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KpopCharts Update: What's Come Miss
2PM "Come Back When You Hear This Song" – Vote for it Here!
I hope we were clear in our KpopCharts update. We're happy that 2PM's back! We'd like to see them do more stuff in Korea than in Japan, not because being in Japan is bad, but because we're biased, and we don't review Jpop songs (yet?). One of these days we might start up that eatyoursushi website we bought ages ago. Who knows. Then we'll be able to talk about 2PM all the time, because they're doing stuff there all the time. OH 2PM! WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US! Well, I know why. There's more money to make in Japan than in Korea, because people don't buy music in Korea but they do in Japan. NEVERTHELESS! Music's about more than just money, right? Right guise? Come back to the motherland! Stay here and make more music and dances! Hell: even stop by the Nasty Studio! We'll have fun interviews and stuff! It'll be the best ever!
B1A4 "What's Happening" – Vote for it Here!
Alert! Alert! Incoming important bulletin from your Galactic Overlords, Bilasa! I will read the bulletin, and you will observe and obey:
"Greetings, peasants! This is Bilasa. We are coming back from another Galactic conquest, in which we ate an entire galaxy. They have their own sense of democracy as well, and they voted for something other than us. So we ated them up. We are now in the process of digesting them. Soon, we will fart them out, and their farticles will become the building blocks of new nebulae and galaxies that will form another civilization. Note: this fate will await you as well, if you do not vote for us. If you do not, then look to your loved ones and say your final farewells. We will use you as toothpicks. Bilasa out!"
Damn. Bilasa is so testy lately…
Lee Hyori "Miss Korea" – Vote for it Here!
Side note about Lee Hyori: you remember that video we did with Jung Saem Mool a while ago? Well, in that video we talked about how they're responsible for a lot of the makeup for Kpop idols? Well, they're also – from what I've been told – responsible for Lee Hyori's makeup in this video. Cool! We still talk to Jung Saem Mool from time to time. They're cool people :D
Anyhow, we're not sure how well this song is going to do considering the competition it's up against, so we talked about it a lot more than we would otherwise in a KpopCharts Update. Quite frankly, it's not the best Hyori song out there, but it's really quite interesting as a music video and how it relates to its lyrics, which we mentioned, like, 4 times in the KpopCharts update. Yeah! Isn't Lee Hyori supposed to release a bunch of videos, though? I think I read that somewhere. If so, I can wait to see more bombast. She's good for that :D
Also…congratulations to the winners of the signed uBEAT CDs! If you won, please send us an email and we'll send out your CDs ASAP! WOOOHOO!
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oh man i really love Hyori's Miss Korea! Once I heard it i forgot about her u go girl era. She's classy and beautiful in the vid too! The song may not be bombastic, but compared to the other featured songs i think Miss Korea has this sentimental note to it! It gives you this wonderful feeling. And her lyrics are saying a lot more than it says. Its very indie classy haha
It's a bit late, but it just hit me that the title "What's Come Miss" refers to the three songs they updated on.
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I actually found Bilasa's video utterly fabulous! For starters, the lyrics (written by Jinyoung) talk about a girl who is hiding stuff from her boyfriend. Not cheating.
So the Ken doll is actually the side of B1A4 that doesn't want to see that his girlfriend is lying about certain things. We can see this when (at the start of the video) she's chatting on the phone and he's just looking at the ground. B1A4 is trying to make their Ken side realise that this isn't a healthy relationship- but no matter what they do, they can't get into the room. Eventually, they just break down the doors and *le gasp* decapitate Ken, metaphorically killing their denial. Then they pillow fight idk.
At the end, Jinyoung states 'be good to me, okay?' to the Ken doll.Also, I really like the composition of this song. Jinyoung is improving in leaps and bounds! The rap and narration just served to connect the song- while it might seem jarring on first listen, it actually flows nicely! For some reason, I can't stop listening to this song or watching the video;;
I literally laughed at fangirling with fangurilla. I agree this song was missing that "umph"factor.
Omg Miss Korea!!! was amazing i love the fact she has drag queens in the video it's amazing. It reminds of priscilla queen of the desert it's epic i love it. I also love 2pm's come back and there us of the 7 deadly sins. B1A4 there just crazy like always its what i love about them
so who won the uBEAT signed cds.
I'm new at this and IDK. u.u -
How do I know who won the signed uBEAT CDs??
Why don't you show us what the winners wrote?! It would be so much fun to know!! :)
I feel like whoever did B1A4's MV thought of it after watching Perfume's One Room Disco on some SERIOUS crack
actually the creepy clown Hyori video (Swing) was released before Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Its the same pattern as her last album… a smoother, soft pre-release
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The make-up looks great so I think they did a good job!
I have a feeling of you guys want to do a bilasa kmm. I am not against with that, in fact that would be hilarious because the mv is like WHAT THE F HAPPENED? but, as i think, 2pm deserves a review more than bilasa because you already reviewed bilasa a couple times but 2pm really didnt got the chance because they came back after 2 years. They released A.D.T.O.Y and i loved that song too but i prefer comeback when you hear this song to be reviewed because there are more things talk about in it. And as for my personal opinion i liked 2pm's song better :)
They reviewed I'll Be Back and Hands Up… Those were one of the earliest KMMs. No, wait. Hands Up is not that old.
i know they did but it was a while ago that was i trying to say
HAHAHA. I gotta agree about the Bilasa thing. XD I don't think anyone could finish watching that video and be like "yeah that makes sense" … if they could, congratulations. Then again, I think it's purposely meant to be all 'wtf' since the name is 'What's Happening?' and while you're watching the video you're all like "What IS happening?!" so that kinda makes sense.
Gosh to think I was calling them B1A4 for a while … anyway, I'm glad their back. The MV makes no sense but that's the Bilasa I've grown to love. I don't mind their serious side in Tried To Walk, it was great to see them show their talents through a ballad, and that MV was so pretty, but I love their fun crazy music videos and songs more. ^^
And damn, that song IS SO DAMN CATCHY. It's a bit all over the place as you said … but catchy.
just a comment on how you ended the more recent k-pop charts updates: I think it has been a really good idea to say "We pick which ever one we think we'll have the most fun with". – If there are still people complaining on how unfair you are; they are biased, just as you are. – But you make KMM, so you decide what you do. And hell, I just remember the Simon-forever-alone-edition of B.A.P. Rain sound and I would have loved to have had a more fun KMM that week: meaning; that Simon would have had the chance to pick a song he liked talking about. ~ Random commenting finished.
I was secretly hoping for History, but with these 3 songs being released I'm not really surprised that they're not included. So I'll just say it: people, go listen to "Dreamer" if you haven't yet.
2PM: I was always completely indifferent about them except for the Coway ad (sorry Hottest) so I neither waited for this comeback nor had any expectations of it. But both the song and MV are OK for me. And I like the dance!
BILASA!!! Now this is what I was looking forward to :D And I'm not disappointed! Actually, it's one of my favorite songs of 2013 so far. I love the chorus! And DID YOU HEAR DAT BASS GUITAR AT 2:33 MARK (and then slightly quieter at 2:50)? It's so awesome! Aaaaaaaaah!!! I'd love to hear a live band version. As for the video: I like it even though these doll masks are creepy… But I guess they were meant to be.
Lee Hyori: After watching the teaser I thought I wouldn't really like it, but I actually liked the video and the chorus got stuck in my head. And yes, she looks great!
I was sorta hoping that you guise will talk about Younha's "The Real Reason We Broke Up" but then again, she's up against such strong contenders. *shrugs*
Anyhoo~! I really really LOVE Hyori's song!! It's just oozing with sexiness and class and I don't think anyone can beat Hyori in that category. I hope you'll review her but I'm getting a tingly feeling that you guise will review Bilasa instead. :P
Didn't win but anyway. . .
Even if u guys don't review them I'm just glad 2PM is back!! They are my #1 and I missed them so bad! I love the song and video and the dance because 2PM is just awesome like that!
Hottest Out!!! LOL -
Nine Muses' Wild is really good too…
People can say whatever they want about 2PM's "Comeback when you hear this song" and I'm not gonna bash on anybody and don't say that Hottest are gonna attack every negative comments because we Hottest are no like that. I'm just gonna say that other people really don't understand the huge value this comeback has for Hottest. The song might not be what many ppl expected, but remember that 2PM is 2PM and they have their own and unique style (don't expect a catchy song such us a-cha, please, not with 2PM). 2PM is now trying to show us a more mature image and that's what many ppl don't understand. You are too used to see pretty-faced idols, so this kind of style is not well accepted for many people.
At least for me, this song is wonderful, is pretty, is easy to get familiarized with, is kind of catchy in it's own way, ALL of them look stunning that concept of Grown men suit them so easily and perfectly (despite they are still a bunch of adorable and funny babos in the inside), the dance is so damn well performed and cool, as always, I can't wait to see them perform it live >_<
Anyways, we Hottest (the real ones) are proud and plenty satisfied with this comeback. In one word, we are HAPPY this is a great time for us and no negative comments are gonna destroy those feelings. So, don't like, don't watch it :)
Indeed.. 2PM always take the lead to do something new in KPOP scene.. They are the trendsetter.. people commented negatively on the things they've done like I'll be back shuffling dance move, and now "everybody's shuffling" LOL.. some said they should promote Game Over, but that sounds common to other groups. I really like ADTOY and CWYHTS songs! how they show their true vocals.. and people are gonna realize soon that they are hook up to the butt-dance and we'll see later that other groups are going to do the same.. 2PM ftw~!
Hell yeahhhhh that's what I always say u.u 2PM is trendy but no one acknowledge it!! 2PM did the shuffling before but no one said a damn thing about it until LMFAO started with the shuffling thing and then it got noticed >.>
Game Over is one of my fav songs in the album it's freaking cool song but I understand what you said and that is exactly what we hottest think. We DON'T want uri 2PM to be or sound like the other groups, 2PM got us used to be unique and we just love them that way <3 Game Over is cool (and it needs a cool mv *–*) but A.D.T.O.Y and C.W.Y.H.T.S are special, particularly the second one if you listen to that song it has a peculiar sound and it's damn hot no other kpop group would be as sexy as they are, 2PM is just naturally sexy!!!
And about the dance-butt… hahahaha that's true, everyone criticizes it but in the end all of them will end up doing it xD
I'm a dedicated Bana, but I really like 2pm's song. It's really funky and catchy. And my bias in 2PM is wooyoung~ He looks so good in the music video ^-^
I'm Bana too :3 not that strong as Hottest but Bana anyway :) and I liked both 2PM's "comeback when you hear this song" and B1A4's "What's Happening" B1A4 always bring us nice and enjoyable mvs and this one is not the exception :)
Yeah Hottests in the place. I love how we can accept critics so calmly, it makes me so proud of being a Hottest. And like you said, nobody forces anybody to watch anything, if you don't like it, don't watch it. It's not to say that people aren't aloud to voice their own opinion even if it's negative. Let us Hottest conquer the world with our love and patience. Peace.
Yes and stimes ppl make the mistake of stereotyping Hottest due to what happened in the past with Jay's leaving the group… I admit that was cruel, but I think It's a new generation of Hottest, at least the non-korean ones XD
Let's just enjoy A.D.T.O.Y sdasdasdasd <3
Your little blurb about the BILASA video desperately makes me want to see you guys review the video. That was hilarious for being only a few minutes long.
YEAHHHH BILASA WOO! Ahem…I mean, I sincerely hope they win against the other wonderful artists. Best of luck to everyone.
I was hoping so hard that they'd include Dreamer ;___; I'm still waiting for that song to get some love…
I like ittttttttttt~ History are my first rookie group in 2013 that i have started to like. Their feel is so different, and they are all so vocally talented!
Boo Didnt win again :(
where can we see the winners?
On the Kpop chart update at the end when the sign off in the credits.
Do you know who I'd love for you guys to really interview (besides SHINee)? BILASA!! CONQUER OF KITTIES AND DEVOURER OF TEENAGED GIRLS HEARTS!!! Seriously :D You guys are such fascinating people and they're very fascinating (if their music is anything to go by, since they write their own material), it'd just be awesome to see the EYK Crew and BILASA interact. Yeah :3 Also, SHINee BECAUSE I WANNA SEE THEIR REACTION TO SOY UN DORITA AND TAEMAN!!! IT MUST HAPPEN :D
*ahem* To the songs… When I heard the 2PM song, I wasn't exactly jazzed with it. *Sees a bunch of 2PM fans pick up guns and aim* HEAR ME OUT, OKAY?!!?!?!! The song is really great, and the video is really awesome (between that and BILASA'S video is who I want for KMM next week :3); I really like the story line with the use of the seven deadly sins and the dance scenes on the building were really cool looking (and 2PM looked amazing, as usual :3). But!! There was just something that irked me… I suppose it was just my weird musical senses going off for no damn reason, because now that I've had a chance to really listen to the song, I really like it. It's got the feel of a ballad with the really emotional vocals and sad feel, but the hard beat and synths of an upbeat dance song (amusingly, I had to explain that to someone in the comments of the video :3). It's not exactly what everyone expected for them to make a comeback with, but that's what makes it stick… It's also insanely catchy. Good job, JYP :3
BILASA!!! CONQUER OF KITTIES AND DEVOURER OF TEENAGED GIRLS HEARTS!! I think your videos hold the highest wtf faces for a K-Pop group that I've ever made. And that's all I have to say XD
LEE HYORI!!! Like the newb I was, I didn't really like Hyori when I first got into K-Pop. I thought Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was annoying, and that she didn't look as hot as everyone though… What the hell was I smoking :3 I recently decided to give CCBB (and the rest of H-Logic :3) another go when I heard she was making a comeback and like the newb that I'm really making myself out to be, I really freaking loved it!! It was so… spunky and apologetic. Lee Hyori knew what she was doing, and she wasn't apologizing for it. I also agree with Simon, Lee Hyori and all of B.E.G (because GaIn is not the only sexy one :3) is extremely good looking. *ahem* THE VIDEO!! It was really interesting. I guess it was because I read the accompanying article on Popdust.com that hinted towards the satire in the video, but I could already tell it was satirical. I mean, the drag queens. Those should really have set it off for anyone if they're doubting XD Anyway, I like the retro feel of the song and video; this girl really can do anything. I'll be looking forward to the album, and hoping that she turns us all on our heads once again ^^
EDIT – LONG POST IS POST!!! Btw, sorry for any run on sentences or any other grammar mistakes; it's midnight where I'm at, I don't feel like being grammatically correct :3
What about HISTORY's Dreamer???
YAAASSSS the harmonies are gorgeous in that song! History!
I came here to agree with THIS xD I'm obsessed with that song! You are so beautiful yoo hoo hoo hoo As for this music monday I will vote for BILASAAA for the lols that video brought to me haha
Simon and Martina, what IS your favourite Hyori song?


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17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. | 17 "Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. |
18 But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. | 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. |
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. | 19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. |
20 No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. | 20 "Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. |
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. | 21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. |
22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. | 22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands. |
23 They shall not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD, and their children with them. | 23 They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them. |
24 Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear. | 24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. |
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD." | 25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD. |
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |

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One thing I've learned from publishing my book of political satire is that nobody wants to read political satire. What they want to read is mind-numbing genre fiction, i.e. anything with heaving bosoms, wisecracking gumshoes or brain-eating zombies. Oh, and weight loss books; people love their fad diets.
Well, I believe in giving the customer what he wants, so I've decided to rename my book, replacing Send In the Clown Car with something more consumer-friendly. Here are some titles I'm considering:
Barack Obama, Vampire Hunter: A young President does battle with the ghouls who want to suck all of the health care, reproductive rights and economic opportunity out of the American citizenry. But is his battle plan too ineffective, and does it even increase the body count? After all, there is a lot at stake.
Fifty Shades of Red and Blue (States): An erotic S & M fantasy in which politicians enjoy bondage to special interests and voters in turn enjoy getting whipped by the politicians' harmful policy proposals. A lascivious tale so steamy that readers will need a cold shower (because they can't afford heat).
Harry Reid and the Deathly House Vote: The wizard of the Senate fights for control of the Congressional world by doing battle with the Orange Lord, Boehnermort.
The Hunger Blames: The political parties accuse each other of ruining North America and settle their differences with a contest involving bows and arrows mudslinging.
Game of Drones: Republicans and Democrats battle for the White House throne by seeing who can talk the longest without saying anything of substance. (Note: the Afghan and Pakistani editions of Game of Drones may have a slightly different story.)
The Girl With the Draggin' Economy: An unsuccessful political journalist investigates the disappearance of a young woman's employment and educational opportunities during a deep recession. Not for the faint of heart.
Go the Fuck to Sleep: Sorry, that's not my book title, that's just me yelling at Fox News.
The Hunt for Purple October: The candidates battle in the crucial swing states, hoping to lure enough defectors to turn them red or blue.
"Mitt," My Dad Says: The ridiculous, politically incorrect comments from an angry old man who supports the Republican agenda.
I Is for Idiots: Private Investigator Kinsey Milhone tries to track down the killer of intelligent political discourse in America and is stunned by the number of suspects.
Vote to Live: The author argues that if you follow his advice and vote for his candidate, within 30 days you will lose 30 pounds, the federal budget will be balanced, everyone will be employed, worldwide peace will be achieved, and did I mention the 30 pounds?
Honestly, none of those new titles appeals to me, so I'll keep the original. However, I will change the book's subtitle. From now on, The Race to the White House will be replaced by The Race to Be Bossypants.
This story is funny, clever, and marketing genius, in the same time!
Poor kids won't know that it MUST be a stake of OAK!
Perhaps you are finding out why it is considered a truism in publishing that "authors must never be allowed to chose titles!"
Here's a title from a publisher/editor:
It'll make you laugh till you pee
Then you'll blame the author
And he'll hate you for it.
so Boehner is "He Who Must Not Be Named"! I suspected as much. but Harry Reid needs to practice hismExpelliearmus charm!
Be it on your conscience if I faint away from hunger ........... ;-)
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The Gorgons were three monsters of Greek mythology.
The most famous (and the only mortal) was Medusa:
He was beheaded by Perseus, and the blood spilled from her neck
gave birth to the winged horse Pegasus and to the giant Chrysaor.
The head of Medusa is also part of the Trinacria, the symbol of Sicily.
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"U'bestia ca sì!" is a Sicilian exclamation that, if said at the right time, can nicely emphasize the ingenuity of a person.
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One of the most beautiful love stories of Greek mythology.Character Design, Drawing, Illustration2014
A study about the use of human bodies as graphic elements in a square composition.Character Design, Graphic Design, Illustration2014
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Here are some of the work I've done with Trinocle, the studio that I founded with my friend David Pagliardini.Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics2014
Logo and video ident for the sicilian collective Ground's Oranges.
Concept: Orazio Marino
Animation: Orazio Marino
3D Modeling: Davide Pagliardini
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Narrated by: Ezio Donato
Photography by: Davide Pagliardini
Animated by: Orazio Marino
Illustrated by: Orazio Marino, Davide Pagliardini, Chiara Mazzoletti
Musica composed and produced by: Leo Marino
Featured soloist: Giovanni Anastasio
Sound engineer: Riccardo Nicolosi
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Reviewed Old-Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie
Nov 14, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"With a few minor changes this pie was FABULOUS! Based on other reviews I changed up a few things, I used condensed milk instead of regular, I substituted 1/2 a cup brown suger for 1/2 a cup of regular sugar and also added and extra 1/4 cup of pure sugar. I adeded nutmeg to tast about 1tablespoon. The pie was amazing and did not need any type of t..."


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A neighbor wants me to grow some of my citrus for him. It would have to be cuttings, not grafted. I don't have any idea whether you can do this or not. He did me a big favor, and I'd rather buy him one, for various reasons, mainly it would be grafted and that has a lot of advantages. He wants a Rio Red grapefruit, satsuma and Meyer lemon. |
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In pots, absolutely fine. In-ground, not sure of that one. I'll bet someone will be along before the day is out:-) Mike |
Mike is right, of course; and many of the citrus available in the Northern climates are produced from cuttings. The primary advantage of rooted cuttings is they are true clones, meaning they are the same age as the parent, and will produce fruit sooner. If you are going to put the trees in the ground later, I would advise against rooted cuttings in favor of budding/grafting onto a rootstock that is known to produce the size and vigor you want and is more resistant to soil diseases/imperfections than the roots from a cutting. With citrus the root is critical because it gets 80-90% of its food and water from the first 18 inches of soil; and first the root must grow, and after that the leaves and branches will grow. |
Grafting isn't going to happen, that's why I didn't ask about it. I don't have access to root stock. You can't buy it in nurseries. Trifoliate is used here, but isn't available to someone like me who has a couple of plants that I'd want grafted. Then, I would have to find someone who could do it, and would have to pay them. Cheaper to go to the local nursery and buy a grapefruit or satsuma, frankly. I took a grafting class once, and nothing that I grafted took, so I wouldn't do it myself even if I had access to trifoliate. A lot of people grow citrus from seed here, and they grow great in the ground. The neighbor I want to do this for has one grown from seed, but it's about 20' tall and has a lot of thorns and has never even bloomed, so growing from seed doesn't guarantee anything. It isn't trifoliate, I think it's supposed to be a grapefruit. The leaves are large and taste mild. It doesn't get cold enough to kill citrus. In fact, they get quite tall, without that dwarfing effect from grafting. I've seen 25' tall citrus here, grown on their own roots, and loaded with fruit. |
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Simple gallery + e-commerce script
After trying to code myself a bit (with some php manuals right next to me) and with limited succes, I started to look around for some scripts that I might be able to tweak but sofar I haven't really found what I am looking for on the internet. I might just be searching with the wrong keywords.
I got a very specific site concept in mind (for a a friend thats getting married). She would like to have a simple site where you as guest can click on an image (a gift) and then a form would popup where you can enter some information and the amount of money you would like to give for this gift.
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Plenty of scripts like that on the web; any tutorials on SQL with regards to PHP will serve your purposes as all you're doing in selecting data from the database and posting them on the site. All you'd need to to is modify the SELECT statement and change the way data is displayed on your site.
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City development and engineering services director Marvin Kwiatkowski said Friday the public hearing was slated for Jan. 15, but with the federal government taking steps last month to consult on medical marijuana regulations, it seemed best to wait.
"They've set some dates as to when they're going to bring in the new regulations. And they have a 75-day public consultation period. It ends at the end of February, so we thought they might bring something in in the spring," he said.
"We thought we might as well hold off so we don't have to tweak our bylaw twice."
The City wasn't aware of Ottawa's medical marijuana announcement when the draft bylaw was created on Dec. 16, he said. But now that it's in process, it makes sense to wait until the federal government has its proposals sorted out before putting in a related local bylaw, he added.
"We're looking at holding it in the spring," he said.
Local pot activist Carl Anderson isn't in favour of the City's proposed bylaw, calling it too restrictive and expensive to be worthwhile.
He said the federal government's proposed legislation will make medical marijuana more expensive and likely put production in the hands of no more than 50 manufacturers Canadawide.
"There's not going to be that many licences that they will have to worry about," said Anderson, adding the City might not even need a bylaw after all.
"The number of licences that will be issued, how many cities are there in Canada?" he asked. "The whole thing is really a non-issue."
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod said her government's legislation will take grow-ops out of residential neighbourhoods and, if it moves forward, create licenced medicinal marijuana producers.
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Sam Tomkins will continue to blossom and take the NRL by storm – according to his England and former Wigan teammate Josh Charnley.
Tomkins came under a huge amount of scrutiny at the start of the season following his high profile, big money move from Wigan to New Zealand Warriors.
A handful of uncharacteristic mistakes added to the pressure on his shoulders as the Warriors struggled in the opening weeks, leading to the departure of the coach who signed Tomkins, Matthew Elliott.
Tomkins wrote in a newspaper column at the time that he felt like he was representing Super League each time he played for the Warriors. He later added that he was aware of "many people" who he felt wanted him to fail in the NRL.
But as the New Zealand side has improved in recent weeks, Tomkins has sprung to the fore.In round seven he scored a sparkling individual try against St George-Illawarra, stepping through the Dragons defence in trademark style.
The following week he was immersed in the action in attack and defence in a memorable ANZAC day win away at Melbourne Storm, earning plaudits across the media, and the televised man of the match award.
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For Charnley, a close friend of Tomkins, that has come as little shock.
He has remained in regular contact with the former Wigan fullback and says he will only continue to get better as the season unfolds.
"We speak to him all the time – I message him every other day or so," Charnley told Rugby League World.
"I've been watching a fair bit of Sam to keep my eye on him. It takes a bit of time for a player to settle in. There's the intensity of the game over there and then the pressure that they put on him because of what he's achieved over here.
"He took a little bit of time to find his feet but he's definitely improving.
"He'll blossom. He's one of those players that you want in your squad because he can pull anything out of the bag. He'll get there and he'll blow them all away."
Charnley believes that the scale of the move to New Zealand off the field will have had as much of an impact on his early form as what happens on it.
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"Metamorphite is a versatile substance that acts as health, a form of money, and even as a valid means of offensive weaponry." Exactly how this will play out in the final game we weren't told, but the system sounds like an interesting expansion of STALKER's artifacts. West Games is taking a non-linear approach to gameplay, providing players a number of ways to complete their missions. "For us, non-linearity means that the player can choose his own distinct solution to the situation that he finds himself in." West Games said. "So for example, a group of bandits steals something from a camp, and that camp asks you to retrieve what those bandits stole. Now normally, you'd just track down and kill said bandits and the mission is over, but in Areal, you can side with the bandits, ignore the situation and hope it resolves by itself, or even try to reason with the bandits." Even Areal's side missions will follow this non-linear approach, giving players variety to enjoy. Interestingly, Areal won't be solely first person. According to West Games, there will be "opportunities wherein you can switch from first person to third person, in order to get a more cinematic feel." These third person occasions will be entirely optional, however, and controlled by the player, meaning those who want to stay immersed can, while those looking for a more dramatic approach can take that too. The world of Areal will be even harsher than STALKER's Zone. "In Areal, almost every living organism has been altered or mutated in some way." we were told. "Some look relatively similar to what they were before, while others look nothing like what they originally were." The closer to the centre of Areal's world, the more dangerous the world gets. "So for example," West Games told us, "if you go into the red zone, then you'll have a hard time trying to make it out of there alive." And as you progress, the landscape and creatures only become harsher and more twisted. "Areal is a strange world that gets even stranger the further you venture into it. It has a wide array of environments that range from colourful to bleak and post-apocalyptic. The green zone is relatively normal, and things can be considered as 'normal' there. The yellow zone is very strange, with plenty of mutants, a bleaker atmosphere, and even things that somehow bend the laws of physics. The red zone is a wasteland that is horrible in every way imaginable – the laws of physics have been altered and horrendous things occur there that are unfathomably scary." Anomalies play an important role in creating a dangerous world. As you penetrate deeper into Areal, even the environment itself becomes hostile, with anomalies peppering the surrounds. Anomalies are dangerous strangenesses, where death lurks. "For the most part, they will kill you." West Games told us. "They are havens for all sorts of horrendous things." The size of Areal's world itself is still changing, but West Games promises to "expand it as much as possible" dependant on the team's capabilities. A discerning eye is being applied to world design, however, with West Games aiming to eliminate filler where possible. "[W]e can say that we do not add to the world needlessly," they told us, "and every section of the map should have a purpose. So even if you venture a little bit into the world, you're bound to encounter lots of interesting situations." According to West Games, Areal has been talked about with potential publishers and investors, "and it wouldn't be correct to say that they aren't interested in [Areal]." However, the team voluntarily decided to take the game to Kickstarter, deciding that the benefits of Kickstarter were what they wanted for Areal. "Kickstarter gives you something that neither publishers nor investors can give you," they told us, "and that's a higher degree of creative freedom." While the West Games team "can't really discuss what's happened internally at GSC" regarding STALKER 2's development, the team told us that the idea for Areal came "roughly 2 years after the closure of GSC." With STALKER 2 on ice, the West Games team are using the "clean slate" of Areal to realise some of the ideas that they had in mind for STALKER 2. West Games will be using a proprietary engine for Areal. The developers, who have previously worked on Unreal, CryEngine, X-Ray, and Unity, are using that experience to develop an engine that will give the team what they need to make Areal. "With that said, we have shown what we are capable of doing previously, and are in the process of creating this framework." That engine sounds like it is still being worked on, since West Games reminded us that Areal is still in pre-alpha. Perhaps a strange match for Areal, West Games have expressed interest in bringing the game to Wii U. In fact, it's precisely because it is a strange combination that West Games wish to bring Areal to the Wii U. "We think that many Wii U owners are interested in having a game like ours on their system." we were told. "[S]omething like Areal is a rarity on the Wii U." It brings up obvious questions regarding performance, considering the Wii U's severe lack of processing oomph, especially compared to this latest generation of Sony and Microsoft consoles, not to mention PC. West Games are optimistic, though – "[w]e want to say that we will not sacrifice quality or graphics because of the variety of platforms that we are releasing on." they told us. "The Wii U will have all of the features that other versions of the game have." Areal is currently being Kickstarted with a $50 000 goal. West Games are aiming for PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U releases, although no date has yet been set. Thanks very much to the team at West Games for taking the time to talk about Areal. In addition to this interview, which was organised before the Kickstarter went live and conducted over email, West Games sent along an official statement to us regarding the recent controversies surrounding the game's Kickstarter, which was also posted on their Kickstarter page via an update. We're publishing the entire statement, completely unaltered, right below. "Some people have accused you of not being real. What do you have to say to those accusations? They are completely false and were spread originally by vostok games and Misery LTD. We have posted numerous updates, including video updates, that have systemically dis-proven every accusation that has been made against us (Post). Both Vostok Games and Misery LTD have retracted their accusations against us officially. Unfortunately, some news outlets have taken their word without doing any fact checking, and have posted these allegations against us. There is an unfortunately true saying on the internet, and it's that if you repeat a lie often enough, it then becomes fact. Is 50,000 enough to make the game? This is a question that we get a lot. But before I answer it, I want to ask two other questions. Why do people think that 50,000 is the maximum that we can raise, and not the absolute minimum? And why are professional's salaries different in different countries? We have a start up, we already have fans, plus we ourselves are fans of what we're doing, so we don't need big salaries. We need an opportunity to do, create , promote and make the world a more exciting place. That's why we did not force up our salaries and expenses. To further elaborate on our budget though, we have a whole section on our Kickstarter dedicated to why our BASE goal is what it is: " We've pooled all of our savings into making Areal, and don't have funds to go any further. Unlike most companies, every one of our employees has invested their time and money into making Areal. The budget that we've pooled together covers salaries and some aspects of game development. We need the Kickstarter and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. community to support us by helping us cover the rest. Marketing also makes up a huge portion of most budgets, so we will rely on internal marketing as well as word of mouth to lower those costs substantially. " NOTE: OnlySP has no stake in the Areal Kickstarter and is just passing along information. You are free to decide to support the Kickstarter or not based on your overall impression. Stalker fan "although no date has yet been set" Yes, they have. September 2015 is the date West Games has set as it's release for all platforms. Again this interview only recycles old information that everyone is already aware of. If you google search every other West Games approved interview or article about their game Areal, it's always the same copy and pasted responses. West Games still refuses to answer many pertinent questions many people are asking on their facebook, kickstarter and by email. There are pages of information, with evidence, about how West Games has lied, stolen others' work and generally been dishonest throughout their entire kickstarter campaign, on their kickstarter page. They also refuse to justify or explain any of this shady behaviour, instead banning, deleting or ignoring pledgers bringing up legitimate concerns on their kickstarter and facebook page. I like how you add this at the bottom of the article: "OnlySP has no stake in the Areal Kickstarter and is just passing along information. You are free to decide to support the Kickstarter or not based on your overall impression." It's like you are insuring yourselves for when this all collapses, which it will. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra What did you want us to add? We interviewed the developers before the whole thing went to shit basically. We saw the project pop up, asked for an interview and sent out questions. We've already covered the fact that the project has had its issues so were not insuring ourselves of anything, aside from the interview we've essentially stopped covering the project all together until we see something tangible. If you want to support the project go for it, if you don't, don't. It's really simple. Stalker fan Apologies, i did not mean to come off so aggressive. But it does strike me as weird you would post this article after so long. These are the same exact answers they have given in every interview they have done. West Games are using this article as another means to misdirect and pacify their disillusioned pledgers. I suppose that is not your fault though. There's a long list of questions West Games refuses to answer and seeing an update on their KS with another link to an article where they recycle their previous non-answers is pretty infuriating. Again, that is not your problem to resolve so apologies. If you are familiar with the ongoing problems this campaign has, would I be pushing it to ask for your own personal opinion on what your take on all this is? Did West Games give you any hard proof of what they have done towards creating this game so far? (screenshots, gameplay video, or anything of that nature) I understand if you feel you can not answer but I thought I should try. Matthew Farmery I personally think this interview should be removed, if you done a bit of research, you will see the exact same copy and paste answers they have done, same with a nintendo one and some others. did you sign an NDA or approved the interview to be viewed and edited by West Games themselves? the thing is, WG have been trying hard to control what questions and answers are asked, and they required that the interview is reviewed by them before anything is allowed to be posted. if you have done something similar, you have been had, as this is what they have been trying to do for for other interviews, only forbes stood up to them, http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/07/03/interview-west-games-talks-areal-kickstarter/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/06/26/areal-kickstarter-raises-huge-red-flags-backers-beware/ this KS is nothing but a shambles, and I have got a reply from one of my tickets from KS staff that the KS itself is now under investigation, so hopefully, KS will set in, but there is so much damning evidence against wG now, that the KS can't be allowed to continue, or that it can get any more publicty that it already has. WG have been liying to backers from day on, misleading both us and interviewers like yourself, they refused to comment on the comments page, they said that they will allow people to send them emails, but don"t fall for that, as that is probably a scam, and your email address will be spammed to high heaven, and the email sold to other sites for profit, WG haven't been honest with backers, I highly suggest you take this article / interview down, as its not current, or correct, and is just giving WG more unneeded publicty for their scam of a KS darks I have to agree, this interview should be removed, do not give these lying assholes any cause for their shoddy KS project. I was one who at first jumped on this and funded the game. but I have since removed my pledge completely not even giving them one dollar. I will not support anyone who is so devious in their attempts to extort the public. Matthew Farmery I think the real issue is, we have know nothing about the game, the supposed updates tell us very little, and we get redirected to them when WG did comment on the front page comments, and they haven't commented since 30 of june, when they denied using unity assets and denying owning the facebook page that had it, (but in the PR girl's defence, she probably didn't really know about the page) but the page was quickly deleted, and they been deleting evidence of other stuff too, what is more, they been using fake accounts, (at least 2 confirmed) the real issue is, we have nothing on the game, or how its mean to work, they added concept art of vehicles, and helicopters and not said how they would work, apart from the vehicles can only work in the green zone, but that in itself doesn't make much sense, if the game is split into 3 zones, green, yellow red, what is more, some people have said the while areal is based off a book, the game copies from the command and conquer games of westwood / EA, the other thing is, if this is meant to be a spiritual successor of Stalker, it really doesn't feel like it, just like a completely different game, and they are using the stalker name as a means of publicity, same with the pitch video. its just stalker, stalker and stalker, with a bit of areal mentioned. they will need a publisher, but yet to announce one, they offer 6 platforms, physical disks, there is not a hope in hell of them been able to do that with 50k, in fact someone broke down the figures, as they would need dev kits for the 3 platforms, amazon and KS fees, las vegas tax, failed transactions, and there might be something else, oh yes the wages, so once all that is deducted, they might be luckly to get a fraction of 50k back. yet there is evidence from the russian news site that did a exclusive interview with kim, and they realised that the WG is after big cash and using the KS funds to build a prototype / tech demo, which also violates KS rules, so they broken every rule in the book. I know this is about the game, but there is no game, no info about it, just made up details to keep backers happy, but that has backfired, people who have been standing up to WG are posting stuff to warn other backers, this thing can not be funded, because its just a blatant scam, I'm sorry if you think I'm hitting at the site, but you have been used, just like other places that are saying good things and showing the same copy and paste crap that WG been spoon feeding them, please stand up and start covering the game / WG in their true light, a bunch of liers who are abusing the trust of the stalker community, and KS backers and KS platform, this KS must be shut down, even the supposed AMA I think may not happen, or it it is, will only answer some questions, as backers have complied their own list of questions for WG and been ignored, so they are clearly hiding something, probably about using KS to fund to make a tech demo, but I suspect there is more too it then that. please stand up and start telling people the trut about WG and the game, as there is probably no game at all, everything points to been in pre production, not pre aplha as they claim. even then, I don't think they have a clue what type of game they are making, like the vehicles, why have them when they can only be used in the green zone, and helicopters seem utter pointless, plus we aren't been told if we can fly them or not. so many questions and so few dratted answers. if you want to cover more on areal, do so, but please, don't believe WG lies, as they have been lying from the very start, as we have tonnes of prooof that proves that. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra As I said above, I understand the concerns about covering the project. As you said though, nobody really knows for sure. So for one, it doesn't make sense for us to cover things that are not confirmed, because as you've seen with publishing this interview, it kinda comes back to bite us in the ass either way haha. Giving the project no coverage is sometimes better than giving it coverage at all, irregardless of good or bad info. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra Sall good man. I actually didn't read those other interviews, first time I'm seeing them and I'm kinda shocked now. It would be pointless to take down the whole article because people will then ask where it is and I'll have to further explain why it was taken down and so on, so I've added the Editor's Note to the top of the page to warn those who do read it. I do apologize on the behalf of OnlySP for not further checking into the claims being made, but aside from this last piece of coverage, we have avoided covering the project at all. For what it is, the funding goal has been stumped at like 33-34K for the past week so I think people are smart enough to see what's going on before they use their money. And yea, they did add those questions to our already published interview and did want a preview. We sent them a preview after we published the interview and did not change anything in this article following the sending of that preview. Basically, for what you know, the game is basically a concept right now, they have nothing to show for it, which is what we reported on, the concept. If anything, the more people know about this campaign, the more that will be dug up on it and exposing what needs to be exposed. nashathedog You said you've already covered the fact the project has had issues. If that's the case don't you owe it too your readers to research this for yourself and update on all aspects of that (some claims were wrong and some were not) rather than release a day one interview so long after getting it? Plus if there is another articles covering issues found after the interview you should at least link to the article. Nick Evans We are over halfway through this kickstarter campaign now and we have had a total of 17 updates with approximately about 6 or 7 "concept" art pieces and no gameplay details aside from what was told to you during your interview. They claim they are working on a proprietary engine yet have nothing to back up those claims. They say they are in pre-alpha but the majority of us backers honestly believe that the game is in pre-production. There is not one shred of proof that there is anything even resembling a game at this point. They claimed that they had the AI, inventory and many missions already planned out yet they refuse to share any of that with us. We also dug up another interview where West Games confirmed that $50,000 is not enough to finish this game and that the $50,000 was basically going towards polishing up a prototype so they could attract a larger investor. That alone, is a major violation of kickstarter as you are not allowed to have startups with the hopes of attracting more money down the road. By doing this, West Games is putting all the rewards for the backers in serious jeopardy because there's no guarantee that anything will be fulfilled. You say that you interviewed West Games before this all went to shit, but if you had read up on the project at all you would have seen that the project went to shit at about day 2 of the campaign. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra We did know that the project went to shit on Day 2. If you do a search we covered it. This interview is about the game itself, even if it IS a concept. The way this project has been managed has been a nightmare to even cover because nobody knows what's real and what's not. Nick Evans well I am glad to know that you share our frustrations. We were hoping for some real information in the latest update, but instead we got this article, and no offense to you guys, but it goes over the same sorts of questions that have been answered time and again. Us backers want some more proof that there is even a game coming.. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra Oh yea I totally agree, I've been checking the updates daily to look for new information or anything tangible and keep being disappointed. Trust me, were on your side with this one ha, we're gamers first before writers. This is something I was instantly interested in then pissed off about the moment things started popping up. nashathedog Yet again the focus is put on the claim that there not real developers, Of course they are we all know that, Such claims where made by a few people at the start and have long since been proven false, How is this relevant to the current situation and the questions that have been raised since? West games have failed to answer the questions we need answers to, They continue to fall back on the same few issues that are non-issues. Posting this same stuff yet again is a joke. Martin Love how the same 4 trolls on their Kickstarter have come here to spam their hatred and lies here. They're probably going to spam their AMA too. They didn't even bother changing their nicknames. Nick Evans, Matthew Farmery and Nasha the dog. Look at their Kickstarter profile history and look for a single positive comment. I wonder how much they're getting paid to keep posting their bullcrap everywhere. nashathedog Thank you Martin, That's the exact same excuse used as to why West games won't answer the same three questions that have been put to them regarding Areal. Have you considered that not changing our names might be because we have nothing to hide? After all that is based on the same reasoning that was used when saying they wouldn't put there faces on a video if they were lying. If they answered the questions they clearly do not want to answer I could stop asking them and having to point them out, As I've said before ignoring a problem does not make it go away. Philomelle I know people supporting West Games have been so far obsessed with ignoring all issues with their behavior, so allow me to spell this out and make you realize just how embarrassing slinging accusations on this particular website is. West Games has signed an exclusivity agreement with Only Single Player and provided them with an interview. Exclusive content means that none of the material included in the interview should be posted by either the reporters or the ones being interviewed before the article goes live. Doing so would make the information no longer "exclusive," thus harming both the quality of information and the developers' integrity (as they have promised to provide information nobody else did). However, West Games have copy/pasted their answers to OnlySP everywhere they could long before the interview went live. The result is that supposedly "exclusive" information is now old and rehashed from other websites, meaning that OnlySP no longer have the edge of providing exclusive information and inadvertently lied to their readers. In other words, you're defending West Games on a website whose editorial was harmed by their irresponsible behavior and inability to keep a promise. That is beyond rude. Please, have some dignity. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra Ha, you're assuming way too much there. We signed no "deal" with West Games. An "Exclusive" interview is when we interview a development team directly. All of our interviews are labeled as such. You're reading way too far into the world exclusive there. We did not "lie" to our readers. We provided the information we were given. I, nor do my writers have the time to go around, fact checking every other interview West Games have done with other websites. The last part of the interview, if you READ, specifically says that these questions were posted on their Kickstarter page. Please, before you start making assumptions about what our website did or didn't do, get in touch, I'll be happy to answer your questions before you make accusations that we lied to our readers, signed exclusive deals and all that. Check the history of a site before you bash it please, we're not here to mislead you in any way. Obviously you're pretty passionate about this situation which I understand. This is a very complicated situation as nobody has a clear answer. You, do not know that the project is a fake, just like the rest of us. Sure the signs are there, but nobody is 100% for sure on this. They could be running the shittiest Kickstarter in existence, doesn't mean it's a fake project. Again, before you take that as me "defending" the project, I'm not. I'm just looking at it logically. Philomelle I think you misread what I was saying. I wasn't bashing the website or accusing you of misleading them, neither I claimed that you actually lied to your readers. If anything, I'm defending your website here. What I'm saying is that West Games had no right to leak the answers they gave you to every single press outlet on the internet after promising you an exclusive interview. People came to your website seeking new information and instead found the same old answers they've seen a hundred times now, despite the label "exclusive" on top. That is dishonest both to the readers and to you, for reasons that are completely outside your control. http://www.onlysp.com/ Nick Calandra Heh, sorry man. Been dealing with this all day read a little too fast there. Yea, no, whatever West Games is up to needs to be fixed. The fact that the Kickstarter has essentially stalled all together and nobody seems to be worried about it on their end is mind boggling to me. They had a huge start up potential and that's just gone now and they've pretty much tarnished their reputations. So, if there is a game in the works, it's not gonna be funded through Kickstarter anymore. Kinda sucks if the project is indeed real because it's a really cool sounding concept that I would love to see. Matthew Farmery We all hoped for a Stalker like sequel, as stalker was also one of my fav games, but still, what WG are doing is breaking every rule in the book, none of us who are trying too say negative stuff about areal and WG, are attacking this site, so really sorry if that might appear the case. still, yes, what head start and trust WG had is pretty much gone, I think the current pledging has been down to some pople pledging and not reading up on the game, or hopes of seeing the AMA, which in itself is going to be interesting. some of us think they will pull out of it at the last minute, others think it might go ahead but with copy and paste answers, there is a third theory, but maybe less likely. I know you are trying to do you job, and hope that this new of a new stalker like game will be for everyone's benefit, but a few of us think there is no game yet, not even a tech demo, and they WG are waiting for the cash before iit really happens, if the russian site is to be believed, and that is very likely at this stage. but I do think this KS must be shut down no matter what, if more of these rule breaking projects go through, it will simply destroy the KS platform and whatever trust backers might have had in the system. it won't be just gamers that will be hit hard by this, but KS and amazon, who take their usual 10% cut from every funded game, but what if people move away from KS? no more cuts, no profit from completed projects, because no one trust KS anymore, I really hope KS will shut this down, because if they allow it through, more and more scams will be allowed through, then we might as well hope that the dratted publishers give us games that we want to play, but don't expect that to happen., at the end of the day, Areal must not be allowed to be funded. too many red flags, I do hope you continue to watch this and update this article, but please take what Wg says with the tiniest grain of salt, Philomelle Oh, don't worry about it. From what I've experienced so far, a lot of journalists are on edge over this incident because of how West Games have been treating them. I just checked in with Games-TV, a Russian website who leaked information about this being a start-up, and they don't seem very impressed by Eugene Kim insulting them during the Reddit AMA. If it helps, I find your website to be pretty cool. I don't follow all that many gaming sites, but I'll most likely check in on yours from time to time. Matthew Farmery how can you call us trolls, when we know for a fact, Wet Games have been using fake accounts to mislead, backers (confirmed) the same copy and paste answers, also I suggestion you take a look at the forbes interview, as WG clearly wanted to censor and want approval of the interview, and forbes stood up to them, and yet you defend a company that does that? we have given WG time to answer, over 3 hours or more, yet they not posted anything since the 30 jun, again doesn't that strike you a bit odd? the video on their home page is mainly staler footage, but nothing of their own engine or game, yet you look at other indie projects on KS, and many or them will happily show off their game in an early state, and will answer questions.. and lets not forget this KS breaks pretty much every KS rule, and I have a response from the KS staff to say that the KS is now under investigation, on top of the fact, the leaked russian video says that the money for KS isn't going towards the game, but to a tech demo, so that WG could attract the big cash, again a break of the rules. myself and others have been trying to make people realise this and why we been posting the facts. you may not like our methods, but this KS is nothing but a blatant scam, and yet, WG have been deleting any negitive comments on their own FB page, heavily censored and controlled don't you at least find that a bit odd? we aren't the ones doing the real damage, WH themselves are, and yet they still not answered any of the backers questions, and now pretty much ignore or delete us from FB


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