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Writer's Craft #62 – Time Travel Rant
Justine Graykin is a writer and free-lance philosopher sustained by her deep, abiding faith in Science and Humanity — well, Science, anyway –- and the belief that humor is the best anti-gravity device. Find her work and bloggings at justinegraykin.com
January's theme for Broad Universe's podcasts was "Time Travel", a subject that always sets my teeth on edge. Mr. Wells's novels notwithstanding, time travel stories are not science fiction, at least not the sort of SF I favor, which bases itself on real science, not fantasy. Physics as we currently understand it does allow for the possibility of time travel, but only in one direction: into the future, one way. And it requires near-light speeds to achieve.
I regret that the geek in me just can't get past this when listening to time travel stories, no matter how well-written. So when, during the Broadly Speaking interview segment, host Tracy Morris asked Lynda Williams about Okal Rel and her version of time travel, my propeller beanie spun with delight. Her work grounds itself solidly in Special Relativity. Woot.
All right, I'll confess, since those who also listened to January's Broad Pod will likely hasten to point it out, I did have a time travel story in the line up, and it did involve an alien researcher traveling into the past and back again. But in my defense, I do attempt to address the paradoxes, although it involves metaphysics more than physics. All of existence including time is a seamless whole. Our sense of time's arrow is an illusion, and volition is an illusion created by our inability to see beyond the moment. At the split-second of creation, our Universe was complete, including everything that would happen based on what would logically follow from that single, immense cosmic throw of the dice. That includes beings from different points in what seems to them to be time doing things which fit neatly into the continuum. One cannot change the past because everything is immutable.
It is difficult to explain, and hurts my head to think about it, but so does string theory.
There are other ways of playing around with time travel, such as the notion of parallel universes, where changing a key element in the past causes a branching off of the time line. That at least waves at real science, and science hesitantly waves back. However anything that manages to dance its way around the grandfather paradox still has to answer to physics for how it got back there. Redirecting the arrow of time generally relies on magic science, or just plain bad science.
The closest we can get to accessing the past legitimately, again comes out of Lynda Williams' Reality Skimming, which postulates faster-than-light travel (and yes, present physics has always said that is a no-no, although recent events at the LHC are casting that into doubt). If one could overtake the light leaving the planet, one could "catch up" to 1963, look back, and given sufficiently precise equipment, analyze who actually shot Kennedy. But you couldn't go back there and prevent it from happening.
As a literary device, Time Travel can be fun and useful. I like Dr. Who as much as the next person. But if you are going to use this entertaining tool, use it carefully, and at least try to nod to real science if you are going to call yourself a science fiction writer.
What do you think?
March 5, 2012 9:27 am
Well . . .
Count me in with the tinfoil hats, I guess. Not because I am in a position to argue with Mr. Hawking or you but because I'm in a generation with connections to generations that constantly revised the "possible".
It was once believed that achieving 60mph was impossible, then 100mph (it was believed it would "suck the air out of your lungs"). Then the sound barrier, then twice mach speed . . .
Just because we *think* it isn't possible is pretty much meaningless, always has been.
– John
March 6, 2012 5:13 am
There's a big difference between 60 mph and the speed of light. Reaching 60mph, or the Earth orbit had to do with technology – people just needed new engines to reach it. It is completely different for the speed of light. Here the barrier is theoretical: to make a massive particle (that is, with whatever small, but nonzero mass) travel with the speed of light, we need an infinite amount of energy.
In fact, the idea why the speed of light is unreachable may be put in quite simple words: in fact, You ARE traveling at the speed of light. Even just sitting in Your chair and reading this text, You have traveled with a speed of light through the TIME, the fourth dimension of the space-time. For instance, You are now 2 to 3 seconds away form the place and moment, where/when You've finished reading the word "ARE". While walking in Your room, you'll be traveling with nonzero speed through the space, but simultaneously the speed of your time-penetration will be less, and together they will "always" add up to c.
That's beautiful theory of the great symmetry of everything in the world, confirmed by an enormous amount of experimental data. This doesn't mean that it is The Truth in it's final form that could not be doubted. But a breaking of this symmetry – just as Justine says – would by as shocking as finding a planet with a square-looking orbit. Of course, it is not that science is afraid of finding an evidence of the possibility to break the symmetry – to the contrary, for many young rivaling minds it would be a chance to get an easy-peasy PhD or Noble prize, just because everything will be as new as in the beginning of the Quantum Mechanics era in the beginning of XX century. But for now there is none, and the marvelous Einstein's insight proves itself to hold.
Here I'm not talking about time travel – to do this, a separate article is required. Though, I think it could be briefly discussed in some separate post.
March 8, 2012 11:01 am
Well . . .
I would add a couple of words to your opening statement.
"There's a big difference –in hindsight– between 60 mph and the speed of light." Please don't treat me like a simpleton. I absolutely resent it and absolutely promise you you would not speak that way to me face to face.
Again, what we firmly believe is possible has been shown wrong over and over. While the "current" state of theoretical physics does not allow for the time travel Justine is talking about, it does indeed allow for instantaneous travel between points, which again opens the door for other opportunities.
Back to what I believe is Justine's main point, my own suspension of disbelief is flexible, contingent on the basic quality of the story and largely upon the use of the mechanism as an interesting but otherwise ignored sideline. Two stories that come to mind are "A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeleine L'Engle and "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury.
March 7, 2012 9:51 pm
I think that if a time travel story uses science to advance plot, and it addresses the main theme of technology vs. humanity, then it's science fiction. Those are the basic tenets of science fiction, no matter what the elements of the story are.
And I think it can be reasonably done without making it fantasy with magic, or poor science. All you need is at least some form of plausibility with a natural progression of where science might lead in the future. Time travel can do this, if it's done right.
March 9, 2012 7:07 am
@Jonathan: "if it's done right" is a big "if" for me. I think I can safely say that the number of times I've seen Time Travel made plausible is vanishingly small. Let me emphasize that I am not saying it isn't an interesting and useful device; it just has no basis in science. What current science DOES allow for is such a rich and broad field of possibilities, that it wouldn't seem necessary to resort to non-scientific devices to tell the tale. But that's between an author and her readers. Speaking for myself as a reader, Time Travel almost never works for me (the exceptions being as outlined in my essay above).
March 9, 2012 1:59 am
Dear John. I'm really sorry for insulting You this way. But currently there are too many people which I meet both live and in the net, who are impenetrably convinced that the spreed of light is a restriction put by close-minded scientists (sic!) just to prevent good people from flying faster than light. And "men walked on the Moon, infinity is not a limit" is too often a part of their reasoning. Too many folks do not see the difference between technology and theory and for them these elementary things are to be explained.
Now we're definitely not having a face-to-face conversation – if I saw You, I'd soon guess that You are not from their type and, perhaps, it is me who is to ask You about science, for my own knowledge is very limited. Although I also knew and argued with very smart, reasonable and well-educated people, who didn't believe in evolution and continental drift "just because".
This is, of course, not an excuse for me – I have to assume my conversation partner to be a highly intelligent person unless he or she deliberately proves the contrary. So, for being prejudiced in my comment, I sincerely beg Your pardon. But I also beg You not to underestimate me. For when I hear something like "c'mon, why can't we just push a little more and go beyond c" – I will argue that there is a difference between technology and theory, as I do and as I did both in the net and personally.
So much about the c. As to the literature part, I totally agree with You. The question is not whether time-travel is good or bad, but, actually, how much science is someone's science fiction.
March 9, 2012 7:21 am
@Kolya: I know what you mean about how a lack of real understanding about science and how it works underlies a great deal of popular discourse on the subject. There is also a very unfortunate misperception in our society that the right of an individual to her beliefs means that all beliefs are equal, and that scientific truth is the same as religious or occult truth. This lies behind the horribly misguided push to teach "Intelligent Design" along with evolution in the classroom. Yes, in a free society you have a right to be wrong. But no matter how firmly you cling to the notion of a flat earth, physics isn't going to cooperate. (This is not to say that religious "truth" is wrong; it is simply irrelevant. The science required to send a man to the moon works whether it is done by a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist or an Atheist.)
March 9, 2012 2:34 pm
Well, I'm afraid I'll going offtopic now, but I think that as a novelist and a philosopher You may be interested in that.
By my name, You can easily guess my origin. Though I'm living in Europe for quite a while already, most of the blogs I read and conversations I have are in Russian and with Russians. Now Russia has its own cultural specific. Unlike USA that was a religious patchwork of from it's very beginning, Russia had an organized religion for the most part of its history. For three fourth of the XX century the state religion was called "scientific atheism". Scientific atheism was a compulsory subject in every high school, form math to music to cuisine, every student had to pass an exam on this. "There is no God and the Science is his prophet" – that was mainly the Creed.
The prestige of science in Russia is very high – I dare guess, it could be higher than the prestige of all the confessions and movements altogether. "Science made is reach the stars, and religion only knows how to burn scientists," – that's the motto for many people today. But if You start asking, what do they really know about science – left alone religion – then in overwhelming majority of cases You discover that their knowledge does not exceed much the maha-mantra from the previous paragraph.
Now this generates a remarkable number of people who, honestly speaking, thread science as a religion, and simultaneously know nothing about scientific methods and philosophy. Not much surprising, these beliefs are often driven to the point of blind fanaticism – as weird as it may sound. And, as it is usual for an implicit faith, the real "holy texts" are not necessarily to be read.
There is, however, a slight difference from a religion. The irrecusable belief that "nothing is impossible for Science The Almighty" and a total lack of understanding of how the REAL science REALLY works make many people think that every restriction that appears in any theory is just a rootless inveterate dogma. And, feeling theirself a Galileo's heir, this human being proclaims: "Yet it moves faster than light!" If then someone tries to ask "Why don't You mind learning a bit of SRT?" the answers will generally range from "This paradigm is outdated" to "Einstein was a Jew". Subsequently, the scientists are divided into the "hidebound bigots" (almost all real scientists) and "heroic pathbreakers" (freaks that do "patriotic" science). The last thing in brackets is even not a joke – a book called "Russian logic", written by a man deliberately unwilling to learn anything from the current mathematical logic, is published and sold.
Well, I believe that there are lots of such folks in USA as well – as there are lots of the type You were talking about in Russia. But this kind of world view was not intentionally cultivated there, as it was in Russia. That's why my motives may sometimes look unclear – well, that's my background.
As You see, even fostering a respect to the science may have its side-effects, sometimes not less pitiful than the ones caused by a neglect. Maybe, someone can use this observation in their fiction. And maybe someone else will read this fiction and because of that will not become a scialot. What could be a better reward for an evening spent on writing a comment.
March 9, 2012 3:48 pm
@Kolya: Thank you very much for your unique insights, particularly interesting to me, as someone born and brought up in the US and understanding Soviet/Russian history and present miseries only by what I have read. Whenever dogmatism and ignorance take hold, they poison the waters. It doesn't matter if it is politically or religiously motivated. I suppose that is why I have such a great respect for the scientific method, that is, the careful testing and observation of the world through rigorous experimentation. No authority is sacrosanct; even the most respected individual cannot be taken at his word. All that matters is: can it be proven? Can the results be independently verified? Is the theory falsifiable, so that it can be meaningfully tested? Any hypothesis is worthy of consideration, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
Unfortunately, science is only as good as the humans doing it, and is always imbedded in a culture. I'm assuming the imperatives of Soviet Communism warped scientific understanding the way the Fundamentalist Christian Right (and other groups with their own agendas) have warped it in my country. As an atheist, I must say that I have been embarrassed by other atheists who are as dogmatic as any religious fundamentalist.
March 9, 2012 8:55 am
My sincere apologies to Kolya for being a boor and Justine for pushing the thread off track. Also, add my agreement to both sentiments about what is generally thought to be science and "truth".
For my own tastes, I only occasionally trip over problems with the realism in fiction. On reflection, I would say that poorly constructed fiction is more apt to use bad speculation as a mechanism and –again, for myself– overlook it if it is skillfully used.
March 9, 2012 10:01 am
@JohnP: No apologies necessary, at least for pushing us into what I think is an interesting digression. Thank you for contributing to the discussion. If we all agreed about everything, this would be nothing but an echo chamber.
March 9, 2012 2:46 pm
The only boor here was me. And I enjoy "Back to the Future" 🙂
March 24, 2012 5:02 pm
I don't get so hung up on genre definitions as to worry about which side of the SF-vs.-Fantasy line a story occupies. I happily call myself a "science fiction writer," except when I call myself a "fantasy writer," except when I call myself a "writer." I mean, really.
More to the point, I include within my definition of SF "fiction based on alterations of existing scientific laws." E.g., there was a story about 10 years back in which the writer imagined that planned economies actually functioned more efficiently than market economies, which violates several established principles of economics. (Yeah, I know, economics ain't physics. The point is that he based his story on a reversal or inversion of an established theory.
If you don't allow that definition of science fiction, then you have the odd result that stories that are valid "SF" one year become "fantasy" the next, as science advances. Mars stories with Martians, by this definition, was valid SF in 1939, but fantasy after the Viking probe. This strikes me as rather silly. Science fiction is not the same thing as science, and it doesn't need to be double-blind reviewed. I *do* know a thing or two about physics, and I understand most of the objections to time travel (although, note, some of those objections actually have exceptions in discrete instances).
As to time travel, it fosters a certain type of emotional-narrative feedback that is very hard to create otherwise. If some people want to insist that the story is therefore fantasy, I will just shrug, unless it makes a difference to the editor or my audience.


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But many people think that they have to sit in a meditation posture to meditate and if they get late for a meditation session, then they become tense and when they actually sit for meditation then they witness this tension. Is it not this a strange phenomena?
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After my office hours I wanted to reach the nearest Osho center for meditation and I used to be in so much hurry to enter into blissful state in meditation that I used to walk very quickly. And when I actually used to sit for meditation then first few minutes were spend in witnessing the excitement and becoming still. But I was only to be blamed for creating this restlessness and excitement in me. I could have easily maintained the stillness while walking to the meditation center, If I was mature enough at that time. A mature meditator is in meditation while going to office or to the meditation session.
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As this long drawn-out conflict has carried on, I have found myself asking if this really was the best course of action. Should we have committed trillions of dollars and countless mental and physical casualties to such an open-ended conflict? Was it and is it really worth the cost and did it keep us safe?
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I have always thought, and others have confirmed, that this whole deadline thing was not a very good idea. I mean, is it not kind of like putting your vacation schedule on social media. That will be the time your house is most likely to be broken into. If the Taliban knows when you are going to be leaving, why would they try and push you out. They will just wait you out.
This could be a time of training and building up for the push after we leave.
There are those who question the ability of the Afghan National Army. Do they have the training? Do they have the morale? Do they have the will to fight off the Taliban? It seems that there is a question as to whether or not this will be a handing over of the country to the enemy.
It has happened before in this war against terror. When we look at the outcome in Iraq, we should wonder if something similar will not happen in Afghanistan. Some have suggested that ISIS fighters might infiltrate the country after our military pulls out.
Military experts say that this is unlikely, but we felt sure that the military and governing structure in Iraq would be adequate to handle the remaining Islamists. We see all too clearly what a military vacuum is left when our forces leave. I agree that the infiltrating of ISIS is unlikely, but is there not the possibility that another group, just as vicious could?
Though some think that a constant military presence in the two countries is the answer. This is not an answer with which Americans can so easily live. Troops overseas cost increasingly more and is traumatizing to the family and the soldier. There is also the effect this type of presence has on the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. They do not want us there. No matter how much they want to not be the place terrorists come to train, our troops are foreign soldiers.
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There is also the perception that this gives to the rest of the world. We seem to want to have our soldiers in ever country or region in the world. We are seen as the police of the nations. But is that what we want our sons and daughters doing? Fighting to keep other people free, when they have not the will to defend their own freedom?


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Kennen The Heart of The Tempest
AP=Ability Power
MR=Majic Resistance
CC=Crowd Control
HP=Health Points
DPS=Damage Per Second
AP=Armor Penetration( I think I did this once, it is with Magic Penetration though so it is easy to figure out)
MP=Magic Penetration
Pros + Cons
+Highly mobile
+One of the best harassers in the game
+Can mid or lane effectivly
+AoE stun
+Great farmer
+An offtank, yes I said it!
+Because he is a ninja he can sustain laning
-Other casters can out nuke him
-He will get focused
-Can't jungle
-If abilities aren't used correctly he will not be able to anything in a fight
Mark of the Storm - Kennen's abilities add Marks of the Storm to opponents. Upon receiving 3 Marks of Storm, an opponent is stunned and Kennen receives 25 energy. Has a diminished effect if done twice within 7 seconds.
This is Kennen's passive and it is what really makes him who he is. It is very easy to get a on someone. especially in team fights, stunning a team wins team fights which win games, period.
Thundering Shuriken - Kennen throws a fast moving shuriken towards a location, causing damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any opponent that it hits.
Throws a shuriken that damages the first enemy it hits for 75/115/155/195/235 (+0.75) magic damage and adds a Mark of the Storm.
65/60/55/50/45 Energy
This is your primary method of harrasing, it will allow you to also use a , early in the game this will keep other champions away from you and if done properly constantly going back to base.
Electrical Surge - Kennen passively deals extra damage and adds a Mark of the Storm to his target every few attacks, and he can activate this ability to damage and add another Mark of the Storm to targets who are already marked.
Passive: Every 5 attacks, Kennen deals magic damage equal to 40/50/60/70/80% of his attack damage and adds a Mark of the Storm to his target.
Active: Surges electricity through all nearby targets afflicted by Mark of the Storm, dealing 65/95/125/155/185 (+0.55) magic damage and adding another mark.
45/45/45/45/45 Energy
This is the icing on the cake, this is the ability that you will use to hurt and stun entire teams as well as sneak in an additional 100 damage early in the game. A lasts 8 seconds, many people do not realize this and will get within range with one on them, blast them! You can also use the passive to get easy stuns, in, basic attack, then finally , an easy stun with about 250 damage early in the game. If you actually hit them with your lightning rush, paired with ignite you can score an easy kill, but I'll talk about combo's later.
Lightning Rush - Kennen morphs into a lightning form, enabling him to pass through units. Any enemy unit he runs through takes damage and gets a Mark of the Storm.
Kennen moves very fast and may pass through units, dealing 85/125/165/205/245 (+0.60) magic damage and adding a Mark of the Storm to any enemy he passes through. Additionally, Kennen will gain 10/20/30/40/50 armor and magic resistance for 4 seconds.
Kennen is refunded 40 energy if he passes through an enemy, but can only gain this effect once. Lightning Rush deals half damage to minions.
100/95/90/85/80 Energy
This will be your initiator in team fights and the way that you close the gap in your lane. This can also be used to escape and chase. This is the ability that makes Kennen fun!
Slicing Maelstrom - Kennen summons a storm that strikes at random nearby enemy champions for magical damage.
Summons a magical storm that deals 80/145/210 (+0.4) magic damage and applies a Mark of the Storm to a random enemy champion near Kennen every 0.5/0.4/0.33 seconds. This storm attacks up to 6/10/15 times and cannot hit the same target more than 3 times.
40/40/40 Energy
About 650 (not exactly sure)
This is the creme of what Kennen can do, this is one of the best ulitimate ablities in the game. This can do massive damage to and stun and entire team, when this is paired with Amumu or Gang Planks ult, team fights will last no more than a few seconds.
I like the 9/21/0 scheme for a few reasons
2. Your requires you to get close, having that extra defense will keep you alive
3.MP will get you kills, 15% is nothing to scoff at, when fighting tanky dps, this is how you win fights.
4.4% reduced damage is huge, it is basically the same thing as having an addition 100(+/-)hp.
5.+6 Armor and MR is basically another 3 or so % reduced damage.
6. 48 HP flat out, this makes you very tanky early game.
7. Finally, Kennen is a good farmer and with his has good mobility, therefore utility masteries are not as necessary.(This is why he does not get the typical 9/0/21 like other casters.
I would not suggest using anything else, these are made for casters! 8.6 Majic penetration is a big deal. Damage Multiplier=100/100(+MR/Armor) or (-MP/AP). Meaning for any non tank that has 30 MR, 100/100+30-8.6=.82 of total damage vs. .79 without the penetration. On a full combo that is about 100 points of damage.
These are what I use and suggest but you could also use
These will help your mastery tree and help against DPS champs, however, they do not affect abilities so i would rather have the 175 hp.
I prefer these because they give you the most AP, 3 total as opposed to flat ap runes that give you just 1. However you may like these if you are having trouble dealing damage in the very early game
These will help you do more early damage, however being taken over at level 6, I think that scaling AP runes are better. I think these are the best for Kennen especially with the mastery set up. These will be your main source of AP early on, the reason you don't want to get AP scaling quints here is because you only get 40% more from them, meaning level 11 before they scale up, I personally would rather have the ability to get fed early rather than an additional 7.5 AP in the late game. However you might go with these if you feel you are too squishy in the beginning
Pretty standard on most champs, these quints are a top tier rune and are good for anyone, with the and the defense mastery however, you already start level 1 with 660 hp, that's more than some tanks.
Summoner Spells
Flash-Flash is just by far the best summoner spell.It can be used to chase and escape, 80% of people use it, why not for Kennen.
Ignite-Sometimes you just need that little bit more damage, ignite is the answer.
Ghost-Basically same reason as flash but you can also use it to gank and defend towers, really just a matter of play style.
Teleport-Map movement is made easy with teleport, never a bad choice
Heal-Really jsut depends on your play style, sometimes heal is a good choice, especially for newer players
Exhaust-Great for early lane kills, usually the job of your melee dps, such as Xin Zhao, but still viable.
Clarity-Kennen doesn't have mana, enough said.
Cleanse-With and you should have no problem getting out of CC, I know other builds say that this is good on Kennen, I just can't justify using this over any of the suggested spells above.
Fortify-You have no way to get people into turret fire, don't use this spell.
Rally-Rally is aweful, just never use it.
Revive-Not even going to explain, do you plan on dying?
Kennen quite different from other casters, although he has good burst capability he is not the instant 2000 point nuke like Annie, he is what i call a dps caster. He will fight and use abilities for the duration of the team fight, because of this you build him differently.
Regrowth Pendant- This is a great first item for Kennen, it provides awesome health regeneration, this will allow for Kennen's up close harrassing to be easily maintained in the lane. Plus getting this item first allows you to get a health potion which is even more sustain.
Sorcerer's Schoes- A standard for any caster, 20 magic penetration paired with your runes, and you are dealing nearly true damage to almost all enemies.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter-This item is what makes you deadly, 500 hp for survivability, 80 AP for higher damage, and a 35% slow when you attack enemies, with Kennen's quick ability spamming, your enemies will only get away if they get saved by their whole team.
Rabadon's Deathcap-This is THE item, this will grant you the most AP of any item you have, and it gives you 30% bonus AP on everything you have, this item will get you 600+ AP with a full build. Alot of people say to rush this item, and for some games you can, I find if you are going to go for it, at least get a Giant's Belt first.
Will of The Anciet's-This very well might be your biggest survivability item, easily getting back 500 hp in a fight this will save your life. Also giving your team an addition 30 AP and 25% spell vamp isn't bad either.
Zhonya's Hourglass-Your second highest AP item plus a straight up tank amount of armor. Probably my favorite item for Kennen, run in pop your ult then use this active, half of your ult is done and your enemies are wishing they would have just ran.
Abyssal Scepter-this is what puts your damage and survivability over the edge, other casters will no longer be effective and this will give you true damage to any non tank, hello 2k+ damage on a full combo. Guardian Angel-This is always a fun item, and the additional armor and magic resistance makes your an off tank. You'll be living through almost every team fight. Force of Nature-This is one of the best items in the game, who wouldn't want magic resistance, and insane amount of health regen, and movement speed. Reserve this item to 3 or more heavy casters on one team. When the time is right though, you will be unstoppable.
Mejai's Soulstealer-I personally do get this because people focus you when you have it, and even if you were doing well, you might not when you get it. However at a possible 180 AP and CDR, this could be your best item....
Deathfire Grasp-I recommend this only if there is a tank that just won't die, otherwise Kennen is about AoE damage, this is an item for Malzahar or Annie, but still viable.
Haunting Guise-This can be a great item if you are facing alot of MR, (replacing )with you MP is 60, I find except for extreme cases this is better than a since the 40% is calculated after the flat MP.
The only time I would recommend doing this is if you feel you can get in and out easily without taking damage, or you are simply not being focused. It makes it extremely easy to take down tanks and you will do extreme damage to carries.
Void Staff-i would only suggest using this item in exteme cases of majic resistance. If they have 3 or more people at over 150 MR, in this case I would replace one of the survival item, seeing as with so much resistance they will not have any damage, preferably replace the because the flat stacks first and you will get 8 of the penetration back if you didn't have the 20.
How to Fight
If you don't have your ult, or it is just one person and you have a teamate or two then do the same thing without it. After use to chase, and to finish people off.
In the Lane
As Kennen you should be harrassing often with and electical surge. When you have them down to about 400 health at level 4 or so use and this will grant you a stun, use to finish them if need be, otherwise a few basic attacks should do it.
Team Fighting
You are not an initiator rather the second one in, open with and touch as many enemies as you can, immediatly start following with , this will stun the whole team, finally use to finish people off and to chase people down. Assuming that not everyone is a squishy you should end up stunning twice granting you easy team victories.
Kennen is basically the only champion in the game who can deal equal damage to anyone near him, with the exception of every ability he has is AoE and is the same for everyone effected. This is the reason why his ratios aren't as high as Annie and he doesn't get the same single champion punch as Malzahar, this does mean however that their entire team has about half health 1 second into fighting from just you.
General Gameplay Comments
-Kennen is a great farmer, + can clear an entire minion wave, abuse this.
-Don't ever go in first, you are not a tank, although you want to get your CC out ASAP, don't die doing it
- then is one of the most epic ways to harass in the game, do it often!
-Remember you are the team AP carry, don't be afraid to get in and deal damage, especially since the enemies will almost always get stunned
-Stuns can stop ults. Such as Nunu or Malzahar, so stun them and cancel, sometimes the best defense is a good offense!
-No matter how well you are doing you can always die, don't get caught out of place, you are not Dr. Mundo.
-Finally, have FUN!!!!!!
Kennen is a fast hitting AoE caster, use him this way and your team will win. Although Kennen will not get as many kills as he may deserve your teamates need them too. Just know that deep down, the team fight was won because of your stuns and indulge your AD Ezreal that all 5 of them died because of his crazy Ult.(<-LAWL!) I hoped this guide has helped, it is my first one, Thanks guys! Please comment for any suggestions or questions. Oh by the way, the AP says 512, that doesn't include the 30% from it is really, 665.


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6-inch scale
By: Mattel
$20 + Shipping (Available on MattyCollector)
A few weeks ago, Wesitron reviewed the new WWE Legends Andre The Giant figure. Up until that point, I wasn't 100% sure if I would be purchasing Andre or not. Which is strange when you consider that Andre is my all time favorite wrestler.
Eventually, thanks no doubt in part to Wesitron's review, I decided to plunk down the $30 or so it cost (with shipping) from MattyCollector.com and get the big man. From the moment I first laid eyes on the giant as a kid, I was enamored with him. His massive size and power made him basically unstoppable. As an impressionable youngster, nothing seemed cooler than Andre the Giant. As time has went on, my appreciation of Andre has grown.
So is Andre worth it, if you're on the fence about him? The Road to Wrestlemania continues with this exclusive second look at Mattel's giant-sized Andre!
Just in case you didn't believe Wesitron, yes Virgina, he does come in a mailer box.
Wes hypothesized that Andre's container was bigger than anyone else's. Upon first look, I thought Andre had the biggest package around (huh huh) as well. However, with a quick reference check, Andre's bubble card is the same as everyone else's. I suppose it just looks bigger because Andre fills a lot more of it.
The back of the box talks about the infamous Wrestlemania III showdown between Hogan and Andre. I guess that's fitting, but I hate it that Andre's career has basically been reduced to one match. Andre had a legendary career that saw him tour all over the world and become a household name not only in the USA, but in every major nation on the planet. You'd think there would be more to say…
This figure is a bit of a mixed bag. The head sculpt is generally pretty good, but it's still missing something that truly makes it "Andre". By 1987, Andre's head had grown pretty big (physically, not hypothetically) and as a result he had a really large forehead. Almost like a Neanderthal. This figure has a big head, but it's more jaw than forehead.
And then there's this beard/stubble thing going on. I have no idea why Mattel added this in as Andre rarely if ever sported any sort of 5 o'clock shadow. He certainly didn't sport any stubble during his Wrestlemania III match. I'm really surprised more people aren't upset about this stubble!
The figure is appropriately huge, towering over everyone else in the WWE collection. That's a great thing in my book and the bigger Andre is, the better. As his mythos has grown, so has his larger than life status in many fan's minds.
I was suprised to find that Andre does indeed have a new chest. It's not reused from Dusty Rhodes or the Big Show. That's a definitely plus. Kudos to Mattel for sculpting some new parts. Underneath he's just got black trunks on. I would have liked it if Mattel had made his trunks yellow or red or blue, as Andre often wore just trunks when he wrestled in the early 80s. This could have given us two versions of Andre.
I also didn't have any issues with staining. I don't know if I just got lucky or what. I've heard other folks complain about Andre's singlet giving the figure stains. I will say that the quality on the cloth singlet isn't as good as I'd liked. There's already starting to be a bit of fray on it.
Even though the sculpt isn't perfect, it is nice to have Mattel's take on Andre the Giant. There are many things that I think could have been improved, such as larger hands or a more accurate face sculpt, but this isn't a bad Andre by any means.
Although Andre was never the most mobile man around, he was actually a lot more agile than you might expect. In his younger days Andre was able to come off the top rope and even do some dropkicks. As he got older and his health issues greatened, along with weight gain, he didn't do as much.
Ultimately you shouldn't have any problem getting Andre into any of his iconic poses and even a few he likely never did. With one exception… The Bearhug! While you can have Andre do a bearhug, he can't clasp his hands. That's unfortunate, because other figures like Kozlov can but apparently the big gut of Andre prevents it.
This is where I'm going to really beat Mattel up…
Andre comes with a vac-metal version of the classic "winged eagle" WWF title belt. First, don't all eagles have wings? Secondly, this wasn't what the WWF World Title looked like back in 1987. However in 1988 when Andre DID win the WWF title, it was this belt. He immediately sold the belt to the Million Dollar Man, in a classic old school angle.
Back then the WWF didn't recognize Andre's win, since it was won under controversy when there was an evil twin referee involved and because Andre tried to sell the belt. For what it's worth, that belt didn't fit Andre, nor does this one.
Interestingly in the build-up to the 1987 Wrestlemania III match between Hogan and Andre, the WWF made a custom belt for Andre "if he won". It had a massive 72 inch strap. I would have loved for Mattel to include this belt with the figure.
But even if they didn't include that, they SHOULD have given us something else. The belt just isn't enough. Given that this is likely the only Andre they'll ever give us, why not include an alternate head with bigger sideburns or an afro? Why not include Andre's iconic blue singlet as well?
At $20 plus shipping, Andre is expensive. These Legends figures are a great deal at $15, but really start to stretch it when you're paying nearly twice that to have one arrive at your door from MattyCollector. Andre is far from perfect and lacks a lot of accessories. His belt is nice, but other figures also include that belt, making Andre not that special.
Score Recap:
Packaging – 8
Sculpting – 8
Paint – 7
Articulation – 8
Accessories – WWF Title Belt
Value – 6
Overall – 7 out of 10
Andre gets a decent 7 out of 10. He's a pretty good Andre, but he's not perfect. The goofy beard and the lack of accessories, plus the high pricetag puts him just out of reach of perfection. I would have loved this figure to be even better and I'm doubtful we'll get another Andre.
Andre's still not a bad figure and with a few minor modifications, he can be pretty awesome. So long as you can get past the high pricetag and the lack of accessories, he's a worthy pick up. I love Andre, so I'm glad I decided to part with my dollars and snag him.
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He actually shares his torso with Bam Bam Bigelow. I would have really dug different color trunks under the singlet, but them the breaks. There's alwasy the "Legends of the Ring" figure from Jakks.
Hmm, he does seem to have a similar torso to Bam Bam. I only compared to Dusty and Akeem.
While I'm not really a big wrestling fan, I AM a big Andre fan, and was looking forward to this figure. Sadly, it is a complete fail for me. Andre had such a great, distinctive face, that I would think that capturing his likeness in plastic would be easy (Maybe, though, I just don't know enough about toy manufacturing). It looks like they barely tried on this one. I also agree with you Newt: WHAT is up with that crappy five o'clock shadow?!
Maybe someday, some company will put out a line of "Princess Bride" figures, and I can get the Andre I want. (That sounds wrong.)
I keep saying this but: they need to make "fat guy" arms. These torsos just don't match with the stock arms they've made. So everyone just ends up looking like William Regal. Yea…I went there…
Haha… SO wrong!
Nice review! It's always great to hear what other folks have to say about the figures, especially one as educated as you are on the subject. More accessories would be awesome, another head for sure but I hadn't even thought of another singlet. The stubble on mine doesn't look quite as bad in person as it does in pictures, but it still leaves you with a bit of a WTF feeling.
I didn't think 20 bucks was a bad price considering his size, but Mattycollector being the only avenue to obtain him makes that 30-buck pricetag sting. I really wish these could have continued at retail for 15. At 20, I'm not sure there's another wrestler they've yet announced that I'll jump on. 🙁
I'm in for DDP, as I'm a big fan of him, but the rest of the lineup I'm not sure on.
The singlet thing seems like a no brainer to me. If they'd included his blue singlet and then made perhaps his inner trunks painted yellow or red, you could have (at least in theory) had THREE versions of Andre. Given that they're likely never going to make another Andre, that would have shown that they were trying to make this Legends line a bit more.
I did finally find some footage of Andre with stubble, but it still doesn't look like the figure, really. I had an article coming a few days on how to fix him though!
And I blame you for convincing me to get this guy. Once you posted up your review I started realizing how much I loved Andre… And even if I didn't like everything about the figure, I had to support Pimpmaster A.
Yea, DDP for me, maybe a Karl Malone? Kidding. But I've been very vocal that an Arn Anderson figure as a stand alone is not the smartest idea to keep a line alive. I don't want every agent that works in WWE currently to get a figure. They need to get more aggressive about getting Legends, like Jakks. Though, getting a Randy Savage figure kind of made the entire line worth it. And there are currently four! But getting just Arn and Tully is frustrating… Mattel hates completing teams so much. Or maybe I'm more angry that fans voted for freaking King Kong Bundy over Barry Windham to not make this Four Horsemen thing happen (no, I'm not in the Ole Anderson camp). I mean, how about doing the TRU deal as Ric, Tully, Arn, and Windham with a BAF J.J. Dillon? Durp guys, durp. But I'll buy Miss Elizabeth, and Tully…probably Arn…but it still PISSES ME OFF YOU SEE!
The stubble bothers me on this figure still, and his arms are still too small. The removable tights are appealing as well… I just realized that I seriously typed that sentence out…sorry. But I hope you know what I mean (being able to take the top part off for the eventual Jerry Lawler).
Maybe I'll do a Windham mod as a nod to your Hogan. Dusty boots, Austin body, and of course JAkks head and vest. Maybe…
Nonetheless, great review. I'll probably get this figure eventually…
I may still end up buying Arn and Tully, but I'm on the fence. Arn just looks like crap. Maybe Tully will look better, because the Jakks Tully has a gigantic head. I'd love a new Flair, and they actually have the rights to Flair, but won't make him because he's in TNA. Which is a huge screw job to everyone, because Jakks can't make Flair for the TNA line. So nobody gets any Flair.
I've got a Flair that I like anyway. I can live with it for now. But I'd totally be down for a 4 Horsemen set at TRU with JJ. That'd be sweet.
And yeah, we've got 4 Machos and not a damn one is the one I want! He desperately needs a new head sculpt too.
My main issue with their Legends line is that they've done nothing to bump up their value now that they're exclusive. I'm not expecting the world, but if they added in just a few little things here or there, it would make the value better.
Or just give Arn a proper body.
But I digress.
See, it's always some petty deal in WWE, and the consumer is screwed. Why this is something we accept, I'll never know. But it continues to go on. "Nobody gets any Flair" is one of the funniest/saddest things I've ever read.
That 4 horsemen set would do GANGBUSTERS in the south…Don't They See! I wonder if Texas could ever keep any of the Von Erichs in stock.
Which Macho are you looking for? Mania 3 and a huge robe? Mania 8? Summer Slam 92? Ultimate Maniacs 2 pack? But a new sculpt would be nice. But I do love the the hair holds his glasses, that's a neat touch.
I would think adding an accessory or 2 wouldn't hurt this line. Maybe some kind of vintage item like a poster or a wearable accessory like a wristband? I agree, the value for a near $30 (shipping) legend at this point is extremely low. So they better step up.
And yea, Arn needs a new body.
Y'know, the Nazis had pieces of the Nature Boy that they made the Jews wear.
I want a macho in one of his crazy long pants, with a shirt and jacket outfits. I know they gave us the Mania one, but that was literally like the most tame version he ever wore. I want one like he would wear a in a Slim Jim commerical or for like the the 2nd half of his career. I'm not too picky, just needs to be multicolored and the shirt should be removable.
I don't follow wrestling……well actually I don't like wrestling, never have. That being said, would you please stop making me want to buy some of these figures. Andre in particular is very tempting, but darn it I don't want to deal with mattycollector anymore.
Haha sorry about that. Of course, these are pretty good figures. I think that's one of the takeaways of the recent years, is that the wrestling figures really have come a long way.


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Australian MXoN hero, and former GP winner Dean Ferris scored his first ever supercross main event win last weekend, and with the adulation of his countrymen continues to grow in confidence as he chases the 2016 Australian Supercross Championship.
Ferris who has spent his share of time in Europe chasing his dream, is still looking at returning to the MXGP series if the opportunity arrives for the 2018 season.
Before that happens though, the Queenslander has a special night next weekend, when he comes up against one of his heroes and the greatest Australian motocross rider of all time, Chad Reed. We sat down with Ferris and asked him about his SX victory, and also racing a man he has always looked up to.
MXlarge: Congratulations on your win last weekend mate. You have won a supercross main before or not?
Ferris: In the lites class and never an overall. They had a funny points system before, where you had three races for the overall, and I had won races, but never and overall, so it was my first last weekend.
MXlarge: So how did it feel to get that first win?
Ferris: It was awesome. I guess you got be in it, to win it, and I had a good start to put myself right in it, and I just waited and waited There was a sand section and I was really strong in that, and I waited long enough if I made a pass Daniel wouldn't have as much energy, to fight back, where if I did it at the start of the race (he could fight back). I made a solid pass, and pulled out two seconds and maintained that until the end of the race.
MXlarge: And in the championship you also closed ground on Justin Brayton or not?
Ferris: I think its eight or nine points, I actually haven't thought about it, just doing my thing and training. This weekend is a double header, so two rounds in two days, so no used in adding up points until the last race. I am just going in relaxed and I have already exceeded my expectations. I seem to be improving every week, so we will see.
MXlarge: Next weekend is the big supercross in Sydney against Reed and Villopoto. How much are you looking forward to that?
Ferris: I am really looking forward to it, and had a blast. Now I get to race Chad Reed for the first time in my life, I am really grateful that can happen as he only has a short time left in his career, and he is one of my heroes. I got to race Ryan in the GPs, so it will be nice to race him again. Its going to be great, we have the America versus Australia race, because we have had Americans here for the whole series, and obviously Villopoto coming. Its really great having them here, because the crowd really get behind you because you are an Aussie. If they were not here the crowd wouldn't be so vocal.
MXlarge: I know when I lived in Australia, back in the 1980s they used to run Australia versus America, but have they done this before while you have been racing?
Ferris: No this is the first time. As I said because the Americans are racing the series, its made the rivalry, and now they will have a feature race for it this weekend. That will be really cool.
MXlarge: You mentioned you wanted to race a couple of GP's. Have you thought any more about that?
Ferris: I do know the schedule now, and my original plan was to come in June, because we have a five week break, but they only have Russian and Trentino, and I wanted to do two GPs and that plan isn't really going to work out. I have signed motocross only in Australia, so hopefully I can get my ass into gear and do the last round of the AMA Nationals and then the USGP at Charlotte. Then keep heading over for the Motocross of Nations at Matterley Basin. I want to focus on those races, because when I came to the MXoN this year I was in between supercross and motocross, and it would be nice to just focus on motocross.
MXlarge: What about the Indonesia for the GP in March?
Ferris: I actually have committed to race for Josh Coppins in New Zealand and that is all around the same time. Even if I did have a free weekend, it's hard to be rushed flying backwards and forward, when I have made a commitment in New Zealand. But I still need to look into it.
MXlarge: Obviously you want to get back to Europe, but if that didn't happen, are you also open to race in America?
Ferris: I am keen as mustard to come back to Grand Prix and I need to set it up right so nothing is rushed. But in saying that I am open to racing the AMA series is nothing comes from the Grand Prix's. Honestly Geoff, I am feeling fresher than I have in years. It was nice to come back to Australia for a year, and get my body 100% healthy.
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text: Nikon D50 Slr Type of Camera Single-lens reflex digital camera Effective Pixels 6.1 million Image Sensor RGB CCD, 23.7 x 15.6mm; total pixels: 6.24 million Image Size (pixels) 3,008 x 2,000 [L], 2,256 x 1,496 [M], 1,504 x 1,000 Sensitivity 200 to 1600 (ISO equivalent) in steps of 1 EV Storage Media SD Memory Card Storage System Compressed NEF (RAW): 12-bit compression, JPEG: JPEG baseline-compliant File System Exif 2.21, Compliant DCF 2.0 and DPOF Storage (Number of frames per 256MB SD Memory card, image size L) RAW approx. 33, FINE approx. 70 NORMAL approx. 137 BASIC approx. 258, RAW & BASIC approx. 29 White Balance Auto (TTL white balance with 420-pixel RGB sensor), six manual modes, preset white balance, white balance bracketing possible LCD Monitor 2.0-in., 130,000-dot, low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD with brightness adjustment Playback Function 1 frame: Thumbnail (4 or 9 segments); Magnifying playback; Slide show; Histogram indication; Highlight point display; Auto image rotation Delete Function Card format, All frames delete, Selected frames delete Video Output Can be selected from NTSC and PAL Interface USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) Text Input Up to 36 characters of alphanumeric text input available with LCD monitor and multi-selector; stored in Exif header Compatible Lenses 1) DX Nikkor: All functions supported 2) Type G or D AF Nikkor: All functions supported 3) Micro Nikkor 85 mm F2.8D: All functions supported except autofocus and some exposure modes 4) Other AF Nikkor: All functions supported except 3D Color Matrix Metering II 5) AI-P Nikkor : All functions supported except 3D Color Matrix Metering II and autofocus 6) Non-CPU : Can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function; electronic range finder can be used if maximum aperture is f/5.6 or faster Note: IX Nikkor lenses can not be used Picture Angle Equivalent in 35mm [135] format is approx. 1.5 times lens focal length Viewfinder Fixed eye-level penta-Dach-mirror type; built-in diopter adjustment (-1.6 to +0.5m-1) Eyepoint 18mm (-1.0m-1) Focusing Screen Type-B BriteView Clear Matte screen Mark V with superimposed focus brackets Viewfinder Frame Coverage Approx. 95% Viewfinder Magnification Approx. 0.75x with 50mm lens at infinity; -1.0m-1 Viewfinder Information Focus indications, AE/FV lock indicator, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Exposure/Exposure compensation indicator, Flash output level compensation, Exposure compensation, Number of remaining exposures, Flash ready indicator Autofocus TTL phase detection by Nikon Multi-CAM900 autofocus module with AF-assist illuminator (approx. 0.5m to 3.0m) Detection range: EV -1 to +19 (ISO 100 equivalent, at normal temperature: 20°C) Lens Servo 1) Autofocus (AF-A): Auto-Servo AF; camera automatically chooses single-servo AF (AF-S) or continuous servo AF (AF-C); predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status 2) AF-S 3) AF-C 4) Manual focus (M) Focus Area Can be selected from 5 focus areas AF Area Mode 1) Single Area AF, 2) Dynamic Area AF, 3) Closest Subject Priority Dynamic Area AF Focus Lock Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button Exposure Metering System TTL full-aperture exposure metering system (1) 3D Color Matrix Metering II with 420-pixel RGB sensor (2) Center-weighted: Weight of 75% (8mm dia. circle) (3) Spot: Meters 3.5mm dia. circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on active focus area Exposure Metering Range 1) EV 0 to 20 (3D Color Matrix or center-weighted metering) 2) EV 2 to 20 (spot metering) (ISO 100 equivalent, f/1.4 lens, 20°C) Exposure Modes Digital Vari-Program (Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close up, Night portrait), Programmed Auto [P] with flexible program; Shutter-Priority Auto ; Aperture Priority Auto [A]; Manual [M] Exposure Compensation ±5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV Auto Exposure Lock Luminosity locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button Auto Exposure Bracketing Three frames ±2 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 steps Shooting Modes 1) Single frame shooting mode 2) Continuous shooting mode: approx. 2.5 frames per second 3) Self-timer mode 4) Delayed remote mode: 2 sec. delay 5) Quick–response remote mode Shutter Combined mechanical and CCD electronic shutter, 30 to 1/4000 sec. in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb Sync Contact X-contact only; flash synchronization at up to 1/500 sec. Flash Control 1) TTL: TTL flash control by 420-pixel RGB sensor Built-in Speedlight: i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash or standard i-TTL flash (spot metering) SB-800 or 600: i-TTL Balanced Fill-Flash or standard i-TTL flash (spot metering) 2) Auto aperture: Available with SB-800 with CPU lens 3) Non-TTL Auto: Available with Speedlights such as SB-800, 80DX, 28DX, 28, 27, and 22s 4) Distance-priority manual available with SB-800 Flash Sync Mode 1) Front-curtain Sync (normal sync), 2) Red-eye Reduction, 3) Red-eye Reduction with Slow Sync, 4) Slow Sync, 5) Rear-curtain Sync Built-in Speedlight Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait: auto flash with auto pop-up [P], , [A], [M]: manual pop-up with button release Guide number (ISO 200/ISO 100, m): approx. 15/11 (manual full 17/12) Flash Compensation -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV Accessory Shoe Standard ISO hot-shoe contact with safety lock provided Self-timer Electronically controlled timer of 2 to 20 seconds duration Remote Control Wireless Remote Controller ML-L3 (optional) Power Source One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3, AC Adapter EH-5 (optional) Tripod Socket 1/4 in. (ISO1222) Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 133 x 102 x 76mm Weight Approx. 540g without battery, memory card, or body cap Supplied Accessories* Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3, Quick Charger MH-18a, Video Cable, USB Cable UC-E4, Strap, Body cap, Eyepiece Cap DK-5, Rubber Eyecup DK-20, Accessory shoe cover, PictureProject CD-ROM Optional Accessories Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3, Multi Charger MH-19, Quick Charger MH-18a, AC Adapter EH-5, Speedlight SB-800/600, Eyepiece Magnifier DG-2, Angle Finder DR-6, Nikon Capture 4 (Ver.4.3) Software, Wireless Remote Control ML-L3, Semi-Soft Case CF-D50 from http://www.dphoto.it/content/view/235/180/1/1/ there's also a picture, looks like the silver color is true after all


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Best offer
67.10 € / person / night, no meal
Description of the accommodation:
Rooms, services Just looking for accommodation in Spain? Take a look at the offer of Abbot Barcelona! The guests of the hotel may stay in 42 nicely furnished, comfortable rooms in Barcelona. Parking is availably nearby for those arriving by car. An organized city tour is also available to help you discover all key highlights of the area. Your valuables can be the safely secured in the safe. If you have a suitable portable device, you can connect to the Internet via a wireless network (WiFi) available at the hotel. The exact equipment and the exact list of available services of Abbot Barcelona can be read on the information sheet below.
Location Font Màgica - Magical Fountain is 1.5 km from the hotel.
Payment Credit card guarantee or advance bank card payment may be required for the reservation, depending on the chosen room, date and price.
Arrival, opening hours The earliest time of check-in is 13:00, the latest time of check-out is 12:00. Spanish and English languages are spoken by the personnel.
Abbot Barcelona rooms Rooms
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Accommodation services
Parking (17 €/night)
Free WiFi in shared places
Organized sightseeing nearby
Elevator, Safe deposit box, Roof garden
Hairdryer, Desk in the room, Mini-bar


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Originally Posted by smokes
We were probably due to play on rivalry week.
i was under the impression rivalry week just happened to be a week of good competition...
it was personally arranged by the metromissioner?
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