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The prevailing and generally right way of thought in tank gearing is that when almost equal, go with the stat that provides constant benefit. Armor will always be useful in a physical damage situation, block will not be.
The conversation in the shoutbox got me wondering as to what meta was better for me as a paladin tank.
So, I decided to run some numbers on it. I created a little file in my excell clone, put the numbers from my stat screen into it, and had at it.
Assumptions and disclaimers
Only melee damage is taken into consideration.
I used my own stats, buffed with Kings, Devotion Aura and Horn of Winter.
The tooltips given in WoW are correct.
Since I don't have information on all the penalties we get against bosses, I'm assuming a level 80 mob. (If someone could point me in the direction of a cata armor effect formula and a reliable source if we still get the old 0.6% penalties, I would appreciate it, and I'll update this post.)
Holy shield is active.
There's a 5% miss chance for bosses.
Note: The meta's 5% more block value translates into 1% more block value. The base 30% block value is multiplied by 1.05 and then rounded down. Holy shield and the meta do not interact. (Go and check it if you like.)
My stats
13.49% dodge.
13.27% parry.
43.26% block.
59.36% physical damage reduction from armor without the armor meta. (about 38k armor)
59.78% physical damage reduction from armor with the armor meta. (about 700 more than about 38k.)
41% block value with the block meta.
40% block value without the block meta.
Method used
I took the number 100 to represent the raw damage of the melee swing.
A) I multiplied it by 1-armor%
This step reduces the raw damage by armor.
B) I multiplied it by 1-(dodge%+parry%+miss%)
This step represents the average damage reduction from avoidance.
C) I multiplied it by (block%/ (1-avoid%) * (1 - block value%)
First I calculated the percentage of unavoided blocked blows. Then I multiplied that percentage by the damage you take from those blows.
D) I added (1-(block% / (1-avoid%) ) )* (what I had after step B)
This is the damage from unblocked unavoided blows.
The number I got from this represents the average percent of damage I take from melee.
With the armor Meta, I take 20.49% of raw damage.
With the block Meta, I take 20.52% of raw damage.
According to this, you take about 0,2% less damage from melee when using the armor Meta.
Additional notes
If your avoidance goes up, the effect of the block Meta goes up. Addin 5% to my block, dodge and parry percentages made the block meta pull ahead of the armor meta.
Without an armor formula, I can't change the numbers for armor at the moment - metas are a tad too expensive for me to go swapping them in and out.
I am well aware that this math ignores things such as nonphysical melee attacks, physical abilities that ignore the combat table and holy shield uptime.
I could easily put some warrior numbers in them to see what the effect would be. Just supply me with the numbers and I'll run them.
TL;DR: Go away, if you can't bother reading my post I don't want your opinion here.
Last edited by Martie; 12-16-2010 at 05:30 PM.
Originally Posted by Kahmal
The prevailing and generally right way of thought in tank gearing is that when almost equal, go with the stat that provides constant benefit. Armor will always be useful in a physical damage situation, block will not be.
Yeah, have to agree with Edgewalker. Even if Block and Armor are similar, I would definitely go with Armor as it will apply consistently to all attacks. The only time I could see talking about the Block meta is if you get to a point where you are unhittable (or nearly unhittable) anyway.
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with enough mastery im assuming the block meta will be better for warriors due to the critical block mechanic judging from the numbers martie posted though, however i dont see it being alot better and would probably stick with the armor meta for now solely for the constant reduction, at least until tanks can get full raid gear
I'd love to run some numbers for critical block as well, should be easy enough if I have some stats to go from.
I'm using the block meta right now - as a jewelcrafter, I found it rather hard to get the two yellow gems required for the armor one. I'm postponing most definite gemming decisions untill I know a little more about boss damage (since boss damage determines how much stamina I really want.)
Originally Posted by Kahmal
Since the old block meta has a tooltip saying 1% block and that still improves your blocked amount from 30 to 31%, I'm guessing the new meta gem has a bugged tooltip or isn't working the way it should be. If it did provide a 5% additive block amount, it would be very powerful, probably overpowered even. With just 1% additive block amount, it's a very different story.
Maybe Blizzard were originally going to make the new block meta much better than the old one, but backed off on it later? Or maybe they just copied the old tooltip from the old meta gem (5% block value, before 4.0)? Anyway, as it stands now, the armor meta seems to win in entry-level gear while the block meta will be best later due to the scaling of mastery. This may happen even before you get to the passive block cap, because healer mana matters a bit now, and therefore the average damage taken metric isn't quite as unimportant compared to plain old EH (which is still important).
Once you get passively unhittable, the block meta will improve EH, which should be the final nail in the coffin for the armor meta.
Has anyone done some numbers to see when exactly, the block metagem surpasses the armor one in effectiveness?
It seems to me most people say "when we reach the block cap" but it could very well be before that. Afterall, you need quite abit of armor to equal a blocked attack in terms of mitigation, even if a block is random.
The block meta would out-do the armor meta quite quickly for paladins with a good amount of mastery - for melee attacks.
Remember that the difference is really tiny. Armor works in more situations than block, and that makes it slightly superior, even if the block meta would be better against melee only. Taking two yellow gems may be an issue for some people, tough.
Again, give me some numbers for a warrior tank and I'll run them to see if it's different for them.
Originally Posted by Kahmal
i did some chicken scratch math thismorning and it appears that based on curremt armor levels, 5% block wins hands down, for at least prot warriors, dont know about paladins. even if your popping armor pots consistently, the return on block is awsome right now. even the 2% spell reflect dosnt work.
Last edited by praetoria; 12-19-2010 at 09:32 AM.
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I'd assume that warriors block for 30% on normal blocks and 60% on crit blocks, and that the block meta would make those numbers 31% and 62%. Another, more reliable assumption would be that the armor formula here, down the page, is correct.
Numbers for a warrior tank should be easy to get, just armory someone (not me please, I still have 2 greens equipped )
Last edited by Sakkura; 12-19-2010 at 09:56 PM.
You can do this analytically. See this post. Using your avoidance, block, and armor values, I get that the armor meta is 25% more effective than the block meta against blockable physical damage (i.e. melee attacks). I also find that by adding ~5% avoidance and ~5% block, the block meta pulls ahead.
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You have:
D = (32572.5/(armor + 32572.5)) * (1 - avoidance - 0.6 * crit block - 0.3 * block)
Da = (32572.5/(armor + 32572.5)) * (1 - avoidance - 0.6 * crit block - 0.3 * block)
Db = (32572.5/(armor + 32572.5)) *(1 - avoidance - 0.62 * crit block - 0.31 * block)
Using the mentioned assumptions. Further, the benefit from each meta is given by:
1-Da/D = 1 - (armor + 32572.5)/(1.02 * armor + 32572.5)
1-Db/D = 1 - (1 - avoidance - 0.62 * crit block - 0.31 * block)/(1 - avoidance - 0.6 * crit block - 0.3 * block)
And I really don't want to get into differentiating this. WoW is also not being nice to warriors by not handing us our crit block chance in straight numbers.
We went through this in the shoutbox earlier which inspired this thread. There is a crossover point where the block meta pulls ahead of the armor meta, that is when you are unhittable or have rediculously high armor reduction (like almost armor capped). This is for warriors only, as paladins have 10% more block which will change the figures and the crossover point. Critical block is a cherry on top, but doesn't really change the numbers.
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Well, more like a crossover line/curve or plane/surface I'd say, given that we are looking at two or three variables at least (armor, mastery, and avoidance total).
Yeah, you warriors have it rough. However, it's not quite as bad as you think, because your formulas aren't constructed properly.
Your damage taken formula could be written as follows:
Av, B, and Ar are all the same as my notation (Avoidance, Block chance, and Armor respectively). C is your critical block chance.Code:D = K/(Ar+K)*[1-Av-0.3*B*(1-C)-0.6*B*C] = K/(Ar+K)*[1-Av-0.3*B*(1+C)]
Da and Db are constructed similarly:
1-Da/D is identical to paladins. 1-Db/D is very similar, but with 0.3 instead of 0.4 and B*(1+C) instead of B:Code:Da = K/(1.02*Ar+K)*[1-Av-0.3*B*(1+C)] Db=K/(Ar+K)*[1-Av-0.31*B*(1+C)]
Thus, the result of setting the two equal (and letting x stand for the break-even block reduction percentage like I did in my derivation) is exactly the same as that for Paladins, but with the same substitutions:Code:1-Da/D = 0.02*Ar/(1.02*Ar+K) 1-Db/D = 0.01*B*(1+C)/[1-Av-0.3*B*(1+C)]
The tricky part is figuring out an average value for C. That would depend on mastery, talents, and some sort of model for Shield Block usage and Hold The Line. However, you might be able to just empirically determine C from parses.Code:x = 0.02*Ar/[B*(1+C)]*[1-Av-0.3*B*(1+C)]/(1.02*Ar+K)
"Theck, Bringer of Numbers and Pounding Headaches," courtesy of Grehn|Skipjack.
MATLAB TPS 4.0, Talent Spec & Glyph Guide 4.0
The unblocked hit is the new crushing blow...
Or is that what we were saying when 3.0 hit?
I agree with Kojiyama, gear for consistency if not worst case.
At current gear unless you are in full T10 already then you are getting hit repeatedly and often.The unblocked hit is the new crushing blow...
RNGesus - Saving you unreliably since BC.
Even in full T11 you are going to be getting hit quite a lot, we won't be seeing avoidance totals above 50% for quite a while yet (if ever).


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Friday, February 3, 2012
Meet Marie
Italian by birth, Marie never felt fully comfortable in France. After the war, she joined her sister, "A real rascal," in California. There she met a really tall and skinny man. "I did not like skinny men, but I felt sorry for him. I asked him, 'would you like some food?'" Eventually one thing led to another.
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35 comments:
- Kalei's Best Friend said...
You are so right.. Her past life sounds very interesting .. I bet she's a hit on Grandparents Day at her grandchild's school...I loved it when the grandparents would show up and the kids would introduce them and they would tell a little about themselves..
- February 3, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- Margaret said...
I was lucky enough to meet her too. What a treasure. I hope her grandchildren appreciate her. Her hearing was not so good due to a bomb blowing up very near her. Yes?
- February 3, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Banjo52 said...
I sure do like this kind of history, but I think I'm not a very good interviewer. Even after such a conversation has begun, I'm not sure which questions are too personal or otherwise unpleasant. And if you don't tiptoe up to the edge of unpleasantness, how interesting will it be?
How did you keep her so unaware (it seems) of the camera?
- February 3, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- altadenahiker said...
It was an accidental meeting. We (Margaret, Bellis, and I) trespassed on her property, and it was as though she had been waiting for us. Maybe we met on a morning when she was looking out the window and sorting through some memories.
The photos -- at some point, I just took out the camera and started shooting. It seemed a natural thing to do.
- February 3, 2012 at 4:16 PM
- Terri said...
I opened my Google reader. I had a choice between "What's in my makeup travel bag" or Meet Marie. You made me want to really meet Marie. I'd like to reiterate Banjo52's comment. Marie seems oblivious to the camera. Very engaging.
- February 3, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- Mister Earl said...
Nice story. I'm guessing this was your "Snake Trail" adventure.
- February 3, 2012 at 5:32 PM
- Kaori said...
Love this post. She must have piles of interesting stories to tell her grandkids!
- February 3, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- Petrea Burchard said...
She's great, this is great. I know Pasadena Heritage is doing a living history project--whaddayacallit?--people recording their stories. It would be nice to get her to record hers for them.
- February 3, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Ms M said...
What a wonderful post! Her story, your photos. I hope her stories are recorded or written down.
- February 3, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- Bellis said...
What a lovely lady, she must be in her nineties. She was so generous to invite us back on her car porch to look at the view, when we thought she was coming out to ask us why we were trespassing. She enjoyed having some company,and we didn't have to prompt her to reminisce. She's lived with that terrific view over Pasadena, Eagle Rock and Altadena for 50 years and has seen many changes, like the tall buildings along Colorado Boulevard.
- February 3, 2012 at 6:28 PM
- Desiree said...
A delightful story!
Hmmm, I wonder if Lee Child had her in mind when he created Jack Reacher's back story.
- February 3, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- Susan Campisi said...
What an interesting life. It's so great she shared her story with you. Such a gift. The photos are wonderful too.
- February 3, 2012 at 10:23 PM
- Birdman said...
What stories her heart must hold.
- February 4, 2012 at 5:19 AM
- Paula said...
I think Marie would be a natural for StoryCorps:
But, about the backstory. Were you guys doing some guerilla pic-a-nicing again?
- February 4, 2012 at 5:36 AM
- sonia a. mascaro said...
So precious to know such a remarkable lady! What a privilege
to meet Marie, a World War II hero.
You took very expressive photos.
- February 4, 2012 at 5:47 AM
- Brenda's Arizona said...
Oh what a gem!
- February 4, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- altadenahiker said...
No, no picnic this time. Just a walk in the hills and borrowing someone's porch to admire the view. Marie came out to join us. At some point she apologized because she was hard of hearing. "It was the bomb," she said. So we asked some questions and she told us her story.
I loved watching her face; as you can tell, she was very expressive.
- February 4, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Mister Earl said...
Then she said you guys were the bomb!
- February 4, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Pasadena Adjacent said...
You may have caught her expressiveness, but from the direction she's looking in, I think Bellis is bringing it out.
or the pups
- February 4, 2012 at 12:53 PM
- alex said...
she is the bomb.
what a life she's lived. in a sense, everyone does have a story, if we give the time to listen.
- February 4, 2012 at 6:10 PM
- Katie said...
I think something obviously led you to Marie so you could share her story and your delightful photos with us. What an amazing life! I hope someone has recorded her stories. Any chance you could re-trespass and bring a tape recorder?
- February 4, 2012 at 8:32 PM
- Shell Sherree said...
I'm glad she's still able to live at home. And it looks like she thoroughly enjoyed your trespassing adventures. Those candid photos are special.
- February 5, 2012 at 2:07 AM
- Patrizzi Intergarlictica said...
So, you three are a kind of Clockwork Orange kind of gang...only with real oranges.
- February 5, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- altadenahiker said...
Not oranges, but macarons. Or that's what I plan to bring her sometime this month.
You guys are right about recording her stories -- how many who took an active part in WW2 are still with us? Unfortunately, my trusty Radio Shack tape player recorded one two many interviews and had a nervous breakdown just last month.
- February 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM
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For very little you'll get a lot, Hiker.
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- February 5, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- Carolynn said...
It is interesting the stories we all have to tell. Some of the seniors tell the best ones.
- February 5, 2012 at 5:46 PM
- Latino Heritage said...
Thanks for sharing her story. And I love her face, her beautiful wizened visage. Happy the images have a grand informal feel to them. Helps the viewer feel like they were there.
Oral histories are great, but any snippet we can catch helps tell a better history.
As far as the interviewing goes - it is often better to get to know the person to be interviewed a little, to tread lightly, and then go back and ask questions that might seem to be sensitive. Often the questioner has to become comfortable as much as the person being asked the question.
- February 5, 2012 at 11:25 PM
- Terry at Blue Kitchen said...
A wonderful story, Karin. You can't help but feel that people of Marie's era were made of sterner stuff.
- February 6, 2012 at 10:14 AM
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- February 6, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- altadenahiker said...
PI and LH, good advice which I always take from both of you.
Terry, not only that, I shook hands with her when we left and she had a grip that could crack walnuts. I kid you not.
- February 6, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- TheChieftess said...
They don't call the WWII Generation the "Greatest Generation" for nothing!!!
I agree with Terry Blue...they were made of much sterner stuff.
- February 6, 2012 at 11:53 AM
- Marjie said...
My house used to be on the "Local History" walking tour that the 3rd graders in our town's elementary school went on. My kids were proud to lead their friends around my yard. The house on the corner of my street has been occupied by the same family since before the "Great Fire" around 1910. The old lady across the street when we moved in told us about life here around 1910 to 1920. It was wonderful. History can be dull, until it's made local and personal, and connected to far away events.
- February 6, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- camissonia said...
With that glint in her eye, you just know that Marie will be the consummate storyteller. She and my dad are probably the same age and there just aren't many of them left from that generation anymore to hear such fascinating first hand accounts of a bygone era. A moment to treasure.
- February 6, 2012 at 6:54 PM
- dbdubya said...
I love the twinkle in her eye - just a little mischievousness in there. I would have enjoyed hearing her stories. Most WWII veterans are humble. I used to work for someone who was a pilot in the Pacific. He got shot down and spent a couple of days in a life raft before being rescued. He acted like it was no big deal. George is now 95 and still a dear friend.
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Eight months after a coup d'état toppled the government, the north of Mali is plagued by insecurity. More than 500,000 people have found themselves trapped, living an area that's been seized by Islamists. The large community of Malian expatriates living in Paris told France 24 how they are afraid for their family and friends back home.


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A motley assortment of naysayers and recalcitrants continue to oppose competitive electricity markets around the world. But the alternative to markets is centralized command economics—a...
Viewpoint: In Defense of Markets
The latest resistance to deregulation is built on a foundation of lies.
fact, major monopolies from some of the least competitive regions in the world, such as in the southern United States and France, which were amongst the first to take advantage of deregulation in other jurisdictions. Hypocrisy for many, but great business for them.
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These odd bedfellows—socialist "true believers" and corporate monopolists—have advanced an ever-changing progression of arguments over the years, shifting to a new excuse as soon as the old one gets stale. A few favorites follow.
** "Markets in electricity won't work."
The traditional monopoly utility model is based upon a belief that the supply of electricity (or natural gas, for that matter) is physically and financially inextricable from the infrastructure required for its transportation, and therefore must be managed by a single entity. Over the last 20 years, economists and engineers have broken down this conception to show that the financial flow of electricity can be separated from its physical flow, and therefore that supply rights need not be a monopoly belonging to the owner of the transportation infrastructure. These insights also have made it clear that there is nothing so unique about electricity that it cannot be treated, in a financial sense, like other commodities, and there is no reason why the benefits of market competition cannot be extended to it.
Our argument, however, need not be made on a theoretical level, when an abundance of practical proof is available. Markets in electricity already have been proven to work, as demonstrated by success stories, in the UK, Nord Pool, Australia, and the U.S. Northeast. For example, the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets estimated that in 2002 the total cost savings to participants in the PJM market totalled $3.2 billion, and that future cost savings will amount to $28.5 billion, purely as a result of market restructuring. 3
** "OK. Electricity markets might work in general, but we're special."
With the undeniable existence of working electricity markets, the next stage of retreat for the recalcitrants is to claim that their situation is so unique that market forces should be held in abeyance for them. This has been characterized by a litany of excuses, including:
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- You must be a qualifier with the NCAA Eligibility Center prior to being able to compete at Stetson.
- You must have also completed the Amateurism Questionnaire and be fully certified before being able to compete.
- 6 credits – you will need to pass at least 6 credits the previous term to be eligible in the next term.
- 24 credits – you will need to have passed 24 credits (Fall, Spring, and Summer) to be eligible to compete the next year.
Continuing Eligibility
- 6 credits – all student-athletes need to pass at least 6 credits the previous term to be eligible in the next term.
- 18 credits – upper classmen (sophomore and up) need to complete and pass 18 credits per academic year to be eligible the next academic year.
- A major must be declared prior to your 5th full-time semester.
- You must have the following to satisfy Progress Toward Degree Requirements:
- 40% of your degree completed prior to your 5th full-time semester (50 credits of a 124 credit program)
- 60% of your degree completed prior to your 7th full-time semester (75 credits of a 124 credit program)
- 80% of your degree completed prior to your 9th full-time semester (100 credits of a 124 program)
- GPA – to remain eligible you must have:
- 1.8 prior to your 3rd semester
- 1.9 prior to your 5th semester
- 2.0 prior to your 7th semester
Transfers – Current Student-Athletes
- Depending on your sport, you may or may not have to sit out one academic year in residence. Please come into the Compliance Office for more information if you would like to transfer Stetson University.
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- If you are transferring to Stetson University from a four year institution, our coaches are not allowed to talk to you until we have permission to talk to you from the Compliance Office of your current school. Please see your Compliance Office. If you are a Junior College transfer, you are a non-qualifier, and you are in the first year at your college, our coaches are not allowed to talk to you. Once you have completed your initial year our coaches may speak with you about the possibility of transferring.
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What is a Countable Athletically Related Activity?
Countable Athletically Related Time Demands include:
- Practices (not more than 4 hours per day)
- Athletics meetings with a coach initiated or required by a coach (for example end of season individual meetings)
- Competition (regardless of their length in time always count as three hours). Note: No countable athletically related activities may occur after competition.
- Field, floor, or on-court activities
- Setting up offensive and defensive alignment
- On-court or on-field activities called by any member of the team and confined primarily to members of that team.
Does not include:
- Compliance meetings
- Meetings with a coach initiated by the student-athlete (as long as no countable activities occur).
- Drug/alcohol educational meetings or CHAMPS/Life Skills meetings.
- Study hall, tutoring or academic meetings
- Student-athlete advisory committee/captain's council meetings
- Voluntary weight training not conducted by a coach or staff member
Weekly timesheets that coaches need to hand in to the Compliance Office includes any required activity with an athletics purpose, involving student-athletes, and at the direction of, or supervised by, any member or members of an institution's coaching staff (including strength and conditioning coaches) and must be counted within the weekly and daily limitations. Administrative activities (e.g., academic meetings, compliance meetings) shall not be considered as countable athletically related activities.
For all sports other than football and basketball, each member institution may divide the playing season into not more than two distinct segments: In season and out of season.
In Season
During in season segments, countable athletically related activities may occur not more than 20 hours per week, with a maximum of four hours per day. During this segment, there must be one day off per week. Required days off can include travel days and days off due to cancelation of competition. Preseason practice prior to the first day of classes for football, soccer and volleyball, there is no limit to the amount of required hours for practice, nor is there a required day off.
Out of Season
Student-athletes' participation in permissible activities shall be limited to a maximum of eight hours per week, of which not more than two hours per week may be spent on individual skill instruction. Moreover, coaches are not allowed to have more than 4 student-athletes from the same team involved in skill-related instruction at any one time in any facility prior to September 15 and after April 15. Coaches are required to give two days off per week. Student-athletes may not miss class to attend practice except when a team is traveling to an away-from-home contest, and the practice is in conjunction with the contest.
During the summer months, coaches are not allowed to observe their student-athletes during any conditioning. Student-athletes are not required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member any information related to the activity. If a student-athlete elects to not participate in summer activities they are not subject to any penalties. Safety exception sports are allowed to have a coach present during voluntary individual workouts. The coach may provide safety or skill instruction buy may not conduct the individual's workout.
If you have any questions or don't know when your team is in season or out of season, please see the Compliance Office
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What are the daily and weekly time limitations on countable athletically related activities?
A: Student-athletes may not participate in countable athletically related activities for more than:
4 hours/day
20 hours/week
One required day off
Out-of-Season (during the academic year)
8 hours/week
Two required days off
The daily and weekly hour limitations DO NOT apply to preseason practice prior to the start of the first day of classes.
Q. Are student-athletes required to have a day off from countable athletically related activities?
A: Yes, during the academic year, student-athletes shall not engage in any countable athletically related activities on one day per week during the playing season and two days per week outside of the declared playing segment(s). The required day(s) off may occur on any day of the week and may change from week to week. A "week" is defined as any seven consecutive days, determined by the sport's discretion.
- During participation in one conference and postseason championship and any postseason certified bowl games or National Invitation Tournaments, and during participation in NCAA championships.
- During preseason practice before the first contest or first day of classes and during vacation periods.
Q. What is the difference between in-season and out-of-season?
A. In-Season (20 hours)
- Time between the team's first officially recognized practice session and the last practice session or competition, whichever occurs later.
- Sports other than football and basketball may have their seasons separated into not more than two distinct segments: championship segment and non-championship segment.
- During the in-season period(s) (i.e., declared segment(s)), a student-athlete may participate in a maximum of 20 hours per week of countable athletically related activities.
Out-of-Season (8 Hours)
The remaining days during the academic year not included in the declared segment(s).
- A student-athlete may participate in a maximum of eight (8) hours per week of countable athletically related activities and may not participate in any countable athletically related activities on two days per week during the out-of-season period.
- Participation in up to two (2) hours of individual skill instruction is permissible. In football, skill-instruction activities are limited to review of game film.
Q: What is a "voluntary" activity?
A: To be considered a "voluntary" activity, all the following conditions must be met:
- The student-athlete must not be required to report back to a coach or other athletics department staff member (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) any information related to the activity. In addition, non-coaching athletics department staff members who observe the activity (e.g., strength coach, trainer, manager) may not report back to the student-athlete's coach any information related to the activity. [Note: Apart from safety exception sports (Rowing), coaches may not observe voluntary activities.]
- The activity must be initiated and requested solely by the student-athlete. Neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may require the student-athlete to participate in the activity at any time.
- The student-athlete's attendance and participation in the activity may not be recorded for the purpose of reporting such information to coaching staff members or to other student-athletes; and
- The student-athlete may not be subjected to penalty if he or she elects not to participate in the activity. In addition, neither the institution nor any athletics department staff member may provide recognition or incentives (e.g., awards) to a student-athlete based on his or her attendance or performance in the activity.
Q: What is the safety exception?
A: A coach may be present during voluntary individual workouts in the institution's regular practice facility (without the workouts being considered as countable athletically related activities) when the student-athlete uses equipment in that sport. The coach may provide safety or skill instruction but may not conduct the individual's workouts.
At Stetson University, the safety exception is applicable to the following sports:
- Rowing
Q: When is a morning run or review of game film with a coach considered a countable athletically related activity?
- Countable if required or initiated by the coach or countable if required by team captains.
- Not countable if a voluntary activity initiated by the student-athlete.
Q: Is a pick-up basketball game with teammates a countable athletically related activity for a football student-athlete?
- Countable if required or initiated by the coach or countable if required by team captains.
- Not countable if a voluntary activity initiated by the student-athlete.
Q: On game day, how many hours of countable athletically related activities occur?
- Competition and associated activities (e.g., team meetings, training room activities) count as three hours, regardless of the actual number of hours spent in these activities.
- Scrimmages exempted per Bylaw 184.108.40.206-(d) against out-side competition shall count as the actual duration of the activity, but may not exceed four hours per day. Activities associated with participation in an exempted scrimmage (e.g., travel, warm-up, breaks between contests, etc.) shall not count against the time limitations on such scrimmages.


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I'm running Barricade of Eternity with Broken Promise, the shield covers my entire character let alone just my sword :P
Only a warrior chooses pacifism; others are condemned to it.
The Red Sword finally dropped for me last night. Maybe I'll get the Salyer this week too. I'm feeling lucky now.
I take it that both of these are better than the Broken Promise due to the speed factor?
Broken Promise - Item - World of Warcraft is quite nice, however the HS swing speed factor also plays into it.... We need some number crunching to back this up.
Ya, didn't mean this to be accepted as cannon, but it's what I've seen around wowhead and the forums.
Playing a warrior tank well is its own reward.
Personally I'm using a blue quest reward sword. Broken Promise, Slayer, Red Sword... Last Laugh... I'll take what I can get.
And damn my healer for refusing to go to H UP.
Um, Red Sword has 38 defense to Slayer's 25. Use Red Sword when you're short of the cap. That's the only difference to me.
The minute I got my slayer I stopped attempting to Pug UP. We rarely made it past Skadi and after more than 20 final boss kills in UP, I finally gave up.
No more UP. I'm all set with my slayer.
I guess I used all my dropluck when I set foot into heroic CoT4 the minute I dinged 80 (first heroic I tanked), finished the time event like 2seconds before the mob disappeared through the portal, got the drake and got lordearon's crest out of the chest. good times. ever since then it's been a tough time getting tank stuff to drop ..
slayer >>>> red sword, it gets extra points for looking that freaking awesome, though.
Conclusion was on certain fights BP won't let you dump rage fast enough. The better stats on BP don't make up for the lost HS volume in that case. Dunno what the breakpoint is. Someone else said he had a spreadsheet on this, but I can't find that post or remember the numbers ATM.
Maybe its just me, (I have both the Red Sword and the Slayer of the Lifeless), I find that when using my Slayer i hit for a lot less damage EACH hit. Thus, my TPS goes down just a little. The red sword actually puts out more threat for me. I'm a Tauren so there is no racial there, its just the higher damage hits end up putting out more TPS.
The hit on the slayer is nice, but I just havent seen it add up to more TPS than the red sword.
But, i agree.. Vanity gets the better of me sometimes and I end up running with it. that or Broken Promise.
And it most certainly is canon that Broken Promise < Slayer/Red Sword.
If you aren't heroic striking a lot, then red sword will actually put out more threat/dps because the instants hit ever so slightly harder and red sword actually has more hit than the slayer.
Honestly the two swords are virtually identical, both threat wise and survivability wise. Slayer comes out ahead just a little bit in both categories (situational though: not rage starved and don't need the extra def on red sword to maintain 540 def).
Toss Accuracy on the Slayer and forget about ol' Red. As stated above the stat difference between the two is a slight loss of hit and def for a big gain in Dodge. With the enchant the Slayer provides plenty of hit to maximize TPS along with the increased swing speed. Remember avoidance is never bad when tanking the big uglies that like to hit hard and honestly if the the slight TPS/DPS difference between the two no matter which way you claim it falls) is clincing whether you kill a boss before timers then, well, you have bigger problems in the raid than your weapon selection.
Oh and forthe whole loss of defense.. .go get Repelling Charge of Thaddius 10 man and never worry again. I use that trinket with Lavanthors and all my block gear for nasty SS's and AoE fun on trash and still manage 539 Defense. Whoopie one point below cap... never been crit (not even on bosses)
Hit and Expertise may be some of the warrior best threat skills required i would certainly keep your Red Sword for threat build do to the fact if u dodge more u generate less threat and if u got more hit the u generate more threat so ur overall threat is goin up with this weapon, BUT! after u got enough rage just switch it up mid boss fight, more metigation = less dmg taken. In any case there both good weapons, id prefer a Slayer over Red sword, just pop an "Accuracy" Chant on your slayer and you keep a good amount of metigation (more so the mongoose on slayer...i think O.o cant tell you right now) and you also gain more hit and crit, not to mention +4 strength !!!! ... and -1 stamina Boo.


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Peter Stringer scored two tries on debut for Bath to help his side to a 16-6 win over Exeter while Tigers thumped Wasps in the LV= Cup on Saturday.
Harlequins maintained their perfect record in tournament with a battling success over winless London Welsh.
Danny Cipriani scored 21 points as relegation-threatened Sale put their dismal Premiership form behind them with an easy win victory over a severely understrength Scarlets side.
In the late game, the Ospreys' defeat to the Dragons at a sodden Rodney Parade left their hopes of progressing to the play-offs hanging by a thread.
Bath 16-6 Exeter
Harlequins 23-6 London Welsh
Leicester Tigers 34-8 London Wasps
Northampton Saints 26-7 Gloucester
Sale Sharks 36-17 Scarlets
Dragons 18-14 Ospreys
Bath 16-6 Exeter
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35-year-old new Bath signing Peter Stringer came off the bench to score two tries in the space of five minutes to hand the host victory.
Exeter dominated much of the first half but the scores were locked at 6-6 at the break after Stringer's double strike just before the hour mark changes the complexion of the game.
The result is Exeter's first defeat in this season's LV= Cup and they still have not beaten their west country rivals in a competitive match since 1978.
The scorers:
For Bath:
Tries: Stringer 2
Pens: Heathcote 2
Yellow cards:
For Exeter:
Pens: Slade 2
Bath: 15 Jack Cuthbert, 14 Richard Lane, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Ben Williams, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Mark McMillan, 8 Ben Skirving, 7 Mat Gilbert, 6 Nick Koster, 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Stuart Hooper (capt), 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Charlie Beech.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Will Skuse, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Sam Vesty, 23 Semesa Rokoduguni.
Exeter: 15 Jack Nowell, 14 Watisoni Votu, 13 Nic Sestaret, 12 Sam Hill, 11 Josh Tatupu, 10 Henry Slade, 9 Will Chudley, 8 Kai Horstmann (capt), 7 Ben White, 6 Joel Conlon, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Will Carrick-Smith, 3 Craig Mitchell, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Carl Rimmer.
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Chris Budgen, 18 Alex Brown, 19 Justin Blanchet, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Junior Poluleuligaga, 22 Myles Dorrian, 23 Mark Foster.
Harlequins 23-6 London Welsh
Twickenham Stoop
Harlequins went to the top of Pool One but it didn't come easily in a scrappy match full of positive intentions but short on execution.
The home side dominated the set scrum but in the loose the visitors were the masters and their hard-working pack were very unlucky to come away with no reward.
Prop Mark Lambert's try helped Quins to a 10-6 lead at half time. Ben Botica added the conversion and two penalties after the break to give Quins breathing room before hooker Dave Ward a simple try from a fluffed Welsh line-out sealed victory.
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For Harlequins:
Tries: Lambert, Ward
Cons: Botica 2
Pens: Botica 3
For London Welsh:
Pens: Davies 2
Harlequins: 15 Ollie Lindsay-Hague, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Tom Casson, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Karl Dickson, 8 Tom Guest, 7 Luke Wallace (c), 6 Joe Trayfoot, 5 Charlie Matthews, 4 Sam Twomey, 3 Will Collier, 2 Dave Ward, 1 Mark Lambert.
Replacements: 16 Harry Allen, 17 Darryl Marfo, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Jack Clifford, 20 Harry Sloan, 21 Jordan Burns, 22 Louis Grimoldby, 23 Ross Chisholm.
London Welsh: 15 Tom Voyce, 14 Nick Scott, 13 Sonny Parker, 12 Seb Jewell, 11 Phil Mackenzie, 10 Gordon Ross, 9 Alex Davies, 8 Adam Balding, 7 Michael Hills, 6 Ed Jackson, 5 Kirill Kulemin, 4 Adam Brown, 3 Paulica Ion, 2 Dan George, 1 Tom Bristow.
Replacements: 16 Gareth Evans, 17 Billy Moss, 18 James Tideswell, 19 Martin Purdy, 20 Daniel Browne, 21 Luc Jones, 22 Joe Ajuwa, 23 Tom Arscott.
Leicester Tigers 34-8 London Wasps
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Holders Leicester kept their LV= Cup title defence hopes alive with a five-try victory on home soil. Tigers must now win against Scarlets next week if they hope to reach the semi-finals.
England flanker Tom Croft was making only his second start since returning from a shoulder operation but he lasted only 11 minutes before going off injured.
Tigers led 15-0 at half time thanks to tries from Logovi'i Mulipola and Michael Noone.
Mathew Tait scored on the hour mark to put the result beyond doubt before Vereniki Goneva crossed twice to rub salt into Wasps wounds.
The scorers:
For Leicester:
Tries: Mulipola, Noone, Goneva 2
Cons: Bowden, Cornwell 2
Pens: Bowden
For Wasps:
Try: Southwell
Pen: T. Bell
Yellow card: Du Plessis
Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Matt Cornwell, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Dan Bowden, 9 Sam Harrison, 8 Brett Deacon (capt), 7 Richard Thorpe, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Tom Price, 4 Rob Andrew, 3 Logovi'i Mulipola, 2 Rob Hawkins, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Jonny Harris, 17 Fraser Balmain, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Michael Noone, 21 Micky Young, 22 Andy Symons, 23 Adam Thompstone.
Wasps: 15 Jack Wallace, 14 Tom Howe, 13 Chris Mayor, 12 Charlie Hayter, 11 Jonah Holmes, 10 Tommy Bell, 9 Stuart Commins, 8 Sam Jones (capt), 7 Matt Everard, 6 Tinus Du Plessis, 5 Will Rowlands, 4 James Cannon, 3 Will Taylor, 2 Nathan Morris, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Dave Hughes, 20 James Harris, 21 Will Robinson, 22 Chris Bell, 23 Hugo Southwell.
Northampton Saints 26-7 Gloucester
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Northampton crossed the try-line at Franklin's Gardens for the first time since November 24 as they won big to maintain top spot in Pool Four.
Luther Burrell and Alex Waller touched down in either half to end that try-drought in a comprehensive win.
Saints, who led 13-7 at the interval, can now secure a place in the semi-finals with victory in their final pool game at Exeter.
The scorers:
For Northampton:
Tries: Burrell, A. Waller
Cons: Lamb, Myler
Pens: Lamb 2, Myler 2
For Gloucester:
Try: Mills
Con: Mills
Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 James Wilson, 13 George Pisi, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Tom May, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 Rhys Oakley, 7 Phil Dowson, (capt), 6 Samu Monoa, 5 Christian Day, 4 Mark Sorenson, 3 Tom Mercey, 2 Mike Haywood, 1 Alex Waller.
Replacements: 16 Ross McMillan, 17 Soane Tonga'uiha, 18 Ethan Waller, 19 James Craig, 20 Ben Nutley, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Stephen Myler, 23 Tom Collins.
Gloucester: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Steph Reynolds, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Shane Monahan, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Dave Lewis; 8 Gareth Evans, 7 Andy Hazell,6 Peter Buxton (capt), 5 Elliott Stooke; 4 Lua Lokotui,3 Dario Chistolini; 2 Koree Britton, 1 Yann Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Tommaso d'Apice, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Tom Heard, 19 Tom Savage, 20 Ross Moriarty, 21 Jimmy Cowan, 22 Mike Tindall, 23 Rob Cook.
Sale Sharks 36-17 Scarlets
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Danny Cipriani scored a second-half try and kicked 16 points as Sale kept their hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive.
Tries from Richie Vernon, Charlie Amesbury late in the first half gave Sale a 21-14 lead ta the break.
Cipriani's try on the hour mark secured the win before replacement Charlie Ingall put the cing on the cake in the dying minutes.
The scorers:
For Sale:
Tries: Vernon, Amesbury, Cipriani, Ingall
Cons: Cipriani 2
Pens: Cipriani 4
For Scarlets :
Tries: Fenby, G Davies
Cons: Williams 2
Pen: Williams
Yellow cards: P. Jones, Ball
Sale: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Rob Miller, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Charlie Amesbury, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Dwayne Peel, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 David Seymour (capt), 6 Dan Braid, 5 Tom Holmes, 4 Kearnan Myall, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Tommy Taylor, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Fraser Mckenzie, 20 James Doyle, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Jordan Davies, 23 Charlie Ingall.
Scarlets: 15 Gareth Owen, 14 Kristian Phillips, 13 Gareth Maule, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Andy Fenby, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Kieran Murphy, 7 Duane Eager, 6 Lewis Rawlins, 5 Johan Snyman, 4 Jake Ball, 3 Deacon Manu, 2 Emyr Phillips, 1 Rhodri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Peter Edwards, 19 Richard Kelly, 20 Tomas Vallejos, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Nick Reynolds, 23 Dale Ford
Dragons 18-14 Ospreys
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The Ospreys' poor season just got worse and after this result even victory over Harlequins next Sunday might not be enough to quilify for the semi-finals.
Heavy rain and the referee's constant whistle made for a dour encounter that was locked at 9-9 at the interval.
A try from Jonathan Thomas put Ospreys 14-12 ahead in the second half and from there the game suddenly sprang into life in a tense finish.
Two late Steffan Jones handed the hosts victory though as Ospreys were unable to make pressure in the dying minutes pay.
The scorers:
Pens: S. Jones 6
Yellow card: I. Jones
For Ospreys:
Try: J. Thomas
Pens: Morgan 3
Yellow cards: Webb, Allen
Dragons: 15 Hallam Amos, 14 Matthew Pewtner, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Mike Poole, 10 Steffan Jones, 9 Jonathan Evans; 8 Nathan Williams, 7 Sam Parry, 6 Dan Way, 5 Adam Jones, 4 Rob Sidoli, 3 Lewis Evans (c), 2 Nic Cudd, 1 Ieuan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Hugh Gustafson, 17 Aaron Coundley, 18 Tim Ryan, 19 Ian Nimmo, 20 Jevon Groves, 21 Rhys Downes, 22 Dan Evans, 21 Pat Leach.
Ospreys: 15 Jamie Murphy, 14 Tom Grabham, 13 Jonathan Spratt, 12 Ben John, 11 Dafydd Howells, 10 Matthew Morgan, 9 Rhys Webb (c), 8 Morgan Allen, 7 Arthur Ellis, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Rhodri Hughes, 4 Sam Williams, 3 Daniel Suter, 2 Matthew Dwyer, 1 Marc Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Dmitri Arhip, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Campbell Johnstone, 19 Dan Baker, 20 Rob Dudley-Jones, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Nathan Edwards.


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The GE Edison Awards
This annual competition, sponsored by GE, recognizes excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ significant use of GE Lighting Products, including, but not limited to, GE LED systems, LED luminaires, LED architectural products, LED lamps and modules, lighting controls and non-LED lamps and luminaires ("GE Lighting Products").
Congratulations to Robert Shook, Maureen Mahr, Jennifer Curtis and Kimberley Corbett-Oates of Schuler Shook (Chicago, Illinois, USA) for winning the 2013 GE Edison Award for lighting City Performance Hall in Dallas, Texas, USA. A personalized Steuben crystal was presented by GE Lighting on June 2, 2014 in Las Vegas, USA.The entry deadline for the 31st Annual GE Edison Awards was 21 January 2014. Thank you for your entries and your continued support of this program. Stay tuned for details regarding the 2014 GE Edison Awards. Eligible projects will be those completed between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014, and that employ significant use of GE Lighting Products.
Winning Projects
Qualifying projects are eligible for the awards indicated below. The annual GE Edison Award winner is chosen from the winners of Awards of Excellence.
- GE Edison Award
- Awards of Excellence
- Awards of Merit
- Awards for Environmental Design
- Awards for Residential Design
- Special Citations
Watch the 2013 GE Edison Award Winners Video
Judging Criteria
Entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products (predominantly GE Lighting Products) and techniques; appropriate color, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
Projects scoring the highest number of points qualify for Awards of Merit and Awards of Excellence. The judges may also select Awards for Environmental Design and an Award for Residential Design based on the presence of entries that encompass the exemplary and outstanding design features that support each category. GE reserves the right to not make an award in one or more categories.
Qualifying entries remain anonymous throughout the judging process. See Call for Entries for details.
A prestigious panel of five judges selected this year's winners for their superiority in the following categories: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; appropriate color, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness. This year's judges were:
|Domingo Gonzalez, IES, IALD, AIA, LC
Domingo Gonzalez Associates
New York, New York, USA
|Professor Hao Luoxi
Professor, College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Tongji University
Shanghai, China
|Charles "Chip" Israel, FIALD, MIES, LEED AP®
Lighting Design Alliance
Long Beach, California, USA
|Arq. José Ramón Tagle Del Cueto, LEED AP®, CxA, GCxP
AKF Group
Coyoacán, México
|Robert Young, LC
GE Lighting
Westchester, Illinois, USA
Winning projects receive Awards of Excellence, Awards of Merit, Awards for Environmental Design and/or an Award for Residential Design. The GE Edison Award Winner is selected from among the Awards of Excellence.
Designers of the winning projects receive personalized plaques in recognition of their lighting design achievements. GE reserves the right to not make an award in one or more categories.
The GE Edison Award Winner receives a personalized Steuben crystal trophy and continued publicity throughout the following year. A distinctive plaque is also presented to the owner of the winning installation.
Winners and qualifying entrants are recognized at a private event, which is held annually on the evening prior to the opening of LightFair International.
Historical Retrospective
Since its inception in 1983, the GE Edison Award competition has revealed the evolution of lighting through masterful designs by lighting professionals from around the world. View key milestones and highlights of the GE Edison Awards.


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