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I feel really sorry for S/H. missing one lift and then 16 points lower than their PB when everything else was just as good. is this still a sport? it's a myth.
I feel really sorry for S/H. missing one lift and then 16 points lower than their PB when everything else was just as good. is this still a sport? it's a myth.
I think they put the wrong pair up front for China's best team at this worlds, S/H should've been the top ranked team yesterday
Today I was finally able to watch (most of) the routines thru completely.
What I still don't get (a common problem btw) is why everybody thinks the program components for V&T vs. S&S are completely right. Skating skills and execution - ok on this night. Transitions one could discuss. But concerning choreography / composition / interpretation I have questions for V&T. What was this routine choreographed about? In general I'd say it is the usual ballet program to classical music as we know it for decades. Except the costumes and Maxim's fierce look at the end I can find no connection to the movie Black swan (if that was intended at all). Don't get me wrong, their ballet routine was skated very well and with lot of energy - and special kudos to their comeback after the sp. But in those parts of the components S&S should have way more points than V&T imho.
My only interpretation is that the judges do not judge according to their guidelines and still prefer the old style. But heck - I loved that style in the 80s with Gordeeva & Grinkov (still do) and I have to say I am glad that there are skaters and choreographers who notice that 30 years have passed. And V&T's sp is to modern music, but the choreography does not match it either for me.
This innovative approach in choreography is what I like about S&S's routines. And it seems to me that the judges have other intentions. One question: how old are they?
k/S skated so beautifully that I could hardly think that were them. this is the first time I really enjoy their skating. wish the m luck for next season. Just wow for that carry lift! the whole program cast a spell. now I consider them as first class skaters.
Sui & Han's scores as 4CC were very inflated. They received huge GoE on the quad twist which was under-rotated and she crashed into his shoulder. They also received big GoE on the quad throw which was also flawed. The have no unison, and their skating skills are weak. Yes, big tricks are big, but they're not clean, and in this crowd, their juniorish presentation looked weak beside the grown ups. Here, their marks were more relatistic, based on their skills.
Hmm, I would have had the overall standings at this competition as:
01. Savchenko/Szolkowy (gutsy 3Axel attempt in the SP, completed decently enough, and a very strong LP even if not their best)
02. Volosozhar/Trankov (thought their LP was overscored but it was indeed the best and deserved to pull them up this far)
03. Takahashi/Tran (how nice to see them skate so well)
04. Duhamel/Radford (strong and pleasant all-around except for 1 mistake in each program, just not truly special in any regard)
05. Kavaguti/Smirnov (such a wonderful LP, they are a bit underscored on the PCS for this program as usual and judged a little too harshly in the SP)
06. Sui/Han (surprised to see them in 9th, the lift mistake obviously hurt a lot but I think their PCS were too low as a result of backlash against their overscoring at other competitions)
07. Pang/Tong (very overscored on reputation; they gave lackluster performances and made so many mistakes)
08. Bazarova/Larionov (a solid but unremarkable pair; made plenty of mistakes and got a Russian bonus)
09. Denney/Coughlin (ICK, ICK...but they do have good technical consistency)
10. Marley/Brubaker (there's talent here but they definitely need more consistency and a better suited LP)
Before the FS I thought they had run out of steam but I would revise my opinion. They were exquisite. Shame about the aborted lift - I put it down to Smirnov's operation. Technically they have 3 issues: 1) go for 3Tx3T seq or 2Ax2A? 2) fix the crashy twist, 3) new lifts. But I don't really care. What I look for in them is sheer beauty, creation of atmosphere and illumination of the music. To me these are of higher value and longer lasting than medals. I look forward to the next season.
Or they can just work on getting their elements more stable and increase technical difficulty and GoE instead. Pair and Ladies are currently the most boring disciplines IMO because technical difficulty are regressing/stalled while every team/skater is trying to be exactly the same by milking SS and skating to the same music/style over and over. It would've been the same for the men if Chan didn't increase his technical difficulty from no 3A/4T to one 3A and two 4T.
I love S/H as well as D/R, as well as S/S more recently because they're trying something different. Quads, difficult single jumps, throw 3A and innovative choreography. Besides China already has another pair team more focused on skating skills in Yu/Jin, it'll provide some nice contrast.
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Does anyone know if there's a link to the pairs medal ceremony? I couldn't find one anywhere :(
It's on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaAXzJIkE2I


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Phoronix: Mir Now Allows Multi-Threaded Compositing
Canonical's Mir Display Server for Ubuntu has received some interesting commits in the past day...
Wayland doesn't need this at all because wayland is not a server nor is a compositor.
i'll try to put it as easy to understand as i can, ok?
1.) Wayland is a library that allows you to send information to the GPU in a standard fashion [like opengl library or openvg or GPU ASM] to realize an specific task(in this case handling buffers/FB/input and surfaces).
2.) LOL, i can do that with simple Opengl and Glut or even ASM!!!, yes is true but if everyone handle the GPU in his own accord you will get 50 different incompatible render systems and 50 compositor totally different.
3.) then OMG why not write a common library that do that, so we are all in the same page?? welcome to Wayland, Wayland is exactly that
4.) Ok, so wayland is not a server/compositor/renderer/etc but is more like a new GPU language designed to handle UI? i mean like OpenVG for SVG graphics?, yes, but more exactly is to handle the minimal coordination and allocation needed for GUI like surfaces/input/overlays/layers and buffers
5.) So wayland actually don't draw anything? nope it doesn't have to, wayland is the foundation barebone minimally needed to handle Gui in the GPU, once wayland deliver you a functional surface you can do whatever the hell you want with it as long as is valid for the GPU ofc.
6.) So i can paint a wayland surface with Directx and OpenVG or using my pro skills in AMD GPU ASM? hey, what about TGSI? yes in all as long as you have proper driver support
7.) What is a compositor needed then? well the compositor is the control center that manages the global "Desktop" concept and how all those surface react and interact with each other[pretty much anything that kwin/shell/compiz/etc do]
8.) Cool i wanna write my own compositor, where i can see an example of how to do it?, well you can checkout weston which is exactly that a runnable example of how to write a compositor for Wayland
9.) Weston was not part of wayland? no, those are 2 different projects
10.) so i don't need Weston? no, sure weston can be used and expanded if you consider is good enough for your needs but is only an example remember
11.) I wanna write a compositor, can i do it with threads/SIMD and C++11 cool stuffs? sure, is up to you which tool use to make the best of your compositor
12.) Im a game dev and i know many cool tricks to render more efficiently in Opengl, can i use them? sure as long as is a GPU complaint and the hardware supports it, you can composite or render using any technique or language you feel is best for the task.
13.) wayland is a power hog, i kinda heard? nope, in fact is probably the most power efficient protocol ever since it barely use the GPU to start with
14.) ohh Yeah, wayland is not a server/compositor, so my compositor and the toolkits are the actuals responsible for power efficiency, right? yes, exactly since both the Toolkit and the compositor handle the GPU operations and is ovbious if you boost the eyecandy and your monitor size the GPU need more power to keep up, just like happens with games.
15.) so Mir is the same stuff? no, Mir is an actual server/compositor like X11 was but with less overhead and backtrips that happens to use EGL too and is in a much earlier stage of development compared to wayland.
16.) so this threaded compositing stuff for Mir should be compared to wayland? i think is with other compositors, right? yes, you should ask if kwin have threaded compositor or Mutter or Compiz, this has nothing to do with Wayland
as always anyone is free if point out if a correction is needed and i hope it explain a bit better what is wayland and stop spreading FUD[prolly hell will frooze first but hell i can try]
Thank you jrch.. cause I got tired of being the only one here who knew what they were talking about / issuing corrections in Wayland threads..
Only one? Hey, I've been telling anyone who listens that Wayland is a standard, over and over... but the Ubuntrolls don't listen. They just go on and on about "lolz wayland still isn't finished we want a new display server now!!!!111" which kind of makes me wonder why they think it's a good idea to start an entirely new one, instead of using all the effort already put in to wayland...
Holy crap. "asynchronous" is spelled right. But there's an extra "a" floating just before it in that sentence. So close.
Though I have no idea if Wayland/Weston will want such actual architecture.

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Photo by Mark Zuckerman / NATS INSIDER
The Nationals look to make it three in a row tonight against the D'backs.
And so there will be baseball tonight on South Capitol Street, albeit slightly delayed. After engineers determined Nationals Park sustained no structural damage from this afternoon's 5.9 magnitude earthquake, the club announced its game against the Diamondbacks would start at 7:25 p.m. Anyone who had tickets and decided not to attend may exchange them for seats of equal or lesser value to any future home game in 2011.
As for the actual game tonight, Jordan Zimmermann makes his penultimate start of the season, his innings count sitting at 150 2/3 at the moment. He'll be opposed by right-hander Ian Kennedy, a 15-game winner and breakout hurler for Arizona this season.
Plenty of updates to come, and check the homepage later for highlights from the press conference to introduce draft picks Anthony Rendon, Alex Meyer and Brian Goodwin…
DIAMONDBACKS at NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m.
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM), XM 189
Weather: Mostly sunny, 78 degrees, Wind 7 mph out to LF
SS Ian Desmond
CF Rick Ankiel
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Michael Morse
- natsfan1a - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:20 PM
Go, Z'nn! Go, NATS!!
- baseballswami - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Way to go JZIMM! So the team goes from the largest crowd ever to tonight, in a few short days.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:38 PM
Analogous to having good Livo and bad Livo (and good MRHRod and bad HRod)– we have great JZ and medium JZ. First inning was "great JZ"(Note: if anyone wants to pick up on my idea, please be more creative than I!)
- Anonymous - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:38 PM
I am in no way convinced that Parra's waving of the bat on that last fastball could be defined as a swing.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:41 PM
Struck out Gerardo Parra swinging at a high 0-2 fastball. Music to my ears. My main complaint about JZ earlier this year, and of Stras last year after his first couple of starts, is that they seemed to want to throw everything on the outside half of the plate. High and tight works with 95+ MPH guys (even more so if you have a big bender of a curve). Go "up the ladder" as they say — even the best MLB players find it hard to catch up to a 95+ fastball that's high.Waytogo!
- gonatsgo - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:48 PM
DCWonk – no on does the "up the ladder" better than Tyler Clippard!
- Navy Nats Fan - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Two starts, 12 innings left (Davey said he'd let him go to 162 to qualify for season leaderboards). The way he looks through 2, Zimmermann might use 9 of the 12 tonight. He's absolutely overpowered them this far. Too bad the ump squeezed him on the 2 out walk.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Just a followup on Scooter's suggestion in a previous thread, to repeat the updates down here in the comments thread. I, too, find it harder to follow two parts of the page, so I keep Mark in a different browser tab. It wouldn't take a whole repeat, though–a link to it would alert us when there is an update, and let us go back and forth.Just a thought.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:54 PM
gonatsgo said… DCWonk – no on does the "up the ladder" better than Tyler Clippard!You're so right! JZ and Stras should be learning from him on that!
- Anonymous - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:56 PM
Watching Michael Morse during the national anthem was hillarious.
- ehay2k - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:57 PM
@Navy Nats FanI'm bringing my Dmitri Young Bobblehead tomorrow. Meet outside Ticket Services just outside of CF gate, next to the garage? What time? I will be wearing a red Nat's T-shirt and holding Da Meat Hook in a box.
- NatinBeantown - Aug 23, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Can anyone (Mark included) tell me why Espinosa's at bat music is so insanely loud on the radio broadcast? It's way louder than any others. Enough tha C&D have to pause their play by play. Ia it that much louder in person, or is someone on the production team having a private joke or something?
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Sec 3, I respectfully disagree. I think the updates should remain where Mark has them.If you are not following along for the whole game, it is very helpful to have Mark's updates all together. It makes it much easier for me to catch up with a game in progress. Also, we often get off in tangents rather than discussing the action in the game. Readers should not have to hunt among 200 or even 300 posts to find what's going on in the game. Besides, I think it may make Mark's job easier this way. He doesn't have to get into the discussion while he's working, unless he wants to chime in. Personally, I am in awe of Mark's willingness to post in-game updates at all. (Do you know any other professional sportswriters who will do that??) I do not want to add even a tiny bit to his workload.
- Navy Nats Fan - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:06 AM
Ehay2k -6:45 okay? Roger ticket services window by CF gate, to the left as you face the park. I don't know what I'll be wearing – if I come from work, it will be khaki pants, khaki belt, khaki shirt, khaki hat, oh and black shoes just to spice things up.Natinbeantown, their engineer (the Jack of all things) did that for Will Nieves' music too. Maybe he's trying to get C&D to dance to it!
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Here we go again. I know JZ didn't do that on purpose but I have a feeling that somebody on the Nats is gonna get nailed next inning.
- ehay2k - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:19 AM
Navy Nats Fan – that works for me. See you at 6:45 tomorrow
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Anon at 8:17 said, " I have a feeling that somebody on the Nats is gonna get nailed next inning."Big mistake if they do that. The umps are surely watching for anything that looks like a deliberate HBP. It would be too "coincidental" if a Nat gets hit next inning.
- MicheleS - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:24 AM
I love RZ.. pay the man!!!
- baseballswami - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:26 AM
I would think by now the league would be aware of teams that retaliate and teams that do not. The Cardinals retaliate if you look at them funny, the Nats just don't do that. Reputations should be known around mlb.But if they want to give us a base runner that would be fine, we'll have a hard enough time getting on base with Kennedy pitching.
- MIcheleS - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:26 AM
That hit Morse's Hand! Good Grief!
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:27 AM
Outsider, I'm not suggesting they not be at the top–just something to let us know when they hit.
- sunderland - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Upton's over-reaction to getting hit forced Ian Kennedy to retaliate. If he just dropped the bat and jogged to first, I bet Morse would not have been hit.
- sunderland - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:30 AM
Swami, you are naive to think the Nats do not retaliate.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:30 AM
I don't ever rant about Carpenter, but in this case, I think I'll make an exception. The umps do not have to be mind-readers when Justin Upton gets drilled–UH-gain–and then Morse gets hit. Who was surprised by that? Not Kirk Gibson.
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:32 AM
Well, picking Morse to be hit was probably a smart move. It pushes Zim to second, but it keeps Morse from going into Beast Mode.
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:42 AM
It sure would be nice if the Nats would get some runs before Zimmermann leaves the game. It'd allow him to get a win and give me some more confidence about turning it over to the bullpen.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:44 AM
Upton is a PUNK.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:45 AM
"It appears that will be the end of this."I sure hope so, but I'm not so sure… Remember that last game?
- gonatsgo - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:46 AM
Upton is a Brazilian Soccer player with his acting job. Morse has been getting shelled. Notice how your bad hitters never get hit? Danny got hit a lot when he was hitting well.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:50 AM
Let's go Zimmerman!
- sunderland - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:52 AM
Like in Arizona in June, when Marquis pitched an inning and a half until Upton came up, and then plunked Upton. He wasn't gonna waste the HBP on a #7 hitter.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:56 AM
%^#@!!!Helluva pitching job to strike out both RZ and MM with the bases loaded.
- Joe Seamhead - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:58 AM
- FS - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:01 AM
please let us not get to Yankees' level of pretending to get HBP.
- NatinBeantown - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:03 AM
FYI, next half inning, Charlie and Dave will have Rendon on the air.
- Navy Nats Fan - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:06 AM
Zimmermann deserved that for failing to lay down a good bunt. He needs to drive in a run to make up for it.
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:11 AM
After the Phillies beat the Mets yesterday, 10-0, they are leading 9-0 in the 7th inning today. I don't want to feel sorry for the Mets, and of course the Nats are better off for their losing, but you have to feel their embarrassment.
- Joe Seamhead - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:13 AM
FS, it sure looked as if it hit Michael's hand before it hit his bat.
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:17 AM
I can't believe they left Zimmerman in to pitch the 7th. It seems like they may have decided to use up his innings today and forget about getting him to 162.
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:24 AM
Sorry, Davey you just suck
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:26 AM
No reason to keep Jordan in the game after 6. I just envision a slow start next season because of Davey's stupid moves and we will be talking about 2013 season in the sumnmer
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM
What I cant stand about Davey is he never admits a mistake
- Nats Outsider - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:30 AM
I'm trying to be reasonable here. Maybe Davey wanted to give Zimmerman another chance to get the win. But it was a stupid move, and maybe now it will mean Zimmermann takes the loss.
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:31 AM
KK Clippard
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:36 AM
Davey just is not a good manager anymore and Rizzo should really get a hot commodity. I know the Nats job would be a top job now. Move Davey upstairs, please, I'm begging ya!!!
- Wally - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:40 AM
Did anyone notice what Jordan's ERA dipped to before the HR? It is at 3.10 now. It is meaningless in the scheme of things, but I admit to rooting to see him drop below 3.00 for the season. Kind of a nice optical stat to hear referenced all offseason.
- baseballswami - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:41 AM
Mick – agreed. The special advisor, player's buddy, crazy old uncle is a much better role. Plus – the Nats really need to do an all-out search and really find the best person for this up and coming team. I do think he was trying to keep Jordan in so that maybe he could get a win, but Jordan is in a precarious post-tommy john situation with an innings limit and has never had a full season. He is not the manager's pet play-thing. Of course, whenever Jordan pitches, he either has errors made behind him or absolutely no run support.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:42 AM
I'm generally not a negative guy — in fact, in seven years of blogging about the Nationals (I had to count back to 2005 on my finger to make sure that number was right), I think I've only written a half-dozen or so critical stories.And before I vent, let me say that in the long run, I think Davey Johnson is going to be a positive influence on this team.But for crying out loud …..Jordan Zimmermann just completed six wonderful innings and brought his ERA down to 2.99. At 157 innings, he should have been pulled and called it a season (no reason to start him for 3-4 innings in another start to reach that mythical/magical 160. He would have ended the year with an ERA under 3.00 and it would have been a stellar year for Zimmermann from just about every conceivable angle. But Davey has left his starter in one inning too long several times this season. Maybe it's because he's from a different era where pitchers were expected to go the distance every night. But pitchers today are creatures of their environment and because 6-7 innings is all that is expected of them, that's all they can produce. So Davey trots Zimmermann out for the 7th and every thing goes haywire. Why? It was obvious that because of the lack of clutch hitting by the Nats, a single run given up would likely lose the game. If the Nats lose tonight (it's 2-0 currently), the loss, and the tarnish on Zimmermann's ERA, is clearly on Davey Johnson.There; I feel much better.(I had to post as anonymous because my dumb computer wouldn't accept my google account … this is Farid @ Pocatello ID)
- gonatsgo - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:44 AM
The Phillies are a first place team, the Dbacks are a first place team ( despite their current cold streak). Win or lose, this game has been an epic battle. Ian Kennedy is a true ace and we have hit off him, but can't get anything across. They will know they were in a game, though. Especially Upton
- Unkyd - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:45 AM
Cmon, man… There's tons of stuff young guns need to try and to experience… Sometime, he'll NEED to scrap his way through the 7th, because the 'pen is wasted… Good thing Davey doesn't give a rats patootie what we think. I hope he keeps challenging this team!
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:47 AM
baseball swami, TY, at least I know I am not insane, lol
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:51 AM
sunderland said… Upton's over-reaction to getting hit forced Ian Kennedy to retaliate. If he just dropped the bat and jogged to first, I bet Morse would not have been hit.I didn't see tonight's HPB — but didn't Upton get hit *three* times during the last series? If I'm remembering right — I'd sure be upset about getting hit yet again.
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:57 AM
Davey does give a better post-game interview than Riggs
- Wally - Aug 24, 2011 at 1:58 AM
Farid – I agree with you. I like Davey and think that he is good for the team, but this seemed like a perfect time to call it a day for JZimm. There was some value to a 2.99 ERA (although I might have trotted him out for another start)
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:00 AM
And now, Sean Burnett has a great inning, comes back out and implodes.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:00 AM
Unkyd said… Cmon, man… There's tons of stuff young guns need to try and to experience… Sometime, he'll NEED to scrap his way through the 7th, because the 'pen is wasted… Good thing Davey doesn't give a rats patootie what we think. I hope he keeps challenging this team!Right on, Unkyd. It's not like tonight's the 7th game of the world series. Further, JZ was due to lead off the bottom of the 7th. There's nothing wrong with trying get another inning out of him.Anony wrote:At 157 innings, he should have been pulled and called it a season (no reason to start him for 3-4 innings in another start to reach that mythical/magical 160.Davey's a players manager and would like to see JZ get to 162 so he can qualify for the league leaders. One more start of 6 innings is probably what JZ and Davey would like to see.He would have ended the year with an ERA under 3.00 and it would have been a stellar year for Zimmermann from just about every conceivable angle.So, because of this one inning, it's _not_ a stellar year? In his first year back after TJ surgery? 2 runs in 6-1/3 to a first place team is not bad.But Davey has left his starter in one inning too long several times this season.He's trying to stretch them, challenge them, and also to cut down on his overused 'pen. If the Nats are going to try to really compete in the near future, the starters have to go longer than 6-1/3 or 6-2/3 every night.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:00 AM
OK, that was one of the best things I've seen in the stands here since the Hopping RFK.Some little boy in the stands, maybe 8 or 9, brought his glove, and catches a foul ball. He acts cool, glad but not excited, like he's caught plenty. He looks it over, approvingly, and then turns and hands it to his dad (I guess), and points to the "little kid" down the row, maybe 3 or 4 years old, and tells Dad to pass the ball to him.Man, that almost makes me reconsider having kids. Better than the dad whose daughter dutifully returned the foul ball.
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:01 AM
just for men, pnc, hoveround, GamepaaaadWe need more diverse commercials
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:02 AM
I agree with Unkyd. If Zimmerman is going to be an ace, he has to learn how to finish games. He needs to learn to locate his pitches even when he is tired. All the top teams have pitchers and hitters that play MAN baseball. That is what the Nats need to learn.
- baseballswami - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:02 AM
Jeffwx — really? You think all that rambly bs is a good interview? Not saying that Riggs was a sparkling conversationalist, but this guy is just out there.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:04 AM
So… Anybody know what happened to Werth?
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:05 AM
I mean to say a more entertaining interview…I like rambling managers. Casey Stengel was the best at it.And is Johnny Holiday a real name
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:08 AM
Agree, fwliw, with Wonk and Unk. And Burnett hardly "imploded" there.
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:11 AM
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:12 AM
When was the last time Nix got a hit, he is pathetic, it seems like he down 0-2 every at bat and he looks like an oaf out there
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:12 AM
I see why Kennedy is now 16-4 and should be a cy young candidate
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:13 AM
jeffwax:Johnny is a great guy, no Holiday became his radio name back in 1968 with WWDC. Johnny is from Miami, FL. A wonderful person
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:16 AM
- NatsLady - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:17 AM
Well, that's that. Sorry to be late to the party, had to clean up some mess from the earthquake when I got home from work–boy is it strange to write that.Clippard is NOT human. (Direct quote from some blogger's headline.)
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:17 AM
Yeah, he seems like a real nice guy as does Bob Carpenter…I think Johnny Holiday used to broadcast Terps football back in the day.Maybe nice guys don't always finish last
- Mick - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:20 AM
jeffwax:Johnny is still the voice of the Terps, he has been doing Terp football and basketball since 1980! He has been through it all at College Park and I can never envision a Terp game without him
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:23 AM
NatsLady said…Clippard is NOT human. (Direct quote from some blogger's headline.)No kidding! How often does a reliever lead their team in WAR? (Actually, I have no idea how often . . . but it sure seems like it oughtta be fairly rare, no?)
- jeffwx - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:30 AM
WAR…huh, what does it stand for
- NatsLady - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:45 AM
Wins Above Replacement Player, or WARP, is a statistic published in Baseball Prospectus that attempts to measure the "total value" of a player over a given season.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:49 AM
Ooh, NatsLady, you fell for that one. (Good one, jeffwx).Here's a hint: Edwin Starr.
- NatsLady - Aug 24, 2011 at 2:52 AM
Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about. I was just trying to be polite. Have a nice evening.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:00 AM
NatsLady said… Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about. I was just trying to be polite. Have a nice evening.Oh, of course! We know you were being polite! Jeffwx was making a psuedo-pun of sorts.Edwin Starr had a huge hit in 1970 with a song called "War" and it's opening line, repeated many times is: "War, hunh, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin'" Find it on youtube. Edwin Starr was a great singer.(Note to Jeff — I take mild issue with your spelling of the second word — I think it ought to be properly spelled "hunh" rather than "huh")All in good fun, NatsLady!
- m20832 - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:07 AM
Who cares about stats…. they lost 2-0. three games under .500. Bases loaded, one out. Couldn't score a run. That, plus Johnson really doesn't know his pitching staff (really? leave a gassed JZimm out in the 7th to leave pitches in the middle of the plate?). What kind of brain fart is that?The truth is, the Nats are a mediocre team. As long as Nix, Cora, Bixler, Ankiel are on this team, they will be mediocre. I'm hoping they get to .500 this year. It will be a successful year if they do.I will be disappointed with every loss as I Luv a Winner. This game could have been won. Three games back of .500.I don't care about the playoffs. I want the Nats to be winners! GYFNG!!!
- NatsLady - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:08 AM
I would never have understood that "pun" in a thousand years and there is NO WAY I will go on Youtube and listen to some random pop singer from 1970. I have to listen to enough trashy singing from my students.I will remember in future not to answer anyone's questions any more. In case there are newbies on the site, don't bother me for information.
- m20832 - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:11 AM
Actually, it was a pretty good song. Against the war in Vietnam.
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:29 AM
NatsLady said… I will remember in future not to answer anyone's questions any more. In case there are newbies on the site, don't bother me for information.You sound angry. I apologize if I am the cause of that. We like your answering of our questions. (And you're one of the tops around here with stats!).I hope you reconsider. I thought we were all just playing (trying to amuse ourselves, since that's better than lashing out at player-x or y because the Nats lost).m20832 said… Actually, it was a pretty good song.A huge hit, and Starr had a terrific voice. (Song later covered by Tom Jones, and, much later, by Bruce Springsteen). For those old enough, he had a minor hit called "25 Miles" in 1968. (Unfortunately for him, those were his only two hits).
- NatsLady - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:30 AM
@m20832: I agree with your comments on the game, it is frustrating that Davey left JZimm in for the 7th. Clearly if the idea is to limit JZ's innings and to shut him down at approximately 160, the reason you are doing that is to save wear and tear on his not-yet-fully-up-to-snuff arm. Well, this is toward the end of the road, so you should be pulling him SOONER, not LATER. If you want to get to 162, let him pitch a few innings in relief. (Is he going on the DL? I don't know exactly what the rules are, but I think it has to be a new injury for him to go on the DL.) Also, I think Davey doesn't agree with the 160-inning limit on JZ. He thinks he knows better than the powers-that-be… And 160 is pretty arbitrary, no doubt. However, after the walk, he did have a "teachable moment" [terrible term] in that JZ blew his cool in Chicago after a miscue, and he does need to keep it together when something bad happens, namely the walk on the ump's "bad" call (I didn't see it, but assume it was).Unfortunately, this was a repeat performance, so Davey ended up pulling JZ anyway, and who knows if the lesson is learned???? Davey had a plan for the game (JZ pitching seven and Clip coming in the 8th with a lead or at the very least, a tie). But he didn't have a good plan and he didn't have a backup plan. On the offense, no suprise. But you have to give credit to Kennedy, an excellent pitcher who got out of jams, and their bullpen. Sometimes you just lose games.
- Dave - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:34 AM
Sigh…on the best baseball night (weather-wise) I've had this summer, Davey leaves Jordan in too long and the Nats lose.Second shutout in a row I've attended. My last game was Saturday vs. Philly. I have baseball bumout right now.But our crowd in 313 is an amusing bunch, at least. Get 'em tomorrow, Nats.GYFNG!
- Drew8 - Aug 24, 2011 at 4:04 AM
Good god, yall.It was just a joke.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk
- A DC Wonk - Aug 24, 2011 at 4:09 AM
NatsLady said… Also, I think Davey doesn't agree with the 160-inning limit on JZ. He thinks he knows better than the powers-that-be… And 160 is pretty arbitrary, no doubt. What makes you say that? I haven't seen/heard any evidence of that.
- Scooter - Aug 24, 2011 at 4:23 AM
Whonky, I have no cite for this, but I recall Johnson actually saying he "might talk to" the folks upstairs about that 160-inning limit.Again, I have nothing specific, but reading several comments by Johnson a couple-three wees back, I got the very strong feeling that he just wished the limit weren't there.
- Joe Seamhead - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:36 PM
NatsLady, I appreciate your contributions on NI. I didn't get that it was a joke, either, but you get a lot of joy out of this board. please don't let a misunderstanding diminish that.As to the game, we got beat by a very hot pitcher and a first place team. Zimmermann wanted to come back out. Davey said afterwards that he probably shouldn't have let him. Morse shouldn't have struck out. Zimmerman shouldn't have hit into a DP, etc. The team lost this game, Davey included. Now let's come back tonight and win. Go, Livo, and GYFNG!
- natsfan1a - Aug 24, 2011 at 12:56 PM
I enjoy what NatsLady brings, too.btw, did you know that the original title for "War and Peace" was "War, What Is It Good For?" [rimshot](Sorry I'm late on that but I fell asleep in front of the tv well before the game ended and later toddled straight to bed.)
- Anonymous - Aug 24, 2011 at 3:05 PM
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A Pequods/Burts Style Dough12 (TF 0.1425) (approx)AP Flour (100%): 250.4 g 2.0 cup Water (68%): 170.2 g 6 oz 0.75 cup ADY (0.8%): 2.0 g 0.5 tspSalt (1.1%): 2.75 g 0.5 tspCorn Oil (11%): 27.5 g 1 oz 2 Tbsp Sugar (1.6%): 3.89 g 1 tspTotal (182.5%): 457 g 15.83 oz 1 lbs | TF = 0.142514AP Flour (100%): 340.8 g 2.75 cup Water (68%): 231.7 g 8.1 oz 1.0 cupADY (0.8%): 2.73 g 0.72 tsp Salt (1.1%): 3.75 g 0.67 tspCorn Oil (11%): 37.5 g 1.32 oz 2.8 Tbsp Sugar (1.6%): 5.45 g 0.5 Tbsp Total (150.1%): 621.9 g | 21.94 oz | 1.37 lbs | TF = 0.1425
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That slice o pie looks really tasty Ed....nice job.Burts pizza is real sweet, eh? I've never had Aurelios but they say that is real sweet sauce too. Bout the same?What brand of mozz do you use Ed? Was this dough more "pillowy" than your regular DD's...sounds like it was. Wish I could see a crumb pic of that....Thanks.
Having never eaten a thin crust pizza in Chicago, here's my take on why people outside Chicago don't realize there is a "Chicago style" thin crust: There's nothing that clearly differentiates "Chicago style" thin crust pizza from pizza you can get in other cities, states, or regions. When I look through Chicago thin crust threads, I see pictures of pizzas that look a lot like what I can get at most pizza joints in Columbus or Dayton, Ohio, as well as what I've heard may be common in Pittsburgh.If I buy a pizza in Columbus or Dayton, am I buying a Chicago style pizza? Hell no. But I bet it's pretty similar. And have you ever heard of Columbus style pizza or Dayton style pizza? I doubt it. If you want to know why you've never heard of Columbus style pizza or Dayton style pizza, I'd say it's probably because there's not much that differentiates it from pizzas you can get in plenty of other places, such as Chicago. So maybe what you consider Chicago style thin crust pizza is actually Midwest style pizza.However, if I go to Chicago and buy a deep dish pizza, I'm gonna be served a pizza I can get almost nowhere outside of Chicago. That's why people outside of Chicago don't know there is thin crust pizza in Chicago. That, and how we've been "educated" by Food Network, the Travel Channel, and Uno's Chicago Grill (or whatever the chain is called these days).Like I said, I've never eaten a thin crust pizza in Chicago, so I may be wrong.But based on what I know about the history of pizza in the United States, if I take a few seconds to try to figure out why Chicago thin crust is similar to Ohio thin crust, one of my first thoughts is that the two styles of pizza likely have the same origin (or share the same branch on pizza's family tree). If so, that origin is probably not in Chicago; it's probably somewhere east of Chicago.So maybe to eliminate all the confusion, instead of lumping Chicago style thin crust and Chicago deep dish into the same category, there should be a new category called something like Midwest Style Thin Crust.
Really, this is the same type of pizza... just do a survey of pizza styles at local shops outside the midwest and you will see what I mean.
I know this was posted quite some time ago now, but I just wanted to add my 2 cents haha. the so-called "Chicago-style" thin crust is ubiquitous throughout the midwest USA, and you can even find the style in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A more appropriate name would definitely be "midwestern-style" thin crust.I read Garvey's comments about the sauce and sausage being different in Chicago, but really a pizzas in Chicago and Minneapolis are more similar than they are different. Really, this is the same type of pizza... just do a survey of pizza styles at local shops outside the midwest and you will see what I mean.the st. louis pizza is probably a just a variation on the midwest style
No! The "Chicago Style" thin crust pizza is called that because it originated in Chicago and not because it is the only thin crust pizza on the planet. I can buy a "knock off" of just about every product on the planet...but it is NOT the original!
I think this is the style of pizza that I am looking for, although I wouldn't exactly call it a biscuit like crust. Does Chicago Deep Dish Pizza need to be pillowy or biscuity??
Traditional Chicago Deep Dish style pizza is definitely NOT pillowy (if that's a word). Nor does it have a "nice soft interior" as one mentioned above. It is much more biscuity. Pequod's (where I was often first introduced to Burt's style) and Burt's pizza at his new location is definitely a kind of Sicilian thicker, "bread-like" crust whereby it is a little pillowry, much like Detroit style Buddy's and other Detroit style pizzeria's crust. It is a very good Sicilian-like style, but just different and not typical of traditional Chicago Style Deep Dish pizza, that's all I'm suggesting. FWIW. --BTB


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AMD is making a complete fool out of itself by not letting Linux users make use of the hardware accelerated video decoding features of their GPUs.
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Even S3 supports VDPAU and AMD just stands there and looks stupid.
A closed driver with KMS wow.
I'm impressed, such a small company and such a full features driver!
Too bad it's not open. But for such a small company it's probably even harder.
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VIA is hardly a small company. Certainly not intel or amd tho,
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how exactly is a closed source KMS driver possible anyway?
or do they just mean the kernel module does the mode setting?
Whoa, that's quite a feature-list they got there.
A VDPAU implementation on hardware not dogged by Bumpgate would be awesome. Any info if this actually works or is just PR? (Michael, do I smell a review coming?)
That actually sounds like a decent, though closed source, driver.
But I'm willing to bet that it's broken and most features wont work. I mean it's via were talking about. They've always been promising great thing yet there linux drivers always sucked badly.
AFAIK their kernel module is open-sourced, though not yet included in the mainline linux kernel.
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Burn wrote:Shadowstream wrote:It's quite clear they dun dropped the ball, but did they have to drop it so far and so hard?
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grimdragon2001 wrote:ill probably stick with my scout class frenzy, rumble, and universe ravage, but getting ratbat and laserbeak is great news. i just hope we get buzzsaw aswell
Mine too =D Though I think the panel said that it'll be released in August near the game's release.Mindmaster wrote:Any word on the release date for Soundwave? I hope to God it's before July (that's my birthday ).
^ this. We're getting both Laserbeak and Buzzsaw. Unfortunately for collectors that only buy one of any given larger mold, getting both 'Beak and 'Saw will be difficult.RAcast wrote:grimdragon2001 wrote:ill probably stick with my scout class frenzy, rumble, and universe ravage, but getting ratbat and laserbeak is great news. i just hope we get buzzsaw aswell
Someone posted something about a Soundblaster redeco having been announced as well, who would be packaged with Buzzsaw.
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Got the first, wasn't satisfied because his waist broke.
Wanted to get the second, never got the cash to get him, even before he was canceled.
I'd rather go for Frisbee here than nothing.
Super Megatron wrote:Megazarak wrote:I was pretty disappointed that the Voyager Soundwave was actually another WfC or FoC one. Wasn't the deluxe one good enough? The new features on him including his little... robot friends (diskicons?)... are pretty cool, but I still don't think it really warranted him getting another figure, especially if we could have gotten another character out of it. I'm pretty sure that most of us were hoping the Voyager Soundwave in the Generations line was going to be a G1 one, and he would have worked with the Legends Casseticons too, like how this one will have his little allies. At least they're also making a Soundblaster repaint of him, I suppose for those who are happy with their Deluxe Soundwaves.
Kickback looks interesting enough.
I totally disagree with this - this new Soundwave fig is a step in the right direction. If anything, we could have totally do without a bajillionth version of Optimus Prime and, fortunately, this new FoC Optimus fig's disappointment was offset by both Shockwave and Soundwave.
The back legs definitely do. They look like they're halfway between bot and insect modes.(knee becomes foot, foot becomes knee)GuyIncognito wrote:Not sure if Kickback is horrible or just horribly mistransformed (the alt mode). I'll reserve judgement for now.
Blozor wrote:These are disappointing, and we're still missing the Grimlock figure everyone has been wanting since we first saw the trailer. I could do without Optimus, Jazz, Soundwave, all the diskicons, and Kickback if they would give me all five of the Dinobots again.
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Jamie Langenbrunner (hip surgery) addressed the media Saturday and indicated that he intends to rehab from his upcoming hip surgery and return to play again.
It's difficult to tell how much progress he's making, but Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano was involved in practice on Saturday.
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Chris Kreider is proving to be a thorn in the side of opponents as the New York Rangers edged the Washington Capitals 3-2 in Game 2 to tie the series at 2-2.
It appears as if the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers will stick with their Game 1 lineups in Game 2.
Nikita Kucherov scored the game-winning goal in the second period of overtime in Friday's 2-1 win over Montreal.
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Their opengl layer is not that fast yet and it doesn't offer a lot of more opengl features like glsl and fbo. They are thinking about using wine's direct3d layer in the beginning. I would recommend Wine over VirtualBox then.
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the only way developers make ports for an OS is that that OS is seriously in the market business. Linux, as of today isn't and this is a fact you must accept. What we all hope is obviously that this one day changes, but Microsoft has more power than your brain could ever imagine.
substitute the word "power" with anything else you prefer, from "corruption", "FUD", and more.
Their opengl layer is not that fast yet and it doesn't offer a lot of more opengl features like glsl and fbo. They are thinking about using wine's direct3d layer in the beginning. I would recommend Wine over VirtualBox then.
I wonder if they'll write a WDM-capable graphics driver for Windows Vista. That way we'll get Aero support. Then again, it probably wouldn't be too fast.
I can't imagine how they got 64 bit clients to work on 32 bit hosts. Can anyone explain how this is possible?
Exciting times
That only works with help of VT/Pacifica, that means not with cheap Intel CPUs like series 1/2/4. Or the Q8 series. E8 has VT.
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Anyone luck with actually playing a game?
I can't seem to get "Unreal tournament GOTY" working in opengl
Besides that, virtualbox screws up mouse positioning in game-like windows big-time
Not tried yet, but there indeed are problems with mouse positioning in games.
In case anyone wonders, the 3d driver reports: "Chromium, Humper, 1.5 Chromium 1.9" and supports up to GL1.5 (tested on a 4850 with Catalyst 8.12). The guest driver also includes some interesting Chromium-specific OpenGL extensions:
Moreover, the driver dumps a lot of debug information to the console (try running your guest application from the commandline). Some of it is quite interesting, as it reveals how the driver works and why it is windows-only for the time being (notice the state tracking):
OpenGL Debug: Resolution changed(1400,1025), forcing window Pos/Size update
OpenGL Debug: Dispatched WindowSize (5)
OpenGL Debug: Dispatched WindowPosition (5)
Speed is great, even with compiz, and it will only become better as the driver matures. I now hope GL2.1 support will appear soon.
You can already make X11-openGL-apps in a client work with almost all hosts. Just make it use your host's X11-server(install one if needed)
People, don't get too happy about it. This is too slow to run anything recent. If you're hoping to play UT3 that way, forget it. Old stuff (Warcraft 3, Counter-Strike/Half-Life) is fast enough. New stuff won't be playable unless a wonder happens.
As the manual said, this feature is considered experimental in this release. As you can see, it runs in some kind of debugging mode, which seems to cost quite a bit of performance.
It's not usable for high-end gaming at this time, but that might change in the future. Time will tell, I guess.


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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks with the media outside the White House on Monday after he and other governors met President Barack Obama. With him, from left, are Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin.WASHINGTON — Gov. Peter Shumlin expressed concern Monday over Vermont's ability to handle so-called sequestration if Congress does not act to stop the process — which is due to kick in Friday.
In an interview after a White House meeting with President Obama and other governors from across the country, Shumlin declared: "If this artificial roadblock to economic recovery is really left in the road, there is no way the state of Vermont has the cash to mitigate the impacts on our most vulnerable, on our military, on our teachers, on our law enforcement — and on the private sector, who (are) going to realize they don't have predictability, and they're going to start pulling back."
The forthcoming sequester, which involves $85 billion in automatic across-the-board spending cuts this year — split evenly between federal defense and non-defense programs — dominated discussions at the National Governors Association three-day winter meeting, which took place in Washington over the weekend. Just as the governors were leaving town Monday, Congress reconvened after a weeklong recess, with little indication that a deal to head off the sequester will be reached by Friday.
"It's tough for any of us, of we governors, to prepare because we all know... our budgets all operate on more federal dollars than state dollars," said Shumlin, a Democrat, in comments on the White House lawn after the meeting with Obama.
During that session, Shumlin said there was bipartisan consensus among the governors that Congress' refusal to act to avoid the sequester was the biggest threat to job growth and economic prosperity in the individual states.
Shumlin added that he hopes Congress would "come to their senses" and act on the plan the president has proposed to avoid sequestration. White House officials contend the Obama plan, which Shumlin described as "thoughtful and balanced," would produce almost $1.8 trillion in additional deficit reduction on top of $2.5 trillion in such reductions enacted over the past couple of years.
But congressional Republicans, who accepted the White House's demands for $600 billion in taxes on the wealthiest Americans as part of the "fiscal cliff" deal at the end of December, are balking at further tax hikes. Obama's latest plan, as published by the White House, contains an additional $680 billion in new revenue, largely through limiting tax deductions for those in the wealthiest bracket.
In an effort to turn up the heat on congressional Republicans, the White House on Sunday released a state-by-state breakdown of what it sees as the impact if sequestration takes effect. Vermont could see significant cuts to programs ranging from education to defense to health care, according to the report.
For example, approximately 1,000 civilian Department of Defense employees would be furloughed in Vermont at some point this year. The result would be a total reduction in gross pay of about $2.9 million. Military base operation funding in the state would also be cut by $1 million.
Vermont would also see about $1.1 million in cuts to primary and secondary education. The report said the cuts would put the jobs of about 20 teachers and school aides at risk and result in 2,000 fewer students being served.
The report highlighting cuts to education came a day after Shumlin, during a session of the NGA's Education and Workforce Committee, boasted about his state's efforts to improve education quality for its students.
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Four area activists spoke out against the Common Core, arguing that it would result in the federal government imposing a uniform and unsound educational system on communities across New Hampshire and the country.
Several conservative groups, including the state organization Cornerstone Action, have opposed Common Core. It has also recently drawn criticism from teacher unions as assessment tests have been rolled out.
"Your schools are being bought out by corporations," Olszta told the school board on Monday. "Private interests have invested millions to promote their corporate values that are not our own community values."
Olszta and Hohensee home-schooled their kids.
Heather Gage, the director of the Division of Instruction for the state DOE, maintained that the Common Core State Standards would allow teachers a great deal of flexibility.
New Hampshire is one of 46 states that have adopted the standards for math and English language arts, which have been pushed by the Obama administration as a way to develop nationwide standards and benchmarks for student achievement.
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Under the New Hampshire Department of Education's plan, school districts this fall must begin "instructional shifts" in math and English to meet the Common Core standards. Starting in the 2014 school year, districts will transition to the Smarter Balanced assessment tests, computer-based exams that are to take the place of the NECAP statewide testing system.


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A need for class trainers is gone - you still can wait that spell. Now you just see it on your spellbook rather than on trainer. Difference is you dont pay for it, which is good thing considering inflation of ingame money and low level greens costing several gold in AH (few silver used to be good price).
Spell tooltips showing you when to use your spells - didnt they always tell you what they did? + rotations are by far more complicated than anything vanilla or TBC offered. At lvl 10 you have more usefull spells for PVE than you had at 60 during vanilla as dps.
Talent trees - you googled right spec. There was one spec you used. If you didnt you were terrible. Oh the excitement getting 1% crit when you leveled... Wait that was boring as hell. At least nowdays most talents are usefull somehow and you can make difference by changing them and glyphs. By far more complicated and far more options than there ever was.
Dungeons - there is challenge modes if you want bit more challenging content. There is also Brawlers guild for solo PVE. Even though i have good memories about spending 5 hours in BRD, it actually wasnt that much fun. I prefer current design over it. It was just messy. Though they could make some options to it like different wings etc. but over all i would consider current one improvement.
Raids - Dont do LFR then. Its for people to see content easily and have some form of gear progression. If you want challenge get to normals or heroic raids. If someone else sees content it doesnt take ANYTHING away from you. Just be happy there is something for everyone.
Vanilla / TBC was just time consuming, not really hard. People were terrible players and most bosses were tank and spank. Bosses were hard because they were enormous gear checks. I loved Vanilla / TBC but i prefer current content.
I do agree. Killing level 12 mobs at level 90 has become a little too easy. /sarcasm.
If you post stuff like this and then go wipe on H Horridon 50 times before killing him, it kind of contradicts the shit out of what you're trying to say. Even top 10 World Guilds wipe hundreds and hundreds of times on content for countless hours and probably many tired nights trying to kill a boss. That's difficulty. Obviously as they kill it more and more it gets easier because they start to know the fight down to a science. If you leveled to 90 and made this thread trying to say the game is easy, then i don't know.
Scroll a few pages back, when I said I could solo Zul Farak on my lvl 50 warrior. Then tell me why is this even possible? Or a lovely example that happened a while ago. I get a group for Scarlet monastery - Graveyard. A rogue stealths and runs to the boss and kills him, and the dungeon is over in 5 minutes. Now tell me again how the game has not been dumbed down. And again you come here and start talking about heroic bosses, when already everyone in the thread acknowledged that heroic raids are hards. The topic is "dumbed down game", not "heroic raids are dumbed down".
But then again, I expected nothing less from a Blizz fanboy than to post the same crap after 28 pages.
Because low levels are never balanced and Blizz intentionally made option to get heirloom gear to make things easier and leveling faster. Reason is there is very few people leveling and most people want to rush through it. There is challenging content at lvl 90, most people just dont want to spend too much time on lower levels.
Because they didn't retune all the dungeons in the 9 years and 4 expansions they've had since it was released....does that really need pointing out?
I'm confused to the what your trying to say, the game has been dumbed down because when your just over half way through levelling to where the actual current content is things are easier than they were?
This would make sense if the game was all level 50 solo-able dungeons, but it's not, hasn't blizzard said a number of times that things are balanced around level 90's, I'm just confused why you think your examples prove anything.
Wow has always been aimed at casual players. Original wow while grindy and had a lot of elite mobs that required groups was a lot more casual than other MMOS.
Also you are picking and choosing your definition of dumbed down game. Some aspects of this game are easier but others are certainly more complex than ever before. So surely that means the entire game isn't dumbed down which is counter to the topics suggestion?
QoL improvement. There was nothing difficult or smart about going to your trainer, so there is no making simpler or dumbing down.
Why not? That still happens, you just don't have to go pick them up yourself.There's no more joy of eagerly awaiting that spell you see in the list several levels ahead.
Agreed, leveling is a lot faster nowadays. It's not easier as it was never difficult, just slow and tedious. That's because veterans who level new alts don't want to do it the slow way AGAIN. New players probably wouldn't mind when everything was slower, but the current players raised hell that leveling your 8th alt was tedious.The mobs are pathetic, and the classes are overpowered in PvE. A low level character could easily take on 5 or 6 mobs before seeing any sign of difficulty in fighting them. What ever happened to having to be careful, actually working to complete a quest or dungeon? You simply AOE them down now.
How is that bad? Every game has a tutorial or a very extensive manual. How are new people supposed to learn what does what if you don't tell them?Spell tooltips showing you when to use your spells, how to use them and in what kind of scenario.
Yes, because finding your spec on Elitist Jerks was so difficult. You had the illusion of choice, but if you choose anything different then the optimal spec, you would be sworn at and kicked from every group or raid. Now you have real choices, which is a lot more fun and forces you to think about how you would like to play.Talent trees. Seriously, what is this? I feel like I am in a game for 6 year olds when I look at this. Could they have dumbed it down anymore? I feel like the next step is merely choosing what spec you want, and I expect that change to happen in a few months time.
Again, people should be able to learn everything ingame. Before you had to tab to a website to find what bosses there were, what they did and how to handle them. No you can learn that ingame. It doesn't make the dungeon easier or dumber or anything, just easier to learn. And yes, leveling dungeons are mostly AoE fests, but that's intentional. If you want a challenge, do challenge dungeons. If you just want some fun and gear, do normal/heroics.Dungeons. Why must they show us where each and ever boss is? Heck, even the introduction to instance maps annoyed me a bit. Part of the fun of dungeons was running it a few times before coming across a boss you hadn't seen before, because it's off to the side and new players wouldn't normally know of it. Now we have "Go here for this boss, and this one, and this one, and this one. And don't worry, they're incredibly easy. In a few levels you could probably solo it."
Why do you need preparation for a game? I want to go in, play, go out, not make a job out of it or get homework. What is wrong with multiple difficulties? Normal and heroic raids have never been harder then they are today, because LFR exists (no more nerfing normals to accommodate bad players). Nothing has been dumbed down here, it's just an added difficulty.Raids. The LFR is a great example of this, instant gratification with absolutely no commitment required. No preparation required, no need to know what the bosses do, no nothing. Just go in, spam 3-4 buttons and you're done.
It's still a 12+ game (or 13?) as it has always been, so what younger audience do you speak of?Blizzard is trying to make the game appeal to a younger audience to get the new generation interested in the game. And that's a completely fair goal. However, doing it how they are isn't the right way to go about it. They're making this game boring and disappointing to those of a mediocre intelligence level, and underestimating those of the new generation. They're more intelligent than many will give them credit for, and they do not need this level of simplification of it.
Because how well you can play has anything to do with how social you are or how much money you have? What nonsense.In the end they are losing the quality players. The ones that can make it an amazing community, the ones who do not need their parents money to afford the game. The ones who I love to find in a guild and spend hours and hours playing with.
Link me your armory with your gold medals for all challenge dungeons and every tier cleared on heroics when they were current, please. Leveling might be easy, and LFR, and heroics, but there's plenty of challenge left for people who want that.I want a challenge, I want to have to think, I want that excitement back. Because soon i'll feel like i'm playing Farmville, with dragons.
Yes, actually. New players quit en masse before level 20 because they had no clues on how to play or what to do. But of course, you don't care, because you immediately label everyone but you as mentally challenged...Is this something that was asked for? Quality of life went too far? Did a group of mentally challenged people petition Blizzard and say "This game is so difficult, I don't know how or when to use my spells and skills.... can you hold my hand?"
No learning process? Why are there so few guilds clearing heroics again? Why do people fail in even LFR again?Or did Blizzard, in their infinite wisdom, think that dumbing down this game to such a level that there is no learning process now is a good idea?
Ah well, you just go quit, the rest of us 8 million will continue playing the game in the difficulty that we want and have fun, without caring that someone else plays the game on an easier difficulty.
WoW, the OP for this thread must be the first person I have ever heard of who managed to go from just returning to the game to being 13/13 H cleared within 3 weeks.
You should actually try wiping hundreds of times getting all of the heroics on farm in the current tier of content before you start complaining about the game being too easy. The design concept for WoW seems to be a game that is easy to learn but challenging to master. All of these people complaining about how 'easy' the game is are probably not the players who are working on the actual difficult parts of the game.
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One thing about challenge that people like to OP crave.. addons. Try raiding without them. Truly. The game was designed around the stock UI. I'd love to hear your excuses why someone shouldn't raid without addons. Ask my guild mates, done it for years, just relied on my own timing and in-game warnings. Want to test yourself? Try soloing Lady V without an ability timer addon. I did it like twice out of I dunno, 30 tries?
Admittedly though, since being injured at work some time ago I don't have the reflexes I used to. Now I kinda need the spoiler alerts =(
If the OP is good as he claims to be though...?
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This this this, times a million, this.
This is what annoys me.
The game has always been bloody easy it was never hard. It was grindy and has been improved over time. The aim has always been to make it casual friendly. Raids were the "END" game product. They went from easy to difficult as we all know. They changed this over time to make it so more and more people could go into raiding as it makes good sense.
When people say the game is dumbed down they are just angry that other people have more chances to see and do things than we used to get back in the day as blizzard has made changes they don't agree with.
Thats it nothing more to it than that. Outside of raiding this games never been difficult compared to the rest of the MMO market.