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Flux Playlist: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye…
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Instruments of Righteousness
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As to your other question, locks and spriests are by far the most effective.
NEVER send hunters, they are deadzoned and can not attack the turret they actually land on.
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As to your other question, locks and spriests are by far the most effective.
NEVER send hunters, they are deadzoned and can not attack the turret they actually land on.
I revived an old FL Thread in the Strategy Forum after seeing this video to discuss more specific points of strategy not specifically covered in the video. Unfortunately I wasn't sure should if it should be posted here or not. So anyone with insight that's willing to enlighten please contribute:
Thanks for the video Ciderhelm. Next week, my guild will probably start trying 2 towers in 10man, and i'm going to switch us to this strategy.
Just did this 4 tower on 10 man. Did it in 3 stuns with the 10 stacks constantly dropping due to being chased. now has 88 million on 10 man.Quote:
[blizzard]The Flame Leviathan encounter has received the following changes: the bonus health Flame Leviathan receives per tower has been reduced, the ejection height from Flame Leviathan has been reduced, the snare effect of the Tower of Frost has been removed, and the cannons on Demolishers and Siege Enginers should now break Flash Frozen vehicles in 1 shot.[/blizzard]
Honestly though his HP is not even the biggest change. The most significant one is the movement speed. It was immediately noticeable even before the first stun. You can pretty much back peddle with sprint up as a demo and he will not catch you.
wtb Filefront links.
2 Siege (2 ppl in each)
2 Demos (3 ppl in one, 2 in the other)
1 Chopper (1 person)
The key for us was having one person get into launch position before pull, then another person (who would normally have been in the 2nd chopper) get into the passenger position. We did this so that the two people being launched would always have someone in their vehicle getting pyrite to keep the 10 stacks up. And to be honest, choppers are (imo) the least useful vehicles anyways, so having only one to pick up the turret people and lay tar was enough.
Seige Engines - Interrupts + Killing adds (Pilot); Shooting down Pyrite + Killing Adds (Passenger) - and light dmg on FL during the stun.
Demo - Keeping 10 stacks of pyrite rolling at all times (Pilot); Picking up pyrite and one of the demos will be shooting up passengers (Passenger)
Chopper - Picking up passengers from the demo after a shutdown, laying tar on top of FL during the stun for more dmg. And just trying to stay alive as long as possible.
Like others have said, it should take no more than 3 stuns to get him down. Hope that helps.
damn that's like a 20% hp nerf hah.
usually we use
5 demo (3 are full time on boss, 2 are launch teams consisting of a driver and 2 lock/sp teams)
5 sieges (we assign 1 siege to each "corner area", and the turret kills the freya adds there, they are also responsible for levi interrupts if he's in their quarter of the room, 1 fulltime siege on levi for interrupts as well)
3 choppers (2 are assigned to pick up the launch teams and return them to the marked demo's, one is just useless and runs around being trash)
demo's try to maintain 10 stacks for the whole fight. if you manage to maintain a 10stack from start to finish, you'll do about 230k-240k dps as a demolisher. with 5 demo's doing between 180k-240k, levi will usually die around the 4th stun, sometimes after the 3rd if demo's have a solid run.
With the nerfs to FL is it possible to do 4 towers shutout?
No. But you can do 2 towers without shutting him down
The problem with Shutout is that you aren't resetting his stacking speed buff, which makes kiting him w/ all the towers active extraordinarily difficult. It's probably possible to do Shutout if everything is executed flawlessly, but it'd be equivalent to finding a way to kill Thorim with a Warrior tank not wearing a shield.
Don't you provide these movies for free?
Yep. Every last one of them can be found on the net, either through YouTube, Filefront, or WCM. Movies I make will continue to be made completely free and, when possible, available in high defintion.
In other words, you're paying for something we provide for free. I'm fine with that. This service is different because it runs on our bandwidth and gives easy, centralized access to the whole collection in a safe way. It also helps our site.
Fix that FOS statement.
In all seriousness, all vids are, in fact, provided via youtube OR wcm OR filefront. So, the FOS statement is correct.
We donors pay both as a sign of gratitude to Cider, Lore and the other guys that are giving us such great movies, and to have the option to download these movies in HD.
And we have boob threads on the donor forum. Might want to check them out.
Have you ever tried to find a "tankspot" video, or a video with related references or similar titles, on any of the 3 afformentioned sites? lol.
Youtube HD is not much better then Youtube vanilla.


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|My daughter inlaw sends me messages on the phone and for the most part I don't have a clue what the hell she is saying.I respond with K or Right on.
There's a difference between "prolly, ain't, goin', gonna, y'all, etc...and IM speak (which is what we used to use before text messaging).
One is verbal slang...more widely used in the south, but even us northern "rednecks" tend to use it at at times. Sometimes it's shorter...and sometimes it's nothing more than simply being incorrect, but I personally like it in informal conversation. Now if I were at a meeting somewhere and everyone spoke like that...no way...not gonna work. lol
Best sentence in the world using southern slang... "Ain't ain't a word, and I ain't gonna use it!" (or my buddy from Arkansas' favorite sentence-- "Look at the sh*tter on that critter! DAYUM!")
Nowadays you've also got IM speak (or texting) which is 10x more annoying than southern slang...
CU L8R (See you later)
How r u? (How are you?)
Sum1 (Someone)
Ne1 (Anyone)
TTYL (Talk to you later)
BC (Because)
wut^ (What's up?)
Wutev (Whatever)
Hey wut^ , ne1 going 2 the mall, want 2 join us l8r for dinner nmaybe go 2 a movie after bc its my gfs bday???? TTYL
here's a list for us un internetz savvy folks.
Text Message Abbreviations, Instant Message, Chat, IM, Text Messaging, SMS Abbreviations, at TechDictionary.com , the online computer dictionary
|CLASSIC Zombie thread, tiny...geez, get it right!
|tiny terror
|Zombie Thread, smells of dirt.
I care how people treat the old,me, and mine. What else they do is none of my business. There were people that complained about all sorts of things while others exterminated an entire race. I am here today because a young CAJUN boy had my six and he didn't write very well at all. Just sayin.
I'm sure most of my posts probly aggravate the hell out of you Cain. The only thing worse then would be for you to have an actual conversation with me. I'm not heavily educated. I hold no degrees. In fact, the only skills I possess are the ability to give you CPR, spray wet stuff on red stuff, and rent-to-own. I'm a pretty good speller, and I know my punctuation pretty well, and if I have to type or write a letter, you can bet it's gonna look like my English teacher from high school wrote it. As far as day to day speaking goes, I'm gonna lazy it right on down a bit.
I live somewhere smack dab in the middle between Podunk, Texas and You Got a Purty Mouth, Oklahoma. Day in and day out I deal with people that may or may not have a 9th grade education. The dialect here is a cross between slingblade and ebonics. English was beaten with a stick and hung up from a tree years ago around here. If I go using proper sentance structure and pronunciation, folks is gonna start starin at me like I'm speakin French.
I for one like my country accent, and country way of talking. Keeps me from sounding to citified and up tight. I say yall, darlin, gonna, probly, yep, huh uh, uh huh, you bet yer, huh, sonbitch, you piece a , and all kinds of colorfull bastardizations of the English language. It's not that I'm a dummy, or inbred, or tarded....It's just how I choose to speak and type at times. Oh Yeah, I also use the hell out of ....
But by God you can bet yer ass I'll always get to and too correctly.
Yall have a good day, ya hear
|David III
Someone turned to me a few days ago and said she wanted me to read a really funny joke that she had received as a text message. I looked at the screen on her phone and then asked her what language that was.
She called me a "dumazz" and said it was English.
I was completely serious. I could not decypher anything on that screen. Guess I'm too old to figure out new English.
About an hour later, that same lady asked me to buy her a drink - I pointed out that I was a dumazz and could not figure out how to abbreviate money. Maybe if some of these younger people would read this stuff to me once in a while, I'd be able to pick it up.
would u like us all to revert to the middle english? I'm sure those that lived hundreds of years ago are rolling over in their grave at ur ;-) everyday use of you instead of thou etc.
how about old english?? It isnt even comprehendible with only the knowledge of current english.
Pretty soon we will have a new, new english that will contain all the abbrevs of 2day.
Get over it, stuff changes, dont be the old fart that is annoyed about it :-P
Ah, about the all caps:
Me on IM: You have your Caps Lock key on.
Support Customer: WHERE?
|Mr. WOT
|What irks me is the failure to understand the difference of 'to' and 'too'.
Firefox has a default spell checker. Look here "prolly", its red!
Oh, and thank you so much for the all caps filter.
Too much time on your hands ygohome? That would have taken me a week to type. With using abrevs.
Seriously there are some, that I look like I'm learning to read again trying to figure them out and studdering. Most of the time it just becomes ah f--k it!
"OK... On the heals of Unlimited's "You're vs. Your" thread, I submit to you the following:"
Sorry, I could not help myself...Spell check is no replacement for a thesaurus.
Pwned is not just a misspelling and has widely debated history. Have you ever played chess? Typing with your face is one thing but slang has value to the cultures that it exists in and slang words have been around longer then the internet has existed. Love it or hate it but slang will always be around.
The written language I think has a lot more to say about a person then what is just on the paper. Maybe Tiny can chime in about it as she in fact writes her self? I might just be reading into this a little too much.
|I promise to never use "Bling Bling" ( I hate the word word)
Well I've set and compiled a list of words that I don't want to see on my interwebz. I've consulted with Al Gore and he agrees. These words are:
Prolly - P.R.O.B.A.B.L.Y bitches!
pwned - OK, I know the "p" is right next the "o" but COME ON!!! Attention to detail people!!!
teh - What are you dyslexic?!
fab - Unless you are making something out of metal SHUT UP! "fabulous" is a word used by interior decorators ONLY!!!
fav - In it's short form, how the hell am I supposed to know it has a long "a" in it? Is it really that hard to type the "orite" part of that word? NOPE, I just did it!
w00t - WTF? Are you an Owl?
your - Even though YOU'RE wrong, you have to write out YOU ARE.
you're - You have to write out YOU ARE. This should end the confusion.
ANY WORD WITH A NUMBER IN IT! - Yeah, we get it. You are an ingenious and creative individual. Just like every one else! Retard!
Fo Shizzle - Ebonics are bad enough without you having to rip off another ethnicity's made up words. Here's a clue for ya skippy. If you still live with Mommy and Daddy and you drive the minivan to school... You are most certainly NOT gangster! Tone it back white boy!
OG - You see this a lot on Craigslist and eBay. That rusted out old Plymouth is NOT "OG" (original gangster) with "OG" parts! If it has gangster parts in it, maybe you should bury those before you try to hock this thing! Just write out "original" and be done with it!
Bling-Bling - Do you use sound effects to describe all the things you can't afford?
|A lot of my short hand comes from playing MMO's and some RPG's. You have to type fast because that extra 2 seconds could mean being pwned or owned. It carries over into real life some times but I try my best to fix it when I see the mistakes. I really have to make my self slow down and go over what I'm typing out on forums and you will usually see me edit long posts about fifty times. I will type something so fast that my error rate will be through the roof. I do notice that I type things so fast that I'll even type out words I didn't mean to type. I noticed on my resume yesterday before a interview I typed Contraction instead of Construction. Good thing I caught it before I had left the house for the interview.
abbreviations are what bugs me. And jeep forums are FULL of abbreviations or codes that we're supposed to be able to understand. And so, here is a list I copied from da web
But Ccain... freakin' with an apostrophe? I mean, if you're going to rant and then type the apostrophe key why not just type the g instead? * kidding... slang and shorthand doesn't bother as long as I understand what is being said.
2wd Two Wheel Drive.
4FT Four Wheel Drive, Full Time.
4LO Four Wheel Drive Low.
4PT Four Wheel Drive, Part Time.
4wd Four Wheel Drive.
AAL Add A Leaf.
ABS Anti-lock Brake System.
AC or A/C Air Conditioning.
ACC Accessory.
ACM Airbag Control Module.
AECM Airbag Electonic Control Module.
AEV American Expedition Vehicles. A vehicle modification/conversion shop, located in Montana.
AMC American Motor Corporation. Owners of the Jeep brand from 1970-87.
ARB ARB Corporation named for its founder, Anthony Ronald Brown. Aftermarket manufacturer.
ASDM Airbag System Diagnostic Module.
AT (A/T) All Terrain tire.
ATC Automatic Temperature Control
ATF Automatic Transmission Fluid.
AtoZ A to Z Fabrication. Aftermarket Fabrication.
AVG ECO Average Fuel Economy.
AW4 Automatic Transmission used on the XJ since 1987.
AWD All Wheel Drive.
AX15 5 speed manual stick in a pre-99 6 cylinder TJ.
AX5 5 speed manual stick in a pre-99 4 cylinder TJ.
BB Budget Boost (small, 2" lift).
BCM Body Control Module.
BFG BFGoodrich Tires.
BFH Big F-ing Hammer.
BL Body Lift. Spacers between the frame and body/tub of a vehicle.
BPE Bar Pin Eliminators.
BS Backspacing. Wheel hub location in relation to outside edge of rim.
BTT Back To Top.
BTW By The Way.
BUX Built Up Export.
C-101 Jeepster/ Commando 1967-1973. Part Jeep CJ and part Jeep Wagoneer.
CAB Controller, Antilock Brake.
CAL Calibration.
CAT Catayltic Converter.
CB Citizen Band Radio.
CCD Chrysler Collision Detection (vehicle communications bus).
CCV Crank Case Ventilation.
CEL Check Engine Light.
CG or COG Center of Gravity.
CJ Jeep models 1944-1986.
CJ-2A Civilian version of the MB, split windshield.
CJ-3A Updated version, single pane windshield
CJ-3B High hood version of 3A to fit larger engine
CJ-5 Early years were 81" wheelbase, later years were ~84". Built until 1983.
CJ-5A based on the M38A1 design
CJ-6 Stretch version of CJ-5, 101" wheelbase
CJ-6A based on the M38A1 design
CJ-7 smilar to late CJ-5, but with ~94" wheelbase. Built until 1986.
CJ-8 Scrambler Pickup, stretch version of the CJ-7, 104" wheelbase.
CJ-10 Heavy Duty Truck, Military airport Jeep pickup - 2wheel drive
CMTC Compass/Mini-Trip Computer (module)
COG Center Of Gravity.
CPS Crank Position Sensor.
CV Constant Velocity Joint.
CVT2/CVT3 Continuously Variable Transmission
D30 Dana 30 axle.
D35 Dana 35 axle.
D35C Dana 35 axle with C clips. The 'C' stands for custom. They are custom because they are shipped incomplete from the Dana factory to Chrysler. Final assembly was done by Chrysler.
D44 Dana 44 axle.
D44a Dana 44 axle with an aluminum housing
D60 Dana 60 axle.
DAB Driver Airbag
DC DaimlerChrysler. Owners of the Jeep brand since 1998.
DD Daily Driver.
DDM Driver Door Module
DJ DJ Postal 2wd Jeeps. 1952 - 1973 by American Motors Corporation
DLC Data Link Connector (same as EDC)
DOHC Dual (or double) OverHead Cams.
DOT Department of Transportation
DRB Digital Readout Box
DRL Daytime Running Lights.
DPA Dropped Pitman Arm
DS Death Shake (same as DW)
DTE Distance To Empty
DW Death Wobble. Violent shaking of the vehicle. (same as DS)
ECO Intantaneous Fuel Economy
ECU Engine Control Unit (same as ECM)
ECM Engine Control Module (same as ECU)
EDC Engine Diagnostic Connector (same as DLC)
EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EFI Electronic Fuel Injection
ESP Electronic Stability Program
ET Elapsed Time
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions.
FC Forward Control Trucks 1957 - 1966
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FSJ Full Size Jeep (SJ's and J-trucks).
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HCU Hydraulic Control Unit
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HVAC Heater, Ventilation, Air Conditioning system.
I4 Inline four cylinder engine.
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IAC Idler Air Control Valve
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IFS Independant Front Suspension.
IOD Ignition Off-Draw
IR Ingersoll Rand. Air tool manufacturer
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JTEC Jeep Truck Engine Controller (PCM)
KJ Jeep KJ Liberty models from 2002+ (Cherokee in Europe).
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LCA Lower Control Arms. (same as LSA)
LD Left Door.
LED Light-Emitting Diode.
LHS Left Hand Drive.
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LOM Lamp Outtage Monitor.
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LSA Lower Suspension Arm (same as LCA).
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MAP Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor.
MET Metric.
MIC Mechanical Instrument Cluster.
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MML Motor Mount Lift.
MPI Multi-Port Fuel Injection.
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NP New Process (same as NV).
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OBD, OBDI First generation of On Board Diagnostics.
OBDII Second generation of On Board Diagnostics (1996+).
OBW On-Board Welder.
OD or O/D Outside Diameter.
ODO Odometer.
OHV Off Highway Vehicle
OEM Original Equiptment Manufacturer.
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ORV Off Road Vehicle.
PAB Passenger Airbag.
PB PB Blaster. A penetrating liquid.
PCM Powertrain Control Module.
PDC Power Distribution Center.
PDM Passenger Door Module.
POS Piece Of Sh--.
PS or P/S Power Steering.
PSI Pounds per Square Inch (of pressure).
PSF Pounds per Square Foot.
PRNDL Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, Low.
PRNODL Park, Reverse, Neutral, Overdrive, Drive, Low.
PTC Positive Temperature Coefficient.
PTO Power Take Off.
QD Quick Disconnect. Installed on the anti-sway bar.
RA Road Armor.
RC Reverse Cut.
RD Right Door.
RE Rubicon Express. Aftermarket manufacturer.
RFI Radio Frequesncy Interference.
RHD Right Hand Drive.
RK Rock Krawler. An aftermarket suspension company.
RKE Remote Keyless Entry.
RPM Revolutions Per Minute.
RR Right Rear.
RTI Ramp Travel Index.
RTV Room Temperature Vulcanizing. A product that is used to form gaskets.
SAE Standard American Equivalent. You know, tools that aren't metric.
SAS Solid Axle Swap. Swapping in a solid front axle to replace IFS.
SE Jeep's basic trim package.
SEMA Specialy Equipment Market Association.
SF Superflex. A lift option for Rubicon Express lift kits.
SFA Solid Front Axle.
SJ Jeep Grand Wagoneers, Trucks from 1963-92.
SOA Spring Over Axle.
SOHC Single OverHead Cam.
SRS Suplimentary Restraint System. (AKA airbags)
SUA Spring Under Axle.
SWB Short Wheel Base.
SWR Standing Wave Ratio.
SYE Slip Yoke Eliminator. Installed on transfer case to decrease driveline angles.
TB Throttle Body.
TBI Throttle Body Injection.
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TBT Toys by Troy. Aftermarket Manufacturer.
TC Transfer Case.
TCM Transmisison Control Module.
TJ Jeep Wrangler models from 1997-05.
TJL, TJ-L Unofficial letter codes for Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 2004+.
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TRE Tie Rod End.
TSB Technical Service Bulliten.
UCA Upper Control Arms. (same as USA).
UJ Universal Joint.
USA Upper Suspension Arm (same as UCA).
US/M U.S. to Metric [button].
VC Viscous Coupler.
VF Vaccum Flourescent Display.
VIC Vehicle Information Center.
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WMS Wheel Mounting Surface.
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XM A satellite radio service.
YJ Jeep Wrangler models from 1987-95.
ZJ Jeep Grand Cherokee models from 1993-98.
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|It ALLOWS some CAPS though. I agree WITH you CAIN. It JUST really BUGS me WHEN people DONT speak WITH proper GRAMMAR. " I aint SEEN them BEFORE" "I seen THAT movie" OR say WORDS correctly "IM gonna GO warsh MY hands"
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How did did you find all the passages where this formula is used?
Qimmik wrote:A number of years ago there was an article in the magazine that my undergraduate university puts out for alumni about an alumnus who memorized the entire Iliad and Odyssey in Greek. He is (or was) an accountant by profession. Maybe if and when I retire . . .
Bart wrote:Old Ameis has a point, of course, but as a literary device, Phoenix is highly effective.
Qimmik wrote:Well, you are probably right about Achilles' foreknowledge--and his angry rhetorical exaggeration. When Achilles kills Hector, even after Hector has specifically told him that he is going to die at the hands of Paris and Apollo at the Scaean Gate, this is what Achilles responds to Hector's dead body is (22.365-6):
τέθναθι: κῆρα δ᾽ ἐγὼ τότε δέξομαι ὁππότε κεν δὴ
Ζεὺς ἐθέλῃ τελέσαι ἠδ᾽ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι.
Qimmik wrote:I find the hard copy concordances easier to use than an on-line search engine, but the Chicago Homer site includes Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns, so you don't need to "liberate" the LfgE, fascicule by fascicule.
mwh wrote:So I'd leave the concordances with your antiquarian bookseller, and support her/him by buying something more useful and/or more entertaining. If you spot a copy of Ebeling's Lexicon Homericum, snap it up. That definitely falls into the useful category, especially if you haven't stolen the LfgrE.
Paul Derouda wrote:Bart wrote:Old Ameis has a point, of course, but as a literary device, Phoenix is highly effective.
If you are excited by remarks of this sort, you should consider reading M.L. West's book The Making of the Iliad – whether you believe his theories or not, it's a thrilling modern attempt to explain these problems.
Qimmik wrote:
And you have to remember Dr. Johnson's words about the dancing dog (actually, he said that a female preacher is like a dancing dog--but of course I can't say that today): the wonder is not that it's done well, but that it's done at all.
Qimmik wrote:Here I am in my late 60s too (I turn 68 next week), and all I will take to another world is about the first 20 verses of the Iliad, a few of the Aeneid, the first two or three stanzas of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and part of Don something or other's monologue from Le Cid. What a wasted life!
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John Stiegelmeier has built the South Dakota State University football team into a consistent winner in the ranks of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision and is poised to become the Jackrabbits' all-time winningest coach during the 2014 season.
Overall, Coach Stig has led the Jackrabbits to a 111-81 record (.578 winning percentage) in 17 seasons. He stands three wins away from passing Ralph Ginn (113-89-9 in 22 seasons from 1947-68) atop the SDSU career wins list. SDSU has reached the FCS playoffs three times (2009, 2012, 2013), and won first-round contests in both 2012 and 2013. His 32 victories in MVFC play rank in a tie for sixth place in league history, while his 43 overall wins since joining the league in 2008 rank 12th among all-time league coaches.
Under Stiegelmeier's leadership, SDSU has posted eight winning seasons in the school's 10 campaigns at the FCS (formerly Division I-AA) level, compiling a 69-48 record since moving to the FCS ranks in 2004. Overall, the Jackrabbits have had a winning record in 13 of Stiegelmeier's 17 years as head coach, and have a 32-16 record in Missouri Valley Football Conference games.
After consecutive 5-6 seasons in 2010 and 2011, the Jackrabbits rebounded in 2012 with their second postseason appearance in four years. SDSU finished the 2012 campaign with a 9-4 overall record, tying the single-season school record for wins. The Jackrabbits also hosted — and won — their first-ever playoff game, defeating Eastern Illinois, 58-10, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. SDSU was later eliminated by eventual national champion North Dakota State. In 2012, the Jackrabbits were ranked seven of the final eight weeks of the season and ended the campaign ranked 14th in the Sports Network media poll.
The Jackrabbits repeated much of the same success during the 2013 season, reaching the postseason in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history. Despite being ranked in the preseason top 10, the Jackrabbits found themselves with a 4-4 record entering the final month of the season. SDSU responded, however, reeling off four consecutive wins in MVFC play to again earn an at-large berth in the FCS playoffs.
SDSU opened the 2013 playoffs with a dominant defensive performance, posting a 26-7 road win at No. 8 Northern Arizona, before falling 41-17 at third-ranked Eastern Washington a week later. The Jackrabbits again tied the school record for wins, finishing with a 9-5 overall mark, and ended up 13th in the Sports Network media poll and 14th in the FCS Coaches Poll.
The Jackrabbits made their first FCS playoff appearance and the program's first postseason appearance in 30 years during the 2009 season. The Jackrabbits finished as runner-up in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with a 7-1 record and finished the season 8-4 overall. SDSU led for much of its playoff game at top-seeded
Montana, before falling 61-48 to the eventual national runner-up Grizzlies. Ranked for the entire season, including appearing in the top 10 for two weeks, the Jackrabbits finished the 2009 campaign with an 11th-place showing in both the FCS Coaches' and Sports Network media polls.
In 2008, the Jackrabbits entered another new era in their Division I pursuits as they joined the Missouri Valley Football Conference. With the transition from Division II
completed, SDSU fell just short of a playoff berth in its first season of eligibility, ending the year with a 7-5 overall record and 6-2 mark in the MVFC. Of SDSU's five losses, four came against ranked FCS opponents, including conference co-champions Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois. The team's other loss was at the hands of Football Bowl Subdivision opponent Iowa State in the season opener. That game marked the first time the Jackrabbits had played an FBS opponent since moving to Division I at the start of the 2004 season.
Under Stiegelmeier's guidance, SDSU has appeared in the FCS rankings seven of the last eight seasons. The Jacks cracked the national poll for the first time in late October 2006, after posting back-to-back come-from-behind victories over Cal Poly and UC Davis. The Jackrabbits finished the 2006 season ranked 22nd by the Sports Network.
During the 2007 season, SDSU claimed its first conference title since 1963 by winning the Great West Football Conference championship. After an 0-3 start, SDSU reeled off seven wins in its final eight games, including a 29-24 victory over previously undefeated North Dakota State the final week of the season, to claim the GWFC title with a 7-4 overall record and 4-0 mark in league play.
In leading SDSU to the GWFC title, Stiegelmeier was named conference coach of the year and was honored by the American Football Coaches Association as the Division I Football Championship Subdivision Region 5 Coach of the Year. In addition, he was named as one of five finalists in the FCS for the 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.
The same day that the Jackrabbits won the 2007 Great West Football Conference, gifts totaling $6 million were announced for the construction of the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center, which serves as the home of South Dakota State football. The facility, located in the north end zone of Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, was completed following the 2009 season.
More facility projects are coming to fruition as the Sanford Jackrabbit Sports Complex, which includes an indoor practice facility and state-of-the art training and rehabilitation areas, is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014. Construction of the new Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium is scheduled to begin this fall and will be built in phases at the current Coughlin-Alumni Stadium site. The new stadium is slated to be completed in the fall of 2016.
The Jackrabbits continued to move up the rankings at the FCS level during the 2008 season, reaching the 12th spot in the Sports Network poll after opening league play with home victories over No. 14 Youngstown State and No. 15 Western Illinois in back-to-back weeks. In all, SDSU was ranked seven weeks that season.
After posting back-to-back 6-5 seasons in 2004 and 2005 to begin their Division I
pursuits, the Jackrabbits rose another notch in 2006 as they compiled a 7-4 overall record, finishing the season ranked 21st in the final FCS poll conducted by The Sports Network. Following an 0-3 start, the Jacks rebounded by winning seven consecutive games for the first time since 1963. Three of the victories came in the closing minutes against nationally ranked teams.
In addition to achieving success on the field, Stiegelmeier's teams have excelled in the classroom. SDSU has earned the Missouri Valley Football Conference Team Academic Award each year since joining the league in 2008. The Jackrabbits have consistently led their conference in the number of individual all-academic awards, with football student-athletes accounting for Capital One Academic All-America honors 15 times during Stiegelmeier's tenure
Stiegelmeier, 57, is the 20th head coach for the Jackrabbits. His tenure of 17 years as head coach is the second-longest head coaching stint in school history.
The Selby, S.D., native first became acquainted with the Jackrabbit football program as a student assistant under John Gregory during SDSU's only other NCAA playoff season in 1979. After graduating from SDSU with degrees in mathematics and physical education, Stiegelmeier enrolled in graduate school at the University of Northern Iowa, where he served on the coaching staff of a Panther squad which posted a 7-4 mark in 1981.
Stiegelmeier coached at Eau Claire (Wis.) North High School from 1981-84, then returned to his home state as defensive coordinator, secondary coach and recruiting coordinator at Northern State from 1984-87.
Stiegelmeier returned to his alma mater in July 1988, joining Wayne Haensel's SDSU coaching staff as secondary coach and recruiting coordinator. After Haensel stepped down following the 1990 season, Stiegelmeier was elevated to defensive coordinator by new head coach Mike Daly.
In six seasons as defensive coordinator, Stiegelmeier helped guide the Jackrabbits to a 41-23 record. SDSU turned in a winning record all six seasons, including five seven-win seasons. That track record of success helped Stiegelmeier secure his first collegiate head coaching position in December 1996, when he was named Daly's successor.
The Stiegelmeier era opened in style Sept. 13, 1997, as the Jackrabbits recorded a 17-7 victory at UC Davis. Although SDSU finished Stiegelmeier's first season with a 4-6 record, the foundation was laid for future success. The Jackrabbits posted a 6-5 record during the 1998 season and broke through with an 8-3 overall mark and a 6-3, fourth-place showing in the North Central Conference.
Led by Harlon Hill Award candidate Josh Ranek, SDSU posted its most victories in 20 years in 1999 and was ranked 15th in the final NCAA Division II regular season poll, despite being picked sixth in the NCC race by both the coaches and media. Following the season, Stiegelmeier was named North Central Conference Coach of the Year.
SDSU went on to post upper-division finishes in the NCC three of its last four years before moving into the ranks of Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision) in 2004.
Aside from coaching, Stiegelmeier is active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, serving on the state board of directors and as the organization's SDSU faculty representative.


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Re: guidance on Obama and Afghanistan
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afghanistan the issue. if he moves to fast he runs risks on the ground and
attracts criticism both for moving too hastily and being distracted from
the economy. if he initiates withdrawal, but doesn't move too fast, he can
appease his base without running those risks, and can concentrate on
you are right on the polls about withdrawal. the number in favor of rapid
withdrawal is much higher, i was drawing from an older poll. However, the
recent polls show they are already on his side on the issue of
afghanistan. moreover, afghanistan isn't going to win the votes. and the
pressure to pull out fast is not massive. so even if most people want
rapid withdrawal, doesn't mean it is politically smart or that they will
get it.
On 6/22/11 9:33 AM, Bayless Parsley wrote:
I agree with Matt's basic point that Afghanistan is not going to be a
huge issue for Obama in the reelection campaign. It will be nothing in
comparison to the standard concerns on the economy, etc.
One point I wanted to throw out there, though, in response to Gertken's
argument is that the latest polls actually say the opposite: Americans
are increasingly in favor of a much more rapid withdrawal. 56 percent
want the troops home as soon as possible, while only 39 are saying we
should wait until the situation has stabilized. This is the Abbottabad
effect - "let's get the fuck out with our heads held high." No one cares
about Afghanistan anymore. OBL is dead. It's been ten years. Wtf are we
doing there? That's the mood.
Even Republicans are growing increasingly in favor of getting out - from
31 percent last year, now 43 percent are pushing for this (though the
wording in this article doesn't specify on this being for a rapid or
gradual, but I think it implies rapid).
Obama is not going to get any right wing votes, and Democrats aren't
going to accuse him of cutting and running after he killed OBL. Economic
issues are going to trump Afghanistan big time.
Majority of Americans now favor fast Afghan exit-poll
WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - A majority of Americans now want U.S.
troops to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible, according to a poll
released on Tuesday, underscoring fading public support for the
10-year-old war as President Barack Obama gets ready to announce his
Afghan drawdown plans.
The Pew Research Center poll found a record 56 percent of Americans now
favor the 100,000 U.S. forces currently stationed in Afghanistan be
brought home as quickly as possible.
Obama has made his final decision on the scale and scope of the
withdrawal and will announce it in a speech from the White House 8 p.m.
EDT (midnight GMT) on Wednesday. [ID:nN1E75K1F6]
The president must campaign on his war record as he seeks re-election
next year. But popular backing for the mission has slipped in the face
of mounting human and financial costs, at a time of tight budgets and
high unemployment back home.
This was the first time a majority of Americans had backed a fast
withdrawal and compared with 40 percent a year ago.
In contrast, just 39 percent want U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan
until the situation had stabilized, which was down sharply from 53
percent who felt that way a year ago.
"Over the past year, support for removing U.S. troops from Afghanistan
as soon as possible has increased across nearly all political and
demographic groups," the Pew Research Center said in a statement.
It found two-thirds of Democrats and 57 percent of independents now
immediate troop withdrawal, while the number of Republicans who favor
getting U.S. forces out has jumped to 43 percent from 31 percent a year
The survey comes as other polls show a dip in Obama's approval ratings
that has erased the bump in popularity that he recorded after U.S.
commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2.
Gallup said that Obama's approval rating was back at 46 percent after
averaging around 50 percent last month. (Reporting by Alister Bull;
Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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On 6/22/11 4:51 AM, Matt Gertken wrote:
The only place where I would object to this logic is on the domestic
political front. We are agreed that the war is unpopular, the majority
wants a faster withdrawal, and we've know that since OBL there was
political justification to do this.
However, the pressure on Afghanistan from Obama's core supporters is
neither as urgent or forceful as you make it out to be. I don't think
a third party left wing Nader spoiler is a very realistic scenario. A
split is much more applicable to the right wing, where Ron Paul is
ahead of several mainstream candidates. The left is more united under
assault from the Obama haters and the rabid right, much like the right
was united in 2004 in the face of Howard Dean frothing at the mouth.
I'm not saying the election isn't close or that Obama isn't wary of
his far left. What I'm saying is that Afghanistan and terrorism is the
one area where Obama actually has strong support, and these aren't the
most important issues for voters in the coming election.
The fundamental issues in the election are the economy, unemployment,
budget -- Afghanistan is a distant trailer. The opposition to the war
is only lukewarm. People are against it, but they aren't likely to
cast their ballot based on it. The left has accepted Afghanistan under
Obama's leadership. Denis Kucinich and whoever else who would seek to
run against Obama from the left will get no traction.
However, if Obama accelerates withdrawal so fast that he looks like he
is cutting and running then he makes himself vulnerable to charges of
hurried retreat and memories of Saigon. The right can capitalize on
this. The latest polls show that 53 percent favor a gradual
withdrawal, while only 30 percent favor a fast withdrawal.
Whereas if he initiates withdrawal, but not to the extent that it
makes a huge difference on the ground, he can appease the left and
remain impervious to the right.
Your point about the new commander who gives new advice is something I
hadn't thought of and is important. But Obama still runs a massive
risk in (1) making afghanistan a big issue, when in fact the big issue
is the economy (2) moving too hastily, raising risks and drawing all
kinds of criticism, when his core can be satisfied as long as he does
some symbolic drawdown to show moving in the right direction
On 6/21/11 9:00 PM, George Friedman wrote:
Let me walk everyone through my logic.
1: Unlike Iraq, the surge in Afghanistan has failed to generate a
political breakthrough. Obama agreed to it not because he was
committed to the war like Bush had been but because he had been
convinced by Petraeus that a counter-insurgency strategy coupled
with an increase of troops would solve his problem before the
election. That didn't happen. Obama now has to either agree to
allow the Petraeus strategy to continue or change it. He has no
indication that the strategy will work and he is not emotionally or
strategically committed to the war. It follows that he is looking
for alternatives.
2: David Petraeus has been removed as commander and given a job at
the CIA that compels him to be quiet and support whatever comes
3: His selection for the job has made it very clear down into the
junior ranks that he intends to press for more rapid withdrawals and
that he has no confidence in the Army's counteri-insurgency
strategy. This view was of course made clear to the President by
all parties. He knew what views he was putting into place. He is
certainly not going to install someone who was going to become a
political problem. There were plenty of other candidates to choose
from. Obama chose him.
4: The situation in Pakistan is deteriorating to the point that the
supply line through Pakistan is no longer certainly available. That
increases the chance of a huge problem turning into a desperate
problem. Obama can't ignore the danger Pakistan poses.
5: The President is facing a very hard election where the left wing
of the Democrats running a third party candidate or simply staying
at home could cost him his presidency. He won last time by about 4
percent spread over total votes against him. a 2 percent shift in
the vote can cost him the Presidency. 56 percent of the American
public now want a rapid withdrawal. Obama is no less popular than he
was in 2008. Politically, continuing the war can cost him the
Presidency and Taliban by increasing casualties can guarantee that.
He cannot win simply by holding the left wing of his party but he
will lose without it.
By going along with the Petraeus strategy now he protects himself
from charges of cutting and running. By waiting until a Marine is
command and recommends withdrawal, he is covered on the right by
saying that he is listening to his field commanders, and on the left
as ending the war. Obama is walking a tightrope. He needs a
general in there who will give him cover for withdrawal or he loses
the election. He could never get Petraeus to make that
recommendation but he can get the next guy to make it after a
bottoms up review, and Petraeus is on ice at the Pentagon.
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Equip: Attacks which reduce your health below 50% grant you an absorb shield equal to 50% of the damage done by the attack for 6 sec. This effect cannot trigger more often than once every 60 sec.
It's a stam trinket, but dang it's a good one. The fact it procs at only 50% health is pretty nice too.
What fights do you think it's worth wearing on?
If you can maintain CTC, all of them.
It looks really good and I intend to add it to my standard tanking outfit, can't think of a time I wouldn't want a huge damage shield. I think the ICD was pretty low, too. Of course there could be some wacky mathematic reason why it sucks, I make no claims as to understand all the numbers in this game.
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As a death knight I'm probably giving up more in shields from the ~400 mastery I could be wearing.
For a CTC capped paladin, I bet it would be ridiculously good. Although I think to get CTC without a trinket you probably need 390+ ilvl with mastery/avoidance on every piece. (Maybe less if you spend a fortune on gems, plus food and elixirs of the master.)
Like for Zon'ozz I don't think this is probably better than what I have...unless my healers are really specifically trying to keep me above 50% it's probably not going to be up when his stacks get high and that's when I need it the most. Plus I like my mirror and my VP trinket, both of which can be activated when the drain comes and when the heavy damage comes, and both have mastery.
Depending on function, could be beastly for DK.
Quick napkin math.... 100k hit. Gain 50k shield after that hit... plus if follow that up with a deathstrike and reasonable mastery, 20k heal plus at least 20k shield.
The downside?
1) Proc rate is once per 60 sec. With it set for 50%, you could very well see this kick in sooner than you like. The 35% mark really is a bit of a sweet spot for most tanks as, if we dip THAT low, we really want to have something covering our hides. 50% health.... not quite at "oh crap!' stage yet. I'm definitely a little anxious and starting to hover on my cooldowns at that point, but not to the point where I'm trippin'.
For a seasoned tank/healer combo though, this will go a long way to making things seem smooth.
2) Post shield deathstrikes. Shield pops.... say in the previous example. 50k shield. Next few hits eat into that.... now here's the big question......
Does this affect the function of deathstrike's heals and subsequent blood shield?
Reasonably... if it absorbs 50k damage, that's 50k less towards my 5 sec damage total for any death strike following this effect. That nerfs deathstrikes following this proc.
Now... what this trink would be COMPLETELY SEXY for?........
No one tanks in a void.........
I figure 7.2 Death Strikes a minute (1 rune / 10 seconds * 60 seconds * 20% increase from imp BP) with no runic empowerment, so maybe 8-9 if all runes started on cooldown. But how much shielding is 400 mastery worth? Anyone know?
I have a hunch really really good tanks could game this to be amazing, but if that shield gets chewed up earlier you're on your own for the next 60 seconds.
Although the more time there is between tank swaps the better it gets.
The other tricky thing about this trinket?
The size of the hit that drops you below 50%. Say, you have a DoT of some sort on you, and take a big hit that drops you to 51%... but then that DoT drops you to 49%.....the resulting shield is mehworthy.
There's good and bad with this trink. Great for spike damage. Crap for lots of little hits.
Edit: Fight like Baleroc? Awesome. I would LOVE to see someone use this on Baleroc just to see the ridiculous shielding.
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No one tanks in a void.........
Can you reforge the stamina to mastery?
And it actually is probably good for Morchok and Yor'sahj....between the tank swaps and the phases they're not swinging, it's probably back up the next time you need it. Morchok's sunder + hit would probably set it off too.
Negative. Only secondary stats and Spirit (which has kind of become a secondary stat) can be reforged. Primary stats can't be reforged.
No one tanks in a void.........
What would interest me is how it would work at Madness of Deathwing with the second Impale. Specifically whether it would give me a 300-400K absorb shield if I use Ardent Defender to survive a second Impale on the final platform or not (the ~230k the impale would do before the AD kicked in would give you a nice 120k shield on its own, mind).
60s icd so it won't procc twice on one two subsequent impales. The real risks of it:
a) healers don't paying attention for a second and you get your absorb shield when you regulary don't really need it.
b) that 5k dottick brings you from 51% to 49%, yay! -.-
I have the LFR version only, I can't get it to drop from our guild runs . I did get soulshifter vortex though just now :P.
But I really like this trinket, CTC capped needs to be done without a mastery trinket though, but I think everyone here is at that point.
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Its nice on our morchok hc tries it procced about every 80 secs for average of 36k absorb, one try it averaged 50k absorbs even. (Morchok hits for about 100k regular block after stomp and stomps also hit for 120kish or so)
I got the lfr soulshifter vortex, does it have a ~90 sec ICD? Hit the dummy for a few minutes and the proc is amazing but too much time between procs for my liking, if only it was on use.
However our strat has us eating that Bolt on the last platform (doing blue last). So I use raid wall just as the Bolt comes, which covers me for the impale that comes shortly after, our other tank taunts and the DPS clean up the bolt. So I have that absorb shield active to help with the pulsing bolt damage, since I'm already low from the impale explosion, I find it very helpful.
Beyond that I find myself able to use the Indom trinket and still remain CTC capped passive. After seeing the fights I think stamina will hold more value than more avoidance after passive CTC cap, so it allows me to start heading in that direction. I initially thought that slowly starting to change out my gems from pure mastery stacking to hybrids with stam or pure stam in blues would be good. But straight up putting on this massive stam trinket is a quicker net gain. I can start changing out gems as I get more gear with base stats to maintain passive CTC.
I'm rocking Indom + Fire of the Deep (VP trink) and I'm not seeing a need to change them out for much. I may drop Fire of the Deep for Yorsh heroic and put on the Tol Barad resist, because those stacks are all shadow damage. There may be a few more fights I haven't looked at where the resist would prove better than an on use Dodge.
Basically Ive come to the conclusion that the only 3 trinkets I need are Indom, Fire of Deep, and Mirror.
There is something so appealing about backhanding someone across the face with a shield.
I was going through our world of logs and the tooltip for the buff, called Indomitable, states that it is a shield against only physical attacks. Is any one else seeing this? and i was going through the logs of ultrraxion and i noticed the shield wasnt procing off of the twighlight. So i think the tooltip is incorrect on the trinket.
did some more testing and endup dueling a amge to get it to proc, and i was correct the shield only abosrbs physical damage.


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others. Healthy relationships start with Right Speech and Right Action. We must avoid
degrading, belittling, and critical speech.
Medical science has shown that there are significant health effects to persons suffering from the
rage within. When people are angry they become anger. The anger eats at their insides.
Health effects include heart disease and hypertension. Many doctors now consider the
top three factors for determining longevity as, family history, diet, and stress.
Even people with few social contacts can have much suffering. By being alone, loneliness
inevitably arises, which leads to irritability, anger, frustration, and depression.
Once there was an older woman customer of ours who was alone and just watched television all
day long. One day her television reception went bad and she could no longer get a good signal
with the antennas on her television. She was telling me about it and hysterically crying. She
said, ―my life has never been so miserable, this is so terrible, how could this be happening?
My first thoughts were, this is the most miserable part of her life? She must have had a very
cushy life. My life certainly was not that easy. How come she had it so good that she is now
complaining and crying so bad over a lost television signal? Are the television shows really that
good? Then compassion came over me as I realized that television was her life. She had no
other contacts with the outside world. She even would check her mail while still wearing her
pajamas. So I recommended that she purchase basic cable. I told her the reception is near
perfect and you get an additional 50 channels or more. A few days later I saw her and she had
the biggest smile. She was so happy. Now she had her television reception back with the cable
account and she had many more channels to watch. We all experience problems and painful
situations. It is the way we handle and deal with the problems that determine if it will become
suffering or not.
The second characteristic of existence is impermanence. Impermanence simply means that there
is nothing permanent about existence. We are all going to die. This can be very upsetting as
we do not like to lose our life or the lives of our loved ones. But there must be death, because
there is life. They are considered the two sides of the same coin.
Impermanence goes beyond just our lives to the entire universe. Everything in our world is
impermanent. If you look at a globe of our planet, what you see is simply a snapshot view of
earth. This is how our planet looks at this time. Several hundred million years ago, the land
masses were together. What we now call India was an island, which slowly moved toward the
continent of what is now Asia. The reason why South America and Africa look like jig-saw
puzzle pieces, is because that is exactly what they are. They were connected and then
separated. The earth has not finished moving. Currently, North America and Europe are on a
collision course. But, don't get too excited about driving from New York to London just yet. It
will take several million years for the two continents to touch each other.
Some people are afraid of impermanence. We like to get comfortable in our routine lives and
feel that the concept of impermanence will require us to change. But impermanence is life
itself. It is not something we can vote on, it is just a fact of existence. There could be no life
without impermanence. We would not be able to give birth if there was no impermanence,
because birth is change. We would not even be able to taste food if there was no such thing
as impermanence. It is change that allows us to breathe, feel good, feel bad, give birth, die, and
be re-born.
**************To be continued***************
Edited by yawares