham's ground it was time to say hello to Mr Beer. We were the first ones through the door at The Plough, 0.2 seconds after opening time. The pub is the nearest - to our knowledge - to the W&HFC. It appeared to us to be a classic old pub that had been refurbished to suit a more high-falutin' crowd. I reckon that they've gone for a change of clientele, preferring punters to spend a few bob on food rather than drink too much and start a fight. Just a hunch mind you. It begs the question; where do old Bob and Ted go for their ale now!?
Just over the road from the Wellington was The Noble Vine where we sunk our third beer of the morning. It's a Slug and Lettuce type pub with the emphasis on food and wine. Complete with fake fire place we figured that all of the interior of this place had been snapped up at the local Wickes.
Purely for the purposes of research, a fourth beer was called for. So down to Bridge Street we jolly well went and into The George Inn in for a swifty. This compact and cosy local served up beer so cheap that even Cynical Dave - who is Scottish I might add - donated a few bob to the local (Princess Alice) hospital that they were collecting for inside.
Don't wake The Bear! I wish we hadn't. This converted hotel had a working mans club feel to it on the inside. It's overly child friendly and a haven for single Mums. Fruit shots sold behind the bar = hyperactive kids. Avoid.
It was high time we had another beer. The Old Manor Inn in Manor Road fitted the bill nicely. A Ye Olde Worldy type boozer with a country feel to it. It oozed the charm of yesteryear and we thought it might be the kind of place that you'd expect to see Will Carling supping a pint of Old Thumper.
We'd made it to the river. Well very nearly, the pub by the river anyway. The Swan is an enormous pub on the banks of the River Thames. If actual Will Carling hasn't pitched up in here before now, I'll eat my sombrero. It's Pimms o'clock in here with sizzling prawn crisps for sale. Imperial Leather (!) soap on offer in the toilets and £2 added to each food order for the location. We had a private bet to see how long it would take for a chap to turn up wearing a jumper over his shoulders....
.....less than 60 seconds as it happened. Sorry old chap!
With the Anglers pub boycotted for fear of bumping into Hugh Grant we headed down the Thames Path.....
.....eased our way past Walton Rowing Club....
....and arrived at our final destination: The Franklyn Road Sports Ground home to Walton Casuals. We'd sunk a beer in pretty much every pub between Walton and Hersham and Walton Casuals. Job done and enormous fun to boot. What next!? Oh yes the match - not before we'd sunk a couple of beers in the Walton Casuals clubhouse though. Cheers!


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i'm new to the site and would like to find some matches. live in barrington but work in niles so can play anywhere around or between. would guess myself to be a 3.5. 25 yo, love to play, also have access to clay courts. let me know if anyone's game.
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That sounds duable Dan. I live in Winfield, but could travel anywhere between lisle and Barrington. I would guess that I'm at about a 3.0-3.5. Let me know if you want to play. I'm free anyday/evening.
how about wednesday evening? or really any evening is fine for me. shoot me a text and let me know 9188152295
Wednesday evening will work. I'll text you in the afternoon.
Hi Dan,
I live in Roselle. Just started up playing again, believe my last USTA rating was 3.5, but that was about 12 years ago. Let me know if you want to go hit,not sure I'm ready for match play.
I am available on all weekends to play from 9:30AM onward. Let me if anyone is interested. My # is 804 502 7170
Hi Dan,
New to this site as well. If you're interested in playing, and live near the northshore, perhaps we could hit a few balls. I'm not sure what my NTRP rating is, but I'd say it was 3.5.
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Why do people keep kidnapping Liam Neeson's loved ones? Seriously. Play the odds on this. Dude killed a bear and joined the A-Team to save his daughter in Taken 1 and now you're going to try and kidnap his wife? Bad move guy who looks like Anthony Hopkins but probably isn't.
The trailer for Taken 2 already has more car porn than the original film. First he's driving around in a BMW and then all of a sudden there's a Mercedes cab and an M-Class getting blown up as it hits a train. Was it full of gasoline?
I've watched the trailer four times now and I'm pretty sure I know the entire plot, which is good, because the plot often just gets in the way in modern Liam Neeson movies.
Also, you're vacationing in Istanbul when people keep trying to abscond with your pretty family? How about Fort Knox. Or the UN. Somewhere with guards and high walls.
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Well, seeing as how the gaming community at large still fails to see this as a problem, there needs to be more exposure of the issue before we can break the gender barriers in videogames. I seem to remember Planet Earth and an Inconvenient Truth bringing vastly needed attention to the natural world we are destroying, or the Thin Blue Line getting a guy saved from death row. sometimes exposure on an issue is needed before breakthroughs are made, because if you seriously expect some indie kickstarter projects to just suddenly make everyone go "hey, women can be treated better in games overall can't they?", then you clearly haven't been seeing all the money and exposure that goes into making a game a hit with influence.
But anyway, those misogynistic commenters don't deserve this amount of attention, but they are still unworthy of enjoying a great game anymore.
No I'm not.
or...you know
they know that shit usually isnt worth the time it takes to read
I agree....
thank god its mostly an online thing
My bad. I actually wasn't suggesting you were doing it but thats what it means. People doesn't go around giving adresses of rapists on their newspaper articles for a reason.
I'm sort of the mentality that if you spew hate you don't deserve to be anonymous. That's the sort of shit that let the KKK get away with terrorism for years in the south. Now this guy is probably just an internet troll, so his bullshit is a combination of immaturity and anonymity, rather than actual bigotry (or so I would imagine). Anonymity isn't a right however, it's a privilege and a responsibility. You can't be civil, you lose your anonymity. Have fun.
Hardly the same thing, it's just the guys Youtube ID. Which he himself posted, next to his comment, all on his own.
Holy crap, look out he's targeting you too! Every time he quotes you they can go back to your post and find your Escapist profile right next to your comment =O
But less sarcastically, they can't do anything horrible to him except disapprove and know who should be shunned. Social repercussions are exactly what are warranted and that's all there is to it. They could scroll through the video in question and find despicable comments on their own anyway, it's not as if he's giving out info that was hidden.
Am I the only one that went back 61 pages of comments and found that 99% of comments are actually complaining about the comments section being full of sexist comments
I disagree. I think that if you want to actually change opinions, you just make the games. Vids are nice and all, but only theoretical. They can certainly explain the issues or suggest solutions, but a solid product is what will help. An actual game not only proves that it can be done, but there are people out there that actually want to do this rather than to simply talk about it. It gives more credibility, showing both initiative and ability, something that vids don't, especially since (as mentioned before) there is literally an ocean of vids like this. What about this documentary, for example, is going to make it stand out amongst the numerous other vids like it? At least a game is something different than what we're used to (in regards to discussing the issue).
Also, obviously opinions won't change with just one game, and it shouldn't. The best way to make positive portrayals of any group isn't to point it out, but to make it as subtle as it can be, so it is seen simply as a "standard practice" rather than a unique or extreme "practice", something which can only be accomplished by many games (something that can be done, for example, through kickstarter, allowing funding for games that will have more of an impact than a documentary on the issue we've most likely seen before because it is the same documentary we have seen before)
I wonder why it is that I see so many people complaining about "Hey why don't they do it for other groups too!?", but I don't see them taking the time they waste complaining to actually go and do it themselves. Why exactly should she have to do it for men too? Could, yes. But why all the complaining? It helps absolutely nothing at all and she is under no obligation to work for every single group that has problems.
*sigh* once again the scum of the gaming community comes out in full force...
I'm not going to take sides here other than the people threatening her are retarded lowlives with nothing better to do than try to grow a larger e-penis...
But, she is right and wrong...
Sure, there is sexualisation of women and stereotypes that most female characters abide by... Becoming nothing more than eye-candy or "a reason to beat the bad guy"
But, most people already know this....
Things like this have been said before, time and time again... Will this change anything?
All it will do is make her a target for such previously mentioned dickbags who know nothing more than how to write in FULL CAPS LOCK!?!!!?!1
what she SHOULD be doing is making a video on said assholes and how they live through life without getting shot by the normal members of the gaming community... now THAT would at least give people to aim snipers at...
Eh... this is why we can't have nice things.
Just out of curiosity, what is she going to do with that extra cash? Just keep it? Charity?
what a waste of a large ammount of money for a vlog..
*reads comments*
good on her and i hope she uses the comments on youtube to illustrate what its like
Both of the "Stupid Shitty Kickstarter Documentaries" mentioned are transparently-clear attempts at manufacturing propaganda and shouldn't be considered as either objective nor as documentaries in their own right.
Wait, she wants people to give her money, so she can make youtube videos?
This is worse than the 3rd party Playstation Move guy wanting us to fund his game engine.
Protip: Don't like how something is being portrayed in a movie or game? Make the damn movie or game yourself.
Oh yeah, why do people care about youtube comments??
Hey dude, just a quick tip, try reading the article before defending youtube commenters.
Now then, are you insane? Do you seriously think that because you disagree with her position that people should be allowed to say this kind of stuff?
I still agree with what Buretsu said. Men in videogames suffer from stereotypes as much as women.
It's not like there are no adult women in videogames who are not overly sexualised though:
I would rather be associated with these six examples than having the choice between broad-shouldered, perfectly chiseled meatheads, scientists who would never get a job in any real science lab, fearful nerdy/geeky characters and Gordon Freeman.
Actually, thinking about it, Gordon Freeman is OK as a representation for me.
I am all for feminism. However can we just stop having people point out "This is not a true representative of women. It is sexist." Instead tell us WHAT the actual representation that should be used and go from there.
Right now all that happens is like a rat in a box. You hit it when it goes for food, you hit when it tries to drink, you hit it when it moves. It gets to a point to decides that the best action to not be hut is to just sit in the corner and die. Or just ignore you, bite you and do its own thing.
I am chilled by the comments to be honest. I'm a female gamer and while I would not consider myself "called" to the feminist agenda (or at least the extreme bits of it, which have the loudest advocates though they may be a minority of the feminist crowd) I am well aware of the slant in the representation of my gender in my favorite entertainment medium.
This is where most males point out that they too are stereotyped. This is true and yet it is not the same type of stereotyping in most cases. Let me briefly explain what I mean there. Men are, by and large in video games, portrayed as either really masculine, tough, burly, physical, and good in combat or smart, clever, charming, suave, etc. These are positive stereotypes. They are still stereotypes, they can still be harmful and misrepresentative of the group, but they are positive attributes being exaggerated - and they are the type of attributes that are generally viewed as positive by males as well as females. This is like the stereotype that all Asians are good at math or all African Americans are particularly athletic. It isn't okay to generalize to that degree, but it isn't the same thing as negative stereotypes like Asian people are bad drivers or African American people talk through movies. Women, on the other hand, are stereotyped in games in ways that are not considered positive by females as well as males in general, the slant is clearly toward a physical ideal that is perceived to be valued by males (talking about giant breasts and skimpy outfits here).
I've not been happy about this issue, but I've not seen a need to be ardently proactive about it either, because I feel that as the industry gains more audience equality the problem will correct itself. It did used to be that most players were guys. It makes some sense that they would be catered to as the primary audience and the consideration for female players wouldn't be a high priority (being that they were the minority). As things have begun to even out though, there is a disturbing trend for a certain group of players who are males lashing out at any female player who wants to recognize her values in what she plays. As if we are unwelcome. As if we don't deserve to be part of the community and feel comfortable in it as much as anyone else. This is particularly painful for me as someone who has always been part of the community from the days when it was very much a boys club and thought things would naturally improve and that the improvement would be welcomed.
The thing is there to be studied and she wants to study it - I don't see the issue. This isn't a campaign to boycott games for being what they've been, it's a research project into what have they been, indeed, and where are they going. If we can't stand to be questioned about our history as a community we are not going to develop in a healthy direction. Maybe that is the crux of the problem though. There isn't a "game community" really. We aren't so much a real community as we are a group of people who enjoy a shared hobby and had in the past been forced to band together in defense of that hobby against scrutiny of a wider society. Now that issue is waning and our cohesion is waning with it perhaps. But I digress.
What shocks me is the comments and the hate. I often convince myself that such things are outlying elements of a few people who would be that way no matter where they were or what they were doing. The more this issue comes up though the more I see that I really may not even want to be part of this "community" if that is what the sentiment of it is. So much hatred over simply pointing out that things have been unequal and the outright denial of the possibility that anything about the video games in question could ever be unequal... it just staggers me.
This, this, a thousands times this!!! I had just formulated my point in my head so that I felt confident enough that I could post it without every idiot under the escapist sun accusing me of supporting the douches in the article (which I obviously don't). When I watch this video and find it makes the exact same points I would have (even about the completely unrelated and currently irrelevant topic of bronies) with pictures and shit to boot!
If "we know," why do so many outright deny it and still more are so oblivious to it?
So you were going to knock down a bunch of strawmen before you saw he summed up those strawmen so perfectly for you?
You think thats unfair? I'll tell you whats unfair - fucking stereotyping against men.
ALMOST EVERY FUCKING GAME has an action hero, he's always handsome and often smart or ripped, who's an ace shot or ace detective and f there's any girls to have he almost always gets them.
It's fucking sickening, games should be about boring normal people and their boring normal lives and boring normal girls and boring normal cars and boring normal jobs. If I see another ripped male soldier or suave, swift talking hero I'm gonna have a fucking aneurysm.
How dare people use the media as a form of escapism to depict things they like that are unrepresentative of real life.
EDIT: but yeah those commenters mentioned in the article are scum, didn't think I'd need to say it...
Think your mis-using the term straw-man there my friend, but if you're trying to imply we're ignoring the point of the article, I would argue that the point is so puerile it doesn't warrant reporting. Yeah some people can be cunts when given anonymity, shock horror, what of it?
That's a good question, and I think it's one for a more psychological debate. There are a lot of blatant truths that are constantly completely ignored.
I wouldn't say people aren't oblivious to it. Gaming is still new, stories in games are newer. Back in Nintendo's first days of home console, you were just some guy saving a princess from a dragon. That was just about as complicated as shit got.
While his presentation of the subject is really bad on many levels, it raises a point. When does a documentary stop being informative, and start being propaganda? Also, calling something a strawman is neither a counter point nor an intelligent alternative point of view. It helps your case to explain why the argument is broken.
haven,t read the comments but I assume they say "DURR GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN DURRR" proving her correct on the other hand I don,t really see how woman are being portrayed badly by video games even sex symbols like Lara Craft can be seen as positive role models considering Lara is skilled in various fields.
And then all you have is music and movies to contend with.
I'm all for progress but I find it odd that you could release the same game in movie form and see no controversy.
Probably shouldn't bring reality into this. It's only cool to accept this all as fact.
But there's a counter. Any male who doesn't fit these stereotypes is marginalized. The main character must be those things, but if a male isn't one of them, they're portrayed negatively. They're the wacky comedy relief, or the camp gay, or both at the same time. Or even the villain. How many older males in video games exist to be nothing but a father/surrogate father to the main character, and are either killed off, or made into the villain of the game?
We complain about females being shallow, one-note, token characters, and are praised, but try to bring up the same complain about males, and no, no, we have to focus on the women.
There's this thing called "benevolent sexism". It's hardly benevolent, if you ask me, but it's praising conformation to sterotypes and punishing deviation. And it gets mostly ignored. Why? Because video games tended to be thought of as 'male-dominated' so people think the only counter is to start using the same standards we judge males on for females, to bring them up to the same level.
What we need isn't more bad-ass action girls, but a game market where strength AND weakness are both valued. But weakness is only ever presented as something to be overcome, the meek character needs to toughen up. We don't need a female Duke Nukem, we need to have fewer Duke Nukems in the world altogether.
1. Yes you probably are
Now I'm not saying that there isn't sexism in Video Games, but shouldn't we try to get stronger arguments/sources than fucking YouTube comments? The YouTube comments section is probably one of the worst places on the internet, how is this news? I would be willing to bet that almost all of those sexist comments were made by people who either A- created an account for the sole use of trolling, or B- don't use their real names on YouTube so they can get away with whatever they feel like. Anonymous sexist comments really don't mean anything
I believe it was only $6000, which is still fucking ridiculous
And the magazine industry, and TV, and every other entertainment medium out there
I have two points to make:
1) I really hate to be that guy who replies "why is this news?? shit lik this hapenns every day" to every article he reads, up to and including articles on mass murder, but why is this news, shit like this happens every day. Sexist a-holes on YouTube will be sexist a-holes on YouTube. The depth and quantity of the hate isn't even particularly remarkable, nor is it hatred for some new subject the internet has never gotten around to before. It's just more obnoxious, vile, but ultimately inconsequential douchebaggery from more perfect examples of the GIFT.
2) I'm not overly optimistic about this series. Citing Skullgirls as an example of a mysoginistic game is a bit off in my opinion. It's like citing a Tarantino film as an example of a violent gore-porn movie: the entire point is to take that aspect and crank it right over the top to the point that it's clearly meant to be a gentle poke at, if not an outright satire of, the sort of work that tries to use that trope in earnest. I acknowledge it's a noble effort, and I'll probably give it a watch and see where this goes, but I'm not expecting much in the way of revolutionary new ideas.
Welcome to the internet, i see you've never read youtube comments before.
I don't exactly agree with the means or "words" this discussion has been held, but then it's on YouTube and he DID make the effort to pick out some of the worst but this "We have to get rid of sexuality in games!" is pissing me off more and more.
Look, I'm attracted to primary female sexual characteristics and enjoy seeing them, being it in real life where a lot of women surprisingly seem to notice this, in movies, in marketing (seriously, I think lots of marketers from a lot of different branches have caught on to that, it's insane!) or yes, even in video games. I cringe if they are badly made like everyone else but I won't hide liking it and wanting more of it.
Now we are at the level of white-knighting and "feminist rights" where every single bit of "side-boob", even in the most maturely meant manner like in Witcher 2 it brings up countless appaled articles like this: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08/20/gamecon-%e2%80%9910-ripport-day-too-the-witcher-2/
Or seems to be the main topic of discussion about an otherwise really fine looking game, like this KickStarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/935411564/hexit-point-and-click-sci-fi-adventure-game
And frankly, it's starting to piss me off big time, if I can see boobs and ass in prime shows on HBO and Showtime I don't see why video games should somehow be exempt and always evoke this kind of reaction at the slightest show of some skin.
Especially since there is enough games out there that do cater to that (and every other audience) nowadays, I can't even remember the last game I played that was "oversexualized" that way since I play mostly indie games nowadays like all of these: http://www.humblebundle.com/
I got another idea for everyone, how about instead of complaining about games that do consist of some of those elements (other people like) or different cultures like Japan or Korea with games like TERA and Lineage, you just don't buy them instead of trying to turn EVERY SINGLE game into some "political correctness" mish-mash that has to appeal and cater to everyone, stop complaining and let the market regulate it? Me for instance I don't like dudebro shooters like Gears of War or Call of Duty very much, so I just don't buy/play them and do buy/play what I enjoy instead...
Now I'm no expert in politics, but I'm pretty sure that when somebody claims to be suffering from mild oppression/misrepresentation trying to get them labelled a terrorist isn't the best move
I think only one person has really commented on my problem with the whole scenario: Do we really want games to get rid of the stereotypes for either sex?
Do you know how boring it would be to play a game that replicates reality right down to a T? Think about it, playing as an average Joe who has to file his taxes would put most gamers to sleep.
...and a lot of other people have already pointed out the stupidity of the kickstarter, I don't really need to repeat their arguments.
Point: I don't want stereotypes to completely dissapear because then gaming would actually become boring. They need to be less ham-handed, and more nonsterotypical characters should exist to balance out the others, mostly for the female demographic.
But there's a deeper problem we encounter when faced with this. Even those of us that listen to the disparity that exists between gender portrayal with the mind to change things have very little effect against the tsunami of ignorant bile that these people project. We can support the projects, yes, and spread awareness, and we can try and instruct others that the portrayal of one of the walking meat slabs that are the varied space marines and foot soldiers of popular gaming are not an equivalent set of problems as bikini-clad martial artists, and show them that even assuming so is a fallacy, but like a tsunami, it's hard to fight, it's easiest to board up, wait until the worst is over, and start recovering. We can ignore it, and filter out the parts of the community that are reasonable and those that are jeering because they find jeers to be a form of communication, but the insipid shouting of these asshats is exponentially louder than our discourse asking what can be done to rectify this inequality. Quite simply, we don't know how to fight it, as a community. Game devs can help more than we can, but foregoing a character creation sheet ripped from TVTropes is apparently something hard to do, and it's gonna take more than just a couple of competent, goal-oriented, real female characters to get this ball rolling. As a society, we're not good at actually confronting problems, and that gets even more compounded in communities like ours, one build around consequence-free anonymity. Right now, our only recourse is ignoring it, turning a blind eye, and that's not how to stop unwanted behavior. Unfortunately, we don't have many other feasible ways to stifle this behavior.
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