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Sally Hansen • Xtreme Wear Lacey Lilac 270 • Polishes
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*TOP REVIEWER* composure on 9/17/2014 8:25:00 PM more reviews by composure
Age: 25-29 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Coarse Eyes: Brown
A pretty pastel purple, reminisce of Easter. A matte shade that is opaque with one coat. Smooth application.
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*TOP REVIEWER* lushlife505 on 8/4/2014 2:03:00 AM more reviews by lushlife505
Age: 30-35 Skin: Very Oily, Medium, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
I was happy when I saw this shade but it does not look that good on my medium neutral skin tone :(
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Mutethecity on 8/2/2014 3:53:00 PM more reviews by Mutethecity
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Oily, Medium Brown, Warm Hair: Black, Curly, Medium Eyes: Brown
I purchased this online from CVS, as it was a great deal. Normally $3 each, this line was on sale as buy one, get one free. I immediately fell in love with the color when I saw it on the screen. So I purchased this and a few other gorgeous colors.
When it finally arrived, I was so excited to try it out. There was a design that I planned on using it for. When I looked at the bottle, the color was significantly different from what I had fell in love with online. The polish that I recieved was a noticeably lighter than what the online swatch showed. It was also a lot more pink in tone, to the more blue that was seen online. The color is still beautiful, but not as I had expected it to be. It does look darker when applied in two coats, but it is still more pink than the online image showed it to be. I took it to my local Wal-mart and compared mine with one on their rack, and mine was very different to the bottles of the same color they had.
Maybe I recieved a dud or an older formulation than the others on the racks, but I don't mind. I kept the color, as I have nothing like it, and purchased another bottle in its intended shade.
I really like the formula; it's not too thick or runny. I find that two coats is enough. I also like that the polish looks streaky when first applied, but dries smooth and evenly. It goes about four or five days before it starts chipping on me. The scent isn't as bad as many other nail polishes', which says a lot for an allergy ridden girl like me.
A really nice product with a great price. Though it is a tad darker, I think it's a good dupe for Essie's "Lilacism".
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madamshay on 5/17/2014 9:57:00 AM more reviews by madamshay
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
I bought Lacey Lilac from Walmart. It was close to 3 dollars and considering the quality, a great deal! It is the perfect pastel purple color. A great color for Spring and Summer season, and I have also worn it during the cold, winter months. Creamy finish, looks great. I would repurchase this product. In fact, I recently did. Awesome quality. I would reccomend this to anyone who wants a nice, cream finish pastel polish!
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gabbyy3789 on 3/6/2014 8:53:00 PM more reviews by gabbyy3789
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Blond Eyes: Green
This works really good!! The color is gorgeous and very opaque. It's beautiful for the spring and it stays on well. I think sometimes this brand has an awkward brush but its not really a big deal. I really love this brand from sally hansen and for $2.50 it's a steal
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DrGMart on 1/19/2014 7:50:00 PM more reviews by DrGMart
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Olive Hair: Brunette Eyes: Brown
I LOVE THIS!! HG NAIL POLISH, HANDS DOWN. This was actually the first color I got from the line, thinking why not since it was only $2.77, and I don't have any other colors like this. Holy cow, the opacity when I applied it! I did need two coats, sometimes three to totally even it out but I was blown away. The color dried slightly darker than the bottle shows, which is OK but I still wish it were slightly paler, but holyholyholynoodles this is amazing. It's actually started to settle or something, weird blueish lines show up in the bottle, but IDC this is amazing. Totally recommend!!
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*TOP REVIEWER* tubbyloves on 12/19/2013 8:57:00 PM more reviews by tubbyloves
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Black
My absolute favourite nail polish! It is the perfect light-toned neutral lilac that does not lean pink or too purple/blue. It works amazing with just 1 coat to full opacity. Lovely creme finish and does not chip easily. It is one of the few nail polishes that works with my skin colour and makes my hands look nice! SUPER LOVE, EXCELLENT POLISH FOR THE PRICE
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whitelace6 on 8/18/2013 5:24:00 PM more reviews by whitelace6
Age: 56 & Over Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Blue
I was expecting a lighter lilac shade, but was very pleasantly surprised that it's the perfect M & M purple! Something different - love it! I used Sally Hansen's Supernova glitter polish on my nail tips, and it was a perfect complement. Lacey Lilac is a creme polish, very easy to apply, opaque in just 2 coats, and there's no chipping into the 4th day. Wears extremely well; I always use a single top coat (Revlon). I have a good number of polishes from this line - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear. I hope I won't get a hard-to-remove purple tinge when I change my mani. Blew Me Away was awful for that. Try this brand if you haven't already. I highly recommend and would definitely repurchase.
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Trillstayovoxo13 on 7/9/2013 6:07:00 PM more reviews by Trillstayovoxo13
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Medium Brown Hair: Black Eyes: Hazel
After trying on lots of different sally hansen extreme wears at ulta cuz I could afford one more thing, I chose to try this on and bought it. I think when I wear it it will make good partners with china glaze dance baby. I will edit and update when I get a chance to wear this polish.
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wilddkat on 7/8/2013 11:20:00 PM more reviews by wilddkat
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium Eyes: Blue
Lacey Lilac is a medium, cool toned lavender with a slight grey tinge to it. I have to say, I am in love with this polish! I had low expectations based on other polishes in the Xtreme Wear line, but it applied beautifully. It's not too thick or thin so there was no pooling on the sides of my nails, and it did not bubble. The only negative is that it did not go on the nail very evenly, so I would recommend 2 or 3 coats (I used 3). However, this is not a big problem because it is easy to apply thin coats. Other than that the polish dries quickly to a medium shine finish. If you're on the hunt for a cheap lilac nail polish, I'd definitely recommend this! :)
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Embraer is showing off its range at this year's NBAA by launching a new interior and performance upgrades for its mid-light Legacy 450 offering and its ultra-large business jet, which will be shown on the static as a new version known as the Lineage 1000E.
The Legacy 450's maximum range will increase from 2,300nm (4,300km) to 2,500nm with four passengers and two pilots, allowing the aircraft to travel between Teterboro and Los Angeles and between New Delhi and Beijing.
Embraer will unveil a mock-up of the nine-passenger aircraft with a new interior in the convention hall ahead of its planned entry into service for the first half of 2015.The increased range will put the aircraft head to head with Cessna's in-development mid-size Citation Latitude jet, which will carry a maximum of eight passengers.
The Brazilian airframer is also taking the Lineage 1000E further, announcing at the show increased range from 4,400nm to 4,600nm with eight passengers at Mach 0.78. This opens up the aircraft to comfortably fly from Teterboro to Shannon, Ireland and Los Angeles which were considered marginal under the previous profile. The manufacturer says this range increase has been increased with keeping the Linage 1000's same forward and aft auxiliary fuel tanks that provide the aircraft a total fuel capacity of 48,208lb.
Embraer is also giving both aircraft a makeover and introducing the latest interiors. The airframer has lengthened the cabin of the Legacy 450 by 6in to a roomier 24ft (7.31m) by lengthening the aircraft's fuselage throughout the design process. This provides room to extend the seat pitch for the back seats by 4in in to 46in and adds an additional 2in between seats in the front of the aircraft.
To increase the range of the Lineage 1000E, Embraer has shed 500lb from the aircraft's basic weight via structural changes, such as tailoring the fuselage supports to the VIP airframe and optimizing the design of the aircraft's wire harness. The new version's fuselage also plugs 12-13 "mirage" windows that were previously cut out of the fuselage, giving the aircraft an exterior appearance that clearly marks the aircraft as a private jet.
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You may remember that way back in May I was very fortunate to interview Australian author Tim Winton while he was part-way through a whirlwind tour of the UK and Ireland promoting his new novel, Eyrie. I published some of that interview here on Reading Matters, but the bulk of it was submitted to Shiny New Books for publication at a later date.
The second issue of SNB came out today, and I'm pleased to report my interview has been published in full. Do pop over and read it if you can.
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Interior designer Christopher Grubb gave us a lesson on how to use architectural elements to highlight a house's best assets (watch the video above). Decor expert Nina Freudenberger revealed how to get the modern look in any room (watch the video below). Design pro Frank Fontana brought five-star hotel chic to a home (watch the segment below). We visited the historic Schiff Estate (see below video) in Mendham, NJ that was once the national headquarters for the Boy Scouts. Finally, we headed to Chicago to check out an $8.9 million penthouse with its own putting green.
On Last Weekend's Open House National...
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At a Hollywood Hills home that he designed, interior designer Christopher Grubb of Arch-Interiors demonstrates how architectural elements can help define living areas and highlight a home's best assets. For instance, Christopher added a wall with glass cut-outs to make the home's entry and living room distinct while bringing sense of intrigue to the space. For more information about the featured property, which is on the market for $1,799,000, view the listing. (Published Thursday, Oct 21, 2010)
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Ex-players sue NFL over concussions
ATLANTA -- Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens and two other former NFL players say in a federal lawsuit that brain injuries have left them struggling with medical problems years after their playing days ended.
"Any allegation that the NFL intentionally sought to mislead players has no merit. It stands in contrast to the league's actions to better protect players and advance the science and medical understanding of the management and treatment of concussions.
" -- NFL's response to lawsuit
Lewis and Levens, along with Fulton Kuykendall and Ryan Stewart, filed the lawsuit against the National Football League and FNL Properties LLC this week in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.
Lewis, 32, rushed for 10,607 yards in nine seasons (2000-09) with the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. His 2,066 yards rushing in 2003 rank behind only Eric Dickerson's 2,105 in 1984 all-time among single-season rushing totals.
Levens, 41, rushed for 4,955 yards in 11 seasons (1994-2004) with the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.
Kuykendall, 58, played 11 NFL seasons (1975-85) as a linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers.
The 38-year-old Stewart, who co-hosts the "2 Live Stews" radio show in Atlanta with his brother Doug, is a regular contributor on the "ESPN First Take" debate desk. He played five seasons (1996-2000) as a defensive back for the Detroit Lions.
All four ex-players live in the Atlanta area.
The players maintain the NFL knew as early as the 1920s of the potential for concussions to harm its players. The men claim a range of medical problems stemming from their playing days, including memory loss, headaches and sleeplessness. They are seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.
"The NFL has done everything in its power to hide the issue and mislead players concerning the risks associated with concussions," the players argue in the lawsuit.
The NFL responded that it has long made player safety a priority and continues to do so.
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"Any allegation that the NFL intentionally sought to mislead players has no merit," the league said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday. "It stands in contrast to the league's actions to better protect players and advance the science and medical understanding of the management and treatment of concussions."
The court documents say the league concealed the dangers from coaches, trainers, players and the public until June 2010, when it publicly acknowledged the health threats and warned players and teams.
"While athletes in other professional sports who had suffered concussions were being effectively 'shut down' for long periods of time or full seasons, NFL protocol was to return players who had suffered concussions to the very game in which the injury occurred," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit is the latest to be filed against the NFL this year by former players over concussions.
Earlier this month, 12 former football players, including former receiver Joe Horn, filed a lawsuit against the NFL about its concussion policies, saying there was widespread pregame use of an anti-inflammatory drug that could put someone with a head injury at increased risk.
In August, two separate lawsuits were filed against the league for its concussion-related policies:
A group of seven players, including former quarterback Jim McMahon, accused the league of training players to hit with their heads, failing to properly treat them for concussions and trying to conceal for decades any links between football and brain injuries.
Later in the month, another group of 18 former NFL players sued the league and helmet makers over head injuries suffered during their careers.
In July, 74 former players sued the NFL, claiming the league intentionally withheld knowledge of the damaging effects of concussions for 90 years.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 7:51am
El Paso, TX (KTSM) — This Service Salute recognizes United States Army Specialist Omar Moreno, who will be deploying soon.
His sister, Myriam Andrade, submitted the photo and said he is the first soldier in their family. "Thank you for your service, my brother," Myriam said.
She wants him to know that she, along with his mother, Sylvia, and brother, Jesus, will miss him and want him to know that he is in their prayers every single moment.
"He is a great brother and son. We love him dearly," Myriam said.
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A select group of Android users will find that a new version of Google's Voice Search awaits them in the Android Market today. Users will now have the ability to toggle on personalized recognition within the app so that it can learn how you pronounce and enunciate words.
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Newcastle United's Joey Barton criticises American immigration laws on Twitter
By Telegraph staff and agencies 8:19AM BST 13 Jul 2011 Comments "Visa story is correct," said Barton on his Twitter page. "They told me am not allowed in until I have 5yrs without any trouble. 3yrs down, 2yrs to go........... "Totally hypocrisy considering what they get up to but rules are rules........." "I cant be bothered dwelling on negative's, this is my last post about the visa situation." The 28-year-old, who was given a six-month jail sentence after admitting assault and affray in 2008, has been denied the necessary permission to travel with the rest of the first-team squad when they leave on Sunday. Newcastle said that Barton will instead link up with Peter Beardsley's reserves when they head for Holland on July 20. Related Articles
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The Word-less "Church"
from W. Robert Godfrey Feb 27, 2015 Category: Articles
Many American churches are in a mess. Theologically they are indifferent, confused, or dangerously wrong. Liturgically they are the captives of superficial fads. Morally they live lives indistinguishable from the world. They often have a lot of people, money, and activities. But are they really churches, or have they degenerated ... Keep Reading
Getting the Gospel Right: An Interview with R.C. Sproul
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from R.C. Sproul Jr. Feb 07, 2015 Category: Articles
We had been through what was, up to that point, the most trying season of our lives. We had watched as our beloved church was torn apart by sin, slander and pride, too much of it our own. Relationships had been broken, reputations dragged through the mud. Keep Reading -
The English Reformation and the Puritans: A New Teaching Series from Michael Reeves
from Nathan W. Bingham Feb 06, 2015 Category: Ligonier Resources
In this 12-part series, The English Reformation and the Puritans, Dr. Michael Reeves surveys Puritan theology and the work of the Holy Spirit when the Reformation flourished in England. Major milestones of this movement underscore the Puritan's special place in history, as they displayed spiritual wisdom and discernment still benefiting pulpits and believers today. Keep Reading -
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This question is not critical only today, but it was in the eye of the storm we call the Protestant Reformation that swept through and divided the Christian church in the sixteenth century. Martin Luther declared his position: Justification is by faith alone, our works add nothing to our justification whatsoever, and we have no merit to offer God that in any way enhances our justification. This created the worst schism in the history of Christendom. Keep Reading


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Serving as the Unit Head for the Department of Education at Sterling College, Terri Gaeddert is passionate about preparing future teachers to serve and change the world through education. One characteristic of Sterling College that drew Terri to teach here is its mission and vision, which she strongly supports. Terri enjoys stamping, scrapbooking, skydiving, biking and camping in her spare time. She is married to her husband, Tim, and has two sons.
Nancy came to Sterling College at a very difficult time in her life. When friends on campus knew she was in need of a job, they told her about an opening in the Education Program. Unknown to her at the time, Sterling quickly became a place of healing and ministry. Since then, Nancy works as an Administrative Assistant for the Sterling Teacher Education Program (STEP). Nancy especially loves that at Sterling College you are free to share your faith in such a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students.
Frank has over 30 years of experience in education. He taught grades 4-6 for seven years as well as various social studies classes at the junior high and high school levels. Leone has served as an administrator for 27 years at both public schools and private Christian schools, overseeing K-6 and K-12 schools, most recently serving as administrator of Flint Hills Christian School in Manhattan, Kan. He has also served as a curriculum director.
Dr. Wagley is an associate professor of education at Sterling College. Prior to joining the faculty at Sterling College, Dr. Wagley taught English, theatre and speech at the secondary level for eight years in Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from East Texas Baptist University and a Master of Divinity from Hardin-Simmons University. He completed his Ph.D. in Education from Capella University in December 2013.
Mrs. Wannamaker earned the Master of Arts in Teaching from Friends University, and the B.S. in Elementary Education from Newman University. She is an experienced elementary teacher and has been serving Sterling College this year as an adjunct instructor. Rachel has two boys, enjoys reading, watching sporting events with her husband, vacation time with the family and taking her boys to do "Random Acts of Kindness" around town.


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New Report Reveals "Life Under the Junta"
While it's no secret that the Government of Burma oppresses its people, the international community has only had survivors' stories to assert these claims -- until now.One week before Burma's human rights record will be reviewed by the UN at the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, PHR has released the first widespread, quantitative reporting of rights abuses in Chin State, Burma.
Washington Post Op-Ed Ignores Widespread and Systematic Human Rights Abuses in Burma
Stanley Weiss' Op-Ed in the Washington Post on Friday, December 3?laid out the author's misguided reasoning for ending US sanctions on Burma's military regime.
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In the newspapers, we read wrenching stories about suffering in faraway places such as Sudan, Rwanda, Congo, and Myanmar; through this work, these stories have become real to me.
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Embarking on a trip through several Asian nations last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly announced the United States' support for the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes in Burma.
Impact of Landmines on Burma's children
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The human P450scc gene is regulated by the tissue-specific orphan nuclear receptor, steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1), which plays a key role in several physiologic processes including steroid synthesis, adrenal and gonadal development, and sexual differentiation. Several studies have demonstrated the interaction of SF-1 with different proteins. However, it is clear that additional factors not yet identified are involved with SF-1 to regulate different target genes. Recently, it was demonstrated that a novel transcriptional regulating protein of 132 kDa (TReP-132) regulates expression of the human P450scc gene. The overexpression of TReP-132 in adrenal cells increases the production of pregnenolone, which is associated with the activation of P450scc gene expression. Considering the colocalization of TReP-132 and SF-1 in steroidogenic tissues such as the adrenal and testis, and the presence of two putative LXXLL motifs in TReP-132 that can potentially interact with SF-1, the relationship between these two factors on the P450scc gene promoter was determined. The coexpression of SF-1 and TReP-132 in adrenal NCI-H295 cells cooperates to increase promoter activity. Pull-down experiments demonstrated the interaction between TReP-132 and SF-1, and this was further confirmed in intact cells by coimmunoprecipitation/Western blot and two-hybrid analyses. Deletions and mutations of the TReP-132 cDNA sequence demonstrate that SF-1 interaction requires the LXXLL motif found at the amino-terminal region of the protein. Also, the "proximal activation domain" and the "AF-2 hexamer" motif of SF-1 are involved in interaction with TReP-132. Consistent with previous studies showing interaction between CBP/p300 and SF-1 or TReP-132, the coexpression of these three proteins results in a synergistic effect on P450scc gene promoter activity. Taken together the results in this study identify a novel function of TReP-132 as a partner in a complex with SF-1 and CBP/p300 to regulate gene transcription involved in steroidogenesis.
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D.C. United's Bill Hamid won MLS Goalkeeper of the Year at age 24. Now what?
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Alan Pardew says it is going to be a tough start to the new season after Newcastle were handed a Europa League play-off trip to Greece.
But if we intend breaking into the Top Four - as the Toon boss says - we have to get used to doing what the likes of Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea have been doing for decades ... playing two games a week.
The Magpies play Greek side Atromitos in the final qualifying round for this season's Europa League.
They will travel to the Peristeri Stadium for the first leg on either Wednesday, August 22 or Thursday, August 23, with the return taking place on Tyneside a week later.
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Alan Pardew: "It will be a hard game, for sure. You don't finish fourth in your league unless you've got something going on, so they are obviously on the up.
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- Tension continues to mount, however, as the players eventually refuse to sing/dance, and Beiste throws them off the team. How will McKinley compete in the big game?
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Hello there weary traveler, welcome to my ModDB profile, my main profile for modding games. My name is Sasha and I live in Republic of Srpska. I'm a proud Yugoslavian and long time video gamer. I like playing and modding video games but since I've finished college, I don't have much of free time to do what I want so games and modding are suffering because of that. But still from time to time you can find me on the battlefieds.
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I like the story. BIA always had a good story about soldiers. Graphics is also very nice. Gameplay is meh. Too much of the same. From first to the last mission, all is the same. Move from A to B to C, kill small amount of Germans and that's it. First part of campaign is good but second part is boring.
The second part is about German counter-attack. In game, German counter-attack is around ~30 soldiers per map, only 4-6 tanks in entire game to battle with, no apc. They should have made more troops in the field, bigger skirmish scale. Making it more like WW2 frontline battles, not you and 5-6 of your troopers being like rambos ...
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Originally posted by maskedweasel I actually think it's less about going with a sure thing, and more about spending all available time on making the entirety of the game. Rather than conceptualizing and reiterating one feature. I'm not really going to go into the area of resources, as who knows what budget and time they are given on the title outside of the development team and their handlers? As far as MMO combat systems go, there are few examples of well done combat across the board, be it FPS, hybrid or turn-based. Many seem to forget or just outright ignore that many cases of active combat is really all some of these titles they're talking about have to offer. The reality tends to usually be medicore whole, with a gimmick like a "new combat system". I wonder why that is? For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson It is a sign of a defeated man, to attack at ones character in the face of logic and reason- Me |
Originally posted by Distopia it's not a new combat system it's an elder scrolls combat system, something they have been refining for years. They are going with standard mmo combat because they want to appeal to the masses and make lots of money. |
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Originally posted by Distopia I think in some cases you're right, but I think its due to the mindset of the player today. If they come from WoW, they are looking for everything WoW had, plus some. Its a tough anomaly to recreate in any aspect. If they do a little with a new combat system, its not enough. If they don't have millions of others playing, its not worth playing at all. I think with games like TERA they tout the combat system a little too much, where, in my opinion, DCUO had an amazing combat system in the bag, with a lot of interesting story lines, and some great voice work... but I think they are shooting for the moon too often here and aren't okay with just landing in the stars. I'm mostly positive about upcoming MMOs... and I'm not saying TESO is going to be a bad game at all, its just disappointing because it isn't what people think of when thinking of TES. |
Why wouldn't it work,there has ONLY been one mmorpg ever made around not soloing.Single player game=soloing so it is actually of the norm not something wild and crazy. Even combat is about soloing your weapon skills and healing yourself,so yes it most definitely would work based on the demographic of current mmorpg gamers. http://www.youtube.com/user/Napolianboo#p/u/15/rCYLLQCNc1w |
Originally posted by caremuchless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01p4M-SKB_g not possible eh?? and MO's melee system is way more advanced than skyrims there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters. |
guess i'm in the minority on this thread..but i can't stand ANY fps games..i wouldn't want em to go fps i don't know jack..but i know his sister :) |
Originally posted by tatbounty well elder scrolls has been typically fps and tpv, but this game should of been for TES fans, so if you havent palyed TES or you dont like TES this game shouldnt of been aimed at you in the first palce. there are 2 types of mmo, imitators and innovaters. |
Originally posted by tatbounty In TES you have the choice to either FP or TP, what would have been the problem of adding both to TESO? |
Originally posted by tatbounty So what's your stance on traditional TES games? They were originally FPS, you know... Writer / Musician / Game Designer Now Playing: Skyrim, Wurm Online, Tropico 4 |
Originally posted by maskedweasel Pretty much this. |
Originally posted by AdamTM Due to the situational awareness advantages of Third Person, in any multiplayer or competitive environment would just about force you to use it, so the game would be very difficult to balance between the two. Other devs have spoken about this before; in reality it would come down to just using one or the other. |
with this TESO aren't you just getting another EQ type game with TES lore and stuff ? i don't know if there will be much of a difference you could just be looking at exactly that another EQ. |
Every TES is on computer first and console second IMO. I feel like the transition of combat would be perfectly fine to follow the same structures they have been using. It is possible. Mortal Online and Darkfall are both indie games with this same type of combat (be it not exactly the same just an example). TESO has enough resources to make what everyone expected a reality. I won't give any excuses to this MMO for it not being what everyone as dreamed about. |
Originally posted by greyed-out Then it's usage becomes situational, besides, most people just use the TP-perspective for vanity reasons. If they had stuck to convention, we could expect the handy-dandy compass to relay hostile targets long before they actually get a jump on anyone. It works AS IS. ~Also, have you tried to fight in TP? The accuracy of FP trumps the situational awareness of TP in almost every circumstance, but it's still useful to have BOTH. Writer / Musician / Game Designer Now Playing: Skyrim, Wurm Online, Tropico 4 |
Morrowind didn't really have action combat. Things like blocking and hit were determined by dice rolls, and it was frustrating at times to watch you land blow after blow (graphically) but have the rolls fail. Oblivion removed those hit rolls, which IMO was an improvement, but did generate a fair amount of nerdrage at the time. And Skyrim ofc is a further refinement of the system, which while good is still not great. TESO could have and should have done so much more to refine the combat path ES has been on. There have been plenty of games now which prove action-combat to a good degree can work. Although the decision not to was no doubt made during the design phase, the engine they chose couldn't support it even if they wanted to now. |
Originally posted by GTwander Which is pretty much always in that case. The point being that player-A using FP pvp'ing against player-B using TS will always be at a disadvantage. At least that is the argument, and I think it makes sense. WoW has a FP view, but I know of no one who uses it for any real gameplay, although its certainly not impossible. In fact, TESO will most likely have a FP view mode too, but since TP is available (and the game mechanics designed around having it) I doubt it will be used much. Personally I'd love to play ES in FP-mode, but the masses will likely complain. |
Originally posted by greyed-out well..this pretty much is my feeling...don't get me wrong..i don't enjoy fps in any game..but in a single player game i can understand it to a point..u don't have other human users (pvp) to be aware of..as far as opinion on elder scrolls game sin particular i can't have one..they were not mmo's or multiplayer combat games so i wasn't interested..but this is to be an mmo with pvp..thus i'd want tps or at worst the option between fps or tps it's why socom series was one of the games i enjoyed compared to these other fps that have been all over consoles i don't know jack..but i know his sister :) |
Originally posted by greyed-out It would be the other way around. Unless Player B (in TP) has the JUMP on Player A, Player A will smoke him because of the accuracy that being in FP gives. TP only has a use in facing multiple targets, in order to note their locations all at once, but controls in FP are much more accurate. There is a time and place for both, and picking one over the other ENTIRELY = "you're doing it wrong"... and it would show - and HAS shown already, in the single-player games. Human targets just means harder targets, and sticking with a single viewpoint for all occasions is going to be STUPID on anyone's behalf. Writer / Musician / Game Designer Now Playing: Skyrim, Wurm Online, Tropico 4 |
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Originally posted by Istavaan As far as online tech goes, yes it is in a sense. I mean if you're wanting combat exactly like it is in TES. Even then in order to have a AAA version of say darkfalls combat there's a lot of ground to cover, and they didn't choose to traverse it. For whatever reason that makes it hard, or unapproachable by most dev teams. Like I said earlier I don't think it's matter of going with what's easy ( for the sake of ease) as much as it is going with what's easy in order to focus on the whole of the game rather than one feature. Maybe I'm wrong, I can live with that, but who knows really? For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson It is a sign of a defeated man, to attack at ones character in the face of logic and reason- Me |
Originally posted by Distopia Are people really going to overlook that this is the exact same MMO gameplay we've been used to for the last 12 years, just because it has the TES name slapped on it? There have been enough claims by analysts to state that the genre is in the state it's in BECAUSE of recycling the same shit over and over again. TESO may sell a million copies, but so did WAR and AoC. I really do think this is just a cash-grab, at the expense of stupid or oblivious people. Writer / Musician / Game Designer Now Playing: Skyrim, Wurm Online, Tropico 4 |


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Irrigation systems of ancient Sri Lanka consist of a large number of village tanks, gigantic reservoirs and a intrinsic network of water cannals connecting these tanks while supplying water to farming land. There about 30,000 tanks in Sri Lanka of which the majority was built form 3rd century BC to 12th century. This compared to the Sri Lankan dry zone land area of about 40,000 sq. kilometres (where almost all the tanks are located), is almost equivalent to one reservoir for each sq. kilometre.
The first large tank to be built in recorded history is Abaya Wewa in 3rd century BC. From that day onwards Sri Lankan tank builders developed a remarkable expertise on controlling large bodies of water which allowed them to built massive reservoirs which no other civilisation ever could have dreamt of.
The breakthrough which made the Sri Lankan Irrigation Engineers build such massive tanks was invention of the "Biso Kotuwa" of valve pit as early as 3rd century BC which could easily regulate the out flow extremely large water bodies. Europeans stared using the valve pits in their resoviors only in the mid 18th centuary, 2100 years later according to H. Parker, an Irrigation Engineer who was in charge of restoring many ancient iIrrigation tanks in late 1800's, in his book 'Ancient Ceylon'
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……..At first, only the simplest works of the smaller class, with very low embankments, would be undertaken; but when a better knowledge of the art of raising such banks of earth to hold back greater depths of water was acquired, schemes of a more comprehensive character would be attempted, until at last no reservoir was looked upon as too great to be constructed, and the lengths of the embankments extended for any distance up to a maximum of nine miles, while their heights in a few instances rose to more than fifty feet…………..
……… It may appear to be such a simple matter to raise a long bank of earth in order to hold back a certain quantity of rain water for bathing purposes or for watering an adjoining rice field after the rains have ceased, that any people living in hot countries where the rains are only seasonal and are followed by several almost rainless months might be expected to be struck by the idea of making these little reservoirs for themselves, without its transmission from another country ; but as a matter of fact the notion of reservoir-making appears to have been originated in only one country, and never to have been invented independently elsewhere, at any rate in the Old World. …………
Another development of the ancient irrigation systems is the remarkable instrumentation precision. When king Dathusena (459-477 AD) built Yodha Ela, also known as Jayaganga, the ancient irrigation engineers first found out that the Kala Wewa in Pollonaruwa was built on a slightly elevated ground compared to Tissa Wewa in Anuradhapura. Then he built the 54 mile ( 87 Km ) Yoda Ela with a gradient of 6-12 inches per mile ( appox 10 to 20 cm per kilometre) to carry excess water in the Kala Wewa to Tissa Weva. How these engineers could achieve such precision still baffles experts today.
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A corporate history is a chronological account of a business or other co-operative organization. Usually it is produced in written format but it can also be done in audio or audiovisually. Thousands of companies across the industrialized world have put their stories to paper, albeit in their own unique ways – from relatively benign, albeit colorful chronicles, usually written for the private archives of founding families, to titles with well-defined corporate applications. Corporate histories in the United States have been particularly prolific, those in the UK less so.
In the late 19th century, corporate histories were initially written by Victorian era businessmen, either the founder of a company himself, members of the surviving family owners or long-serving employees. Rather than being sequential histories, as is now done, many of them were diary-type personal recollections or short, superficial public relations exercises. One of the earliest corporate histories, that of a publishing company in the UK called the Catnach Press, was done in 1886. A notable early US corporate history, published in 1902, was that of Standard Oil.
Academic involvement probably started in 1924 when George Unwin and co-author George Taylor published a detailed history, Samuel Oldknow and the Arkwrights: The Industrial Revolution at Stockport and Marple. It was published by the Manchester University Press.
Between the World Wars, the majority of business histories, and especially in the UK, were house histories, consisting mainly of reminiscences and anecdotes. Only a tiny handful of serious work existed using business records which had found their way into museums, county record offices or the private possession of collectors. Corporate histories were typically unplanned. Relevant records were often discovered by chance and deemed interesting enough to turn into historical narratives which were funded either by the family descendants of the long-dead businessmen in question or, less frequently, the author in association with a publisher. They had one thing in common - they were generally records of companies that had died or otherwise dropped out of sight. One exception occurred In 1938, when the Bank of England commissioned a two-volume 250-year anniversary history. Written by J. H. Clapham, professor of economic history at Cambridge, it took six years to produce. It was a deliberately celebratory vehicle for this famous British institution.
Modern corporate history took a large conceptual step in 1947 when the then chairman of Unilever, Geoffrey Heyworth (later Baron Heyworth) approached G. N. Clark, who had led the national campaign against the destruction of business records, for his advice on writing the history Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch manufacturing company. Clark, who had just become a professor of modern history at Oxford, suggested as author a younger colleague, Charles Wilson. The result was a classic, two-volume work that transformed the writing of business history in the UK from a public relations exercise into a reputable branch of scholarship. Wilson's work, about one of western Europe's most important companies, made him the father of modern corporate histories in the UK.
The majority of books written today are PR projects expressly designed to celebrate important anniversaries. There are also fewer: More histories of British companies were being produced in the last year of the 19th century than were published in the last year of the 20th century.
Many more corporate histories are used in the education system of the US than in the UK and other countries.[citation needed]
Many companies see their corporate histories as effective purveyors of long-term organizational memory and especially suitable for transmitting strategy. As such it can provide an efficient induction/educational tool for transient employees in the highly flexible labor market. Corporate historians collect and catalog materials and disseminate information for internal use. "When people think of an archives, they tend to think of the National Archives in Washington," Dave Smith, the manager of Walt Disney Co.'s multimillion-piece collection of artifacts, said in 2003. "But a lot of organizations maintain them, including businesses."[1]
Perhaps the largest corporate archive ever assembled is that of AT&T, which began gathering historical material in 1921. As of 1999, its collection was overseen by a full-time staff of 11 people, and included 50,000 feet (15,000 m) of documents; 800,000 still photos; 12,000 various gadgets and artifacts, some of them dating back to Alexander Graham Bell; and 16,000 films and videos about AT&T.[2]