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Local Ordinal Contrast Pattern Histograms for Spatiotemporal, Lip-Based Speaker Authentication
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The lip-region can be interpreted as either a genetic or behavioral biometric trait depending on whether static or dynamic information is used. Despite this breadth of possible application as a biometric, lip-based biometric systems are scarcely developed in scientific literature compared to other more popular traits such as face or voice. This is because of the generalized view of the research community about the lack of discriminative power in the lip region. In this paper, the authors propose a new method of texture representation called Local Ordinal Contrast Pattern (LOCP) for use in the representation of both appearance and dynamics features observed within a given lip-region during speech production.


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A massive search for a fugitive described as violent and extremely dangerous ended in Imperial Beach early Friday about eight hours after it began, with the suspect in custody.
Ramiro Espinoza, 34, who was on the sheriff's most-wanted list, was taken into custody about 1:15 a.m. at a house on Elkwood Avenue near Fourth Street, sheriff's officials said. He is being held in jail on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in court on Monday.
A fugitive task force went to the neighborhood about 5 p.m. Thursday to arrest Espinoza, who was wanted on numerous charges, including attempted murder, sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said.
When they arrived, he fled out a back door and then jumped over fences as authorities pursued him. A deputy fired his gun during the chase, Caldwell said.
About 20 homes were evacuated as sheriff's SWAT team members and numerous other law-enforcement officers searched the neighborhood.
Espinoza is accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend in the head, neck and chest at her home on Smythe Avenue in San Ysidro on May 24. Her 4-year-old child was at the home at the time.
The 28-year-old woman was critically injured but is recovering.
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An 87-year-old woman who was found dead in her Golden Hill home on July 10 was the victim of a homicide, a San Diego police investigator said Thursday.
Blanche Griffin died of blunt-force trauma, homicide squad Lt. Jorge Duran said.
Duran said no arrests have been made in the case, but "we're working on leads." He declined to say whether anything was taken from Griffin's home.
Neighbors last saw Griffin outside her F Street home, near 29th Street, in the morning on July 9, Duran said.
A relative went to the home when the family could not contact her. She was found lying on the living room floor.
Griffin lived alone, Duran said.
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The driver of a Volkswagen Beetle who died in a collision Thursday was identified by authorities as Daniel James Trombley Jr.
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With this, the state department hopes to improve facilities in the hospitals and ensure that the tests are not delayed. They will also save Rs128 crore which would have otherwise been spent on upgrading and buying new testing equipment.
Even though they wanted to privatise most services in government hospitals, their plan ran into roadblocks with various departments and opposition from hospital staff.
The state will enter into partnerships with private firms, and while BPL patients will be provided these tests free of cost, others will have to pay the sum decided by the parties. Medical education minister Vijay Kumar Gavit said "We will not be paying the private parties. They will get free space, water and electricity within the hospital premises. They will be allowed to recover their investment by offering their services to patients outside the hospital too. We will ensure some control over the services offered by these firms and also on the charges of services."
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Jodhpur, Aug 29 (IANS) Rajasthan High Court judge G.K. Vyas Wednesday refused to hear jailed Bollywood actor Salman Khan's revision and bail pleas and ordered that it be transferred to another bench.
Salman Khan" src="http://www.india-forums.com/bollywood/images/uploads/salman_movies_big.jpg" align="right" border="" hspace="5" vspace="5"> Vyas did not hear the actor's petition as he was earlier the counsel for the forest department in all poaching cases against the star.
Salman has already spent four nights at the central jail in Jodhpur. The celebrity prisoner, who was sentenced to five years in prison for hunting an endangered deer nine years ago in a village near here, surrendered himself to Rajasthan Police Saturday following an arrest warrant.
In his plea, Salman has stated that there was no evidence against him in the case and his driver Harish Dulani's testimony in court was not trustworthy, as he has been changing his statements frequently.
Salman has been convicted of poaching a chinkara deer at the Ghoda farm near Jodhpur on the night of Sep 28, 1998, while filming Sooraj Barjatya's blockbuster 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'.
On Friday, the district and sessions court here had dismissed the actor's plea against the five-year jail term handed by the chief judicial magistrate's court.
In April last year, Salman had filed an appeal in the district and sessions court against the judgement of the lower court. The court had found Salman guilty under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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i cant understand y is salman alone suffering i mean there were other ppl also involved just bcoz he is a celebrity this stupid case is been put on him there r so many ppl who hunt these deers and other animals on a regular basis but they dont get caught its just tht salman is an actor he is been punished for his popularity he shd b freed frm this ridiculous case
This is completely BOGUS !
I agree wid shellyB .. people get away withall sorts of stuff .. and salman ? all he did was hunt a deer .. and its not like he would`ve caught it ^-^ like wtf this is such a stupid case .. he deserves to be bailed out !
Just `cause he`s a celeb .. he gets all this suffering?
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thnks for the article .
OMG people in India get away with murder, rape n more heinous crimes but 4 so called hunting a black deer celeb's get 5yrs with no hard evidence or credible witnesses vah vah well done justice system of india tussi toh gr8 ho NOT!!!!
I agree with chintzz
salman is facing racial discrimination.
indian penal court is sick
5 years for hunting a deer...
do you think it's easy to hunt down a deer, you know how fast a deer runs, not even a best hunter can easily hunt deer... and salman he obviously can never do it... and it's been proven in one of the hearing that the witness was lier...
and one more thing, Salman Khan is no threat to society he deserves to be bailed out right away...
hunting a deer what a funny case
really thats so stupid
indian court is bit wierd ....he has been jailed for such a stupid reason..just for killing a black dear 5 yrs jail... joka....y don they arrest people who are involved in terror activities....people in india who all are salman fans should protest against these ...plzz help sallu...he finest actor of india and also helps needy poeple all the time ...hez life has gone worst the day ash came and ruined his life ..people plz help sallu
That's so stupid, why judge isn't hearing salman's bail plea??
Great article/pictures.
the jude should atleast listing to thim and then decide
hey i hate the judges i think they love sallu but we dont' care we want him so levae him i m waiting and why sallu always
omg im about to kill someone y always my salman khan
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rolled oats
green apple, chopped
1 cup
2% milk
1 cup
nonfat plain yogurt
banana, chopped
1/4 cup
1 tablespoon
chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon
slivered almonds
1 tablespoon
brown sugar
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I used two tablespoons pecans instead of walnuts and almonds because that was what I had on hand. I refrigerated this overnight to have for breakfast this morning. I did sprinkle a little cinnamon over the top before eating. This is delicious! I loved the crisp Granny Smith in this overnight oatmeal--VERY good.
I am lost on this recipe! I thought that Muesli was like a dry cereal that milk was added to. Well, I decided to try this anyhow, with the milk and yogurt added and let it sit. That idea, just did not work. It was like oatmeal mush. The texture is just so off, being creamy and mushy. The appearance at first glance looks like tuna salad with apples and raisins. Maybe, more directions were needed here. It is possible that the milk and yogurt were supposed to be added as cereal or a parfait, and there is a misprint. It sounded good and both healthy anyway. It was unfortunately, unsalvageable though.
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The sweeteners aren't needed, the fruit makes this sweet enough! I used fresh coconut for part of the nuts in the recipe. Great breakfast!
Delicious. I make this on Sunday and have breakfast for the week. I like to add a generous splash of milk each morning and stir that in to get my desired consistency.
Very good... I have this frequently in Europe and it is intended to be soft, not 'crunchy' like granola. Skip the brown sugar, it is not needed. I recommend using Greek yogurt instead of the fat free, and let it sit overnight instead of just an hour. Also, using a ripe banana is better flavor-wise. At serving time mix in a bit more yogurt (1/4 cup or so per serving) and some raspberries or blueberries.
The traditional Swiss Bircher Muesli is made with grated apples-though there are million variations one can do with it, I have never seen it in Switzerland with chopped apples :) I make mine with milk and yogurt, and any fresh, in season, or even frozen fruit... one time with strawberries one time with blackberries or even blueberries, and I don't do all the nuts and misc. stuff (though I am sure that's tasty too). The gist of it is grated apples, oats and enough milk or yogurt to let it become softened, if you want it less mushy, add less milk, then add in whatever fruit and whatever sweetener you want (I use stevia).
Just made this and used organic whole oats (others are gmo's) greek 2% yogurt (cause that's what I have) agave syrup (healthy spoonful) currants instead of raisins, and instead of brown sugar another healthy spoonful of real maple syrup. Used 1% milk and in hindsight should have tried almond milk, which I have more of ... now have just enough for a cup of tea in the morning! while I sink my teeth into this delightful looking dish! if I remember, I'll be back to give my two cents on the tastes! (edit* just threw in some flax seed, cause they were sitting here staring at me)
It's now morning....drinking a big cupof hot tea and this is fabulous! the flax adds a little je ne sais quoi ? yummmm will be making this a regular!
Wonderful! I just made a batch of granola and mixed about a half cup of it with the oatmeal. That made it EASY! I just needed to add the liquids and fruit. The fruit fared well in the fridge overnight and was delicious in the morning!
I substituted almond milk/yogurt.
I first discovered this on a buffet at a hotel and fell in love instantly. Never thought I could just make it. Thanks for the recipe.
Making it outright I would probably only add honey if any sweetner at all...and some cinnamon. The granola had all that already.
Baker Bee - this is Bircher Muesli -- or soaked. You are correct on your description. It is supposed to look like that. This recipe is not misprinted.
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One killed, 15 houses damaged in Tuticorin
Nagercoil: Heavy rains lashed various parts of the district on Saturday. Water supply to Putheri and Kaniyankulam under Rajakkamangalam panchayat union and Erachakulam under Thovalai panchayat union in the district was affected owing to the damages at the main pipeline, which carries water from the Mukkadal dam.
However steps had already been taken to restore water supply to the affected people by linking the second pipeline, which was also carrying water to Nagercoil municipal limits. Kanyakumari, Kottaram, Agastheeswaram, South Tamaraikulam, Swamithoppu, Myladi, Marunkoor, Alagappapuram, Anjugramam, Nagercoil, Thuckalay, Kulasekaram and Karungal experienced heavy rain on Saturday. As there was no rain in the catchment areas, there was no increase in water level in all the four dams namely Pechipparai, Perunchani, Chittar I and Chittar II.
Meanwhile rainwater entered into the Bhagavathy Amman temple. But efforts were made by the authorities concerned to drain out the rainwater.The water level in Pechipparai dam stood at 46 feet against the total capacity of 48 feet, 72.90 feet in Perunchani against the total capacity of 77 feet, 16.70 feet in Perunchani against the total capacity of 18 feet and 16.80 feet in Chittar II against the total capacity of 18 feet.
Kottaram recorded a maximum rainfall of 31.2 mm, followed by Myladi - 11.2 mm, Perunchani - 2.24 mm, Puthen dam - 2.2 mm, Nagercoil - 2 mm, Aralvoimozhi - 1.8 mm and Boothapandi - 1.6 mm.
One person died and 15 houses were damaged after rain lashed the district on Friday evening and in the early hours of Saturday.
Swarnam (62), a resident of Vasavappapuram village under Srivaikundam Taluk, died, after the walls of her house collapsed and fell on her, owing to faulty construction.
The Disaster Management and Mitigation Department sources said the district received a total of rainfall of 132.2 mm, with an average of 6.95 mm, during the last 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Following is the rainfall recorded (in mm) at different places: Tiruchendur - 16; Kayalpattinam - 8; Kulasekarapattinam - 6.4; Vilathikulam - 19; Kadalkudi - 1; Kovilpatti - 9; Kazhugamalai - 7.4; Keezha Arasadi - 3; Ettayapuram - 11; Sattankulam - 15; Srivaikundam - 31 and Tuticorin - 3.4.


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PETALING JAYA: More Malaysians are snapping up properties overseas as they take advantage of the lower exchange rate in countries like Britain and the United States to spread their investments or shop for holiday homes.
A check with several major agents marketing international properties here showed that the number of Malaysian buyers has been climbing steadily over the last three years, peaking in the first half of this year.
With property prices in the Klang Valley and major cities and towns here soaring, those with cash to spare are turning their attention to properties in countries affected by the global economic crisis where prices have dropped.
Among the more popular investment spots are London and its surrounding districts as well as university towns in the US where there is a market for rentals.
Australia, despite its high exchange rate, is also popular due to the good investment returns and stable property market.
Henry Butcher Malaysia director Lim Eng Chong said Malaysian investors were getting more savvy and the buying trend was now heading towards a more global outlook.
"Malaysians and Singaporeans are now the biggest overseas market after the mainland Chinese for prime properties in London," he noted.
Between January and August this year, the company sold over 100 properties in London, mostly new apartment units to Malaysian buyers. The properties were priced from 200,000 (RM965,382) to 2mil (RM9.65mil) each.
In 2009, about 100 properties were sold while some 150 were sold last year.
"Previously, there was interest but London was out of reach for many Malaysians. Then came the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago. The pound became cheaper, spurring more Malaysians to invest there. Many investors would already have enough (properties) on their plates locally, so they are now diversifying," he explained.
Jalin Realty International Pte Ltd chief executive officer Ian Chen said about 50% of his clients buy homes for their children studying overseas while another 50% buy for investment or to keep as vacation homes.
"We are seeing many young Malaysian professionals investing in Australia, mainly to diversify their investment and to achieve early financial freedom. Australian properties provide much stability and consistenty in capital growth, with about 10% annual compounding growth," Chen added.
He said sales had shot up 100% since the company ventured into the overseas market five years ago. Most of the properties sold ranged from AUD500,000 (RM1.57mil) to AUD800,000 (RM2.5mil).
International property investment firm Robert Douglas head of sales and marketing (Asia) K. Daniel said US properties in Michigan, Florida and Las Vegas were now popular, as they yielded high returns. Michigan and Florida were attractive because of their high student population which provided a ready market for rental properties.
"Malaysians usually buy to let (for rental returns). But if they wish to stay, there are no restrictions as long as they have the necessary visa, " Daniel pointed out.
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Early detection of congenital hearing disability in children can help in reversing the problem with cochlear implant and auditory verbal therapy. Hearing defect ranks high among all congenital problems, but there is a way out, Managing Director of Madras ENT Research Foundation Mohan Kameswaran told presspersons here on Saturday.
Inaugurating a satellite centre of his foundation in Coimbatore in association with the city-based Hearing Aid Centre, Dr. Kameswaran said it was important to identify early the difficulties that a child experienced in hearing, because, of all the congenital defects the one that pertained to hearing was totally curable. While a hearing aid could be given to a child with partial hearing, those with total loss of hearing would have to undergo cochlear implantation.
A cochlear implant was surgically placed in the inner ear to enable hearing. But, this alone would not do. The child would have to undergo for at least a year-and-a-half a well-structured and persevering auditory habilitation or auditory verbal therapy programme.
Some years ago, children who could not hear were sent to special schools. But, this was changing in India. In developed countries, the total emphasis was on putting them in the mainstream after a comprehensive post-implant auditory and verbal therapy. These countries did not have exclusive schools for children with disability in hearing.
"We had this habilitation centre in Chennai and children from Coimbatore had undergone therapy there. But, their parents had to shift out of Coimbatore and remain in Chennai during the entire course of the therapy and had to incur expenses on stay and other related requirements. The satellite centre in Coimbatore would do away with this expenditure. We want to open more such centres," Dr. Kameswaran said.
On affordability (each implant cost Rs.4 lakh to Rs.5.5 lakh), he said the State Government's insurance scheme offered partial coverage. The new scheme also assured of this. The Andhra Pradesh Government offered full assistance.
"Our trust (attached to the foundation) mobilises funds for those who cannot afford the implant," he said. Dr. Kameswaran said an effort was on to make screening of newborn for hearing defects. This would help detect defects early and go in for early corrective measures. Early cochlear implant would enable a child develop hearing and speech more or less at the normal age.
Earlier, along with Managing Director of Ellen Hospital V. Ramachandran and ENT Surgeon R. Anand, Dr. Kameswaran explained the significance of implantation with the case of a four-year-old girl.
Vedhika was brought to Dr. Anand's hospital in Tirupur when she was one-and-a-half-years-old when her parents realised she did not respond to sound. Dr. Kameswaran pointed out that language or speech was a response to what one heard.
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Since 1915, the Senate has held 34 all-night sessions, according to the Senate Historical Office.
All-nighters have been held to debate bills, such as the 1964 civil rights bill, or to debate contentious nominations as in 2003 when for 53 straight hours the Senate debated President George W. Bush's judicial nominations which Democrats had blocked votes on.
No climate change legislation is before the Senate at the moment and apparently none will be voted on soon. But Sen. Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., and other senators in the Senate Climate Action Task Force, which was launched in January, see their role as "to wake up the Congress."
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Last March the Senate voted 58 to 41 to defeat an amendment offered by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D- R.I., to impose a fee or tax on carbon dioxide emissions. Thirteen Democrats voted against that amendment.
The recent high-water mark for greenhouse gas legislation came in June of 2009 when the House, then Democratic-controlled, narrowly passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. That bill would have created a system to auction off emissions permits with the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to about 80 percent below their 2005 levels by 2050. The Senate never took action on that bill.
Tom Curry is a National Affairs writer for NBCNews.com. He began reporting on politics and public policy for NBCNews.com in June 1996, when the site was msnbc.com.Before joining msnbc.com, Curry worked as a reporter/researcher for Time magazine where he reported on politics, business, social trends, and golf.Curry reports to Politics Editor Vaughn Ververs.He was awarded a Freedom Forum Foundation Journalism Fellowship in Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii in 1993 and a Hoover Institution Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University in 2011.He lives in Washington D.C.


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Nashville Scene reporter, Jonathan Meador, who was arrested early Saturday morning by Tennessee highway patrol officers during an Occupy Nashville protest, told an officer repeatedly that he was a member of the media, according to video and audio of the arrest captured by Meador's camera and later posted on the Nashville Scene website.
Meador was cited by the troopers later for public intoxication. In the audio from the video, Meador's voice sounds clear and steady.
A few minutes before the state troopers descended on Legislative Plaza, Meador is heard identifying himself as with the Nashville Scene, and asking protesters their names. Then a voice is heard over a bullhorn from the state troopers saying: "Your time is up."
The video shows troopers approaching the Occupy Nashville protesters. Protesters are heard yelling , "They are approaching," and someone says, "Hey, we are not mad at you. You're part of the 99 percent." They're also heard saying, "We love you, we love you."
Troopers approach Meador, who says, "I'm getting off (of the plaza)" then, twice, "I'm a member of the media."
A voice, presumably a trooper, responds, "You're resisting arrest," and another trooper says, "You had your time." In the background, sounds of shuffle can be heard as Meador apparently is put to the ground and cuffed.
Then the first trooper tells the other, "Tell him when you get him up there to charge him with resisting arrest," followed by a "Yes, sir" response.
A trooper later is heard saying, "Ya'll could have snatched his butt up," but it's unclear to whom he was speaking or about what.
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Later Saturday morning, Chris Ferrell, the publisher of SouthComm, which owns the Nashville Scene, wrote a letter to Gov. Bill Haslam asking him for an apology for arresting a member of the media.
Later that morning, the state said it had charged Meador with public intoxication. Ferrell said that Meador was not intoxicated but had one drink at dinner.
Police did not administer a Breathalyzer or blood test, Ferrell said. He asked Safety Commissioner Bill Gibbons to investigate the incident.
A Safety Department spokeswoman wrote in an email that Gibbons will review the arrest and respond appropriately. It is not our intent to interfere with a journalist doing his or her job, Dalya Qualls wrote.
Bill Hobbs, a media relations consultant, journalist and former Republican spokesman, was at the protest and said he talked with Meador about five minutes before the police moved in.
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Black Mesa rule!!:D
80,000 votes. 4,000 mods. Over the course of 2 months, gamers from across the globe came together to decide which mods rank as the epitome of what our hard working community can do. Now, gallons of blood and sweat later, we tell you what triumphed in 2006
Posted by INtense! on Jan 13th, 2007 Page 4 of 6
With more game engines available to develop on than ever before (Torque, Q1, Q3, XNA) more and more modders are turning towards making their own, fully fledged standalone game title. 2006 marks the first year that indie game development efforts are recognised by the Mod DB Annual Awards, and its an area we are excited to see grow, as the titles available become more diverse, creative and polished than ever before.
Ultimately not everything can win a Standalone Game of the Year award. All of the following polled extremely strongly, but in the end aren't publically released - which is a key requirement for winning this category!
Alien Arena 2007 is a standalone game based off of the Quake II/III source that combines the classic sci-fi atmosphere of CodeRED with the tournament style deathmatch of Q3A and UT2k4. With major graphical enhancements such as hi-res 24/32 bit tga textures, light blooms, real time lights and shadows, stainmaps, textured particles, shaders, and reflective water, Alien Arena brings the venerable Quake II engine into modern gaming. The engine also includes mutators, adjustable effects, bot skill settings, and fully configurable deathmatch, team deathmatch, CTF, All Out Assault, Team Core Assault, and Deathball games
Nexuiz is a 3d deathmatch game based on the Darkplaces engine. The darkplaces engine is an advanced quake1 engine developed mainly by Forest "LordHavoc" Hale, who has been working with the Quake1 engine for many years. A few of Darkplaces main features are Quake3bsp support, realtime lighting and shadowing, new particle effects, advanced menu system, and Md3/Md2 model support. Because Nexuiz is based on the quake1 engine, its source code is entirely GPL and can be downloaded at any time by request.
OpenArena is an open-source content package for Quake III Arena licensed under the GPL, effectively creating a free stand-alone game. You do not need Quake III Arena to play this game. You do need OpenGL accelleration though, and a minimum system requirements around the average 1998-era rig. Oh and this game runs on pretty much every platform from Linux to Mac to Windows.
Warsow is a high-speed standalone deathmatch mod that utilizes a heavily modified version of the Quake 2 engine. Combined with cell shaded graphics and an emphasis on movement and jumping tricks, Warsow is one of the most frenetic mods you'll ever play.
Tremulous is an open source game that blends a team based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like an RTS. These structures provide many functions, the most important being spawning. The designated builders must ensure there are spawn structures or other players will not be able to rejoin the game after death. Other structures provide automated base defense (to some degree), healing functions and much more...
Black Mesa rule!!:D
* Cin waves to BigBird :D
holy hell woot so many mod so many awards and the radio has me laughing these guys are nuts also who brought the vodka wooot.
Some good winners. =)
Wait until you see the exclusive footage from the unreleased mods. SOME awesome work in there!
Its showing up in 5minutes
:D awesome! I don't know how those BF2 mods won though...
I'm confused. Isn't there also a 'best standalone game' category?
INtense - really?
Oh, and congratulations to Black Mesa!
Will there be a scoreboard released? as in total mods and their votes? it'd be interesting to see the numbers. Also i just want to know where my mods fell in, both were in the top 100, but seems they haven't made the final cut (till editors awards tomorrow)
Yeah a 'best standalone' catagory would be good...not too late to implement...*pleads*
Yes, and my sexy... Uh nvm.
Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions! Thanks to the MODDB staff and writers who worked tirelessly on this!
Standalone was listed on the list of awards, they had better list a best stand alone game.
nice to see some bf mods in there well dont to the moddb staff youhave all done so well :)
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nice to see some bf mods in there :)
well done to ALL the moddb staff you have all done so well :)
Hidden: Source looks like it'd be great fun! Wish I had HL2.
How is Red alert 3 best strategy game of the year?
Yo! Been listenin since this started, and a micrphone made my ears cry blood. The crackin noise from one of thier mices anyway :D
So far this is really awsome. This is an awsome community and has shitloads to give to future gamers and such. Moddb rules and all modder,codder,artwork artist and so on, Keep at it! You´re all doing an awsome job! XD
Now im gonna stop drink coffe and get some sleep... ._.
Standalone mods will be listed during EDITORS CHOICE tomorrow. I will consider adding the players choice standalone game here also.
But especially to Point of Existence and Black Mesa!
I <3 PoE2
Grats to all winners, excellent feature in all respects. Great job Scott & crew!
Congratulations to the winners!
I second the suggestion for a full scoreboard release. I'd very much like to see where did our mod end up in the top 100! And people who voted for our mod are interested in that too.
I expected way way more. I'm really disapointed.
Quote:I expected way way more. I'm really disapointed.
What more did you expect?
Thank you very much to the players out there, new old and loyal, that keep rooting for this mod! Dont stop, coz we wont until you have one hell of a game, but without you we would not get as excited about continuing to make this beloved game. Its an honor to place 3rd and we appreciate that award no end!
Thanks to all the other mods that provide hours of fun and unique enjoyment too! Also again to moddb, and you the voters, Thanks! =D
On behalf of all the Team Members at FirstStrike, all the guys who voted for us a huge THANKS!
Its really unexpected to get this accolade, we didnt think we would have a chance with the sheer quality of work being pumped out from all these MODD'S. Having spent nearly a year and a half on this MOD with bare miminal tools we are now starting to make real progress.
Have to mention the team im afraid most of them arent represented here (my bad), BLITZ (the REAL MOD LEADER) who has been fundamental in multitasking many elements of FS has dedicated a huge amount of time, blood, sweat and tears to this has been an inspiration to us all.
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Lastly congratualtions to FH2 and BLACK MESA awesome work guys! Well done.
Thanks to everyone who voted for NS. We're proud to still be considered so highly.
Congratulations to everyone who participated, well done.
I'm really shocked due to the fact that none of the Doom3 mods got into this list. :S
Congratulations to all the winners because they really deserve it for their hard work and big thanks for you all who support us, we'll reward you that in some time :) .
Congratulations to all the winners!
And thanks to all the players that voted for Black Mesa, glad we're still at the top of your lists!
Hey Gents at ModDB - THANKS for running such a great site. The Project Reality team was rather shocked to be in the top 100 never mind runner up for mod of the year!
Congratulations to all mods and modders and a big thanks out to the ModDB crew from the Project Reality team.
To all the modders who picked up awards, well deserved!! :D
Mint_Sauce (Rock 24 Mod - HL2 SP Mod)
keep up the good work MODDB !!!!
because of you, the mods gain popularity and so the quality of them goes up!
Moddb rules the gaming world of course.
Congrats too all!!!
This is just wonderful! Thanks for choosing BlockStorm as the best puzzle mod of the year... although there was not too much to choose, but anyway, it's something amazing... THANKS! THANKS! THAAAANKS !!!
OMG they picked the worse mod for the winners
WOOO! empires got the genre award!
I suspected that the fan base was a little small at the moment to compete against the likes of dystopia.. but well done to all the winners!
It's nice to organize such a contest !
So good job every single dude coming here & making mods, winners and loosers: in mod making, there's nothing to loose, just big experience to get !
On a side suggestion for Mod DB, I think that it would be great to have a big table resuming how the votes were put in each mod, so that everyone can have an idea of the mod scene.
So why is it that the top 100 has no D2 mods, but the RPG award winner is a D2 mod? <confused, feeling a bit stupid>
Can anyone please tell me what mod is shown as the very first one in the video?
Huh, interesting results, but to many freakin' BF2 and Half-Life games. :P
To the Moddb.com & the modding community gaming fans,
It's a great pleasure to check the site this morning and see that our team had become the #1 MOTY - it's definitely a great honor for the team to achieve this award and we appreciate the support from everyone. It's all about having fun - from making our games for people - and the end result -- gamers enjoying what was developed.
Moddb.com is a great site as it provides updates on all games and all mods - thank you once again!
Tom "Hathcock" Patterson
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In extremely blustery conditions at The Queen's Club on Saturday, sixth seed Marin Cilic reached the final of the AEGON Championships with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over 2010 winner Sam Querrey. The Croatian saved 10 of the 13 break points he faced and won 70 per cent of points behind his first serve to claim victory in just under two hours.
The 23-year-old Cilic is through to the final at this ATP World Tour 250 grass-court tennis tournament for the first time in six visits. He is bidding to win his first title of the season after a runner-up showing in Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber) in May.
"[It was] very difficult, especially in that third game having to save eight or nine break points, and then struggling a little bit with the rhythm and with the nerves," said Cilic. "So it was a bit difficult with that, struggling, fighting actually with that throughout all the match. But managing in the end pretty good with it.
"Playing a final, [there is] more motivation, more everything," continued the Croatian. "Definitely a great week for me and great preparation for Wimbledon."
In the final, Cilic will face 2002 Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian of Argentina, who ended the campaign of 21-year-old Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov with a 6-4, 6-4 victory in 90 minutes. Both players struggled with the swirling wind, but the experienced Nalbandian countered losing his serve three times by converting five of his 12 break point opportunities to claim victory.
"[The] wind was terrible today," said Nalbandian. "I don't think we played a very nice match, but we tried our best. [It] was very difficult but happy to win. I'm very happy. I've played this tournament a few times, and I never reached the final. So happy to be tomorrow on court, and I hope to be ready and I hope the conditions are better, as well."
A day earlier, Nalbandian had come through two three-set matches to reach the semi-finals at The Queen's Club for the second time in three visits. He takes a 4-1 career lead over Cilic into Sunday's final.
Looking ahead to the clash with Nalbandian, Cilic commented, "You have to be really smart in the game, know how to put the ball away from him and put him in tough positions that he can't really control it."
The 30-year-old Nalbandian is looking to win his first ATP World Tour title in nearly two years, since lifting the trophy in Washington in August 2010 (d. Baghdatis). He is playing in his first grass-court final since losing out to Lleyton Hewitt in the 2002 Wimbledon title match.
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Yzerman Wins Wilcox OverSubmitted by chad on April 2, 2015 - 08:46
(Tampa Bay Lightning press release) The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed goaltender Adam Wilcox to a two-year, two-way contract today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced late Wednesday night. He also signed an ATO with the Syracuse Crunch for the remainder of the season.
CHL Playoffs Game Night: 4-1-15Submitted by chad on April 2, 2015 - 08:04
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
First round
QMJHL-8 Sherbrooke Phoenix 2 @ QMJHL-9 Charlottetown Islanders 1
Best-of-7 series tied, 2-2
C Cameron Darcy, SHR: 0-1-1, E, 2 PIM, 4 SOG, 10/22 FO, 1 Hit
Playoff totals: 4 GP: 5-3-8, +3, 6 PIM
With Sherbrooke: 37 GP, 20-25-45, -7, 34 PIM
With Cape Breton: 19 GP, 1-13-14, -6, 14 PIM
Season totals: 56 GP, 21-38-59, -12, 50 PIM
2013-2014 Season: 65 GP, 35-47-82, +3, 51 PIM
Sherbrooke took back home ice advantage from the Islanders, winning Game 4 on the road, 2-1. Game 5 is Friday in Charlottetown, then the final two games are back in Sherbrooke.
Western Hockey League
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
East-3 Calgary Hitmen 7 @ East-6 Kootenay Ice 2
Calgary leads best-of-7 series, 3-1
D Ben Thomas, CAL: 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 4 GP, 0-2-2, E, 0 PIM
Season totals: 60 GP, 7-24-31, +16, 28 PIM
2013-14 totals: 72 GP, 7-24-31, +11, 39 PIM
The Hitmen made a big statement in Cranbrook, taking both Game 3 and 4 from the Ice while scoring 15 goals. Connor Rankin (undrafted) had a hat trick in Game 4 and overtime hero (Games 1, 3) Adam Tambellini (New York Rangers) had four points. Lightning prospect Ben Thomas didn't figure in on the scoring for any of the 15 goals, though he had an assist in both games in Calgary. The series goes back to Calgary for Game 5 on Friday.
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Crunch Fall in OT, Miss Chance to Clinch Playoff SpotSubmitted by jghoughtaling on April 1, 2015 - 21:51
With a chance to clinch a playoff berth, the Syracuse Crunch came up just short.
Albany lost in Manchester and Syracuse battled back from a pair of deficits, but the Crunch couldn't convert on five power play opportunities -- including one in overtime -- as they fell to the Binghamton Senators, 3-2, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Wednesday.
"There were significant opportunities both ways," said Syracuse head coach Rob Zettler. "At the end of the day, we couldn't get one on the power play. We had a chance 4-on-3 in overtime and we couldn't get it past him. We definitely had our chances to win it, we just couldn't. I was happy with the effort and I was happy with the chances, we just couldn't finish it off."
AHL Game Night: 4-1-15 Senators at CrunchSubmitted by pete on April 1, 2015 - 20:53
Crunch lose a tight one with reinforcements on the way.
Kristers Gudlevskis allowed 3 goals on 32 shots for the OT loss. He made several key stops to allow the Crunch to secure 1 point in the contest.
First Period
BNG Prince, (24) (Camper), 4:05
SYR Angelidis, (20) (Courtnall, Vermin), 12:32
BNG Camper, (14) (Schneider, A. Grant), 17:53 (PP)
Second Period
SYR Martindale, (13) (Marchessault), 1:23
Third Period
BNG Wideman, (17) (Dzingel), 3:06
Gudlevskis was the game's third star.
Syracuse has already lost Namestnikov and three regular defensemen to recall because of various injuries up top in Tampa Bay. They've gotten a little help with the signing of Brayden Point to an ATO and bringing the likes of Jared Nightingale back into the fold for a spell. They're about to get even more reinforcements, though, with today's signing of forward Matthew Peca and the word that goaltender Adam Wilcox is also likely to sign with the Lightning and may be assigned to Syracuse, as well. If they can get Koekkoek and Witkowski, at least, back from Tampa Bay and the likes of Tanner Richard back from injury, this could take a decent Syracuse roster to the level of a reasonable title contender in the playoffs. If one or two other active junior players can also join in the fun, all the better.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
Extraliga Playoff Game Day: 4-1-15Submitted by pete on April 1, 2015 - 17:33
Semifinal Round
(4)Sparta Praha 4 vs. (1)Trinec 1
Trinec Leads the Series 2-1
Jaroslav Janus, Sparta Praha, DNP
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, 0 SO, 5.71 GAA, .846 sv%
Regular season totals (CZE): 5 GP, 2-3-0, 0 SO, 4.56 GAA, .849 sv%
Regular season totals (KHL): 25 GP, 6-12-5, 2 SO, 3.01 GAA, .891 sv%
26 year old Slovenian Robert Sabolic and ex-Av Jaroslav Hlinka each had 2 goals to help Sparta Praha defeat Trinec 4-1 in Game Three of their Semifinal series. Starter Filip Novotny made 23 saves for the win while Jaroslav Janus sat backup for Sparta. Game Four is Thursday.


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EDIT - This thread isn't directly about FFXI, it uses FFXI as an example. Basically, it describes best what I mean regarding a multi-class system.
After seeing MMOs come and go over time, I have noticed something. People see a new MMO that looks interesting, and end up purchasing it. While leveling, they enjoy themselves quite a bit, and then get to endgame and find themselves bored to tears. Eventually, they either stick it out, roll an alt, or quit.
There is only one game that I know of that attempted the multi-class system, and it was Final Fantasy XI. Yes, I know not everyone liked it because it was a grind, but that isn't what I'm talking about. For those who stuck through the grind, most of them got hooked and it became their major MMO of choice for a long, long time. You would pick a class (called "Jobs" in FFXI), level it up, eventually start grouping, and find yourself in need to level a "subjob".
You would have to go back to square one with this new job, and level once again. The good thing about this game is that there were many different paths to take. Of course, with any MMO, people eventually create a "set" path and everyone follows it, kind of like cookie-cutter talent specs. However, that doesn't mean the option wasn't there. Now take a look at WoW. A very successful game where you were limited to one class per character. There were multiple paths to take to endgame, which allowed people to reroll an alt and potentially not experience the same thing.
Now you take a look at games like RIFT (please don't turn this isn't a RIFT-bashing thread, that isn't what is intended). You generally have one path to take, but you can change your class within an "archetype". No, you don't have to go back to level one to level your new class, but there is some switching here and there. A lot of people LOVED the idea of the multiple classes. Inevitably, you get to endgame and it is basically WoW all over.
In Final Fantasy XI, you got to endgame, and on top of the MASS amount of content available to you at low levels, even more opens up. On top of that, there was an alternate advancement system, which allowed you to continuously "level" once you were at max, or you could simply go back to a level 1 job, and explore all new zones with a new challenge. Basically, FFXI had the perfect recipe for an addicting MMO.
What I am getting at, is that it would seem that people lately flock to new MMOs, get bored, and move on. I don't think there has been a truly mass-addicting MMO since FFXI or WoW (WoW because it was new at the time, built up a strong playerbase, hired more staff, pumped out a ton of content, hooked "casuals", and snowballed from there). People are sick of the WoW model, and want something new. I think it is going to take a brand new MMO releasing with an unimaginable amount of content and a multi-class system where you can change classes on your single character, and have to retrain it (although potentially through a different path). People will get hooked to their character, and not want to leave.
Everyone has different tastes, so of course this wont fly for everyone, but I do think that if MMO developers focused on a class system like this once again, we would finally be able to see new MMOs that can actually hook people for a long time.
What do you think it will take in an MMO to be able to successfully hook people in today's market?
Sorry for the long-winded post, I have provided a fancy poll and a TLDR at the bottom for those of you who with ADD or simply aren't in the mood to read it... no hard feelings.
TLDR: MMOs need a multi-class system similar to FFXI's to keep people hooked nowadays, because people are jumping from MMO to MMO unable to find what they really want, and the standard "class" model is boring and overused. Rift came close, but it seems people are getting bored at endgame already, which might say they didn't deviate from the WoW model enough.
EDIT - Regarding the poll, when I say non-grind MMO I mean something not like FFXI's park your butt in a spot for hours and kill the same mobs over and over and over and over and
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Originally posted by GPrestige
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edit: I wish your poll offered a choice for with grind. The party system worked great as long as you could find a party. Level sync fixed any issues it had.
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If there is one mmo ive played and quit after 3 months becouse it was so boring and no pvp then it was FFXI terible boring game from beginning not to mention the awefull grind and insanely slow combat and silly console UI click click click lol. Terible game.
Thats why it never realy was a succes outside japan.
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Only if it actually was functional in all combos of classes, not like most games where there are 100s of possibilities but only a dozen or so fuctional builds.
Originally posted by Deathofsage
Thanks for the reply. I understand FFXI's positives and negatives, but honestly what I was hoping for was a discussion about this apart from FFXI. FFXI was simply an example, but I'm more focused on the class system itself. I have been wondering how it would work in a quest-based MMO if you had to go back to 1. They would have to have a hell of a lot of zones with different quests for it to not get stale.
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Originally posted by GPrestige
Alright, I can see that.
Really you'd need a levelling path for each job then, maybe magic classes could start together and fork apart by level 10->37. Lots and lots of lore would have to be written but I still think I prefer a party grind system. Players are forced to learn their role. In quest games, you get to cap and if you want to raid, you have to kind of learn instantly if you made the mistake of questing, or rifting instead of grabbing whatever instances you could.
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What is the difference between 'multi-classing' and sub-classing? I'm asking because I don't know, not because I'm saying there isn't one.
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I did like XI's multi-class system, and it obviously worked for the game, but if implemented in pretty much any game that has come out since then, it wouldn't work due to the massive shift towards cheap quest-grinding. Switching over to a new class at level 1, having already completed the quests the game has to offer will leave you with nothing new to do.
I think the game would have to orient itself mostly towards a mob grinding way of advancement, or maybe an open world game like EQ/XI for it to work nicely without players getting fussy. Needless to say, we haven't seen these kind of games in quite awhile.
On a side note, along with XI's class system, I also really enjoyed Istaria's system.
Originally posted by Loktofeit
Multi-class and subclass, at least in FFXI, go hand-in-hand. While you can change classes at any time thanks to the multi-class system, you can also pair different classes and be both at once. For example, again using FFXI you would be say a level 60 Warrior, and your sub class would be half the level of that, so you would be able to use the abilities of the sub class up to 30, allowing for a lot of choice in pairings and potential abilities.
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
The OP replied as well but here's an example.
Warrior was the only class in the game with a taunt for the longest time so it was standard that Paladins and Ninjas subbed Warrior for "Provoke". You nearly had to do this for exp parties. End game, Ninja's subbed Dark Knight because while threat took a bit of time to build, people could hold back a few seconds. Paladins subbed Ninja so they could effectively eva tank like a ninja. Paladins subbed red mage as well for fast cast (quicker casting, quicker cd) of spells, some defensive spells, and great +resistance.
MP was a commodity in FFXI so healers loved to sub summoner (before sch) because they had a lot of mp and had the trait auto-refresh. /smn didn't really gain any spells that were of a great benefit, but that +1 mp every 3 seconds had a lot of value, especially when stacked with mp-refresh spells like from bards and redmages.
Later in the game, when they added Scholar, good players subbed it for great MP effeciency talents, like a talent that would dot yourself for a period of time, and then you could fire it later and it would give you 20%~ of your health back as mp, and then reset the dot. The dot was nice because you couldn't be slept (cc'd) while taking any damage.
Again back to Ninja, late in the game they added Dancer which while constantly mocked for it's combat animations (not very masculine =P) was a melee healer, using a resource that all melee used, "TP", to heal itself and others. Ninjas could sub Dancer for great soloing heals, and because good ninjas took little damage, they could effectively heal, even if they were offensively weaker.
Melee classes subbed Ninja for dual-wield, samurai for faster TP gain, warrior for Berserk (AP self buff), Warcry (Short party AP buff).
To be good at your class, you really needed to level all of your subs.
(I'm not an FF fanboy, but I def am an FFXI fanboy)
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Originally posted by skeaser
This, I hated going into an MMO and having all these meaningless choices because inevitably only a few of the choices were worth the investment and the others were just to dick around and didn't really give you all the character customization you thought there would be. You just have 85% of the population running the same "Specs".
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Originally posted by Vigiliance
A lot of classes don't need to be effective as a combo and that's ok.. They were pretty obvious, the ones that wouldn't work and why.. a war/blm would have shit mp, low str (gaining little from /blm) and really no effective spells to cast. You never saw anyone doing war/blm other than to hearth, FFXI didn't have a natural hearthstone item, though you could buy items, or level /blm to 17 for warp.
BTW, drk which was a warrior/black mage combo also didn't sub /blm because he still favored, by far (a drk never nuked), melee stats.
The key thing is that the company needs to be honest, and not promise 100s of combos when 100s aren't truly practical.
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I played on some MUDs that had muliclassing in the game.... I implemented it on a MUD I developed for. I don't recall every single detail of it, but it had some options and some obvious strengths and weaknesses.
First, the options.. It basically boiled down to two ways of multiclassing. You could multiclass from the beginning, which meant you needed about 3 times the experience other people needed to level a single class. In a way it was harder because you had a lot more spells and skills that were pretty weak and you got crap XP per kill, so you had to fight harder things to advance quicker but you had skills that were too weak.
And then you could multiclass by levelling one up to any level above some minimum and flip over to the new class. I think the minimum level was like 20-30 out of 50. So you could go all the way to 50, keep your level 50 equipment and start over. You generally had a much easier time of it, although some items would be anti-class...so they would eq-equip when you picked the second class. All your armor had to be acceptable to both classes you were in that it didn't specifically say a Priest couldn't wear....... items that were "evil". I don't recall the details, but it was something that I added because some things just didn't make sense to allow. But when you multiclassed you were stuck at the maximum skills for your first class determined by when you decided to multi, some people found this useful because they could pick up the skills they wanted...say sneak/hide/backstab/kick/trip on a rogue then multiclass into a cleric. Since skills were unlocked at certain levels, but improved with each level..you didn't have to train higher level versions of the skills, they just were better because you were higher level. Although they would be disabled until you reached the "unlock" level again on your multiclass.
The strengths of having multiclass in a game where balance is now focused on all the time......it means you can have classes that are weak but useful and you don't feel the need to expand them into something that doesn't fit their role. It means if you want to have a cleric where he sucks at melee combat and has very few damaging spells, but had a lot of awesome heals and abilities that kept things from attacking him (aura of peace, you cast it and things that were normally aggressive would not be able to attack you due to it). And people hade to find combos that worked for them personally. What was awesome about this was, some of the classes had really useful abilities NO ONE knew about because the classes were pretty horrible to play as a single class until certain levels. So once multiclassing was added, no one played them...and on the MUDs I didn't develop on..I made all the weird combos. I found some awesome combinations that quickly became popular when I started PVPing people who were "unbeatable" and winning.
The weaknesses were that people would get their cookie cutter builds....we didn't have talent trees and stuff that like to vary the classes up on a more individual basis. If you make multiclassings limit unlimited or close enough to it, people have every skill that matters. If you have 8 classes and you allow people to multiclass up to 3-5 times....it's hard to keep them on their toes when they have nearly every skill available. It's also possible to "gimp" your character if you don't think through the armor choices and decisions. If the game decides your armor choices based on the class you are currently levelling, if you pick a caster first and a melee second......you have armor that gives virtually no mana boosts or other useful things. So you end up with a multiclass that can barely cast spells due to lack of overall mana. And vice versa, you end up with a multiclass that has virtually no health or tanking ability if you end up as a mage type class with armor choices.
Overall I think if you had 15-20 different class choices with well thought out talent trees.. Made people pick 2 classes and they are stuck with them.....I think you could eliminate a lot of the need to balance every last detail of the game. Which in turn would allow you to keep some uniqueness to the classes....after all in most MMOs anymore playing a caster is the same hum drum, healer is the same, tank is varied a little, ranged classes are pretty much the same, and thieves are varied a bit. World of Warcraft does an OK job at keeping the classes unique, but they bend constantly to the player bases demands....and slowly the classes would morph into other roles or be a little too good...or much too bad at something you'd think they would excel at. Personally I enjoy the options the multiclassing gives you, but Rift isn't really a true multiclassing game....it's more like a heavily branched talent tree with a couple of odd branches in each class since you can basically use the same armor no matter what souls you have at least that was my experience with it.
I find that the more unique your class is, the better the replay value. And the more "rock, paper, scissors" your game is, the more fun it is to have multiclassing because then it's a throw up of who holds the upperhand when each person holds two components of the three. Most current MMOs are more "rock, paper, scissors, spock, dynamite, lizard, machine gun, knife, flamethrower, stick, etc." where the classes are fairly homogenized and it's more dependent on armor than anything else because they have a counter to damn near everything on most classes.