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Originally posted by Ayliar Totally agree. I do think that this gaming site is much more negative then the others I follow but accross all of them the trend is the same - no matter what the game there is a vocal audience that will trash it. And SWTOR is not that bad - I played it for a good three months. I quit because I wanted to play in a world not be a part of a play. |
My Server is packed with people 24/7 Thats what a mmo needs, its the people. |
Originally posted by velmax The game isn't bad. It's got some rather large shoes to fill given that it's part of the Star Wars Universe and it follows behind SW:G. That's two strikes either for or against it off the bat. It also sets a couple of bars for expectations outside of those that come with any new mmo no matter what. If the game doesn't measure up to those expectations people are going to complain. Add into that the amount it cost in production and the statements made by Bioware and how those statements were fulfilled in game and you have a bad set-up. Had this mmo been from their Mass Effect IP, I think we'd have seen a better result. The W0W playbook would, most likely, have had to be thrown out to make such a game and the IP isn't as polarizing in general. |
Originally posted by pioneer08 uhm, my facts came from EA's investor meetings where they have to give factual data on how successful their game properties are. So theres that. P.S. Congrats on paying for an expansion that comes out in spring that was originally suppose to release around this time as a content update...for free. |
huttball is an abomination and the game really gets old after level 20. Forget making it to 50. The story and 'choices' are boring.
Originally posted by mcburlyOriginally posted by pioneer08 Too bad their f2p has been a huge success! Please provide a link that says they are below 125k. I have never read any investor meeting stating anything below 500k. So how about that link? Oh wow god forbid things changed, they are adding more than just what your talking about. I know selective reading and missed the part of "more information coming". Ill pay $10 to play new content on a game i enjoy. I guess im fortunate to have a job where I dont need to pout about ten bucks. |
Originally posted by velmax Good for you :) The game while it has faults it has many upsides also. For me it has the best story & voice acting (and a ton of it) of any MMO. Plus neat little touches to the stories that take into account whether your light side or dark, and on one story line whether your companion is the same gender as you. They maybe small things but it enhances the enjoyment quite a bit. It's an attention to detail rarely seen in any game never mind an MMO. |
LOL- dont let the wacko haters throw you, SWTOR is better than 75% of the mmo's out there and the main thing op is you like it. I love the story, the combat , the production, even the sounds of the guns booming, now if they just put in some enjoyable Space.
Originally posted by pioneer08 LOL oh boy You mention selective reading but I never stated the subs were at 125k... if you read my comment properly you would realize I was making a prediction. The last known sub total was at 500k almost 6 months ago. Im not a math major but if within the first 6 months you lose 1.5 million out of 2 million sales, I think its safe to assume that 6 months later it wont still be at 500k. Its just common sense. Oh and F2P has not been a success so far. The reviews on it have been overwhelmingly negative. Sure, you are gonna see a boost in population at first. That always happens with F2P implementations. A month or two from now and that will wear off. Im glad your happy to give your money away, but I prefer to spend my hard earned money on something worthwhile ....and not something that was supposed to be a free content update. |
SWTOR wont share their sub numbers.. that alone is proof for me 8P |
Originally posted by mcburlyOriginally posted by pioneer08 All mmos lose player after launch its very normal. I am willing to bet swtor will hang around 500k from now on. F2p was a huge success when you look at what it was ment to do and that was bring people back and new players in. People said lotro would be dead a month or two after f2p also. They just released another very good expansion. Yeah they made some mistakes with stuff with f2p, they addressed some of the issues also. |
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Originally posted by mcburly It is your opinion, maybe you are delusional in your opinion that this game is bad. It's actually pretty awesome :) Why your opinion should have more weight then mine? To OP: glad that you loke it. You definitely have to make Imperial Agent if you did not try it yet. The story is AMAZING!
Originally posted by mcburly To be honest the game isn't that bad but compared to even older MMOs, it's not good. |
Originally posted by pioneer08 I dont understand why some ppl are just so defensive of something they do not have a full picture of the situation yet. Look, SWTOR by game is a fairly good game for its story play. but its EA who is causing all these problems. Look at how many complains from ex-subs and current subs since launch back in 2011. Memory leaks/bugs/population issues/suggestions ignored etc were there for a very long time. EA have totally no idea on running a MMO game. From game launch they crash and burn the p2p model. Now in f2p, its a disaster too.Thats why 2mil sub became 500k subs. If a game of that standard which can cause 3/4 of its fans to quit on p2p. What makes it think that by forcing people to sub now in f2p model will keep them long. (F2P model is not enticing nor fun at all) |
Oh and i also want to reply. You know why Lotro is still surviving up till now? Because that game made their F2P model enticing for the f2p players. Once you purchase a functionality,bags,char slot whatsoever.... thru during your sub period or thru their turbine shop you keep it permanently on your account. Next, you earn cash shop currency thru grinding mobs. A tedious way BUT there is a way. Motive is to let you have the choice to buy cash shop items if you have plenty of time but just dont want to spend a dime. (Its roughly about 2-3 hours u earn abt 30 turbine pts which is around $0.50, cant rmb the conversion rate) The main idea is if you dont want to pay a dime, you play the FULL game but u grind a whole lot more than others. People want to and tend to pay as you are able to earn more than that in real life with that give amount of time spent on grinding. But if you just dont want to pay, go work for it in game. For SWTOR context, you bloodywell sub and play. OR forget about their F2P model. You are crippled from start to end 1-50 in all ways possible they can think of. You do not have the option to play the full game on f2p. Sorry for my poor english rant.... |
Originally posted by zzx81 Today I learned that calling out posts for factual errors is considered 'so defensive'. LOLWUT? Logic?? MMO is horrible at retention, even the sub number king WoW is only 30%. I enjoy SWTOR and will keep on making alts cause damn does BW know how to write a good story. Gdemami - |
As much shit as I give TOR, I actually enjoyed some of the story aspects. For a single player game, I probably would have expected more from the likes of the smuggler's quest line, but it was certainly enjoyable for the time that it took for me to complete the content. That being said, I don't agree that MMO's should be designed with an end in mind, and linearity is probably the best way to assure one. "This is life! We suffer and slave and expire. That's it!" -Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) |
Originally posted by Sevenstar61 Oh the irony in that statement Tried: EQ2 - AC - EU - HZ - TR - MxO - TTO - WURM - SL - VG:SoH - PotBS - PS - AoC - WAR - DDO - SWTOR |
Originally posted by velmax Most people agreed that leveling to 50 once was fine. It was what happened afterwards that made people leave. The end game is bad and making alts (except for 1 on each faction) is pointless since you go through all the same planets. Yes there are 4 different stories for each side, but honestly its just too boring. |


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Opus or Opous (Ancient Greek: Ὀποῦς) in Ancient Greece was the chief city of Opuntian or Eastern Locris. It was located on the coast of mainland Greece opposite Euboea, perhaps at modern Atalandi. Its harbor was at Kynos.
In the Iliad, Homer mentions Opus as one of the Locrian cities whose troops were led by Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus the king of Locris (Homer, Iliad, 2.525-530). Pindar's ninth Olympian ode, concerns Opus. Opus fought on the Greek side at Thermopylae, but surrendered, joining the Persians, and on the Spartan side during the Peloponnesian War. In 198 BC, during the Second Macedonian War they went over to the Romans.
- Smith, William, "Opus" in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street.
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The food itself is 4 stars. The decor, atmosphere, and most of the staff get at least 4 stars. However, our waitress was ignorant and rude. Pros: Food. We were in for a light dinner and ordered the Fennel Sausage GF pizza. As clearly stated on the menu, the pizza is cooked in a pan, yet in the same oven as the other nonGF pizza. We can tolerate minor cc, so this risk was minimal to us. The pizza was nice. Not incredible, but certainly in the higher range of pizza crust, taste-wise. As other reviewers have mentioned, some of the edges of the thin crust were over done, but the crust had pretty good depth of flavor and the toppings were quality. Pros: the atmosphere was lovely! Cozy and chic. The host didn't bat an eye at our request for gluten-free menus. The wait staff seemed attentive and the food arrived In a timely manner. Con: our waitress was horrible. I asked how large the gluten-free pizza was and she seemed uncertain if they offered GF pizza, in spite of the pair of us holding GF menus. Then she remembered herself and asked if we had an allergy. I said no, we did not and that we saw it was cooked in a separate pan and that was fine. She stumbled again over an abbreviated explanation of the pans and then said "it definitely isn't an allergy? Because the chef said no one with an allergy should eat it and some others have tried it and said it tastes like cardboard." And then she looked at us expectantly as though we would just change our order to something regular. I told her that we wanted the gluten-free crust. Then she said "so this is just for healthy diet...?" I told her that no we had a sensitivity, not an allergy, but the gluten-free pizza would be fine as it was prepared. My boyfriend did not hear her make the comment, but he was rattled by her rudeness when I told her what she said. I had to talk him down from confronting her. I was ready to brush the entire thing off as ignorance, as offensive as it may have been. I'm not sure whether she heard our conversation, or if she realized how offensive her comment had been, but that was nearly the last we saw of her. She blatantly avoided our table--another waiter brought out our food and cleared our plates. Several times our waitress came to check on the table next to us, but never acknowledged us. We never got refills on our drinks or the chance to ask for them. She nearly threw our check to our table, reaching over the divider. She picked up and returned our payment card with minimal acknowledgement. It is a shame that, after first insulting our food options to our face, that she acted like a child and became downright rude as the evening went on. As I said, we enjoyed the food and the atmosphere. I hope that our waitress takes a little more time to at least make herself aware of the menu options and the details that accompany GF dishes. Sad that she was poor enough to drop a star from this review.
The staff was incredibly nice and the manager came over and asked if it was a dietary choice or if I had celiac and was very knowledgeable and kind. The pizza crust was fantastic! Best I've had so far in VA. Very flavorful. I'll be back soon. Update: when I went first they had an amazing gf crust. Pretty sure they're just using a restaurant-sized Udi's crust now. REALLY not worth the price. If they get the old crust back, I'd be more willing to pay the price for it. The broccoli/chicken pasta dish is very tasty, though, and I've ordered it on two occasions! The burger I had on a fourth visit was good, but pretty ordinary.
Great gluten free pizza! It's a little burnt on the edges though. Also they are super stingy about discounts. The first time I was told that I could not order $5 pizza on a Thursday while I was dining in to get Togo when I finished my meal because it wouldn't be "dine in". The next week I went in and they told me I could not get the $5 pizza special because I was getting gluten free pizza so I had to pay full price. They also do not use a dedicated facility so only go here if you don't have celiac. Luckily I only have mild gluten intolerance.
Awesome gluten free menu. BUT....Call ahead to ensure they have the yummy gluten free pizza crust. They didn't have any on this April 21st visit. April 23 for breakfast. ..... my rating 2. Started off telling me that they are not gluten free until later and kept calling it an allergy. Celiac Disease is not an allergy. I will not be returning. Eggs cold, bacon burnt, decafcoffee dark and was not good and waitress not attentive enough. I love the other Baker Crust locations
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College Students Hijack $80 Million Yacht With GPS Signal Spoofing 140
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I was about to post that myself. A duplicate from Friday. Come on folks, if a couple of casual readers can immediately spot a duplicate post, can't the editors? This has gotten ridiculous.
Are you new here?
slashdot has never had any editors, they have people that click on things randomly. Think million monkeys on a million keyboards.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/07/26/2344215/gps-spoofing-with-3000-worth-of-equipment-and-a-laptop [slashdot.org]
It may be a dupe, but I distinctly remember reading post after post on that article from apparently knowledgeable people explaining in great detail how this whole "GPS spoofing" thing was supposedly nearly impossible or at least highly impractical. I am very much interested in having someone explain how these people have managed to accomplish something that is supposedly not doable.
Seems to me this represents a valid threat to the safety of using civil GPS navigation systems, on land or at sea. Most of the posts on the previous article seemed to indicate that GPS is NOT threatened at all. I am unable to rectify these two opposing points of view without further input from knowledgeable people.
It is taking advantage of a poor GPS antenna design. IF the GPS antenna was shielded from ground signals (it would also create a smaller circle of sky to see, but that is not a problem with the number of birds up there) this spoof would have failed unless they were in an aircraft above the yacht.
The need for a balloon to accomplish the task isn't that much of a comfort really.
Shielding is an easy answer but very complicated to implement without degrading the signal under certain circumstances. It will take more serious spoofing threats to redesign the common shipboard GPS antennas.
IF the GPS antenna was shielded from ground signals (it would also create a smaller circle of sky to see, but that is not a problem with the number of birds up there)
Sure it is. If you're surrounded by several massive bad weather formations you might not be able to see all the satellites. You might only be able to see a few of them. If some of them are close to the horizon, your magical antenna just blew your chances to see them underneath a storm.
If you had three antennas, one fore, one aft, and one up high, it would substantially increase the difficulty of mounting a spoofing attack without detection. This would increase the cost but not decrease utility.
It may be a dupe, but I distinctly remember reading post after post on that article from apparently knowledgeable people explaining in great detail how this whole "GPS spoofing" thing was supposedly nearly impossible or at least highly impractical. I am very much interested in having someone explain how these people have managed to accomplish something that is supposedly not doable.
Seems to me this represents a valid threat to the safety of using civil GPS navigation systems, on land or at sea. Most of the posts on the previous article seemed to indicate that GPS is NOT threatened at all. I am unable to rectify these two opposing points of view without further input from knowledgeable people.
Except well, you have to override the receiver of all satellites it can see. Like here, they had to overpower the GPS satellites (it's not hard), but they also had to maintain the lock.
It's a lot more difficult If you want to misdirect a whole fleet of vehicles because the satellite signal has to follow everyone and in a sensible fashion. If you really wanted to take down GPS, it's far easier to just do a blanket jamming of it than to try to follow each and every vehicle you want to misdirect and aim the antenna at them.
GPS works by sending a timing pulse from the satellite to the ground - the receiver gets 3 or 4 of these timing pulses, correlates them to figure out how far each satellite is and then uses the spheres to find its location. Each receiver should generally come to a unique solution for position (because well, no two objects can occupy the same space).
If you broadcast this fake signal out, eventually someone will notice when their GPS suddenly gets a fix hundreds of meters away from them (each unit gets a slightly different signal from the satellite - when they all get the same signal, they all show the same location,). So it works great if you're in a fleet of trucks following some route, but if you're a bit further spaced out, the solution doesn't work so well and each will need its own antenna and transmitter to come up with plausible location information.
And that's the problem - it doesn't scale. The technique works if you want to misdirect a ship, a drone, a plane, or whatever, but to misdirect multiple requires multiple transmitters in order to send plausible yet fake data to each individual unit. It still is far easier to simply broadcast garbage on the GPS band so no GPS receiver can get a lock.
The story was that a single vanilla GPS receiver could be spoofed by providing it with a louder signal which overrides the real signal from the satellite constellation.
Such a signal can be provided by GPS test equipment which is designed to create such a signal for use in a lab.
There is probably no reason the change the GPS system to 'fix' this.
Instead, when it matters, there are ways to harden the GPS receiver to prevent this from causing harm.
Use directional ant
Here, let me help you by offering a spoof of knowledgeable input in an effort to misguide you and hijack your POV rectification.
What this really amounts to is terrorism. See, if it can be done then terrorists can and will do it -- specifically, they'll do it to you, straight at you. Like KAPOW!
So we'll need to police the high seas with constant vigilance. But we can't allow the enemy (that's the terrorists) to identify the anti-terrorism force. Or they'll use the terrorism on the anti-terrorists and it'll b
and that was a step up to the military ones.
Inventor: "I've invented a teleporter capable of sending living humans thousands of miles at the speed of light!"
Slashdot: "phht, Star Trek did that in the 60's"
reality != fiction.
Of course you can spoof wireless signals, that is why I ran cat6 to my GPS sats. Even if a solar EMP thing destroys the circuitry I can get a pretty good approximation from the slack in the cable.
kinda like how the Asiana pilots should've learned basic flying skills and not rely on auto-throttle all the time.
Or like how our school districts want to buy an iPad for every student even though they can't read or memorize a basic multiplication table.
Right turn ahead to an dead end.
I think we're going to be okay because this is illegal. It doesn't matter that it was done far away from Texas, US laws apply everywhere.
We have seen that over reliance on GPS is a problem. I have lead astray following Google maps using GPS. Although I can imagine some applications in hijacking oil tankers and the like, I would hope that such vessels would have secondary systems.
I can see this as a countermeasure against drones.
Yes, this only works against high dollar boats because their GPS gear is diamond encrusted and plated in gold.
The gold plating is the key to the whole thing.
And spend the money on it BEFORE you install the jacuzzi.
Not a skipper, but I do fly. If I was on the bridge, at some point I would have noticed that the Magnetic compass heading was not matching the GPS heading.
With currents and winds pushing yer ship around it rarely does. If done subtly enough it may well have been difficult to catch even if someone had been paying attention.
Speaking as a long time sailor, you can average a heading when the seas are rough. Basically I know I want to be on a 20 heading, but waves are tossing me around between 260 and 280, but I keep a general course in mind. Even a GPS system (non-spoofed) will move a bit in rougher seas. Bear in mind this relates to smaller boats. Yachts, large vessels tend to not swing so much so matching compass heading to GPS as a cross check works.
I commented on the other post a similar thought, that spoofing a GPS for
And while they did not point it out, they still had a compass somewhere on the panel. Lucky to get that view. Just once I had a chance to sit up front in a DC-8 and it was amazing.
Not only are (some) rooted people spoofing in the Ingress game, now you can do it with overriding the GPS signals.
Presumably the person doing the spoofing would be piloting blind since their GPS would be effected just as much as the target's GPS?
If so then it seems like GPS spoofing would be of limited usefulness unless you just wanted a ship or plane or whatever to get lost and expend all it's fuel in the process.
GPS is not the only way of navigating at sea. Compass, for instance, would be a quick and easy way of making sure you are on course yourself.
There is also a difference between GPS blocking and GPS spoofing. If you are spoofing, and you know that you are shifting the signal by, say 30 degrees west, then you can make corrections to your own course based on that knowledge.
I think it's time for a revision to the L2C, L1C and L5 civilian GPS specifications. Right now all signals, if/when present (some are at demo stage only), transmit a default message with no navigational data. It seems to me that messages on those signals should use public cryptography techniques to verify the authenticity and integrity of navigational data. It is feasible to do so, since L2C, L5 and L1C all use a packetized format and to-spec receivers must ignore unknown packets. Thus a cryptographic signature packet can be added in a fully backwards-compatible fashion. Properly done, this prevents spoofing of the navigational data, including preventing replay attacks. It should be sufficient to pretty much end spoofing once and for all.
I think it's time for a revision to the L2C, L1C and L5 civilian GPS specifications.
It seems to me that messages on those signals should use public cryptography techniques to verify the authenticity and integrity of navigational data.
It should be sufficient to pretty much end spoofing once and for all.
You don't need to be able to generate false signals to defeat GPS. Fixes are based on time of flight of signals. Simply altering propogation delay is sufficient.
Except that when you're seeing more than the minimum amount of satellites, there are simple feasibility checks that will trigger if you push the target too far off. In open space, like on sea, you can detect such spoofing if it's off by merely 50m or so. Remember that the ephemerides tell you where the satellites are supposed to be at any time. If you've got redundant signals, like you most often do, there are no solutions to changes in the signals that will still be self-consistent, IIRC. Some solutions, i
Fat chance trying such a trick with Long John Silver aboard!
Yes, the crew followed the GPS, like good little auomatons. But being a sailor, especially a navigator or quartermaster is more than just reading a GPS.
If the bridge crew is not competent enough to read a compass nor experienced enough to look at the sky and realize that something was wrong, they shouldn't be entrusted to control anything more experienced than a dinghy. There's this really cool gadget that, with a little work, tells you almost exactly where you are at. It's called a sextant. Put that together with a decent clock and there's no reason to be sailing in the wrong direction.
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Chicken and base marinade are GF& DF!!! Bit skyways in stock but worth every calorie are the GF chocolate chip cookies - I call ahead to see if they can put them in the oven fresh / amazing!! Healthy and affordable food.
Almost entire menu is gf. Generous portions and delicious fresh food. And their homemade gf cookies were amazingly moist and scrumptious!! Very friendly and knowledgeable.
Friendly, knowledgable, and gf aware staff. Food very good.
1718 S Congress Ave, Palm Springs, FL 33461
Lots of gluten free options even dessert
6779 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter, FL 33458
While my husband loves this place, I have had negative reactions to the sides they say are GF. It appears as though there might be cross contamination potential.
1718 S Congress Ave, Palm Springs, FL 33461
Delicious chicken & all the sides were GF. I had 1/4 chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes. No reactions.
731 Village Blvd #108, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
The chicken here was cooked in a dedicated separate smoker and was delicious, we actually had to go up to the counter and order more because the kids loved it so much. I am only giving it three stars because although the staff told me all the food was prepared separately I didn't notice until later that the sides were all the same counter. Each side has its own spoon that doesn't appear to be shared. But the cucumber salad was right next to the pasta salad in the bin and the possibility for cross-contamination seemed very high. I will definitely go back, but would probably not have my celiac daughter eat the sides.
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dc.identifier.citation | Northwest Economic Associates. 1990. An economic analysis of the Kilauea geothermal development and inter-island cable project. Vancouver (WA): Northwest Economic Associates. | en_US |
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dc.description.abstract | In early 1989 the Pele Defense Fund requested that Northwest Economic Associates (NEA) update their 1987 economic analysis of the proposed Hawaii Geothermal Development And Inter-island Cable Transmission System Project. This report, the result of that request, once again compares the cost of building and operating 500 MW of geothermal power plants and a cable transmission system with the cost of building and operating 500 MW of oil-fired power plant generating capacity. This update also compares the geothermal project with a solar/oil hybrid generating system of the same size. The impact of energy conservation is also considered in terms of its potential as an energy resource and in its contribution to an energy development program for the state of Hawaii. This report develops low and high cost estimates for the project. In a project laced with as much uncertainty as this, a single cost figure is of little value. A range of values which attempts to account for some of the uncertainty seems a more logical approach to cost estimation. Our cost estimates include costs which should have been considered in the February 1988 Decision Analysts Hawaii, Inc. report for the State, but were not. The most obvious being a standard project cost contingency. Other costs not considered in the State report but included in this report are the following: 1) additional cost of the undersea cable to allow for slope changes on the sea floor, 2) cost of constructing the cable laying vessel which does not yet exist, 3) cost of helper vessels to assist in the cable laying, and 4) adequate insurance or plant replacement costs. A cost that neither the State report nor this report includes, but one that may be very important, is the cost of designing or protecting the plants to deal with geologic hazards. The added cost of strengthening plants, designing them for quick disassembly, or constructing protective barriers around them will be considerable. This report considers project costs as objectively as possible considering the great deal of uncertainty and high level of risk involved in the project. All costs are shown in 1990 dollars. Appendix C contains two criticisms of the February 1988 Decision Analysts Hawaii, Inc. report on the proposed geothermal project. | en_US |
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OK property
We stayed in the Palm Suites, Kissimmee in March, 2006. We booked this hotel through a travel agency and we pre-paid our room with them. Arrived at the hotel they didn't find our booking and claimed that they're completely booked. After a couple of minutes the receptionist came back and told us it was ok. Our room was ok, clean but very, very dark. We had asked for lake view and that was great. The complimentary breakfast was nice ( pancakes, toast, waffles, muffins, bagels, toast and eggs). We would go back if the price is reasonable (around $60) since they really need to refurbish the whole place.
Loved the Hampton
I am currently staying here now. I absolutely love this place. Room is very nice and comfy and the high speed internet access is great! I couldn't ask for more. What I really enjoy is the complimentary breakfast in the morning. It beats going out to get something. I recommend this place because it's in a great/beautiful area and the staff is friendly and satisfied our needs.
First Class Stay at the Hampton.
We recently stayed at the Hampton Inn at Maingate East. After 3 previous visits to the Sunshine State we can honestly say that the Hampton Inn rates very highly in the list of places where we have stayed.
With the exception of a minor fault with the lifts everything else during our 14 night stay was excellent.
The staff were extremely courtious and friendly and the rooms were cleaned and polished every day without fail, always left in a spotless condition.
In the morning a hot continental style breakfast was provided with a selection that would adhere to most peoples tastes and once again the staff there provided an excellent service in keeping the food topped up and the surrounding area clean and tidy.
Outside there is a large pool with towels provided by the hotel and plenty of sunloungers, tables and chairs.
I would recommend this hotel to anybody who is thinking of going to Florida and will certainly be staying there on our next visit.
Great Hotel
We stayed here for 2 nights prior to starting our Disney (on-site) stay. We traveled from NC and stayed in Richmond Hill, GA and Cocoa Beach, FL before arriving here. Of the 3 hotels we stayed in before we stayed at Disney, this was by far the best! The other 2 hotels weren't bad either, but this Hampton Inn was very clean, well-kept and had a great staff. I also used the laundry facilities, which were quite convenient. I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone (in fact, have already recommened it to a friend who's going to Disney this winter & was looking for off-site properties).
I saw the write-up from the person who stayed in Oct of 2004 saying it was an awful motel, but apparently they have done an entire renovation since their stay because we found no problems at all here.
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My Mother and sister came down from south carolina for a week to spend with me while I recover from a serious car accident. They have stayed at the Hampton Maingate east the year prior and at the time enjoyed it though the hotel was begining to show her age. When my sister and mother returned I booked them into this hotel because of the convenience to my home and the parks. QUITE impressed at the changes that have been made. Though it was under renovation when they stayed it was still a complete 300% change in quality. Being in the hospitality industry I understand the challenges of upkeep in the high traffic touristy areas. But let me just say they hotel looks a million times better. New beds, desks, dressers, bathroom, I mean EVERYTHING right down to the tiles in the bathroom floors are new. The color sceme is very soothing but bright. and the new art packages are quite elegant. There is new carpet in the hallways as well as new wallpaper. The entrance has two beautiful benches to sit on and chat if you dont want to stand inside the lobby. All in all this hotel is worth the stay. The outside structure is just like most every other hampton inn but you will be greeted with great surprise when you see the interior. I definately would recommend this property to all my friends and family and would definately stay there myself if ever I had too. The reservations manager and young man that works in the evening during the week are a credit to the hilton brands!
Fleabag mattresses at the Hampton Inn Maingate East
I checked into the Hampton Inn Maingate East for a two night stay while visiting Disneyworld in Orlando. Before reserving, I checked on the age of the property with the Hampton reservations agent (800 #) -- found out the hotel was built around 1990, which is older than I prefer, especially in a town like Orlando where the "shelf life" of hotel rooms is pretty short, due to the large number of Disney tourists -- families, lots of young children, etc. But the rate was appealing and in the end I figured the Hampton name has always stood for moderately-priced quality and cleanliness, so I reserved the room. The lobby seemed relatively clean, except that the tile floor in the breakfast area was so poorly waxed that my shoes stuck to the floor with each step. I pointed that out to the bellman who claimed it was coffee spilled by the guests (not!), but, by the way, there were coffee stains all over the counters that, as far as I could tell, were never cleaned up -- not during breakfast, and not during the rest of the day.
I checked in, requesting, as I had on the phone, non- smoking, upper floor, no 'adjoining rooms' connecting doors, quiet, away from the elevator and ice machines. This seemed to present quite a challenge to the front desk clerk, although he finally found a suitable room. The room appeared clean, although smelled strongly of disinfectant -- I couldn't help but wonder if they were disguising a smoking guest before me.
Now here's where the trouble started. I always check the room first to verify -- TV works, no running water in toilets or showers, A/C OK and not too noisy, sheets and pillows appear clean and unstained (I just turn down the top part of the comforter). All seemed fine. I went out to Disney and returned to my room around 11:30 PM, watched TV for a while and went to turn down the bedding -- off came the comforter to reveal a boxspring (no dust ruffle) covered with stains which appeared to be dried blood! It was repulsive. The matching mattress above it was not stained but very, very worn -- the fabric frayed and dirty. By then it was 2:30 AM and I was far too weary to change rooms, so I stayed, using my own comforter and travel-size pillow, and being very careful not to touch the sides of the mattress when I got up during the night. In the morning I complained. They offered another room -- an inconvenience, but I was willing to look at it -- exactly the same problems with the mattress and boxspring -- "fleabag" quality, stained, dirty, badly worn. I refused to change rooms and, after pointing out their 100% satisfaction guarantee to the young woman at the front desk -- who rolled her eyes when I mentioned it, the general manager agreed to comp the room. In a discussion with him, I learned the following -- it is Hampton's policy to change mattresses every 5 years. They last changed mattresses in their rooms in 1995. They were scheduled to change them in 2001, but decided to renovate, however the renovation was 'postponed' for years, and they now hope to begin renovating in Nov 2004. That means the mattresses were last changed in 1995 -- do the math -- almost 10 years old! This is NOT what I expect of a Hampton Inn.
I asked the manager to arrange a room at another Hampton at the same rate I was paying at the Maingate East property -- meaning he should absorb the extra expense to me -- and he refused. I moved to the Radisson Parkway and had a very wonderful stay (read my review of the Radisson).
Do not stay at the Hampton unless you want to expose yourself to who-knows-what might be crawling around in those very unclean mattresses.
I stayed here on August 04 on a get away trip to Orlando which I do often. I booked for 3 days & the price was $52 for weekdays & $62 for weekends. The customer service for this hotel is above average. They were very friendly & helpful. The hotel in general was clean but the rooms were not as inviting as the rest of the building. The rooms had a cheap feel of lower class motels, the AC was rather loud also. Otherwise everything else was fine.
If you want a quiet & clean hotel with no hassles then this place might do the trick. I personaly think that for the price that they charge for the rooms; they could be better decorated, but what do I know anyways.... that's my 2 cents for ya.
Good Place to Stay for the Money
It's a great place for $52 a night. The rooms were clean and the staff was friendly and helpful. The pool was warm and clean. The breakfast was good but I suggest eating before 9am if you want variety. The only thing I disliked was the complementry shuttle to the parks. You are bound by their scheduale. They only drop off at Magic Kingdom in the morning. However, they pick up at all parks at night but you have ride to every park before you get back to the hotel and the buses are over crowed. On several occasions we just opted for a taxi ($18 one way). I would stay here agian but I would rent a car. For what we spent on transfers to the airport and the taxis to the park I could have rented a car and came and went as I pleased.
Nice and clean, good location.
What a deal to stay at the Hampton Inn. I booked with Expedia and got a very good price at $52.00 a night. It was clean and quiet. Breakfast the first day was not so great. Everything was picked over by the time I got down to the lobby but there were also several buses parked outside as well. The second morning there was plenty of fruit and bagels all sorts of stuff for breakfast. It was also very close to I-4, easy to find. Nice stay, I would definitely stay there again.
Great location - fun packed breakfasts!
Okay so it's a few years since we stayed here (spring 1997) but it was great - nice and quiet but only minutes from all the restaurants and late evening shopping. Just a hop skip and jump from Disneyworld etc.
We'd the pool to ourselves despite it being spring break, and our two boys stuffed themselves silly with all the complimentary breakfast had to offer!!
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The authors assessed multiple strategies to reduce mortality as well as greenhouse gas emissions from household fuel sources. They gathered a large database of current fuel use in African nations. Using this as a baseline, they defined multiple scenarios for future fuel use by varying the mix of wood, charcoal and petroleum-based fuels used in households and improving the sustainability of wood harvesting and charcoal production techniques.
The best situation in Africa would be to transition from biomass fuels to petroleum-based fossil fuels such as kerosene and liquid propane gas, the authors noted, which could prevent 1.3 to 3.7 million premature deaths, depending on the speed of transition. The authors argue, however, that current economic conditions and energy infrastructure in Africa make petroleum-based fossil fuels an unlikely option.
"If you switch everyone off the dirtiest fuels to burning clean fossil fuels, you get the biggest health benefit," acknowledged Daniel Kammen, the Class of 1935 Distinguished Chair of Energy at UC Berkeley and a co-author of the paper. "But the economic cost to most African nations - collectively the poorest region of the globe - of that switch is impossible."
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- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: Mar 22, 2011
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Nov 8, 2011
May 21, 2013The best Assassin's Creed game. The story is absolutely amazing and the gameplay is the best yet. There are so many interesting side missions and other things to do that it keeps you playing for hours on end and it just never gets old. One of the best games I've played in a long time.
Aug 1, 2014"Brotherhood" feels a step back. Its vividly colourful graphics seem a bit weird and cheesy compared to its two predecessors. The addition of the assassin recruits is very interesting but you can't simply base on it a whole game. There are some good facts, but overall the experience is a little disappointing and uncreative.
Sep 22, 2014
Jul 12, 2013this by far the best part of the AC series the story keeps getting better and better and will keep you dying until the very end with few twists in it they added the brotherhood and recruit system in this game which was awesome the missions in this game are awesome even the side missions you'll spend hours upon hours of fun and great entertainment
Jul 30, 2013A game that you will never forget.
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Jan 23, 2015Now this game is simply fun and worth every dollar.
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Mar 19, 2013
Mar 18, 2014Not QUITE as good as ACII, but still a really fun game to play. Animations, voices, etc all seemed just a little bit lazier or rushed for this installment of Ezio's story. But regardless, it was still good quality.
Apr 26, 2013Like Assassin's creed 2, brotherhood is an upgrade from the last one. Now you have a assassins group, and the entire Roma to explore. Is good, but only this.
Jan 2, 2014Now take nothing away from it, the gameplay is marvelous. Fighting has never gotten easier than in this game. The story is decent and in this one I did want to kill Cezare Borgia (mainly for the same reason why Star Wars fan boys want to kill Jar Jar Binks). However like all Assassin's Creed games the ending really sinks what could have been a great game.
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Mar 10, 2014Another gorgeous game. Assassin's Creed keeps getting better. I love to play in ancient Italy, fight a big number of Borgia soldiers and burn down their towers. It's a great video game.
Mar 11, 2013
Feb 28, 2013It's a really good game, with the best features from the other Assassin's Creeds und more, but I have not the motivation, to collect all items.
Mar 10, 2015
Aug 13, 2012Had a great experience with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. It added new moves, better counter attacks and a cool assassin's recruitment. Still, Brotherhood is not better than It's predecessor, for It's disappointing ending and from some glitches. Despite from those problems, Brotherhood is a must have game for everyone. 88 out of 100.
Dec 3, 2013Awesome story, great detailed setting, memorable characters, everything about this game was epic. The only thing preventing it from getting a solid 10 is it's linearity, which is there for every AC game but is something I hate in games so it gets a 9/10 instead.
Mar 29, 2011
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Dec 29, 2011Awesome graphics, awesome gameplay, awesome story... everything is just so freaking good. The game is still fresh, not repetitive, fun as hell. It's almost perfect, but it's kind of unfair to give it a 10/10 if it's not very innovative. I mean, the game is almost perfect, fresh, but it's not very different from the second one. I'd give it a 9,5 if I could.
May 24, 2011one of the best games I've played, story is really interesting with characters based in real life and the most unique and awesome multiplayer out there thanks to this game I haven't touched uncharted 2 or any other multiplayer game in weeks.
Apr 8, 2011
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Oct 13, 2013Game Play[10]
Contactable/Easter Eggs[10]
replay Value[7]
Gaming Satisfaction[10]
Technical Issues[10]
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May 26, 2013OKAY game and good thing it is lengthy.
Yet, I would not give it a 10 because early parts of this game were good, and now the series is more like "Soldier's Creed", and a new part releases every year like CoD. -
May 17, 2011I'm huge fan of AC series too and must say this is another great part. Only bad thing i can think of is game difficulty. With help from your order missions are too easy. Don't think i've died more then 2-3 times for entire game. Other then that perfect game :)
Apr 12, 2011Very good game. They are making it more and more and more into an rpg but not loosing sight of the action. In general i think is a standard games should have,. TIme and money was invested and a great final product produced, Buy it.
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Feb 19, 2013More or less of Assassin's Creed 2 in my opinion, with a few new additions to the gameplay, this new installment isn't a huge step ahead from its predecessor but it is definitely worth playing
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Mar 27, 2011Not without the occasional flaws (like a camera that will actively hinder you on some maps) but the improved combat system and extra stuff to break up the routine make this the best game in the series.
Jan 8, 2013
Apr 10, 2011Superb Multiplayer, buggy Singleplayer (especially when using WASD controls), a horrendously cheesy script and poor characters. Doesn't advance the series in much other than storyline, so if you're a fan of the previous games it's worth playing. If not, checking it out for the impressive Multiplayer doesn't warrant the pricetag.
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May 5, 2011Multiplayer without LAN support, and a slightly less horrible version of a horrible and useless DRM system that only customers have to suffer through. Minuscule progress, but not enough, Ubi.
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Dec 2, 2013A good game i enjoyed playing it a lot I think its to bad that almost nobody is playing the multiplayer anymore (they've probably moved on to the more recent ac games) because the lack of players in mp really was the reason I stopped playing it.
Apr 18, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Aug 31, 2013Almost perfect. Great graphics (PC), meaty and satisfactory combat (awesome finishers!), very good gameplay mechanics and an interesting story. I really enjoyed this one!
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Nov 26, 2011Nice graphics, good gampelay, nice story. It's just a good game, i don't see any bad thing's in it. Maybe few similiar mode's in multiplayer, but it's still good game. I recommend!
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Jan 25, 2013The multiplayer was one of my favorite features on this game. I just logged in a couple nights ago after a thorough disappointment on AC3's multiplayer. To my surprise, there is still a huge following for ACB's multiplayer. This game is at the top of my list.
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Apr 3, 2011I played all games of AC series and i said this game can't be better but it still was better and better . In broterhood is all good of AC 1 and AC 2 and something else . Cristic's say's "story suck's " but i like him . He was full of twists and atmosphere was exciting. Ezio is tough guy and i like him . I won't say crap's its title "must have"
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Dec 22, 2011This game is the best! I just have so many comments to say about this game that I can only say this is a game you should buy. 11 out of 10, I really like it.
Jan 25, 2013
Dec 15, 2013Ubisoft has definetely made it work with this game. It is worth buying game. Good graphics overall and nice moves to learn. The storyline seem to be a bit boring since transformation of Present to Past is frequent.
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May 19, 2011The AC series has yet to let me down! After playing ACB, I await with great frustration for the next game of this franchise. The story keeps building up with great intrigue surrounding the modern day assassins.
Nov 17, 2011
Oct 31, 2012Impressive game. Great combat, story, graphics and overall gameplay. Almost unplayable with mouse and keyboard, the controls just feel weird if you use them. Better to enjoy it with a console controller. Other than that, it is worth every dollar you pay for it.
Nov 4, 2012This game is a total letdown. All series looks dumb with that complex(or dumb?) storyline that really looses itself in all that killing. One advice to developers: If you having simple gameplay then you should have SIMPLE storyline. Seriously - if you can't write complex and easy to follow storyline - don't even try!
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Mar 23, 2011The AC series are great. This one is the worst in the series yet. The story isn't as compelling as I hoped it would be. In comparison: It took me 5 days to complete AC2 and 2 days to complete AC Brotherhood.
The story needs to improve because it just did not get me. Nevertheless great gameplay, but nothing new. -
Mar 30, 2011I love this game! ive played 43 hours and cant stop playing. I believe that the actual story needs the carry on a bit more, although a brilliant game overall. Its a real improvement on Assassins Creed 2 and the multiplayer is fantastic. I belive this is a must buy game!
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Apr 27, 2011
Jun 4, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
May 19, 2011Not a bad game at all! Feels more like a big arsed expansion, I do hope they do some more of niles' story. The cities are just awesome looking, love going from rooftop to rooftop. Nice and fun like the other AC's
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Jun 8, 2011While the game is certainly MUCH better than its HORRIBLE predecessor, it still doesn't come out on top.The combat is very choppy abd very annoying when little tweaks plague you.The assassinations require you to not be seen, and some have a time limit.EVERY assassination goes like this, besides the final one(No further details will be given).A good game, but not that great.
Oct 1, 2011it is very good.my first game of assassin series.keeps u involvee for hours.though it a graphic demanding game it also runs on medium system.as my 512 mb gt210 handles it well
Aug 30, 2012The storytelling is so much better than in part 1 and 2, but I'm missing the main target videos like in AS2. The climbing and the battles are much fun and there is so much to do outside the main story.
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Oct 15, 2012
Dec 31, 2013Generally more polished than AC2 that was already a superb game. Less bang in the story as AC2 and not definitive in the series (hence revelations, which I haven't played yet) but a wonderful addition to Ezio's trilogy. A must play for all triple A gamers.
May 14, 2011
Mar 24, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Apr 23, 2011Great Game!! I haven't played a single player game that kept me playing all night since GoldenEye 64. Definitely a must have. One of my top 5 favorites
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May 22, 2011Polished conversion of the console version cannot be labeled as an add-on. This is an excellent full-featured game with interesting multiplayer mode. Period. [Issue#203]
Apr 27, 2011Built on the shoulders of Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood is the most polished and robust execution of the Assassin's Creed formula yet.
Apr 19, 2011Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood isn't as much a sequel as a completion to the second game, and while this is certainly the best game of the three so far, you probably don't want to jump into the story without having played at least the second game first.


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