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I haven't written a blog in a while, but thought I would share this one that I just posted on my PMS profile.
A couple of years ago some gaming site wrote an article about the top ten hottest female gamers who actually game. Don't let your eyes roll just yet, this leads into a discussion about the ever-present assumption that just because you're a girl your not a "real gamer," so bare with me. I knew nothing of this article. No one had contacted me to ask permission to use my photo, but apparently someone from the site had taken one of my profile pics and used it in their article or list or contest whichever it was. I found out about the article after it was already being spread across the web and someone I had been playing Halo with (I think it was Halo) congratulated me on making the list. But as much of a compliment as it was, my original reaction was nothing short of offended. I felt violated, having my image taken and used by someone without my knowledge or permission.
Now at the time, I did go and take a peak at the list, but I guess I was so upset that I never bothered to take a close look the article, or to read the comments people were making. Time went on and I forgot about the whole thing.
Flash forward to the other day. For some reason or other, the memory popped up in my head (possibly in the process of adding pics to my profile.) So, I wondered if the article still existed, and then decided to Google my old gamer-tag. BOOM ST1CK was the tag I had been using at the time of the article, no PMS yet, because I wasn't sure if I wanted to keep what at the time was my new gamer-tag, after having stepped down as the clan leader for personal reasons and taken a long break from live during a move.
Anyhow, I was taken aback by what the search turned up. It yielded not just a few results, but a whole lot of results—websites in a bunch of different languages too. I couldn't believe it. It intrigued me.
Why had something so ridiculous become so popular? Well I got my answer upon clicking on one of the links. Apparently, not only was the idea of beauty and gaming a controversial subject but the trolls had come out in full force to ridicule, make assumptions, and stereo type, amidst the droves of people who wanted to give their opinion on the order of the list.
Now, after rereading the article I moved on to reading the comments for the first time, and now…some odd years later, I not only got my first glimpse into what some other gamers were actually thinking but also my first chance to respond. And I have allot to say on the subject, however late for the bus I may be.
First off, to be honest, I felt sick by some of what I read. I don't care who you are, reading perverted comments about what some social reject wants to do to you is more than unsettling—it's creepy—axe murderer lurking outside your window creepy. But let me just say this about the article and comments. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is subjective and as a woman you should always remember that for every one person who doesn't think your beautiful there will be another who does, so there's no point in getting hung up on someone's opinion of your appearance. I could care less if someone doesn't like the way I look…I have big boobs, I have blonde hair, I look like a Barbie (according to some comments)….blah, blah, blah. Automatically, if you're a person who judges—and most people are, you're going to assume, upon first glance, that I'm a walking bag of air with no personality and a deep desire to be famous... (Again that's according to some of the comments I read) (Oh and don't let me forget the porn star comments, because apparently all Porn models wear long sleeve Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts, buttoned up in their porn shoots, like the one I had on in the photo they used.) Showing no skin…it's the new porn.
But don't get me wrong. This rant is not about anyone's opinion of my physical appearance; it's about something else that was said repeatedly. It's about the very same assumptions that I'm sure are made any time certain people view any PMS girl's profile for the first time: "oh she's not a real gamer," or: "she may game but she's probably garbage," and then there's the oh so common: "she's in an all girl clan for the attention."
Those sort of spiteful judgments are made all the more absurd in this particular situation considering the aforementioned fact that I didn't even submit my picture for the contest, if that's what it was. Like I said, I didn't even know they were doing it, which contradicts all the people who claimed we (the girls on the list) were fake gamers and liars, or the others who claimed to know that we were chosen because of our affiliation with Ubisoft…which BTW I have no affiliation to Ubisoft whatsoever, and have never even tried out to be a Fragdoll; for the same reason I don't go to tourney's. I am a wife and mother first and a gamer second, I stay at home and cannot travel. Does that make me any less of a gamer? Hell no. But I mean really? Did these people even bother to go to the PMS site before they made the erroneous claims that both myself and some of the other girls, who happened to be Fragdolls, were just a PR stunt? Of course they didn't, because trolls like to fling insults from under their bridge of ignorance.
That aside, despite all the things said that upset me, and despite some of the really positive comments, nothing invoked more of a feeling in me than the all too frequent mother of all insults to any hardcore girl gamer; it was the comments saying that there's no way I, or some of the others, could be real gamers that really lit a fire under my ass. Because, though the comments and article may be old, the sentiment still resonates with majority of the male dominated gaming world. To this day, I still hear the same "girls don't play videogames," or the generic "only fat hairy lesbians play video games" over and over again while playing in Modern Warfare 2. It's the notion that you have to be either male or of a certain category in outward appearances in order to be considered a real gamer by most people's standards that I really have a problem with. I actually wish I've played as little as people claim I do, because it would have saved me from a whole lot of arguments with my husband over playing too much.
So, to those who may have happened upon this blog or my profile, or any of our profiles for that matter, and are saying to themselves…these girls can't be real gamers, my question to you is: Why should anyone's outward appearance discredit them as a gamer?
We participate in tournaments and yet some have said: "they only do it for the appearance of being competitive and to get their pictures taken, they never really win." (and yet the hundreds of other clans that don't bother to enter, or travel, or win for that matter are all considered "real gamers")
We try to provide an environment that girls can be themselves in and yet some have said: "They're attention whores, who just want to get paid for posting their pictures." (despite the fact that no one has a problem with any other clan having a website or the freedom to post a profile—not to mention the fact that the only thing I have ever received for posting pics on my profile is either a few nice comments or a whole lot of criticism. So again the claims prove to be erroneous.)
We spend countless hours that (at least on my part) have added up to years of life consuming game time and yet some have said: "look how low some of the gamer scores are." (because most of us play and compete on a limited number of FPS, not all of us like to waist time unlocking achievements, which btw in my opinion isn't even a quality that should define a hardcore gamer—not to mention the countless other arguments one could make against this ridiculous accusation.)
And finally…we choose to come together as females and some have said: "Their whole team is for publicity, that's the only reason they are an all female clan." (Now this I have to give my perspective on.)
I can't answer for why every girl joins PMS, but I can give you my motive for forming this team, and I am sure Athena and Twin would say something similar, if not more than what I have to say on the matter. For me, it's all about the spark of excitement that I had never experienced before meeting Amy and Amber, who are the first girls I had ever seen on Xbox live. That exhilarating feeling that came with discovering other girls who had the same love for fragging as I did, especially considering none of my girlfriends approved of my habit, which made it all the more special to me. I can't think of any other situation in my life where I so quickly felt like sisters with some strange girls who I knew for less than five minutes. For the first time in my life, I met another girl and it didn't matter to me who she was friends with, or what circle she runs in, or what she was wearing, or if she was being fake with me, none of the normal social circumstances applied. It only mattered that, just like me, she liked to frag some ass. The idea of playing together on a daily basis ignited something inside of me. It was that sisterly bond which brought us together, and made us think, there has to be more like us out there. In my mind, I told myself we have to find the others and tell them we exist. I wanted to say to any other girl that was out there, let's play together, let's compete together, and yes lets show these guys we play against every day that we can kick ass together. Myspace wasn't around when we first got together, pictures and profiles were not even a thought, we had to dig to find others like us, I went to the Xbox forums and posted every day in search of other girls, which is the place that I found the next girl who joined in the search—a girl who went by Wild Thing. Meanwhile the twins were gradually finding other girls in Unreal Championship (it was the only FPS for Live at the time.) After having gathered a small group from the forums, and then the Twins gathering their own group through the game, we eventually realized that we needed to come together in forming a clan. This is how PMS was formed. It was not because we wanted to sell ourselves, it was not because we were trying to show off to anyone; it was a natural thing. The thing that makes our clan so special, is not our gender but our love and support for one another. Originally, I had a few girls and the Twins had a few girls, we could have ended up as two separate small groups, but that bond we created pulled us together and made us the strong sisterhood we are today. So if that doesn't change your point of view on the motives behind this team than I'm afraid nothing will.
Oh and while we're talking PMS history here is a little known tidbit of information. Back before we were a clan, Amy and I had a mutual friend on our list. I had unknowingly removed her from my list due to the fact that I didn't realize she was using her husbands tag. (Unreal is the only game I know of where you could change your gamer tag in the game. For example; my tag was actually Ac1d Burn, but in game I made it Fragetty Ann, and at the time, Amy's was Double B and in game her tag said Athena it caused allot of confusion and I'm glad no other game has allowed it.) Well, right before either of us officially formed a clan our mutual friend came to me and said that The Twins had been looking everywhere for me and that they were interested in forming a clan. At the time I had already been planning the same thing, and had determined the name of the group would be BRU (Bitches R Us) after realizing that Double B was actually Athena, I re-added her to my list, and told our mutual friend to tell them yes we defiantly have to be a clan, and that I already have a name for us. That's when I got the message back that they already had a name picked out which was PMS and the only way they would agree to coming together was upon having the name PMS as our clan name…to which I agreed providing I could come up with the meaning of the acronym. Which as you know was just as controversial as my original idea and has now been changed. (But I still love my Psychotic Men Slayers.) So long story short, people may complain about the PMS acronym but let's just breath a sigh of relief that I didn't get my way…or we'd be rightfully known as a bunch of bitches! LOL
And now, having said all that, we finally get to my point. This is the part where I declare to anyone who says we're not real gamers just because we're girls, or anyone who says that looks have anything to do with whether or not you like to play video games: Not only are we real gamers, but many of us are hardcore gamers. This is me telling you that I'm a hardcore female gamer—a co-founder of a competitive female clan—and a multi-platform princess of ass-whoopery!
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I haven't written a blog in a while, but thought I would share this one that I just posted on my PMS profile.
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HeyPosted: Feb 22, 2010 12:00AM PST by HawaiianGamer
Girl, don't even let that stuff bother you. You just keep on doing what you do and being you. Some people just have nothing else better to do. I know some female gamers who can really hold there own in games. Have a great day.
Great write upPosted: Feb 22, 2010 12:00AM PST by Snake5789
It's sad how a lot of guys are incredibly sexist, racist and homophobic. Playing online has been ruined for me by the vast amount of bullshitters there are who love to say some of the most vile and disgusting things.
So, kick their ass and show them that you can actually game.
thanks for the commentsPosted: Feb 23, 2010 12:00AM PST by Fragettyann
Haha, Falcon...you have no idea how right you are...well at least when it comes to me anyways. I can't lie, I likes to talk!
If you get past all the ranting, the point of the blog was to hopefully enlighten some people who may be interested in knowing who some of us (female gamers) are. But more importantly to me, on a personal level, I do think there are girls who contribute to the negative image that seems to surround female gamers, so you guys have to forgive my defensiveness in the blog, but I certainly don't want to be mistaken for one of them. I care about the perception of female gamers because I know so many girls who have pretty much dedicated their lives to spreading awareness of the female gaming community, and who strive to encourage other females to become gamers by improving the image of what a female gamer is. I know that, to allot of you, gaming is as simple as sitting back and enjoying the game, but I don't think anyone can fully understand the plight of a female gamer until they're in a room where a girl utters a single word, especially if we dare to be talking to another girl, and the entire room breaks out in screaming, cursing, sexist, racist hateful comments not to mention some of the stuff I wrote in my blog, because most people don't realize that we even exist and those that do have the same pre-conceived notions that are tied to the negative image of female gamers. This happens 98% of time I join a room in Modern Warfare 2, and in almost every circumstance they don't stop until we leave. Think about that, you're talking about hours on end every day or few days depending on how much you play. It's exhausting when all you want to do is play. And we have every right to communicate with our teammates as any guy does, right? Though, I realize most civil people don't act like this, there seems to be an overwhelming amount of people on Xbox live who do. Anyhow, in the end, all that I can do is to hope to change the minds of a few. And, if not, at least I got to vent my frustration.


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CLEVELAND – Once again, the Cavaliers are facing a major summer "decision."
The last one was hard to accept. This one is difficult to make.
And while it doesn't quite stack up with LeBron James' infamous announcement that he was bolting from home three years ago and leaving Cleveland heartbroken and short of a title, the Cavs are faced with the challenge of picking another top-flight player to get them back to respectability.
For the second time in three years and third time over the past decade, the Cavaliers hold the No. 1 overall draft pick.
This year, it's both a blessing and burden.
With no player emerging as the consensus first choice, the Cavs, who also own the No. 19 pick and two second-round selections (Nos. 31 and 33) have spent the past month doing their due diligence by meeting with players, assessing their needs and weighing their many options.
They've discussed several trades to rid themselves of the top pick, move down and acquire veterans for one of the league's youngest teams.
The Cavs have kept things close to the vest during the weeks leading into the draft. General manager Chris Grant has not spoken publicly to the media since firing coach Byron Scott after last season, and the Cavs did not open their pre-draft workouts to reporters.
As of Tuesday night, Grant and his staff were still working on their draft board and it's possible they could go into Thursday with their plan still evolving.
It was so much easier two years ago, when the Cavs took point guard Kyrie Irving, who despite some injury issues – he's missed 38 games in two seasons – has developed into an All-Star and is one of the league's rising stars. That same year, Cleveland used the No. 4 pick on forward Tristan Thompson and then selected shooting guard Dion Waiters fourth overall last year.
Both Thompson and Waiters proved to be solid picks, and along with Irving, form the foundation for the Cavs to build upon.
Picking the next piece isn't such a given.
The Cavs don't view any of the top candidates as immediate game-changers. In fact, they aren't certain their top pick will crack the starting lineup as a rookie.
Kentucky center Nerlens Noel, Maryland center Alex Len, Kansas shooting guard Ben McLemore, Georgetown forward Otto Porter Jr., UNLV power forward Anthony Bennett and Indiana guard Victor Oladipo are all in the mix and under consideration by the Cavs, who went 24-58 last season, finished 25 1-2 games out of first place and haven't sniffed the postseason since James left.
All six of the top players have their plusses and minuses, and barring a trade, the Cavs will eventually have to settle on one of them.
Under normal circumstances, the 6-foot-11 Noel would be a slam-dunk selection. However, the Kentucky defensive standout is still recovering from a torn knee ligament sustained during his freshman season and probably won't be available to play until January.
Noel visited the Cavs last week, and while the club is intrigued by his shot-blocking skills, there's concern the 206-pounder will get pushed around underneath by bigger, stronger, more seasoned centers. Also, Noel has an extremely limited offensive game and putting him on the floor at the same time with Anderson Varejao and Thompson doesn't make sense.
Len, too, has injury issues. He's recovering from surgery for a stress fracture in his left ankle, which wasn't diagnosed until after the 7-foot-1 center left Maryland after his sophomore season. Len's statistics – 11.9 points and 7.8 rebounds – certainly don't scream No. 1 pick, but there's reason to believe he's only scratched the surface of his potential.

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Rebirth. It's not a word that is often heard in casual conversation, but it signals a momentous change. Rebirth is when your old life is left behind and you are setting out on new adventures. When I think about it, I've had several rebirths in my life when things happened to me that would change everything about my world.
I'll never forget traveling in some of the poorest parts of South America in college. The people there had so little and yet most of them were so happy. They laughed and joked and celebrated life all over, whether we were in a bus, hitchhiking on the back of a truck full of oranges, or wandering the markets.
They also lived lives far closer to the edge of disaster than I had ever seen. I'll never forget walking out of the hotel and finding the street blocked off by a line of stone-faced men holding machine guns. They wore green uniforms and hardly blinked, let alone made eye contact. We take a lot for granted in this country that I didn't even know we took for granted.
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For me, it was a rebirth in mindset. It made me realize and value the freedoms of our country, as well as the responsibilities that come with living in a democracy. It also brought home the fact that I wanted to do something with my life that I enjoyed. It was shortly after the gun incident that we went backpacking through the Andes mountains. It was my first backpacking trip ever, and the serenity and beauty of the region inspired me to go home, add a major to my degree and become a naturalist. It was an event that changed the course of my life forever.
Everyone has stories like that. Life is full of rebirths. There is the time you first fall in love, and the first time you fall out of love. There are celebrations for many of these life-altering events: weddings, baby showers, anniversaries and others. Some events, like looking into a newborn's eyes and realizing that you helped create that little life, can never be replicated.
The same is true of the monarch butterfly. I led a class last month to show people how to find monarch caterpillars and eggs. People excitedly sent me photos of their little caterpillars as they grew. Later on, one couple had a re-birthday celebration for the butterfly as it emerged from the chrysalis.
Butterflies and moths have one of the most awesome rebirths. They change from plodding, leaf-bound tubes with legs to brilliantly colored flyers. It is amazing to watch, and a sight I never tire of seeing.
In a way, Audubon's Monarch Butterfly Festival on Aug. 30 will be a celebration of rebirth. The auditorium will be filled with free-flying monarch butterflies. Last year, monarchs had virtually disappeared from the local landscape. This year, their numbers seem to be rising and many more butterflies will be at the festival.
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990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
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Manufacturer: MSI
Product information: 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MotherboardComes with the MSI D01 Storage Enclosure for FREE!!
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The perfect trinity of quality, stability and efficiency all exist at one mainboard to meet end user expectations. The MSI Military Class II series products provide the long lifespan, unparalleled quality, extreme performance and ultimate efficiency.
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Insisting on the best stability, MSI utilizes Hi-c CAPs on Military Class series. Made of the rare element Tantalum, often used on space shuttles and satellites, which sustains very high temperatures and shows an amazingly high electrical conductivity.
SFC(Super Ferrite Choke).The super Ferrite Chokes use a Ferrite core that is Super-Permeable. Compare with traditional choke, the Super Ferrite Chokes run at a 35 degree Celsius lower temperature. The lower working temperature will enhance mainboard stability.
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For providing the highest quality products, we built-in Solid CAP in the entire Military Class series. This not only makes bursting capacitors a non-issue but also ensures a dramatically extended lifetime and ultra-low ESR.
OC Genie II – Overclock & Unlock CPU Core in 1 Second
OC Genie II, the most powerful and easy overclocking technology is implemented on MSI's AMD 9-Series mainboards. MSI's OC Genie II completely automates advanced overclocking functions and offers up to 248% higher performance with the simple click of a button. It does not matter if you're a first time hardware owner, or a veteran overclocker, activating MSI OC Genie II will unlock your hidden CPU cores, overclock your CPU and your memory to simply give you the best and stable performance for free on MSI AMD 9-Series mainboard available.
- Automatically overclock & unlock hidden CPU core(s) in 1 second
- Instantly boost system performance up to 248%
SLI technology allows using multiple Nvidia graphics cards in a single computer system with a mainboard equipped with an nForce SLI MCP. Users need an a mainboard with two PCI-Express 16x graphics slots and two matching GeForce graphics cards which are "SLI Ready". Most NVIDIA's PCI-Express graphics cards starting from the 6600 GPU can enjoy the benefits of SLI.
AMD CrossFire
AMD CrossFire™ is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominatig power, AMD CrossFire technology enables two or more discrete graphics processors to work together to improve graphics performance. AMD CrossFire technology allows you to expand your system's graphics capabilities. It allows you the ability to scale your system's graphics horsepower as you need it, supporting up to four AMD Radeon™ HD graphics cards, making it the most scalable gaming platform ever. With an AMD CrossFire gaming technology, the traditional graphics limitation exists no more, allowing you to enjoy higher performance as well as visual experience.
Socket AM3+
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PCI-E Gen Gen2 (1x16, 1x8)
PCI-Ex1 4
USB 3.0 ports (Rear) 2
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) 8
Audio ports (Rear) 6+Coaxial SPDIF/Optical SPDIF
DrMOS Y
CrossFire Y
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Customer review "MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard"
good for the price but lacks in sound qu
all in all this is a gret motherboard but the sound on the board isnt the best i had to install a soundcard a really cheap one aswell to get rid of coil wine from my gcard this could be just a problam with my gcard and the mboard conflicting but its really annoying
great board
First of all the OC Genie II is rubbish overvolting my ram to 1.65V for no reason whatsoever and getting a silly 3.05Ghz overclock from 2.5Ghz
I had to go manual and gt 3.9Ghz on 1.44V vcore
I did not set any other voltage the rest is on auto except ddr 3 speed HT ans South bridge
Did not have a chance to test stability but my old board could get me 3.4Ghz
For the moment this is a keeper
the image doesnt give it justice lovely dark coloured board and is full of enough features to keep everyone satisfied glad I picked it up and certainly changed my opinion on msi


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Let's go to EDC! It's like Disneyland for adults . Three nights of adventure. Great music,carnival rides, fire dancers,crazy cool art ,amazing costumes and dancing all night!
I'd love a date in the City. Or something romantic at the museum. Maybe go see a live band. Maybe he can just surprise me. Maybe a nice drive somewhere.
Somewhere romantic go watch a live concert then a stroll along a nice beach
I'd love to share music that appeals to us both! I play in two classic rock bands and would love to go see your favorite group as a first date.
Concert and getting to know each other.
A few drinks and a nice night stroll to get to know each other.
I love music so my ideal date would be concerts but if not I'm up for anything surprise me
How about trying a new restaurant for a early dinner? If sparks fly, we can find a band playing.
Out to dinner, and maybe a movie. A nice walk to chat and get to know each other a little better. It would depend on weather bc there can be so many things to do.
I'd like to go on a spontaneous fun activity filled day trip with fine dining experiences and shopping. I'd like a perfect gentleman who wouldn't dare try to sleep with me on a date.
Mt. Orab Music In the Park! Great live music, a relaxing environment, fun for everyone. Bring along a picnic and some LED candles for a little romance! Casual, outdoor, relaxed fun.
Love listening to a good band and supporting local music. I love to dance and prefer my date to dance also but it isn't a must.
Watching an awesome live band play!
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With a stay at Zepter Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Belgrade, steps from Knez Mihailova Street and minutes from Trg Republike. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Republic Square and National Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 32 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchens. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including a sauna, a fitness center, and bicycles to rent. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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It's been around, I don't know, 6 months or so since I've written something non-Freeloader related. Like so many gamers out there in the 18 to whatever the hell demographic, time to sit down with your favorite hobby is scarce.
For me, it's a combination of work, college, a wife, and 2 kids that are eating up all my time. Throw in a walk around the block with the dog and 24 hours seems closer to 24 seconds. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my family, but it's a rare occasion that I am playing something that is interesting to my wife or even suitable for the younglings. This then leads me to resort to staying up way past my bed time and playing well into the early morning hours, and thus, leaving me to feel like yesterday's coffee.
So, here we are, I was sitting in my car about 15 minutes ago, eating my supper before my next class and listening to this weeks Weekend Confirmed (Garnet Lee's new podcast from Shacknews.com) and there was a brief discussion on the role that video games play in particular age group.
The Shacknews crew were explaining, while in college, they simply could not get into playing games because of the scarcity of time... just like me. It's true! Finding time to play games gets to be such an internal struggle to the point where I feel bed to sitting on my butt in front of the T.V. when I could otherwise be doing homework, playing with my kids, some other activity that proves productive.
It's getting down to the end of the semester. I have a list of homework that I am deathly afraid of. About a week ago, my wife made me promise to quit playing console games (I have to play games for Freeloader so that doesn't count). I hate to admit it, but it's probably the right thing to do.
Also, staying up to play games while the wife goes to bed alone is kind of a shitty thing to do in my opinion.
It almost scares me to not play games for fear of falling out of the loop or whatever. But to be honest, I'm already out of the loop and there is a couple reasons for that. For one, families are expensive. I have bought maybe one full priced game (Red Dead Redemption) in the past 2 years. This leaves me to buy and play used games that are cheap and old; it's a constant game of catch up. The other reason is just the lack of time to play games, I can spend months on one game, playing a half hour here and there.
There is one way in which I am staying up to date and frankly it's my bread and butter. I can't live without podcasts. My iPod is my most coveted item and without I feel lost. I'm dead serious. I work part time as a pizza delivery driver and podcasts get me through the droning, life sucking cuss that is work.
Anyway, though I think I may hang up my controller for the next 7 months, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Soon I will graduate and (hopefully) have a job where my hours aren't so shitty. Maybe then will I get to enjoy my hobby and not feeling like its going to cost me my future.
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The Slider is one of the most popular pitches in the history of baseball. Many pitchers have tried to perfect the skill of throwing the perfect slider, however, not many have succeeded.
This list will take a look at some of the best slider pitchers to ever step on the mound.
With the help of statistics from fangraphs.com, the best slider pitchers of all time will be revealed.


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We specialise in fine hand-crafted wines using grapes sourced from the Lower and Upper Hunter Valley, Mudgee, Rylstone, and Orange regions of NSW.
Our cellar door is open everyday midweek and weekends, visit us for a wine tasting in our cellar door or choose to have a tasting on our covered deck overlooking the dam. Our cellar door is air-conditioned for your comfort in summer and we have a cosy log fire for winter warmth. The Cellar Door is dog-friendly, and water bowls for dogs are provided.
Taste wines from our multi-award winning Semillon and Shiraz through to our aromatic Verdelho, elegant Chardonnay, soft Merlot, delicious Cabernet and complex Petit Verdot, to the toffee-citrus sweetness of the dessert Ambrosia and the toasty spice of the Liquor Muscat, Gartelmann Wines are sensational at every turn.
The Deck Café restaurant is on-site and is open 7 days, wander over from our cellar door and have lunch and coffee or lunch and a Gartelmann Wine. Relaxing whatever you choose.
Being a true family owned and operated winery, Jan and Jorg can often be found in and around the Cellar Door talking with guests and answering questions. So come and visit Gartelmann Wines in the Hunter Valley today... you will enjoy the experience.
BREAKING NEWS: Our 2015 Diedrich Shiraz has won TWO TROPHIES at the 2016 Orange Wine Show! BEST SHIRAZ and BEST RED WINE OF SHOW!
Below is a selection of our latest release wines. For our full range, visit our online store here of click "Our Wine" in the menu
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Go Team Canada! Woohoo!!
Used a double-layer slab cake to cut & shape the stick & puck, iced them both on top with fondant to detail them.
This looks great Did it feed many people though?
Fantastic!!! I especially like the hockey puck!!
It fed 30 people. (It's 2 feet long and the puck is a 6" cake.)
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The Atlantic Attack went 2-1 during weekend play against the Richmond Hill Lightning to remain in first place in the National Ringette League's Eastern Conference.
Islanders Kendra O'Brien and Ashley Hollis are both defencemen with the team.
The Attack went to a league-best 15-3 after splitting with Richmond Hill (4-3 win, 10-5, loss) on Saturday in Shediac, N.B., then beating the Lightning 9-2 on Sunday in Cap-Pele, N.B.
Hollis, a rookie from Stratford, has three assists in 18 games this season, while O'Brien, a Souris native, has two assists 18 games into her fifth season in the league.
The Attack returns to action Saturday, Jan. 16, versus the Rive Sud Revolution (1-12-0-1) in Saint-Hubert, Que.


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Shed your fatigue and boredom, and step into our world of adventure, passion, laser-sharp awareness, and explosive power!
Wing Tsun is:
Let us show you that you can do what you never thought you were capable of.
Our class location and schedule:
7100 Clarewood St., Houston, Texas 77036 (59-South and Bellaire)
Wing Tsun is not a style. It is an art designed to free you from all preconceived notions about "fighting", "combat", and "self-defense."
In the process, you gain confidence, balance, power, and a heightened sense of your mind, body, and surroundings. The end product is a brand new you.
While other schools teach endless repetitions of unrealistic drills that never happen in real situations, we focus on the principles that underlie all hand-to-hand combat while enabling you to react to physical threats as if your body was on "autopilot".
One example of that is what we call "street punk chi sau". It's a more real-life oriented adaptation of the usual "Poon Sau" drill in Wing Tsun:
Wing Tsun is indeed an art, but it is primarily a MARTIAL art. Just like a painter doesn't simply copy his master's brush strokes, but adopts, adapts and discards to develop his own art, you as a student will learn to adopt, adapt, or even discard some of the movements we teach to build your very own Wing Tsun.
But Wing Tsun is not only a martial art, it is also a science. It is best seen as a mode of inquiry into fighting situations and principles. To stay real and applicable, it has to remain subject to testing and re-testing at all times so that it can grow.
Otherwise, it dies.
That is the reason Wing Tsun was given its name. The name means "eternal springtime" or "forever growing". If you try to cast it in stone or seal it in plexiglass, it may still look pretty, but it also dies. Then, to stay truthful, you would have to change its name into "forever dead."
Here at Houston Wing Tsun, we keep this tradition of consistent testing and re-testing alive. Strangely, in the process, we often discover that we don't really have to change our Wing Tsun at all. Instead, we usually find that we are simply exploring all of its existing possibilities to the max. How refreshing and reassuring to realize that Wing Tsun is already flexible enough to accommodate that process - just like water.
So, forgive us for paraphrasing the late great Bruce Lee, who famously said "be water, my friend":
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To Purchase Home Pool Essentials please visit the Home Pool Essentials Website at: http://homepoolessentials.org/
The online Home Pool Essentials: Maintenance and Safety course teaches pool care and water safety techniques to help people keep aquatic environments safe and well-maintained. This two-hour online educational program with printable 30-page resource guide is ideal for:
Participants will learn important lessons with interactive learning, videos, exercises and short quizzes. Training provides basic pool and spa operation and how to reduce risk to family, friends, clients and neighbors by taking simple steps to prevent, prepare for and respond to aquatic emergencies. Home Pool Essentials doesnt just focus on safety. It also shows participants how to reduce ownership costs by maintaining cleaner, safer pools and hot tubs. Though pools and spas bring a lot of joy, there are certain risks and responsibilities with having water, chemicals, and equipment near the home.
Registrants have access to the course for 6 months and, upon course completion, a record of completion can be downloaded and printed.
The program was developed jointly by the National Swimming Pool FoundationŽ and the American Red Cross. Learn more about the program at www.homepoolessentials.org.


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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an infographic must be worth one thousand dollars (per image) from prospective customers.
Infographics force the creator to break complex subjects down into bite sized, easy to digest capsules of insight. Only the cream of the crop elements survive; it's not like that 68 page powerpoint slide you might get otherwise.
Better yet, the insights are married with images that make them unforgettable. I often challenge clients to create an infographic, just to help them focus on the core data that makes a difference in the message they are trying to convey. Its safe to say, I am a huge fan of infographics.
Creating a high quality infographic isn't always easy. A good infographic will interest, educate and inspire you to do something with the knowledge you have learned. A bad infographic is just annoying and looks like a jumble of words and images on a page. While I could type hundreds of words explaining to you the psychological reasons why an I believe an infographic is a phenomenal tool in your arsenal, and how it helps reach and engage customers, it would probably be better to put my money where my mouth is. Let me show you some amazing infographic examples.
I've assembled the top five infographics I believe will positively impact your business life this quarter.
5. 13 Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics
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4. Time's Greatest Innovations
Source: Nissan, on Visual.ly
3. What You Need to Know About Choosing the Most Effective Social Media Platforms
Source: Social Barrel
2. How Do Colors Affect Purchases?
Source: Kissmetrics
1. Connected (the technology and devices kids being to college)
Source: St. Edwards University
When someone takes the time to structure their thoughts and lays them out in a visually appealing way, the story can take on a life of its own.
Similarly, with every passing hour, new content is being released in droves, making it difficult to weed through the best information and take action. An infographic can change that for you. I encourage you to spend some time with these examples and learn from the thorough structure, the font, the colors and the way in which these have been designed. There are solid lessons within the infographic ecosystem that we can flourish from.
Good luck, and enjoy.
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Vertical market IT spend feels impact of recession
Worldwide vertical market IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2009, a 0.5% increase from 2008, according...
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Worldwide vertical market IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2009, a 0.5% increase from 2008, according to analyst Gartner.
It predicts utilities, healthcare and government will be the strongest-growing segments of the market in 2009.
"The economic slowdown, triggered by the US sub-prime market crisis, along with fluctuating oil prices and currency exchange rates, impacted many industries and countries around the world in IT spending," said Gartner analyst John-David Lovelock.
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"Internal spending, hardware and system integration in the financial sector were particularly hard-hit in 2008, and will continue suffering through 2009," he said.
In contrast, healthcare grew 8.3% worldwide in 2008, and utilities grew 7.7%, Lovelock said.
The utilities industry is forecast to yield the biggest growth in 2009, at 2.9%. Smart grids and energy supplies are viewed as national and strategic issues in many countries, and spending on IT is a necessity, said the analyst.
The healthcare industry is expected to post the second highest increase in 2009, with 2.2% growth. Countries in which healthcare is primarily publicly funded will be sheltered from the worst of the economic turmoil. Gartner said governments tend to keep healthcare funding at least stable in difficult economic conditions.
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Hi there,
I've been using resharper for a long time and have been really happy with the product! :)
That beeing said though - it seems that developing visual studio plugins is impossible at the moment, due to the following issue caused by resharper:
The following exception keeps repeating when creating a CSharp console application and opening a CSharp file in the Visual Studio debug instance:
A first chance exception of type 'JetBrains.ReSharper.Psi.Parsing.UnexpectedToken' occurred in JetBrains.ReSharper.Psi.CSharp.dll
It just keeps repeating... and pretty much freezing the Visual Studio debug instance.
This is how I reproduced it:
1. Create a visual studio AddIn project - alternatively create a Resharper plugin project.
2. Start debugging the plugin - which will open a new visual studio instance.
3. Create a new CSharp project of any kind (console / lib etc...) in the instance that is beegin debugged.
4. Open any .cs file.
5. Now the exception is beeing thrown.
I have tried this with both resharper 7.1.3 (the build on the website) and also with the 8.0 beta.
Do you have any workaround for this? (other than suspending resharper in the debugged instance... which solves the issue... but then I can't debug the Resharper plugin we are planning do develop...)
Hope you can point me out to some solution!
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Stocks fell more than 1% last week on the continued parade of conflicting U.S. economic data as well as some renewed nervousness over Spanish bank finances. The market's second consecutive weekly drop marked the end of a strong third quarter, with equities returning a solid 6%.
Nevertheless, lately it seems that whenever investor focus shifts from the Federal Reserve's persistent easing efforts to the lukewarm economic numbers, the market drifts downward.
While a report out Friday suggested Spain would need less money than expected to recapitalize its banks, the nation's finances stilled weighed on the U.S. market. Investors fear a possible downgrade soon from Moody's, which currently has Madrid at just one notch above junk status.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1% last week, or 142 points, to 13,437.13, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 1.3%, or 19.48, to 1440.67. In the third quarter the index rose 5.7%, and it's up 14.6% year to date. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2% last week, or 64 points, to 3116.23.
Friday the Institute for Supply Management said its Chicago purchasing manager index fell to 49.7 in August from 53.0 in July, weaker than expectations. Earlier in the week, second-quarter growth in gross domestic product was revised down to a 1.3% annual rate from 1.7%. Yet jobless claims fell sharply for the week ended Sept. 22, the Labor Department said last week.
The market's back to focusing on what's happening in the domestic economy, and "it's not rosy," says Malcolm Polley, president of Stewart Capital Advisors. The Chicago PMI is more indicative of what's really happening, he says: "It suggests a slow economy and one that can't gain speed." For both investors and corporate managers, the elections and the fiscal cliff loom large. "You can't plan for next year if you don't know the tax code, for example," Polley adds.
Marc Pado, who runs DowBull, an investment advisory firm, concurs. "Investors and companies are unwilling to invest. Uncertainty is holding us back," he says. "It's all about politics and how the next three months are going to go" with respect to the elections and any resolution of the fiscal cliff. In the short term, the market's likely to be range-bound until the elections, he adds.
UP NEXT WEDNESDAY is the beginning of the debates between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
One of the industries whose fortunes are most exposed to the coming U.S. elections is the defense sector. The group's performance has been mixed since Aug. 2, 2011. That's when Congress passed the Budget Control Act, which made the threat of 2013 sequestration of Defense Department funds and automatic spending cuts a realistic possibility. Harris hrs 0.7386175724837394% Harris Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD91.38 0.67 0.7386175724837394% /Date(1477515709277-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 743365 AFTER HOURS USD91.38 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6357 P/E Ratio 33.32117852975496 Market Cap 11209578520.2094 Dividend Yield 2.3199824906981834% Rev. per Employee 355571 More quote details and news » (ticker: HRS), for example, is up 35%, but ManTech International MANT -0.3522012578616352% ManTech International Corp. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD39.61 -0.14 -0.3522012578616352% /Date(1477515600335-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 59169 AFTER HOURS USD39.61 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3426 P/E Ratio 27.169215995610124 Market Cap 1519874863.61801 Dividend Yield 2.120676596818985% Rev. per Employee 220476 More quote details and news » (MANT) is down more than that, while the market has risen 15%.
The Pain of Sequestration
The market views defense-spending sequestration as unlikely, but Lazard analyst Michael Lewis sees it as the most likely scenario short of a Republican election sweep. Potential drops in 2013 defense company revenue and EPS are listed below.
|Rev 2013E*
|Stock Price**
|Mecury Computer/MRCY
|ManTech Intl/MANT
*Versus current Lazard estimate.
**Since Budget Control Act 8/2/11.Estimates based on projected Defense Department outlays as a result of budget authority cuts. Projected outlay cuts don't include military personnel, health care.
Sources: Lazard Capital Management; company reports
Since then, the group has partially discounted the risk of sequestration but not all of it, says Michael Lewis, a Lazard Capital Markets analyst. However, most of the investment community, he says, views sequestration as something that won't occur: "The feeling is, it's so bad that it won't happen."
But Lewis isn't as sanguine, and he's gone to the considerable trouble of attempting to handicap what 14 companies with Pentagon revenue stand to lose in sales and earnings per share in 2013 if sequestration were actually to begin Jan. 2. (See nearby table.) Lewis says sequestration is the most likely scenario short of a Republican sweep in the November elections, a prospect that seems to grow dimmer by the day.
Perhaps investors aren't as prepared as they think. At its most basic, sequestration means some $54 billion would come out of annual national-security spending, nearly all of that from the Defense Department.
According to Lewis, the most severely affected initially will be ManTech International, Booz Allen & Hamilton bah -0.7684918347742555% Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD30.99 -0.24 -0.7684918347742555% /Date(1477515720836-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 485515 AFTER HOURS USD31.17 0.18 0.5808325266214908% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10846 P/E Ratio 15.730964467005077 Market Cap 4639278952.99438 Dividend Yield 1.936108422071636% Rev. per Employee 242339 More quote details and news » (BAH) and CACI International caci 0.0991571641051066% CACI International Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD100.95 0.1 0.0991571641051066% /Date(1477515722062-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 90055 AFTER HOURS USD100.95 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1359 P/E Ratio 17.61780104712042 Market Cap 2457916136.65085 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 188143 More quote details and news » (CACI), mainly because they are more exposed to operations and maintenance outlays—generally the Pentagon's largest single cost bucket. Next year in particular, operations and maintenance happens to make up a much larger share of spending compared with weapons procurement and research.
Meanwhile, Boeing ba 4.689972665803482% Boeing Co. U.S.: NYSE USD145.54 6.52 4.689972665803482% /Date(1477515610482-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12985603 AFTER HOURS USD145.25 -0.29 -0.19925793596262195% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 286441 P/E Ratio 22.16030208904318 Market Cap 86724291624.0124 Dividend Yield 2.995740002748385% Rev. per Employee 599808 More quote details and news » (BA), Flir Systems flir 10.078311201906708% Flir Systems Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD32.33 2.96 10.078311201906708% /Date(1477515600254-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1854345 AFTER HOURS USD32.33 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17052 P/E Ratio 25.2578125 Market Cap 4031943257.30065 Dividend Yield 1.4846891432106404% Rev. per Employee 533392 More quote details and news » (FLIR), and Harris, whose sales are more exposed to procurement and research outlays, should see the least impact on revenue and EPS in 2013, according to Lewis' recent tome on sequestration.
Not every defense stock has performed directly in line with its sequestration exposure. Flir shares, for example, are down 22%, and some of that could be due to European sales exposure. But CACI is down only 2% even as it is more exposed. Lewis says its management has been executing well, and the company has a strong following among institutional investors.
Besides profits and losses from sequestration, the human element will be painful as well. Lewis says full implementation could eventually lead to job losses of 4% to 6%, or 26,000 to 39,000 workers, among the 14 major companies in the table.
That's going to galvanize legislators. Although Lewis expects sequestration, he tempers that view with a belief that the new Congress, faced with those layoffs, will probably come to some kind of budget agreement in the first or second quarter of 2013 that will supersede the automatic across-the-board cuts required by sequestration.
A Republican sweep, Lewis says, could lead to a quick bounce in defense shares. Short of that, however, once sequestration looks to be a certainty, the stocks, some of them already down, will most likely suffer another significant drop, he warns.
THE STOCK MARKET IS OFTEN CALLED a casino, and one of the newest and starkest bets available among large caps is Transocean rig 2.8913260219341974% Transocean Ltd. U.S.: NYSE USD10.32 0.29 2.8913260219341974% /Date(1477515763677-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11501569 AFTER HOURS USD10.32 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 31929 P/E Ratio 3.0567814934391753 Market Cap 3651688066.47251 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 619132 More quote details and news » (RIG). The global oil-services and drilling company has a market value of $16.1 billion.
Brazilian federal prosecutors served Transocean last Thursday with a preliminary injunction to cease operations there within 30 calendar days. Chevron CVX 0.4167907115212861% Chevron Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD101.19 0.42 0.4167907115212861% /Date(1477515607680-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6215782 AFTER HOURS USD101.3 0.11 0.10870639391244194% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 137909 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 190104616035.242 Dividend Yield 4.269196560924993% Rev. per Employee 1815530 More quote details and news » (CVX) was served as well. That move follows a drilling accident at the Frade offshore Brazil oil field last November that released less than 4,000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic.
Transocean said it "is vigorously pursuing the overturn or suspension of the preliminary injunction, including through an appeal to the Superior Court of Justice. Absent relief from the courts, Transocean will be required to comply with the preliminary injunction."
The bet here is whether Transocean's legal efforts will be successful against the prosecutors. The company has 10 rigs under contract for work in Brazil, which represented 11% of revenue for the first half of 2012. Analysts estimate that every lost month in Brazil will cost Transocean about 15 to 20 cents in earnings per share, at least until they redeploy the rigs.
Since Wall Street is looking for about $3 EPS this year and $4.59 next year, should Transocean have to shut down operations in Brazil for a stretch, it's going to hurt. Last year revenue was $9.1 billion.
Meanwhile, its stock, which closed at $44.89 Friday, fell 7.5% on the week and is down almost 50% from 2011 highs. Transocean still hasn't settled all the potential and substantial litigation involving the Macondo Gulf of Mexico well blowout and fire in April 2010. That has cost $4 billion so far in downtime, legal costs, and other knock-on effects. Transocean stock trades at a price/ earnings ratio of 15, a bit less than its historical median. Net debt stands at $9 billion.
Common sense suggests Transocean has a good chance of prevailing in Brazil. The penalty seems disproportionate to the spill. Both the national regulator National Petroleum Agency—which has said Transocean crews did nothing wrong—and government-controlled energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) continue to support Transocean's efforts. (Transocean operates numerous rigs for the Brazilian oil giant.) Brazil needs to develop its huge deposits of offshore oil resources and to use the expertise of companies like Transocean.
But the cooler-heads-will-prevail theory has a flaw. The decision will be made by a court following procedures and laws and might not take account of the painful economic impact of Transocean's departure. The uncertainty is high.
For the short term, at least, this stock has become a speculative bet rather than a long-term investment.
Channing Smith, a portfolio manager at Capital Advisors, which has held Transocean shares for about a year, is guardedly optimistic that the company will prevail for all the reasons we've noted above. He thinks Transocean will rebound, but he also warns the Brazilian litigation could be a drawn-out process, and "that wouldn't be good for the stock…This is a stock with hair on it."
Institutional investors can afford to place a small bet on a Transocean rebound. However, widows and orphans and individual investors who are tempted might be better served by waiting and letting the Brazilian judicial waters calm. The risk of missing a nice 10% jump if Transocean gets the injunction suspended or lifted must be compared with another sharp drop if it is unsuccessful.
Moreover, should the company get clear of this mess, there will probably be another chance of further gains after the initial rebound.
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Okay, I just went ahead and did a bunch of edits.
[Though I made my Wiki account forever ago, I haven't taken it seriously.]
So, I have some questions.
Before I ask my questions, is this alright?
Category:LT Monster - MyMMOGames.net Wiki
I changed the Table to look...prettier.
Also, is it possible to remove the "Subcategory" thing?
I don't mind the MONSTER LIST, but the Subcategories are pointless with the Table RIGHT ABOVE IT using the same information. *nod nod*
If you don't like it, go ahead and revert it.
Anyway, now my questions.
Okay, so I edited everything on the Level 1 to 9 Page.
LaTale:Monsters Level 1 - 9 - MyMMOGames.net Wiki
1> What should we put under SKILLS?
Someone put in "Lunge" for Priring, which I think I understand.
Prirings are the type of monster that "Lunge" at you to attack.
Should we put this under every monster that does that? And is it okay to be making up skill names for the monsters? I don't know what to do with the skills anymore.
I made Wild Boar have "Rush" because, along with attacking, they do that Rushing thing.
Not sure if I should put Lunge on each monster that does it.
And also, if they do, should I list them under "Attack Type", or "Skills"?
It's not really a SKILL if they do it for their only attack, is it?
Not sure what to do here.
2> Should I be saving as Minor Edits?
Totally forgot about the whole Minor Edit thing when I was editing the pages...
So there's probably a TON of edits on the log from me right now. >_>
Anyway, SHOULD I be minor editing when doing monsters/items/whatnot?
If so, when?
3> Elemental Stones
Okay, the whole Elemental Stone thing is becoming annoying.
In-game they are named in this way:
[Element]Stone Type
Where they put the Element in [Brackets] and then the type of Stone it is RIGHT after the Close Bracket]with no spaces.
Thing is, you can't use brackets in the Wiki Link because it'll mess it all up.
So instead, we use (Parenthesis).
And I realized, there's already 4 items on the list for Elemental Stones.
The way it's currently listed is:
Wiki Page Name
(Element) Stone Name
Item Name
(Element) Stone Name
Notice the SPACE and the use of (Parenthesis) instead of [Brackets]
The way I THINK it should be listed:
Wiki Page Name
(Element)Stone Name
Item Name
[Element]Stone Name
This way, the page name is as SIMILAR to the Item Name in-game as it can be.
And the Item Name is exactly correct.
With only 4 Stones listed right now, it's not too late to change the page names, either.
But I'd like to hear opinions on this topic.
4> Monsters By Level/Location Pages
These pages lack information.
The [although not needed] Level Subcategory doesn't list all of the monsters.
About the same with the Location Subcategory, but this one doesn't have a table to make up for it.
I think that's about it, sorry that I'm a bit obsessive with things. <3
If certain things go unchanged on this Wiki, I may have to start working on my own.
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Officials Investigate Deaths of Sea Birds
July 5, 2005 12:00 AM - Associated Press
Wildlife officials are trying to determine what is killing hundreds of sea birds that have washed ashore in Virginia Beach and other locations along the Atlantic coast in the past several weeks.
Australia Scientists Find New Dolphin, the Snubfin
July 5, 2005 12:00 AM - Paul Tait, Reuters
Australian researchers have identified a new species of dolphin which was once thought to have been the same as an extremely rare mammal predominantly found in Asian coastal waters and rivers.
Wildfires Pose Danger to Desert Tortoise
July 3, 2005 12:00 AM - Doug Alden, Associated Press
Wildfires burning in the Southwest are threatening federally protected desert tortoises, further stressing a species that already has lost much of its population to drought.
Amazon Officials Work to Protect Biological Riches in Brazil
July 3, 2005 12:00 AM - Michael Astor, Associated Press
Amazon nations must protect the region's riches and knowledge from "biopirates" seeking to patent the rainforest's biological riches, an Ecuadorean official said Friday.
E-Tagging of Pygmy Elephants Helps Study
July 1, 2005 12:00 AM - Vijay Joshi, Associated Press
Crouched in the vine-tangled forest of Borneo, where the brightest part of the day seems like dusk, Elis Tambing finally got the elusive animal in his laser sight and fired. The pink-quilled dart found its mark: the rump of the female pygmy elephant, a unique and endangered animal found only in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island.
Florida Biologist Who Fought for Panthers is Reinstated to Job
July 1, 2005 12:00 AM - Craig Pittman, St. Petersburg Times
For six years biologist Andy Eller reviewed development permits to make sure that subdivisions built in the western Everglades would not wipe out habitat for the endangered Florida panther. But Eller's bosses at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service overruled him and developers went around him, even calling Florida's U.S. senators to get approval for projects.
Central California Fig Growers Fool Wasps to Grow Fruit
June 30, 2005 12:00 AM - Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee
When it comes to frustration, it would be hard to top the experience of a tiny wasp responsible for the production of what some say is the nation's tastiest fig. For decades, growers of figs in the Valley have been tricking the wasp and fooling Mother Nature in order to pollinate the flowers -- which are inside, not outside -- a certain variety of fig.
Gaza Settlers Stoke Ecological Fears over Beach Villas
June 30, 2005 12:00 AM - Megan Goldin, Reuters
Standing on a sand dune, his hand shading his eyes from the bright glare of the Mediterranean sun, park ranger Yair Farjun prepares for battle as he surveys Israel's last untouched coastal reserve. His fight is a bloodless one -- to ensure the survival of sea turtles, snakes and desert mammals whose habitat is being threatened by the relocation of thousands of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip to the nearby Nitzanim coastline in Israel.
Activists Want Fish off California Aquarium Menu
June 29, 2005 12:00 AM - Reuters
An animal rights group has called on one of the largest aquariums in the United States to stop serving fish to its visitors, likening the practice to grilling up "poodle burgers at a dog show."
Abandoned Walrus Pup Finds New Home
June 29, 2005 12:00 AM - Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press
Word spread fast in the northwest Alaska village of Kivalina: a baby walrus was sitting on the beach, alone, apparently abandoned. But there was no way such a young walrus could survive on its own in the region's harsh conditions.


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The Fairfield Stags and the Old Dominion Monarchs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Ted Constant Center.
Last time out for Fairfield, they were a 60-57 winner as they battled Saint Joseph's on the road. They covered in the match as a 10.5-point underdog.
Old Dominion was a 63-61 winner in their most recent outing at home against Virginia. They covered the 14-point spread as underdogs.
Next up:
Fairfield at Canisius, Thursday, January 3
Old Dominion home to James Madison, Wednesday, January 2


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