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PopTag! Overview
Do you like bomberman? Than you'll love PopTag!, originally known as 'Crazy Arcade' in Korea. A standalone bomberman-like game with quests, co-op modes, and a virtual park to explore may sound strange, but that's just what PopTag offers. Players host games in a simple lobby and choose from three game modes. Use bombs to destroy bricks to open a path towards opponents and reveal power ups. PopTag! is similar to Balloono on the browser based portal OMGPOP.
PvP Game Modes - Normal, Hedgehog, Catch the Leader, Combo Mode, Time Bomb.
Monster Mode - All players are on the same team and work together to defeat monsters before time runs out. Each round consists of three stages with the final holding a boss.
Battle Mode - Also known as Zombie Mode. Players face off against an AI-controlled team of zombies. Host can set difficulty.
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By Shawn Cohn
So many movies, TV series, and games have successfully copied or recreated something from the past (and have made a living off of it), so, why not do it again? That's pretty much what Nexon was thinking when they released 'PopTag!'. PopTag! Is based heavily off of the strategic maze game known as 'Bomberman', which was originally released in 1983. Different variations of the game are still being published today, which makes it no surprise to me that Nexon thought they could find success in a re-creation. The game is simple (being lobby based), and the game modes are, for the most part, quick, easy and don't take a whole lot of skill to master.
Simplicity at it's best
People today always go after the flashy games with the gorgeous graphics and the fantasy-style game play, often missing out on the simpler things on life, such as PopTag! After creating a nickname and entering the game, you have the option to complete a small tutorial, but if you don't want to, you can just delve straight into the game (which isn't all that difficult). First, you choose your channel, which gives you a grand total of two channels: the 'newbie' channel or the 'experienced' channel. After trying out both, you might soon discover the only games to be played can be found on the latter of the two. But, once you get into the game itself, the gameplay is simple and decently fun. You start out with your character, along with any other players in the game, surrounded by blocks, or some manner of obstacles. Using your space button to drop balloons, you try to blast the obstacles out of the way to find your way to the enemies. But be careful, if you're near the balloon when it erupts you'll find the end of the game just seconds away. This simple gameplay, mixed with tough competition along with power-ups dropped by obstacles, make for an easy to get into, fun game.
Good things come in small packages
For all intents and purposes, PopTag! Is some of the most fun you can ever have on a computer for only 87 MB. The graphics are the traditional 2D, nothing-to-write-home-about graphics, but with that said, this game can provide even the most MMO-Savvy gamer hours and hours of simple fun. There isn't a whole lot to this game, but for such a low amount of disk space, and the almost non-existent system specs, Nexon did a decent job of creating a fun, small game for casual gamers to just jump right into without needing to invest much time or energy into. A single game can take anywhere from fifteen seconds to five minutes depending on the difficulty of the game, or of the skill of the players.
Everybody has their place
Being such a small game and all, you wouldn't really figure it to have any sort of character system, but PopTag! does actually offer eight playable characters. You choose your character right as the game begins, and you can change it before and after each game thereafter. When I first began playing, I was actually choosing a character at random, assuming they were just there to add a small amount of depth to the game, but I quickly learned that each character actually had their own strengths. It takes a little bit of time to test out each character, and find out what works best for you, but once you've found your 'niche', you should find the game a little more smooth. Even most full-fledged MMO's don't have eight playable character types, so the fact that this was implemented is a big plus.
Hedgehogs and Monsters and Zombies, Oh My
One thing that nobody can deny regarding this game is that there is no shortage of game modes. There are at least seven different modes of play which mix and match different game types; PVP games in which players either join a team and play against other human players, or even 'Zombie' mode, where in players join a team of four, and play a fast-paced game against computer controlled players, the difficulty being interchangeable. There is even a 'monster' mode, in which players face the computer for several rounds, until they reach the end which, of course, contains a boss. There are several types of different gameplay modes, and if you're going to check this game out, I recommend you try them all.
The good with the bad
As with everything in life, everything has its drawbacks. It just so happens that PopTag! has several. For one, the population of this game is reminiscent of New York City in the movie 'independence Day', which makes it despairingly difficult to find a game to actually play in, at times. Multiple times I signed into the game to hop into a quick one, and there wasn't a game in the 'newbie' channel to be found. This forced me to jump into the 'l33tsk1llz' server, which inevitably lead to me being owned several times before I could learn the way of the game. Even when I was able to find my way into a game, the gameplay itself was incredibly repetitive, although there are many different maps and themes, you're often dropped into the same map, and given the same exact objective, over and over. For someone like myself that gets bored quickly with monotony, I had a hard time with this.
Final Verdict: Poor
All in all, PopTag! Is nothing more than a re-made version of 'Bomberman', with a slightly updated system. Nexon did a good job of attempting to add depth to the game with an 'okay' character selection, and several different game types, but with the not-so-hot graphics, and the very low population, along with the tiring and repetitive game play, fans of the original 'Bomberman' game might enjoy this game, but if you're like me and you've never played 'Bomberman', you might want to pass on this one.
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|Jhoulys Chacin has had a breakthrough season for the Rockies.
When Jorge De La Rosa has a good outing, it seems like it puts a charge into Jhoulys Chacin to go out and have a great game himself, then De La Rosa raises the bar a little higher, and Chacin tries to match. In a year of overall disappointment for the Rockies, the silver lining has come from two guys who most didn't give the credit that they deserved, including the front office of the Colorado Rockies.
On Monday night, the Rockies ran their winning streak to four games, which feels like 15 straight after a 5-5 homestand against the National League's worst, followed by a 1-9 road trip that they barely showed up for.
The win on Monday came courtesy of an offense that looked like the one that was advertised at the beginning of the season. They put up eight runs before a 1:03 rain delay, then came back and scored another six in the 8th inning to turn a beating into a laugher.
The Rockies offense was led by DJ LeMahieu. The second baseman started the season in Triple-A, and frankly, seemed like a long shot to contribute at the Major League level. Nolan Arenado was waiting in the wings to fill the spot at third base that was being held down by Chris Nelson, and Josh Rutledge had been phenomenal is his cameo when Troy Tulowitzki was injured the year before. With Tulo back, Rutledge was handed the second base job. With Jordan Pacheco hitting over .300 in 2012, LeMahieu was the odd man out.
Players have two choices when they are in LeMahieu's shoes. They can go to Triple-A and give up on their career, get a few call-ups here and there, but no real chance to break through. The other option is to play so well that the big league club simply can't ignore it and has to make room on the 25-man roster.
LeMahieu has not only been stellar at the plate, continuing to get better by hitting the ball the other way and doing little things to move runners over, he has been extremely impressive in the field. Several times, including twice on Monday, he has made plays to his left look routine when most second baseman would be watching the ball shoot into right field for a hit. He has a very quick turn on double plays. That type of defense can be invigorating to a pitcher. Instead of a hit and a man on, that pitcher now has an out and the bases empty.
On Monday night, LeMahieu was the star at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a walk. He hit his second home run of the season and finished a triple shy of the cycle.
LeMahieu made it happen on offense, but much like the Rockies blow out win on Friday night, there still has to be plenty of credit given to the starting pitcher. Chacin gave up a lead off double in the 1st inning, and followed that with a walk to Chris Denorfia. He got out of the inning without giving up a run. In the 2nd inning, he gave up another lead off double, and stranded the runner.
The score finished as a blowout, but in the early going of games, momentum shifts when a pitcher can get big outs and keep the opposition off of the board. The Rockies scored five runs in the first two frames, putting them up 5-0. However, if Chacin would have allowed two or three runs in his first two innings, which easily could have happened, the course of the game shifts dramatically.
Between Chacin and De La Rosa, the Rockies have a serious one-two punch. There are teams with better known pitchers who could be argued as better, but the Rockies have two guys who are doing it consistently at Coors Field and on the road. They get ground balls, and pitch the way they should pitch. If the Rockies were still in the race, if the offense had hit the way that it should have, both Chacin and De La Rosa would be talked about far more than they are.
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She figured in the first three goals of the game with two goals and an assist and ended up with a hat trick. Alyssa Dalesio set up Hill's first goal and Emily Francoeur assisted on the record-breaker. Souhegan's Courtney Banghart held the previous mark of 147.
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I'm Nat and giveaway threads are always one of my favorite places to hang out and I've met some of my best friends on Gaia in giveaway threads. So the last few months I've been setting aside letters so I'd be able to hold a giveaway of my own for the ball. This is a giavaway were the more you talk with other people, the higher your chance of winning something. Everyone has a chance of winning, even if you come in at the last minute. I held a giveaway at the 4th Anniversary Gaia event called Lots of Letters and now I just opened a charity called Strange Muffins, so thus the name of this thread.
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Well I'll just have to "bare" it for you then! :booty
cokebottle wrote:Here is my report on the Samurai Beach nude festival:
We left at about 8am from the Mountains (wanted to leave at 7am) hit some rain at the bottom of Lake Macquarie, then the rain really poured down from Hexham all the way to about 10 mins from our destination.
The rain had eased off by the time we reached the Middle Rock caravan park (Anna Bay) at about 12Pm thinking the campsite would be very muddy I asked if any vans were available, answer was no, but they assured me as the camp ground was on sand it had good drainage so we would be ok.
Well, with some trepidation I paid my money ($30 + $10 key deposit) & drove to the back of the van park, only to find a huge grassy area with heaps of trees & a little bit of water in places, but overall not water logged at all :grin:
I was instructed I could camp anywhere around the outside of the grassed clearing, I picked a spot with a good flat area next to a tap & away from everyone else (was about 10-15 other campers, in tents/vans & camper trailers)
We thought it was a fantastic camp site, sheltered from the coastal winds by a big hill to the east, very shady, great grassed area with a volley ball net & playground for the kids, the facilities were good too, hot showers & toilets very clean, as you would expect from a van park 8)
After lunch we hit the beach, it is a bout a 10 min walk down to the beach from a track off the the van park, but I went right instead of left & ended up on One Mile beach, then had to scramble/drag 3 kids & my fiancee across the rocky headland and down onto Samurai Beach,
There was at least 50 4wd's there, they even had a life saver on duty with a rubber boat, I took the opportunity to have my photo taken to match my avatar.
We had a bit of a frolic in the water, it came out quite sunny for a while, we did not mix with the groups of nudists, they all seemed to be in a tight knit club thing, I did ask a couple of people about what the quickest way back to the van park was, it was either walk back over the rocks or back up the 4wd track, one guy pointed out a track up a sand hill & said to walk straight up there, we did & ended up at a dead end ::()
So we walked back to the 4wd track & walked out that way.
got back to camp & relaxed while the kids played tennis & then started getting dinner ready, tested out my Kmart camp kitchen, it is a little low, but so am I (about 5' 4")
Notice the essential cooking fuel on the left hand side of the bench?
For dinner we had meat patties with mash potato (deb)& gravy/peas/corn & carrots, also cooked onions but forgot to dish them up & had to have them as 2nd course :***
Afterwards my fiancee did the washing up via gas light
Had a malfunction with the new gas lamp, I tested the light itself before we went but not with the stove connected to the T piece, turned out the tap leaks out from the spindle, so I could not cook & have the light on at the same time :shock: have to take it back to Kmart for a replacement!
We had a great time!
cokebottle wrote:Forgot to mention about the Koala's! during the night they could be heard grunting & growling, at times it sounded like a pack of wild boar's :***
Next morning we spotted one asleep in a tree near our tent
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cokebottle wrote:Forgot to mention about the Koala's! during the night they could be heard grunting & growling, at times it sounded like a pack of wild boar's
cokebottle wrote:We had a bit of a frolic in the water, it came out quite sunny for a while, we did not mix with the groups of nudists, they all seemed to be in a tight knit club thing
Ponga wrote:That was an excellent report and great photos. Loving the koala too, actually next time can you get me one?
They were probably just being wary of fully clothed blokes, pointing cameras in their direction. Next time get yer kit of and they'll welcome you with open arms. If you can't beat them join them.
cokebottle wrote:I'll get you a Koala as long as you get me one of those Kiwi birds, I've heard they taste just like Chicken?
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Check our calendar of events for the next training for Trail Watch and Adopt-an-Open Space.
Contact Jolynn Maestas at [email protected] or call 452-5207 to sign up!
Trail Watch Volunteers are the foundation of the volunteer program - essentially, all volunteers are trained to be Trail Watch. Trail Watch is ideal for those volunteers who enjoy using the trails. Often referred to as Open Space "eyes and ears", these volunteers patrol areas of their choice and record observations, report problems and needs, and educate the public on proper resource use.
YES! I Want to Volunteer!
Fill out a volunteer interest form mail or email it to the Volunteer Coordinator, Jolynn Maestas at [email protected]. You may also call 452-5207 for more information.
Volunteer Forms (For Active TWV Volunteers Only)
What do Open Space Trail Watch Volunteers Do?
Report observations such as flora and wildlife sightings and visitor activities;
All volunteers are trained to report observations while using the trail and educate visitors on sustainable land use.
As an extension of the Trail Watch Volunteer program, the Adopt-an-Open Space program was formed to concentrate stewardship in a targeted area. TWV duties are applied, but adopters also agree to organize at least one group project per year. Some areas may require more scheduled projects within a year. In the foothills, individuals or groups can adopt trails and assist with the essential maintenance of these visitor corridors. In the bosque, groups of 10 or more can adopt restoration areas and help with non-native plant control and trail maintenance. At the City's expense, a sign is installed in the adopted area recognizing the adopters efforts.
Call Jim Sattler at 452-5213 or email [email protected] for information.
All volunteers attend a two-hour orientation that provides background on the Open Space Division, volunteer responsibilities, and addresses issues of law enforcement. Volunteers are required to contribute a minimum of 25 hours per year and complete two additional trainings or attend two programs of the individual's choice. All volunteers receive a packet with maps, brochures and information, a badge, a lanyard and a patch; after completion of 25 hours volunteers receive an official Open Space Volunteer t-shirt.
Connecting People to Place
Open Space Visitor Center Volunteers work at the beautiful facility and are trained to:
- Greet visitors and tell them about the Visitor Center
- Introduce visitors to changing educational and art exhibits
- Work in the demonstration gardens
- Assist with programming and events
- Describe the history, purpose and goals of the Open Space program
- Encourage visitors to explore Open Space lands
- Observe and interpret the Visitor Center's wildlife and plants
- Learn and share: The geography of the Open Space system, the history of the Piedras Marcadas Pueblo Village, the natural and human history of the Middle Rio Grande Valley
Call (505) 897-8831 to register and learn about the training program.
What do Open Space Visitor Center volunteers say when asked, "What draws you to Open Space?"
- "I became a volunteer because I enjoy the atmosphere at the Visitor Center."
- "The staff gives me the freedom to see a need, make a plan, and create a solution! Something I couldn't do in my paid job."
- "I keep coming back - the community of Open Space is a definite positive in my life."
- "The Open Space Visitor Center is a magical place."
Volunteers at this City Park are important members of our team. They provide various types of support. Volunteers can do maintenance, to trash pick-up, to a safety aid on the range. We have a list of activities you can choose from but, we are open to new ideas if you are willing to work on your own projects.
Volunteering your time and hard work at the Albuquerque Shooting Range Park has benefits. The Park will give back. For every 20 hours you volunteer, you will have the choice of a Trap & Skeet card at half price or a free month on the rifle/pistol range.
SIGN UP: If you are interested in participating in the City of Albuquerque Shooting Range Volunteer program:
You can also apply in person.
CONTACT: David Sanchez
Shooting Range Manager
Work 505-836-8785
Interested in a one-day conservation project? Go to our Calendar of Events page and find a perfect volunteer project for you! Annual volunteer projects include:
Join the Open Space Division and other local organizations for these fun and family-friendly community service projects.
Sandia Foothills Volunteers: Are you an early riser? Do you enjoy watching the sun rise over the Sandias and seeing wildlife? If you have some extra time on your hands in the mornings and you don't know what to do with it, we can help you! Volunteers are needed to assist our Park Attendant staff with opening the Elena Gallegos Picnic Area and the Sandia Foothills Trailheads. All of these facilities are open by 7 a.m.. Opening procedures take about 1 – 1.5 hours to complete. Rewards include beautiful sun rises, wildlife and our gratitude.
Petroglyph/Boca Negra Canyon Volunteers: We are looking for volunteers to assist our Park attendants at Boca Negra Canyon in the Petroglyph National Monument. Volunteers will typically work 4 hour shifts at Boca Negra and will spend time patrolling trails, passing out information, and interacting with visitors.
Contact: Jim Sattler at (505) 452-5200 for details.


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Check NCI's list of cancer clinical trials for U.S. supportive and palliative care trials about malnutrition, nutritional support and nutritional therapy that are now accepting participants. The list of trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
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Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 versus Windows 8 power consumption in various conditions would be very intresting I think. Did the gap closed from 2012?
Phoronix: Linux 3.13 Kernel Power Consumption Benchmarks
With word recently of a 50 Watt Linux kernel power regression that's still being investigated, I carried out some more power consumption tests of a Core i7 4770K Haswell system to see if its power usage has been impacted by recent kernel upgrades...
Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 versus Windows 8 power consumption in various conditions would be very intresting I think. Did the gap closed from 2012?
Was intel_pstate enabled? For me it caused my laptop produce more heat than with acpi (From 46º to 53º), and thus more power consumption.
Right now my linux setup uses less power than windows 7, by the way.
Got a Lenovo t440p Laptop with a Haswell i7-4600M and the System comsumes twice as much power (16 Watts using Intel P-State driver) during idle state than my old T420 with a I7-2620M both without discrete graphics and all Powersave options enabled and 3.13-rc4 kernel. Very disappointing results for a CPU that's on the market for more than 7 months! I hope that Michael will be able to run some Power Consumption tests on mobile CUP's.
If/when you get Haswell Core i U/Y series and Linux compatible Bay Trail notebooks, I'd like to see comparisons with Windows 8 in terms of idle power consumption and performance per watt numbers. I'd like to see if the claims of Windows 8 making "full use" of Intel's S0ix active idle state and low latency selective component power down/up features (currently only works on Connected Standby capable Atom devices) really make a big difference.


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Find your place in the shade.
Spearmint leaves and lemon verbena engage in a lively round of croquet in the lemongrass, then retreat to the shade of green tea's cool, verdant veranda for a leisurely game of mahjong.
Green Tea
The liquor of a green tea is typically a green or yellow color, and flavors range from toasty, grassy (pan-fired teas) to fresh and streamed greens (steamed teas) with mild astringency.
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When only the "best" will do, this collection of best selling toys has something for children of all ages! Whether you're looking for cool construction toys or lovable dolls, these customer favourites are sure to please!
The HEXBUG Nano V2 Black Hole enables Nano V2 super-fans to customize the design and layout of the three-story set, unleashing kids' creativity. The Black Hole features special accessories including a spiral tube which the Nano V2 will crawl through as it searches for a more expansive view atop the watch tower, the highest point of the set, at which point it will venture back down to free fall through the black hole, emerging out of one of 3 exits in order to explore new territory! Users can further control the flow of traffic by filling the attachment points on the two HEX cell bases with accessories such as fixed pegs and rotating flags that help direct where the explorative micro robot roams. Construct different configurations you design yourself, and watch as the action takes place in a new way! The V2 Black Hole is compatible with other Hexbug habitat sets (SOLD SEPARATELY).
Contains 2 Nanos and 58 easy to build pieces!
Includes 2 x Nano V2 bugs, 1 x spiral tube, 1 x crow's nest, 1 x funnel, 2 x straight tubes, 9 x curved tubes, 3 x curved Y tubes, 20 x connectors, 6 x stand-offs, 2 x HEX cell bases plus removable walls and gates, 4 x curved tracks, 8 fixed pegs, 4 x rotating flags.
Spiral Tube measures approximately 5" long. Crow's Nest measures approximately 6" wide. Each Hex Cell Base measures approximately 6" wide. Funnel measures approximately 6.5" wide.
Each Nano V2 Hexbug requires one button cell battery AG13 (LR44) (INCLUDED).
The Hexbug Aquabot is the first water-born Hexbug micro robotic creature with smart fish technology! Powered by electro-magnetic propulsion, this swimming fish propels itself to explore its environment. The colourful Hexbug Aquabot offers kids the fun experience of having a pet fish, without all the messy clean-up. The Aquabots are equipped with an automatic on and off sensor that activates when submerged in water, a design element meant to get kids thinking about the science behind the robot.
Includes aquabot and fish bowl.
Ships in randomly selected assorted colours and styles according to availability.
Requires 2 AG13/LR44 battery (INCLUDED).
The HEXBUG Nano V2 Infinity Loop incorporates a double loop and open play area, and is perfect for any first time owner or seasoned HEXBUG collector. Create an endless loop for your nano to climb! This set is compatible with other Hexbug Nano Habitat sets. (SOLD SEPARATELY)
Includes 1 x Nano V2 bug, 2 x Straight Tubes, 6 x Curved Tubes, 10 x Connectors, 1 x HEX cell base plus removable walls and gates, 4 x Fixed pegs, 2 x Rotating Flags.
Each Straight Tube measures approximately 5.75" long. Each Curved Tube measures approximately 4" long. HEX Cell Base measures approximately 6.5" long.
Requires 1 button cell battery AG13 (LR44) (INCLUDED).
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With over 100 million registered accounts, MapleStory might be one of the most popular free-to-play MMORPGs to date! A fun, 2D side-scrolling fantasy game with anime-style graphics, MapleStory features a large world, dozens of classes, unique party quests, a ton of features, and much more.
Publisher: Nexon
Playerbase: High
Graphics: Medium Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: High
PvP: Yes (but currently disabled)
Filesize: ~6GB
Pros: +Gigantic community (Over 100 Million Accounts!). +Plenty of job advancements. +Unique platforming quests. +Great tutorial. +Regular content updates. +Huge game world with tons of quests. + Lots of classes to choose
Cons: -Repetitive gameplay. -Unbalanced classes. -Cash shop advantage. -Poor customer support.
MapleStory Overview
With over 100 million accounts created, Maplestory is probably the most played free-to-play MMORPG of all time. Maplestory is a 2D side-scrolling, fantasy MMORPG with a massive amount of features and things to do. Although the game is now over eight years old, the game continues on strong with regular updates and patches, and has significantly upgraded the game engine and graphics since its early days. If you can handle MapleStory's child-like, cartoony graphics, this game has a ton to offer.
MapleStory now has 30 classes and counting:
Explorers: Warrior, Magician, Bowman, Thief, Dual Blade, Pirate, Cannoneer, Jett, Zen
Cygnus Knights: Dawn Warrior, Mihile, Blaze Wizard*, Wind Archer, Night Walker*, Thunder Breaker
*New Blaze Wizards and Night Walkers cannot be created.
Heroes: Aran, Evan, Luminous, Mercedes, Phantom
Resistance: Demon Slayer, Battle Mage, Wild Hunter, Mechanic, Xenon
Nova: Kaiser, Angelic Buster
Sengoku: Hayato, Kanna
Child of God: Zero
MapleStory Screenshots
MapleStory Featured Video
MapleStory 2013 Updated Review!
By Jonar Isip (Minstryl), MMOHuts Journalist
You heard of MapleStory, right? If you've followed MMOs at least beyond the surface level, you'll know that it is a 2D, sprite based, action MMORPG. It's a game whose cute, anime-style art, and solid platforming combat have become popular with kids and adults over the better part of a decade. And you can thank the game's longevity for this knowledge. Being the old kid on the block has meant that years of advertisements, supermarket gift cards, and good old fashioned word of mouth has made the name almost as well known outside of Korea as Star Wars: the Old Republic.
Definitely not World of Warcraft, though. Let's not get crazy here. Even my grandmother knows what WoW is.
MapleStory's age has proven that it has some staying power, but age can also weaken that power over time. Though a video game may not change in the way my grandmother would (who, by the way, is a spry and healthy being, thank you very much), years of updates can dilute or even outright break a game if implemented poorly. Yet, if done well, these updates can make the game stronger than ever and provide a variety that most new games cannot give you.
Let's take a look at how Nexon has treated MapleStory, now that it is in its 8th year in foreign territories.
Happy anniversary! Where's my loot??
After a rather lengthy download process (at almost 5GBs), account setup (with TWO login screens) and character creation (which involves entering a PIN code for each toon. They REALLY want to stifle hackers…), you're ready to start your adventure.
Character creation itself starts with selecting a class like the Explorer, Cygnus Knight, and Resistance. Other classes are locked, though which ones are locked are random at any given moment. Each character class has their differences, such as their move speed and how quickly they can level up. Some have altered mechanics, such as a beat-em up style combo system for Aran. The game does a decent job of explaining each character path and, along with the number of classes, will give you a sense of the breadth of content that MapleStory has to offer.
Once you choose your character type and customize his or her look, you're ready to go.
Let's get started!
You start off in a tutorial zone, which differs based on which class you picked. Regardless, you will be introduced to the mechanics of the game. You'll learn what buttons you press to attack, jump on floating patches of grass, and talk to npcs. If none of the default keys are to your liking, the game allows you to change the controls with an intuitive on-screen keyboard. MapleStory even comes with gamepad support. A quest helper, named Tot, and an NPC follower are also there for quick reference as well.
Once you get the hang of the controls, the rest of the tutorial places you into a routine of taking a quest, completing the tasks for said quest, and returning to an NPC for experience. It's standard boilerplate MMO questing. Sometimes your quests are several screens away, hiding behind two or more branching paths, and it can get a bit overwhelming at first. Thankfully, there is a search function on the world map as well as a navigation system to see you through – if you can figure out how to use them.
Hi, little fluffy bunny! I need to murdalize you for money.
Once you are in the quest area and ready to kill the cute and cuddly baddies, you'll find the gameplay to be simple but fun. You can attack with either your main weapon or any skills you have. You can charge into the herd with your sword arm swinging or position yourself near a ledge and safely poke at an ornery mushroom with your arrows. There isn't a whole lot more to it than that in the beginning, but it will hold your attention given the real-time nature of the combat.
Of course, all this fighting will net you enough experience to level up. Once you do you're introduced to your character sheet where, upon level 10, you can add stat points to any attribute you wish – something that is rarely seen in modern, more casual games. Thankfully, for those of us who aren't blessed with excellent math skills, there's an auto-assign button that will reasonably distribute your stats for you.
When you reach a certain level, and depending on your base class, you can advance into one of the five job archetypes. There are four jobs that you can choose from at level 10: the Warrior, Bowman, Thief, and Pirate. You can choose the Magician job at level 8. Each job can advance to a stronger one when you reach certain levelling milestones. This also depends on your base class. For example, an Explorer Thief can class up to either the Assassin or Bandit job lines while the Cygnus Knight equivalent, the Night Walker, can only class up to a stronger version of the Night Walker (with increasing degrees of badassery). Of course, none of this applies to any of the legendary classes, who have their own paths to progess in as well as their own storylines.
Ok, I've learned a lot. Time to step out into the world!
The tutorial is good at easing you into the game up until a certain point, allowing you to take in everything at your own pace. The world is vibrant. Monsters and NPCs are drawn with colorful details and gigantic chibi heads. The sprites render well in the game, though MapleStory only supports two resolutions, both of which are in the 4:3 aspect ratio. The screen will stretch on widescreen monitors, but you won't mind or notice the extra chubbiness of the characters if you're new to the game. You can always drop it down to windowed mode if it bothers you but if you are rocking a high resolution monitor, the entire game will look pretty small.
The music runs the gamut between upbeat and somber. The sound effects emit both a cartoony and visceral feel as you rip tiny anime snails a new one. Both the sound design and music fit the visuals nicely.
Onward! To adventure! Uh… where do I go for that?
Your eyes and ears want to tell you that this is a sweet and inviting game, one in where you can prance around with your daughter or puppy. But, in order to do said prancing, you'll need to shield your loved one from the reality of its cold emptiness. Your NPC companion will be gone when you leave the tutorial zone. And even Tot, the quest helper, won't be nearly as useful as he once was, being relegated to a (sometimes) context sensitive infodump. If you haven't figured out the navigation system yet, you'll spend a good chunk of the game trying to figure out what quests to take, which can seem sparse if you don't know where to find the quest givers.
The tutorial doesn't teach you any of the other essentials, like finding shops to buy equipment. And most of the items for sale in the beginning zones are pretty darn expensive. I suppose that encourages use of the real money shop, but even trying to buy in-game currency seems like a chore. It took me a while to find the button to buy NX points. You'd think that, if they wanted your real life cash, it would be the biggest button on the menu and be a little more descriptive than "Charge NX."
This ultimately puts the breaks on the sense of progression given in the tutorial. It's quite the jarring learning curve. The game leaves it to you to figure out important functions like the navigation system which, you'll need to learn to make your time in MapleStory easier. The post-tutorial game for a newbie is an uninviting one – a stark contrast to the cutesy monsters and kitschy music that permeate MapleStory.
The game is an overwhelming beast for the new player. Although the character development system is a stat junkie's dream and the world has a lot in it to explore and discover, MapleStory does not do much to guide you past the tutorial zone. As a new player, your best bet is to have a friend help you through the rest of the content or you can look up wiki articles on the internet. It'll reduce your risk of becoming hopelessly lost.
But why would you want to play this game in the first place? Well, if you're the min-maxer type of person, you might be willing to ignore the rough edges and long grinds in order to build that character you tooled around with in your spreadsheet. This is also true for people who are fans of old-school RPGs and MUDs (I am really showing my age here…) and don't mind the lack of handholding.
You may also want to play this game if you have friends who are already established players and know the game well. The gameplay is fun, if simple and repetitive, and will entertain you long enough for your veteran friends to get you through the confusing parts and into the more interesting content.
And, then, there's the rest of us.
There's a lot of promise of fun in this game. If you have enough patience to figure things out on your own, and you get used to some of the more grindy aspects of the gameplay, then you're certain to find something to keep you occupied. But, more likely than not, you'll probably think there are better ways to spend your time, and you'd be right to think so.
Maplestory Review (Original)
By Omer Altay
If you haven't heard of or played Maplestory yet, you've been living under a rock. The game pretty much pioneered the entire free-to-play genre, as it was really the first 'mega-hit' free-to-play game out there. It boasts over 70 million registered accounts worldwide, which is quite a number considering World of Warcraft, the most popular pay-to-play MMORPG only has about 11 million subscribers. Okay, fine, I know it's not a fair comparison, because lots of people have multiple accounts, and the 70 million figure counts the inactive accounts as well, but that's still a LOT of players! The only real 'turn off' in MapleStory may be the game's childish graphics, which I urge older players to look past. Because, graphics aside, Maplestory is one of the best free MMORPGs out there, and arguably the best.
Okay 'Nuff nonsense, on with the gameplay
Maplestory is a side-scrolling, 2D Fantasy MMORPG with cute anime graphics. You start off your journey on Maple Island, the game's tutorial area, as a classless novice. Here you can complete quests and get a feel for the game, and even gain a few levels while you're at it. Players can advance to their first job after reaching level ten if they want to become a Bowman, Thief, Warrior or Pirate, and level eight if they want to become a Magician. Maplestory's gameplay is extremely addictive, as unlike other free MMORPGs, each 'level up' earns players three skill points rather than just one, which makes progression feel more meaningful. The game's graphics are also unique, as it is one of the first side-scrolling MMORPGs, but the game's success led to games like La Tale and Ghost Online, copying the game's innovative graphics. The single best aspect of the gameplay is the simplicity, as the game practically has no learning curve. The only real downside to the game is that it heavily 'grind' oriented, which means you'll have to kill the same group of monsters over and over if you want to gain experience. Nexon has done a lot recently to remedy this, though, as the game is much more quest oriented than it was when first released. With the Cygnus knights and Aran update, not all players start in the same tutorial area, but the premise is still the same. The Cygnus Knights main 'quest line' will easily take players to level 25+, so players won't have to outright 'grind'.
Unique Quests
Maplestory does a lot to differentiate itself from other free-to-play MMORPGs. The game has an incredibly unique questing system, which has a lot of fun quests that you won't find in other games. One of these unique quests is the game's 'jumping' quests that involve timing jumps and trying to get from one side of a map to another, sort of like a platforming game. Sure, the game has regular 'kill X amount of Y monsters' type quests as well, but the fact that the game has these unique platforming quests definitely spices up the game, as it's a welcomed distraction from the grinding aspects of the game. Another fun and innovative aspect of Maplestory is the game's 'party quests', which are exactly what the name implies; a quest designed for multiple people at once. 'Party Quests' (PQs for short), are usually a series of puzzles that a group has to solve through cooperating with each other within a set amount of time. The 'unique' aspect of MapleStory's party quests is that they are more about solving puzzles and riddles than actually killing monsters, which, once again, is a welcomed change from the game's repetitive grinding. The game also has a lot of generic kill quests as well, so players get the best of both worlds.
Job Advancements Galore
Maplestory has a large selection of job advancements which leads to the game having a great deal of variety. After players select their first job advancement at level ten (level eight for Magicians), they can select their next job advancement at level 30 and another at level 70. With the game's latest series of updates, players can now select a fourth job advancement at level 120. Each of the game's job advancements have a unique set of skills for players to learn and master. Unlike other MMORPGs, all of Maplestory's job advancements and starting classes are incredibly balanced, with none of them being 'overpowered' or 'underpowered'.
This game is always fresh
The best aspect of Maplestory is that game is always fresh. The publisher behind the game, Nexon, regularly updates the game's content. I remember when I first started playing Maplestory in 2005, the game's world was tiny with only one land mass called 'Victoria Island'. Today, the game's world has easily grown well over five-fold with the introduction of multiple new continents and areas to explore. The game's latest content update introduced an entirely new 'pirate' class to the game, and several new dungeons for players to explore. Just recently Nexon also released the Cygnus Knights and Aran updates which added a whopping twelve new classes to the game, as well as many new areas to explore. The sheer amount of content in this game is jaw dropping, as there are so many quests to complete and places to explore that by the time players even come close to completing all of the content, Nexon will quickly remedy that by releasing more content. The game has no shortage of events either, as there are events for every major holiday, and occasional random GM events with bonus experience and item giveaways. Ultimately, if you're looking for a game that doesn't get old, MapleStory is your game.
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Final Thoughts
Maplestory is one of my all-time favorite MMORPGs, along with Ragnarok Online. The reason both games are so good are because they both have a massive amount of content that gets updated regularly. The two most important aspects of an MMORPG is its playerbase, and content, as without both, an MMORPG is dead. I urge gamers that are turned off by the game's graphics to at least give the game a try, as even though the game feels childish, it's an enormous amount of fun. I mean, come on, if a game wasn't fun, it wouldn't have over 100 million accounts worldwide.
Big Bang
On December 7, 2010 Nexon rolled out an enormous update for MapleStory titled "Big Bang". The update changed just about every aspect of MapleStory – for the better. The game now supports a higher resolution of 1024×768, has three new playable classes (Battle Mage, Wild Hunter and The Mechanic, has a much higher experience rate (2x-5x faster leveling), a new area called Edelstein, plenty of new quests and so much more. Aside from the changes I mentioned, every skill in the game has been rebalanced and tweaked with the aim or getting rid of the "useless" skills. Just about every monster in the game also had their stats tweaked as well. The entire game world in MapleStory went through a radical change as well – with towns being moved closer together and maps being completely overhauled. NPCs in towns have been clumped closer together for convenience too. The Big Bang update is certainly a breath of fresh air to a game that's already rich in content.
Final Verdict: Excellent
Maplestory is hands down one of the best free-to-play MMORPGs of all time. The game's varied gameplay and catchy game music will keep you hooked from the moment you start playing. The game's sheer amount of content and variety is another reason to give the game a try. Maplestory is definitely worth the download, so go download it!
MapleStory Videos
MapleStory Unleashed Trailer
MapleStory Demon Avenger Trailer
MapleStory 8th Anniversary Celebration Trailer
MapleStory Cinematic Trailer
MapleStory Gameplay Trailer
MapleStory Links
Maplestory Marketplace Basil Market
Maplestory Item / Quest / Monster Database
MapleStory System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP or later
CPU: Pentium 4 or equivalent
HDD: 6 GB Free Space
Graphics Card: Video Card with 128MB or higher
Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows XP or later
CPU: Pentium Dual Core or equivalent
HDD: 6 GB Free Space
Graphics Card: GeForce FX5000 / ATI Radeon 9600 or higher (any video card with Shader model 2.0 or higher)
MapleStory Articles
- Maplestory: 'Attack on Titan' Themed Content Coming Soon - Posted on January 22, 2015
"Attack on Titan" has joined forces with Nexon America's MapleStory to bring a wealth of new content to the immersive MMORPG. For a limited time, MapleStory fans can play as their unique character in the "Attack on Titan" universe, meeting and training alongside familiar faces from the popular anime, including Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackermann and Annie Leonhart, as they fight to survive the Titan invasion.
- Nexon Europe announces new character class for MapleStory - Posted on July 2, 2014
Nexon Europe is thrilled to announce the brand new character class for the acclaimed action-oriented, side-scrolling MMORPG MapleStory: Zero.
- MapleStory (EU): Celebrating its 7th anniversary with special patch and events - Posted on May 28, 2014
Nexon Europe has the pleasure to announce today the 7th anniversary celebrations of MapleStory, the enormously popular fantasy MMO that has thrilled millions of players worldwide since its inception.
- MapleStory Unveils Grand Athenaeum Dungeon And New Content - Posted on March 27, 2014
Nexon reveals new content added to MapleStory, including a new dungeon, a new PvP area, and special events.
- MapleStory Anime makes European debut - Posted on March 5, 2014
Nexon Europe has announced the arrival of MapleStory Anime, a fantastical tale from the acclaimed Mad House Studio, adapted from the world of the popular MMORPG.


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McDonnell thrilled for old friend Kelly
Thursday, January 17, 2013
DURHAM — University of New Hampshire football coach Sean McDonnell is a New York Giants fan. But on Wednesday he was bleeding green for the Philadelphia Eagles.
"He's a football guru," Zamarchi said. "It's not just college football. I know he wanted the challenge to coach in the NFL and he wanted to come back to the East Coast."
In Kelly's second year at Oregon, the Ducks lost to Auburn in the BCS National Championship game. He followed that with a Rose Bowl victory in his third year and a 35-17 Fiesta Bowl victory against Kansas State on Jan. 3 in his final game with the Ducks.
Zamarchi's a Patriots fan, but said he'll have no trouble rooting for the Eagles.


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So Tantra will not appeal generally. And if it does appeal, it will appeal for wrong reasons. For example, if you want to indulge in sex then you can rationalize your indulgence through Tantra. That can become the appeal. If you want to indulge in wine, in women, in other things, you can feel attracted toward Tantra. But really, you are not attracted to Tantra. Tantra is a facade - a trick. You are attracted to something else which you think Tantra allows you. So Tantra always appeals for wrong reasons.
Tantra is not to help your indulgence, it is to transform it. So do not deceive yourself. Through Tantra you can deceive yourself very easily, and because of this possibility of deception Mahavira would not describe Tantra. This possibility is always there. And man is so deceptive that he can show one thing when he really means another, he can rationalize.
For example, in China, in old China, there was something like Tantra - a secret science. It is known as Tao. Tao has similar trends to Tantra. For example, Tao says that it is good, if you want to be freed of sex, that you should not stick to one person - to one woman or one man. You should not stick to one person if you want to be freed. Tao says that it is better to go on changing partners.
This is absolutely right, but you can rationalize it; you can deceive yourself. You may just be a sex maniac and you can think that "I am doing Tantra practice, so I cannot stick to one woman. I have to change." And many emperors in China practiced it. They had big harems only for this.
But Tao is meaningful if you look deep down into human psychology. If you know only one woman, sooner or later your attraction for that woman will wither away, but your attraction for women will remain. You will be attracted by the other sex. This woman, your wife, will really not be of the opposite sex. She will not attract you, she will not be a magnet for you. You will have become accustomed to her.
Tao says that if a man moves amidst many women, he will not only go beyond one, he will go beyond the opposite sex. The very knowledge of many women will help him to transcend. And this is right - but dangerous, because you would like it not because it is right but because it gives you license. That is the problem with Tantra.
So in China also that knowledge was suppressed; it had to be suppressed. In India Tantra was also suppressed because it said many dangerous things - dangerous only because you are deceptive. Otherwise they are wonderful. Nothing has happened to the human mind that is more wonderful and mysterious than Tantra; no knowledge is so deep.
But knowledge always has its dangers. For example, now science has become a danger because it has come to know many deep secrets. Now it knows how to create atomic energy. Einstein is reported to have said that if he is again given a life, rather than being a scientist he would like to be a plumber, because as he looks back, his whole life has been futile - not only futile, but dangerous to humanity. And he has given one of the deepest secrets, but to a mankind which is self-deceptive.


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Native or not, this doesn't change anything to the fundamental problem: in the facts non-open-standard-based document formats owned by a commercial company. Whether they port their suite or not, still a big no-no.
Native or not, this doesn't change anything to the fundamental problem: in the facts non-open-standard-based document formats owned by a commercial company. Whether they port their suite or not, still a big no-no.
2. "The rest want to use" Since we are a world of black and white and you have kindly told us what the crazies want, everyone else MUST want to do what you want to do. Wherefore art thou Generalisations?
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Your babbling is just SPAM without any relevance.
I'm sure RMS beat you in any tropic in a nano-second.
but go one write bullshit no one will ever try to stop you.
Linux has already won the battle for the Desktop. I have been saying this for the last 3-4 years. It is clear to all of us who follow the trends of technology.
It may not be clearly visible NOW, but it is inevitable that Linux will become the defacto OS for desktops a few years in the future. Microsoft can't compete. It was clearly demonstrated when they spent so much money in Vista and they still released a crappy product no one wanted. They cannot keep the pace, they need more and more money to provide some noticable improvement while the no cost alternative keeps getting better and better. The truth of the matter is that there is no need for Windows anymore. Only inertia keeps them in their position for the time being.
Seriously, what was so much improved in Vista, 7, and 8? After 12 years since XP, what is the real progress? 7 only tweaked the window manager a bit and 8 replaced the Start menu with a Gnome Shell-like alternative, that is all. All other improvements are so minor they are not even worth mentioning. Other "improvements" between versions are artificial, for example no IE 10 for Vista etc...
So Microsoft will do the smart thing, and embrace Linux and GNU, instead of hopelessly fighting it. They can make much money through Office and .Net if they are smart. Windows is a dead horse, it is to their best interest to let it fade away. But this will happen gradually. It will be a slow process, but this is how things will turn out in the end.
Yeah, this morning I opened the window to get some fresh air and I almost got smacked by a low-flying pig ...
Fucking Office, get Bill Gates in here!
It has incompatibilities with Windows office using the exact same doc format both are supposed to fully support - how do you explain that if the common code, ie format support, is shared?
Updates for it take much longer, sometimes years longer, than those for w32 office.
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Ah I thought Gallium was more stand alone than that. Was expecting it to get real OpenGL state trackers and once enough Gallium drivers existed to rip out old messa
Is there any beginners documentation for gallium, how to build it etc
I've tried using the xorg state tracker before but without any luck on radong a few days ago it simply crashed X and i965g doesn't work at all either it even has the wrong name since it stopped being the modesetting driver
It seems it's only targeted for developers just now
Mesa is almost a million lines of code. Nobody is going to be replacing it quickly...
KMS replaced UMS once it became stable in the DDX driver (yes not as much code) and I'm guessing the UMS code will be ripped out of the kernel as soon as Linus lets the developers - well for Intel anyway
I'm kind of disappointed that the Nouveau folk changed their minds about using Gallium for the fixed pipeline cards. It would have been nice if eventually all cards were supported natively under Gallium
I'd really like to test Gallium and lean how to add to it. Both on the desktop and my PS3 (cell driver). Do you know a good place to start?
Also what's the Python statetracker? Also what's the difference between llvmpipe and gallivm? (The v isn't a typo)
If someone here is using Arch Linux - I have a great PKGBUILD script for mesa-git, which compiles r300g driver and installs it. Switching to gallium from classic driver (and vice versa) any time you wish is very convenient: simple terminal console does the trick.
It might be a bit early to test the xorg state tracker (a ddx that uses Gallium3D for acceleration rather than GPU-specific code).
AFAIK llvmpipe is a software renderer which uses llvm to translate shader programs into optimized CPU code, while gallivm does the same thing but generates GPU shader code and is part of a hardware accelerated driver. Stephane Marchesin's slides from FOSDEM 2009 mention gallivm :
Not using Mesa as a state tracker does seem to be a long term goal:
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeasAdd a pure Gallium state tracker for OpenGL 3.0. Right now, Gallium uses Mesa as its state tracker. However, since the Mesa source code also implements software rendering, as well as old-style DRI drivers, this results in a lot of cruft and in particular holds back the addition of new OpenGL features (as those features must be supported in the whole mesa first). The performance of Gallium also suffers, since the state tracker does a lot of things that are later on duplicated in Gallium. This project involves duplicating the current Mesa state tracker and removing all the legacy bits. Then the student will add the necessary state tracker functionality for supporting OpenGL 3.0.
I should mention that the emulated GPU on VMWare clients probably has the *best* Gallium3D support right now, but I imagine you want to run on a real GPU not the figment of some developers' imagination


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