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Thoughts on a Conference
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending (and presenting at) the Western Regional Conference in Disneyland. It was quite a hardship being forced to go to that location but I … Heck, who do I think I'm fooling? Did I mention it was at Disneyland?! *Old man jumps and dances in boyish glee.* Okay, maybe you'll want to skip that picture. Did I mention it was Disneyland? Anyway …
I've been going through the notes I took during the conference with the idea that I might share some of the various insights and epiphanies with you. In doing so, I have reminded myself of an interesting point about such sharing. Trying to do so is a mug's game.
Let me give you an example. I have a note here that literally reads "Business objective – why was the group established?" Now, the good news is I remember what that note is about. To audit a function or a process or a department, you must understand the business objective of that function/process/department. The point I got from the speaker was to ask the more basic question, why was the function/process/department established in the first place? That gets to the core objective, and gets to why you want to audit that area.
What is so wrong with the description above? I'm willing to bet that a majority of you reading it are saying to yourselves, "Cute, what else you got Jacka?" And there's the mug's game.
I learned a long time ago that much of training and sharing is about trying to convey your personal epiphanies to others. And it don't work real good. There's a good chance that many of you have been to conferences or seminars or luncheon sessions where, upon your return, the boss asked you to share with the entire audit department what you learned. There is also a good chance that your subsequent presentation was less than successful. It is just plain hard to transfer knowledge in that method.
So, with that thought in mind, I'm not going to try and convey any of my learnings. Rather, I'll leave you with two thoughts.
First, I pass to you a thought a friend of mine passed on to me that he had gotten from a presentation from the Disney Institute. The presenter made the comment that the only notepad you need at any conference is your name tag. Find two or three items that are truly actionable, write them down, take them back to work, and make it so. To actually take action on two or three ideas, or to make changes in two or three areas, is probably two or three areas more than you have ever done in the past (in spite of your pages of notes.)
Second is that that everyone should try to get to an IIA conference – regional, international, other. They bring together some of the best speakers and give you the chance to learn some of the best things going on in the world of internal audit. I've never been disappointed.
And with that, I'll ask just one question. What's the best thing you ever learned at a conference?
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STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Pastor Tim Stutts' voice cracked during Sunday service at Front Street Baptist Church in Statesville as he remembered six church members who died in a bus crash last week.
Barbara Morrison and her husband Randy loved to serve homemade spaghetti, he said. Marsha McLelland was actively involved in a school-based Christian club for children. And Cloyce Matheny loved serving orphans in Peru with his late wife.
"At the heart of missions is the glory of God," Stutts said. "They spent their lives making much of the glory of God."
The six were among 17 members of the church's Young at Heart Seniors Ministry who were returning from a religious gathering Wednesday when the front tire of their bus failed on Interstate 40 near Knoxville, Tenn. The bus careened across a median, causing a fiery crash with other vehicles that left eight people dead and several others hospitalized.
In the wake of the deaths, Stutts and other church leaders urged the congregation to stay close to each other and to God. .
"We know there are lots of hearts that are mourning this morning and grieving and questions that we just haven't quite found the answers for just yet," said Scott Mitcham, chairman of deacons at Front Street. "But we've got to keep our chins up, and we want to rely upon the Lord for our strength."
Among the dead from Front Street Baptist: 95-year-old Matheny, 69-year-old Brenda Smith, 62-year-old McLelland, 73-year-old John Wright, and the Morrisons, both 66. Wright was from Mocksville. The others were from Statesville.
Troopers say Randy Morrison was behind the wheel of the church-owned bus when the crash happened. He shared driving duties with his wife, Barbara, and with Wright. Each had valid commercial driver's licenses, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.
During Sunday's service, more than 400 members packed the church to offer mutual support and to hear a message of hope, although several declined to comment to the media afterward.
People in the pews and on the stage wiped tears from their eyes. Eight white roses, each in their own slender vases and mixed in with memorial candles, sat on the altar to represent those who died. A church bulletin detailed the lives of those dead and injured with bulleted lists and pictures.
The members of the Young at Heart Seniors Ministry were returning from the 17th Annual Fall Jubilee in Gatlinburg, Tenn. – a three-day gathering of thousands of "mature and senior believers," according to its website.
Stutts suggested God knew what was going to happen, which is why his sermon last Sunday addressed trials and suffering. "I had to go back last night to listen to my own message," Stutts said. "This is the calm before the storm. This is God preparing his church."
Stutts said it wasn't until Saturday night that he had time to quietly reflect on the deaths and why certain people died. He said all had a "heart and passion for missions," adding that the best way to honor those who had died would be to follow their example.
He also encouraged members to find comfort among each other and with God.
"The valleys are pretty low," he said. "But God has promised to never leave us, to never forsake us, to never turn his back on us and to never walk away from us."
Larry Phillips, director of the North Carolina Baptists who was visiting the church on Sunday, also encouraged members to seek help if certain grief symptoms such as sleep problems and anxiety become "consistent and debilitating."
"Those in that bus last week, they were not alone. Christ was with them," he said. "They're safe, we're safe as he moves us through this journey together."

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STILLWATER – With Oklahoma State University football just two days into fall camp, Mike Gundy can't help but look ahead.
Compared to the past three years, Gundy's Cowboy football team will have some stiff competition in the season opener – and that date is a mere four weeks away – against Mississippi State out of the Southeastern Conference.
"This opener effects two or three things – our practice approach, how physical we are and our kicking game," Gundy said. "... We have to speed up the process in getting those guys ready to play."
While several players didn't care who the opponent was in Week 1, there were also just as many happy to see Mississippi State at Reliant Stadium on the schedule as opposed to Division II Savannah State – which was blown out by the Cowboys in last year's opener by 84 points.
"It's great. We get to go out there and really see where we're at – it's a great test for us," said senior safety Daytawion Lowe, who was a part of the program when OSU hosted Georgia in the 2009 season opener. "I was around here when we played Georgia the first game, so I know it's going to be a fun game. I'd rather play the better teams just to see where we're at and really test ourselves and find out where we want to improve."
One of the biggest benefits of playing in Houston is the chance for OSU players from Texas which there are far more than Oklahoma natives, getting to play a game in front of family and friends in an NFL stadium.
"I can't get here fast enough. It's about 45 minutes away from my hometown," said senior cornerback Justin Gilbert, who hails from Huntsville, Texas, just 70 miles north of Houston. "Most of our team is from Texas, so there's going to be plenty of orange in that stadium. It's going to be a real great atmosphere for us."
But winning the season opener isn't the only thing riding on the Aug. 31 game against Mississippi State. Bragging rights for the Big 12 Conference over the SEC also linger over the contest in Texas.
"This is something. This is more of a conference thing. Even though we have OSU on our uniforms, we also have the Big 12 Conference," senior defensive linemen Davidell Collins said. "We're going in trying to show we're the Big 12. We're just as dominant a conference as the SEC is. To come out of that game with a win would be big for us as a team, and also huge for the conference."
For the past few years, the SEC has garnered much of the attention as the top football conference in the country – largely due to its strangle-hold on the BCS championship trophy, with an SEC team having won each of the last seven national titles. The last non-SEC team to be crowned? Texas in 2005.
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"I'm looking forward to the SEC enigma of the defense being all-world," OSU senior offensive lineman Parker Graham said. "As an offensive player, you obviously want to beat any defense you go up against. So we're really excited to go get the chance to do that.
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The lot on Lincoln Boulevard was snatched up for more than $11 million last month—one of at least three decades-old properties along the mid-city corridor likely to undergo a major transformation in the coming years.
Two of the diner's neighbors, and furniture, are currently on the market and are being billed by the listing agent as prime spots for redevelopment.
When the Santa Monica City Council adopted new zoning rules two years ago to promote combined commercial/retail/housing developments—applicable to Denny's, Norm's and theantique store—the value of the properties soared, prompting the owners' desire to sale, according to listing agent Patrick Wade of Santa Monica-based Marcus & Millichap.
Though it would likely take a few years for the city to approve any new developments, "what is definite is the existing structures are not going to be there in the long term," Wade said.
"Because of the density that's allowed to be built there, it doesn't make sense to have all that parking and open space."
At the northwest corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Colorado Avenue, Denny's has 1 ½ years left on its 20-year lease that began in March of 1968. Escrow closed on the site Jan. 31.
As with Norms and Wertz, Wade speculated that new zoning ordinance, known locally as LUCE, will allow the businesses to remain open, perhaps as first-floor operations below apartments or condos.
The ordinance aims "to transform properties into vibrant, diverse, and attractive pedestrian friendly boulevards that support local-serving retail and a diversity of housing types," Marcus & Millichap wrote in its call for bids on the sites.
Wertz is the oldest of the three sites. Since 1931, its sold vintage art, fashions, furniture from the beige stucco building at 1607 Lincoln Blvd. Located immediately adjacent to Norms, Wade said he expects the same buyer to purchase both properties.
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The win also clinches a playoff spot for the Rams. MWHS will conclude the district season at 8 p.m. Tuesday at home against Lake Worth.
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Here are some observations and thoughts from Wednesday's practice, the last of minicamp and the last of the offseason. The Redskins will next convene for the start of training camp in late July. It'll be here before you know it.
QB Robert Griffin III threw a couple of incompletions off his back foot during team drills late in practice. The pass rush, which is not allowed to contact RG3, had him moving away from the target. If he does that in games, it would be a problem. In practice, he can experiment to see what he can get away with. (How's that for giving him the benefit of the doubt?)
One of his ill-advised passes was intercepted by CB DeAngelo Hall on a keeper to the right. Overall, Griffin was sharper in other practices open to media than he was Wednesday.
Offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is pleased by Griffin's offseason.
"I think he's done a real good job," Shanahan said. "He came in being in a totally different offense, learning totally new terminology, trying new plays he hasn't done before. It's been a work in progress. He's gotten better each day. He works as hard as anyone can at it, both on the field and off the field. And it's been a really good camp for him."
"He has picked it up faster than I expected," Shanahan continued. "Anytime a guy doesn't do a lot of drop-back stuff and things like that for really his whole career, it's going to take time. And with him, he's really showing improvement each day. He can comprehend what he needs to do and what he needs to get better at, and it's all about giving him reps. He needs reps. He's got to let his body go through the muscle memory and everything, but from a mental standpoint and just his vision and grasping what he needs to work on, it's been very good."
CB DeAngelo Hall made several good plays in the slot. With CB Josh Wilson (thigh) sitting out minicamp, Hall played extensively inside. I'm not entirely sold on having Hall as the slot corner. He didn't thrive in Oakland's man-to-man scheme when he was there. Also, he admittedly likes to play with vision, and that won't always work well with the amount of man required in the slot. But I agree it's probably the Redskins' best option, and they can scheme it to suit Hall's abilities. Even though Hall's three interceptions last season were his lowest total since his rookie year, he is a playmaker.
Defensive coordinator Jim Haslett explained why Hall's skill set suits the slot (say that five times fast, haha).
"He's got the best skills I've probably ever seen," Haslett said. "That's the big thing. I think it's something new for him, so he's kind of energized. He really likes it. He's the kind of guy that can go in there and get sacks. That position should make a lot of plays. When you look at the Charles Woodsons, the guys that play in that scheme, you know you get four or five sacks every year. You get four or five interceptions. You get big plays. And hopefully we can get that out of him."
CB Kevin Barnes had ZERO sacks last year, and I don't believe his total of quarterback hits was much higher. (Redskins coaches credited him with six quarterback pressures.) That was a significant factor in the Redskins making this change.
As for Hall's practice, I mentioned his interception of RG3. He lurked underneath while Griffin rolled out and then undercut a lobbed throw. I didn't see to whom the pass was intended. Earlier, Hall positioned himself for an interception by preventing WR Santana Moss from getting an inside release on an intermediate post route. Hall had inside position but dropped the ball, which was a little bit behind him. Hall punished himself for the drop with 10 push-ups.
Oh, and about Haslett saying Hall is "kind of energized," Hall did a round-off backflip after his interception.
Return specialist Brandon Banks played receiver often during OTAs and minicamp. Turns out that's not just because WRs Leonard Hankerson (hip) and Josh Morgan (leg) were out and limited, respectively.
"We've got a good look at Brandon," coach Mike Shanahan said. "He's done a very good job at coming in in-shape. He gained about 10 pounds. You could tell that he's been working out extremely hard in the offseason. And I think he understands how competitive our situation is right now on the football team Not only does he have to do a great job as the return man, but he's got to help us at the wide receiver position, as well, if he wants to make our football team.
"I called him in early, and I told him that he was going to have to help us at the wide receiver position, as well, if he wanted to make this football team, and he accepted a challenge and came in in excellent shape, and it's really positive what he's done. Hopefully he can continue to do it."
That's an interesting revelation, no? After failing to reach the end zone on a return last season, Banks now has to scrap and claw to make the team. And his stature (he's listed at 5-7, 155 pounds) puts him at a disadvantage compared to receivers such as Anthony Armstrong and Aldrick Robinson.
Banks will have to prove he's a versatile route runner, not just a speedster who can go deep and catch screens. He's off to a decent start. He caught several passes over the middle during OTAs. One reception that stands out is a deep out from QB Rex Grossman during hurry-up team drills in OTAs. The timing and touch on Grossman's throw was perfect, but Banks was open on the sideline and stayed in bounds. The receiver competition will be one of the most compelling of training camp.
Another quick point about Banks: My colleague Dan Daly notes that the return specialist roster spot might now belong to the third quarterback. Shanahan didn't keep three passers in either of his first two seasons, but he plans to this year. If Banks doesn't make the team, he could look to Kirk Cousins as one who took his spot.
Let's stick with the receivers. WR Terrence Austin caught a long touchdown from QB Rex Grossman down the left seam. He outran CBs Richard Crawford and Morgan Trent. Grossman did a superb job stepping up in the pocket as the rush formed around him. The throw hit Austin, who was two yards clear of the defenders, in stride.
After the touchdown, Austin, Brandon Banks, Anthony Armstrong and Pierre Garcon gathered in the end zone and did a group high five reminiscent of the Fun Bunch. We'll have to see whether they're gonna try to bring that back this season. Of course, celebration rules would require them to do that on the sideline instead of in the end zone.
Moving on…Armstrong's one-on-one matchups with CB Chase Minnifield were fun to watch. During one series of 11-on-11, Armstrong beat Minnifield's jam and caught a slant. Remember, beating bump coverage is one of the coaching staff's sticking points with Armstrong.
On the next play, however, Minnifield successfully jammed Armstrong. Armstrong managed to release inside on the slant, but the jam prevented separation. Minnifield batted down the pass upon arrival.
One nice play by rookie QB Kirk Cousins stood out: Facing a pass rush from his front side, he backpedaled away from trouble while keeping his shoulders perpendicular to the line of scrimmage. His footwork was very good. That kept him in position to zip a 15-yard completion over the middle to TE Niles Paul.
Cousins later lobbed a 40-yard touchdown pass to WR Aldrick Robinson on a broken play. If contact against the quarterback were allowed, though, Cousins would have been sacked.
Cousins clearly is the third-best quarterback on the roster at this point.
Offensive linemen did some agility work during positional drills. They shuffled between cones as opposing linemen tried to get past them. RT Jammal Brown's lateral agility was better than many of the less experienced players. For example, fifth-round rookie G Adam Gettis' feet were not as quick. OL coach Chris Foerster chastised T James Lee once for leaning.
Speaking of Brown, he and LOLB Ryan Kerrigan matched up on consecutive plays during one of the first series of team drills. Kerrigan beat him once with an outside speed rush. The next play, Brown rode him out.
Kerrigan had a quiet spring, which fits such a quiet dude. His progress in the second year playing linebacker figures to be a storyline next month.
Kicker competition update: Neil Rackers hit from 54 yards Wednesday, while Graham Gano missed wide left from 50. Apparently Gano aimed left because of a crosswind, which stopped just before the snap. Whatever. Gotta make the kick.
Special teams coach Danny Smith said afterward the kicking competition will come down to preseason games, which is obvious. Spring practices serve as the prologue.
ILB Lorenzo Alexander generated a significant push up the middle on one pass rush during team drills and batted down a pass. While he continues to work on his coverage, he can make an impact rushing on the rare occasions the Redskins' inside backers do it. Alexander's strong suit, like Perry Riley's, is closing on ballcarriers.
Speaking of Riley, he closely shadowed TE Niles Paul on an out route in man-to-man coverage. Riley didn't have to make any decision about whom to cover, so you expect him to be in position when it's that simple.
Defensive backs coach Raheem Morris let the offense hear it after one play on which the quarterback and receiver were not on the same page.
"We got a miscommunication!" he repeatedly yelled.
"He gets on my nerves a little bit," offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan told reporters to a round of laughs. "No, I've known Raheem for a while. He's one of my boys. He's funny. We go back and forth, and he's a little louder out there than myself but I'm very used to it. I think it's fun. It adds competition. It makes us enjoy practice a little bit more and not to mention he's as good a coach as I've been around."


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Top ten lists are so 1996. Today we bring you the top 12 upcoming MMORPGs for 2013.
Update: I have an expanded edition of this list here which includes four more MMORPGs that are likely coming out this year (since these things are never delayed) that you should absolutely check out.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was an age of free-to-play games, it was an age of micro-transactions. It was the epoch of massively multiplayer online RPGs, it was the epoch of slowly fading single player RPGs. It was the season of sandbox MMOs, it was the season of same-old, same-old. We had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
So it is with the current landscape of MMORPGs, a genre already so congested, so saturated with content, and built on a business model that demands all of our precious gaming time or bust, that it's hard to imagine adding more titles to the already burgeoning list.
Fear not, developers and publishers are not to be dissuaded by such paltry things as market saturation or consumer fatigue. Perhaps that's well and good. 2013 is a year filled with actually interesting looking MMOs, games that promise to deliver something new, that blessed salve, some innovation or other that will propel us into the next generation of the massively multiplayer online gaming experience.
Here are some of them, for your reading pleasure.
Phantasy Star Online 2 should be interesting. It will be available in 2013 on PC, iOS, Android, and the PlayStation Vita.
This is good news for the Vita in particular, which is a great little piece of hardware with far too few games. A free-to-play MMO can only help the little handheld.
The game is action-based, focusing on counter-attacks and real-time battles. I never played the original Phantasy Star Online, but the sequel certainly looks like something I'll download on to one of those very expensive proprietary memory chips the Vita uses.
Developer/Publisher: SEGA
WildStar looks a lot like the love child of World of Warcraft and Borderlands 2. And it has "Star" in the title. That's two games in a row with "star" in the title.
But I digress. The game is a humorous, colorful planet exploration MMO bringing a much needed dose of science fiction to the fantasy-saturated genre.
Part Western, part sandbox, the game looks like it might bring some neat and much-needed twists to the tired old MMO combat routine.
Developer: Carbine
Publisher: NCsoft
City of Steam is an action-RPG with MMO elements. The steampunk setting separates it from most other MMOs on the market. Even MMOs with some steampunk elements tend to keep those features on the fringe.
The game just left Closed Beta, so an Open Beta should be just around the corner for players to play—in their browsers thanks to the Unity Web Player.
The browser-based game category is getting bigger and bigger, and City of Steam joins already popular MMOs like Drakensang Online sometime in 2013.
They're also trying to get the game Greenlit so it can appear, oh-so-fittingly, on Steam.
Developer/Publisher: Mechanist Games
It's been in closed beta for centuries, but the free-to-play action-RPG Path of Exile is now in open beta, and will soon be released to the public in post-beta form (not sure what we're supposed to call it then.)
The dark, gritty action-RPG isn't really an MMO, but it is online, and you can find massive amounts of other players to quest with. For solitudinous hermits like your humble narrator, outside of town you can adventure solo to your heart's content.
The Third Act was released alongside the open beta, and I haven't played my way to it just yet (my characters were all wiped, as were everyone else's, and I haven't found time to get all leveled up again) but the new Act adds 50% more content to what was already a pretty decent-sized game. Developer Grinding Gear Games plans to continue to release new Acts and content regularly, while funding the game through "ethical" micro-transactions that are, so far as I can tell, almost entirely aesthetic.
Developer/Publisher: Grinding Gear Games
Publisher Bigpoint is no stranger to browser-based MMOs, so I'm hoping the final product for Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms is as fun as it sounds.
The sandbox MMO is yet another sandbox style game, pitting three factions (the Baratheons, the Starks, and the Lanisters) against one another. You play as a regular warrior from a minor House and can pledge fealty to one of the major Houses, betray them whenever you like, and engage in massive castle sieges.
It sounds like it could be the very first Game of Thrones video game that might, in some small way, live up to the books. The game will feature some material from and consistency with the HBO show, though how that actually factors into gameplay remains to be seen.
Developer/Publisher: Bigpoint
ArcheAge is one of the coolest sounding MMOs I've read about. Not only is there full-fledged naval combat, there are also hang-gliders. You can race people on your hang-glider. And yeah, they had me at hang-glider. Or maybe at naval combat. Either way, I'm sold (at least in theory.)
The game is a great big sandbox MMO where you can build your own house, work with trade routes, and engage in PvP.
Whenever I start getting actually excited about an MMO I realize that I need to check my expectations, but ArcheAge is certainly doing a good job at making me want to play it.
Developer: XLGames
Publisher: Trion Worlds
Bless reminds me a lot of Guild Wars 2. It's built using the Unreal Engine 3, and it looks gorgeous. It's also supposed to be very story-driven, with a storyline for each of the ten races designed to be emotionally charged.
Whenever I see MMO screenshots that look as good as these, I always check my optimism. Guild Wars 2 looks really good, but the screenshots made it look better (a trick the original Guild Wars was also guilty of.)
After all, bandwidth is an issue when you're playing online, and an MMO can only deliver so much graphical goodness before the pipes get too clogged. But man, that elephant looks amazing doesn't it?
Developer/Publisher: Neowiz Games
I'm not sure you can capture the old Wizardry games in an MMO. Without some severe limits, it's hard to capture any single-player experience in an MMO. Still, I loved the description of this intense-sounding MMO so much I downloaded it immediately.
"Wizardry Online is the most hardcore fantasy MMO ever created," reads the game description. "The difficulty level is insane. The dungeons are brutal. There is no auto-healing. You will earn your levels. Your crimes taint your soul. Your allies could betray you at any moment. And when you die, you die forever."
Permadeath in any game is hardcore, but in an MMO? That takes moxie. Kudos to Sony for taking chances.
I'll report back after I've played the game, which launched on January 30th, one of the few games in this list already available to the public.
Developer: Gamepot
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
[Update: I have now played Wizardry Online and it is nothing like what I thought it would be. It is, to be quite plain, a very bad game. Indeed, it's a surprisingly bad game. So strike it from your list. And if you've played it, be glad it was F2P.]
No classes, no levels, and no European medieval setting. In Age of Wushu, you play as a martial artist inside (yet another) sandbox world, though this time it's a beautiful East Asian setting.
The game is billed less as a grind-and-level game and more of a celebration of art and music and, yeah, intricate martial arts combat. You pick a martial arts style and then hone your craft. But you also pick a profession, and live as part of the world.
I like the idea of doing away with levels. I think RPGs in general crutch on the leveling system way too much. Go back to the early days of Dungeons & Dragons, and you'll learn rather quickly how unimportant levels used to be.
Emergent gameplay aside, the game does appear to have a reprehensibly awful cash shop and F2P revenue model that probably won't survive a Western audience.
Developer/Publisher: Snail Games
Speaking of Dungeons & Dragons, though not of Original D&D, Neverwinter may not be the prettiest new MMORPG but it's gotten solid feedback from people like Forbes's Daniel Tack so far.
I'm more interested in the Foundry DIY world-building system, which allows players to create content that is then curated and added back into the Neverwinter universe, than I am in the game.
But even the game, so far, looks to be shaping up into a solid, even slightly old-school, action-RPG.
Developer: Cryptic Studios
Publisher: Perfect World
I'm not actually sure whether this is going to come out in 2013 (and honestly, with the nightmarish development involved in putting together an MMO, maybe none of these will come out in 2013 except the ones that, you know, already have) but it looks really cool.
A big, sandbox world, totally seamless, with sort of absurdly beautiful people apparently modeled after Skyrim mods, Black Desert has been one of the least-marketed games I've ever seen and has still managed to put together one of the most exciting MMO trailers I've ever seen—which you should go watch over here. Even if some of the elves look suspiciously like Orlando Bloom.
Developer: Pearl Abyss
Publisher (Korea): Daum Communications
Finally, we come to the most controversial entry in our long, long list: The Elder Scrolls Online.
Many people worry that this could spell the doom of the single-player Elder Scrolls game. To that, I say pfaw! Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games sell far, far too many copies and expansions to die at the hands of a maybe-successful MMORPG.
Besides, TESO (for short) looks really good. Combat is overhauled, for one thing, and I'm not that big of a fan of the combat in games like Oblivion and Skyrim, so who knows? Maybe we'll see an evolutionary step that will actually translate to better single-player games from the franchise.
Just as importantly, TESO is huge, spanning all the Elder Scrolls realms. I'm not going to be stuck in gray, dreary Skyrim, or boring, generic Cyrodiil. I can go to Morrowind and beyond.
Just like with the rest of these games, there's no telling if it will be any good, or if it's good if it will capture a big enough audience to compete against the princes of the market, but I'm hoping TESO succeeds.
Developer: Zenimax Online Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
After writing this post I'm left somewhat mentally exhausted, a tiny bit hungry, and wondering what I missed. This barely even scratches the surface of the upcoming MMO scene. I probably left out more than I included.
In fact, if you're that commenter who just glances over the list to see if I left out Your Game and then, when you discover that I did—oh nefarious video game journalist of death!—you hop on here and yell at me for not listing Your Game, well I just want to say that I anticipated you. I saw you coming. And I laid a trap. (Okay, not really, but that would have been almost as cool as having the Super Power to reach through your monitor and slap that guy who is wrong on the internet….)
But seriously, if I did miss something that looks neat, innovative, fun, or just plain weird, speak up in the comment section. I know it's bad journalism-with-a-capital-J for me to ask you for your input, but I'm going to risk it. Because I'm brave like that.
Skyrim and Cyrodiil were never supposed to be gray, boring, and generic. The original lore paints these places as beautiful, amazing, and fantastic lands, ripe for questing and exploration.
Bethesda just A) always had better writers than game designers and B) lost all its real talent after Morrowind anyways.
It was the Daedra Princes who make Tamriel feels a lot of colourful. Those higher being who play upon mortal plains, I think they are one of many things that make Morrowind so much feel "fantasy" than Oblivion and Skyrim. Oblivion at least have Oblivion Plane and Shivering Isle, but Skyrim is….meh, is neither gritty or not but it still strip many fantastical thing and try to be realistic anyway.
Among the three major Elder Scrolls games released in the 2000s (I'm not counting the Elder Scrolls Travels cell phone games), Morrowind was the only one that had a really interesting, exotic setting. Peter Jackson made his LOTR trilogy and that was it for Bethesda: the lands in Oblivion and Skyrim had too look like Middle Earth!!
With Skyrim at least I can sort of buy it, since it is a northerly land, but wasn't Cyrodiil supposed to be a lush rainforest or jungle?
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I don't think that's true they have a good balance of both. The main lore creator is the one of the first for videogames and Todd Howard the lead designer of the Elder Scrolls series has stood with it all the way. It is the most successful first person RPG to be made. I think your missing the point they didn't lose their designers they went to a more casual approach for the UI and gameplay mechanics because people had many complaints with Oblivion and Morrowind with all the text and that was away from the Baldurs gate style and there is nothing wrong with that.
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I am very excited about Neverwinter.
I also agree about leveling, I feel like something has to be done. I really wanted to try LOTRO's rider's of rohan, but I feel it takes soooo long to get to the level so you can appreciate it.
I'm very worried about The Elder Scrolls Online, due to a combination of the gameplay elements sounding like they want to be WoW and the lore elements completely disregarding everything that's come before it.
Wizardry Online is horrible. SoE took it down from steam on their own volition. It's just a really bad game. Think of a game like Dungeons & Dragons Online, with a cash shop, except make the graphics worse, the combat less engaging, and the traps even more obvious. The engine is floaty, the combat consists of rapidly left clicking, and the perma death isn't really a hassle considering you can make a new character with a better amount of bonuses if you are lucky enough to roll a 50+ bonus points distribution.
I only played for about 2 hours, but it was overall a very bad game. SoE claims to be addressing the issues, but I do not see how they could overhaul the entire game in a timely manner. Planetside 2 from SoE is much better than this game, which I believe SoE is only distributing to NA environment.
I would not recommend the game to any of my friends, and in fact I've discouraged them from even trying it out. It's just that bad right now.
If the developer, gamepot, can manage to iron out the many wrinkles the game has, it will be at best a clone of DDO/WoW mechanics with a permadeath moniker added on to it. There aren't many classes to play, it's nothing like Wizardry, the quest system is straight from WoW, it's just.. bad.
ArcheAge, Bless and Neverwinter look very interesting however. Path of Exile is going to be very big eventually, it's more of a sequel to Diablo 2 than Diablo 3 is.
You forgot World of Darkness, oh wait, it's in development hell and has undergone many conversions, so we'll never see it, my bad. I have zero faith in Neverwinter simply due to Cryptic's abysmal track record, the others all seem to have some giant glaring flaw except Black Desert, but I am unbelievably wary of all MMOs exiting the Asian continent, it is notoriously untrustworthy in regards to MMOs.
WildStar to me is not quite of the age group I'm in, but that isn't to say it won't be a good game, beyond that I have very little to comment upon, most of this seems to be more of the same.
I would also keep an eye on Defiance, the joint venture between the Sci-Fi channel and Trion games. Looks to be pretty interresting tying the world together with a tv show and MMO.
Haha, such an irony, that you make top lists of the genre, when you said yourself many times, you dislike it
I've never really have any serious interest on MMO game. I just feel I don't have the time to invest. While we know MMO need massive time investment. And I'm not the type of person who can wander around aimlessly. I want to discover something, with something behind it. Story. Of course I can't expect MMO to have good story yes?
With the release of some JRPGs recently like Ni No Kuni or later like Fire Enblem and Etrian Odyssey IV, I've just realized how 2012 so devoid of worthy RPG be it from West or Japan, storycaly speaking. ME3 have it ending problem and forced multiplyer tackled on it. Most ARPGs have subpar story and most of the gameplay it just holding mouse button and spamming skill. I just want my 15-20 hours worth of story single player RPG back.
Sorry for ranting. Path of Exile is bloody amazing by the way.I just hope the developer would give something like bestiary entry or something.
I have always been confused about the saying "I don't have the time" when it comes a particular game. You either have time to play games or you don't. Whatever time you have available to game is time spent on gaming. Whether it is an mmo, rpg, or a board game.
If you have the 60 hours to invest into Ni No Kuni, then you have time for an mmo. So I think the saying you are looking for is I don't enjoy the genre enough to spend my gaming time on it.
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Or "I don't have time to play it to the extent that I would like to." Which is my problem with most hardcore MMOs. Can't do it anymore :)
You could put 60 hours into a lot of games that aren't MMOs and be completely satisfied. I'm not aware of any major MMOs released recently where 60 hours would even get you to the level cap. I love the genre, and I hop around from title to title frequently, but it is a huge time investment for any one game.
Or maybe, like me, with 2 small children I do have time to play games, but not mmo's. you can pause single player games. you can't pause mmo's during a raid when the kids wake up crying.
"The sandbox MMO is yet another sandbox style game, pitting three factions (the Baratheons, the Starks, and the Lanisters [sic]) against one another."
You make it sound so exciting…
I guess their going for the Clash of Kings scenario, although shouldn't the Baratheons be divided down the middle between Stannis and Renly, or are they making Renly as minor a player as he was in the books?
Frankly I wouldn't mind being able to play as a neutral character like someone from Dorne, a Wildling from beyond the Wall, a raider from the Iron Islands, or even someone from across the Narrow Sea, like a Braavosi who can work as a mercenary for any one of the major factions as well as being able to join forces and do quests for the Bloody Mummers or the Brotherhood Without Banners. Playing a neutral Westerosi from the Seven Kingdoms would also be fine.
Let's just hope they don't bollocks this one up too. Game of Thrones has not had a good track record where video games are concerned, thus far.
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Not technically a MMORPG but a MMOTPS-with-RPG-elements, on the strength of how well Trion treated me during my Rift subscription, (and some other thing that I can't disclose) I've already pre-purchased Defiance. (First time I've pre-purchased any game for years.)
Whether or not I'll stick with it depends on both its own qualities and that of the TV show, but it's a fun enough experiment to want to take part in. (And the general concept worked well enough for Pokémon to open my eyes to the possibilities…)
"I'm not going to be stuck in gray, dreary Skyrim, or boring, generic Cyrodiil. I can go to Morrowind and beyond."
Not all of them at first, and not unless you create three characters unique to the three factions. There's no going into enemy turf in this game, and it's already been confirmed that some areas will be missing when the game launches.
I'll be passing on this game. I simply do not trust this team on this project from what I've seen so far. Then again, Bethesda's been backpedaling themselves on their own franchise in a number of places.
You're missing Final Fantasy XIV – ARR (or 2.0 as some would prefer), Erik.
Ever since the 1.0 version went down, the hype has been steadily growing as SE showcases and expands on the new features.
For an MMO which had a horrible start, FFXIV is a shining example of how a MMO developer can utilize fan criticism to build a better game. ARR will be a very different game from its previous version, and with FFXI still being lauded as one of the greatest MMOs of all time, you can imagine fans are excited for it.
I am fairly pumped for this game as well. Hopefully it will be the game everyone was expecting originally.
I'm looking forward to seeing how Neverwinter and The Elder Scrolls Online pan out.
As skeptic as I am about any MMO, I don't feel the backlash towards TESO and any possible ramifications to the franchise are warranted.
The Elder Scrolls Online is made by a completely different team within ZeniMax. It might get some support and resources from Bethesda but ultimately the team developing the MMO is not the one which develops the single-player title.
If a 6th TES game is in development then the online game is unlikely to affect anything but the release date (and given the time between Oblivion and Skyrim, I don't think we need to worry about that).
Nice list Erik, hope to check these out in the coming months. I am playing Path of Exile as we speak and it is awesome.
Scrap Wizardry Online and replace it with Tera in this article.
So glad to see so many companies going back to the old sandbox-style mmos. Being able to have your own house in the world (not some instance in the same building), not following a set path for story, and not being a straight-up grindfest. Those are the mmos I've wanted for ages ever since WoW came out and dragged the market away from them. Quite excited for ArcheAge especially.


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COVINGTON - The county and its employees will receive a rebate from insurance provider Cigna that will result in one reduced premium and possibly the restoration of two additional paid holidays for employees.
The rebate totals $138,195 and is the result of the Medical Loss Ratio provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The act requires insurance companies and HMOs to spend a certain percentage of premiums on medical care and activities that improve health care quality -- 85 percent for large groups and 80 percent for small groups. If Medical Loss Ratios do not meet the minimum percentage, insurance companies must pay policyholders a rebate.
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This is good that employees MAY get some holiday pay back.I wouldn't go spend it yet because may also means may not. If the county attorney's huge salary could be cut by $126,000 that would be two more days of holiday that could be given back. Funny how all other budgets are cut but he continues to receive his huge pay.
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With so many returning starters, there are only a few spots available where true freshmen can potentially make an impact, but three days into UB's training camp a few could find their way onto the depth chart.
On defense, defensive back Houston Glass from Kentwood, Mich., and linebackers Solomon Jackson from Stone Mountain, Ga., and Brandon Crawford from Madison, Fla., have looked strong.
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Ryan Braun is mired in a strange slump.
The Milwaukee Brewers' leftfielder is 5 for his last 32 at the plate, but four of those hits have been home runs – and big ones, too. His latest came on Sunday, when his three-run shot off the Chicago Cubs' Scott Feldman wound up being the difference in a 4-2 Brewers victory.
Braun has struck out 15 times in that span, including the first four-strikeout game of his career earlier in the week as well as three-strikeout games (including Sunday). He left Miller Park hitting a respectable .280, but it's not often that Braun goes this long without making consistent contact.
"He's still getting big hits for us, obviously, with the home runs," said manager Ron Roenicke. "But he's not locked in. There's pitches that he usually hits that he's missing, fouling (off)."
Perhaps not coincidentally, Braun's slump began not long after cleanup hitter Aramis Ramirez went on the disabled list with a sprained knee.
The Brewers tried several different players in the cleanup spot in Ramirez's absence, but Rickie Weeks (.182) has struggled mightily since taking over the job full-time. With no consistent protection behind him, opposing pitchers have even less of a reason to give him anything good to hit.
Despite it all, Braun has managed to keep his frustration in check.
"Less frustrated," he said. "Lots of homers, meaningful homers. Not making a lot of contact, but when I do make contact it counts. Homers are always good. We've won seven games in a row, so as long as we're winning, I'm happy."
Braun's emotions did get the best of him in the eighth inning Sunday, when he was rung up on what appeared to be an outside pitch by home-plate umpire Phil Cuzzi. Braun flung his bat high in the air in frustration and never even turned around to respond after Cuzzi ejected him heading into the ninth inning.
"Umpires are always trying their hardest," said Braun. "Not everybody's going to be perfect. Obviously, it was a ball. It's just frustrating for me because the challenge is not swinging at that pitch – 3-2 borderline pitch that's a ball.
"It happens."
Added Roenicke: "They made some good pitches on him today; I saw a couple of them on the replay. The last pitch that he got thrown out (on), if you guys watched it, you can write what you want about that pitch."
Braun has managed to walk eight times during his current slump, with two of those coming intentionally. He also leads the Brewers with five homers and 16 runs batted in.
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Might his frustration be a bit lessened if, say, Jonathan Lucroy were batting behind him until Ramirez returns? I know mine would, and I suspect the same for others. To have Rickie Weeks even in the lineup is questionable. To have him hitting in the cleanup spot it ridiculous.Hide replies
Yeah, instead of the 4 homers in the last 7 games, who knows how many he might have?
I have no idea why the manager is so bullheaded about batting Weeks behind Braun. Hey Ron, it's not working. Weeks should be sitting on the bench.Hide replies
For crips sake Gallardo and Estrada both have ONE less RBI then the guy batting in the 4 hole... I don't think Weeks should be on the bench (though a day or two off sure wouldn't hurt) but batting him in the 4 hole is just INSANE.
Brewers 8-2 with Weeks hitting 4th.
Weeks on the bench?!? And who plays 2B?
EA, stop using facts and asking sensible questions.
That is the obvious question - the backup infielders are doing 1st and 3rd by committee. We just have to ride this stretch out. Winning sure helps!
It's amazing to me that less than three weeks into the season, the Brewers are in the middle of their longest winning streak in two years, and it seems like at least half of the fans are focused on Rickie Weeks's slump. What's that about? Do people just wake up angry and need to find a place to put it? Get a life, people.
The anger should be directed towards Ron for putting Rickie in the cleanup spot, where he obviously doesn't belong right now.
The Brewers just don't want to admit that they should have gotten rid of him long ago.(Weeks)
Last week it was "Fire Melvin". Now with a 7 game win streak, it's "Fire Weeks". Next week, who knows? Maybe Yuni bashing again?
Like Rosanne Rosannadanna once said, "It's always something."Hide replies
Yuni is always in the wings as the next whipping boy. The next time Axford gives up a run, he'll be back in the running. Gomez could resurface at any time. Until then Rickie will have to balance out the 7 game winning streak.
weeks will ALWAYS be one of the main targets. when a player cant run hit field or bunt and is owed $33 million what do you expect?
Wasn't he an all-star in '11?
He is not owed $33 million, he will be gone after 2014 as they won't exercise the 2015 option.
It would be nice if Weeks could get into a more weird style of slump than just the normal sucking sound of slump.Hide replies
Todd Rosiak wrote and I quote;
"Opposing pitchers have even less of a reason to give him anything good to hit". (regarding Weeks)
All I've got to say is Todd, C'mon Man, don't start berating the opposing pitcher's for this no hit wonder the BREWERS continue to employ as a
2ndbase man.
Every year there's been some sort of excuse as to why Ricky ain't being
Rickie, and the truth is... this is Rickie, it's all he's ever been, and it's all he's ever going to be.
But my issue with this dude is, if they could berate JJ Hardy when he went through some mini slumps, and be angry enough to get rid of him,
then why in the hell is this guy still clinging....... to a Milwaukee Brewers uniform ?
This streak the Brewers are going through is great, after such a heinous beginning, but let's not get carried away, Rickie Weeks has absolutely contributed zero to this streak with his bat, and if you go back to before the streak... he was on that same plain today as he was then, and honestly, it's so good that they are on a streak, as it's really kinda saved his hide a bit, because without this winning streak, he'd be complete toast in this town.
This streak hides his lack of accomplishments or achievements, and...
so many others have come & gone because they weren't producing.
OK, I give up, you guys are right. Stats don't lie. With anybody but Weeks batting 4th the team is 1-6 and scores about 3.5 runs a game. With Weeks batting 4th , the Brewers are 8-2 and are scoring 4 runs a game.
It's almost like who's in the 4 spot isn't all that important in wins and losses, at least in the short term. Of course talking about a player is a lot more important than winning 7 in a row. Oh, and one more thing, 4 of Braun's 5 home runs have come with Ricky batting 4th. None of this is to suggest that Weeks is who I would bat 4th. It's just to suggest that it's not stopping the Brewers from winning.
But, carry on.Hide replies
Correction...The Brewers are scoring 4.6 runs a game with Weeks at cleanup.
I wonder if Dale Sveum is answering the question "Face Braun with two on and two out or face Weeks with bases loaded and two out?".
Ever heard the phrase "correlation does not equal causation"? Weeks looks lost at the plate right now. The team needs someone that can make teams pay for pitching around Braun and Weeks is not that player.
Homer how much of the run production is attributed to Weeks? Lets see he is four for his last 48. So I would say not much. His stats don't lie either.
I haven't read one post saying anything but that Rickie is struggling right now. Badly struggling. I'm not saying that Weeks is the reason for the streak. What I am saying is that during a stretch that the team is playing its best baseball of the year, many of you are obsessed by who is batting 4th.
Personally, I'd bat him lower in the order. But the most important fact of all is [or should be] that the Brewers are winning. Ramirez will be back in a week or so and reclaim his cleanup spot.
It just seems as if some of you "real" fans care more about bashing a player than enjoying the team. When the team wins its 7th in a row and your first comment is "Rickie Weeks sucks", I just find that strange.
You won't be able to convince managers or old school baseball guys, but stats show it does not really matter who bats before or after Braun, his batting average, OBP, slugging will end up about the same. Now if you put a whole bunch of low OBP guys before Braun his RBI total will decrease and if you have a bunch a bad hitters after Braun his run total will decrease but his overall performance will stay about the same.
Good point Paul.
Braun struck out looking at ball four. That strike call stunk but the umps make plenty of them (lousy calls). They should be used to hitters reactions to crappy calls. Didn't look like Braun said anything?Hide replies
It was a terrible call, but if you throw your bat 15" in the air, you're going to gone every time. Braun knows it. Frustration.
I thought he threw his bat more than 15 inches.
He tossed his bat way up high, quite close to home plate. It was equivalent to hurling his helmet. It'll get him ejected everytime.
It was either last year or the year before....Braun got thrown out at 1st - a very close play. Braun threw his helmet in disgust, and the ump tossed him immediately afterwards. You don't throw stuff....
the ball was outside and too low. he made his point.
Braun was starting his walk towards 1st base, and it was a late call which Braun didn't agree with. I guess he figured it was too late in the game to argue, so he flipped the bat.
Yes, the bat was 15 FEET, not 15".
From the glass-half-full committee, the season is 10% in the books and the Brewers are over .500 and a game or so out of first despite:
- not having two core hitters (Ramirez and Hart) available.
- getting basically no offense from 3rd base or second base.
- having a closer meltdown.
Hopefully the next 10%:
- starters go deeper into games to save the bullpen.
- Rickie hits his weight.
- Aramis comes back and avoids his early season slump.Hide replies
Seattle: The Crew is getting production from Yuni at 3rd base. I didn't understand the Yuni bashers in 2011 and I still don't.
It is incredible that anyone still defends Weeks. To have him batting fourth behind one of the games great hitters is insane. Of course, having him bat makes no sense. Braun leads the league in intentional walks, and will set a record, if Weeks stays at four.Hide replies
Braun has been intentionally walked 4 times this year. The record is 120 by Barry Bonds in 2004. Nice try, professor.
I don't find it incredible that people can still defend Weeks, but then again I don't think its incredible that people can defend Josh Hamilton, Matt Kemp, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jason Heyward, Elvis Andrus, Josh Reddick, etc.
You are placing Weeks in their category? WOW.
You know what? Every player including Braun, go through slumps. Pujols struggled to get over .200 through the first month or two of last season. Josh Hamelton is struggling horribly this season. If Our MVP candidate starts the season not hitting too well with a .280(very good by most batters standards) batting average and his struggles are 4 hommers that drive in 9 runs that cause us to win 7 in a row, then I'd say there isn't a player I'd rather have on our team then him. What team doesn't dream of having your superstar slumbs slump equal to .280 with 5 homers and 16 rbi's with a .400obp? You know what the Houston Astros call .280 wint 5 homers and 16 rbi's? amazing start! He won't keep striking out. He won't stay in the .200's long. If you add the batting averages of our 4 and 5 hitters trying to cover braun, they barely out do Braun. little over a month from now that gets replaced with two 30 homer 100 rbi guys including Ramirez who will be back in a week. What Braun needs to do probably is start taking everything. Walk and hope Rickie starts to hit. Braun in his slump still is on base 13 out of 32 with the walks. Thats a .406 on base percentage. Nothing to be nervous about.


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In November, the Bedford County Courthouse was one of 30 courthouses in Tennessee that received bomb threats as part of a multi-state threat. Lonny Bristow, of Ohio, was arrested Wednesday and charged in connection with those threats.


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Bobby Cole was convicted in January of third-degree assault on an officer. The Lincoln Journal Star says Lancaster County District Judge Karen Flowers sentenced Cole on Tuesday to the maximum sentence for the crime.
Cole was serving a 14- to 21-year sentence for robbery and weapon charges in Douglas County and for assaulting an officer in Lancaster County when he charged with assaulting the caseworker at the prison in Lincoln.
Cole is now at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institute.