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So I've been reading a bunch of the threads linked in the 101 thread and I am sort of, maybe, starting to figure things out, but I am also really, really confused.
Short version of a long story: Uncomplicated pregnancy, stalled labor requiring pitocin, then epidural, DD was born with a two-vessel cord (not noticed on ultrasound), major mastitis when DD was 1 week old, abx for me, nasty yeast diaper rash for DD that took about 6 weeks to get into check. At three weeks old, DD developed a condition called primary lymphedema (super-rare, maybe genetic, but we have no family history), and around 4 months DD started getting some mild eczema. Her lymphedema makes her very susceptible to skin infection (celulitis) which can get really bad really quickly, so she has had 3 courses of Keflex already (she is 9.5 months old), but her last round was in December. We have followed a delayed vax schedule: she's had three shots of pentacel and 1 shot of prevnar so far.
I've been looking for ways to help her eczema because I know it is a sign of other issues. Her eczema doesn't really seem to bother her (doesn't seem itchy). When she was really little I suspected a dairy intolerance because she spit up more when I ate dairy. I cut it out for six weeks and added it back slowly and she seemed fine. She now eats our 24 hour yogurt, butter and raw milk cheddar with no problems (her eczema does not seem impacted either way), she also eats egg yolk, veggies, chicken, beef, lamb, fish, apples, bananas, blueberries, pears, etc. She has had soaked oatmeal and quinoa but no other grains. She also gets FCLO a couple of times a week, homemade kraut maybe once a week, and probiotic supps a couple times a week. She still nurses about 8 times a 24 hour period, no formula ever. We try and follow a traditional foods diet, but I am a sugar junkie, and I do eat (organic!) ice cream four times a week and dark chocolate every day.
Anyway, I was reading about the methyl detox pathway and the midline disorders, and I thought that might make sense given DD's two-vessel cord at birth. But, now I'm not sure what to do about it. I can't quite weed through everything to see what I need to do to start to address that issue.
Any thoughts?
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Homeschooling is a big risk on the part of a parent—it's going against what society tells us is right to do with our kids – and it can seem even riskier if you think your kid might not be able to go to college.
I'm not saying college is necessary - it's not. But knowing that your homeschooled kid will have the option to go to college makes homeschooling feel less risky. And the good news is that homeschooled kids make much better candidates for top schools than kids who spend all their time getting good grades in high school. Here's why:
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High school assumes kids have no idea what they should be learning, when in fact, by that age it's very clear who is good at what and forced curricula wastes kids time and undermines their confidence.
High school infantilizes students by not giving them choices. It causes social anxiety and unnecessary conflict with parents.
Forcing kids to care about grades at this age makes them crazy. Slate reports that "The average high school student has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient did in 1950s."
2. Strong high school performance does not get kids into college.
Doing well in high school merely shows that you are able to follow rules and do what you're told. These are not the traits that make for a standout alumni base, and colleges know that.
No differentiator means no entrance - especially for white girls.
The trend is to abolish SAT requirements because they don't show a student's ability to stand out for anything beyond taking a test.
3. Homeschoolers are more able to differentiate themselves.
There is more time for kids to experiment and try out things to figure out what is special about them. What is special about them is what will get them into college. For example:
Learn to play an instrument. Columbia accepts homeschooled musicians with just a GED. This is not uncommon for musicians.
Focus on sports. The trend in kids sports is to take kids out of school so they can focus on the sport. Private teams are much stronger than school teams, and you can travel for year-round training.
Start a company. There are plenty of examples of successful companies launched by high schoolers. A kid who launches four startups and each of them fails is much more attractive to a college than the kid who gets straight A's at some suburban high school.
Run science experiments. There is not a Westinghouse winner who actually needs to go to high school in order to get into college.
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GMDM's most recent move - HoRam for some light hitting speedster - chaps my rear-end. My ire is not directed towards the idea of moving HoRam when his stock has never been (and possibly never will be) higher, its directed at the return.
Throughout the entire existence of the Royals they/we have had a complete lack of power - see team single season homerun leader, Steve Balboni - 36 homers (Yuck).
This team is going nowhere until a real power hitter or 2 . . . or 3 - god forbid, is entrenched in the middle of the lineup. One guy with power is not enough, which is something we haven't had since we briefly featured a lineup of Sweeney/Beltran/Dye.
As a matter of fact - not 1 American Leage playoff team has hit less than 140 team homeruns and had only one 20 + homerun hitter other than the 2007 Angels (123 and Vlad - 27 hrs) - but they had a 4.23 team ERA - and they were swept in the 1st round, since the 1995 New York Yankees (122 and Paul O'Neill - 22 hrs). Those Yanks were defeated in the 1st round by the Mariners. Marinate on that for a moment.
Not one American League team has reached the ALCS with less than 140 team homers since the 1991 Toronto Blue Jays (133). That was before the Wild Card!!!!
The last time the Royals had more than one player reach or breach the 20 homer plateau - 2002 - they had 140 team homeruns. Ibanez hit 24 homers, Sweeney hit 24 homers and Beltran hit 29 homers. The team ERA that year was 5.21!!
This team is going nowhere until, in addition to the quality of pitching being increased, the aggregate power is increased. Not one GMDM trade has brought any power to this team (Ryan Shealy doesn't count). Signing Olivo and Guillen was a nice stop-gap, but it is slightly disturbing that nothing else that GMDM has done has shown any organizational emphasis or care about adding power.
The moving of HoRam for yet another light hitting outfielder (the organization must now have 15 guys that fit this mold) leaves me scratching my head. If this new guy is the best HoRam could return, why make the move? There is no upside to this type of player for the Royals. Maybe teams like the Red Sox or Yankees could value a speed guy because the added spice of speed to their already powerful lineups could create a dynamic mix. The Royals are woefully lacking power. We have Gathright, Teahen, DeJesus, Maier, Costa, etc. Why add another outfielder with no power?
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Updated 11:13am Tuesday 1st July 2014 in News By Katie Mercer, Reporter
AS the setting sun turned the clouds above Blackburn's Soccerdome pale shades of pink and violet, 500 women from all walks of life were getting ready to unite for East Lancashire Hospice.
The Starlight Walk is a sponsored walk with a difference.
Walking boots and back packs are shunned in favour of neon tutus, flashing tiaras, feather boas and more sparkle and glitter than a Santa's grotto on the set of Strictly Come Dancing.
The women-only walk started at 10pm on Saturday and ladies chose a route of five or eight miles along Blackburn's starlit streets, marshalled by 70 volunteers, and managed to raise more than £35,000.
This year, there was a Strictly Come Dancing theme and so instead of Olympic-style stretches and lunges, participants warmed up with a 1920s-inspired Charleston, led by a real-life flapper girl complete with white fringed dress and feather headdress.
Music and a live performance from salsa dancers from DAPA, Eanam Wharf ensured there was a party atmosphere.
Shouts and giggles could be heard at every turn — all this before the walk had even begun.
With so much fun in the air, it was easy to forget that many of the women congregated in the Haslingden Road car park had chosen to walk for deeply personal reasons, many still battling with the raw grief after a loved one has passed away.
Every woman had the name of someone who had been helped by East Lancashire Hospice in their final days or hours emblazoned on the back of their Starlight Walk T-shirt.
Some had plaques on which they had drawn pictures and written the names of lost family members and friends: auntie, mum, granddad, best friend.
Everyone has been touched or inspired by the care the hospice provides to the community.
Blackburn mum Martine Read was celebrating her 37th birthday on the walk, as well as her daughter Halona's 11th birthday.
Her eyes filled with tears as she spoke about why she decided to do the Starlight Walk. The 37-year-old said: "My grandma had cancer and my auntie is still fighting it.
"My grandma had a bit of care from the hospice and I just thought, it's so important that people get that.
"If people didn't come out and do stuff like this, the hospice wouldn't be able to keep going and they do such a good job. I just wanted to help. For my grandma and for everyone else."
For 30 years, East Lancashire Hospice has provided care for people suffering from life-limiting illnesses.
They have no government funding and continue to thrive solely thanks to the support of the community.
Every day, the hospice needs to raise £8,200 to keep going. That's more than £3million a year.
Louise Newsham, a 43-year-old accounts clerk from Darwen, was ready in her tutu for the full eight miles.
She said: "You just never know when you might need that sort of care."
Louise was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and has undergone a course of radiotherapy and surgery.
She added: "I won't get the all-clear for five years, but I'm all right at the moment.
"Things like that happen and it just makes you realise how important the hospice is. Anybody could need it at any time in their life.
"My granddad, Frank Whittle, was helped by the hospice. They came out to visit him at home and were with him nearly every night. They were just fabulous with him and we were so grateful."
A team of best friends from Darwen signed up to walk following the death of their friend Sarah Glover, a mother-of-two who was just 36 when she lost her battle with cervical cancer in February.
Vicky Hogan, a 28-year-old teacher at St James' Lower Darwen said: "Our friend Sarah was so well cared for at the hospice.
"We all saw the great work that they do.
"After what happened to Sarah, we all decided to walk together in her memory. It's still hard to believe she's gone but you've got to do what you can. "
Organiser and fundraiser at East Lancashire Hospice, Denise Gee said: "£36, 561 has been pledged and it was an amazing event.
"Everyone has a story to tell and there's such passion from everyone involved. I am so proud of everyone who gave their time to make a massive difference to help care for the patients and their families.
"I would also like to give massive thanks for the freemasons and Lancashire Police who helped to keep the women safe and marshall the event. Without them, the whole thing wouldn't be possible and they were just fantastic."
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blackburne67 wrote:Sorry I mean lovely people :)))))
One can do a mans only walk if one wants too with women marshalling.Any help is gratefully received from decent folk in my book!!! Thankq to all the lively people who took part & whonhel8ed by volunteering or through their work duties xxxxxx :)))))
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Just one observation i have noticed,what was the percentage of none
white ladies participating .........just saying..!
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Jimmer Fredette featured on the Front Page of CNN-SI.com today. Caption: "With Jimmer Fredette and a high-powered offense, BYU could be a sleeper candidate to go far in the tournament." Stewart Mandel's "Five tips on picking your bracket" also includes the following: "As for this year's top seeds, some people don't trust Kentucky's youth. Others think Duke is overrated. And even the biggest Kansas proponents can't deny what a tough draw the Jayhawks garnered. For me, however, the most vulnerable is Syracuse, which didn't play nearly as well late in the season as it did earlier and may now be without center Arinze Onuaku for at least its first two games. Meanwhile, one of my two favorite sleeper teams in the whole field, BYU, is sitting on the other side of that region."
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BDS (Disambiguation)
The acronym had previously caused me to laugh, at some earlier point in my encounter with the boycotters and their mode of argument (if it can be called that), the nature of which set off one of those sick associations:** but for a missing 'M' at the end, the acronym seems really rather apt in terms of capturing the (intellectual?) whipping these people seem to enjoy so!
The Google search brought more mirth for it turns out that BDS actually stands for quite a few things, in addition to Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (against Israel, of course, silently included in the acronym, without need even to specify a country beginning with the letter "I" - since this type of thinking has become so commonplace that one can now just automatically assume Israel is the target of such actions - duh!). Here you'll find all the possibilities for BDS.
This is what amused me:
Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) is a political term ... to describe a perceived tendency by some American liberals to blame President George W. Bush for virtually every ill in the world. Another noted facet of BDS-like behavior is that it may appear to be a merely reflexive opposition to any position advocated by Bush for no other reason than that Bush happens to be advocating it.
Krauthammer, a former psychiatrist who earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, defined BDS as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency — nay — the very existence of George W. Bush"
While I hope it's patent that I'm no Bush fan myself, I rather enjoyed the obvious parallels between the varieties of derangement on display in both these phenomena denominated BDS. In the above formulation, substitute "Israel" for "Bush" (and often they are, insanely, as we know, what with W&M et al) and the paranormal in these two version of BDS seem one & the same, indistinguishable -- and just plain mad. Engaging in a bit of cross-fertilization here, I propose that henceforth, for our purposes, BDS should be disambiguated to mean Boycott Derangement Syndrome, for that just about gets to the essence of this boycott movement!
** The link is to the para in square brackets on how sick humour seems to have become a prime coping strategy through all this madness.
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- Raphael said...
Hi BBA,
As you may or may not know, the Green Party as just adopted a motion supporting BDS.
During the campaign against this motion, I also did some search on Google... Here is a post I sent on an internal Green e-list as a result. The point was to demonstrate that there was no difference between BDS and PACBI.
The point made by XXX that motion C05 is not about Academic and Cultural
Boycott, is, grammatically correct, but politically nonsense.
There are no frontiers between "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" (BDS)
which is what motion C05 calls for, and "Academic and Cultural Boycott of
Israel" (PACBI). The two movements are totally intertwinned and
If you type "BDS Israel" in Google:
The first Google result is the "Palestine BDS campaign", and the first link
under "ressources about the BDS campaign" is PACBI.
The second Google result is "Global BDS movement", and it boasts on its home
page the great achievement of having obtained the cancellation of the Peace
concert organized by One Voice. On the same page, there are links under
"Cultural Boycott", "Sports Boycott", and "Academic Boycott".
The third Google result is the Scottish PSC. On the page, there is a cartoon
by Latuff who won a second prize in Ahmadeinejad's Holocaust denial cartoon
competition (http://www.engageonline.org.uk/blog/article.php?id=931). There
is a lot to say about the Scottish PSC, they certainly advocate much more
than an economic boycott. They recently, among other things, hosted the
antisemite Gilad Atzmon (Derek Wall agrees that Atzmon is an antisemite, see
his blog, so I suppose that I can say so without being accused of "using
accusations of Israel to silence criticism of Israel") and even the SWP got
cold feet about being associated with the Scottish PSC:
The fourth Google result is BRICUP which is the UK Academic Boycott
The fifth result is Inminds.co.uk which is an islamic website which
advocates all sorts of boycotts (against Israel of course) and is
antisemitic. Here is a quote from the FAQ of the site: "the cancerous
zionist entity has got its tentacles hooked into numerous markets and
economies - sucking each one to nourish itself, but this is no excuse for us
not to do anything."
This is the campaign that we will be joining if we adopt Motion C05. *
Of course, for strategical reasons, the proposers of the motion have focused
on BDS rather than PACBI. Weeks after it was defeated politically, morally
and legally in the UCU, it would have been a strategical mistake to mention
PACBI. But, in terms of political realities, there is no difference.
- 2 March 2008 20:50
- Boycotted British Academic said...
Hi Raphael,
Welcome to this blog and thanks for your interesting comment. I'm distressed the BDS motion went through, obviously, but thanks so much for trying to counter it and for putting this information out.
I tend to vote Green at local/EU elections and kept thinking I'd come to regret this on account of worsening Green policy re I/P. And so it is...
Has it really come this? That I should come to regret a vote I should otherwise be proud of? That I should be put off casting my desired vote on account of this single issue? How depressing...
Be well,
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News: Cam'ron Explains Jay Z Response: "I Don't Think Jay Was Necessarily Taking Shots At Me"
Thursday, Oct 3, 2013 7:46PM
After raising eyebrows this week with a response to Jay Z's "Pound Cake" verse, Dipset leader Cam'ron has stepped forward to provide some clarity.
In Killa Cam's opinion, Jay could have rephrased his bars but instead went with a witty name-dropping verse to catch attention.
"Not really shocked, that's just mad random. I thought it came from nowhere basically. Just to clarify, I don't think Jay was necessarily taking shots at me. I just stated the facts of the scenario. He said he made more millionaires than the lotto did, but I knew Jay when he didn't have a million, when none of us had a million, when Dame and them were on the come-up. I respect what all of us have done because I know where we all come from. But the way he put his lyrics [together] and made it seem like he made n*ggas money or put them in the place where they was supposed to be... He could've worded it like he helped n*ggas make more millions, instead of saying you made n*ggas millionaires. ... Yeah. It wasn't nothing, but you know the streets and the blogs and the radio personalities turned it into whatever they wanted to turn it into. I'm fine with that." (Karen Civil)
On his new "Come & Talk To Me" remix, Killa responds to Jigga's claim of putting millions in his pockets during his early 2000's run at the Roc.
"Know me I ran down on shorty real quick. But guess what she asked me, yo Word? She said Jay made you a millionaire and looked me in the eyes /Said cake, cake, cake got that from the pies /We made each other millions, that was my reply /But had a mill before I met him, baby, that ain't no lie /See he named some Harlem cats and the homie from the Chi /But my thing, he ain't name nobody from the Stuy /And I do it like Bed-Stuy, do or die" ("Come & Talk To Me")
Some music bloggers interpreted Cam's comments as a diss toward Jay.
Jay Z is as we all know from Marcy Projects located in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. He named six people in "Pound Cake" and not one of them are from Brooklyn, so Cam'ron is implying that Jay never put on for his neighborhood. (Rap Genius)
In Jigga's "Pound Cake" verse, he refers to making current and former Roc associates millionaires including Killa.
"Cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, cake /500 million, I got a pound cake /N*ggas is fronting, that's upside-down cake /Get 'em a red nose, they clown cakes /They shoulda never let you 'round cake /Look at my neck, I got a carrot cake /Now here's the icing on the cake /Cake, cake-cake, cake-cake, uhh /I'm just getting started, oh, yeah, we got it bitch /I've done made more millionaires than the lotto did /Dame made millions, Biggs made millions /Ye made millions, Just made millions /Lyor made millions, Cam made millions /Beans'll tell you if he wasn't in his feelings" ("Pound Cake")
Back in 2009, Cam said despite his past diss records, he had no real problems with Hov.
"I heard Mase, I just got back in town, I was in Florida," Cam said about Mase's buzz as of late. "Shout-out to Mase, I wish him luck...I ain't got no problems with Jay-Z. On the real, I don't even f*ck with Jay-Z, but I got mad respect for the n*gga. Anybody who make money, got a million dollars to their name, I respect anybody who make money. I respect MC Hammer when Hammer was getting money. Personally? I don't really know the n*gga, I f*cked with Dame [Dash] and Biggs. But I ain't got no problems." (Sub 0 DVD)
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Hard Core Member
Joined: 7/08/10
The strong are sometimes wrong but the weak are never free.
I will start out by agreeing with your basic thesis that GW2 is not MMO Jesus come to save the genre. And in relation to that, you are right about a lot of the fans going way beyond fandom. I was most blown away by those who were living in denial over the weekend regarding the downtime and other launch problems. No, they were not crushing problems that would bring the game to its knees as much as some of the trolls might have hoped. They were normal startup problems that most games have. Still 3 hours of unscheduled downtimes is not a flawless headstart. Both the fanbois and the trolls both need to gain a little perspective.
Even so, I think you are off on a few small points. So if I am disagreeing with the devil's advocate would that make me St. Michael's advocate?
To say that GW2 was not the first to introduce a dynamic event system is to make a pretty big assumption about what constitutes a dynamic event system. In so far as DEs are similar to Warhammer's PQs this is true. but this limits the definition of DEs to events that had several stages and can be joined or left and anytime along the way. And also those stages were progressed by the players pushing them forward or failing to do so.
As we all know Rift also pushed forward the nature of PQs or events. I think Rift was even the first to describe them as dynamic because they could happen at anytime and in more or less random locations. They would also spawn invaders that could go out and take other locations further adding to the way that these events could impact the world. but again this is to define dynamic as the way that the event impacts the world. That is it makes the world seem more dynamic rather than the events themselves. Still very welcome changes all around.
I believe that ArenaNet is using the term Dynamic Event in a much different way. And regardless their intention with terminology, They have added their own unique twist to these events so I do think it is inaccurate to say that others have done the same thing before. Others have done similar and GW2 certainly didn't come up with the whole concept from scratch but rather built on what had gone before.
So what makes DEs different from say Rifts? DEs are dynamic in the sense that what events may occur in an area are dependent on the state of the world in that area. Rifts would simply open up at more or less random locations and times and cause a good bit of havok in the area changing the environment as they happened but what rifts happened and what they did didn't change outside of some scaling to the number of people in the zone. DEs on the other hand take place according to how the world is different at any given point in time. So if the Centaurs have taken over a human town then the event for centaurs to come and take the town will not occur. Why? because the Centaurs already have the town. They don't need to attack themselves. Rather because of the state of the world at that time, you will get an event more like the refugees of the town plan an attack to retake the town. So it is not so much that the events happen at random times. and in most cases the events don't take place at random locations, the locations are for the most part completely static. but rather what events happen constitutes the dynamic part of Dynamic Events. This design element is what is completely new and ArenaNet deserves a bit of credit for that.
You also mention that they were not the first to do three faction PvP. This is true but I don't remember them ever claiming to be the first in that regard. What they did different that I hadn't seen before was World vs World. That is setting servers against servers rather than having 2 or 3 factions within a server go after each other.
As for their payment model. I really dislike how some claim that it is essentially free to play. Buy it and you never pay again. Eh, not so much really. But I think you are going a bit too far the other way. You seem to be making the assumption that they have to replace all the revenue that they would have make from subs though the item shop. That the item shop is their major source of revenue. I am not so sure this is true. I don't doubt that the items shop is important and that they want to get everything they can from it. But I believe that box sales are still the major portion of their revenue. first, they will continue to sell boxes past this month. Not everybody grabs the new game the week that it releases. Also, most games (non-mmo that is) run on a cycle of release the game, make your box sales then fund your next project's development from those sales until you can release again. In GW2 it wont so much be a matter of the next project being something completely new but rather the next project is the next major update. And I very much doubt that they will wait two to two and a half years to release an expansion. The campaigns of the original GW came out about a year or less than the one before and that that was the original plan to sell another campaign each year to keep the project going. I suspect with GW2 that they would like to be able to keep development going based on reinvesting from box sales and that what is made from the item shop is intended to give them cushion and to sweeten the profits. Of course that is just a possibility but the point is that unlike most f2p games, they do have the pretty significant income of box sales to add to the equation.
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Joined: 3/31/04
Originally posted by Ozmodan
I agree, however I think GW2 is doing what WoW did 8 years ago, by taking new and old concepts in MMO's and polishing them and making them fit togeather in one seemless game. GW2 is not the savor of MMO's but they've taken the largest step in the right direction since WoW.
Also I think we need to consider the age demographic following and playing MMO's is getting older, which will influence game developers. But that's a discussion for another day.
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Joined: 3/22/11
Originally posted by Lobotomist
If only that were true.
Why don't you ask the people who bought Tabula Rasa whether or not they still have live servers. Or Shadowbane. Or SWG....
Just because you bought the game does not oblige the company to keep servers running if they're failing financially.
The Listener
Joined: 3/04/08
Originally posted by rygard49
And what I'm saying is that just as many positive threads started by "fanboys" are being attacked by "haters." But hey, it's just the times we live in. There is very little meaningful debate anywhere without opponents being demonized and everyone going for the clever "sound bite."
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Joined: 12/23/07
So far GW2 is feeling awesome. Personally I would prefer that it NOT rival WoW in population size. There is enough going on in the game to keep things interesting for awhile, especially once WvW kicks off in ernest after a few weeks of leveling and such.
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Joined: 6/12/06
I have heard alot of people speak of end game, this meaning dynamic world ends. That is not what nor why they brought GW2 along. GW1 had a large issue limited growth. GW dev update throw great events. But the end game should not be in a MMO thus why you will be also supporting them 1 or 2 times a year with a major expansion, micro transaction if you choose too. I agree with Devil veiw point players will be what makes GW2 last, and they will be there if the game grow levels with them and never feels like you hit the cap wall for long. To me the cap wall, the game ends is a mistake. Maybe a peice of the story will end as you turn the pages the next starts.
Look for the Rose with the Thorn.
Made History
Joined: 7/11/11
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Originally posted by Coated
Considering it's been an 8 year drought--close enough.
"Savior" is just pre-loading the argument for lots of emotive responses. Players really shouldn't do that. Staff shouldn't either.
Now, if we could just get everyone to stop shooting long enough--the "forum PvP" could move on, and we could talk about games and design again.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
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Joined: 4/03/12
I wouldn't say 8 years. I really enjoyed my time in TBC. WotLK is what killed WoW for me. Even that had some redeeming factors and wasn't a total wasted of my time, I played it on and off.
But yeah, it was the start of the decline. but from 2004 until 2008 WoW was still good.
It's the sad state of the genre. The next big title has as many threads discussing issues with it's business model than issues with the game itself.
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Joined: 8/24/06
Does the MMO genre need saving? I think alot of people don't realize that MMOs are very different from other gaming genres. MMOs are supposed to be played for years on end. It's not like Madden or CoD where there's a new one that you're supposed to jump to every year. If you hop from one MMO to the next everytime a new one comes out, then you aren't going to be happy with any of them.
Another mistake I think alot of players make is that MMOs aren't actually about gear or endgame at all. They're about the journey of your character, the people you meet, and the story of how you triumph against all odds. Going from level 1 to cap in a couple of days will cause you to end up hating any MMO, because there is no real "endgame" in MMOs. They're MMOs, they're not supposed to ever end. There is no final final boss that you kill and the credits will roll.
I think alot of developers don't get these points either. They want to add in a good "endgame" when and MMO should never have an end. They want to add new content and gear without much of a story at all. I think this is where WoW gets it right and why it's so popular. With every content patch they add, there is always a story behind it, and a reason why you're going to go raid that dungeon and kill that boss. It's not for the gear (well it shouldn't be), it's for the sake of killing that boss because he's evil or endangering your way of life. If you make a game with no story behind why you're players are going to do something, then they have no reason to do it.
Yes MMOs have quests to go kill 10 rats, but the overall arching story should always be there in the back of your mind when you play. I can go make a new character in WoW or Rift still and go through it knowing what will happen next and still enjoy it, because I know in the back of my mind that I'm going to be saving this town, or helping people find a murderer, or cause unrepable damage to my enemies.
Edit: As always good article :)
Elite Member
Joined: 4/03/12
Originally posted by Gravarg
I'm going to disagree with this part of your post.
One thing that Death Knights proved was that all content prior to current is irrelevant. There was no need to go back throgh Vanilla. Except to level and even with that, to do it as fast as possible to get to endgame content where everyone else was.
Now, if you are going to say that your statement is how it should be, then yes, the genre does need saving.
It's the sad state of the genre. The next big title has as many threads discussing issues with it's business model than issues with the game itself.
Novice Member
Joined: 4/11/11
So.... Fanboys burn you at the stake for negativity towards GW2 wait 2 the 3 months when all they have is to PVP in BG's and reroll alts for a different story to find "something to do" because of no end game content. Hit 80 and then what PVP? Been there done that. Go back to old zones? Nope, really who does that and your not even max lvl you put your time into. There is nothing new and mind blowing in GW2 is it fun? Sure for the moment but lacks content because of no content at 80 and the PVP is same crap as before spec OP and play together gg. Good game sure will it last prolly since its b2p but wont have crazy numbers and hardcore players will hate this game.
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Joined: 8/27/04
Perhaps tomorrow will be better.
I have seen A-Net do a lot of misleading,but have they promised anything?This topic really has nothing to do with any devils advocate,it is a simple ,what did they promise and we can dicuss weather it is even possible.
I do KNOW Square Enix well and hey are a developer who makes promises and oddly enough DELIVERS and pretty mcuh on time also.That is not common place in gaming now days.
My opinion is that A-Net does not strike me as being a developer that would make promises becuase to be frank,i think they would struggle to meet them.
Once you enter the realm of no subscription model,you have ZERO ongoing income from that player.This means every bit of content MUST have a time line and the over all profit margin must remain at a certain target.If anything starts to waiver NOT in A-Net's favor,then expect RUSHED or missing content,the latter you will never know unless they flat out tell you they couldn't finish the content in time,not likely to happen.
As long as there is a subscription model,you as a develoepr can make promises becuase it is a matter of perhaps taking a bit longer to recoup the extra cost.No sub fee yo ucan't recoup the extra time to fulfill a promise,so it is a straight up profit loss.Imo that type of setup does not bode well for the players,they have no chance of getting the best possible product ONLY one that will meet the devs time line.
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Joined: 8/10/09
It's improtant to remember at this stage that GW2 has about 1 million sales, thats 5 times more than TSW which is considered a failure of an mmo. The diferential between success and failure for an mmo is quite a narrow one. Kinect + Adventures sold 18 million and revolutionized console gaming in 2010. SImply stated GW2 isn't big enough to deserve the tag saviour, it just hasn't sold enough copies.
Novice Member
Joined: 10/11/11
i played in the betas-stress tests and it is no savior its really a wow wanna be it use to be original but they changed gw2, 2 much -and its just too much like wow now -ive played em all- among thousands of other pc games:P Guild wars 1 was WAY better and there will always be a new savior of mmos its just whatever is ("In") at that time
Advanced Member
Joined: 6/05/08
The problem with saying things like this, "Is Guild Wars 2 the MMO Savior?" is that in a few months when another AAA title releases it will be the next "savior of MMOs".
While GW2 maybe new and cool for now, but when the newness rubs off in a few months, it will just be another game that everyone starts screaming is bad, or lacks development and how the next game is going to destroy it. The F2P model they have chosen is a good one but it is like most F2P models of its type, generates a spike of income but lacks longevity. People will tend to blow 30-100 dollars in the first month or two of their game time then will begin to drop off after that.
I think this is by far the best sequal to a franchise MMO that has come out in a good while, but we are entering the age of sequals.
So much crap, so little quality.
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Joined: 1/06/07
One of the the best articles I have read in a while it seems. Every article I read praises "insert game here" or bounces around the subject if they dont really like aspects in fear of flaming. To the point with very good advice and reasoning.
I don't play GW2 but have played on a friends account. It isn't for me (at this time) . As you said I would never want to see a game fail but at the same time the community surrounding a possibly astounding game pushes me away. This was the same thing behind Tera. I felt, and still feel that Tera is a great game with a terrible community.
The elitest attitude needs to die in videogames (hell let's make it the entire world while we are at it). I feel like it is brought along by new age online FPS (Call of Duty, Halo, Battle Field, Ect.) through consoles. It is so easy to bash someone through a tv screen/microphone/keyboard without thinking on the impact you are making. You are free/safe to say whatever you want without pending consequences from that person (most of the time). Seeing as how MMOs have adopted many things from FPS like battlesgrounds and instant que, it is easy for the same mindset to be applied. This person is from this server and I will never see them again. Take all of that and apply it to a forum and add in the idea that trolling is "cool" now and you have a very nasty flame machine.
My point is as well with this argument that the people that post here about GW2 (or the majority) have turned me off of this game.
Take negative comments against this game with a grain of salt and remember in the long run it won't impact it at all. However, remember a few negative comments versus millions of flames on those negative comments will impact the appeal of the game and its' community.
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Joined: 5/13/10
I am more than some of my parts
This is what I see. GW2 fans are excited about Anets take on resolving problems inherint in mmo's today. Generally, we've all said it, and we've all read others saying it and we're growing tired of trying to correct the misconceptions. There are alot of people that don't have a clue but that doesn't stop them from having a blog or youtube channel or fansite or whatever form of web presence. These people are quoted and misinformation bleeds out tainting the discretion of people who use this basis as a means of research.
So rather than focusing on the zealot fanboy's that try so desperately hard to help people understand, why don't you take a little responsibility on how YOU create problems. YOU emphasize how these fervent fanboys are always attacking people with legitimate concerns, however no mention on the blatant misinformation presented by so many. It's not against any forum guidelines to be wrong, but it is wrong to attack those who spread misinformation.
Now I'm not saying that people should be allowed to attack other posters, but if the people who are responsible for these websites would issue some input into correcting misinformation it would go a long long way. I doubt that would ever happen though, it's easy to claim that you aren't responsible for the information others post even though it's through your medium that it is posted.
So sure, we need to be the savior of GW2 but remember that if we're doing the saving, who or what are we saving it from. Who gets listed as the anti-savior?
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Joined: 2/15/11
Lol who said a pvp focus game will alive? wow still pwning others mmos because PVE/ENDGAME/RAIDS. ppl want stragegy bosess, dungeons, hard instances, i bought gw2 and give it to my friend for FREE its pathetic , the combat is soooooooooo slow, you cant get your destiny THE GAME DOES.... is almost "ALMOST" an instanced game lol.. im sure this will die in less 1 year..
Ahh!! and another thing, why hell this gw2 start in lvl 80? that is too bad, so in next 2 expansion what will be the level cap? 120? 150? hahaha that is a total fail... and im not a wow lover, im just saying that gw2 IS NOT A GOOD GAME!!
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Originally posted by pois0ned
Everyone who is ranting about the CS has either forgotten or simply did not know in the first place that gems can also be purchased for in game currency at a fixed rate. I should also point out the opposite is also true, therefore 1: the game is truly B2P with no further cost to you except for expansions and unless you are impatient. 2: they eliminated gold sellers with the same system. While I agree it is not the Savior of the industry it certainly is foe me and MMORPGS for which they have my thanks (excuse any spelling issues, this post was brought to you by a laggy smart phone)


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