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Sales Moves
Jeffrey Gitomer
---- — "That's all I can stands. I can't stands no more!"
When Popeye the Sailorman says that, a can of spinach appears out of nowhere, he pops it open, and downs it to gain amazing strength. Then he beats up Bluto and rescues Olive Oil.
Well, I'm grabbing my can of spinach because I can't stands no more! I just read an article referencing the "Seven Secrets to Cold Calling Success" originally written by a chef turned financial planner.
QUESTION: Cold calling is so dead, why are salespeople still doing it?
ANSWER: Their boss makes them, or they haven't figured out a way to make meaningful connections without being annoying.
I'll save you the trouble of trying to find the article. Here are the seven "secrets":
1. Plan Ahead.
2. Investigate Before You Call.
3. Seek Out a Personal Connection.
4. Get Information Before You Give It.
5. Get Out of Your Chair and in Front of a Mirror.
6. Keep Careful Records.
7. Use Referrals in Your Voice Mail Message.
HELP ME! Where are the secrets? Maybe it's a "Where's Waldo?" game. Yeah, that's the secret, er, I mean the ticket.
QUALIFICATION AND REQUEST: Please do not email me and drone on about how cold calling works. It doesn't work 97-99 out of 100 times. It's the most rejection-laden sales process in existence and the cause of more depression, low self-esteem, reluctance, avoidance, and disappointment than any other sales strategy I have ever seen (or used).
Excessive rejection from cold calling turns you into another Popeye character: Whimpy, foolishly begging for a hamburger and offering nothing in return.
This article will give you alternative smart ways to make positive connections. And be advised: they are NON-secrets. Rather, they are obvious strategies that you can easily and enjoyably employ. But they require work.
If there's a secret:
It's to attract new customers, not provoke them.
It's to build value-based relationships with existing customers, not ignore them.
It's to be proactive in a positive way, not call and ask, "Who's in charge?
It's to approach the process of getting new customers in a better, smarter way, because there is no worse or dumber way than cold calling.
Here's my eat-your-spinach plan for you, the 7.5 one-a-day strategies that will earn you 10 times what the cold call will produce, build your reputation, and keep your customers loyal:
1. Visit one customer a day. Talk to the people that love you and already buy from you. Find out why they do and ask them if you can record it on your smart phone. Video is best. Just a documented minute about their "why." NOTE WELL: If you are reluctant to do this, it,s because your relationship with the customer is weak or non-existent.
2. Have coffee with one customer a day. Start your day at 7 a.m. Build the relationship. Talk family. Share passions and goals. Look for ways to help. Look for ways to connect again. DO NOT ASK FOR BUSINESS OR REFERRALS. Keep it social.
3. Give one referral a day. This is a revelation, and an overlooked golden opportunity to most salespeople. Think of the WOW your customer will have when you refer business to them and think of the value you'll build at the end of a year.
4. Attend one face-to-face networking event a day. Don't just show up. Show up prepared. Meet new people. Get involved in the group. Give a speech on the value of giving value. This will help you become known as a person of value.
5. Make a wish list of five potential customers and post a daily value message for them. Incorporate your prospects and your customers into your outreach. When you name them by name, their search will uncover YOU!
6. Get business social media savvy. Write and tag every day. Post one customer compliment a day. Post one idea every day.
7. Start a meaningful blog. Something that can give valuable information to those you seek to connect with. Start by posting the qualities of your best customers. Feature them, not you.
7.5 Wake up and write. It's the foundation of your messaging and communication success. It's been my personal secret for the past 20 years -- and I plan to do the same for the next 20.
The big secret is, you gotta do everything on the spinach list. That's the "work" part. The good news is it's all positive work. It's career building, value building, reputation building, relationship building, sales building, attitude building, pride building, and success building work. All the things cold calling is NOT, and will never be.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Bluto.
Want a few more non-cold-calling ideas? Go to www.gitomer.com and enter the words WASTE OF TIME in the GitBit box.
Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of "The Sales Bible," "Customer Satisfaction is Worthless Customer Loyalty is Priceless, " "The Little Red Book of Selling" and other books. His website, www.gitomer.com, will lead you to more information about training, seminars, and webinars -- or email him personally at email@example.com.


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Is it necessary to develop new kind of software?
Many companies still underestimate the latest achievements in software development and do net even care to make use of them. But in fact if your company wants to improve the overall work in your office it would be better to make use of specialized kind of software which will give a possibility to improve the work of your company.
For example, a lot of companies make use of Collaboration software which gives an opportunity to reduce of costs and other resources which are required to control the work in Project management department. Using this particular Online project management makes possible not only to set tasks but correct the mistakes or just improve the work on the project. Also it make possible to estimate the work of every manager who is involved in the work on the project which is also great.
Another sphere of modern marketing which will be impossible without specialized kind of software is email marketing. This particular kind of marketing is developing very fast because today practically everybody got used to selling email. That is why many marketing agencies include a special newsletter software which makes possible to promote their companies in the marketing strategy. So you see why it is necessary to create new kinds of software.

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fuel cells in government and other applications, including portable, stationary, and transportation applications;
The Task Force may organize workshops and conferences, may issue publications, and may create databases to carry out its duties. The Task Force shall—
foster the exchange of generic, nonproprietary information and technology among industry, academia, and government;
develop and maintain an inventory and assessment of hydrogen, fuel cells, and other advanced technologies, including the commercial capability of each technology for the economic and environmentally safe production, distribution, delivery, storage, and use of hydrogen;
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Asafoetida | |
Ferula scorodosma syn. assa-foetida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Ferula |
Species: | F. assa-foetida |
Binomial name | |
Ferula assa-foetida L. |
Asafoetida, انگدان, آنغوزه or asafetida (Ferula assa-foetida) /æsəˈfɛtɨdə/,[1] is the dried latex (gum oleoresin) exuded from the rhizome or tap root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb that grows 1 to 1.5 m tall. The species is native to the deserts of Iran, mountains of Afghanistan, and is mainly cultivated in nearby India.[2] As its name suggests, asafoetida has a fetid smell[3] (see etymology below) but in cooked dishes it delivers a smooth flavor reminiscent of leeks.
It is also known as asant, food of the gods, giant fennel, jowani badian, stinking gum, Devil's dung, hing,kayam and ting.[3]
This spice is used as a digestive aid, in food as a condiment, and in pickles. It typically works as a flavor enhancer and, used along with turmeric, is a standard component of Indian cuisine, particularly in lentil curries, such as dal, or various 'Pappu' like dosakaya (cucumber), mamidikaya (mango) or tomato pappu. as well as in numerous vegetable dishes. It is especially widely used in South Indian and Maharashtrian cuisine, which is mainly vegetarian, and is often used to harmonize sweet, sour, salty and spicy components in food. It is used to hallmark the taste of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu sambar, a saucy dish made with cereals and lentils. The spice is added to the food at the time of Chaunk / Popu/ tadka (tempering). Sometimes dried and ground asafoetida (in very mild quantity) can be mixed with salt and eaten with raw salad. In its pure form, its odour is so strong the aroma will contaminate other spices stored nearby if it is not stored in an airtight container: many commercial preparations of asafoetida utilize the resin ground up and mixed with a larger volume of wheat flour:[4] the mixture is sold in sealed plastic containers with a small hole at the bottom, allowing the diluted spice to be dusted lightly over the food being cooked. However, its odour and flavour become much milder and more pleasant upon heating in oil or ghee, acquiring a taste and aroma reminiscent of sautéed onion and garlic.[5] It is used especially by the merchant caste of the Hindus and by adherents of Jainism and Vaishnavism, particularly in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, who do not eat onions or garlic. It is used in many vegetarian and lentil dishes to add both flavor and aroma as well as to reduce flatulence.[6] It is however one of the pungent vegetables generally avoided by Buddhist vegetarians.
Medical applications[edit]
- Antiflatulent. Asafoetida reduces the growth of indigenous microflora in the gut, reducing flatulence.[7] In the Jammu region of India, asafoetida is used as a medicine for flatulence and constipation by 60% of locals.[8]
- A digestion aid. In Thailand and India, it is used to aid digestion and is smeared on the abdomen in an alcohol or water tincture known as mahahing.[9][10] Assafoetida in this tincture form was evidently used in western medicine as a topical treatment for abdominal injuries during the 18th and 19th centuries, although when it came into use in the West and how long it remained in use is uncertain. One notable case in which it was used is that of Canadian Coureur des bois Alexis St. Martin, who in 1822 suffered a severe abdominal injury from an accidental shooting that perforated his right lung and stomach and shattered several ribs. St Martin was treated by American army surgeon William Beaumont, who subsequently used St Martin as the subject of a pioneering series of experiments in gastric physiology, thanks to the fact that when St Martin's wounds fully healed, it left an open fistula into the stomach that enabled Beaumont to insert various types of food directly into St Martin's stomach and record the results. In his account of his treatment of and later experiments on St Martin, Beaumont recorded that he treated the suppurating chest wound with a combination of wine mixed with diluted muriatic acid and 30-40 drops of tincture of asafoetida applied three times a day, and that this appeared to have the desired effect, helping the wound to heal.[11]
- Fighting influenza: Asafoetida was used in 1918 to fight the Spanish influenza pandemic. In 2009, researchers reported that the roots of Asafoetida produce natural antiviral drug compounds that demonstrated potency against the H1N1 virus in vitro and concluded that "sesquiterpene coumarins from F. assa-foetida may serve as promising lead compounds for new drug development against influenza A (H1N1) viral infection".[12][13]
- Remedy for asthma and bronchitis. It is also said[14] to be helpful in cases of asthma and bronchitis. A folk tradition remedy for children's colds: it is mixed into a pungent-smelling paste and hung in a bag around the afflicted child's neck.
- An antimicrobial: Asafoetida has a broad range of uses in traditional medicine as an antimicrobial, with well documented uses for treating chronic bronchitis and whooping cough, as well as reducing flatulence.[15]
- A contraceptive/abortifacient: Asafoetida has also been reported to have contraceptive/abortifacient activity,[16] and is related to (and considered an inferior substitute for) the ancient Ferula species Silphium.
- Antiepileptic: Asafoetida oleo-gum-resin has been reported to be antiepileptic in classical Unani, as well as ethnobotanical literature.[17]
- Balancing the vata and kapha. In Ayurveda, asafoetida is considered to be one of the best spices for balancing the vata dosha. It mitigates vata and kapha, relieves flatulence and colic pain. It is pungent taste and at the end of digestion. It aggravates pitta, enhances appetite, taste and digestion. It is easy to digest. (ref: ashtanga hridaya Su chapter 6).[18]
- Antidote for opium. Asafoetida has been speculated to be an antidote for opium.[19]
Other uses[edit]
- Bait: John C Duval reported in 1936 that the odor of asafoetida is attractive to the wolf, a matter of common knowledge, he says, along the Texas/Mexico border. It is also used as one of several possible scent baits, most notably for catfish and pike.[citation needed]
- May also be used as a moth (Lepidoptera) light trap attractant by collectors—when mixed by approximately 1 part to 3 parts with a sweet, fruit jelly.[citation needed]
- Repelling spirits: In Jamaica, asafoetida is traditionally applied to a baby's anterior fontanel (Jamaican patois mole) to prevent spirits (Jamaican patois duppies) from entering the baby through the fontanel. In the African-American Hoodoo tradition, asafoetida is used in magic spells, as it is believed to have the power both to protect and to curse[citation needed].
- In ceremonial magick, especially from The Key of Solomon the King, it is used to protect the magus from daemonic forces and to evoke the same and bind them.[20]
History in the West[edit]
It was familiar in the early Mediterranean, having come by land across Iran. Though it is generally forgotten now in Europe, it is still widely used in India. It emerged into Europe from a conquering expedition of Alexander the Great, who, after returning from a trip to northeastern Persia, thought they had found a plant almost identical to the famed silphium of Cyrene in North Africa—though less tasty. Dioscorides, in the first century, wrote, "the Cyrenaic kind, even if one just tastes it, at once arouses a humour throughout the body and has a very healthy aroma, so that it is not noticed on the breath, or only a little; but the Median [Iranian] is weaker in power and has a nastier smell." Nevertheless, it could be substituted for silphium in cooking, which was fortunate, because a few decades after Dioscorides's time, the true silphium of Cyrene became extinct, and asafoetida became more popular amongst physicians, as well as cooks.[21]
Asafoetida is also mentioned multiple times in Jewish literature, such as the Mishnah.[22] Maimonides also writes in the Mishneh Torah "In the rainy season, one should eat warm food with much spice, but a limited amount of mustard and asafoetida."[23]
Asafoetida was described by a number of Arab and Islamic scientists and pharmacists. Avicenna discussed the effects of asafoetida on digestion. Ibn al-Baitar and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi described some positive medicinal affects of it on the respiratory system.[24]
After the Roman Empire fell, until the 16th century, asafoetida was rare in Europe, and if ever encountered, it was viewed as a medicine. "If used in cookery, it would ruin every dish because of its dreadful smell," asserted García de Orta's European guest. Nonsense, García replied, "nothing is more widely used in every part of India, both in medicine and in cookery. All the Hindus who can afford it buy it to add to their food."[21]
Cultivation and manufacture[edit]
The resin-like gum comes from the dried sap extracted from the stem and roots and is used as a spice. The resin is greyish-white when fresh but dries to a dark amber color. The asafoetida resin is difficult to grate and is traditionally crushed between stones or with a hammer. Today, the most commonly available form is compounded asafoetida, a fine powder containing 30% asafoetida resin, along with rice flour and gum arabic.
Ferula assafoetida is a monoecious, herbaceous, perennial plant of the family Umbelliferae, also called Apiaceae. It grows to 2 meters high, with a circular mass of 30–40 cm leaves. Stem leaves have wide sheathing petioles. Flowering stems are 2.5–3 meters high and 10 cm thick and hollow, with a number of schizogenous ducts in the cortex containing the resinous gum. Flowers are pale greenish yellow produced in large compound umbels. Fruits are oval, flat, thin, reddish brown and have a milky juice. Roots are thick, massive, and pulpy. They yield a resin similar to that of the stems. All parts of the plant have the distinctive fetid smell.[25]
Typical asafoetida contains about 40–64% resin, 25% endogeneous gum, 10–17% volatile oil, and 1.5–10% ash. The resin portion is known to contain asaresinotannols 'A' and 'B', ferulic acid, umbelliferone and four unidentified compounds.[26]
The English name is derived from asa, a Latinized form of Farsi azā, meaning "resin", and Latin foetidus meaning "smelling, fetid", which refers to its strong sulfurous odour. It is called ಇಂಗು (ingu) in Kannada, ఇంగువ (inguva) in Telugu and பெருங்காயம் (perunkayam) in Tamil. Its pungent odour has resulted in it being known by many unpleasant names; In French it is known (among other names) as merde du Diable, meaning "Devil's faeces",[27] in English it is sometimes called Devil's dung, and equivalent names can be found in most Germanic languages (e.g. German Teufelsdreck,[28] Swedish dyvelsträck, Dutch duivelsdrek[27] and Afrikaans duiwelsdrek). Also, in Finnish it is called pirunpaska or pirunpihka, and in Turkish it is known as seytantersi, seytan bökösu or seytanotu.[27] Nepali: हिंग
Popular culture[edit]
Penrod, an 11-year-old boy in a 1929 Booth Tarkington story set in the midwestern United States, suffers intensely for being forced to wear a bag of asafoetida on his neck and encounters a girl in the same condition.
In the "Tooth or Consequences" episode (Episode #19; October 13, 1972) of the comedy TV series Sanford and Son, Fred Sanford wears an asafoetida bag to get rid of a bad toothache.
In the movie El Dorado (1966), asafoetida was a component of a hangover remedy that was introduced by James Caan's character "Mississippi".
In the "Snidely's Sawmill" episode of Dudley Do-Right, villain Snidely Whiplash tells Nell Fenwick preparatory to her being tied to a log that "Because, Miss Fenwick, beneath this black exterior there lies a mustard plaster and over the mustard plaster lies an asafoetida bag. On it, imprinted in pica are the words, "Whippy Loves Nelly!""
In the "Incident at Red River Station", Season 2, Episode 13 (1960) of Rawhide, townspeople wear an asafoetida bag to ward off smallpox.
In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP) area of Pakistan, people hang a small bag of asafoetida around the neck or tie it around the arm to keep safe from seasonal, bacterial and viral illnesses, the efficacy of which might have more to do with repelling potentially infected people rather than the disease-causing organisms themselves.
In Robertson Davies's novel, Fifth Business, the barber Milo and his father hung bags of asafoetida around their necks to fight the Spanish flu.[29]
In Sinclair Lewis' novel Arrowsmith the protagonist smells asafoetida as part of a fraternity initiation.
In Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World, 'beta' children are given a whiff of asafoetida, accompanied by descriptions of 'deltas' as being undesirable to play with, during 'sleep conditioning,' in order to condition them to play only with members of their caste.
In "To Kill A Mockingbird", Scout describes the clean smells of the attendees at the First Purchase African M.E. Church, saying there was "Hearts of Love hairdressing mingled with asafoetida, snuff, Hoyt's Cologne, Brown's Mule, peppermint, and lilac talcum".
In Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," Aunt Jimmy raises Cholly Breedlove after his mother abandons him. He is grateful for Aunt Jimmy's kindness except when (among other things) "she wore the Asafetida bag around her neck" (page 132 of The Vintage International Edition of May 2007). [30]
See also[edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "asafœtida". Second edition, 1989.
- ^ http://www.indianspices.com/html/s062hasf.htm
- ^ a b Literature Search Unit (Jan 2013). Ferula Asafoetida: Stinking Gum. Scientific literature search through SciFinder on Ferula asafetida. Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine.
- ^ Vandevi Hing (Asafetida) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JMDJ52
- ^ http://www.pataks.co.uk/cooking/spices/asafoetida.php
- ^ "I Spice: Asafetida". 23 April 2010.
- ^ S. K. Garg, A. C. Banerjea, J. Verma and M. J. Abraham, "Effect of Various Treatments of Pulses on in Vitro Gas Production by Selected Intestinal Clostridia". Journal of Food Science, Volume 45, Issue 6 (p. 1601–1602).
- ^ Hemla Aggarwal and Nidhi Kotwal. Foods Used as Ethno-medicine in Jammu. Ethno-Med, 3(1): 65–68 (2009)
- ^ http://www.thaitanthai.com/product_info.php/cPath/46/products_id/491
- ^ [1] Tips for Health: Wofome[dead link]
- ^ Beaumont, William: Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion (McLachlan & Stewart, Edinburgh, 1888), p.15
- ^ Lee, CL; Chia-Lin Lee, Lien-Chai Chiang, Li-Hung Cheng, Chih-Chuang Liaw, Mohamed H. Abd El-Razek, Fang-Rong Chang, Yang-Chang Wu (August 19, 2009 (Web)). "Influenza A (H1N1) Antiviral and Cytotoxic Agents from Ferula assa-foetida". Journal of Natural Products xxx (xx): 1568–72. doi:10.1021/np900158f. PMID 19691312.
- ^ Ancient Chinese Remedy May Work for Flu http://www.livescience.com/health/090910-flu-remedy.html
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ Srinivasan, K.(2005) "Role of Spices Beyond Food Flavoring: Nutraceuticals with Multiple Health Effects", Food Reviews International, 21:2, 167–188
- ^ John M. Riddle 1992. Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance. Harvard University Press p. 28 and references therein.
- ^ Traditional Systems of Medicine. Abdin, M Z, Abdin, Y P Abrol. Published 2006 Alpha Science Int'l Ltd. ISBN 81-7319-707-5
- ^ p. 74, The Ayurvedic Cookbook by Amadea Morningstar with Urmila Desai, Lotus Light, 1991. ISBN 978-0-914955-06-1.
- ^ "Ferula asafoetida: Traditional uses and pharmacological activity". Retrieved 2013-05-27.
- ^ MacGregor Mathers, Samuel Liddell, ed. (1889). "VII". The Key of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis). London: George Redway. "Then he shall kindle a fire with dry rue, upon which he shall put powdered assafoetida, and other things of evil odour; after which let him put the aforesaid names, written on parchment or virgin paper, upon the fire, saying: [...]"
- ^ a b Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices. Andrew Dalby. 2000. University of California Press. Spices/ History. 184 pages. ISBN 0-520-23674-2
- ^ m. Avodah Zarah ch. 1; m. Shabbat ch. 20; et al.
- ^ Mishneh Torah, Laws of Opinions (Hilchot Deot) 4:8.
- ^ Avicenna (1999). The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn fī'l-ṭibb), vol. 1. Laleh Bakhtiar (ed.), Oskar Cameron Gruner (trans.), Mazhar H. Shah (trans.). Great Books of the Islamic World. ISBN 978-1-871031-67-6
- ^ Abstract from Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 3, Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses. Humana Press. ISBN 978-1-58829-129-5 (Print) 978-1-59259-887-8 (Online). DOI 10.1007/978-1-59259-887-8_6. Ivan A. Ross. http://www.springerlink.com/content/k358h1m6251u5053/
- ^ Handbook of Indices of Food Quality and Authenticity. Rekha S. Singhal, Pushpa R. Kulkarni. 1997, Woodhead Publishing, Food industry and trade ISBN 1-85573-299-8. More information about the composition, p. 395.
- ^ a b c Asafoetida: die geur is des duivels! Vegatopia (in Dutch), Retrieved 8 December 2011. This used as source the book World Food Café: global vegetarian cooking by Chris and Carolyn Caldicott, 1999, ISBN 978-1-57959-060-4
- ^ Thomas Carlyle's well-known 19th century novel Sartor Resartus concerns a German philosopher named Teufelsdröckh.
- ^ Fifth Business. Penguin Books. 1970. p. 105.
- ^ http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/36/26/43092636/documents/Bluest%20Eye,%20The%20-%20Toni%20Morrison.pdf
External links[edit]
- Botany, etymology, uses—detailed
- additional facts, sample recipe using in place of garlic
- Additional information from Ammini Ramachandran
- Saudi Aramco World article on the history of asafoetida.
- Exporter, Importer and Manufacturer of Compounded Asafoetida and Spices
- Caldecott, Todd (2006). Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life. Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 0-7234-3410-7. Contains a detailed monograph on Ferula foetida, F. narthex, F. rubricaulis (Hing; Devil's Dung; Asafoetida) as well as a discussion of health benefits and usage in clinical practice. Available online at http://www.toddcaldecott.com/index.php/herbs/learning-herbs/358-hingu


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- Publisher: Devolver Digital
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Dec 7, 2012I think this game is a very interesting mix of modern and retro. You have this pumping modern soundtrack with 80's visual design and modern gameplay. It's hard like old games, but not unfair like old, bad games. It's easy to pick up and each floor is like a checkpoint.
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Nov 20, 2012Loud, violent, pulpy and bizarre, Hotline Miami submerges you in a sublime audio/visual state of trance that will make your head spin and leaves you craving for more!
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Dec 7, 2012It's a top down shooter. You'll get bored of this like you got bored of Smash tv or the old Gauntlet games. Not that this is a bad game, it isn't, just this has all been done before.
Jan 21, 2014Let me break it all to you guys, this game is for those who enjoy: 1) GTA I & II, 2) Psychodelic/Progressive Music, 3) Arcade rush, 4) Arcade Graphics
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Jun 25, 2013Bizarre, fast paced, and gory in the best way possible. A little annoyingly difficult at moments but that's not neccessarily a bad thing. A very good game, not the best ever, but very good.
Dec 2, 2012Great music, very atmospheric and controls are great. The feeling you get when you throw a knife across the room or blow somebody's head into pieces feels so good! Pick this game up, you will not regret it.
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Nov 5, 2013Finally, we have an indie game that gets it. I can't say I'm surprised some people hate this game, and I thought I was going to hate it too, but I actually like it. It's got a methodical pace that you wouldn't expect from a "top-down shooter" as some "remarkably gifted" reviewer claimed it was. Also, awesome soundtrack.
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May 29, 2013An excellent little indie game with an astonishingly good soundtrack, interesting plot, and great game play. I couldn't stop playing until I completed it, which took me about 3 hours, but for only a few dollars this is entirely worth the short play time.
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Jan 4, 2013It's not great, but it seems to do what it intended to... It's a Nintendo hard game in the overdone retro style. The only way it could be more cliche is if the enemies were zombies.
Jan 6, 2013Hotline Miami is a good game but the graphics is really bad. The story was great although the game can be finished pretty quickly (4-5 hours in my case).
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Jul 30, 2013Smash people with various tools to create a mighty retro violent rampage and sing along with the lovely tunes of this game. Available now for Sega Dreamcast.
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Nov 7, 2013Hotline gives you a different game-play style. I wish there was a CO-OP mode also, but it is still perfect game in Singleplayer. You can not compare Hotline Miami with any other game. It is unique in these days i think. It brings some good memories from "old days". And you never get bored, but sometimes, you just feel that, missions repeat themselves. Still a good game.
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Dec 27, 2013Excellent indie game with unforgiving yet still satisfyingly fun game mechanics and a surprisingly good soundtrack. A friend of mine compared it to a Tarantino film, which is a worthy assessment.
Feb 8, 2014Many of my reviews are just for jokes and fun, but I want to be serious with this. This game is amazing. Simply stunning. The music, art and game play all combine and what it produces is spectacular. The story is very deep, and may require several breakthroughs to fully understand.
Phenomenal, Ten out of Ten. Utterly amazing, this is a must buy. -
Oct 26, 2012Excellent game. The tension, the artistry, the speed, the strategy... A commendable and highly artistic rendation and critique of violence in popular media and an immense retro throwback make this game an instant cult hit. Granted, it's not for everyone but if you like vintage, tongue in cheeck humor and the 80's... go play it!
Oct 29, 2012
Jun 10, 2013Yes it's indie, yes the grains suck, and yes it's a great game. It seems most people are bashing it solely on its graphics and indieness, but that's shallow. This is a very good game with a little bit of stealth, action, and tactics.
Mar 11, 2014It's got the Kill Bill style bloody weaponised mass murder expertly merged with the very up close, personal, drug-fueled ultra violence from A Clockwork Orange.
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Nov 18, 2013I think this game made it to my top 10 its fast paced action old school graphics and has nice music. The theme of the game is also very good along with the 80s setting
Nov 5, 201280s graphics in a 2012 game. I know that hipsters and brain-dead people are gonna eat this up because "hurr-durr, it's indie", but this is pushing it.
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Feb 21, 2013"Hotline Miami" is a great ultrabrutal arcade shooter with fast pace action. With some unlockables and a heavy difficulty you simply cannot make something wrong. If you're not a moralizer, get this game!
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Jan 2, 2013Funny retro-looking game, but you have to be the king of hipster to even consider it a GREAT game. Wake up, guys. Nothing is "amazing" just because it's indie.
Dec 7, 2012I'm fine with the 8-bit retro look. But there doesn't seem to be any real gameplay here. Just a very stylized look and increasingly graphic violence.
You pick up the weapon on the ground, and use it to kill the next guy. Then you repeat those 2 steps ad infinitum. Theres not even much of a puzzle to it. You just have to click faster than the enemy. -
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Dec 24, 2012Super fun. Not too long, but I got a good 6 hours out of it. I love the art style. Everyone agrees the music is great.
The game is a trip. Surreal story, immersing style and setting, addictive gameplay. I paid $5 for it, and I would have paid more. -
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Jun 20, 2013I can not understand the general enthusiasm about this game. This is not an innovative indie title, but a rude, ugly and violent trial-and-error fest.
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Nov 10, 2013This game is one of the best games I have ever picked up on Steam! It is extremely addictive and the soundtrack is brilliant! The only bad thing about this game is that the storyline is very weak.
Dec 1, 2013Old-school game mechanics. Engrossing, well-written storyline. Awesome soundtrack and 80s ambientation. The greatest surprise of 2012, there's nothing to dislike in this game.
Feb 24, 2014For a rich game company the graphics was so bad i thought it was pong. The gameplay sucks as bricks bounce about 4 times and nail people in the ass. Such a bad gamee, 10/10. Im going to go now because this game made me want to chop my big hairy willy off and eat my ball sacks.
Oct 26, 2012Hotline Miami is a Indie done right. The combination of stealth and gruesome combat is great! The visual style with neon-colors and the great soundtrack underpin a really surreal and quite interesting plot that connects all of the murder scenes. This is by far the best Indie game I've ever played even surpassing FTL and Meatboy. Don't miss this but be warned that it's an adult theme.
Jan 26, 2013This is way more than a game, this is an inspiration! This is a game that makes you feel in a way that you can't describe.
Gameplay - 10/10
Soundtrack - 10/10
Storyline - 10/10
Art style - 10/10
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Apr 26, 2013Hotline Miami has a unique, depressing, ominous atmosphere structured by trippy. dated visuals, and solid music. In saying that, the repetitive game play does begin to drag after a few chapters. Some frustrating bugs, on top of ridiculous boss levels that seem purposefully built to annoy, take the overall shine off of the game.
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Dec 22, 2012this kind of games are the only ones that I really enjoy. Difficult, different to the rest of games and with adult content. The graphics and animations are awesome so as the faces (love the beard dude). I have no doubt that this is the goty of 2012, not those **** unlimited franchises that are all years the same game.
Mar 22, 2013Bought this game on sale for a few dollars. Wasn't really expecting much, but I had read some good things. Anyway...sooooooo much fun and very challenging. Love it.
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Sep 25, 2013Hotline Miami gives what no other game can do, it has a perfect mix of strategy, stealth, and action, and it also has unique music and graphics, people may say it's hard but it makes the player strategize and make lots of different tactics on each stage.
Nov 2, 2013An amazing game, if you like grand theft auto or man hunt you will like this game, if you dont like gta or manhunt YOU WILL STILL LIKE THIS GAME. ultra violent and retro.
Jan 17, 2014Hotline Miami is the type of game that you sit down, play, and figure out three hours later that you are still playing it. The game's replay-ability, story, and fantastic gameplay are wonderful to experience, but the reason Hotline Miami deserves a ten instead of a nine is the music. The soundtrack alone gets a ten.
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Nov 11, 2013Fenomenal experience. it is such an incredible game which you will need to play in order to see how incredible it really is. The soundtracks and the storyline completely mesmerize me into a virtual reality.
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Jul 13, 2013It was an enjoyable experience. It mixes together your quick reactions and your strategic thinking to complete a level. It punishes you on a single mistake however and I truly liked that aspect of this game. Overall, I think it was a great game but I found it to be quite short but definitely worth the price of 10 bucks.
Dec 28, 2013Don't listen to the idiots around here saying b*llsh*t about hotline miami..IT IS A GEM!!!Story and mood wise!U need an Xbox360 controller for sure,but it is worth your time...Violent,psycho,atmospheric plus a SUPER soundtrack!What else u want from an indie game 18+?It's on sale now!GO 'N' GET IT!!!
Oct 30, 2012Full review: http://newgameplus.co/pc/hotline-miami-review/
Hotline Miami, from indie developer Dennaton Games, is a hard-hitting, visceral experience. It starts in a dark alleyway where a nameless observer instructs you to kill three men. The first two with your fists, the last one with a baseball bat. The violence in Hotline Miami is brutal. It isn -
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Nov 17, 2012The old-style graphics mixed with a sinister and dark plot as a beat-em up game is genius, and I spent six-ten hours completing it normally, then just using melee/my fists unless I absolutely had to use guns. The game is absolutely enjoyable, and I advise you buy it.
Feb 6, 2013From the get-go, Miami's presentation has a unique style, with vivid colors, generous amounts of post-process filtering and a stunning soundtrack (you will just let the game play on, only to hear the tracks). But at the same time, all notions of continuous fast-paced action gameplay disappear. Hotline Miami is essentially a top-down stealth game, that rewards the player with imaginative (and quite violent) kill animations. [January 2013]
Dec 18, 2012A stylish slice of retro carnage. This is the bloodiest, least forgiving game of the year. [Jan 2013, p.85]
Dec 17, 2012A drug-induced coma of violence, strategy, death and rebirth. [Jan 2013, p.67]


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Since I was a kid, I've been a Lakers fan. Hearing that Steve Nash, the greatest basketball talent this country has ever produced, is on his way to Los Angeles, should be welcome news.
But it doesn't feel that way at all. Why?
Because I'm a Torontonian that's why.
I totally understand why Nash chose the Lakers over the Raptors or any other team for that matter. He took less money to stay close to his family, play alongside one of the five greatest players ever in Kobe Bryant, will contend for a title, and enjoy warm winters in southern California. And Nash deserves it all. Who wouldn't take that deal?
But Toronto needed Nash for so many reasons beyond basketball.
The city is broken. Politically, emotionally, and most noticeably with its pro-sports teams.
Cities rally around teams. It happens in every city. It may be a different sport, but it's what people do. What did the Stanley Cup runs in Edmonton, Ottawa and Calgary do in recent years? How about the Olympics for Vancouver?
Toronto is beaten up. It has been 19 years since the Blue Jays were last in the post-season. The Raptors have won only one playoff round since joining the NBA in 1995. It has been eight years since the Argos won a Grey Cup. TFC has been a fiasco since joining MLS. And the Leafs? Never mind the Cup drought since 1967, they're the only NHL team not to make the playoffs in the post-lockout era.
Politically, the divide between the right and left has never felt greater in the GTA. It's a city that seems more rundown than the Gardiner Expressway, a traffic artery that seems to be crumbling daily.
In recent weeks, a string of gun violence has left Canada's largest community shaken while local authorities plead with residents the city is still safe.
Steve Nash was the perfect cure for a city with a frail psyche.
He could've provided that spark the city needed to feel good about itself again. For all this talk about how Toronto is the 'Centre of the Universe,' Hogtown is a sensitive soul.
There was anger in the winter when the Leafs collapsed, and the Jays failed to reel in Yu Darvish or even Prince Fielder. With Nash, its different. It's not anger, just disappointment. Nash represents himself globally in a way we should all feel proud of. He's the ideal Canadian. Smart, athletic, innovative, and with an incredibly social concious.
No one expected a title in Toronto from Nash, and this isn't to say he should've been obligated to come here in the first place. After all, he's a B.C. boy. But this city was looking for a ray of sunshine. Someone to make this city feel good about itself. They'll just have to find it someplace else. In the meantime, maybe we can all just crash on Landry Fields' couch until the clouds over the CN Tower lift.


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It will not have much of an effect to do one of your workouts in the evening, in fact, all of my weekday workouts are done in the evenings, between 9:30 and 11:00 pm, due to my work schedule. It is purported to be somewhat better for fat burning to do the workouts in the morning, before breakfast, but that is not essential, especially if you have less fat to lose.
Also, the weight results you report are perfectly normal at this point. Let's assume you have been running a 300 - 400 calorie deficit daily. That may add up to about 8400 calories over the 21 day period. Using the accepted value of 3500 cal per lb of fat, you would lose about 2.4 lbs of fat. If you have gained 1 - 2 lbs of muscle, and have increased your water consumption to accumulate 2 lbs more in your body, then it would not be surprising to see a slight weight gain.
Once I discovered the joys of weight training, all other passions were transcended.
Thanks Jacium... this all makes sense now.... I think I am averaging around 1400-1500 calories a day. I am going to stay patient till week 8 and then monitor my progress from there.... I will post some week four photos up at the end of the week and lets see if anyone can see a change I can't see !!!
MazJaz -
Hang in there! I think you and I carry our weight somewhat similarly, solidly and in the bottom half of our bodies. (By the way - your before pix look pretty damned good already!)
Anyways, I figure that even if I can't see the differences yet, with the workouts we are doing the muscle underneath is becoming much firmer and more defined, so when that darned weight comes off it will be so cool to see!
MazJaz-Not sure if you have seen this yet, but I think it's spot on...On day 31 of my first challenge I took two rolls of paper towels, left one full, then the other I took off 31 sheets. Those two rolls are still downstairs on the shelf in front of my treadmill to remind me what happens on the inside first...That was 3 challenges ago. All my best for you!!
Here's a little inspiration for those of you who are worried about not seeing any changes in your body so far. It's what I call the "Paper Towel Theory"
Let's assume you go out and buy two rolls of paper towels, each with only 84 paper towels on it (one for each day of the challenge).
You put one aside, and keep it for future reference (your "before" picture).
The other one represents you (I'll call your paper towel you "Ed"). The core represents the lean Ed. The towels represent the fat that is covering the lean Ed. For sake of argument, let's say that Ed wants to lose 21 pounds of fat, so (84/21) each sheet represents a quarter-pound of fat lost. Let's also assume that Ed loses his fat equally during each day of the challenge.
Each day during the first week, you tear a sheet off of Ed, representing the fat he has lost for the day. Next, you put Ed next to the full roll ("Big Al") for comparison. No noticeable difference!!! Even at the end of the week! This can't be working for me!
But, being a good Ed, you continue to follow Body-for-LIFE. At the end of weeks two and three, you continue to compare Ed to Big Al, and still notice very little difference. That stinkin' Bill Phillips MUST be a liar!
But Ed is determined! He works hard! Hitting his 10's…eating his 6 daily meals. Three more weeks go by, the sheets peeling off day after day, before Ed gets up the courage to stand next to Big Al again. Holy Myoplex! Ed is skinny! OK, not skinny, but less huge!!!
By the end of the 12-week Body-for-LIFE program, Ed is down to his lean dream, or somewhere near it. Ed is happy. We are happy. Big Al – well he's not so happy.
The lesson to be learned is that fat, like paper towels, comes off in sheets. When you are heavy, you are big around. And when you are big around, that fat is spread over a MUCH larger area – just like that outside towel sheet. The closer you get to the lean you, the more each lost pound of fat shows, because it is spread over a smaller area.
While the outside sheet may only cover 1 layer of the roll, the inside sheet may go around 4 times. That last sheet looks like it gives you 4 times the results of the first sheet, but in reality, the results are the same – your perception is just different! And you'll never see the inside, if you aren't patient while the outside is coming off!
Seems so logical when you read it like this!
This article and other great stuff on www.hussmanfitness.com!
DebMO :0) Blessed to be a Blessing...
Hang in there! You have gotten great advice and encouragement already! Your before pics are pretty amazing! You will see changes! Weeks 7-10 were the weeks for me!
I too have just finished week 3 yesterday. i have lost a bit of weight...and have noticed that the "muffin top" hanging over my jeans has considerably shrunk down. I try to stay between 1400-1500 calories per day. i am a runner...so for the cardio part i have been running 30-40miles per week. on the days that i do not do weights, i do shorter run and include sprinting intervals for HIIT. on the days i do weights, i try to split my workout(run in am/weights in pm) the sixth day i do one long run and sundays are to relax. i just turned 40 and have not been able to wear a 2 piece bathing suit since before having my 3 sons(15,13,and 11). of course i focus too much on the scale....so i am trying to focus more on the goal of buying and wearing this bathing suit!!!! I am loving the paper towel roll story!!!
also, i have not done the "free day" of eating. do you think this is ok?
Hi Tina,
I think your before pics also look pretty damn good!! haha.. at least we are both starting at a fairly reasonable point, so should see some dramatic results.
I am on W4D3, and I can't say even my clothes are feeling looser.... so I did have a bit of a down day yesterday, thinking something should have happened by now!!!! Even with my clothes!!! I am staying off the scales - but will take my week 4 photos this weekend and post them on my profile. I know I feel good, but was hoping I would feel my clothes a little looser by now with all the hard work (and tired muscles). Maybe my body is just re-adjusting itself and getting used to this new way of eating.... I know something has to give soon!
I hope you're having a good week
I'm so glad I got on the computer this evening to read this! Mazjaz-I am feeling the same way you are! I'm not "feeling" smaller. I'm not actually trying to lose weight, but really tone up with definition in my stomach, legs, and arms...you know the people that you look at and say, "Wow, she must work out!" That's what I want to look like! This is my second challenge and I really started noticing major changes in week 8. So am I just being impatient? I'm also not drinking water like I should. Any pointers from anyone will help!
The closer you are to your "ideal" the longer it seems to take. A lot of people start to lose quickly if they have a lot to lose. I, like you, didn't have a lot to lose, and it took longer for me to see any noticeable results. Hang in there! What a great thread and feedback!
"The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday!"
I agree with all the above... I am with you sisters!! I totally feel you! I am in week 12 and am just now starting to see some action lol! I am in my last 10lbs or so. I know it will take longer... but at the same time I have come to understand even though we can't see the changes, they ARE happening! Hang in there. If nothing else, you are doing great things for your body!!
Good luck!
Thanks MazJaz!
I have to tell you, when I was on the treadmill yesterday for HIIT, I kept thinking of that paper towel analogy someone put on here for you, it kept me going an extra 6 seconds (when I felt I was already dying!!!) on my level 10, which was a .5% incline at 8.3mph. (I can barely make it one minute at that speed to begin with, so the extra 6 seconds was huge to me!)
Have a great rest of the week, I'll join in and put up my 4 week progress pix next week as well!
I am in the middle of week 4, having started January 3. I love this as it is sustainable for me unlike a 90 day video program my husband and I attempted--great exercises but I lost interest. With this, I haven't missed a day.
Right away I felt great from the eating, by week 1 I could see small changes and certainly felt them. My complexion is even brighter. This has to be from the increase in exercise as my eating is decent anyway.
My poor dog is not getting her walks since my cardio is all inside and it's cold and snowy out...but I had her out on my free day and I have to laugh because she is the one getting the comments on how great she looks---she has the silkiest black coat from all the HARD BOILED EGG YOLKS!! HAHA I'm thinking I'm not going to get any comments until week 8 or so? ...maybe I should be eating those yolks so at least my hair can look as good! :)
I would like to join this thread. I want to stick with you through the whole 84 days because I know both of us will get where we need to be.
Keep pushing. I am seeing a lot of movement in inches and pounds...but I had a lot more to work off :(
Mooti - I got such a laugh out of your posts and how good the dogs hair looks! (I always tell my neices to enjoy their beautiful silky long hair, because when they get to be my age (43) they will be paying a lot of money to make it look half that good!)
Karla - welcome aboard, MazJaz is great inspiration to all of us! Dang girl, are you dropping the weight quick, are you doing more cardio than the 20 minutes 3x a week, or just very lucky/good/blessed at dropping weight??? Way to go!!!
Thanks...no I am definitely not lucky/good/blessed with dropping weight at all.
This is my training routine...which works better for me because I need a set routine on a set day:
Monday--Upper (and I am doing a spin class in the evening)
Tuesday--Cardio Only (I do a 20 min BFL Cardio in morning and if I have time..I do another in the evening)
Thursday--Upper (starting to do spin this week on a 2 x a week basis)
Saturday--Free Day (but I usually end up doing a cardio--a 20 min BFL and a 30 min treadmill)
I have set mini goals throughout this whole 12 weeks and a reward (cruise) at the end of the challenge.
I am blessed to have a friend who has held the title of Ms Bikini USA and Ms Fitness World (Katie Uter) and she is measuring me each week and monitoring my BFL journals (nutrition and training). She is making sure my caloric intake is between 1400 and 1600 to make sure I meet my first goal of wearing a gown that shows off my abdomin to Washington DC Mardi Gras on February 11th. By the way...she is impressed with the Body for Life program!
I read all of these motivational discussions also.


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- "The School of Conjuration governs raising the dead or summoning creatures from the Realm(s) of Oblivion. This skill makes it easier to cast these spells as well as Soul Trap and bindings."
- ―The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- "Can you conjure me up a sweet roll?"
- ―Hold Guards[src]
- "Hail, Summoner. Conjure me up a warm bed, would you?"
- ―Hold Guards[src]
Conjuration is a skill in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and is one of the six skills that fall under the Path of Sorcery or the Mage constellation of skills. The conjuration skill is raised by casting Conjuration spells while enemies have detected the caster. The summoning aspects of Conjuration raises the skill by the amount of time/damage output used in combat; these spells identify themselves as Conjuration spells and generally focus on summoning creatures from the plains of Oblivion or creating ethereal weapons from soul energy. Since Mysticism was removed, Soul Trap is now a Conjuration spell.
After the Dragonborn reaches around level 30 in Conjuration, guards may say:
"Hail summoner, conjure me up a warm bed, would you?"
Governing Guardian Stone: The Mage.
Books and questsEdit
The following books provide a permanent skill up to Conjuration. Exact locations of each book are found on their individual pages.
- 2920, vol 09 - Hearth Fire
- 2920, vol 10 - Frostfall
- Liminal Bridges
- The Doors of Oblivion
- The Warrior's Charge
Oghma Infinium also can increase the Conjuration skill - reading the "Path of Magic" increases Conjuration by five, as well as all other Mage skills.
The following Quests increase the Conjuration skill:
- Find Pantea's Flute for Pantea Ateia in the Bards College in Solitude. This quest also increases Alteration, Enchanting, Destruction, Restoration, and Illusion.
The following is a complete list of Conjuration spells:
Rank | Spell Name | Description | Magicka Base Cost |
Novice (Skill level 0) | Bound Dagger DB | Creates a magic dagger for 120 seconds. Sheathe it to dispel. | 32 |
Bound Sword | Creates a magic sword for 120 seconds. Sheathe it to dispel. | 93 | |
Conjure Familiar | Summons a Familiar for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 107 | |
Raise Zombie | Reanimate a weak dead body to fight for the player for 60 seconds. | 103 | |
Summon Unbound Dremora | Summons an unbound Dremora. | 100 | |
Apprentice (Skill level 25) | Bound Battleaxe | Creates a magic battle axe for 120 seconds. Sheathe it to dispel. | 169 |
Conjure Boneman DG | Summons a Boneman archer for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 129 | |
Conjure Flame Atronach | Summons a Flame Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 150 | |
Flaming Familiar | Summons a Flaming Familiar which will charge into battle and explode. | 57 | |
Reanimate Corpse | Reanimate a more powerful dead body to fight for the player for 60 seconds. | 144 | |
Soul Trap | If a target dies within 60 seconds, fills a soul gem. | 107 | |
Spectral Arrow (Bound Bow) | Fires a Spectral Arrow at the target doing 30 points of damage and staggering the target (shot from Bound Bow). | 0 | |
Summon Arniel's Shade | Summons the Shade of Arniel Gane for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 71 | |
Summon Arvak DG | Summons the horse Arvak wherever the caster is pointing. | 136 | |
Adept (Skill level 50) | Banish Daedra | Weaker summoned daedra are sent back to Oblivion. | 196 |
Bound Bow | Creates a magic bow for 120 seconds. Sheathe it to dispel. | 207 | |
Conjure Ash Spawn DB | Summons an Ash Spawn for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing:. | 186 | |
Conjure Frost Atronach | Summons a Frost Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 215 | |
Conjure Mistman DG | Summons a Mistman from the Soul Cairn for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 193 | |
Conjure Seeker DB | Summons a Seeker for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 157 | |
Revenant | Reanimate a powerful dead body to fight for the player for 60 seconds. | 183 | |
Expert (Skill level 75) | Conjure Ash Guardian DB | Creates an Ash Guardian that guards that location until destroyed. Consumes a heart stone from your inventory, without which it will be hostile. | 207 |
Command Daedra | Powerful summoned and raised creatures are put under the player's control. | 243 | |
Conjure Dremora Lord | Summons a Dremora Lord for 60 seconds. | 358 | |
Conjure Wrathman DG | Summons a Wrathman from the Soul Cairn for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 301 | |
Conjure Storm Atronach | Summons a Storm Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing. | 322 | |
Dread Zombie | Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for the player for 60 seconds. | 302 | |
Expel Daedra | Powerful summoned daedra creatures are sent back to Oblivion. | 215 | |
Master (Skill level 100) | Dead Thrall | Reanimate a dead body permanently to fight for the player. | 1000 |
Flame Thrall | Summons a Flame Atronach permanently. | 900 | |
Frost Thrall | Summons a Frost Atronach permanently. | 1100 | |
Storm Thrall | Summons a Storm Atronach permanently. | 1200 |
* Spectral Arrow is only available in the testing hall for PC or by converting a save from PC into a Xbox or PS3 save and is not included in the actual game.
Master spells can't be purchased initially. To unlock Master Conjuration spells, the Conjuration Ritual Spell quest must be completed upon reaching level 90 Conjuration.
Starting spellsEdit
The following are Conjuration spells that the character can start with if the correct race is selected:
- Conjure Familiar spell is unlocked for Bretons at the start of the game.
These perks become available to select as the skill is leveled up:
Perk (Ranks) | Requirements | Description |
Novice Conjuration | None | Cast Novice level Conjuration spells for half magicka |
Conjuration Dual Casting | Conjuration 20, Novice Conjuration | Dual casting a Conjuration spell overcharges the effects into a longer lasting version |
Mystic Binding | Conjuration 20, Novice Conjuration | Bound weapons do more damage |
Apprentice Conjuration | Conjuration 25, Novice Conjuration | Cast Apprentice level Conjuration spells for half magicka |
Summoner (2) | Conjuration 30/70, Novice Conjuration | Can summon Atronachs, raise undead or Dremora lords twice as far away (three times as far for second rank at Conjuration 70) |
Soul Stealer | Conjuration 30, Mystic Binding | Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on targets |
Necromancy | Conjuration 40, Novice Conjuration | Greater duration for reanimated undead |
Atromancy | Conjuration 40, Summoner | Double duration for conjured Atronachs and Dremora Lords |
Oblivion Binding | Conjuration 50, Soul Stealer | Bound weapons will banish summoned creatures and turn raised ones |
Adept Conjuration | Conjuration 50, Apprentice Conjuration | Cast Adept level Conjuration spells for half magicka |
Dark Souls | Conjuration 70, Necromancy | Reanimated undead have 100 points more health |
Expert Conjuration | Conjuration 75, Adept Conjuration | Cast Expert level Conjuration spells for half magicka |
Elemental Potency | Conjuration 80, Atromancy | Conjured Atronachs are 50% more powerful |
Twin Souls | Conjuration 100, Elemental Potency OR Dark Souls | The player can have two Atronachs, reanimated zombies or Dremora Lords |
Master Conjuration* | Conjuration 100, Expert Conjuration | Cast Master level Conjuration spells for half magicka |
See: Skill
- Runil (Adept): Falkreath
- Phinis Gestor (Expert): The College of Winterhold
- Falion (Master): Morthal
- Talvas Fathryon (Master): Tel Mithryn (requires Dragonborn DLC)
- Summoning or reanimating a valid target will raise the skill (summoning creatures must be done while being detected by enemies).
- Banishing a valid target will raise the skill (works for all summons).
- Casting a Bound Item spell while in combat will raise the skill.
- Damage done by summoned or reanimated items or creatures will raise the skill.
- Casting a summoned creature and attacking it with Bound Sword or Bound Dagger will raise the skill quickly.
- Lure an enemy to the Western Watchtower (usually a giant or mammoth, since there is a camp nearby) and repeatedly cast Soul Trap.
- Cast Soul Trap on Shadowmere. Shadowmere will not become hostile.
- Cast Soul Trap on a cow. No bounty will be incurred.
- Cast Soul Trap on a dead enemy.
Upon reaching Conjuration skill level 90, Phinis Gestor at The College of Winterhold offers the Conjuration Ritual Spell quest to teach the Dragonborn how to permanently summon a Flame Atronach / Frost Atronach / Storm Atronach / Dead Thrall. After completion, Phinis first gives Summon Flame Thrall, then offers all other Master level Conjuration Spell Tomes for a fee of roughly 3,000 , this price varies with the Speech skill perks and/or Barter enchantment(s) on items or from potions. Or get them nearly for free at the Atronach Forge.
- Dead Thrall seems not to be as permanent as it is claimed, as the zombies always seem to spontaneously disappear after a while even if they're in full view.
- Dead Thrall can reanimate Dremora Kynval .
- Currently a glitch exists where if the Dragonborn has an active Spell Absorption effect (Alteration Perk, Atronach Perk, Dragonskin Power, etc.) summon spells will be absorbed when cast for no net magicka cost.
- Casting Soul Trap on a corpse will cause it to become immune to any attempts at resurrecting it.
- Conjured followers are unaffected by the difficulty setting and thus retain the same effectiveness across all difficulty settings.
- If an enemy that is a conjurer is raised, its summonings and undead may be hostile to that conjurer. They may then kill the conjurer, causing them to disappear.
- A very effective combination using Twin Souls is a conjured Dremora Lord (using two hands) and the shout Call of Valor to summon one of the three original tongues. (Since Call of Valor is a shout not a spell, both can be cast one after the other.) There is very little that can stand against both a Dremora Lord and Hakon One-eye. There may be a bug when using typical conjurations (Summon Dremora Lord) and special conjurations (Call of Valor) even using Twin Souls, a Dremora Lord will disappear if Call of Valor is cast after it. To avoid this remember to cast special conjurations first, then cast a typical conjuration.
- It is not recommended to summon Atronachs at low levels while fighting Dragon Priests as they can use the spell Command Daedra.
- A good way to level up Conjuration for those specializing in the one-handed perk skill tree is to buy the Bound Sword and use it often, as it increases one-handed and conjuration rather quickly. Even without the The Mage Stone it levels quickly.
- The shout Summon Durnehviir functions as a conjuration spell unlike Call of Valor. Therefore, if there is already a creature summoned, the shout will replace the summoned creature, also, summoning something else while Durnheviir is still active will prematurely end him.
- Another technique is to find a store owner in a small town, and continuously attack them with a Conjuration spell or any other form of attack magic, while at the same time casting an Alteration or Illusion spell. This will raise magic class level and also give an endless supply of exp., making leveling up easier. For a quick and easy level up use an alteration spell like Oakflesh and an illusion spell like Clairvoyance (bound sword and bound battleaxe can do this too) and cast them (not continuously but in bursts). This raises these skills quickly to level up and get perks.
- Spells of a summoning nature (summon Dremora Lord, summon Familiar, summon Atronach, etc.) may not work. The sound effect will play and the screen will wash out for a moment, but the creature will not appear. This is caused by two things:
- The Absorb Spell effect. Absorb spell effect may be given by a Guardian Stone, having Atronach perk, or the Breton Dragonskin ability.
- Summons appearing below the graphics. This can sometimes be caused by graphics not being properly registered in the Creation Kit as solid for a summon to spawn.
- Solution: Download Unofficial Skyrim Patch.
- Solution: Try performing the summon spell on a different area of the game world.
- PS3 360 Sometimes, when casting a Conjure Familiar/Atronach/Dremora Lord, the portal may appear on-time, but the summoned creature may not. They will eventually summon, and the full 60/120 timeframe on non-thralls will not be affected.
- Elemental Atronachs can sometimes attack the Dragonborn if hit by a Destruction spell cast by the Dragonborn that causes no effect on the Atronach. (Ex. A Flame Atronach may attack the Dragonborn if hit by a Firebolt.)
- A reanimated human corpse that is completely unarmed and made hostile by attacking them will search for the nearest weapon. If the said character enters a building, the body will turn to ash at the doorway.
- Sometimes, when reanimating a dead body, switching to a different spell immediately after the reanimate spell hitting the body, the body will remain dead with the reanimating effect around it.
Conjuration Spells | |
Banish Daedra • Bound Sword • Bound Battleaxe • Bound Bow • Command Daedra • Conjure Dremora Lord Conjure Familiar • Conjure Flaming Familiar • Conjure Flame Atronach • Conjure Frost Atronach • Conjure Storm Atronach Dead Thrall • Dread Zombie • Expel Daedra • Flame Thrall • Frost Thrall • Raise Zombie • Reanimate Corpse • Revenant Soul Trap • Storm Thrall • Summon Arniel's Shade • Summon Unbound Dremora | |
Dawnguard | |
Conjure Boneman • Conjure Mistman • Conjure Wrathman • Summon Arvak | |
Dragonborn | |
Bound Dagger • Conjure Ash Guardian • Conjure Ash Spawn • Conjure Seeker | |
Schools of Magic | |
Alteration • Conjuration • Destruction • Illusion • Restoration | |
Related topics | |
Conjuration Ritual Spell • Magicka • Perks • Magic • The College of Winterhold • Conjuration trainers Resurrection • Necromancy • Banish |
Skills in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | |
The Mage | Alteration · Conjuration · Destruction · Enchanting · Illusion · Restoration |
The Thief | Alchemy · Light Armor · Lockpicking · Pickpocket · Sneak · Speech |
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Hi, i was just wondering if there was anything i should be aware of re: planting so close to the foundation of the home. I was worried about putting top soil next to the wall as i have heard that this can cause dampness. I wanted to build a small retaining wall and was concerned that it would cause problems to the basement...bugs, erosion, dampness. Any advice would be appreciated.
If you are planting trees close to the foundation, then the mud could discolor the walls. If you have windows on that wall, the trees would block the sunlight and wind, besides if the trees are really big, the roots will create problems to your basement.
As long as you keep the plants small so that sunlight and air can circulate around the foundation it should be fine.
If you have eaves under your roof they usually extend 2 feet away from the house, this is to help keep the foundation dry and usually nothing will grow right next to the house because it's too dry. The last thing you want to do is water the side of the house. Most people leave a 2 foot perimeter around the house and put river rock or something there to keep it looking attractive and dry.
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