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Nearby grama panchayats to be brought under the civic body
KOZHIKODE: The State government is considering a proposal to extend the boundaries of the city Corporation by including a few nearby grama panchayats to the civic body.
Sources told The Hindu here on Thursday that the proposal was to include Elathur grama panchayat in the north, Beypore in the west, Nallalam-Cheruvannur in the South and portions of Feroke and Olavanna grama panchayats. The Kozhikode Corporation has already submitted a proposal in this regard.
Some of these grama pachayats are already urbanised and depend on the city as well as contribute to the revenue of the Corporation.
The notification reconstituting the wards of these local bodies will be issued within a year if the proposal is approved by the State government and the Election Commission. All formalities for the purpose have to be taken up before the next three-tier local body elections in September 2010.
Kozhikode Mayor M. Bhaskaran, who is optimistic that the proposal would get the necessary clearance, said urbanised Elathur had virtually become a part of the Corporation. Nallalam-Cheruvannur, on the outskirts of the city, had been developed an industrial area and Beypore, an existing fishing centre, would soon develop into a major fishing harbour and a well-established marine park.
The existing area of the Corporation is 84.23 sq. km. and the population is 4,36,400, as per the 2001 census. The extension of the boundaries will increase the area of the Corporation to over 120 sq. km. The other Corporations, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, had extended their boundaries recently.
Another proposal under consideration is the creation of Feroke municipality by amalgamating the existing grama panchayat with the Ramanattukara and Kadalundi grama panchayats.
The city stands to gain if these proposals are implemented, by way of getting funds from the State and the Centre to improve infrastructure facilities and urban governance. Till now, the development of the city was based on the master plan envisaged by Rusi S. Khambatta, an architect from Bombay (Mumbai), in 1957.
Kerala Builders Forum Calicut chapter chairman Nityanand Kamath said the government should give utmost importance to the proposal considering the overall development of the region in future. Incidentally, the jurisdiction of the city police extends from Elathur to Ramanattukara.


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QTc interval prolongation in HIV-infected patients: a case–control study by 24-hour Holter ECG recording
1 U.O. Geriatria, Ospedale di Montefiascone, via Donatori di sangue, Montefiascone, 01027, Italy
2 Second Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani", via Portuense 292, Rome, 00149, Italy
3 Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Policlinico, "Umberto I", UOS Diagnostica Cardiovascolare Internistica Integrata, viale del Policlinico 155, Rome, 00161, Italy
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2012, 12:124 doi:10.1186/1471-2261-12-124Published: 23 December 2012
Aim of the study was to assess QTc interval by a 24-hour ECG recording in a group of HIV-infected individuals with a basal prolonged QTc. The risk factors associated with QTc prolongation and the indices of cardiovascular autonomic control were also evaluated.
A case–control study was performed using as cases 32 HIV-infected patients with prolonged (>440 msec) QTc interval as assessed by Holter ECG, and as controls 64 HIV-infected subjects with normal QTc interval. Autonomic function was evaluated by heart rate variability analysis during 24-hour recording.
Duration of HIV disease was significantly longer among cases than among controls (p=0.04). Waist/hip ratio was also higher among cases than among controls (p=0.05). Frequency domain analysis showed the absence of physiologic decrease of low frequency (LF) in the night period in both cases and controls. The LF night in cases showed a statistically significant reduction when compared with controls (p=0.007).
In our study group, QTc interval prolongation was associated with a longer duration of HIV infection and with a greater waist/hip ratio. HIV patients with QTc interval prolongation and with a longer duration of HIV infection were more likely to have an impairment of parasympathetic and sympathetic cardiac component.

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Internet-based image publishing company Shutterfly, Inc. is opening a multi-million dollar office and production facility in Shakopee, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place for the new facility Friday.
The company takes digital photos and turns them into personalized products. Many Shutterfly products like photo albums, calendars and mugs will be made at the manufacturing plant.
The two-story facility is expected to create 329 jobs over the next five years. The city of Shakopee and Scott County offered Shutterfly a tax incentive to abate all their city and county taxes for the first nine years once the company hits certain job requirements.
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Revival continues at Grace Baptist Church, 350 East Main St., Lebanon, through April 22 and 7 p.m. Evangelist is Bro. Jeff Fugate of Claysmill Road Baptist Church, Lexington. Bro. Clellan Hays is pastor. For a van ride call, (270) 699-9341 or (270) 692-4998. Nursery is provided.
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The Marion County Knights and Lady Knights track and field teams had a good showing at the Green County All-Comers meet held Thursday night. Overall, the boys team won second place with 124 points behind only Green County (162 points), and the girls' team placed third with 81 points behind LaRue County (122 points) and Green County (143 points).
"I am very proud of the effort I am getting from the kids," Head Coach Robby Peterson said.
The Marion County Lady Knights tennis team was able to compete in two matches last week with one against Fort Knox being cancelled due to rain. Marion County played Taylor Wednesday on the road (make-up match from Monday) and took on Central Hardin Thursday at home. The Lady Knights were able to defeat Taylor County 4-1, but were defeated by Central Hardin 1-4.
The Marion County Knights tennis team lost both of their matches last week, losing to Taylor County on Wednesday and Central Hardin on Thursday. Rain canceled their match against Fort Knox on Tuesday. In each of the matches, the Knights were defeated 3-2.
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An exciting twist on green beans, this dish features an easy sauce made with vanilla, white wine and butter.
1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon dry white wine
1 1/2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Onion Powder, California
1/4 teaspoon salt
McCormick Gourmet™ Black Pepper, Coarse Ground
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
Place green beans in boiling water to cover in medium saucepan on medium-high heat. Cook 7 to 8 minutes or until tender-crisp. Drain.
Melt butter in same saucepan on low heat. Add wine, vanilla, onion powder, salt and pepper; cook and stir 1 minute. Add green beans; toss to coat well. Sprinkle with almonds.
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Miguel Angel Galluzzi (Buenos Aires, October 26, 1959) is an industrial designer specializing in motorcycle design who created the Ducati Monster,[1][2][3] an "instant icon that singlehandedly launched the naked bike niche," and "became the company's best selling and most profitable model line and carried the company through many lean years," possibly saving them from ruin.[4][5] The idea of the minimalist Monster began with Galluzzi thinking, "All you need is a saddle, tank, engine, two wheels and handlebars".[6][7] Monsters eventually accounted for two-thirds or more of Ducati's output.[5][8]
Galluzzi is a third generation motorcyclist[4] whose first motorcycle was a 1959 Kreidler Florett 50 he received for his eighth birthday, a present that disappointed him at first because, said Galluzzi, his "head was 100 percent into music" at the time and he wanted a drum set to become like Charlie Watts, though the bike changed the direction of his life.[9] Because Galluzzi is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall, many of his best known creations with low seat heights and high foot pegs, like the Monster and Raptor naked bikes, are better suited to their target buyer than their designer.[10]
Galluzzi graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1986,[6] from the same Transportation Design program as BMW's David Robb, designer of the R1100RT, K1200RS, R1200C, R1100S and K1200LT.[11] Galluzzi first worked for Opel,[4] and then for Honda's V-Car/Omega design studio in 1988, first in Offenbach, Germany and later in Milan.[4][6][12] In 1989 Galluzzi went to work for Ducati's parent company at the time, Cagiva, in Varese, Italy.[4][6][12] He stayed at Cagiva for 17 years, until July 2006 when he became Styling Director at Aprilia,[13][14] rising to become Vice President of Design for Piaggio Group, Aprilia's parent.[6]
In 2012, Galluzzi relocated from Piaggio's headquarters in Pisa to Pasadena, California to lead the company's new Advanced Design Center.[15][16] The California location follows other branches in China, India, Italy and Vietnam, which work with the main Piaggio Group Style Center, run by Director Marco Lambri.[15] Galluzzi chose the Pasadena location, "because of its proximity to centers of transportation thought," namely the Art Center College of Design, California Institute of Technology, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory.[15] Galluzzi said he is, "looking for the next form of mobility," five to fifteen years into the future, and he will be, "hiring young and creative and crazy people," at the new design center to do, "experiments that might offer a rethinking or a melding of recent mobility concepts".[15] Piaggio and Galluzzi hope to bring a more cosmopolitan perspective than is possible working only in Italy, and branch out to such areas as electric vehicles that combine aspects of a motorcycle and a car, like the Renault Twizy and Audi Urban Concept.[15][16] The Daily Telegraph 's Kevin Ash said, with the Piaggo Group's total US sales, including Aprilia and Vespa, at only 10,000 units in 2011, the new center must also be aimed to bolster sales in that market.[17]
Motorcycle designs[edit]
The first work Galluzzi did at Cagiva for Ducati was on the 900 Supersport.[14] While most of the early models of Ducati's Cagiva period are poorly remembered, and the 1990 900 Supersport suffered flaws like splitting fuel tanks, the visually and mechanically revised 1991 900 Supersport, offered in full- and half-fairing versions, became a classic, somehow finding the necessary balance between honoring the tradition set by the Super Sport models of the 1970s loved by the "Ducati faithful," yet still looking modern and up to date.[18] The Supersport line had a successful eight year run that included many sub-models, ranging 400–800 cc (24–49 cu in).[18][19]
The Monster began as a styling exercise in 1992. The concept for the Monster was one Galluzzi had been thinking about for some time,[20] and it took time to convince the management at Cagiva and Ducati to build it.[12] Ducati technical director Massimo Bordi originated the idea for what they wanted the new bike to accomplish,[21] and assigned the design to Galluzzi. Bordi said he asked Galluzzi "for something which displayed a strong Ducati heritige but which was easy to ride and not a sports bike. He came up with a propopsal and I thought, this was the bike Marlon Brando would be riding today in the film The Wild One!"[22] Bordi's intent was to enter the cruiser market,[8] with a bike that was made to be modified and would eventually have a wealth of bolt-on aftermarket accessories rivaling the range of custom and hot-rod parts available for Harley-Davidsons.[20][23] Previously Cagiva had attempted to move into this market with a more blatant Harley-Davidson cruiser imitation, the heavily chromed Ducati Indiana of 1986–1990. It made poor use of Ducati's desmodromic valve 90° V-twin engines; and a full-cradle frame, not Ducati's signature trellis, played against Ducati's stylistic strengths.[19] Only 2,138 were made over four years.[19] Avoiding another embarrassment competing directly against Harley-Davidson with a banal imitation of the Harley cruiser, the Monster appealed to the same urban, style-conscious buyers who wanted a bike that could make an individualistic statement, but it did so with a motorcycle that they had not quite seen before, and was still unmistakably Italian and a Ducati.[24][25]
Because Bordi wanted Galluzzi to keep costs low,[22] the Monster was a humble "parts bin special," built not with newly designed components carefully engineered to work in unison, but by mixing and matching parts from existing Ducati models, beginning with the engine and forward half of the frame of a 900 Supersport,[12] a frame descended from the 851 superbike,[26] and the fork of a 750 Supersport.[18] Galluzzi penned a "muscular" fuel tank and minimalist bodywork that produced a visual impression of mass and strength, on a motorcycle that turned out to be surprisingly tiny and agile to the first time rider.[12] Motorcycle Consumer News design columnist Glynn Kerr described the Monster's statement as aggressive, "attributable to the head-down, charging bull stance."[27]
While the standard motorcycle is as old as the motorcycle itself, and many bikes have been retro homages to simpler machines of the past, at least since the Moto Guzzi 1000S of the 1980s,[28] the Monster was both retro[29] and a "whole new approach".[30] It was also a smash hit,[28] and the timing of its release was perfect,[18] creating one of the most imitated styles of the 1990s and 2000s.[29][31][32][33][34] Glynn Kerr ranked the Monster as 9th on his list of the 10 best motorcycle designs of all time, saying it "has all it needs and no more," and that the several imitators, like Galluzzi's own later Cagiva Raptor or Yamaha's BT1100 Bulldog, always come in a "poor second".[35]
The Monster might never have gone beyond the styling exercise stage had British reporter Alan Cathcart not ridden the bike at the factory and fallen in love with it, and then enthusiastically written about it in motorcycling magazines around the world.[23] Cautious of the new model's sales prospects, Ducati initially planned to make only 1,000 units, but after the debut at the Intermot at Cologne in October 1992 the media's and public's excitement prompted increasing the number to 5,000.[12] It was also the media and public at the Cologne show who prompted Anglicizing the Italian Il Mostro to Monster.[12] The Monster line has had numerous variations over the years, from entry level 400 cc (24 cu in) bikes up to top of the line 130 hp (97 kW) multivalve, water-cooled superbike-engined versions, with as many as nine different Monster versions in a single model year.[36] The Monster's elemental simplicity has also made it a favorite platform for custom motorcycle builders, showcased at competitions like the Monster Challenge.[7][37] Besides innumerable minor variations, Galluzzi's Monster design was not significantly restyled for 15 model years, until the cautiously updated Monster 696 of 2008.[38]
Later motorcycles[edit]
After the Monster, Galluzzi designed the 1997 Ducati ST2. As the Monster had opened up a new market outside the road racing derived sport bike segment, so too did the ST2 widen Ducati's range by expanding the company's offerings into the realm of sport touring.[39] Industrial designer Andrew Serbinski found Galluzzi's first generation Ducati ST design to be ill-proportioned, with the fuel tank too large, suggesting a better design would be more aerodynamic and more true to the "traditional Ducati values of compactness, the feel of motion at speed and sense of exotica."[40]
Next was the Cagiva Planet "Baby Monster"[41] of 1998, a variant of the Mito,[4] followed by the 1999 Raptor and V-Raptor,[4][42] which used a Suzuki engine shared by the TL1000, and intended as a direct competitor to Galluzzi's own Monster.[26] Galluzzi's description of the engine choice was that, "We had engines from all over the world, but the best two were Triumph's Speed Triple three and the Suzuki TL1000. Both engines had soul and character but eventually we decided on the Suzuki engine."[10] Early testers were "terrified" at the 135 hp (101 kW) prototype. Galluzzi said that, "the bike felt as if it was permanently out of control. It was fun!"[10] This prompted increasing the head angle from 23 to 25 degrees, and increasing the wheelbase from 1,390 to 1,440 mm (55 to 57 in), creating, "neutral handling but still [having] all the excitement of the original bike," along with tuning the exhaust and airbox to increase torque under 10,000 rpm at the expense of 35 hp (26 kW) less peak output.[10] The result was a bike that was both "bonkers and useable".[43]
After leaving Cagiva and joining Aprilia in 2006, he designed the 2007 Aprilia Dorsoduro, 2008 RSV4, 2008 Mana, SL 750 Shiver of 2009,[38] and several Husqvarna models.[4] He also contributed to the Vespa/Piaggio 1+1 concept vehicle.[44]
Many of the Ducatis Galluzzi originally styled were later revised and updated by Pierre Terblanche, such as the ST series and the Monster 696 update of 2008. Terblanche later joined Galluzzi at Aprilia, where they have worked together on several new and revised models for Aprilia subsidiary Moto Guzzi. They contributed to the Moto Guzzi V12 series, with Le Mans, Strada, and X variants, displayed at EICMA in 2009.[45] Galluzzi described the challenge he and Terblanche faced revising the Moto Guzzi image by saying, "The Guzzi crowd is extremely conservative, but if we only concentrate on those, we are going to lose eventually. So these bikes are looking into the future." This is similar to the balance sought with earlier Ducati designs, but, "the advantage Guzzi has versus Ducati is that Ducati makes sportsbikes, Guzzi can do anything it wants because they've been doing it a long time and on all sorts of bikes. We are not in a box, we can do anything we want as long as we are able to make it."[46]
In 2012 Moto Guzzi introduced Galuzzi's "Art Nouveau style" California 1400 which breaks with traditional Harley-Davidsion-inspired cruiser style of the previous California. The new 1400 is more radically modern, similar to the latest power cruisers, the Harley-Davidsion V-Rod and Ducati Diavel.[17] The bike's new1,400 cc (85 cu in) engine expands Moto Guzzi's engine range, on top of the previous 1,200 cc (73 cu in) and 750 cc (46 cu in) displacement powerplants.[17]
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There are several control panels out there that have similar functionality (paid). I would warn you though that allowing someone to type in a few things and instantly have a server is a potential nightmare. I would recommend having a form send you an email or something then use phychokiller's web interface to automate the server creation on your end.
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Deputy Chief Minister R. Ashok informed the Assembly on Tuesday that protesters from the Madiga community had tried to enter the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha. He said he was scheduled to meet them to accept a memorandum. When the police did not allow them to enter the Secretariat, they pelted stones. The situation was under control, he said.
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Hey! Welcome to another creative tip. There is something that's just absolutely amazing about being up in the mountains. I love being up here and you know this last week I had the privilege and opportunity of spending some time with the musician Seal. And I was at his house and at his computer we were talking about photography and Lightroom and Photoshop and we were going through a number of his different images and he said something to me that was actually I thought a kind of profound. He said, you know what, Chris? I want to create images that resonate, that make people feel something. And for the record, Seal is an amazing photographer.
So when I shoot with film, I somehow embrace the beautiful mistakes. Yeah, when I shoot with digital I'm a little bit more critical. It's almost as if all the marketing of the digital era makes us want to have photographs that are perfect and that perfection somehow detracts from the photographs and I agree with that. There is something beautiful about having mistakes in your images. Let's consider food photography for a second. In food photography, crumbs are really popular because food photography is done in the studio and with really perfect food but if it looks like you can't eat it and it's not very appetizing, so you have to sprinkle some crumbs around the perfect food to make it look a little bit more real. Or perhaps as the lead singer of the U2 once said, the photographs that impress me, that engage me are those where the flaw makes the frame. Because it makes the images that much more human.
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[artist id="872″]Erykah Badu[/artist] is a fan of the Bawse — she gives kudos to [artist id="2000082″]Rick Ross[/artist] for his freestyle verse over her popular "Window Seat" record for the remix.
"I think it's wonderful; if they feel it, that's when it's real," Badu told MTV News about rappers jumping on her song. She then singled out Ross.
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"Sh– kinda foul while I'm sitting in the aisle," Ross raps on the track. "People taking pictures of me like I'm going outta style/ Anyhow I began to yawn, the human bong/ Kick my Clarks off and recline just like a don/ Hat low, eyes closed, got my hoodie on/ As we take off I think back about all my n—as gone/ From my window seat, the view I got, I think I see tomorrow/ Always been an owner of the watch you wanna borrow/ Always with the woman that you following on Twitter/ First class sold out, but I'm still a n—a!"
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Originally posted by Deto123
Care to remind me where that "risk" is supposed to be in other MMOs? I played some and I totally failed to find any. You die - you pay for repairs. You screw up your build - you pay for respec. You wipe on a boss - you can try it again now or later.
It's all exactly the same in GW2.
MMORPG genre is dead. Long live MMOCS (Massively Multiplayer Online Cash Shop).
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Joined: 8/13/09
"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
Originally posted by kevjards
that will only happen when you decide to give it a try without letting other people's opinions interfere with your personal decisions :)
it applies to everything in life, not only gaming.
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Joined: 6/01/11
Ahaa. This thread is priceless.
Basically what we have here is lots of people walking into a room with loads of empty chairs in, trying to claim there's no where to sit.
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Joined: 9/25/09
Originally posted by Aori
First, "Asian F2P MMO without mob grind" is a phrase that contradicts itself. Second, name an MMO with decent dialogue.
MMORPG genre is dead. Long live MMOCS (Massively Multiplayer Online Cash Shop).
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Joined: 5/02/08
Originally posted by wowfan1996
FFXI, Old DAOC, AC etc etc. I m hoping a game cmes out with that risk. I can t stand the, oh well just kill yourself, it s faster to get home, mentality. To each their own, but it s how I feel, and to me, I just feel like I m going through the motions. We ll see if it gets better, but if I spent 60.00 and play PS2 beta, more on headstart/release, it s obvious, GW2 is a game I don t feel is that good.
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Joined: 2/05/06
GW2 is different, people wanted different, they got it. I don't understand why people look for content in MMOs in PvE. They will never get one. If you want PvE content run Dragon Age or Skyrim.
If you really want to have fun in GW2 play PvP, and play PvE, WvW as something to relax abit, that's it. I bought GW2, I bought it for PvP only, I might never even finish the PvE tbh... I don't care about it at all...
If you care about PvE in MMOs you're gonna have a bad time. And times when we were grinding our asses of in Lineage2 and zerging eachother are over. It was quite fun but it's about time it ended.
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Joined: 5/06/06
Originally posted by BruceYee
This is nothing new, Rift was the same way. This is a people issue not a game design issue.
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Joined: 8/13/09
"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
Originally posted by wowfan1996
ALso, suddenly theres an mmo with no grind and people now say they dont mind the grind? after cursing all the recent mmos for being asian-grinder-ish.... sigh
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Joined: 9/25/05
Just so you know the population is starting to spread out so the zerging is pretty much solving itself like everyone knew it would. Have you even played another mmo on headstart / launch day? They all are zergfests but with the added bonus of kill stealing and asshattery. At least GW2 minimizes that.
Also, the goals in game are actually what you want to set for yourself. At the moment my main goal is to become guild cook and dye creator. Cooking in this game is very, very indepth with the assloads of ingredients I have to organize and logically need to put together to create recipes. I want to be one of the top cooks and be able to sell my food to many people that will benefit from it. It reminds me of when I was trying to become one of the top weaponsmiths in SWG. I bust my ass trying to find the best resources on every planet.
On your next point about gear. Gear does matter. I'm starting to even doubt you even play the game or you just want your hand held throughout the whole game. The stats on the gear are used to supplement your builds you will be creating. If you take a look a the sPvP gear you will notice all the runes that you can pick to mix and match how you want your character to operate. Those same items are even available in pve. If you want you can go to LA and see the dungeon sets they have there and take a look at the stats on them. They just don't toss all the stats on gear at the beginning of the game, amazingly, just like other mmos.
On the point about the community. I don't mean to be rude but you might be anti-social or you just cannot start your own conversations. Do you wait on other people to talk before you even try to socialize?
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Originally posted by viturino
I got a real kick out of the Asura children telling "Yo momma's IQ is so low" ribs to each other.
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you're not alone OP. I wasted my whole weekend forcing myself to continue playing this game, HOPING that I'd eventually find a class, area, something- anything at all that would really feel genuinely fun. 5 forced level 10's later I'm sad to report that for me there is no such thing. I'm glad everyone else is enjoying it but it doesn't look liek I will.
Notable reasons being:
PvE is ridiculously boring. DE's,Quests/Story are repetitive and WoW-quality at best (ok maybe a tiny bit higher but way less that TOR for example) or just too feel good homo-style that I can't get into it. Really really boring.
WvW queues are so long I just give up on getting in anymore (reminds me of why I quit wow/other mmo's actually, BGs for example). I'm sure I'd love it IF I COULD GET IN (!!!)
sPvP is fun and really this games only redeeming quality. but with the masses so focused on leveling and WvW theres no challenge here.
What really perpetuates this cycle though is that due to not getting any XP from sPvP, I could never progress my character to be very useful in WvW. I cannot level in WvW becasue I cannot get through the queue. I can't PvE because I'll rage out about how bored I am and quit.
Now, whats a player like me to do?
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Joined: 4/04/11
It's 2 days into a game that took 5 years to develop, more patience re pvp queues, as with every other mmorg in existence it takes a bit to bed in and stabilise. Re pve, it's as good as anything out there so not much to be done there, either ignore or move on to another game.
rpg/mmorg history: Dun Darach>Bloodwych>Bards Tale 1-3>Eye of the beholder > Might and Magic 2,3,5 > FFVII> Baldur's Gate 1, 2 > Planescape Torment >Morrowind > WOW > oblivion > LOTR > Guild Wars (1900hrs elementalist) Vanguard. > GW2(1000 elementalist), Wildstar
Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
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Originally posted by cyress8
ahahahha no way I mean.. Nooo way!! ahahaha
"At the moment my main goal is to become guild cook and dye creator!"
hahahahhaha this isnt happening this issnt happening noooo !
hahahahahah Sorry sorry
ohhh gooood..
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Joined: 5/03/12
This is like trying to drive straight through Schroedinger's minefield!
Originally posted by BruceYee
Ever thought about leaving the "zergfest" with some friends, go squad and take over a supply camp guerilla style? There is more to do in WvWvW than running with the herd.
-> In GW2, you should learn look left and right of your path.
Maybe. Or maybe GW2 simply asks you to redefine what "goals" means to you. A goal can be as simple as "looking around the next corner to find what's going on there".
-> Possible goals for the standart MMO-player: The next level up, the next traitskill, the next slot skill, better (looking) armor, advancing your guild, try out different weapons in sPvP ... the list goes on.
I once aided an asuran scientist in subduing skritt in a cave. (to which I escorted him and his golem first) We then brought those 10 skritt back to his lab where they revolted, broke out of their containments and started wreaking havoc in the lab. More skritt flooded in from the outside. I took out my flamethrower and went to town. It was a lot of fun.
Don't mistake heart-quests with dynamic events.
-> During a (pre-)launch the population of the starter zones is greater than it will be maybe a week after. Clusterf*cks happen. As long as you deal damage, provide comboable AoE or heal people around you, you get participation.
-> Some basic dynamic events are based on your standart MMO list of tasks. What else could they be? Don't let that discourage you.
Gear matters in PvE up to LvL 80. You CAN play LvL 40 content with LvL 10 gear but it's hard. I play an asura engineer and I was very happy to find that leather coat with the long back. People were asking "where you get that?".
-> GW2 does break with some MMO traditions. The basics are still there, though not as spotlighted as they are in other games.
I regard what happens when people fight together towards a common goal as communication. In fact I regard the "quiet synergy" between players in GW2 as one of its strongest points.
-> GW2 is very immersive and demands a lot of concentration in combat. When you HAVE to dodge and block during a fight so as not to die you don't have time to type in chats. The vital communication comes without words in this game. Just stop listening with your ears alone.
Maybe you should start expecting better of people. Might make you yourself a happier person. Play with friends if it feels too much like a singleplayer to you.
-> I have yet to take part in a DE where I haven't had at least 2 or 3 other players at my side. We fight towards the same goal, combo with each other, watch out for each other. All without grouping or saying a word. That is multiplayer to me.
-> GW2 is comprised of PvE, sPvP and WvWvW. There is also crafting, questing, dynamic events, exploration, the character story and the Ruins of Orr at endgame.
You seem to not even be looking.
I haven't. Right now I wish I had but I have to watch the money.
Originally posted by Seunlau
Very constructive.
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Joined: 6/17/10
Originally posted by vort3x
pretty poor logic.
since rpgs have been based on table top and videogame rpg genre, which usually has no PvP, why should PvE take a backseat?
also WvW has long travel times, usually with only a single useable waypoint on the whole map. that can get boring fast, runing back to the fight, or trying to find the main zerg on the map in a pug.
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Joined: 9/08/11
I'm a bit confused. If people wanted to play GW2 as PvE content. Sort of single player experience, I think this MMO is one of the best for it.
You don't have to group, you can pretty much take other players as NPCs that help you fight if you want. There are really great stories to read about, very nice exteriors and fun ambience.
As I'm primarily PvE explorer type of player, GW2 is like a wonder to me so far. Huge world, no necessity to rely on other players, quite a few things to explore and find, very fun combat (either in mob or alone). I'm always getting those "WOW" moments. Like standing next to a priest that worships Owl spirit for a while and suddenly he starts to sing a song about glorious Owl's sacrifice. No triggering no nothing. If I just dashed through, I would've never heard it. And who knows how much of this cool moments I've missed in my journeys.
But I was always saying that to my friend. I think GW2 won't be WoW breaker... Some people in WoW need the feeling "I'm level 80 and where are the raids I can run 1000 times to get my purples?". Well I don't know if they are there or not and I don't really care. I just enjoy the game. And even if I get bored when I explore everything, It alredy feels to me it's money very well spent.
For people that don't see what's in GW2, I'd like to give an advice: First state what you want to do there. If It's small scale Dynamic events, go to low populated servers and just wonder around. I'm on medium and I'm often doing DE alone or 3-4 people helping. There are "major" events, where you have huge amount of players playing together (even though it's been up to 20 for me so far), but there are many "side" events in places where most people don't go (read far from "quest hubs") you can have quite a lot of fun.
If it's anything else, try to make a thread "I want to do this and that in GW2, and it's not delivering, what should I do?". To my experience, you usually don't get bashing for "not appreciating game as it is", more like you get real answers... if you are looking for answers that is.
Just a word on comminity. If you don't try to socialize, don't expect everyone to greet you with warm hug. Go out and make some friends and you will find out, community is there just waiting for you to find it.
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Well, imagine you go to a themepark... you do the rides as they are untill you lose interest and move onto something else. It's the same with GW2, if the game is too casual for you then move onto another game.
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Originally posted by BruceYee
Sorry to hear about that. I'm having a lot of fun. Can I have your queue slot? I'm tired of getting bumped to the overflow.
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point is F.U.N? Try it
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A concrete, perfect example that there is more risk / reward than in other current MMOs, from a simple mechanic :
Risk / Reward is here, it's just not brought to you with a flashy Fox News-like "this just in !" popup.
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Okay, let me be the first to say, even in my wildest 'I married a supermodel' fantasies, I'm grounded enough to know that after the honeymoon of seeing my own sweaty slobby self in the mirror knocking the stuffing out of a real life world class hottie, well, there's a solid chance there's going to be a lifetime of painful model-wife times dead ahead. Not saying the old song about marrying an ugly girl and being blindly blissful sounds all that great, but finding yourself til-death-do-you-part with a woman who's been spoiled rotten her whole life to look hot and stare blankly into space, I can see that coming back to haunt you, and those sweaty times in the mirror becoming further and further apart.
None of this is to excuse the cad-like behavior of Rupert Sanders, the director of Snow White and The Huntsman and the married diver in the Kristen Stewart muff diving in flagrante. But who knows the true power of K-Stew's very angry vagina; it holds sway over men like nobody's business. It seems to be powerful enough to turn Robert Pattinson straight; that's some might sorcery there.
All I'm saying is, just because you're married to a super hot chick like Liberty Ross doesn't mean you have the power to resist beaver bombing your favorite starlet if she's stems akimbo in the front seat of your automobile and whimpering like a cat on a hot tin roof. The rules of nature always trump the rules of man.
Here's the photo allegedly posted by Liberty Ross to Instagram just hours before the public announcement of her husband's infidelity with Kristen Stewart.
That is one sad looking Snow White…


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