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22 June 2011
'Stripped Down Festival Thing'
Glastonbury festival. Set up day.
Knowing that a late night awaited us, we approached this morning at a walking pace. My colleagues were going through various jet lag routines, though I confess that at this point I no longer have any significant grasp on what time of day it's supposed to feel like. We breakfasted at our delightful country hotel whilst watching the rain pour down outside. All was lush, green and beautiful but we could only imagine what this was doing to the festival site. I spoke to one of Damien Hirst's people who was down there and the word 'apocalyptic' was used.
Helen, our production coordinator had arrived so the first task of Hercules was to sort out the tickets, passes and wristbands that we'd need for the weekend. We have our own minibus and driver for the duration, as our hours will be unpredictable and traffic, of course, a nightmare. Heading in around 5pm we got our first glimpse of the awaiting mud bath, and very special it was too. There are already an enormous number of people on site, the gates having been opened first thing this morning, and the ground is significantly chewed up and swamp-like.
Wellies were donned all round and we squelched out for a look. The main stage at Glastonbury is called the Pyramid Stage (guess what shape it is?) and this is where U2 will perform on Friday. It's a fair size by festival standards though absolutely miniscule by U2 tour standards, so much rethinking has had to go into our strategy here. After much deliberation on the various possible approaches, what we eventually decided to do was go for video. The Pyramid stage has two small side screens of its own, which we are augmenting with another five large screens that we're bringing in ourselves. I've had this ongoing joke that we are coming to Glastonbury to do the stripped-down festival thing, "we're just bringing guitars, backline and five trucks of video". Which, in fact, we are.
We've also been pontificating about the set list for Glastonbury for about eighteen months now. In essence, we've known for some time what the stance will be. Had we played the festival last year, we would have played the set-list that we rehearsed in New York. This was a three-act show, the first of which was a rash of 80's festival greats, opening with Where the Streets Have No Name, then Follow, New Year's Day, Pride, Found… all of them. Act two was going to be the re-mounting of the first 30 minutes of the ZooTV show, complete with all the original video sequences, then act three was 'the present', with a chunk of the 360 set list.
I loved this set list but in the intervening year things moved on and besides, there was so much public speculation about the band opening with Streets that we revisited the idea. After much deliberation we now have asimilar kind of set but with acts one and two swapped. This means we now intend to open the Glastonbury set with five songs from Achtung Baby that are staged with all the accompanying ZooTV visuals and I for one am psychotically excited about it. The one exception is Even Better Than the Real Thing which opens the show. The new version of the music demanded a new visual idea, so none other than Damien Hirst was commissioned to make a video piece to accompany the song.
Tomorrow night we'll get to see the video visuals in situ, but tonight is all about lighting. Once it had got dark, we got to work and carried on pretty much until it got light. The festival has its own lighting rig that we have augmented, so there was an amount of fussing and re-jigging to do before settling into lighting programming. Ethan and I got set up at the mix position and worked through the show on iTunes, as is our custom. It was a cold, damp night but that didn't seem to be diminishing the party spirit on site. At this point the Pyramid stage area is fenced off to keep the punters out and let us get on with our work, but the whole stage is completely visible for a great distance. As we progressed through the set list programming the various lighting states, a crowd gathered of festival-goers off their faces on a range of alterants. Much to our amusement, every time we'd put a light on or flash a strobe a great "wooo!" would go up from them, as if they were watching fireworks. I can only imagine what they'll do when we start running Damien Hirst's burning butterflies tomorrow evening.
The night went well and all will look fine though it was very strange to be sitting in a field in the English West Country knowing that U2 were doing a show without us in Baltimore. It's curious the way that, as soon as you are removed from it, a tour seems to become a distant memory. It was very hard to imagine that the 360 tour was still going on, so far away. I'm not worried though, we have left good people in charge over there - I think my spaceship knows which way to go.
There was a slight claw in the flan when we finally tried to leave as, apparently, at 10pm the festival goes into 'night mode' and all the passes change, so our driver couldn't get back onto the site. Poor chap was beside himself but eventually the necessary ramparts were breeched and we were able to go home to bed.
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06 July, 2011
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Me and ny wife had been waiting for this night for 29 years and U2 and yourself willie did not let glastonbury down we were at the front and it was a fantastic night one we will never forget!We have seen u 10 times over the last 29 years but we allways knew this was going to be special and special it was thankyou U2 ps please come back yo the uk for the end of the 360 tour like you did for the rest of euorpe ???one love Paul and sarah [Glastonbury]
01 July, 2011
no routine
willie i know u want to sit back qnd relax for the remaining of the tour...but thats not very u2ish..and i think u need to radically change it up every night to make this final shows count....on that note can u please advice the band to play electrical storm again?...philli...please!
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Patchwork Ornaments
36 comments:
- Shelia said...
Good evening, Elizabeth! Oh, those are the cutest little ornaments!! I've made ribbon ornaments before and had a ball doing it. I missed coming by yesterday so I've just scrolled down and saw your post on the Dickens Christmas. We have a beautiful Dickens on the Strand here in Galveston the first weekend of December. They say it's going to happen this year, even after the hurricane.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
- November 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM
- bj said...
these are soooo cute..i love them.
i will have my post up early in the morning for the Fair...how fun..
sure hope you are feeling ok...
love, bj
- November 20, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Dragonlady said...
I think these are so very cute and thanks for telling how you did them too...
- November 20, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- squawmama said...
Hey Elizabeth... These are really cute decorations... I love the quilted ornaments... I use to make something similar and you have made me want to make them again... Thanks for the ideas...
- November 20, 2008 at 9:29 PM
- An Enchanted Cottage said...
Those are great, Elizabeth!! My Christmas Fair post goes up at midnight and mine is also an ornament craft project!! Great minds think alike, huh? LOL... Donna
- November 20, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- Mary Isabella and Kiley too! said...
i love all three of those books but would pick the year of the perfect Christmas tree.....I ust found your blog and as I work with children love the Christmas craft ideas...m..
- November 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
- dana said...
Your ornaments are a wonderful selection for the Christmas Fair! I made something very similar to that years ago---that brings such great memories to mind!
Hope you have a great time at The Fair! Dana ;)
- November 20, 2008 at 11:58 PM
- Jewelgirl said...
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Polar Express it is a true Christmas
Holiday classic and it has the best
lesson about having Christmas in your
heart when you get older! I liked your quilty ornaments, they super and not breakable which is a major factor in my cat household! Jewelgirl :)
- November 21, 2008 at 12:40 AM
- Oh2122 said...
This is nifty. I've only ever used pins with fabric on these balls, so I am psyched to learn a new way to do it!
- November 21, 2008 at 12:46 AM
- KarenHarveyCox said...
These ornaments are so lovely. I love quilts too, and when I lived in NYC there was a little shop on Madison Avenue and they sold ornaments made of cloth. I loved them, and have a few. This would be a lovely compliment to the other fabric ornaments on my tree, and great gifts for Christmas too. Thank you for joining the Christmas Fair.
- November 21, 2008 at 7:16 AM
- GABRIELA DELWORTH said...
These ornaments are so beautiful!
~ Gabriela ~
- November 21, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Smilingsal said...
I have a patchwork ornament like this that a friend made for me years ago. I love it and hang it every year.
Now, I'm going reveal how inept I am. I don't get this part:
"sticking it completely through the ball. I loop one end and pull it back up into the ball, locking it in place, and make the loop at the other end." Could you take step-by-step pictures? (I am not kidding. I am this pathetic.)
- November 21, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- Shelia said...
I'm packed!! Let's go! ;)
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
- November 21, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Lynn@ The Vintage Nest said...
Oh Goodie, a raffle! I think I would choose the Polar Express. And thank you for the tutorial. Every post I have been to this morning is so different and so much fun. Have a super great weekend. ~ Lynn
- November 21, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- Melissa said...
Thank you Thank you Thank you!
I just found my Christmas project. You are always an inspriration!
- November 21, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- CIELO said...
Nice give-away... thank YOU! and a happy Christmas Fair Day to you.... nice meeting you!
- November 21, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- Katie @ makingthishome.com said...
I remember making these as a kid! Okay, so we tried. Only my mom succeeded. We still hang hers on the tree today.
My favorite of the three stories is Polar Express. Again, from being a kid.
And even though I'm in Germany, I offer a US mailing address where I'll be for the holiday. ;) How's that for positive thinking?
Thanks so much.
- November 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- She'sSewPretty said...
Your ornaments are so cute. I've been saving little scraps of fabric and now I know what to do with them. Thanks for sharing!
- November 21, 2008 at 11:12 AM
- Terrie's Lil' Piece of Serenity said...
Those quilted ornaments are so cute. I love a heart-felt Christmas!! Hugs, Terrie
- November 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- Vintagesquirrel said...
Thank you for sharing your patchwork ornaments. I think I will try this...they sound easy enough for my kids to try, and look so sweet. I would love to read "The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree" to my sons. Thanks for offering this giveaway.
- November 21, 2008 at 8:06 PM
- V. said...
Thanks for popping by...I'll bookmark you and spend some time on your site tomorrow...off to create more goodies in my studio now!
- November 21, 2008 at 8:14 PM
- Kathy at Shocking Pink Thread said...
Pretty ornaments! My daughters are 22 and 24 years old. Every Christmas I buy them a book to remember the year. If I were to choose for your raffle, I would choose Polar Express. I have happy memories of reading it with my children.
- November 21, 2008 at 8:54 PM
- Holly said...
We like the Polar Express, but already have it. So I think I would pick the Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree.
Thanks for visiting and entering my giveaway!
- November 21, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- Justine said...
What an awesome ornament craft! Geez, it looks easy enough that I could even do it! Thanks for sharing with us, Elizabeth!
Justine :o )
- November 21, 2008 at 10:13 PM
- Carolyn (Harbor Hon) said...
You always share neat, thrifty and gifty ideas. Thanks so much! I never would have thought to do this without you helping. What a wonder you are. xxoo
- November 21, 2008 at 11:11 PM
- Jill said...
I love these and I am always looking for a new Christmas project to do with the kids. This is a fun one so I think I am going to do it!
- November 21, 2008 at 11:49 PM
- CC said...
These are the cutest ornaments. I've made them with torn sheet music and then a matte finish, but i've never tried fabric. I will now..:)
- November 22, 2008 at 2:09 AM
- Poopsie said...
The ornaments are sweet. I loved the Santa candy cane holders. (I might have to try those out myslef. Thank you for the pattern.)
From your three books, I would have to say I would choose "The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree". The reason, the little girl's name is Ruthie, just like my daughter. :)
My favorite Christmas story is "A Wish For Wings That Work". It is contemporary, but I love the message it holds.
- November 22, 2008 at 7:48 AM
- Mary Isabella and Kiley too! said...
Thanks so much!!! I know we wiil really enjoy it...m./..
- November 22, 2008 at 8:17 PM
- windy angels said...
my congratulations to Mary Isabella on winning the very beautiful ornaments.
and thanks for the reminder to laugh today :)
- November 23, 2008 at 7:12 PM
- Angie said...
I've done the egg shapes with fabric and ribbon for Easter, but I've never thought to do Christmas ones. They're super cute.
- November 25, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- Mary Isabella and Kiley too! said...
Wanted to wish you a Happy thanksgiving...m...
- November 26, 2008 at 11:10 PM
- Louisette said...
Hello from Belgium Lovely ornementation realisatie,nice blog.
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greeting from Louisette +2 golden Zitablue and Cerise
I enjoyed my visit over a nice blog
- November 30, 2008 at 8:17 AM
- countryblocks said...
these are so cute. I would like to make some for my children.I have lots of Christmas scraps and this is such a good idea. I hate to throw scraps away.
- September 20, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- countryblocks said...
I forgot to add I have 3 young grandchildren who help decorate the tree
- September 20, 2011 at 8:34 AM
- Lisa said...
I really like these ornaments. They are extremely original.
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FrontierVille Overview
FrontierVille is a farming and city building game with an unusual RPG style. Based off the classic PC game Oregon Trail and Zynga's FarmVille players enter the wilderness as early century pioneers. The game combines different aspects of all the popular Facebook games along with a rare Sims like virtual family feature. Players can get married have children, grandchildren, and even great grandchildren as they progress through the game. Grow and harvest crops. Gather food, chop down trees, complete quests, battle woodland creatures, customize your homestead, visit neighbors, and create your own rustic frontier town.
FrontierVille Screenshots
FrontierVille Featured Video
FrontierVille Full Review
By Ange Perdu
FrontierVille is a 2D social farming simulation and city building game where players journey out west as pioneers in search of a new life. This dangerous virtual world based on the PC game Oregon Trail is filled with forests, tough terrain, unpredictable weather, and vicious animals. Similar to FarmVille players have to grow their own crops and raise livestock. Protect crops by fighting off troublesome critters, complete challenging missions, and visit neighbors to lend a helping hand. In FrontierVille players can find their significant other and start a family as well. Pioneers are able to decorate their homestead, build cottages, barns, chicken coops, general stores, and schools to form a prosperous town.
Into the Wilderness, the Gameplay
Players begin their adventure on a large plot cluttered with massive oak trees, overgrown grass, skull bones, and wild flowers. A major part of the gameplay is clearing land and farming. To tend or clear specific areas players simply move their mouse over the desired spot until its highlighted and click. Identical to FarmVille players buy seeds in the market, plant them, and harvest when ready. Grow clover, tomatoes, pumpkin, corn, sunflowers, wheat, cotton, and peanuts. Although it's a smaller selection of crops for pioneers to plant in FrontierVille farming is essential. Players earn coins, XP, and food for harvesting but they're not rewarded automatically. Pioneers have to quickly click on the icons to collect them. If you're not fast enough they disappear. This feature keeps players absorbed in the game but it can become frustrating after a while. Watching valuable coins or XP vanish in mid-air is not fun.
Every action in FrontierVille uses energy. Meals which can be purchased in the market with food or horseshoes replenish energy. The system in FrontierVille is somewhat unbalanced. Energy runs out quickly and takes over an hour to fully restore. Buying meals are very expensive leaving players with a significant amount of downtime if they're not plentiful in food or willing to pay real money for horseshoes. Other creatures also inhabit the woodlands. Occasionally after clearing an area or harvesting they will appear to wreak havoc and drain extra energy. Pioneers have to fight them off by clicking clobber repeatedly. Battle snakes, grizzly bears, groundhogs, and foxes. Quests can be completed as well. Most of them require players to perform distinct tasks like taking out six bears, making clothes, gathering firewood, buying animals, constructing buildings, or harvesting so many bushels of wheat.
Married Life on the Prairie
It can get lonely out in the great unknown. In FrontierVille players can build their own virtual family. Accomplishing special missions will allow pioneers to get married and have children. This is a very cool feature that is seldom seen in Facebook games. Similar to Sims users can pick their spouse and create a virtual life together. FrontierVille's character customization is basic but it has a decent variety of detailed appearances for users to choose from. Players can add cute little touches to their dream mate like a million dollar smile or a cookie-eatin' grin. These new editions to the frontier are not useless. By clicking on them players can switch and control multiple avatars. The only downside to this is that all of the family members use the same energy bar. As the family grows quests are directed towards certain individuals. Your spouse might have to chop down 25 trees or children chores are required. There's plenty of work to do in FrontierVille.
Relying on the Kindness of Woodland Strangers
Generous neighbors are crucial in this game. Although beggars can't be choosers in FrontierVille they rule. In order to construct buildings pioneers need coins, wood, and lots of supplies. Supplies are hard to come by. They can only be received as gifts from neighbors or purchased with rare horseshoes. In order to complete missions and progress in the game players will need to spam and spam often. Constructing one building may take up to 120 supplies. The more active friends who like to give gifts the better. This makes the game extremely challenging especially for players who do not like to ask friends to send items to them like nails or bricks. Build several cottages, barns, schools, general stores, sawmills, and Inns. Unlike the game Social City pioneers can collect bonuses from their buildings and customize them. Add different roofing, outside walls, and panel colors to make your western town stand out. Spruce up your homestead with ponds, rocking chairs, hitching posts, whiskey jugs, logs, signs, outdoor showers, fences, and clotheslines. Plant colorful fruit trees as well. Players can also assist neighbors by visiting their frontiers. Water their crops, tend grass, remove skull bones, wild flowers, or feed hungry livestock. Collect items that can be traded in for XP, coins, or energy and build up a reputation among friends. FrontierVille is somewhat buggy with connection issues and glitches when adding new neighbors.
Final Verdict: Great
FrontierVille is a challenging and fun game that incorporates different elements of popular games like FarmVille, Sims, Oregon Trails, Treasure Isle, Social City, and takes players on an adventure into the wilderness. Although the game can be a bit buggy at times, spamming mandatory, and the energy system could use improvement it's an overall solid game. Create your own virtual family, farm, battle critters, and build a frontier city. There are so many different activities to do in this game it's addicting. Players get the best of Facebook gaming in FrontierVille. If you're looking for a unique gaming experience then blaze the trail towards FrontierVille.
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"Chat With Champions" is a series of live events, where Youth Olympic Games participants will get the chance to take part in interviews with their role models.
Each "Chat With Champions" will be held in a fun, lively atmosphere, just like a live chat show. Youth Olympic Games participants will be able to hear the role models talk about their life experiences, both in and outside sport.
The athletes to be interviewed have competed at the Olympic Games and/or World Championships. By revealing what inspired them, what challenges they overcame and what their lives were like when they were young athletes, they will provide massive inspiration to the Youth Olympic Games participants.


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Wrath of Heroes
UPDATE: This game has been shutdown and is no longer available
Wrath of Heroes Overview
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is a spin-off of the popular Warhammer franchise that's centered solely on PvP combat. Players participate in 6v6v6 gameplay in a land where the realms of Order and Chaos are still at war. Similar to World of Warcraft, Heroes of Newerth, and Bloodline Champions players participate in intense large-scale battles. Modes vary from traditional capture the flag to full-fledged arena-style death matches. There are 10 different heroes for players to choose from. Unlock new magical spells and moves from each character's skill mastery tree for an edge on the battlefield. Take up your staff and prepare for a fast paced romp in the world of WAR in this F2P MMO.
Wrath of Heroes Screenshots
Wrath of Heroes Featured Video
Wrath of Heroes Review
By Ange Perdu
Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes or WoH is a three-team PvP arena-style combat game by Bioware Mythic. Based off the original Warhammer Online game series, the warring realms of Order and Chaos are still fighting but it's not up to players to save the world. This time around it's more about winning the battle than anything else. There are no tedious quests or endless grinding in this game. Players simply go toe to toe with each other for the title of top hero. Some of the characters will be familiar to previous WAR fans. Players can choose from 10 different set characters also known as heroes. Each hero is randomly placed on a team consisting of six players and transported to a special zone for fast paced warfare. Game modes vary from capture the flag to arena death matches. Much like World of Warcraft players can level up and master various skills to give their heroes an advantage during combat.
Don't Bring a Blade to an Enchanted Battle, the Gameplay
Players start out on their home dashboard where chats and hero selection takes place. Similar to Bloodline Champions it's a fast paced team-oriented PvP game. There's no traditional lobby section that allows users to browse available matches. When players click on the play tab they are randomly assigned to a particular map mode and team. In Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes features capture the flag, capture runes, and arena are the three core modes. Like other MMOs during the capture the flag mode players divided into three teams of six must defend their towers' flags at all costs while attempting to steal both of the opposing teams' post. Players use the standard WASD keys for movement and their preset skill hotkeys to initiates attack. There's a small map viewable in the corner of the screen and a very cool radio chat button that often comes in handy. The radio chat feature allows players to sound a vocal attack, follow me, behind you, split up, help, and even focus command to fellow teammates. This feature assists players in strategizing as a unit. For players that have been slaughtered while attempting to type a message through the chat box, this option is long awaited.
All matches have a 15 minute time limit. Before and in between respawns of a match players can swap their heroes. At the end of each battle stats for kills, assists, and even deaths are added. Depending on how well a hero performed players earn XP and a chance to spin a wheel for a coin reward. During the Capture Runes mode players must kill other players to take their runes. Once a rune has been stolen that hero must quickly bring it to their team's tower to secure it. The team with 3 rune tokens in their tower receives a temporary boost allowing them to accumulate a large amount of points over time. There's more strategy involved in this mode but it's equally entertaining. The 6v6v6 combat can be exciting with elemental bombs exploding and heroes attacking at every angle. Players have to run through hills, up stairs, and face-off in cathedral-style towers. Often players will be forced to play the same map mode over and over again due to the auto selection process. The repeated modes can make the gameplay feel repetitive at times.
Arena-Style Mayhem
Another mode in WoH is the Arena. The entire game feels like an arena battle so there's not much of a difference between this match and the others. Heroes are divided into three teams of six with the goal of accumulating as many kills as possible. Like most of the game, it's sheer chaos and loads of fun. The arena battlefield features massive tree trunks with moving eyes that players can climb on top of to fire at enemies below. There are also healing boosts hidden on the turf up for grabs. Players can really enjoy unleashing their hero's powers in this zone. Unfortunately, unlike Heroes of Newerth the skill options are limited. Players have access to any hero's skill mastery tree that they own. There's a set skill hotkey that appears at the bottom of the screen during combat. As a player levels up through match participation they earn mastery points. Additional skills and boosts can be unlocked through a hero's mastery tree if a player has enough mastery points to do so. Only three extra skills can be selected by players to use in battles and the rest of the hotkeys are permanently set. Each character features signature moves and spells. Propel fireballs, shoot fiery blasts, shower foes with a rain of fire, expel a flame breath, and produce a conflagration of doom to destroy enemies. Since players are unable to pick and choose all of the skills they wish to equip their character with the mastery trees is less appealing.
Greenskins to Dwarves
For fans of the original game there's an opportunity to play as a Greenskin or Dwarf depending on your hero rooster. Players earn the hero called Lucian the Blade through the beginner tutorial and then they're given access to three more heroes to use in battles. The access to these heroes is restricted. Players are unable to fully level up their skills until they've actually purchased that particular character. In the shop area all 9 official heroes are up for sale. Buy Aessa, Bax, Drulg, Felicia, GlowGob, Ikkrik, Ilanya, Nethys, and Volrik for anywhere between 30,000 to 60,000 coins. All items and heroes can be bought in the shop using in-game coins earned through battles. However, the shop item selection in WOH is very small. There are no weapons. Only short XP boosts that increase experience totals after battles for 24 hours, gold boosts, and mystery chests are available. The character customization options are also limited. Heroes are pre-made and just a few of them feature skins. Skins which are also available in the shop slightly alter a character's appearance. If a default character wears leather pants than the option skin may be a dress with the same color pattern. It's not impressive. Felicia's Flambearer, GlowGob's Snotling Suit, Ikkrik's Silentdeath, Ilanya's The Poisoned Bloom, and Volrick's Ravenblessed skins are there for those players that desperately desire a new look.
Overall Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is a solid arena-style PvP game. Players get to enter WAR's fantasy setting to indulge in some serious 6v6v6 competitive combat. Choose from up to 10 preset heroes and switch in between respawns. Become a Greenskin, an elf, or a healing goblin of mercy. Participate in various map modes like Capture Rune or Arena. Unlock powerful spells and tactics to assist your friends in kills. Although players are unable to fully customize their heroes they can still perform major damage on the battlefield and score high on the Leaderboards in this fast paced F2P MMO. Anyone who enjoys PvP or fans of the Warhammer Online series should definitely try out this gem from Bioware Mythic.
Wrath of Heroes Videos
Wrath of Heroes Links
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Wrath of Heroes System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium 4 or higher
HDD: 2 GB free
Graphics Card: GeForce FX5200 or higher
Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium 4 or higher
HDD: 4 GB Free or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 6200 or higher
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- Star Wars: The Old Republic Goes Officially Free-to-Play - Posted on November 15, 2012
Bioware has announced the official launch of the free-to-play option for Star Wars: The Old Republic begins today, November 15, 2012.


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Spring Quotes, Sayings about spring season
The first bloom of spring always make my heart sing.
The earth laughs in flowers.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spring is when life is alive in everything.
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
– Pablo Neruda
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
– Yoko Ono
Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!".
– Robin Williams
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
– Bern Williams
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
– Anne Bradstreet
Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.
– Virgil Kraft
Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?
– Neltje Blanchan
The angel of spring, the mellow-throated nightingale.
– Christina G Rossetti
Spring bursts to-day, For Christ is risen and all the earth's at play.
– Christina G Rossetti
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
– Doug Larson
Our severest winter, commonly called the spring.
– William Cowper
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
– Victor Hugo
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
– Wallace Stevens
April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.
– William Shakespeare
Spring is not the best of seasons.Cold and flu are two good reasons;wind and rain and other sorrow,warm today and cold tomorrow.
The sun was warm but the wind was chill.You know how it is with an April day.
– Robert Frost
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers.
– Byron Caldwell Smith
Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.
I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.
– Ruth Stout


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Vendee Globe skipper Mike Golding satisfies another safety gate
By Emily Caroe, ,
9:17 PM Sat 22 Dec 2012
Vendee Globe skipper Mike Golding has this morning, some 500 miles to the South West of Hobart, Tasmania, satisfied another safety gate, Australia East, one of the two under Australia which are positioned to keep the Vendée Globe fleet within reach of the rescue services. ...[more]
Vendee Globe - Mike Golding struggles to find speed on boats ahead
By Vendee Globe, ,
8:23 PM Sat 22 Dec 2012
Vendee Globe skipper Mike Golding (Gamesa) faces a race this morning not to get entangled in the bubble of high pressure south of Tasmania and watch Jean Le Cam (SynerCiel) sail away. Golding was not alone in scratching his head as to why Le Cam dived south 36 hours ago. It may be clearer this morning, but in his morning message Golding was confident he would also escape with Le Cam. ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Francois Gabart fights back
By Vendee Globe, ,
9:06 PM Wed 19 Dec 2012
Vendée Globe - How quickly the hunter becomes the hunted. Francois Gabart (MACIF) re-took his lead on Wednesday morning, 15 hours after losing it to Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire). They also both passed the halfway mark on the theoretical mileage for the race and seem destined to play cat and mouse round the world. Just as Armel The Jackal chewed his way to Gabart slowly, likewise Gabart foug ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Banque Populaire retakes lead
By Vendee Globe, ,
12:50 AM Wed 19 Dec 2012
Vendée Globe skipper Armel the Jackal has taken the lead with 37 days, 20 hours, 70 miles to the longitude of Hobart. They call him The Jackal because of his relentless hunting exploits in French sailing races and Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire) is showing why in this Vendée Globe. ...[more]
Is Vendée Globe skipper François Gabart crazy?
By Vendée Globe,
2:53 AM Wed 5 Dec 2012
Third placed Vendée Globe golden boy, François Gabart (MACIF) today confirmed on Vendée Globe LIVE that he is excited, but not frightened, about entering the mountainous swells of the southern seas. Is this naivety, optimism or just plain craziness? ...[more]
Vendée Globe leaderboard shuffles on Day 21
By Vendée Globe, ,
11:15 PM Sun 2 Dec 2012
The Vendée Globe 2012-13 is on day 21 of racing. Roll up, roll up, place your bets as the leaderboard shuffles through the night. The leading trio are playing musical chairs, and Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac Paprec 3) this morning is at the front, ahead of François Gabart (MACIF) and Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire) sits closely on his tail ...[more]
Vendee Globe: PRB has collision and suffers hull damage + Video
By Vendee Globe Media,
7:16 PM Sat 24 Nov 2012
At 0700hrs (French time) on Saturday morning, Vincent Riou (PRB) warned his shore team that he had collided with a floating object.
The skipper was at his navigation station at the time was able to get on the deck immediately after the impact and see that the object that had struck PRB was a harbour buoy (a large metal buoy). ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Samantha Davies reports Savéol dismasted
By Vendée Globe,
1:06 PM Fri 16 Nov 2012
Vendée Globe skipper Samantha Davies contacted the race office of the Vendée Globe at 1945hrs (French time), on Thursday, November 15th, to report that her boat had dismasted. Davies is not injured. She is safe inside the boat with all the watertight doors closed. She is monitoring the situation and does not require assistance. ...[more]
Vendee Globe: Safran forced to retire with broken keel
By Soazig Guého,
7:52 PM Sun 11 Nov 2012
Vendee Globe - At 1745 hrs CET (1645 hrs GMT) on Saturday 10th November, Marc Guillemot called his shore team to inform them that he had hit something and that there had been a loud noise, after which the boat suddenly heeled over. After making the boat safe, the skipper of Safran decided to head back to Les Sables d'Olonne in order to inspect the damage ...[more]
Vendee Globe to get underway with best participant list ever
By Vendee Globe, ,
7:43 AM Thu 27 Sep 2012
When the seventh edition of the Vendee Globe gets underway on November 10th in Les Sables d'Olonne, twenty yachtsmen will be on the line. The final entrants list was unveiled on Wednesday at Paris' Maison de la Mutualité by Vendée General Council President Bruno Retailleau. ...[more]
Vendee Globe - First Polish skipper ready to race
By Vendee Globe, ,
7:26 AM Thu 27 Sep 2012
When the 2012 Vendee Globe gets underway on November 10th in Les Sables d'Olonne, there will be twenty skippers on the start line. Zbigniew Gutkowski - aka 'Gutek' - is the first Polish skipper ever to compete in the 'Everest of the Seas' since the creation of the race and he will fly the colours of Energa, the leader of the renewable energy market in Poland. Let's get to know him better. ...[more]
Dominique Wavre presents Vendee Globe project in Geneva
By Bernard Schopfer,
12:55 AM Fri 14 Sep 2012
Vendee Globe 2012 gets underway on 10th November. Dominique Wavre, skipper of yacht Mirabaud, will cross the start line to race non-stop around the world alone and without outside assistance. The Swiss skipper feels things are falling into place for him to achieve the best possible result. ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Check-up time for Kito de Pavant's Groupe Bel
By Vendée Globe,
6:44 PM Sun 22 Jul 2012
It is check-up time for Kito de Pavant's yacht with only four months to go before the start of the Vendée Globe. The rudder blades, the hydraulic system and several other parts will be tested - and possibly replaced - so the monohull is as reliable as possible. ...[more]
Vendée Globe – Sam Davis aims for podium finish
By Vendée Globe,
7:00 PM Sat 7 Jul 2012
She just finished her Vendée Globe qualifying route, took on photo calls after photo calls and interviews after interviews... She was barely back in her daily routine as a mother but was already about to start as a Volvo Ocean Race commentator before taking part in the parade marking the start of the stage start to Galway on Sunday 1st July. Samantha Davis never takes breaks and is on all fronts. ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Sam Davies delighted with first solo experience
By Vendée Globe,
6:18 PM Sun 1 Jul 2012
Vendée Globe - After coming back from her offshore sailing session started on June 14 in order to qualify for the Vendée Globe, Sam Davies expressed how delighted she was with this first solo experience on Savéol: ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Interview with Jérémie Beyou
By Vendée Globe,
8:24 PM Thu 21 Jun 2012
The Vendée Globe 2012-2013 gets underway from Les Sables d'Olonne on November 10, 2012. Jérémie Beyou (Maître CoQ) will start his second Vendée Globe in less than five months time and shares details on his preparation and his goals. ...[more]
Vendée Globe - Samantha Davies' qualifying phase underway
By Vendée Globe,
6:53 PM Tue 19 Jun 2012
The Vendée Globe 2012-2013 gets underway from Les Sables d'Olonne on November 10, 2012. With less than 150 days to go before the race starts, skippers are busy preparing for the race. In order to be officially authorized to be at the start, they have to validate their registration through a qualifying phase. ...[more]
Vendée Globe to inspire an unforgettable film
By Marie Laurens,
7:41 PM Wed 16 May 2012
Vendée Globe - The film industry is once again taking on one of its most iconic themes, the sea, to transpose the most amazing marine adventure of all times, the Vendée Globe, on the silver screen. The feature film En Solitaire, directed by young film-maker Christophe Offenstein, tells the incredible story of a skipper played by French star François Cluzet and competing in his first Vendée Globe ...[more]
Vendée Globe welcomes Gamesa after winter refit
By Mike Golding,
7:25 PM Sat 28 Apr 2012
Vendée Globe will be welcoming Gamesa after a winter refit, and the shore team is preparing her for a summer of offshore training and corporate sailing. Here, Mike gives us an update on what's been going on these past few weeks and the plan in the buildup to the event ...[more]
Europa Warm-Up Race - Final major event before Vendée Globe start
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2:49 AM Fri 27 Apr 2012
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UPDATE: This game has been shutdown and is no longer available
The Warlords Overview
The Warlords is a fantasy MMORPG by TQ Digital, and is in fact one of their latest game releases. According to the game's website, it is set during the later half of the Qing Dynasty in Ancient China. This particular period in history is rich with conflict and drama, but unfortunately the game doesn't capitalize on this, as the game lacks any meaningful story. The game has two classes; Footman and Marksman, and two factions; Soldier and Bandit. Yes, you read correctly, 'Soldier' and 'Bandit' are factions in The Warlords. Gameplay is fast-paced and feels sort of like Diablo 2, but with slightly worse graphics. I can't stress this enough, if you've played any other TQ Digital game, the gameplay in The Warlords should feel extremely familiar as the game seems to be built on the same engine that powers all of TQ Digital's titles.
Footman – As the name implies, the Footman in The Warlords is the melee-oriented 'tank' class. This class can deal large amounts of damage in melee combat and has powerful defensive capabilities but lacks ranged attacks.
Marksman – The Marksman class in The Warlords is the traditional 'Archer' class. Marksman can deal damage rather quickly from a distance, but are vulnerable to melee attacks and must keep arrows stocked during battle.
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The Warlords Review
By Omer Altay
The Warlords is yet another fantasy MMORPG trying to grab a piece of the lucrative MMORPG pie. Unfortunately, though, the game seems to have little to offer. Seeing that the game was developed and published by TQ Digital, so I suspect it will be similar to their other games.
Character Customization? Nope!
After logging into The Warlords, I was quickly disappointed by the fact that the game only has two playable classes and absolutely no character customization. Another thing worth mentioning is that the game's two factions are 'Soldier' and 'Bandit'. When I was first prompted to select my character in the character creation process, I figured I was picking my class, but nope! These two are factions. Both the 'Soldier' and 'Bandit' faction have access to the same two classes, Footman and Marksman. On the positive side, I was a bit impressed with the login screen and character creation interface, as it felt quite modern. My thoughts about The Warlords being a modern game though were quickly crushed once I actually entered the game world. The graphics are quite dated and the music wasn't anything special. On the positive side, though, The Warlords has the best interface of any TQ Digital game, as its organized and easy to use.
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Stick with what works. I guess that's the motto over at TQ Digital, because every single one of their games have virtually the same gameplay elements, controls, and interface. I can't really blame the publisher, because the fact is every single one of TQ Digital's games, except for perhaps Crazy Tao, are enormously successful. For those unfamiliar with TQ Digital, they're an MMORPG Publisher that currently publishes Conquer Online, Crazy Tao, Zero Online, Eudemons and The Way of the Five. All of their games are basically the same, but with different graphics.
Early On
Perhaps the best aspect of 'The Warlords is the game's ability to quickly grab the player's attention, as immediately after creating a character, you'll be given a quest to complete. Much of the game's starting quests are rather simple and usually involve running back and forth between NPCs in town. Luckily, this monotonous task can be easily automated using the game's built-in 'pathfinding' feature which lets players automatically move to any NPC in town and to quest locations. I was able to get to level 8 or so before I even had to leave the starting town.
Within an hour or so after creating my character I had reached level 23, so the experience gain in The Warlords is quite high. I would like to point out though that experience gain does dramatically slow down after level 23, so players should be advised to complete quests for experience rather than just purely grinding. A combination of both is likely the fastest way to level up. Another thing worth mentioning is that the newbie quests provide equipment rewards that are surprisingly powerful. If you're new to the game, don't skip the beginning quests.
Get Furious!
Like other TQ Digital Game's, The Warlords has a little something called 'XP Skills', which, in short, are absurdly overpowered special attacks that deal so much damage that it makes regular attacks worthless. These special 'XP Skills' can only be used every ten minutes or so after the player selects the 'Get Furious' button that appears on their screen. I really wish I could properly emphasize how absurdly over powered these 'XP Skills are', but the phrase 'omfgwtfbbq imbalanced' doesn't even come close to accurately explaining it. Players can easily kill enemies 20, 30, or even 40 levels higher than themselves while using these incredibly powerful XP skills. The stupid thing is that these 'XP Skills' can be used every ten minutes or so, without any player input. It's not like you have to 'Earn' them or anything. You can just stand around until the 'Get Furious' button shows up on your screen and then proceed to 'area of effect' 1 shot everything around your character. Not surprisingly, this is the best strategy for leveling up quickly. Just find a group of absurdly high level enemies and wait until your 'XP Skills' are ready and beat the crap out of them. After your character finishes his attacks, just wait around till you can use your 'XP Skills again'.
Little Progression
Even though The Warlords has a high level cap [Level 120+], gaining a level in the game just doesn't feel rewarding. Players aren't rewarded with stat or skill points, so the only purpose of gaining levels is to have access to better equipment. Higher level skills can also be learned upon reaching certain levels, but gaining a level in and of itself does nothing to improve your existing skills. After only a few hours in the game, I found myself questioning why I was even playing the game. Experience gain is fast-paced, though, so unlocking new skills shouldn't take too long, but I would have enjoyed The Warlords a lot more if each individual level actually did something.
Other Features
There really isn't a lot going on with The Warlords; it's a basic cookie cutter free MMORPG. One of the few features that did interest me is the game's PK options. PKs, or player killers, can literally kill players anywhere in the game world. This 'open world' PvP adds a sense of 'danger' to the game which is something most games just don't have. Another interesting feature in The Warlords is the game's weekly and monthly 'PK Tournaments', which are essentially simple PvP tournaments. The winner of each tournament will be handsomely rewarded. As it stands, the weekly and monthly PvP tournaments are the only 'regularly' scheduled events in the game, but hopefully the folks over at TQ Digital will add some other fun events to the game.
Final Verdict – Fair
The Warlords is a fairly basic Fantasy MMORPG with little innovation. The game does have a large community and a high level cap though, which means there is a lot to do in the game. Personally, though, I just couldn't get into this game. The Warlords is simply too much like TQ Digital's other games, but if you you've never played any of the publisher's other games before, then The Warlords just may be worth checking out.
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The chanter has the same octave and a half range and chromatic notes and the drone is bass G. The reeds are plastic and stable.
It is available in damson.
My Uilleann Pipes are available in concert pitch half sets, quarter (practice) sets and simple student sets with no key blocks.
Please contact me for more information.