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Posted on 02/09/2011 1:50:59 PM PST by Gennie
OMG! What a waste of time! Animals kill other animals all the time. It is a part of nature! OY!!!!
It's all about control. Regulations and laws abound for every aspect of life.
Is there anything in the Constitution that says you need a license to kill a deer? Just wondering.../s;)
Hope for a judge with a brain.
Need to put the dog on Blumer
Maybe dogs and cats will need hunting licenses next??? lol
You have no idea how many of us around Jackson county are ashamed of this story. This is what dogs do and they do it well. My jack russell kills woodchucks in under 3 seconds.
This is absurd! I used to go after them with a baseball bat (never got one though). Sometimes they would just sit there and stare at me until I was almost on top of them. Some of those suckers are BIG!
What have they done with my country?
I bet the prosecutor is mad that he won't plea to a fine. It hurts the county's pocketbook.
We need justice here . . . sic the dog on the prosecutor.
People should not plea to this kind of carp. Demand a jury trial.
Best summed up in two words: Ivy League.
Well, if the kids really did sic the dog on the raccoon with the intention of killing it...they are technically in violation of the law since a raccoon is a game animal with a hunting season.
You can bet your a$$ if they did this to a deer they'd be in trouble. But I don't think I've ever heard of this enforced on raccoons before.
I suspect it was the encouragement that's getting him charged. Seems there's more to the story than if the dog attacked the raccoon on it's own.
At least a dog knows vermin when it sees it,
a coon will drown a dog in a heartbeat if it
gets it in water, will they charge the coon then?
This just in....
Sea Lion faces charges after gulping down a fish in the San Francisco Bay.
"We have outlawed this barbaric practice" said Ghey Prancer, state Senator from Fabulous.
Sea Lion faces the maximum of 6 months confinement at a night club in the Tenderloin District.
What is the difference in letting a dog kill and animal and letting a dog kill a dog.
I waited until it got dark & buried the corpse out behind the garage.
Haven't been Coon hinting lately, but it was a common thing back in the day to climb the tree the Coon was tree'd in and throw it dow to the dogs. Part of their training.
Today's people have been pussified to a crazed extent.
Back years ago when I was a child it was a common thing to take a litter of cats, put them in a bag and drown them, there was no government agency to properly euthanise them and it was better than letting them run loose as feral cats.
Today you would be arrested and get more time than if you drowned a human.
I know the flame is coming, but is it really better to have ASPCA euthanise them than to put them in that sack?
And don't think for a minute that ASPCA doesn't euthanise strays.
There nothing granting it, either, which means it is the state's decision. A state deer license isn't a federal issue.
That is what he did. I can't imagine a jury convicting, but who knows.
This is the answer to all those that say 'let the govt look, I have nothing to hide.'
You always have something to hide, and if not the govt will pass a law so you do. Or they will interpret old laws in new and violating ways, or bankrupt you with regulations, or in court, or...
>>one of them filming its actions with a cell phone<<
I guess my dogs are smarter than the average dog. They don't let on when a critter gets in the back yard.
When I let them in they're all slobbered up around the face and have a big smile. That tells me there's something dead in the back yard.
Good ol' coon dog.
PETA says they are cruel to raccoons, and NAACP says they are racist.
And soon Obama will be saying that they are mean to Muslims.
Clearly the law needs to be changed to permit dogs to clear vermin from dwellings. Or would they rather have people trying to shoot these?
Every once in awhile I would hear this squealing, then all six animals would come busting through the door, one carrying a rat. They would toss the rat in the tub, then all six would jump in and bat the poor creature back and forth. At times it would take over 15 minutes before they finally killed it. This was their rat soccer game. There were also several other interesting experiences living out there with those six furry friends.
I love animals....
but I will kill animals when killing them is necessary to protect life and property.
my biggest concern would be that my dog be checked for rabies as that is a big concern in NY State.
If it was me, and I had gotten to a destructive raccoon first, I would have put a cb cap into it then bagged it and thrown it into a dumpster....or buried it.
in areas were rats and vermin are protected by law somehow...folks need to practice the Three S's
LOL, my brothers and I did the same thing. We'd drive around the countryside until we came across a raccoon. Then with flashlights and baseball bats, we'd chase them down and bash em. We'd get $35 to $40 per coon, not bad money for the early 70s.
Rabbits are vermin in our neighborhood. Squirrels are only slightly less obnoxious. I'm limited to growing tomatoes, daffodils and a few other things the damn rabbits won't bother.
One of our neighbors has a cat who has an open invitation to come into our yard to dispose of thse vermin. I even plant catnip (anpother thing rabbits won't touch) so the nice kitty can get a reward. Every now and then, he leaves a dead rabbit by my driveway as a thank you gift. We're on pretty good terms. The big kitty is shy, but he knows I appreciate him and will give me a leg rub and accept a pat on the head if I stand still and let him come to me.
I believe our Eastern Seaboard former British colonial territories have a quaint law that says the game on any particular piece of land belongs to the landowner, but their fishing laws are much more like Midwestern game control laws.
Then there the states without water, or many game animals, and I suspect they are owned by Bureau of Land Management!
I grew up coon hunting all over Jackson County.
Disgusting :(
"...said the raccoon Grizz killed put a hole in the garage. It damaged a door, ate stored bird feed and knocked tools off a work bench. It was raising hell, Mike Foster said."
Another article I read said that Foster was filing a counter-suit against the young raccoon's mother and father for not keeping him controlled. Party to the suit is the local Sheriff, County Animal Control officer, and the town Zoning Council.
Too bad the stupid kids were there to video tape it. And if they were my kids, they would have been reprimanded for egging the dog on - that's not right. But a fine!? (The audio on those cell phones is pretty bad, I wonder if his lawyer can make the jury hear "Go Grizz, that coon will tear you apart".
Good advice...... ;>)
Next we will be jailed for killing snakes that lurk under our homes or bees in the air handler of our AC's.
"Blumer said it would be different if the dog had gotten the raccoon on its own and killed it without human intervention. In that case, its nature."
Do they even care if the baby coon was rabid or not?
"Clearly the law needs to be changed to permit dogs to clear vermin from dwellings. Or would they rather have people trying to shoot these?"
How about instead of changing the law, everyone just mind their own business.
I have read this thread and seen comparisons to a human baby being killed. I also hear a bunch of amateur attorneys (the only thing worse than amateur attorneys are real attorneys) dissecting little points of law.
To hell with all that. Everybody just needs to mind their own business and stay out of each others way. If real damage to real property or life occurs then fine. But this is just a bunch of nosy, bored, weenies with nothing to do other than figure out new and exiting ways to control the actions of others.
The prosecutor should be tarred and feathered. Same with any police or deputies that serve the papers. It's time to go all 1774 and regain our individual liberties. Remember that? How does the song go? "This land of liberty to thee I sing". Hell liberty hasn't been seen here for 100 years. Anybody know where she went?
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Chad Caillet | Assistant Coach / Hitting
Chad Caillet enters his eighth year as an assistant coach for the Southern Miss baseball program. Caillet's duties include serving as the team's recruiting coordinator and working with the Golden Eagle offense and infield defense.
During his tenure, the program has seen great success on both offense and defense. The team has broken five single-season offensive records - runs scored (516), RBI (478), batting average (.324), hit batsmen (101) and on-base percentage (.422) - while leading the country in double plays turned in three consecutive seasons (83 - 2009; 84 - 2010; 81 - 2011). The Golden Eagles have also finished first in the country in double plays per game, including the 2010 and 2011 seasons, while most recently collecting the crown in 2013, while finishing fourth overall in double plays turned.
The Golden Eagle assistant coach has proven his abilities to recruit as evidenced by some of the classes that he has brought in that has sparked national interest.
Caillet landed the No. 3 recruiting class in 2012 by Baseball America and No. 13 by Collegiate Baseball, marking the highest class he has assembled in his time with the program.
In his first season as recruiting coordinator in 2009, he landed the nation's No. 23 ranked class, marking the first time the Golden Eagles ever pulled in a nationally-ranked class. In his second season, he reeled in the nation's No. 21 ranked class for 2010.
In his first eight seasons as an assistant coach he has helped lead Southern Miss to four NCAA Regionals, one NCAA Super Regional and the 2009 College World Series.
Since coming into the program, Caillet has overseen the recruitment of five different players who have earned All-American recognition and one other who was named an Academic All-American. The All-Americans include Mason Robbins and Bradley Roney, who each earned All-Freshman honors following the 2012 campaign, while Jared Bales was a Freshman honoree in 2011. B.A. Vollmuth earned All-America honors in 2010 and Freshman accolades in 2009, while Bo Davis got an All-America nod and Kameron Brunty tallied Freshman honors in 2009. Marc Bourgeois collected Academic All-America honors in 2011, becoming the first Golden Eagle to reach that accomplishment since 2009.
In all, Caillet has coached five different infielder to seven Conference USA honors, including four first-team selections and three second-team picks. His double-honorees included B.A. Vollmuth, who earned first team honors in both 2010 and 2011, and current Minnesota Twin Brian Dozier, collected second-team honors in both 2008 and 2009.
Caillet, who came to Southern Miss after spending a brief stint at McNeese State, was an assistant coach at Southeastern Louisiana University for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. His responsibilities there included the hitters and infielders, while also having the role of recruiting coordinator for the program. His 2006 and 2007 signing classes were recognized nationally.
Prior to working at SLU, Caillet spent four years at Meridian Community College, including one season as the head coach. During his lone year at the helm of that program, Caillet led his team to a 44-14 record, including a perfect mark in home games. The squad won both the MACJC State and Central Division championships and advanced to regional play. That team also garnered a Top 10 national junior college ranking and Caillet earned MACJC Coach of the Year honors.
As an assistant coach at MCC, he was part of a staff that won two Region 23 Championships and made two straight Junior College World Series appearances. Both of those teams were nationally ranked in the Top 10.
His coaching stops also included a year at Mississippi College and Millsaps College, which came after Caillet got his start with a year-long stint at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. His coaching resume also includes two summers in the Cotton States League. His second summer was in the role of manager for the Meridian Marauders, which won its first league championship.
As a player, he was an all-district infielder at Hahnville High in Louisiana and went on to play for Copiah-Lincoln, before finishing his career at Southern Miss as an infielder under coach Hill Denson. He earned both his Bachelor's degree (1998) and his Master's degree (2000) from Southern Miss. Caillet is married to the former Jessica Compretta of Bay St. Louis, Miss., and they have a daughter, Carsyn, and a son, Coby.
Michael Federico | Assistant Coach / Pitching
For Southern Miss assistant baseball coach Michael Federico, his roots with the Golden Eagle program run deep.
He was a player for the Golden Eagles under Hill Denson from 1995-97 and became a graduate assistant coach under Corky Palmer during the 1998-99 seasons, helping the Golden Eagles to an NCAA Regional in the latter of his two years in that role.
After stops at Meridian Community College and the University of Memphis, Federico returned to his alma mater and now begins his sixth season as the school's pitching coach.
In just five short seasons, Federico has mentored players to six first-team All-Conference USA selections and three to earn second-team honors. His pitchers have garnered a share of four league individual awards as Todd McInnis was named the Pitcher of the Year in the league in both 2010 and 2011, while Golden Eagle starter Andrew Pierce earned Newcomer of the Year honors. Mason Robbins, a multiple-position player who spent much of the year on the mound for Southern Miss, also was named Freshman of the Year in the league in 2012.
During McInnis' run to the league's top pitcher in 2011, the right hander was also named All-American giving Federico his first player to be crowned with this achievement.
Last spring, Federico had two Golden Eagles earn second team All-Conference USA honors as Conor Fisk collected the honor as a starting pitcher, while Bradley Roney collected the nod as the reliever.
After his initial stint at Southern Miss, Federico became an assistant coach under Scott Berry at Meridian Community College in 2000, a team that played in the JUCO World Series. At MCC, Federico not only worked with Berry but with current Golden Eagle assistant coach Chad Caillet, who served as Federico's top assistant at MCC from 2002-04, the three-year period during which Federico served as MCC skipper. While head coach at MCC, Federico was a two-time Junior College Coach of the Year honoree. In 2003 and 2004, he led his squad to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.
Federico led MCC to a 46-14 finish and a ninth-place finish in the JUCO World Series in 2004. Several of his players received accolades following the 2004 season, as two players were named as All-Americans, four players received All-Region 23 honors, and nine Eagles were voted to the All-State team. Federico was named Region XXIII and Southeastern District Coach of the Year.
In 2003, he led the Eagles to a fifth-place finish in the Alpine Bank JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. The Eagles also won the MACJC Central Division, Region XXIII and Southeastern Regional Championships. Federico was honored with Region XXIII and Southeastern District Coach of the Year accolades for his accomplishments in 2003.
Before taking over as head coach, Federico served as the assistant coach for two years, working with pitchers and catchers. As an assistant, he helped lead the Eagles to two conference championships, one region championship, one sectional championship and a trip to the 2000 JUCO World Series.
After leaving Meridian in 2004, Federico coached against Southern Miss as the top assistant at Conference USA foe Memphis for five seasons (2005-2009), where he was in charge of the Tigers' pitching staff, worked with catchers and led the Tigers recruiting efforts.
Under Federico's coaching, the Tiger pitching staff improved in his first two years then, despite an influx of injuries to its starting pitching rotation, earned a berth in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, the Tigers' first appearance since 1994.
MCC marked Federico's first coaching job following his two-year stint as graduate assistant at Southern Miss. In 1999, his last year with the Golden Eagles, he helped the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Southeast Regional, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Federico played catcher at Southern Miss from 1995-97, serving as the team captain his senior year. He started his collegiate career at Hinds Community College (1993-95), where he was the starting catcher and helped his teams to back-to-back Division II World Series appearances.
Federico received both his undergraduate degree in physical education (1998), and his master's degree in sports administration (1999) from Southern Miss.
A native of Slidell, La., Federico attended Pope John Paul II High School, where he was the starting catcher for four years. During this time, he was named All-State, All-District, All-Metro and team captain. Federico is married to the former Hannah Sosa of Bush, La., who is also a Southern Miss graduate (1999) and former Golden Eagle Diamond Darling. The couple has two sons, Hayden and Brycen, and a daughter, Isabella.
Michael Shields | Coordinator of Baseball Operations
Michael Shields begins his fifth season overall with the Golden Eagle baseball program and third in a full-time capacity as the school's Coordinator of Baseball Operations.
Shields duties include organizing the team's travel, fund raising including being the liaison between the baseball program and its booster club, "The Dugout Club," as well as assisting in all Golden Eagle camps and on-campus recruiting.
The West Monroe, La., native is a 2010 ULM graduate in marketing and also holds a pair of masters' degrees from Southern Miss in both Business Administration and Sport Management. During his days as a student at ULM, Shields was the student equipment manager for the Warhawk baseball team for five seasons.


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Mini Review: Open Source in Harvard Business Review
This month's Harvard Business Review features a case study of a company debating whether to open source its software. Here's a mini review of the article.
Should KMS Choose Open Source?
While bored in an airport recently, I pored over the magazines at a newsstand and noticed that the new Harvard Business Review (April 2008) has an article on open source. Curious to know how the corporate types view open source, I got hold of the issue - at my local library rather than paying the Harvard-style $16 cover price - and read it. Here are my impressions.
The article, called "Open Source: Salvation or Suicide" by Scott Wilson and Ajit Kambil of Deloitte Research, is a fictional case study of company called KMS that makes an also fictional closed-source music device called Amp Up. Amp Up is a zany, button-filled modified guitar neck that connects to your computer and lets anyone make interesting music and sound. Interestingly the article tells the story through the eyes of a CEO who, at the time of writing, had never heard of open source. At first she is completely freaked out by it, but her pro-open-source brother helps her explore the pros and cons of opening up her product to an open-source development model.
One of the best parts of the article is when the CEO goes to a trade show and finds an open-source start-up called Open Chord, which copied the basic idea of Amp Up but wrote its own open-source code for it. Plus their tag line is "Fight the Power!" (Can't you see this happening at the Dot Org pavilion at LinuxWorld!) "Aren't we suing you?" were the first words out of her mouth to the open-source guys. Classic!
As the CEO's quest continues, she begins to worry that in many people's eyes her company is seen as the overly powerful corporate enemy with an iron grip on its IP. Then she worries about how her developers will react. She fears that they desert her if she opens up all of their code to the community. At the same time, these same developers are ragged from trying to get out the next release. But then again, she wonders if perhaps the open-source model would make their lives easier? One fault in the article is that she never has a conversation with her developers to ask their opinion. The discussions are always among the executives. (How typical is that!). The story closes with KMS' executives finding a YouTube video of a bunch of people playing a tune on competing devices much more sophisticated and cooler than those from KMS. The article suggests that they are open-source competitors that have not only copied the idea of the original KMS devices but have improved them in ways the firm never even contemplated, leaving the executives a bit stunned.
After running through the story-like scenario, four different commentators offer their opinion on whether KMS should embrace open source or not. Here's what the four commentators recommended.
Four Commentators Give Their Opinion
The first commentator is Sun's President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Gradually Sun has become quite reliant on open source, so it makes sense that Schwartz generally advocates for it. However, Schwartz says that a company's decision to pursue an open-source strategy should be based on how it defines success. He basically asks, do you want to be like Apple with its closed iPhone or like Nokia with its open platforms? To Schwartz, Apple defines success with the iPhone by "defin[ing] what a great phone is." Thus it makes sense for Apple to keep the technology proprietary, but the company knows that the overall market opportunity is smaller but also defined by higher margins. Nokia, on the other hand, wishes to be "the biggest phone company in the world", and in order to reach this market, being open source gives the firm the tools to reach that goal. Based on this thinking, Schwarz says that KMS must decide what kind of company it wants to be.
The second commentator, Eric Levin of Techno Source, a toy and game company, says "open the platform to third-party companies and add features that promote community building." This way, Amp Up could keep a great deal of control of its product while increasing the features that customers can enjoy. Levin says that this approach would allow the firm to continue to do two important things, i.e. control its brand and the product life cycle. Clearly Levin doesn't understand open source very well since the open source companies we know, from Red Hat to Ubuntu/Canonical to SugarCRM do an amazing job on both of those counts.
The third commentator, Gary Pisano, a professor at Harvard Business School, has several interesting insights on Amp Up's decision to move to open source. Pisano says that Amp Up could leverage an open source model to steepen the devlopment curve, but important things must first be in place to enable this dynamic. First, the KMS software must be modular to faciliate easy adoption of external innovations. Second, Amp Up should investigate if developers and third-party companies will actually get on board and do make useful advancements to the software. Pisano adds that Amp Up could first adopt a hybrid model - keep the core software proprietary but create add-on modules that are open source. If Amp Up can satisfy these criteria, it should be able to leverage its expertise in marketing, manufacturing and distribution to keep a competitive advantage over its other open-source competitors.
The final commentator is attorney, Michael J. Bevilacqua, who throws cold water on the whole idea of moving to open source. The problem, says Bevilacqua, is that "the company would risk greater liability for intellectual property infringement." He brings up issues such as SCO's now-defunct lawsuit against Novell and IBM, as well as patent trolls. He also states that "most software companies, however, are in business to make money, and it is very difficult to make money on open source." While the IP concerns are certainly worthy of investigation given our litigious society, it is surprising that the article's authors would choose an attorney who would state that it's hard to make money in open source. He clearly does not know the market at all.
Final Thoughts
I find it terrific and interesting that Harvard Business Review chose to examine an open-source case study. It is a clear sign that the open-source model is on the radar outside of our tight community. It appears to me that the authors 'get' open source on a certain level. They created a compelling fictional case that nicely illustrates the pros and cons of going open source.
At the same time, I was disappointed that the authors took a very top-down approach, i.e through the eyes of upper management, which left out the developers' perspective. The developers (and tech-support staff) would probably have the best insights as to what would work best for customers.
Furthermore, the choice of commentators was mixed. While Sun's Jonathan Schwartz and the professor Gary Pisano were great picks with realistic insights, Techno Source's Eric Levin and the attorney Michael Bevilacqua were only able to offer relatively uninformed perspectives that they read in their textbooks in professional school.
Overall, though, I recommend the article "Open Source: Salvation or Suicide" if you are looking for a good read on how the 'mainstream press' views open source.
James Gray is Products Editor for Linux Journal.
Interesting opinions
Interesting that the attorney didn't seem to know that the biggest victims of patent trolls happen to be closed-source, not open-source companies. Look at the half-billion-dollar settlement that Eolas won against Microsoft, for example. Software patents are a threat to all software developers, not just open-source ones.
why ask the developers?
It's been my experience that asking the people that don't run businesses how to run a business is not very beneficial. People who have the worker mindset are not generally good at making business decisions. They may know how to make a product work better or cheaper, but, oddly that may not be the best thing for continued business success. If I had followed the advice of the people working for me early in my business life, I would have sunk years ago. I love open source, but it may or may not be the best strategy for a given company. It's up to the business people to decide what's good for business.
Re: why ask the developers?
You'd think that the managers would at least want to know the opinions of the developers, wouldn't you, in order to make the best decision? Not that they should be making all of the final decisions, but the developers and tech support folks must have some insights from working on/with the product for 8+ hours a day.
James Gray is Products Editor for Linux Journal.
Good discussion... not surprised by the conclusion
Like James, I am happy to see that hardcore business journals are finally starting to discuss open source software in the corporate environment. However, I am not surprised by the conclusions they come to. Open source is still a scary concept for most corporate types over a certain age. I have worked for a number of startups and small companies that utilize heaps of open source products but when it comes to opening up the source of the core product, you might as well have suggested you wanted to shoot their dog. I believe the vast majority of executives don't "get" open source and how beneficial it can be to the development process. They are stuck in the mentality that open source means free and there isn't any way to make money when you give something away for free. In addition, I am not surprised that the executives in the fictional scenario did not ask the opinions of the developers. Once again, in my experience executives all too often live in a glass bubble and don't discuss core business decisions with the masses. However, this article shows that open source is being discussed in those lofty glass bubbles and we can only hope that this discussion leads to more companies looking toward opening up more to the people who want to use and help improve their products and services.
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Note that in order to get the same color as an incandescent bulb you need to buy a "warm light" LED bulb usually indicated as having a color temperature of 2700k to 3000k. These warmer colors are less efficient than the bluer cool white bulbs which are terrible for home use but adequate for outdoors.
If you look at the video on their web page you can see that they are using what they call an LED tower with multiple LEDs arrayed around it. I find it amazing that they can make this and sell it for less than $10. My guess is that they must have come up with some special automated assembly line that can assemble components on 3D surfaces like this with no labor. Also the efficiencies are incredible for a dimmable bulb. The circuitry required to make a bulb dimmable usually cost an extra 5% to 10% in efficiency. This is very impressive. I have to believe that they researched every possible way to dim an LED at the lowest cost and highest efficiency and made their decisions based on that. My guess is they have a ton of patents on this thing. Arg, text limit
Crazy volume on the June 50 puts.
CREEs volitility right now is 50% to 75%, depending on how far back you look, yet the implied volatility is only 39%. This means that CREEs options are undervalued.
Oh yeah, they also raised guidance. That couldn't hurt either. I will have to buy more shares now. I hate buying after the good news but one has to do what one has to do to make money I guess. If only I had bought yesterday.
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Liverpool haven't won a league title in 24 years. Now, with the team just four wins from breaking that spell, the hype surrounding the Reds' 2013-14 season has grown so large that it has made star striker Luis Suarez prefer not to hear about it altogether.
As reported by The Liverpool Echo's James Pearce, Suarez said he doesn't want to think about the title, and he chooses not to let the media distract him as much as possible:
It's normal for the supporters to get excited and be discussing our chances. When I'm out shopping or out with my family I bump into fans who mention it to me. I've told them to stay calm and not to worry. We'll be trying our best.
For the players it's probably best if we don't get involved in that kind of talk.
Personally, I think that if I don't watch TV, listen to the radio or read about us on the internet it's better. I know what the situation is.
Winning the title would be very special but we can't think about that yet.
Whatever Suarez has been doing seems to be working, as the Reds have won an incredible 10 straight matches on their way to the top of the Premier League table. Following Sunday's thrilling 3-2 win over Manchester City, Liverpool are now in pole position to lift the Premier League trophy at the end of the season.
Suarez's contributions in front of goal have played a big factor in the team's success, as the Uruguayan has bagged an astonishing 29 league goals and formed one of Europe's deadliest strike partnerships with Daniel Sturridge.
Gary Lineker made it clear who he believes should win the Player of the Year award:
Kompany's been magnificent, Gerrard's been exemplary, Hazard's been wondrous, but there is only one player of the year, and that is Suarez!— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 30, 2014
As dominant a season as Suarez has had, his legend would surely explode should he help Liverpool win their first league title in more than two decades. But according to the forward, coach Brendan Rodgers is the one that should receive most of the credit:
It's very important to see the manager relaxed.
Brendan gives all of us confidence because he's good at his job.
He believes in all of the squad and when you have that belief from your boss then it's easier to perform at your best.
The Reds will take on Norwich on Sunday, a team who have historically been a good opponent for the Uruguayan—he has scored 11 goals in his last four matches against the Canaries. However, many of the fans will be looking ahead at the potential championship-decider against Chelsea one week later.
The Blues trail Liverpool by two points and appear to be the last main obstacle on the team's path to the title, with the remaining two fixtures against Crystal Palace and Newcastle United seemingly less challenging.
But Palace proved anything can happen in football with their shock 3-2 win over Everton on Wednesday, and the Reds truly won't be able to celebrate the league title until the final whistle has been blown.
Despite this, all eyes will be on Liverpool as they take on Chelsea, and—as shared by Phantom Goal—fans have truly been spoiled with this year's title race:
Liverpool v Chelsea is going to be the biggest game the Premier League has seen since Liverpool played Man City three days ago.— Si (@PhantomGoal) April 16, 2014
ESPN's Tommy Smyth likes Liverpool's chances as he explains the team's path to the title:
Liverpool really in the driving seat. They can draw with Chelsea win all other and its their title.— Tommy Smyth (@TommySmythESPN) April 17, 2014
The Reds have relied on the goals of Suarez all season and with just four matches left to play the formula has proven to be a successful one. According to WePlayCo's Nikolas Postinger, his scoring will be needed now more than ever:
Daniel Sturridge's uncle Dean Sturridge on his hamstring injury—"He's definitely out of the Norwich game and is borderline for Chelsea" #LFC— Nikolas Postinger (@nikpostinger) April 17, 2014
Without Sturridge, defences will be focusing more intently on Suarez, so the Uruguayan will have to be at his very best if he wants to replicate the kind of impact he's had playing with the England international all season.
If that means turning off the radio and the TV, then that's exactly what he should do.


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Historical Traveler Reviews Cafe Cultura Quito
Charming place
We stayed here around Christmas before our trip to the Galapagos and enjoyed ourselves. I loved how each room had a different character, and despite the busy season, the staff were attentive and helpful with all our needs. Small personal touches to each room made it relaxing to come back after a long day. We had breakfast and dinner at the hotel and both were delicious. Plus, unwinding in front of the fireside after dinner in the reading room was great. Would recommend.
Cafe Cultura - an oasis in the city
We stayed at Cafe Cultura for 5 nights in between trips to the Galapagos, Cloud Forests and the Amazon and we loved it!
It's so different from the anonymous mainstream hotels - every room is different and I'd recommend you try as many different rooms as you can whilst you are there. It really makes you escape from the bustling world you left at home - places like this are the reason people go on holiday!
Room 10 we stayed in twice - it has a lovely conservatory and fabulous steam / power shower which is just what you need on those early morning wake ups!
Room 1 - the honeymoon suite, was lovely as well. The bathroom was simply stunning - it was larger than our ship in the Galapagos.
Room 2 was also nice - no fire place but one of our favourites. It spreads across the breadth of the building and has a large bathroom and separate sitting room.
I'd recommend you look at their website to view all the rooms before you book - it'll be a difficult decision which one to choose so book early to get the one you want.
The reservation desk are helpful - they helped us out prior to our arrival with a range of restaurant bookings, transfers and gave good advice.
The night staff were also very helpful and responsive when my husband wasn't too well.
The library is the real star of the hotel - it is a lovely retreat - you can melt into the leather sofas with a bottle of wine and watch the flames of the fires flicker in front of you whilst reading up on other travellers trips in 'the good, the bad and the ugly.'
I only wish every city in the world had a caf� cultura!
Great boutique hotel ambience
We stayed in Quito one night prior to our Galapagos cruise and two after it. Stayed in the very mediocre Hotel Mercure the first night, then moved to the Cafe Cultura on our return at the recommendation of other cruise passengers. Our stay was a delight. The hotel has the patina of a fine old colonial home. Our room (a "junior suite") was quite large, and very tastefully decorated. It had an interesting sunken bathtub that the wife enjoyed. The bathroom was rather dimly lit, and only a curtain separated the bathroom from the sleeping area (probably not ideal for honeymooners), but these are minor complaints. The restaurant has a somewhat limited menu but everything we had was excellent. Would definitely stay there again.
Lovely Hotel...but don;t ask for help
This hotel was a rather bustling place...especially at Christmastime. Rooms were lovely and interesting...and the food was superb, as was the staff in the dining room. My daughter caught her plane early in the morning and was confronted by the desk, as if she was trying to skip out....but this was probably understandable. What I did not understand , is why the daytime reception clerk felt she was an expert at directions. Twice she was asked for help with directions....and twice, sent us on a wild goose chase! I would have preferred her letting someone else who was more familiar with the routes in Quito help us. Also....staff are quite noisy in the lobby, both late at night and early in the morning when they arrive. Perhaps they forget people are trying to sleep!!! All in all, a nice place to stay.
Cafe Cutura. WONDERFUL!
Wonderful place. Distinctive and highly personal rooms. Good restaurant on premises and journal by guests with many fine suggestions for local cuisine such as The Fried Banana restaurant or an English style pub, both nearby. We were there during Quito Festival in early December. An exciting time in the city when all the different groups gather for parades and festivities in their native finery. There are buses that travel around day and night with bands and merry makers. You might want a room off the street for this reason. They were also able to arrange English speaking guides for us on two days. There is a nice little market close by with handicrafts and clothing. Cafe Cultura also has fire places. Some other people on this site found the rooms small but we didn't. I guess they've never been to Europe. Who spends that much time in their rooms anyway? The rooms are beautiful in Cafe Cultura.
Gorgeous hotel
We stayed in the Cafe Cultura at the beginning and end of our honeymoon, passing through Quito to the Galapagos and then further into Ecuador.
The hotel is quirky - if you're a fan of standardised marble bathrooms and 5* comforts it may not be for you.
Every room is different, all with hand-painted murals on the walls and a small jug of fortified wine to welcome you. The honeymoon suite sports an antique roll-top bath in a massive conservatory bathroom filled with flowers. Roses are provided so you can scatter petals to add romance!
Cosy fires are lit each evening in the wood-panelled library, where they keep informative books of other travellers' "Good, Bad and Ugly" reviews of their time in Ecuador - invaluable for ideas for trips and eating out. The food in the restaurant is very good although the menu is limited; breakfasts are excellent, served with Earl Grey tea, and there is a view of the pretty garden, with friendly peacocks often putting on their morning show!
All staff speak English and are happy to arrange tours and trips for you, as well as stowing luggage if you are away for a while.
We felt well looked after and at home at this hotel. It doesn't feel luxurious or pampering but the building is stunning and the ambience is very laid back and the staff are helpful and attentive. Quito itself is quite dangerous and intimidating but the hotel does its own airport transfers and tours with English-speaking guides.
Cafe Cultura? The lowest point of our trip around South America.
We stayed in Cafe Cultura in April 2005 as part of our 3 month trip around South America. Things started to go wrong as soon as we arrived there. First, we discovered that the taxi from the airport the hotel had booked for us cost twice as much as the quote the hotel provided to us in writing ($20 as opposed to $10). The average cost of a trip to the airport in Quito is $4. Then we were charged $10 (non-refundable) to use the hotel's safety deposit box (the process of storing and retrieving your stuff from the safety deposit box takes at least 20 minutes). By comparison, all other hotels in South America provide complimentary safety deposit boxes.
After this came a collection of inflated charges: $5 per hour to use the hotel's internet (against $0.70 just around the corner), $80 transfer to a sister hotel in Otavalo in a dirty old car (as compared with $40 if arranged through a taxi company in a clean new vehicle), $20 for laundry without ironing (this would have cost us $3 had we arranged it directly with the laundry service).
Even though none of this seems partucularly outrageous, the mere thought of being ripped off was enough to make us feel stupid and spoil out stay. On top of this, the hotel staff acted as if we were stupid tourists whom it was their sacred duty to relieve of any available cash. When we asked to confirm our flights out of Quito (our Spanish was not sufficient for this) the hotel receptionist told us she would have to charge us for making the call.
Why did we pay those inflated prices?
Probably because we did not feel comfortable in Quito. Even Lima was safer, friendlier and more welcoming than Quito.
Other comments? The hotel is extremely noisy, there are no TVs in the rooms, the facilities are non-existent (forget about things like the gym, sauna or pool). In short, not worth your money!
A Home Away From Home But Upgrade Room
We stayed at Cafe Cultura on three separate occasions in the past month and found it a great home away from home as we explored Ecuador. The hotel is beautifully decorated with warm murals covering all walls and a beautiful lounge/lobby area with a fine restaurant in a desirable location of Quito. The staff is fluent in English. Breakfasts were substantial with freshly brewed coffee which is rare in Ecuador though one morning the staff was harried, service was poor as was the food though that was an aberation. Guests can check luggage with the hotel as they explore other areas of Ecaudor and there is high speed internet access. We booked the standard rate rooms which varied greatly. Two of the three rooms we stayed in were somewhat uncomfortable in terms of furnishings though the third room was great. I would highly recommend upgrading to the junior suites which cost about $20 more per night but were significantly larger and more comfortably furnished.
All in all a very pleasant experience and we would gladly stay here again.
Small but clean rooms lack storage space; good restaurant
Stayed at the hotel 4 times (a total of 7 nights) in December 2004.
The rooms are quite small and lack storage space. (Only 1 of our 4 rooms had a chest of drawers; only 2 out of the 4 rooms had an armoir to hang clothes) Rooms very clean and bed was comfortable.
Service was excellent. (e.g., They would arrange for an all day taxi with english speaking driver; they did laundry promptly; they would give you continental breakfast really early if you needed to leave early.)
Food at restaurant was excellent and inexpensive. Atmosphere of restaurant was delightful.
Highlight of our trip!
We visited Cafe Cultura for 2 nights in December 2003. If we could have, we would have stayed longer! After 10 days diving in Galapagos, we felt as though we were being welcomed into the home of a good friend. There is nothing "hotely" about this place. The warmth of the decor and atmosphere and and the graciousness with which we were welcomed made us feel like we were family. Though we had some trouble with noise the first night, the staff quickly and efficiently moved our things to another room. Our ceiling leaked during a sudden rainshower the second night and yet we wouldn't even consider staying at another hotel in Quito when we return! That says a lot!!! The restaurant is outstanding! We loved reading by the fireplaces at night, all of the fresh flowers, the paintings and library. Having travelled all over the world, we've yet to find a better place in this price range and catagory. We couldn't recommend Cafe Culture more highly!
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The next thing I want to do here is add a bit of a vignette. I want to darken up some of the bottom area of the image. There are a lot of ways to do this. One really easy way is to go back to our adjustment layer icons and click on the Curves adjustment icon, and then simply darken the image with the darkening Curve adjustment here. Now, once we've done that, we want to invert the mask. You can invert a mask by pressing Command+I or Ctrl+I or you can go to the Mask panel and simply click on the Invert button here.
Once you've done that, you want to select your Brush tool. With your Brush tool, you want to start with a relatively low opacity, somewhere below 50%. Then you want to just start to paint across the area that you want to darken. In this case, I think the bottom portion of the image has just become too bright down there. I want to darken it up and then I'll go ahead and make my brush a little bit smaller, and just work on some of these outer edges, just darkening this up a bit. Again, adding to a bit more of the overall style of the photograph. Now once we've done this, we can start to have quite a bit of fun with the overall color and tone.
One of the ways that we could do that is with another Curves adjustment. Let's experiment a bit with curves and have some fun here. So, here, I'll go ahead and click on my Curves adjustment layer icon and I'll select Curves. Then I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to brighten this up just a little bit here, and then I'll go into the red curve. On the red curve, I'm just going to bring up some of these reds. I'll go into the green-magenta channel there, bring up some of the greens there, and then also go to this blue-yellow channel. On the blue-yellow channel, I'm going to get a little bit creative, see what would happen if we were to work with this in a different way.
Maybe adding some creative tone in here, giving it a little bit more of a cross-processed almost type of a look. What we can do is we can modify these adjustments and go back and forth and just see how it would look, perhaps a little bit more warm, or little bit more green and yellow, and find a fun way to process this particular image. When you're creating a photograph like this, which really is about this kind of style and that aesthetic, it's going to be a key that you do some interesting toning to the image. A lot of times the toning not only acts to bring the image to another place.
But what it can also do is connect the overall two images or connect the overall project, give it a sense of identity. Here I'm just modifying these points while we're talking, just to try to find a nice spot for this image. Let's take a look at the before and after. Here's before and then after. Again, just adding a bit of the cool tones down below and a little bit of those muted tones up top. Another way that you could work with color would be to turn off this layer, and then to create a new adjustment layer, say like Color Balance.
Color Balance gives you quick and easy ways to modify color and tone. We can add some yellows or some reds there to the midtones. We can go in the shadows if we wanted to. Qe can cool off those shadows making them a bit more cyan and a bit more blue. Then perhaps in our highlights we could add some of that yellow and maybe perhaps a little bit of red there. Now, at this point, I think the image is too dark and dense so click on Curves and then go ahead and brighten that up. That will change the overall color palette but again, you see you get kind of that interesting cross-process type of a look.
Now, whenever you work with color in this way, it's always fun to lower opacity. Just see what would happen if you made a little bit more nuance color shift, not quite so dramatic. Perhaps something a little bit less prominent there, just to give it a little bit of that subtle shift, to make it a little bit more dream-like, and a lot of times these final creative color layers that really help an image come together. Well, in order to organize my layers, what I want to do is double-click the Adjustments tab, and these top two layers are one color option for the image.
So, I'll click in one, hold down the Shift key and click in another, then press Command+G for Group, and I'll call this color treatment 2. Next, I'll click on the eye icon there to turn that off. I'll click in the Curves adjustment here which was another color option for this image. I'll click in this layer, and even though, it's one layer, I'll still press Command+G here and I'll simply call this one color treatment 1. If you're on a Mac, it's Command+G. If you're on a PC, that's Ctrl+G. All right, well, now we have two different color treatments, and we have those top layers.
Well what about all of these other layers? How can we organize those? Let's turn off the visibility of all those layers and go all the way back down to the bottom, our original file. Well, here we have the original file, then we added a bit of light in the background. We did that by bringing in a bit of color. It would make sense to bring these together as background modifications. So, we'll click in the top layer, hold down the Shift key, click in the bottom layer, press Command+G for group. We will go ahead and just name this bg for background. This is where we did our background style and customization.
Next, we have a few layers where we worked on shadows and also where we brought in our subject. So, it makes sense to keep those perhaps together, and here we also have the light and tone layers, and working on darkening these few areas and brightening some other areas, and really a lot of these layers were all about getting the subject to fit into the frame. So, just to keep things simple, let's group all of these together, even though they're not all exactly the same. They kind of belong together, I think. We'll click in one of those, hold on the Shift key, click in another, then press Command+G on a Mac, Ctrl+G on Windows, and we'll name this model.
All right, well, here we have a nice way to view our work. Let's zoom in a little bit so that we can evaluate it and also let's minimize Photoshop here. We'll press Tab to get rid of everything. I've to go to Full Screen View mode. Then next, we'll press the F7 key. The F7 key will bring up our Layers panel. Here we can quickly and easily evaluate our progress. We have the background. We have the subject there on the books. We can turn the background on and off, really see how that light source behind this works quite well.
Then we can work on our color treatment. see which one we really like, or print out one version of the image, this way, or we can print out another version of the image, this way. Another thing that I like to do is, once I have accomplished a composite like this is I like to hold down the Option key on Mac, Alt key on Windows, and then click on the background layer in order to view the before and the after. By viewing that, it gives me a sense of this overall project and you know, we've really accomplished something here. We've taken a subject that was in another environment, another context.
We've extracted her. Then successfully brought her into a new environment. We've had this vision to kind of this create this Alice in Wonderland, imaginative type of photograph, and in order to execute that, we of course need to go through some masking and work on our shadows, but we also needed to add a bit of style with color and tone in order to create this overall cohesive and intriguing composite.
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- Cleaning up the background
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That's in line with radio stations around the state and country, that began pulling Dixie Chicks songs last week, though Billboard reported today on its Web site that many stations have begun rescinding the ban.
The flap was sparked by remarks made by lead singer Natalie Maines during a March 10 concert in London.
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Les Montgomery, director of market programming operations for Clear Channel Amarillo, said his stations - including KATP, KMML, KMXJ-FM 94.1 and KPRF-FM 98.7 - have received more than 600 calls, most against the Dixie Chicks. The stations, even adult contemporary KMXJ and Top 40 KPRF, pulled Dixie Chicks songs on Friday.
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Hi im resignin
Resigning from ingame duties as staff member and spectrum staff member.
My reasons are just the same as the past few basically... Bored shitless, no updates, doing recoveries for people that struggle with English for 7 months just takes its toll.
Thanks to the oldies for giving me the chance @Max @Muhammad at being ss which was 1 year ago to the day. Also to @Niels with the mod promos, also the day 1 homie @Aa Cc Ii Dd.
Also to all the other friends I have made along the way cheers, back in the WG days even. Love me or hate me I hope I have left a mark on the server!
All the best, I will still float around <3
Dear players,
Today we decided to promote Tyler from In-game Moderator to Elite Moderator.
@Tyler has been doing a great job for quite some time now, and we believe he's up for the next task.
Tyler lives in the USA (GMT - 5 ) & will be helping out mostly here.
Of course as all promotions, he will be on a 2 week trial.
Congratulations Tyler , and good luck!
Regards, GrinderScape Staff
Dear players,
After some good thinking, I'm sad to announce that I will resign as a Shoutbox Moderator.
I've been a shoutbox moderator for a good 5 months.
The reason why I'm resigning is because of my lack in activity & consistency for the past month.
I'm working for a contractor a full year for my education (+- 50 hours a week). Besides that I'm working at a supermarket as part-time job (+- 10 hours a week).
My internship is much heavier then I expected it would be. When I come home I just don't feel like checking the forums at all.
I've tried, but it's taking too much of me.
I've had many great moments as shoutbox moderator and I really enjoyed talking in/moderating the shoutbox.
I wish all the current forum staff goodluck and I'm sure you'll all do fine. Thanks for the oppertunity you guys gave me @Jplayer @Greg
I will try to get on forums every now and then, but it will be not so much as before.
Thanks to everyone that have made my time great on the shoutbox:
@0xAria aka Themike l0l
~ Koen
Dear Grinderscape community,
As the title of this thread indicates, I am hereby resigning from my position as Server Supporter.
During my time as Server Supporter I've had lots of fun and I really enjoyed doing it. I care for the community so it's been a blast helping out.
The reason that I'm resigning is because I just don't have enough time on my hands to merit this position. Ever since university started again I've come short in time to play. There's just too much going on for me to play and I believe as staff you should be active, otherwise you'll be just holding a rank you aren't worthy of. My time spent online has drastically dropped the last weeks because of this, and it'll just drop more and more.
I'm actually gutted having to make this decision but I believe it's for the best.
To add to this, I am hereby resigning from the OMM team and Event team as well, for the same reasons I stated above.
I'd like to give a huge shoutout to the staff team for giving me the chance of staffing, and also for the great work they're doing for the benefit of the server. I've now learned what it is to be staff, and it can take it's toll on you. I would be lying if I said I enjoyed every minute of staffing, but overall it was a great experience and if I had enough time I wouldn't have resigned, but oh well.
I am not quiting, just going to continue playing with helping out in Spectrum as my main focus.
Thanks for reading, and see you guys around in-game.
Regards, Shwoop
Hey guys,
This week I've been working on some fixes and additions for the website, it's been a while since I lastly did an update.
Since we moved to new forum software I also had to update the homepage feeds, as you might have noticed they were outdated or not working, they now should all work properly again (except for the developer blog tab, since that thread is still being processed on the forums).
Many of you guys have also been complaining about the highscores not working, I'm sorry for that, I was working hard on reworking the highscores.
Previously our highscores were caching results which meant that you could sometimes get outdated data, now I actually managed to optimize our queries ALOT so that it can now easily load within a few ms so that you guys can actually see live highscores which also is alot faster then it was.
I've also added a small thing on the highscores so that when you search for a user and you then press on the skill (to see your position in the tree) it will give the row a red background so you can easily see where you are placed at.
Some highscores data is a little broken and not totally correct so there may be really small incorrect rank numbers, I will try to fix these up over the next weeks.
I have also added email templates for most of our emails sent by the homepage, these look a lot more professional now then the plain text it showed before.
And with that I've also updated the homepage framework that is used and cleaned up alot of bad code.
There are also minor design changes made, if you encounter any problems, please let me know!
In this thread I'll be posting things things that I want to say or discuss with the community,
feel free to post, just remember to keep on the topics mentioned,
please don't talk about random things here.
I'll use this thread to post my thoughts and see how community reacts, that's not a Q&A thread, don't post about things not mentioned before.
Hey I'll be posting bellow progress on Combat Scratch Rework Updates!
Max Hit splash system was created, all damages that are equal or ABOVE max hit (in case of special) will render with a different splash
Now Run Energy is capped to 100, the energy will drain according player weight which is now calculated as well!
The Run energy restore speed is now based on player's agillity level!
All those changes affect a lot combat making effects such as energy leech more useful!
-- Multi Combat Areas
All Game Multi combat areas were reviewed and adjusted, a few new ones were added, but all Wildy multi area was re-created as the following:
-- Phoenix Necklace
Phoenix Necklace was reworked together with Ring of Life and Ring of Recoil (Which were mentioned on my blog)
- Phoenix Necklace will recover 30% of player's max life in case health falls bellow 20%, on duel arena will only have effect in case Food is allowed, the effect will also prevent next tick damage.
--- Poisoned Weapons
Now Poisoned Weapons will apply poison effect over the damaged player
There are weapons with Weak (p), Regular (p+) and Strong (p++) poison damages (4 - 5 - 6).
Hello Players,
Today I've worked on some ways to prevent in-game boosting and a few other things, let's see how it turns out!
Castle Wars
An anti-boosting system was added to the game.
God birds were added to Castle Wars shop.
God's Capes and Hoods were added to Castle Wars shop.
Castle Wars Boss
Every 2 minutes and 30 seconds a boss will spawn at center of battle-field.
The boss Max HP depends on the amount of players playing.
Each time the boss is killed, the team that dealt most damage will be rewarded with an effect.
So everyone in the team will have the effect activated.
First Effect: Rewarded when boss is killed for the first time.
Restless - All players will not spend any energy point when running.
Second Effect: Rewarded when boss is killed for the second time.
Harm - Barrage will not freeze the player with that effect.
Players will gain extra tickets reward for killing the bosses
You will no longer see attack option on your team mates
Wild anti boosting was disabled, it's re-enabled.
Weapon Game
An anti-boosting system was applied to the game.
Players will now gain 1 Weapon Game point every 10 kills at Weapon Game, meaning that now maxed players can still get Dominion Swords.
Rewards dropped on floor will no longer appear to other players, and will remain only 30 seconds available.
Dominion swords may now last 1 hour rather than 30 minutes in combat.
Fight Pits
An anti-boosting system was applied to the game.
A bug allowing players to walk to NPCs while frozen was fixed.
Crashed stars no longer can be spotted from distance.
A bug making some client crash on low specs computer was fixed.
Bank screenshot item amount colors will change according the amount now.
About combat update:
Most spells from all spells books are finished, a few things are left to be adjusted, thanks to Not Russ help, lot's of progress could be done!
Currently I'm working on Combat Updates and much have been done, magic system combat-related is nearly finished already together with melee and range and soon we're stepping to rework prayer and following systems, those in development support team can confirm that everything is running smoothly.
But today I'll be releasing a few Live-game fixes
Red Skull may no longer become white skull when attacking another player at wild.
Barrows Kill count will be displayed on surface now as well.
Bank Settings no longer will be affected by Duel Arena Challenging settings (All bank settings were reset)
Fixed an issue caused when player teleport|attack or get barraged|attack someone, making player appear in a location that is not the real player location.
Fixed a big bug related to ironman|trading.
Now when becoming ironman, all task progress will be reset avoiding easy gain of mystery boxes.
Most player points and collection box will now be reset when player become an ironman or die as hardcore ironman.
Clan Chat
'Spectrum' and 'Help' clan were merged, now everyone who attempt to join 'help' clan will now join 'Spectrum'.
Admins can join any clan chat even if banned now.
Admins are able to set co-owners for clan chats.
#1: Sir Wizard
As an ironman you dont see 350m xp in a skill other than combat. So i was pretty happy to get 350m xp in fishing. Took me about 2-3 months without brawlers.
#2: Cinderblock
I know 1100 kills isn't that big in the grand scheme but I'm really proud of it. good luck for the other entries!
#3: Nubownger
I managed to get into the top 100 Player Kills overall few days ago
#4: So Yontoo
So I've never gotten a 99 on Runescape or 07 before, and I'm very happy that I got this one
Voting will end on 9-30-2016 at 11:59 PM. The winner will be announced via this thread.
Hello everyone! Welcome to Grinderscapes monthly voting lottery!
I'll quickly explain how it works.
The concept is fairly simple; in order to enter the lottery, all you need to do is vote and show a picture of you having voted, make sure the picture includes you obtaining at least 6 vote points.
In other words, this lottery is completely free to enter!
How to enter:
Take a screenshot of the following things in your game chat:
*The message thanking you for voting
*The amount of voting points received must be at least half of all the voting points you can get (6 out of 12)
*Your In-Game name in the bottom left
*The day's date written into the chat space
Once you've taken a picture like the one above, all you need to do now is go back to this thread, and post it as a reply.
When you post your entry, also note how many times you've entered so far; the person with the most entries, and so the most votes, will also be awarded with a prize.
There's no limit for how many times can you enter, it's all up to how many times you vote a day.
Note though, you may only post an entry every 12 hours.
Now, the way this lottery will be drawn is practically the same.
When the lottery is closed, I will go through the thread and check how many replies we received, and use that with Random.org like in the weeks before.
Small difference is that I will have to put the smallest possible number to two, since the first post would be my own.
And because of the fact I'll be using the amount of replies, I only want to see entries on this thread.
When I close the lottery on Sunday at noon (my time), you may post things that aren't entries.
If you post non-entry posts on the thread before that, the post will be deleted, and you may be infracted.
Most Votes:
Membership Ticket
Glacor Set
1st Place:
Abyssal Vine Whip + Flameburst Defender + Blood Necklace
2nd Place:
Red, Blue, Green Staff Of Light
3rd Place
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Gold Party Hat, Addy Party Hat, Black Party Hat
4th Place
Vesta's Set + Armadyl Godsword
5th Place
Balmung + Blood Necklace
Good luck to everyone that entered!
- The Event Team
Outfit Contest #12
What is the Outfit Contest?
The outfit contest is an event/activity where members take place coming up with the best looking/creative outfit that matches the contest theme for the time being.
How it works
The contest is simple. Each week I will post a thread like this, showing all the information for the contest, how to enter, etc... and the theme. One week of the contest will be for users to submit an entry to me via PRIVATE MESSAGE ON THE FORUMS. Then once the week is up, I will post a voting thread, where users can vote for their favorite outfits, anonymously.
How to participate
Simple, go to my profile and send me a forum PM with your entry.
Rules & Guidelines:
- You must follow the theme chosen for that week. Failure to do so will result in a disqualification.
- Send your entry in a PM to the Contest hoster, "Koen". Do NOT post them as a reply to this thread.
- Your outfit must be completely original. Do not copy anyone's outfit.
- You must include the contest number in your picture in the BOTTOM LEFT CORNER, in the format "OC #(number)"
- Do not put your name in the picture. The voting will be anonymous.
- You have one week to submit your outfit, the second week will be for the voting on who has the best outfit.
- From this week onwards I will only take up to 15 entries as you cannot make a poll higher, if I get more than 15 i'll only take the first 15
Here's what an entry should look like:
Since it is an uneven week #12, the prize will be a colored halloween mask.
Each contest the prize will change between an in-game item.
This contest's theme:
So grab the best green outfit you have and submit it to me.
What is MOTM?
Member of the Month (MOTM) is a rank that was created to recognize a player of our community each month who goes above and beyond what is expected of them. These people go out of their way to help other members, they contribute greatly to the server, and they reflect a positive outlook on what Grinderscape represents.
Each month, five (5) nominees will be selected and voted on to win this coveted rank. At the end of a five (5) day period, the voting will close and the player with the most votes will win the rank. The process of selecting nominees is going to be up to you, the community. We want your input on who you think deserves to wear this rank. Exactly one (1) week from today, the Event Team will compile a list of your nominations and narrow it down to who we believe are the most deserving of the rank.
- You cannot nominate yourself.
-You cannot nominate staff members. You may nominate Event Team Members but you MUST give an explanation.
- You cannot nominate anyone who is banned/has been banned within the last month.
- If you do not have any input on who to nominate, don't post. (i.e. "No one even deserves it this month," or "Good luck.") This also includes spamming or fake nominations. If you don't have serious input do not post or you will be punished accordingly.
- You can nominate as many people who you think deserve it. If you nominate more than one person, please keep it to one post. Edit your post if you think of more people, do not repost.
- Do not ask to be nominated, as you will likely lose your chances of being nominated.
Thank you for your input
-Grinderscape Event Team
The left click autocast is toggle-able will be available on option settings, on beta the command was ::leftcast to toggle..
4 hours ago, ballin 56 said:
I really enjoyed the combat beta a lot of things were really good..... butttt a few things made it kinda meh
being able to eat food and not lose a single hit will stop people from risking hp also this will most likely ruin pking for me(oh look he ate i can risk this wait nvm that's a dds)
brews seem like they will replace all food in multi since u could drink a full brew in the same amount of time as eating 1 food
also i went to dragons to test a few weapons and i learned super anti fire pots don't protect you from all dragon fire damage anymore(no clue if this is intended)
you could also use piety,augury,and rigour on pures(i dont think this is intended)
vines were a little to weak no point in buying a item for so much if a whip is gonna hit the same
Finally a good feedback, about the issues related to saradomin brew and foods, those were already fixed!
Also this is a beta test, weapons aren't adjusted according economy.
Later on I'll open it again, so please help by reporting the bugs using CTRL + ALT + R feature!
I'm not asking for opinions about when it should be released or not, there are lots of things to balance and adjust that you have no idea, so it's not you who decides whether we need more testing or not, so please save your input about when should be released, thanks.
Combat will be released as soon we test a bit more, fix some details and define some settings for world 1.
That's why the more feedback I get the faster I'll be able to release.
To the many that tested Combat Beta I would appreciate some real feedback, so I can retouch the minor details to get the combat released asap


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OMFG! I sure hope so! I loved Okami!
YES! i knew this would come someday.
Wish List
-Spartan Total Warrior
Beat - Godfather, Twin Snake
OMFG! I sure hope so! I loved Okami!
Yeah this game sure looked awesome in a Zelda kind of way and the whole paint brush angle makes it perfect for the wii
I heard its not coming out for the Wii but I dont if it doesn't but if it does Ill get it.
This is one of those games that the Wii was built for, I really hope they port it - and do a good job porting it...
~Well, it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God, I know I'm one ~
I think alot of games should be ported to the WiiOriginally Posted by Gymdawg
like Kingdom hearts, Star Wars KOTOR, Fable and GTA games.
um.. i don't know alot about this game except that i remember seeing a review where they showed how you use a on screen paintbrush in the game. with just that aspect being known, I think it would do good on the Wii .
Sadly, it's probably not gonna happen because Clover Studios (the producer of the game) shut down in December.
woot okami on da wii i cant wait
I reallllllly hope it happens, but it probably won't. Okami was just a great game that would transfer well to the Wii.