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Raid Rx: Is addon-less healing possible? {WoW}
Jun 19th 2010 4:01PM Can you heal without addons?
Yes. Yes you can.
My main's a priest (discipline to be exact) and I don't like healing addons. Don't get me wrong, for some they're great; and I understand the utility of them and the potential benefits. I do use DBM, but as for healer-specific ones? You couldn't pay me. Okay, you could pay me, but I wouldn't do it for free! I can and do heal everything up through ICC. I do not use any raiding addons other than DBM. I do my job, and I do it well. I've never received a complaint about my healing, and oftentimes I even am complimented.
The decision not to use addons was purely a personal one. I leveled 1-80 in disc, without addons. I got very, VERY used to doing things the way I did them, and partially I admit my reluctance stemmed from fearing I would have to relearn interfaces, relearn how to heal. I didn't want to deal with that, I KNEW how...but only the basic way. For the exact same reasons I refuse to play with a mouse; I learned on the touchpad and using key bindings, that's what I know best, what I'm comfy with, and it's just how I play the game.
I don't use raid frames aside from the basic ones built into the game itself. It shows when debuffs are up and when they go down, for the whole raid. It doesn't show HoTs, but to me that's not a huge deal. If someone needs healing, I heal them. I'd probably run a greater risk of losing someone to damage due to lag from the memory use more addons take than the extra half second it would take me to check on a bare-bones setup and toss a heal. As for things like range, I use the in-game distance check when needed. Do we wipe sometimes? Yes. Is it my fault sometimes? Of course. But what healer, addons or no, can say they've never been the cause of any wipe?
In my opinion, knowledge of the class and its skills, raid awareness, and ability to react quickly are just as if not more important than addons when it comes to healing. Personal preference and comfort are also important; if the healer is cramped by an addon they'll do far worse than a healer at ease with their basic setup.
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Many types of buildings can achieve LEED certification including residential new construction, residential remodeling, commercial new construction and commercial remodeling.
Obviously, the White House has special meaning to our nation and lots of history in it, and any remodeling and renovation will need to take that into account. But the White House believes it can be done. Interestingly enough, Inhabitat mentions that this is not the first effort to green the White House, although it may be the largest: President Carter and Clinton attempted to improve White House energy usage and President George W. Bush had a photovoltaic system and two solar water heaters installed.
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Friday, July 4th, 2014OK, before we get started…
EDINBURGH VINTAGE IS HAVING A HUGE SALE! This is for July only, so get in there and rummage! New items are being added all the time, too!
When you announce that you're a ghost-writer, people look at you askance. Some say, "You're writing about ghosts?" Others, with some condescension, ask you when you're going to write your own book, the inference being that ghost-writing is for those who can't make it up. And whilst there is a grain of truth in that, to my mind, ghost-writing is a skill and an art of its own.
I was fascinated by these confessions of a ghost writer, Sue Leonard, who does it for a living.
If you click nothing else in this post, click this fabby series of portraits: booksellers in their natural habitats. (As my collague Danny wrote when he emailed me about it "it's a lovely series and it's lovely.")
This guy plants his self-published book in bookstores… and people buy it.
My loyalty to Levin in Anna Karenina is of an entirely different nature to my loyalty to, say, Paul Newman's caesar salad dressing, which I like very much: it is not a preference but an affinity, an encounter so genuinely self-revealing that the relationship required me first to work and then to alter. My relationship with Levin cannot be improved upon or reproduced.
So I just finished reading Eleanor Catton's "The Luminaries" [SPOILER: it is amazing, read it], and I am just as enchanted by this excellent essay she wrote about literature and capitalism. (Side note: I cannot believe this woman is only one year older than me. She is a total genius and makes me feel like a failure at life.)
As someone who works a lot with literacy learners, I loved this video of just a few learners describing their literacy journeys.
19 Dilemmas Every Book Lover Has Faced At Least Once
Not buying from Amazon is less a tactic of starving Amazon of a sale, they're hardly going to miss it. Not buying from Amazon is taking those missed sales to other venues; Waterstones and independents. I've had people say to me off-handedly that they don't expect Waterstones to be around in 5 years. That thought upsets me. So I'll happily impulsively buy a nice hardback, a slightly overpriced cup of tea and cake as an investment. Please don't squander my investment, Waterstones.
One woman's vow to boycott Amazon: her end of year review!
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Have you checked out Scottish Book Trust's Opportunities for Writers page lately? Loads of good stuff there at the moment!
I drew plans of my protagonist's house, her daughter's house, her brother in law's, and her friend's houses. I also printed out, cut up and glued together images from Google maps to create my own picture of her local area.
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I realise now that I am neither normal nor ordinary, and I become less and less ordinary as time passes. I don't want to be told that I'm not allowed to react negatively to Paxman's demand that I speak to everyone except people like me; people who have been historically excluded from poetry events by definition, by default; and who, when they raise that issue, get lumped in with a "pellety nest" by those who refuse to see their privilege
That's the excellent Mark Burnhope, responding excellently to recently-retired, flailing-against-his-own-irrelevance Jeremy Paxman. (Buy Mark's new book!)
Have you been to Looking Glass Books? You should go!
Poetry prize culture rewards "competent but unambitious verse lauded as the best our art-form has to offer"? Interesting reading in Poetry Review (via).
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Going through some old bookmarks I found this great poem.
And this one.
There is an oversupply of PhDs. Although a doctorate is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings. Meanwhile, business leaders complain about shortages of high-level skills, suggesting PhDs are not teaching the right things. The fiercest critics compare research doctorates to Ponzi or pyramid schemes.
I first read this just as I was starting out on my PhD. Yesterday I graduated. Turns out, the Economist was kinda right.
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Aaaand while trawling old bookmarks I also discovered this My Mad Fat Diary gif, which may be the best gif ever. (SHARON I LOVE YOU.)
HIPPOS ARE BETTER THAN HUMANS. The end.
…and people say animals have no feelings. (Look how when she falls, he's like, ADULTS, ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?!)
All by myself from Richard Dunn on Vimeo.
You guys saw this, right? A dude got stuck overnight in an airport in Vegas… so he single handedly shot an epic music video on his phone.
Finally, I kinda want to be friends with these weird guys. (Apparently, so do all the MRAs in the world, because they're hanging out in the video's comments. Weeeird!)
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Kramer Unveils Speaker Line
Kramer Electronics, a supplier of signal management products, introduced its SPK Series of loudspeakers, comprising six models for various pro AV applications.
Kramer Electronics, a supplier of signal management products, introduced its SPK Series of loudspeakers, comprising six models for various pro AV applications. According to the company, this addition to Kramer's full lineup of professional AV signal and management equipment allows dealers and customers to experience an even more complete one-stop shopping experience for their projects.
The series includes closed-back, can-backed models and open-back models for ceiling, wall, or mounting.
The SPK-CO608 is a round ceiling-mount loudspeaker, while the SPK-IO608 is a rectangular wall-mount speaker that can be mounted vertically or horizontally, indoors or out. Both models are open-back, two-way loudspeakers with a 6.5-inch woofer and a 1-inch tweeter.
The SPK-OC608 models are three-way, closed-back speakers for surface mounting inside or outdoors. They have a 6.5-inch woofer, a 25 millimeter tweeter, and a 27 centimeter piezo dome.
The SPK-CC688 speakers are two-way, ceiling-mount speakers with a closed-back design of 8-inch metal cans and aluminum grilles. The dual driver coaxial speakers include a transformer and a behind-the grille power selector switch with direct 8-ohm or 70/100-volt operation. The SPK-CC444 and SPK-CC48 models are two-way speakers for ceiling mounting.
SPK Series loudspeakers can be paired with and powered by any of Kramer's 900 series power amplifiers, including the 900, 900xl, 901, 902, 903, 904, and 906 models. The SPK Series is available from Kramer worldwide reseller networks for $130 to $295.


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Sound Test
Pulling out the TES 1350A Sound Level Meter we find ourselves quickly yelling into the top of it to see how loud we can be.
After five minutes of that we get a bit more serious and place the device two CM away from the fan on the card to find the maximum noise level of the card when idle (2D mode) and in load (3D mode).
Looking above you can see that noise levels are pretty standard here with a low 60 dB number coming in at load.


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Samsung Working on 12.2 inches Galaxy Note Tablet?: Latest Rumors on Galaxy Note Tablets
Seoul: It seems more and more number of rumors are getting circulated on the web sphere regarding Galaxy range devices. Just recently we have seen rumors about Galaxy Note 3. There are few latest rumors about Galaxy Note Tablet. According to these rumors, Samsung is in plan to release Galaxy Note Tablet and this tablet would have 12.2 inches screen size. It is expected to be provided with display resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. This news has come from Korean website by name ET News. These reports also suggest that Samsung Display & Sharp will be ready to supply nearly 2.5 million panels of 12.2 inches screen size. These screens will have IGZO technology support.
If you are new to this terminology, read IGZO as Indum Gallium Zinc Oxide. This is the new technology developed by Samsung Electronics for its latest devices. This Galaxy Note Tablet is expected to be released with S Pen Stylus which is usually seen with Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. Further specifications of this latest tablet are to be known still. There are also rumors that Galaxy Note 12.2 inches is expected to be released as competition for rumored 12 inches iPad tablet. Twelve inches screen sized iPad is expected to be released in 2014 if the rumors to be believed.
Further, Samsung is reported to be working towards its target to sell nearly twelve million units of these 12.2 inches screen sized tablet per quarter. It is already known that Samsung has released Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet in 2012 and has come up with Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet in 2013. In the recent times, Samsung has come up with many number of smart phones and tablets like Galaxy Tab 8.0, Galaxy Tab 7.0, and Galaxy Tab 11. Are you interested to purchase this 12 inches screen sized tablet, which will be bigger than the normal sized tablets?


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"You have sexual contact with someone who has it and it is easier to pick up the virus," Brodell says. He recommends that people abstain from sex with someone who has an outbreak of MCV. If people suspect they have MCV or warts they should shave around the bumps, not through them, he adds. While grooming likely increases the spread of sexually transmitted MCV, it doesn't mean we must go au naturel. Brodell notes there is nothing inherent about pubic hair that protects people from MCV or STIs. "The hair itself is not a defensive barrier."
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This study explores Stephen Charnock's doctrine of the knowledge of God to discover his contributions to the restoration English puritan understanding of a balance of head and heart. This balance is the crucial link to the original reformers and the puritans. Charnock paved a distinctive trail in the midst of diverse paths the restoration puritans were taking, but he also maintained certain characteristics, which were common to the puritan way. Together with others (notably Richard Baxter, John Howe and William Bates) Charnock attempted to maintain a balance of mind and heart, where the use of reason and the Bible were combined with a deep experiential faith. This group of latitude puritans appear to be the most faithful to the original reformers though uniquely suited to their age.
Endorsements 'The time is ripe for a fresh study of the thought of Stephen Charnock. Here the focus is upon his epistemology. I hope that what Dr. Siekawitch has written will be widely read, and I predict that it will engender lively debate.' - Alan P F Sell, Visiting Professor at Acadia University Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada
'Larry Siekawitch's Balancing Head and Heart in Seventeenth Century Puritanism is a great boon to the study of Puritan, experiential piety in general and the neglected premier Puritan author on the knowledge and attributes of God, Stephen Charnock, in particular. Charnock's nuanced balance between the head and the heart in vital Christianity—avoiding cerebralism on the one hand and introspectionism on the other—serves not only as a model of the best Puritans in the seventeenth century but also as a model for us today. By the Spirit's grace, the restoration of this kind of intelligent piety in our contemporary scene would do more for reformation and revival than any man-centered solution for the church's problems.' - Joel Beeke, President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics, Heritage Reformed Congregations


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Well, it's no surprise that Russ and I, having done a demo with Ross at GenCon last year, were very excited about Dust: Warfare. And when he got a rulebook early at Pax East a few weeks ago, the fire was kindled anew. And then, a couple weeks later when we went to Adepticon, hung out a bunch with Mack Martin and the FFG guys, and dropped WAY too much money on Dust figures and urban terrain (so we could commandeer empty tables all over the hotel to play whenever we liked) . . . it was like reliving our heady early 40K days.
Our newest episode, 102, went live last night and inlcudes a massive review of Dust: Warfare with guest host Romeo Fillip, click here for that episode.
Fair warning, though: We're old school mini wargame players, and so we're not approaching this from the Dust: Tactics realm . . . in fact, we tried D:T once and didn't really like it at all . . . so our point of view is very different from many of the impressions I'm getting from delving into these forums for the first time . . .
Anyway, check it out, if you're curious.
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Classic Flame Corinth Mantel Electric Fireplace - Walnut
The Classic Flame Corinth Mantel Electric Fireplace (23IDE1447-W502) is a traditionally styled and multi purpose piece that will bring warmth and the full functionality of an entertainment center to your living area. The center of the console features an electric firebox, with realistic resin logs, ember bed and LED flames still add ambiance to any room, and can operate with or without heat. The flames have five (5) levels of brightness settings and the fan-forced heat provides up variable heat for up to 1,000 sq. ft. There is no venting or gas line required and the firebox can be plugged into any standard electrical outlet. Electric fireplaces are a great alternative to traditional fireplaces as they are energy efficient and save you the hassle of upkeep that comes with a real fireplace. Safe for use with electronics in the console, the heat will not affect plasma or LCD television screens and the the full length open center shelf is a great place for media components.
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The electric firebox has flame brightness settings, can heat an area of up to 1,000 sq. ft. and can be used with or without heat for year round enjoyment
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I've never grown potatoes before, and I have a tendency to get ahead of myself when I'm excited about a new garden project. I got my seed potatoes in the mail a couple days ago, and immediately pulled them out and cut them into the pieces I needed for my potato row. Unfortunately in my excitement I forgot that I had planned on staggering my planting so that I would get a more prolonged harvest instead of a bumper crop of potatoes all at once. So my question is: can my cut/scabbed potatoes last a couple weeks before planting (I cut them 2 days ago) or do I need to get them in the ground right away? If they will keep a couple/few weeks, what is the best way to store them for that time? Thanks! |
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I had to leave some for 5 weeks last year, (long story) and did as digdirt said - left them cool and dark, and all was well. BTW, if you're planting spuds already, you should know that in my heart, I hate you - I'm still shovelling snow :-( |
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You don't want to plant potatoes immediately after cutting. The rot too easily if you don't let the cut end dry. My husband cuts ours up and puts them in the garden shed for about a week. It is dark and dry in there. After that he plants them and we never have a problem with them sprouting after they are planted. I don't see a problem leaving them for longer |
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Female worgen now available on the beta
Above, you'll see a video of the Two Forms and Running Wild animations. Past the cut you'll find a much longer video of all the model's current animated emotes, casting and channeling animations.
Ah, found a 'progression' of development someone posted elsewhere.
These are the worgen faces from here to now. I liked where they were going with the 5th one, more wolfish, just need to smooth the brow. But the next one goes back a lot. Thus, my chihuahua statement.
Actually, I agree with roseclown. The animations are adorable, their bodies look exactly right, but their faces.... Well, my main is a female troll, so I won't complain much. That dance, however, is really truly a terrible idea.
well to be honest, the game is rated T. and ive seen much worse from games rated T than the female soften dance. hell, even wow has worse than that in my opinion. hellscream calls sylvannas a b**** in the new tirisfal glades quest! so I think that the dance is appropriate because it is current and somewhat recognizable...besides, the average female worsen dancer is not going to be naked. at least after the first few weeks; it will get old. you'll see.
I was hoping they'd make the permagrimace optional, but I guess not. And I'll reserve judgment until after the game is out, but that sounds a lot like a pig rooting for tubers to me.
I will agree with you about the progression, the fifth one, out of the "final" versions, is the best(though I like the second datamined one a lot), the current one is a more retarded version of the chihuahua, they should have kept to the fifth where she definitely looks best.
Someone posted actual art they drew on the basis of the fifth on MMO champ, and it looked very nice, let me see if I can find it...
There it is, I liked what he did there, and I thought the last update
This, looked quite good! The snarl was annoying and the ears looked rather batty, but still, then this new one? This horror-chihuahua? Eugh, awful.
Side note, at least their Druid forms look great, so if they get stuck looking like chihuahuas beaten by the ugliest stick on Azeroth I can still escape their derp-Paris-Hilton-Purse-Pet faces.
2 was my favorite by far.
Oh how I will continue to pine for 2.
Also, pretty sure 5 was a fan edit.
Alright. Look.
"Get rid of the eyeshadow."
The easiest thing to do on your list.
"Streamline the face to be more wolf like: AKA, less human forehead. The current forehead gives it a tame, chihuahua look."
NOT easy. At all. It's not just like they can just...poof. Instachange it. This takes time, it takes reference photo's, and most importantly, it takes finding a balance between feral and appealing. This is the biggest problem they've had so far with the female worgen, and the truth is...not everyone is going to be happy. I actually LIKE the shape of the face. I dislike the textures, but the model shape itself is just fine.
"Raise the front lips in the snarl. The current one isn't even anatomically possible. The most similar expression done by a canine is a sign of fear, which isn't what I want on my worgen."
Again, very much not easy. This would require extensive model editing, as it would create a need to actually give the female worgen 'lips' rather than the standard model shape. Either that or completely reshape the snout, which would take a long time.
As for how it isn't 'anatomically possible'...get real. This is a fantasy role playing game. Nothing ABOUT werewolves is anatomically possible. Nothing about the male night elf model is anatomically possible, or the differences between male and female draenei. And GNOMES. This is a game, not a science book. And I don't know about everyone else, but...while the face may be odd looking, it certainly doesn't look afraid.
"And stop the inappropriate mass grabbing in the dance."
I don't particularly care for the dance. But I recognize that the game is rated TEEN. It is absolutely appropriate for it's target audience. If you let kids younger than 14 watch the dance, that's your problem and you're the one being inappropriate. For Christs sake this is a Lady GaGa dance. Any kid can turn on MTV and watch it, and alot WORSE, in a heartbeat.
And do you know how LONG it would take them to add an entirely new dance into the game? Not only do they have to animate the damn thing, but they also have to acquire an entirely new license, and they can't exactly sell the Lady GaGa one back.
In conclusion, we get it. You don't like it. Stop whining.
I made this to keep track of all the changes that were being made, and also as a comparison between the old and new designs. They are all un-altered models, no fan-made edits.
I think something went off the rails after version 2. When female worgen were inactive at the start of Beta I thought they were just being altered slightly to match the new, more streamlined, maned male model.
Instead they were completely redesigned, requiring the face animations to be completely re-made. I still cannot work out why the redesign took them in the complete opposite direstion of the males. The head is less streamlined, the ears look like they belong on a goblin, and the eyes are about as far from the intimidating eyes of the male as it is possible to get.
I agree with Roseclown too, everything about the female worgen looks cool, except the face.
As for the dances, the goblins and male worgen are very meh, Gaga's is a bit over the top.
@Revrant. Wow ! Thanks for posting those two images from MMO, they look so much better, I'd be very happy if they were the final look. Whoever did them, Blizzard should give them a job .... now !
@ioncat You're rather pessimistic and defiant about changes, your rhetoric lead me to believe you simply liked the chihuahua head, and then you outright stated you did indeed like the chihuahua head.
I understand not everyone wants them to look like wolves, you like them to look like deranged chihuahuas, but I personally do want them to look more like werewolves/wolves. In reference to it being "fantasy", it's a matter of what looks natural as opposed to what is "supposed" to be.
The snarl looks strange for the face, just like it did on kitties, back then they had a valid excuse, they couldn't animate faces to that degree, now there just isn't an excuse. Look at the Goblins, the art panel video on youtube shows all the noses and ears and chins and faces you can have, you can have this wicked Gremlin looking "GOING TO EAT YOU GIZMO, AHAHAHAAAAAA! C'MERE! NOM!" face to this tough ring through the nose "Ey watchu doin c'mere da boss wants ta talk witchaaaa pal" face, straight into a spirited gleeful easy-going bright green young face.
The goblin before he discovered gold? I think so.
The disparity upsets people, there's an argument to be made for appealing versus ferocious, but we're not there yet, we're stuck on "That's a retarded chihuahua Paris Hilton should be sued for abusing it by making it watch her have sex from its purse, that's the only explanation for that derp look.". We got to appealing versus ferocious with the Worgen males, and I'm pretty happy with them(and they have facial animations), but we aren't there yet with the females.
There's obviously some contentious stuff going on behind the scenes, the male worgen got less cuddly and wolf-like, the females are all over the place, which says they're arguing over it and using public reaction to gauge fan response, to me, at least.
You're welcome for the art pic btw, that's pretty much my ideal female worgen too!
That Worgen Fix picture is AMAZING... whoever made that totally wins an internet... It's fierce, yet the mane from the mode is enough to give it that feminine look, and it's got that snarl with teeth showing without looking ridiculous. I would KILL to have female worgen look like that! Sadly, this late in the game, I fear that they'll only look like that in fan art... I suppose if I do decide to make a female worgen I'll just have to keep the "display helm" box checked off.
Why do the males get to look like wolves and the females have to look like ill tempered Chihuahuas? I so wanted to make a worgen but there is no way I will be making a female one if Blizzard stays with that terrible face.
Wow, to those of you that downrated roseclown... who pee'd in your Wheaties this morning? If you don't agree with someone, say it with me I Don't Agree With You. Downrating a post you don't agree with kinda misses the point of a "comment" section.
For the record Roseclown. I don't agree with you on some of your points. But you did a fine job, in my opinion, of stating your opinion.
And this line just made me snort hot coffee... "You gave us a Chihuahua who grabs herself in public."
@ Rev
I WOULD rather them look like wolves. I really would. I was fine with the first version of the female worgen, and I think the second version was golden.
That said, it's not pessimism that has me thinking it's not going to change, it's realism. The release date for this game is a little over a month away. To believe they'd drastically (because that's what it's become) alter the model in such a short amount of time is just unrealistic.
I don't mind the shape of the head. It isn't exactly what I'd LIKE it to look like, but it isn't that bad either. It certainly doesn't look like any chihuahua I've ever seen. Maybe it doesn't look like a wolf, but most people I see don't look like Hairlip McMusclemeat like the human male model.
If, by some miracle, they change the model one final time to appear more like a wolf, I'll be completely fine with it. For now, I'll take what we've got, get used to it, and remind myself that it really isn't all that bad.
Man, and that mount animation is just... oh, I can't facepalm enough. All I can think of is, "oh, the ERPers have a doggy style pose for the Worgen!"
Maybe I'm a terrible person.
Thank you. Must admit, for someone who scores blue comments most the time, a am almost proud of hitting the shade of black I did so quickly. And I didn't even insult anyone! Just a model! Do you get badges for that?
But yeah. In all honesty, I have just grown more and more angry at the model after following many small changes. I am a huge folklore nut, and love werewolves, so some key points about the worgens disappointed me.
It wasn't just the dance: It was the dance on top of the stocks animation (for males, they struggle like crazy. Girls just have a kicked puppy look), on top of the breasts that are the largest for any model yet (in terms of proportion), on top of the eyeshadow, and well... I kinda raged a bit last night. I was looking forward to playing a fierce female worgen. Now, I can't help but look at those key animations and think of it as a spastic were chihuahua.
Then again, while some people say don't use /dance then, I am a /dance user. Seriously, used it at least 12 times on my troll this week. And I don't even like the troll female dance that much! It's just 'ok' for me.
...Lord help me when I roll my troll male druid. I will be /dancing at every turn.
@ioncat You can google chihuahua and see the resemblance, the only part is the muzzle, which looks more like a Dachsund than anything else.
So she's a Chihuachsund.
If people don't complain it won't be changed, so your telling people to stop complaining is counterintuitive to your stated goal, that it be better, and your opinion of Blizzard must be abysmally low to think they can't change it.
Humans look awful, almost all the base races do by comparison, it's not a very good counterpoint, Blizzard had never developed a fully 3D animated world before, the closest they came was Warcraft 3.
Which was attack and idle/running, and whatever other effects, yes humans look retarded and run as though they have a corn cob shoved who knows where, and yell so loud when they attack I have to turn my speakers down.
But that was 2001-2004.
They've already changed the females drastically three times and some rather significant tweaks, they can change it on a whim, they're the largest developer on the face of the planet, they've created a whole new WORLD for us to explore over the course of two years.
They can change a Chihuachsund into a wolf/werewolf in the course of a month and a week, to think they can't is rather ridiculous, they're Blizzard, for crying out loud.
They can do whatever they want to do, and then tell us we'll get to experience it "when it's done".
That worgen fix picture actually reminds me a lot of the cat druid's face so I doubt they'd make it like that.
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Lately it has been ALL Harry Potter ALL the time at our house.
Well not really all the time, but some of the time.
I read the book when I have free time, I usually fall asleep reading it and Luke and I have spent a great deal of time watching the movies together.
My brain has been infiltrated with Harry.
So this morning when we woke up Luke informed me that last night while we were sleeping I hit him and started yelling for him to pull that thing down, the thing that the TV sits on.
He of course being of right mind had no idea what I was talking about, but he said I was really serious about it and kept asking him to get it down and then I got mad at him cause he didn't know what I as talking about and went back to sleep.
Well as he was telling me this story the memories of last night all came flooding back to me.
I do remember hitting him and telling him to get that floating thing.
You see I thought I saw a floating TV tray, and I wanted Luke to get it down cause a floating anything is just freaky.
And I can remember in my mind trying to figure out if I should be scared or not of this floating tray and then ultimately deciding that in the past I would have been scared, but that was before I went to wizard school, and now I know that anything floating is normal.
Um... I FLIPPING THINK I'M A WIZARD.
Reading Harry Potter, while pregnant and having crazy preggo dreams is not a good combination.
Plus I usually get mildly obsessed with anything that I put an ounce of effort into, so its not a surprise that I'm dreaming about it.
Oh I also dreamed I worked with Robert Pattinson but his name was Cedric Diggory and he disappeared and we assumed he got murdered.
I mean some FREAKY STUFF people.
I explained this all to Luke this morning and I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm crazy. Especially when I referenced that I "went" to wizarding school.
Coo. Coo.
Although I do blame this all on Luke because last night as we were getting into bed, he choose that moment to show me a SCAR ON HIS FOREHEAD.
Um.. he has had a scar on his forehead his whole life and I never knew that??
It was just a weird revelation that apparently started a night of weird dreams in my head.
And if you've never read or watched Harry Potter this will all be completely pointless and boring to you.
Don't worry it will go away soon, I was very into Twilight this time last year and that ship has sailed.
Although if I had to choose I would pick Harry over Twilight any day.
18 comments:
- A Southern Accent said...
Ha ha, too cute. I love Harry and Twilight! Have you read the Hunger Games yet? You'll love that series as well!
- November 17, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- mrsashcake said...
I totally had some crazy Harry dreams when I was in the middle of reading the books and completely obsessed :]
- November 17, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Katy said...
Ooh! I second the Hunger Games comment. But I was going to say at least you didn't end up having...intimate dreams about the wizarding world. That seems to be what keeps happening to me with the preggo dreams.
- November 17, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Courtney said...
I agree. I would pick Harry too. =)
- November 17, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Jessica @ Acting Adult said...
Oh my gosh, I love the preggo dreams! Sounds like fun to me. :) I always have boring dreams.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Sweet Simplicity said...
I love that you went to wizard school! hahaha. Sorry you aren't going to finish the books in time, but it sounds like you put in a good effort!
- November 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- Jess said...
Too funny!!!
Yeah, as much as I love Twilight, I was prefer Harry Potter. - November 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- The Shabby Princess said...
I'm cracking up!!
I become mildly obsessed with anything I put a touch of effort into as well, and I've had some rather interesting dreams because of it. Ha! - November 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Samantha said...
LOL. You crack me up. Although walking away from Harry sounds like crazy talk to me.
Also, that scar on his forehead confirms my theory of who you relate to in the books. - November 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- ~MinniLinny~ said...
I was the opposite. I couldn't sleep during the last two books because I was too worried about Harry! Seriously, I was a walking zombie for an entire week because I would stay up late reading and then couldn't sleep for fear something would happen to Harry. This makes total sense, yes?
- November 17, 2010 at 12:20 PM
- Whitney said...
I laughed my whole way through this post!! You sound like me. HA! Can't wait for Friday!!!
- November 17, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- Rachel said...
You make me laugh :)
And as for forgetting about Harry a year from now? That won't happen. There will always be a Harry sized hole in your heart and you'll think of him and the series at the oddest times. It's too good to forget about!! - November 17, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Becca said...
haha I love it! :-)
- November 17, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Ashley said...
Too bad I really wish I had been to Hogwarts. And I would also choose Harry over Twilight any day.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- Shannon said...
i laughed out loud reading this post.
HILARIOUS! - November 17, 2010 at 5:25 PM
- California Wife said...
Hahah, too funny! I love Harry Potter and can't wait to see the new movie (after the packed theater phase is over).
- November 17, 2010 at 6:23 PM
- Amber said...
I don't do Harry at all but I still found this post highly entertaining. I have been all about the crazy preggo dreams lately. The one where a serial killer slashed a high school friend's husband into a bloddy mess but never quite killed him so he kept walking around talking/screaming in pain was horrifying, but the one where I swam (while breathing underwater) with a big group of beautiful dolphins and (friendly) sharks was pretty awesome. I never know what I'm gonna get when my head hits the pillow these days!
- November 18, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Jane said...
Haha! Harry Potter dreams! The day between 2 of my sister's transplant surgeries, my cousin read HP out loud with scary voices. She still has hallucinations that involve Hogwarts!
- November 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM


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You have two discs of music for your CD player as well as a DVD of the concert. The concert was filmed in 2005 at the Point Depot in Dublin, Ireland. The band is supported by Scott McCaughey (guitars, keyboards), Ken Stringfellow (keyboard, guitars) and Bill Rieflin (drums) and theres a special guest appearance by Daniel Ryan of the Thrills on (Dont go back to) Rockville.
The concert is a mixture of old favorites, like Whats the Frequency, Kenneth?, Losing my Religion, and newer material but since theyve not made a studio album since 2004 I guess that theyre all old favorites.
Their sound is pleasing to hear again as the enthusiastic audience at the Point Depot demonstrates by singing along or cheering. Its quite the set and whats great about it is the inclusion of both the DVD and the songs on CD.
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At well over the halfway mark in the story, we take some time out to share our thoughts about the game so far. How does it hold up to FFXI? Does it feel like a Final Fantasy game? All that and more inside.
At well over the halfway mark in the story, we take some time out to share our thoughts about the game so far. How does it hold up to FFXI? Does it feel like a Final Fantasy game? All that and more inside.
"The universe is already mad. Anything else would be redundant."
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That seems to be the general consensus: a generally good and fairly well polished MMO, but what everyone seems to focus on is that it's a GREAT FF game. Impressive considering the last few years.
Sucks it had to be an MMO though. They're just too time consuming.
I was highly critical of ff14 as well as the attempt at remaking the game. Maybe it was my original disappointed that was blinding me. But in the end I decided to give it another shot a few days after release of a realm reborn.
But I have to say, I am thoroughly enjoying the new experience, and would recommend it for any fan of final fantasy. Perhaps SE still has some life left in it afterall.
The duty finder is cross server? I didn't realize that.
FFXIV is great now. They've addressed almost all of my complaints with it. The biggest annoyance in 1.0 was that everything was done server side, and the client was really, really dumb. To select items to craft, it had to ask the server for your inventory list before selecting every single item. Now the client is much smarter and the whole thing works a lot better. You can still get some weirdness when the server's very laggy, but it's overall much improved.
The biggest surprise to me is how playable the PS3 version is. Now that I've gotten used to it, I've been running dungeons, doing quests, and all manner of other things on it. I've only had a few minor issues with it as well, and I think those were mostly server issues. I don't even notice that I'm running the lower graphics version of the game most of the time.
I'm having a great time with it too. Also, the team is dedicated to graphics updates over time (much like EVE online). The first of these will come next summer along with Direct X11. Yoshi mentioned (although in joking it should be understood), that maximizing the NEW CLIENT would require a person to run 3 x Titans. My point being that this game will be helped to remain relevant by this move the way many other MMOs do not. It'll always look shiny and new, even 10 years from now.
No, not three of them...
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Here is my take on the game: I have a level 50 Bard and manage to play through some of the endgame content (though not all of it as I'm waiting on the rest of my Free Company members to get up in 50 to do the dungeon runs), so I did see a good amount of what the game has to offer so far. Graphically, the game is one of the best-looking MMOs out there, no argument here. I have a different opinion on the storyline of the game. I am not so high on the story content as the reviewer, in comparison to other MMOs I would say the storyline is definitely better than Guild Wars 2, but nowhere near as good as one would find in The Secret War. Its passable for sure, but to compare it to other final fantasy games I think is going a bit to far (in my opinion). Though it definitely held my attention better than FFXII and FFXIII, but that isn't saying much for me.
Gameplay isn't anything new that you haven't seen in an MMO, which is neither a good or bad thing, but I guess I was expecting something a bit more unique from Square as far as trying something different. Instead they seem to not venture into trying too many new things and just went with what is "safe and acceptable" in MMO these days. Considering that this is a "do over" for them, I don't blame them for going this route though. Still, some of the things I'm kind of was expecting was better looking gears and the ability to customize gear in a way that doesn't reveal what level someone is when I automatically look at their character (I wish more games would be like DCUO or TSW in this regards, character customization is a bigger thing then they give that feature credit for). I mean when you think of all of the awesome looking characters designs Final Fantasy have given us in the past and compare to what you can make with this game, it is pretty lackluster design.
The thing that I am most concern about and the one factor that may keep people from playing this game is the community here. Unlike Final Fantasy XI, which even from my very limited time of playing the game, I remembered having an awesome community, this game does not. Once you start getting towards the higher level dungeons, you will certainly notice rude gamers who want to force you to hurry up during cutscenes in the dungeons, or who will quickly get mad at you for not having high enough gear to do a dungeon (according to them), or you may just have people who just rage quit or when things are not going like plan or will quit once they get the gear/weapon they were looking for in the dungeon. These seem to be universal issue with all of the servers and have been something of a big complaint on the main forum of this game. I would definitely recommend you find a nice free company that you can get along with and try to avoid the dungeon finder as much as possible.
I personally enjoy the game, but if I was to be honest and put my love of the Final Fantasy series out of my mind and look at this subjectively, I would rate the game a 7 out of 10 (I'm old school, so to me this is a good number). I know many others would rate it higher, but honestly if it wasn't for the FF name attached to this game, it would probably be merely a decent MMO with slightly above average story and graphics but with the same gameplay that we're all overly used to by now. I'll be playing this one for a few more months to see what else they'll be adding, but I do think this MMO has a lot of issues to deal with as most new MMO tend to have. It will be interesting to see how many people will continue to play after the initial free period and making it to lvl 50.
I disagree about the community. Of course there will always be some bad eggs, and as a level 50 myself, I've met a few of them, particularly in the Hard Mode Primal fights where people are frustrated with the way Duty Finder works. For example, I've met a few Tanks that get angry when a group cannot perform properly and would like to kick certain players that come in with terrible gear or would outright like to quit and get another instant Tank queue, but one option is not available, and the other incurs a 15 minute penalty. So what that person will do is pull the boss repeatedly on the group like a moron, intentionally causing wipes until someone else leaves first. Its a crappy system that I think SE could put some improvements on.
As for the skipping cutscenes, if 6 or 7 out of 8 members ask a person to skip a cutscene, I don't think thats necessarily rude. Some people have are very accommodating when you say this. I actually skipped the cutscenes in one of the last story dungeons and watched them later because everyone in the group asked nicely. Yes, it will cause some arguements, but those cutscenes are very long and IMO it is a design flaw to incorporate 20-30 minutes of cutscenes every time you run an endgame dungeon. The problem is compounded further when you realize that said dungeon gives the most Tomes of Philosophy with no alternative, non-cutscene dungeon to run for an equal amount of Tomes of Philosophy.
On the whole, I'd say this is the best online community of any game I have ever played in my life. The overwhelming majority of people I've encountered all claim responsibility when they screw up, are happy to teach other players strategies, and willing to help others progress. This is the friendliest, most mature bunch of players I've ever had the pleasure of playing with online, and the community itself is probably one of the biggest glowing praises I can think of when it comes to A Realm Reborn.
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We most certainly got a different opinion on the community, but you may be on a better server than I am. I will say that I do believe it may get better once the free trial period is over and those who are only there for the short term leave. Let's hope that this is the case.
I will say Leviathan has been pretty pleasant. I'm not at max level, but I've only had one really bad dungeon (a tank who couldn't hold aggro if we stapled enemies to him), but even then people were pretty well mannered through that.
Although I enjoyed most of the game, I hate the forced grouping during certain points in the storyline. I made it to level 35, had to fight Titan next, and realized I really just didn't want to do another dungeon with a pick-up group. So that was it for me. Yes, I know; it's an MMO, I should expect a certain amount of grouping. I manage to get through many without grouping, however, and was disappointed that I HAD to group for this.
It does feel more like a Final Fantasy game than I thought it would, has a lot of references for long-term players of the game (Wedge and Biggs piloting the Tiny Bronco come to mind), and plays with a surprising smoothness on a PS3 using a controller. If they ever come up with a single-player or story option for the forced dungeons, I'll be back to finish the game's storyline.
The best part about the forced grouping for me is the team work within the RPGamer free company. Usually two or three of us will join up (if not a whole group) and do a dungeon or fight together. That makes it way more tolerable. The only dungeon/primal I've done without one of our company was the first time I fought Titan and the group was really patient and helpful. I have to imagine that many of the problem people sped to level 50 as fast as possible and are trying to do the dungeons as fast as possible, hence the impatience. I do wish Duty Finder could put a yes/no toggle in there for cutscenes.
"The universe is already mad. Anything else would be redundant."
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i would have to agree with this. however if i'm running a dungeon for the first time i do want to see the cutscenes. and people should understand first-timers.
on sargatanas (legacy server) i've had nothing but nice people. never run into anything bad. people are really helpful and are always willing to run out and raise your corpse.
which brings me to being antsy for any kind of reraise. i'm squishy.
i've only had one bad encounter. i asked a local archer to help me kill some big mob in the area we were in. he told *me*, the conjurer, to attack it first and then promptly let me die while he just stood there. i died, and then he started attacking it.
you do run into idiots but for the most part the community is great.
I almost never had any complaining in any of the low level dungeons, until one day when I had two groups in a row with Tank-DD conflict. In one case, the DD accidentally aggroed an enemy once, then the tank and DD spent most of the rest of the dungeon griping at each other. In the other, the DD was pulling constantly, and annoying the tank, so the tank let the DD kite-tank the boss of the dungeon solo, while he dealt with the adds to teach the dd a lesson. Luckily, nobody died on either run.
The story is certainly very good, but I'm not sure if I rate it higher than FFXI: Chains of Promathia. It was probably easier to complete than CoP, mind you.
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In low/mid level dungeons (when the tank is a little squishier), it's actually advantageous to let someone like the THM pull with a sleep them pulling the other mobs off them. It's a lot like low/mid level FFXI play (I used to pull crabs in the Dunes for hours). It's too bad a lot of the audience comes from games where this isn't even considered.
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Just to touch on your review:
The game definitely has a strong Final Fantasy vibe to it in addition to being a MMO. I personally liked the story, although I've heard from some people that didn't. Being that it is an MMO, I felt the points in time where they forced grouping upon you were acceptable.
Just to give you a heads up, you're going to hit a bottleneck in the late 40s where you're going to have to grind dungeons or FATEs to keep up with the story due to a lack of quests available. I don't know if this was an oversight on SE's part or not.
To address the community issue - I hear about this a lot on the official forums, but I've personally not ran into this much. I'm sure it mostly has to do with me doing the majority of my grouping within my FC, but sometimes folks are not around and I'll queue up through the DF alone and I haven't run into situations where I'm grouped with rude players very often. If anything, I run into cases where I'm grouping with someone that's undergeared or inexperienced, but hardly ever are they just a complete *******.
Overall I'm enjoying the game. I'm someone who played the original version from beginning to end, with some breaks here and there in between content, and I opted to start over because I was afraid I would have less incentive to play with all my classes being maxed out. I think I made the right decision as I've been having a blast playing on a server dedicated for new characters only. I always have something to do, whether its running dungeons, leveling crafting or gathering, or leveling another battle class. Endgame is kinda grindy and repetitive, but that's pretty much how it goes in any MMO. You just have to find other things to do to break up the monotony. The upcoming patches plan to bring PvP, Housing and new group content, so there's bound to be something new that everyone can enjoy in the coming months.
Is that magitek armor mount? Yeesh, stop tempting me!
That's because WoW was a lot harder before. Precise pulling and keeping adds down was paramount. Now a tank and a decent healer can survive the craziest of pulls without much problem. Even Heroic 5-mans were tougher before, but in Mists...I honestly didn't notice much difference when I hit 90.Or no longer considered, liek WoW used to have Hunters pull to Tanks and people time CC's to pull but no hardly ever have hunters pull and CC's don't cause aggro with rest of mobs anymore
Yes, that's magitek armor. And you get your own.
"The universe is already mad. Anything else would be redundant."
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PUBLISHED: 26 Mar 2013 00:05:34 | UPDATED: 26 Mar 2013 11:14:58PUBLISHED: 26 Mar 2013 PRINT EDITION: 26 Mar 2013Gary Gray, with the Governor-General, is sworn in as the new Resources and Energy Minister on Monday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Phillip Coorey Chief political correspondent
New Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray has endorsed emphatically the use of foreign skilled labour, sending a strong signal to the union movement that he will fight overzealous attempts to curb skilled visa programs.
Mr Gray, a Julia Gillard loyalist and former Woodside Petroleum executive, told The Australian Financial Review that skilled migrants were critical for economic growth.
There was a role for Enterprise Migration Agreements, even though none were yet in operation, while 457 visas "form a critical part of our labour supply and our skilled labour supply''.
Following Thursday's botched leadership coup, Mr Gray was one of two ministers elevated to cabinet in Monday's reshuffle, which loaded trusted ministers with the duties of their ousted colleagues, further concentrated decision-making and, apart from Rudd backer Anthony Albanese, rewarded loyalists.
In recent weeks Ms Gillard has used sharp rhetoric against the 457 visa program and clamped down on the criteria for issuing the visas in response to union criticism and job security fears among Australian workers.
Mr Gray said that when there were rorts, they should be stopped, but predominantly the scheme was working "to the beneficial advantage of all of Australia''.
Denies he is at odds with PM over 457s
Asked if he was at odds with the Prime Minister on the subject, he said: "I don't believe I'm at odds with any fair dinkum people in growing the economy, growing the resources sector or any other sector of our economy that needs skills.''
"We need to have a carefully thought through skilled migration program that can support the needs of the economy. In order for us to ensure that the resources sector continues to grow and that new projects begin on time and on budget, we need to have the best possible structures in place to support the skilled worker needs of the Australian economy."
On Tuesday, Ms Gillard will be in Mr Gray's home town of Perth, where he is clinging to the marginal seat of Brand and where foreign skilled labour is popular.
The reshuffle was caused by the ousting of four ministers. Tertiary education minister Chris Bowen and regional development minister Simon Crean were pushed from cabinet, and human services minister Kim Carr dumped from the outer ministry.
Mr Ferguson resigned in solidarity. Parliamentary secretary Richard Marles was also dumped and three whips, led by chief Rudd backer Joel Fitzgibbon, fell on their swords. The whips will be replaced by caucus when Parliament next meets in May
While there were new promotions, the bulk of the duties performed by the sacked ministers were transferred to those Ms Gillard trusts or relies upon.
Duties loaded on top of others
Apart from Mr Gray replacing Mr Ferguson, the other duties were loaded on top of those already being done by Environment Minister Tony Burke, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, Trade and Asian Century Policy Minister Craig Emerson, and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.
Mr Albanese, the only Rudd supporter rewarded, was given Mr Crean's Regional Development and Local Government portfolios.
Mr Burke inherited Mr Crean's Arts portfolio while Melbourne MP Michael Danby was made Parliamentary Secretary for Arts.
Dr Emerson inherited Mr Bowen's portfolios of Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research.
He will be assisted by two newly promoted junior ministers, Ms Gillard's numbers man, Don Farrell, and NSW backbencher Sharon Bird.
Mr Dreyfus inherits Mr Gray's old junior ministry roles of Special Minister of State and the Public Service.
In all, there were two new cabinet ministers, four new outer ministers and five new parliamentary secretaries.
Unveiling her new ministry, a contrite Ms Gillard told voters that last week's events, which culminated in a botched leadership coup, were "self-indulgent'' and "appalling'', and promised that the electorate would have the government's undivided attention until election day.
Gillard pledges focus is solely Abbott
"It was an unseemly display but out of that has come clarity,'' she said. She said fighting Mr Abbott was her focus and she would have zero tolerance for acts of disloyalty. "There, of course, should be no tolerance for any conduct which diverts eyes from our proper purpose, which is concentrating on the needs of the Australian people.''
Ms Gillard also said the media laws, which fuelled leadership unrest before failing in Parliament last week, would never be revisited.
A bitter Mr Crean said Ms Gillard could no longer blame Kevin Rudd or his now-former backers for the government's mistakes.
"She can't blame the potential for leaking, now that she's got a cabinet that she put in," he said.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott plans to move a no-confidence motion in the government in budget week . If successful, the government will fall and an election be called. Mr Abbott is ramping up pressure on the independents to pass the motion.
"Simon Crean and Martin Ferguson have effectively voted no confidence in the Prime Minister,'' he said.
"They will be labelling themselves as more pro-Gillard than Simon Crean and Martin Ferguson.''
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by Joey Heath
To have a prophetic voice. To speak with the authority of God. To speak the truth of God. To show the love of God in everyday. These are part of who a pastor should be.
I have been learning about the reformation in my church history class and how the people hungered for the word of God. One woman stood up because she was called by God when others were not willing to stand up and speak out with a prophetic voice. This woman was a contemporary of Martin Luther named Argula von Grumbach and if you ever get the chance to read her Letter to the University of Ingolstadt I highly recommend it. In this letter she took on the corrupt Roman Catholic establishment of the time and the persecutions of the reformers and used scripture to back up everything she said. In doing so she preached the word of God. That is what I call prophetic voice. She spoke out because she felt called by God to speak out.
God calls us all to do certain things. For some it may be to be a teacher. For some it may be to practice law. For some it may be to be a stay at home parent. And for some they are called to preach and share the love of God from the pulpit on Sunday mornings and wherever else they might be throughout the week. A calling from God, particularly to be a pastor, is a high calling to follow.
I have a calling and I hope those who read these blogs or hear me speak hear the prophetic voice of God coming through. I am called to be a pastor, an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. Sadly I am not sure I will be able to become one at least for now. You see, because of the things I write about on here and my openness about who I am and the fact that I refuse to stop trying to be a prophetic voice particularly on the issues of sexuality and gender identity my candidacy will most likely be rejected. Sadly the United Methodist Church recognizes the call of many but not all. You see if you identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (thank God there are no rules against being transgender, though some protection would be nice) then your candidacy is in jeopardy. The United Methodist Church actually actively rejects these that are called by God. They will recognize the gifts the person has and acknowledge they would be a great pastor and then reject them based on their sexuality. How can we a church who follows God reject those called by God? If a person is called by God shouldn't that be good enough for us to accept them?
Right now the church is losing good pastors who could have been the future leaders in the UMC. I know of several who have left the UMC for other denominations for this exact reason. They love the United Methodist Church and they feel called to be a pastor but because the UMC views them as a person of sacred worth who is unfortunately "incompatible with Christian teachings" they are rejected and in order to live out their calling they have left. Why are we letting this happen? When are we going to reject this notion that some how because someone loves a person of the same gender that they are damaged and unworthy? When are we going to stop riding the fence on this issue and speak as a church with prophetic voice claiming that all are equal and truly of sacred worth because they were created by God and called into God's service? When will we recognize the calling that God has placed on so many of the lives of LGBTQ people?
Joey Heath is a 26 year old life long United Methodist. He is currently a graduate student at Wesley Theological Seminary completing his Masters in Divinity. Once an ordained pastor, Joey hopes he will be able to bring real change to the UMC on the issues of sexuality and gender identity at the broader church level, but also with individuals, so that one day the church will truly be a place that is inclusive of all people.