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Overheard in Ad Agency offices — from film to digital (and back?)
It's funny lately, how I'm reading these articles again about the joys of film, versus the clinical-clean digital files that everyone is now shooting. It's almost like memories of an old girlfriend, where all you remember are the good parts about the relationship. It's almost like some kind of Harmonic Convergence of a recoil against digital, when, for so long, it was such an uphill battle to get digital accepted.
The overheard conversations went something like this, (circa about 2002 to present day 2009). Feel free to send me your own Overheard Comments and I'll add them to the timeline:
"What do you mean shoot digital? Digital pictures? Won't there be those jaggy lines?"
shifted to:
"Wow, well maybe you could shoot digital, but if you want to shoot it, you've got to do a test for me, and shoot the same scene digital and film side by side".
which shifted to:
"How come the picture looks so different on my monitor than it does in the CMYK proof?"
which shifted to:
"Wow, I'm not sure about this digital stuff, but it sure is nice to see it big on that 24″ monitor, instead of a little folded Polaroid".
which shifted to:
"I know we're shooting this job on Monday, but we go to press on Friday. Can we see everything you shot by 8am tomorrow?"
which shifted to:
"The AD can't really get away and fly there. Can you set up a modem on the beach, and upload everything to his computer in New York, as you're shooting it, frame by frame, for him to sign off on?"
which is now shifting to:
"Just so we make deadline, make sure you shoot the job digital, but if you want to, you can shoot a couple of rolls of 120 for yourself."
which is now shifting to:
"Yeah, we got the uploaded web galleries of the stuff you shot yesterday, but these two rolls of 120 really are nice! We love the grain and the color!"
which is now shifting to:
"Why don't we shoot this next job on film. Everything is starting to look the same with digital — too clean, too perfect, too normal…"
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I just posted about going back to film:
I hope there is a trend. I got back the rolls of film I mentioned in the post and loved them (more than the digital shots). The film shots where mostly backlit late afternoon no-lights stuff… which frankly digital sucks at.
Although, I just got another editorial shoot and asked if they would pay for film/processing/scanning and they said "we're a digital magazine, so digital is fine."
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Predicable too :P
I like both mediums.
Prefer the pictorial feeling of film for people, personal work.
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I had a short lecture on photography at art college last week for documenting work, and all they talked about was digital. i dared to ask about shooting on film and the guy said 'don't even go there without taking a course in it'. plus they only have digital facilities! i've used film for years (go check out lomography.com for film fun), i can see the efficiency of digital but film pretty much always looks beautiful
yes, please!
even if we hope and dream, film will be dead, why should a a film company produce film if the dont sell enough…
great post mark.
I am NOT a pro so this may be a different perspective. I think that if you are a pro and know what you are doing, then film (and digital) is fantastic because you know what you are doing and can get the results. But if you are 'the average person' I see better results with my digital then film. Now that I am thinking though I think a good portion of that has to do with the fact that you can buy a decent digital camera for a LOT less then a good film camera. PLEASE feel free to correct me and give any other opinions.
Amanda, and if your not a pro, you dont need a pro camera, even some pros dont need the millions of pixel they get ;) what you said is very good + learning photography is much cheaper with a digital camera.
something else, out in the gallery world, most gallery visitor do not know what is a good print, if it as digital image on plastic paper, if it is film on plastic paper or fiberpaper.
brrr these "smilys" are horrible ;(
Hello and greetings from Germany,
i´am working only with film. :-)
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i heart film !!
Co-incidentally I did a little test shoot yesterday, where I shot no digital at all for the first time in ages. What I found amazing is that without any real conscious effort to change the way I shoot I only shot about 10% the frames I would have shot with digital. I never would have guessed that a simple change of hardware would have made such a difference.
On a side note there was an article in the UK recently about the revival of 7″ vinyl singles. In 2000 the annual output of 7″ singles in the UK was 250,000 copies. Today it's at the 1 million mark, so perhaps film will have a similar minor renaissance, enough at least to keep film producers in business.
This debate is getting really dull.- would suggestt that we get over it. Like, who really cares?isn't it about content? You know, what you have to say with your image. Fim great,digital great.now find something important to debate.
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The Wet Plate Collodion process is the way to go! Look at that natural aging! No more sitting in front of that computer for hours and hours adding "fake" aging. Get the real thing in an instant!
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For me film is now and forever the new "F-word". I remember trying to crank out B&W prints from wet negatives for a newspaper on deadline. I remember biting my nails to the stubs waiting for the E-6 run to come back, having bet everything on a few Polaroids. Most of all, I remember a time-pressed shoot, where the art director needed a quick turnaround and asked how long one-hour processing took.
it's not just film….. i heard a story yesterday about vinyl LP sales rising 30% last year….. i'm ready to bulk load tri-x again!
The thing I like about film is the dynamic range. Although, the Fuji S5 is as close to "film" look as you can get. I like both and I don't own a "pro" digital camera. There's always Photoshop actions.
I recall a conversation with an editorial/commercial photographer friend a few years back when I (enthusiastically) started to shoot digital. He said that art directors would never go for digital because they liked to see chromes laid out on a light box. I argued back that they would quickly change their tunes and digital would suddenly be "the best" when their bosses came down and said they couldn't afford the production costs of film anymore.
He shoots digital now. I stopped (that enthusiasm died) and went back to film. I don't work with art directors, so I don't have to listen to anyone saying, "It has to be digital."
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In short, you do get for what you pay for. It is no fun waking up in a puddle of water. I have seen even moderatly priced tents tear apart in a gnarly wind storm.
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She was in pain. So much pain. It seemed like it was her whole world. It was all she could remember. Her vision was dark, almost non-existent. Occasionally a misty, indistinct figure would appear and then back away. She bared her teeth at the blurry grey apparitions, trying to fend off any more onslaughts. A fresh lance of pain skewered down her back and she trembled, crying out. It was all she knew.
Her head hurt abominably. There was a horrible, biting sensation, and she could feel herself being absorbed. She knew, instinctively, that the pain had begun there. Now, it coursed throughout her entire body, leaving her trembling on the ground, exhausted, in agony. She could hear noise; it sounded strange, and yet familiar. It had a steady rhythm to it. She felt exceedingly weak, but she managed to turn her head towards the source.
It was another of those apparitions that occasionally lunged for her. This one seemed different though. There were two auburn orbs in this apparition that radiated calm and protection. She felt slightly safer looking at them, and the pain was a little less too. She focused her eyes on those orbs, not willing to turn away. Another lance shot through her and she trembled, but she kept her gaze on the calming influence of the apparition.
So much pain... so much...
Latias opened her eyes. Her vision was hazy, but the agony she had been in for so long was finally beginning to fade. She trembled as she tried to stand up, but she was too weak. She collapsed heavily, moaning softly. She felt sure that her world was ending. All she knew was pain. Surely if the pain died, she would too.
But no; she could remember beyond the pain now. She remembered the delicious smell of breakfast as she came skipping down the stairs; she remembered the warm embrace of the person she had begun to consider as her trainer as he reunited with her; she remembered flying through the open skies with her brother, her heart filled with happiness.
She turned her head slowly, looking back in the direction of the apparition that had comforted her so much. It was gone. In it's place was the trainer, hunched over in sleep, although his arms still encircled her neck protectively... comfortingly.
A spasm wracked her and she gave a low, flutelike call of pain. She heard footsteps coming from behind her and she turned her head. Although her vision was still blurry and unfocused and the light dark, she recognized the female as being one of her tormentors by her shape. As she drew closer and became more distinct though, Latias began to recognize her. Her hair swung softly from side-to-side as she approached slowly, a bowl of water in her hand. Latias could sense her nervousness and knew that it was because she had tried to attack her the night before. She knew that this girl was a friend though; she remembered being held back by her when she almost fell over the edge of the Colosseum's railing.
The girl was very near her when another painful spasm wracked her body. The girl backed off swiftly, fear in her eyes. Latias almost cried in desperation; she was devastatingly thirsty. She tried to rise again, but collapsed once more. Her vision began to flicker, and she knew that she was about to pass out from dehydration.
Then suddenly the girl was next to her. Latias could still sense fear, but was glad that she was doing her best to keep it contained. She felt the trainer's grip on her neck broken gently, and then the soft touch of the girl as she manoeuvred her head and neck towards the bowl of water. Latias drank the water as quickly as she dared, feeling her irritated throat begin to be soothed by the liquid. When the water was all gone, Latias gave the girl a little flute-like call of thanks and then lay her head in the girl's lap. She felt the girl tense when a spasm shook her frame, but at last she seemed to release that it was an involuntary movement, and that Latias had absolutely no desire to attack her. The girl began to speak, although in Latias's exhausted state she barely understood what was being said. The tone was soothing and relaxing though, and Latias felt her eyes closing in sleep.
Ash awoke, feeling very stiff. He yawned slightly as he turned his head towards the window and saw sunlight beginning to filter in. He looked down towards Latias, and was surprised to see that her eyes were no longer fixed on him. Instead they were closed in slumber, her head on someone else's lap. He turned and was surprised to see May sitting next to him, her eyes shut tightly in a deep sleep. Her head was resting lightly on his shoulder and her bangs covered her eyes; oblivious to what had transpired before sunrise, he wondered briefly why Latias and May were sleeping in those positions.
He watched May sleeping for a few more moments. He was feeling ravenous, but he didn't want to accidentally wake May up by taking away her pillow. Her mouth moved slightly and she gave a little sigh in her sleep. To Ash's immense surprise and slight discomfort, she snuggled into his shoulder a little more securely; her arms shifted slightly until they encircled his neck. Still asleep, May gave another small sigh of comfort and turned her head so that her cheek was pressed against his shoulder more comfortably.
Ash felt his cheeks redden uncontrollably, and a curiously warm sensation began to glow in his heart. He heard a noise and jerked his head towards the window, sincerely hoping that neither Max or Norman were looking in. To his immense relief, the only one at the window was a sleeping Pikachu. He turned his attention towards the table and saw Professor Oak sprawled across two chairs, his head lolling as he snored.
He turned his attention back to May. Hesitantly, he gently put his arm around May's shoulder, holding her to him more securely. She gave another little sigh and Ash felt the feeling flare up inside of him again. His eyes widened as he suddenly recognized what the feeling was. He tried to fight it for a moment, hoping that he was wrong, but to no avail. He sighed and leaned his head over until it rested gently on May's.
A sudden, silent tap on the shoulder startled Ash. He swivelled his head around so fast that he cricked his neck. He began to rub away the sudden pain and saw Brock cringing slightly at the unexpected response. Ash patted the ground on his other side and Brock sat down quietly.
"You're looking pretty comfortable, Ash," he whispered. Ash just let out a quiet groan.
"I fell asleep last night with Latias in my lap," he said. "I wake up and Latias is in May's lap, with May leaning on my shoulder. Not exactly what I expected to see."
"At least you didn't push her off," Brock said with a shrug. Ash just sighed and looked back at the window. They sat in silence for a while, watching the sunlight grow more intense. Far off in the distance they heard the Pallet Town Dodrio let out several long and quavering cries, indicating that it had just turned 7 o'clock.
"I've actually been expecting this for quite a while," Brock said.
"Expecting what?" Ash asked, confused. Brock waved towards May, still sleeping on Ash's shoulder, and Ash's arm wrapped around May.
"How many times have you heard Professor Oak, Professor Birch, and Gary say that a Pokemon usually takes after it's trainer?" Brock asked.
"More times than I can remember. Why?"
"Have you ever noticed how... close, your Pokemon and May tend to be?" Brock asked. Ash shrugged.
"Not really," he said. "I know that both of our Bulbasaur are pretty close, but most of the time it just reminds me of our friendship." Brock sighed. This was going to be more difficult than he expected.
"You may not have known this Ash, but most of your Pokemon are male, and most of May's Pokemon are female."
"So?" Ash asked, not really seeing where this was going. Brock sighed again, but resolved to struggle on until he made some kind of sense with Ash.
"You can often tell how a trainer feels just by observing the Pokemon," he said. "Both of your Bulbasaur, both of your Squirtle, your Snorlax and May's Munchlax, as well as Pikachu and May's Eevee have indescribably close bonds. Bonds that go beyond friendship."
Ash began to see where this was going and felt himself grow warm. Brock opened his mouth to speak again, but Ash forestalled him by holding up his hand.
"I think you're right, Brock," he said at last. "May and I haven't really seen each other since I completed the Battle Frontier. We've managed to keep in contact through the videophones though. For a little while now, I've started to feel a little strange about her. When I look at her, I feel a tightening in my chest. Brock, I think that I like her as more than a friend."
Brock was surprised. He hadn't expected Ash to cotton on so quickly. Then he smiled and leaned back slightly.
"Like I said, I've been expecting it for a while," he said. "Not just on your end either." He watched Ash work this out, and grinned slightly at the look that emerged on Ash's face. Ash opened his mouth to speak, but a weak quaver from Latias attracted his complete attention.
She had woken up, and was looking at Ash pleadingly with her red-rimmed eyes. Ash felt May stir on his shoulder and he quickly retracted his arm. She yawned and opened her eyes slowly. In one swift motion, she jerked her head off of his shoulder, whipped her arms away from his neck and scuttled backwards. Her face was beet-red as she looked at Ash and realized that he was awake.
"Morning, May," Ash said cheerily, hoping his real emotions were hidden enough. "Good thing you woke up when you did, I think Latias is a little hungry and tired. I didn't want to accidentally wake you though. You must have been up really late to just fall asleep like that without even getting a proper pillow."
May gaped at him for a moment, her tiredness preventing her from comprehending his meaning. Then she realized that he was covering for her to allow her to keep a little dignity at her surprise upon awakening.
"Uh, yeah, I was up real late," she said slightly fast. Then she gave a little nervous laugh. "Guess I'll get Latias some water since she's so thirsty." She scuttled out of sight into the kitchen, her face still a little pink. Ash shook his head and grinned a little. Unbeknownst to him, a blue-haired girl peeking in at the window had seen it all. She gave a huge grin and thumbs-up to Brock; he smiled and returned the gesture. They had both been right.
Latias was cured. She was very tired and felt extremely weak, but everyone was rejoicing that she'd managed to fight off the Pokerus, although Ash was still at her side and making sure that she was comfortable.
"So, Ash, you're coming back to Sinnoh with me, huh?" Dawn asked. Ash nodded from his position next to Latias on the floor. Seeing that she had fallen asleep, he stood up and walked over to the table for some breakfast.
"Yeah, it's a while since I was last there and Professor Oak's told me that there are other Gyms in the region that I didn't know about before. How cool would that be to win one of every badge in a region?"
"Sounds pretty cool to me," Dawn said. "Of course, I just want to see my Mom and Professor Rowan again."
"What are your plans, Max?" Brock asked.
"I'm going back to Johto," Max said. "I still have three badges to win before I can get into the Silver Conference. How about you, Brock?"
"Well, I was kind of hoping to go back to Sinnoh with Ash and Dawn," Brock said. "There are still a lot of Sinnoh Pokemon I haven't seen, and there are some really good breeders there too who I haven't had a chance to visit yet."
"What are you going to do, May?" Norman asked, slicing his sandwich steak. May looked down at the table for a moment before answering.
"I'm going to Sinnoh too," she said quietly. Norman looked at her in surprise.
"Why?" he asked. "I thought you would keep travelling in Frayen and try to catch some new Pokemon." May shrugged, unwilling to give the real reasons why she didn't want to go back to Frayen. How could she possibly explain that she didn't want to go back to Frayen because that's where Drew was going?
"It should be fun!" Dawn said, breaking the silence. "I can't to see you try some Sinnoh contests, May. Maybe I should enter some too, give you a little competition." It broke the ice, and May laughed.
"I look forward to it, Dawn," she said with a grin. "It's been a while since I had a really good opponent!"
"Why have you gone red, Ash?" Misty asked curiously from across the table. Ash began to choke on his cereal, and Brock had to thump him on the back.
"It's not my fault," Ash protested. "May's laugh made it happen." He went back to his cereal, supremely unaware that everyone's mouth's were wide open at this admission, and that May's face had gone so red that it rivalled her shirt in intensity. Norman raised an eyebrow and Dawn did her best to contain a giggle.
"Hey, Max," Ash said, still not realizing what he'd said, "remember how I promised you a battle one day?" Max's glazed expression of shock at Ash's comment snapped off to be replaced by a look of extreme excitement.
"You mean right now?" he asked. Ash grinned at him.
"I'm ready if you are," he said.
Ash and Max faced each other on the front path. Brock stood halfway between the two, acting as referee. Everyone else stood behind Brock, watching the two trainers with interest.
"I hope Max knows what he's up against," Delia whispered to Caroline quietly.
"Oh, I'm sure he does," Caroline replied. "He watched Ash train his Pokemon for a year and a half. If anything, I'd say Ash needs to watch out for Max - he's never seen my boy battle before."
"This will be a three-on-three match," Brock announced. "Substitutions can be made at any time on either side. There is no time limit. Challenged ready?"
"Ready," Max nodded.
"Challenger ready?"
"You bet," Ash grinned.
"Mareep, it's showtime!" Max shouted.
"Cyndaquil, I choose you!" Ash called.
In twin bursts of light, the electric-type and fire-type emerged. Mareep crackled with electricity as it stared down it's smaller opponent. Cyndaquil gave a little yawn and then charged up it's flame.
"Mareep, lets start things off with a Tackle!" Max commanded.
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen and follow up with Flame Wheel," Ash ordered.
Cyndaquil opened it's mouth and sprayed out a large and thick cloud of smoke. The Mareep halted it's headlong charge, unable to see. It could hear a whirring noise from just beyond the smoke cloud. Without waiting for direction, it dashed forwards, hoping to intercept the Cyndaquil. Too late it saw the revolving flames, racing around the Smokescreen at high speed. Max let out a gasp of horror as the flames collided with his Mareep, sending it flying backwards, back arched in pain.
"Mareep is unable to battle," Brock ruled. "Cyndaquil is the winner."
"I'm sorry Mareep. Guess I let you down this time," Max said softly as he recalled his Pokemon.
"Great job, Cyndaquil," Ash smiled. "Looks like our training over the last couple of weeks really worked out! Take a rest now."
"That was some impressive strategy by Ash," Norman said to Caroline. "He used that Smokescreen to defend and attack at the same time." May overhead and couldn't help nodding her agreement.
"Yeah," she said. "It almost looked like a contest move."
"Battlers ready for round two?" Brock asked. Both Ash and Max nodded. "Begin!"
"I'll choose first this time, Max," Ash grinned. "Muk, I choose you!"
"Muuuuu," the poison-type burbled as it landed on the path with a spatter. Max gasped and stepped back at the terrifying sight, but on the sidelines Misty, Delia, Professor Oak, and Gary just grinned; they knew that while Muk looked intimidating, she was really the most gentle and affectionate Pokemon of Ash's at all.
Max glared at the Muk and chose the first Pokemon that came to mind. "Grovyle, go!" he shouted.
"Vyle," the grass-type yawned, crossing it's arms as it looked at the Muk with a bored expression. Ash was surprised - surely Max of all people knew that Grovyle was weak against Muk?
"Grovyle, use Bullet Seed!" Max shouted. The Grovyle leaned forwards and fired intensely-green seeds at Muk.
"Counter it with Sludge Bomb!" Ash commanded. With a huge roar, Muk shot out a spray of purple spheres. They collided head on with the Bullet Seed attack; most of them collided, exploding on contact, but some on each side found their targets. Muk stretched upwards, absorbing the Bullet Seed harmlessly. Max's Grovyle, overconfident in it's own abilities, decided to take the Sludge Bomb instead of dodging. To his immense shock, the attack did a lot of damage. The Grovyle collapsed to his knees, holding his stomach in pain.
"Grovyle," Max gasped.
"Muk, get close to Grovyle!" Ash shouted.
"Grovyle, get out of there and use Quick Attack!" Max said, panicking now.
As Muk drew closer, the Grovyle managed to get to his feet. He jumped backwards and then shot forwards in a blur of motion. Ash grinned; exactly what he wanted.
"Take the attack, Muk!" he shouted. Muk stretched upwards, and the Grovyle ran directly into her protective layer of sludge. "Now use Body Slam!" Ash shouted. The Grovyle looked up in terror as Muk collapsed in on herself.
"Grovyle, try and use Fury Cutter!" Max shouted. Sections of Muk's body seemed to pulse outwards in a sudden flurry of motion. Grimly, Muk held her ground, and in only a few moments, the struggles subsided.
"Grovyle is unable to battle!" Brock said. "Muk is the winner!"
"Great job, Muk," Ash smiled as the poison-type gave him a squelch hug. "Want to keep battling?"
"Muk muuuuu," Muk nodded, turning back to face Max. Max bit his lip. He was down to his last Pokemon while Ash still had all three of his left. He knew he only had one choice to make.
"Gardevoir, lets go!" he shouted.
"Gaaar," the Gardevoir murmured as it appeared.
"Use Confusion!" Max shouted.
"Fight back with Gunk Shot!" Ash ordered. Muk began to glow blue and was lifted into the air, damage slowly accumulating the longer she was held up. Muk fought for partial control and spat out a stream of putrid juices. The Confusion was only focused on Muk, and Gardevoir was helpless from the retaliation. The fetid liquids splashed on her body and she screamed, inadvertently halting the Confusion as she tried to scrape the Gunk Shot off. Ash saw his opening.
"Muk, use Sludge Bomb!" he commanded. The purple spheres shot forwards, aimed directly at an oblivious Gardevoir.
"Protect!" Max defended. Gardevoir instinctively surrounded herself with a glowing green sphere. The Sludge Bomb reflected off of the Protect and barely missed hitting Max. "Now use Psychic and send Muk flying!"
Muk glomped in surprise as she was lifted into the air. Gardevoir took extra care to spin Muk as she threw her backwards. Muk landed at Ash's feet, defeated.
"Muk is unable to battle, Gardevoir is the winner!" Brock ruled.
"Good job, Muk. You did a lot of damage," Ash said as he recalled his Muk with a smile. "Now Cyndaquil, I choose you!"
"Cinda!" the fire-type squeaked as it appeared for the second time.
"Use a Flamethrower, followed by Flame Wheel!" Ash shouted.
A fiery blast of flames launched from Cyndaquil's mouth, expanding over the distance as it rapidly closed on Gardevoir.
"Use Confusion to stop that Flamethrower!" Max shouted. The Gardevoir held out a glowing-blue arm; the Flamethrower streamed off in several different directions. Max laughed at what he saw as a certain victory. The laugh turned into a stutter of shock. Surrounded in circular flames, Cyndaquil was barrelling down the centre of the Flamethrower by using it's Flame Wheel. The attack smashed directly into the Gardevoir, sending her stumbling backwards.
Both Pokemon glared at each other for a few moments, Gardevoir panting heavily. Then, with a shudder, she keeled over forwards.
"Gardevoir is unable to battle! Cyndaquil and Ash are the winners!" Brock announced. Max collapsed on his knees, hugging his exhausted Pokemon before recalling her. He heard footsteps and looked up into Ash's kind eyes.
"Great job, Max. You and your Pokemon really worked hard out there," he said.
"I'll never be as good as you," Max said dejectedly.
"Don't say that," Ash said, griping his shoulder and pulling him to his feet. "Do you think I would have had any chance against Cynthia the day I started out? All it takes is training. I have six more years experience and have competed in five more leagues than you. I know that the battle will be closer next time, just like how you keep getting closer to beating Misty every time you battle her."
"But you'll always be more experienced than me," Max said, seemingly determined to have a bout of self-pity. Ash wouldn't let him.
"The first time that I ever competed in a league, I finished in the top sixteen," he said. "You've already beaten me there by coming in the top ten in your first competition. You'll beat me yet."
With the match over, all of the spectators apart from May and Dawn had gone back into the house. May watched curiously from the sideways as Ash spoke to Max. She couldn't hear what Ash was saying, but Max was beginning to look a lot more happy now than he had at the end of the match.
She began to feel a warm glow spread inside her heart.


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Oh Fire Emblem. A franchise that I am totally cool with being some variation of the exact same thing in every installment. Yes, swords will beat axes, axes will beat lances and lances will beat swords. Yes, you will invariably start with a pre-promoted character (usually a Paladin) who starts out powerful and either ends up sucking (Jeigan archetype) or actually is able to keep up with the rest of your army (Oifaye archetype). Yes, you will have two cavaliers, one red and one green who specialize in strength and speed. Actually, just read the franchise wiki page. It's quite well done. Point is, Fire Emblem is totally rad and I know fully well that I will end up playing every game in the franchise (as well as the "Totally not Fire Emblem" PS1 game Tear Ring Saga) at some point, regardless of the fact that the NES installments have undoubtedly aged super poorly and probably weren't all that amazing to begin with in Gaiden's case. Thus, to make good on that, I will attempt to talk about a few of them without sounding like a raving lunatic. It will be difficult, but I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. Oh, and don't worry if you've never heard of them. They're all Japan-only this time, so I'm sure this blog will get lots of comments, just like that one time I wrote about how I thought Alpha Protocol was bad. For the record, I still stand by that statement and when I made my now former roommate play through it he said the same thing.
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu (Genealogy of the Holy War)
Maybe you have heard of this game. I know I certainly have. Some guy on our forums seems to consider it to be the best game ever. He's wrong, but Seisen no Keifu is clearly where Fire Emblem started hitting its stride. Whereas the first three games are some variety of ok, I feel like this one in particular represents a rather large leap in quality in both a gameplay and story perspective. Is it perfect? No. Is it a hella cool Fire Emblem game? Yes. And let me tell you why. With words.
Released in mid 1996, Seisen no Keifu is the 4 game in the series and one of the most popular (in Japan). In fact, it was the best selling title in the series until Awakening came out earlier this year. It introduced the weapon triangle in addition to skills. However, while the weapon triangle has gone on to be a definitive part of the series, and skills have been in most of the newer titles, the single most unique thing in Seisen no Keifu is that it takes place across two generations of characters. The first half deals with Sigurd of Chalphy trying to find his father (which of course turns into a story of intrigue as he is branded a traitor and has to clear his name) and the second half has his son Celice and everyone else's kids finishing where their parents left off.
While the story is still very much a plucky young hero and his friends defeating an evil empire (that their parents inadvertently helped create), there is a surprising amount of characterization and incidental dialogue between both generations. Indeed, though the translation patch is at times a bit stilted and overly literal, it still gets a surprisingly well-told story across. Dark cults, family drama, incest, potential incest and waifu obtaining all get their fair share alongside storytelling tropes that one would expect from a game like this. It's a pity then, that the translation patch I was using doesn't have the ending translated (apparently it's bugged or something), and I had to look it up on the internets instead.
Anyways, it's a Fire Emblem game. However, the maps are insanely huge (there are only 12 of them) and often requires you to capture one enemy castle before moving on to the next one. As a result, the game is rather lenient with its saves, since you can do so every turn without penalty. You can also deploy everyone in your army at all times. These tilt the balance of the game towards mounted units, which is fine and dandy since half of your army is mounted in either generation. Foot soldiers have their place as well (the swordmasters in this game are crazy good, for example), but the two generals you get are totally garbage and not worth touching at all.
However, low movement units are but the tip of the proverbial iceberg in terms of the insanity that lurks beneath the hood. While the first generation is respectably difficult most of the time, despite Sigurd being a death machine from level 1, the difficulty of the second generation revolves heavily on which characters you paired with which mother in the first (and if you didn't pair them at all you get hilariously crappy replacement characters). Like the support system in later games, pairing characters is as simple as making them stand next to each other for an inordinate amount of time until they have a conversation or get a mark on their status bar. While there are no wrong pairings per se, there are most certainly right pairings. While these have been discussed to death by the contentious and debate-happy Fire Emblem fan community, it bears in mind that if you pair Arya (a swordmaster) with say... Lex (an axe knight), her two kids will gain double experience, attack first at low health and have respectable amounts of defense and HP in addition to their already high speed, skill and inherent meteor sword skill (5 hits full damage).
Thus, it is unsurprising to say that one of the things that Seisen no Keifu has no sense of whatsoever is balance. Holy weapons give +20 to certain stats, Wind Magic and Swords are significantly lighter than other types of weapons and the game occasionally decides to throw like 25 high level enemies at you at once, which is all well and good since your characters are supposed to be broken enough to deal with them. Even if you for some unholy reason decided to do an all-replacements run, the preset units in generation 2 (namely Aless, Celice, Shannan and Altenna) have enough holy weapon lolbroken-ness to at least even out the last two or three chapters. I'm pretty silent on the first generation in this respect, because for the most part the first generation doesn't have this problem, since only Levin and Briggid have holy weapons before the last chapter.
I could probably go on and on about this game, but I will suffice to say that if you are a fan of the series and don't mind the legally questionable zone of downloading ROMs and translation patches then you should most certainly play Fire Emblem Seisen no Keifu. But before I go... bonus games!?!?!?
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Unlike the wall of text that you just read, I have not finished Thracia 776, the other crazy SNES Fire Emblem game (released in 1999, which is totally crazy), and is a midquel that takes place right before and during the second generation of Seisen no Keifu. It's more standard in the way it's structured, and is notable for introducing the rescue command, fog of war maps and multiple victory conditions. It's also notable for being BALLS HARD, which is why I haven't finished it and why it's a footnote in this blog. However, from the half or so that I have finished, I can tell you that it's fantastic. Unlike something like say... Act 1 of Radiant Dawn the difficulty comes from the fact that most of your units are capable, rather than wet paper that dies in two hits. You will probably be hearing more about this from me in the future, assuming my current Fire Emblem bender holds.
I also played and finished the second DS Fire Emblem (Shin Monshou no Nazo), and it's quite good. However, not much needs to be said, other than that the translation patch isn't finished and that it is basically like Shadow Dragon but better. A lot better. Because Shadow Dragon was kinda bleh.
And thus concludes a blog. About video games. You should play them. I obtained Suikoden IV for free as part of a buy 2 get 1 free sale at Play-N-Trade. That may have been a poor choice. The Civ V expansion seems pretty cool. I'm out.


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In addition to the high school Model United Nations conferences, the YMCA of Middle Tennessee holds a similar conference for middle school students. The conference offers younger student an introduction to the United Nations General Assembly. While the onference is simplified compared to the larger-scale high school versions, the students benefit from the same valuable educational opportunities when drafting and debating resolutions..
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Hooray for the business people who have called for the HS2 to go ahead.
At long last, a real-world case is made for a project that would - albeit belatedly - put the UK on the right track in the new era of international high-speed rail travel.
We know all too well in Kent about the disruption and damage that construction causes. It was horrible while it lasted. There were ugly scars on the landscape.
But engineers did a great job. The wounds have healed. For all the protests about HS1 many years ago - similar to those we hear along the proposed HS2 - Kent now has a superb high-speed service, even though some of the advantages have come at the expense of old-style train performance.
Okay, fares are high but increased prosperity brings more wealth.
High-speed rail is slowly transforming the economy, with house prices leaping in towns like Ashford, Gravesend and Folkestone which are well plugged into the service.
It's not just about people travelling to London, it also encourages people to commute into Kent, adding to the county's skill base.
The same scenario will apply to Thanet when Manston, for example, has a Parkway station and journey times to London fall to an hour.
As for the feared landscape damage, few people now complain about the environmental impact of high-speed trains. It now blends into the landscape.
Initial Kent protests succeeded, forcing the then Government to abandon the initial route through South Darenth in favour of a northerly route. But thank goodness the principle of high-speed to the Continent was retained.
No doubt there were protests from residents between Settle and Carlisle about a "damaging" new line in Victorian times, but it is now cherished as a scenic and engineering wonder.
HS2 to Birmingham and beyond promises economic growth on the back of faster journey times. It should help bridge the widening North-South divide.
The Chilterns are a precious asset but skilful - and no expense spared - engineering can mitigate the impact.
The French have led the way on Les Grands Projets while the UK is usually late into the big idea, frightened off by cost or public protest.
HS2 is a bold initiative that should be welcomed. OK, there will be pain, and plenty of fury from affected locals. But as we have found in Kent, both are temporary. The longer-term economic gain for the UK will be immense – and it should not be just business people who can see this light at the end of the tunnel.
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The most telling phrase in the report published today about the Mayor of London's case for increasing aviation capacity was the one that talked about the need for "a brand new airport."
Not extending an existing airport but a brand new one. Which suggests to me that when Boris comes to issuing a report later on this year identifying particular locations as part two of his assessment, the Thames Estuary will be the number one favourite.
We were told several times - rather unconvincingly - that the Mayor and Transport for London were open to all suggestions although when pressed about whether that included extending Heathrow - which Boris and the coalition have ruled out - there was a bit of subtle manouevering to indicate that this, ahem, wouldn't be among the options.
Indeed, the only specific place mentioned in the Mayor's 70-page report is the Thames Estuary - and in a classic piece of under-statement, the report notes that it "will require sustained political determination to deliver such an airport."
You can say that again. But no-one should under-estimate the seriousness with which Boris is taking this. He made a compelling case on economic grounds, pointing out that together London airports can muster just five daily flights to China - half the number from Paris and Frankfurt.
He also pointed out that David Cameron's plans for greater use of existing regional airports would only absorb about 10 per cent of the extra capacity expected to be generated at Heathrow as the number of passengers increases from 240m to 460m over the next 20 years.
Boris reignites row over airport plan for Kent>>>
So, he ploughs on in the face of implacable opposition from council chiefs and most MPs. But one thing that did strike me at today's seminar was that many businesses actually seem quite keen on the idea and believe that there has been a pretty one-sided debate so far.
As to Manston, Daniel Moylan, vice chairman of Transport for London, was fairly dismissive - revealing that it would only work if it became a four runway hub of the sort Boris wants. Intriguingly, this proposal was put to KCC leader Paul Carter but he demurred at the suggestion.
So, Boris may not be terribly popular down here but seems remarkably unperturbed. You could even say he's rather relishing the challenge.
Mind you, it was a shame he didn't stick around to answer any journalists' questions.
Tags: Boris Island, airport, Manston, Medway, Mayor of London
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It has been roundly denounced and at a cost of £40bn is regarded as pie in the sky.
But London Mayor Boris Johnson just won't let go of his idea to build an off-shore airport off the north Kent coast (where, it is worth mentioning, he has no planning jurisdiction).
The latest wheeze for Boris Island - by the independent panel he commissioned to examine options for the Thames Estuary - is that flood defence islands needed to withstand flood surges could double up as runways.
Flood islands could double as runways, says Mayor's expert panel>>
It sounds creative but I think there is a wider point here: the panel known as the Thames Estuary Steering Group is signalling subtly that it would like to keep the idea of Boris Island alive despite the hostility to it here.
This will no doubt please Boris, who is expected to underline his own personal support for further exploration of the scheme at a seminar tomorrow. A report is due to be published making the case for increased airport capacity in London and the south east that should be "configured in a hub airport".
The Mayor is using the government's own review of aviation capacity to keep up momentum in the debate and according to City Hall will be outlining the strong economic case for alternatives to expanding Heathrow.
It won't go down well in Kent and both KCC and Medway councils are poised to reaffirm their opposition, as no doubt, will many of the county's MPs.
Tags: Boris Island, KCC, Medway council, Thames Estuary, aviation capacity
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The draft will Officially begin Monday, October 21st.
Unofficially we can start posting picks this weekend, but there will be no time limits.
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1) Starting Time. The draft will begin Monday, October 21, at 7 a.m. PACIFIC Time (10 a.m. eastern).
2) Time Limit. You have 3 hours from the time of the pick before you to make your pick. If not, the person after you is free to make their pick, and so on and so forth. You may make your missed pick at any time, but you are missing out on wrestlers.
Furthermore, official time limits will only apply between 10 am and 10 pm Eastern Time. If your pick is scheduled outside of those hours, you may make that pick, but no time limit will be enforced on the next league member until the official opening.
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4) When it's your turn, you will receive a text message alerting you. This will help us keep the draft running smooth. If something about the draft days or phone system isn't going to work for you, let me know and we will try to accommodate you.
5) Keeper picks must be announced by friday, October 18th, at 8 p.m. Pacific Time. If you do not declare a keeper by then, you will not keep any wrestlers.
Let me know if you have questions or think I'm missing something here. This is basically the same as it was last year.
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IT WAS a small but important step. This week, China publicly crushed 6.2 tonnes of seized ivory tusks and trinkets, at a ceremony in Dongguan.
The headline-grabbing haul came from about 700 slaughtered elephants. That is a fraction of the estimated 22,000 animals killed annually in Africa, more than half of which end up in the Chinese market.
The Chinese authorities are now responding to international pressure to act against the illegal trade, says Tom Milliken of TRAFFIC in Cambridge, UK, which monitors the wildlife trade. Last year, eight Chinese smugglers were imprisoned for up to 15 years. And this week's ivory crushing had wide coverage in Chinese media.
"The ivory destroyed included Chinese figurines and sculpture, Buddhist rosaries and Canton magic balls," says Milliken. "The images will have a powerful impact in a country where the government still shapes public opinion."
They need to. China has a voracious demand for carved ivory products, which are viewed as high-value status symbols by its growing middle class. As a result, elephant poaching in Africa is currently at a 20-year high, reversing the downward trend that followed a worldwide ban on the ivory trade introduced in 1989 by the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
TRAFFIC says the African elephant population is probably now below the 1989 minimum of 600,000 individuals, and 3 per cent of the population is lost every year.
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Dr. Jeff Wilson is Dean of the University College, Interim Dean of Enrollment Management (Admission/Recruiting) and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. As Dean, he leads HT's efforts in retention, graduation rates, recruiting and admission. Prior to HT, Dr. Wilson held positions at UT-Brownsville, Harvard, IBM and Ernst & Young. Dr. Wilson is recipient of the University of Texas Systems' most competitive teaching honor and one of the largest teaching honors in the United States, the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Wilson has authored dozens of publications in the environmental science field and has received funding from the National Science Foundation and various foundations such as Ford Motor Company and Home Depot. Dr. Wilson did his post-doctoral work at the Harvard School of Public Health and holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Canterbury.
Dr. Wilson is also Executive Director of The Dumpster Project, a non-profit based in Austin, Texas that is transforming a trash dumpster into a home with a focus on K-12 STEM and sustainability education. As part of the educational mission of The Dumpster Project, Dr. Wilson plays a character named 'Professor Dumpster' in a role similar to 'Bill Nye the Science Guy'. Dr. Wilson and The Dumpster Project have been featured in hundreds of local, national, and international news sources including NPR, Fast Company, Yahoo! News, and ABC News. In his spare time, Dr. Wilson enjoys traveling – he has lived, worked and 'couch surfed' through over 60 countries on six continents and there is a forthcoming film from New Line Cinemas on one of his travel experiments.
Dumpster 101; Fundamentals of GIS; Management and Implementation of GIS; The Restless City; Geography, Health and Welfare; Global Environmental Change; Environmental Hazards and Management; Quantitative Methods; Earth Science (Physical Geography); Conservation of Natural Resources; Research Problems in Environmental Science; World Regional Geography; Field Methods and Data Analysis in Environmental Science; First Year Seminar.
HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion Project: Transforming STEM Education at Huston-Tillotson University with Green BioInnovations Laboratories. 2014-2016. PI: Wilson. National Science Foundation. (USD$400,000: under review).
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DUMPSTER: Developing Underutilized Methods for Promoting Sustainable, Transformative Education & Research. 2014-2015. PI: Wilson. HBCU Community Challenge. Ford Motor Corporation (USD$74,129: awarded).
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AUGMENTS: Advancing Undergraduate to Geoenvironmental Masters for Engaged Needs-based Talented Students. 2011-2014. Principal Investigator: Andrew Hunt (UT – Arlington). Co-PI: Wilson. National Science Foundation S-STEM program. (USD$600,000: funded).
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25. Salinas, J.J., B. Adelbary*, J .Brinkworth**, M. Hossain, S. Fisher-Hoch, A. Rentfro, J. McCormick, and J. Gaines Wilson. 2012. Mexican Cultural Neighborhood Environment and Diabetes Risk in Mexican Americans. Hispanic Health Care International. 10, No. 3: 146-58.
24. Zou, B*, Y. Zeng, F.B. Zhan, J. Gaines Wilson, K. Wu, and F. Peng. 2011. Spatial-temporal variations of regional ambient sulfur dioxide concentration and its source contribution analysis: a dispersion modeling approach. Atmospheric Environment (Online): 1-9.
23. Tian, N*, J. Gaines Wilson and F.B. Zhan. Spatial association of racial/ethnic disparities between late-stage diagnosis and mortality for female breast cancer: where to intervene? 2011. International Journal of Health Geographics 10:24.
22. Wilson, J. Gaines, J. Benavides, K. Engle, A. Reisinger**, D. Gilman, J. Spangler**, and J. Lemen**. 2010. Due diligence and demographic disparities: effects of the planning or the U.S.-Mexico border fence planning on marginalized populations. Southwestern Geographer 14: 41-55.
21. Wilson, J. Gaines, J. Ballou*, C. Yan*, S. P. Fisher-Hoch, B. Reininger, J. Gay, J. Salinas, P. Sanchez, Y. Salinas, L. Lopez, F. Calvillo, I. P. deLima, and J. B. McCormick. 2010. Utilizing spatiotemporal analysis of influenza-like illness and rapid tests to focus swine-origin influenza virus intervention. Health and Place 16: 1230-9.
20. Wilson, J. Gaines, S. Kingham and J. Pearce. 2010. Air pollution and restricted activity days among New Zealand school children. International Journal of Environment and Pollution 41: 140-154.
19. Tian, N., P*. Goovaerts, F. B. Zhan, and J. Gaines Wilson. 2010. Identification of racial disparities in breast cancer mortality: does scale matter? International Journal of Health Geographics 9:35.
18. Zou, B.*, F. B. Zhan, J. Gaines Wilson, and Y. Zeng. 2010. Performance of AERMOD at different temporal scales. Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory 18: 612-23.
17. Fisher-Hoch, Susan, A.R. Rentfro, J.J. Salinas, A. Perez, H.S. Brown, B.M. Reininger, B.I. Restrapo, J. Gaines Wilson, M.M. Hossain, M.H. Rahbar, C.M. Hanis, J.B. McCormick. 2010. Socioeconomic status and prevalence of obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron County, Texas. Preventing Chronic Diseases 7(3): 1-10.
16. Tian, Nancy*, J. Gaines Wilson, and F. B. Zhan. 2010. Female breast cancer mortality clusters within racial groups in the United States. Health and Place 16: 209-18.
15. McCormick, J. B., C. Yan*, J. Ballou*, Y. Salinas, B. Reininger, J. Gay, F. Cavillo, J. Gaines Wilson, L. Lopez, and S. P. Fisher-Hoch. 2010. Local response to H1N1 in a US Mexico border community: local experience with the national preparedness plan. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 8(3): 1-10.
14. Zou, B.*, J. Gaines Wilson, F. B. Zhan, and Y. Zeng. 2009. Spatially differentiated and source specific population exposure to ambient urban air pollution. Atmospheric Environment 43: 3981 – 3988.
13. Zou, B.*, J. Gaines Wilson, F.B. Zhan and Y. Zeng. 2009. Air pollution exposure assessment methods utilized in epidemiological studies. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11: 475-490.
12. Zou, B.*, J. Gaines Wilson and F.B. Zhan. 2009. An emission-weighted proximity model for air pollution exposure assessment. Science of the Total Environment 407: 4939-4945.
11. Cavanaugh, J., P. Zawar-Reza and J. Gaines Wilson. 2009. Spatial attenuation of ambient particulate matter air pollution within an urbanised native forest patch. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 8: 21-30.
10. Arku, Raphael E.*, J. Vallarino, K. L. Dionisio, H. Choi, R. Willis, J. Gaines Wilson, C. Hemphill, A. Quaye, S. Agyei-Mensah, J. Spengler, and M. Ezzati. 2008. Characterizing air pollution in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment 402: 217-31.
9. Sabel, C. E., J. Gaines Wilson, S. Kingham, C. Tisch, and M. Epton. 2007. Spatial implications of covariate adjustment on patterns of risk: Respiratory hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 65: 43-59.
8. Wilson, J. Gaines and P. Zawar-Reza. 2006. Intraurban-scale dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations: Applications for exposure estimates in cohort studies. In Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes.
7. Wilson, J. Gaines, S. Kingham, and A. Sturman. 2006. Intraurban variations of particulate matter air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand: Implications for epidemiological studies. Science of the Total Environment 367: 559-72.
6. Wilson, J. Gaines and P. Zawar-Reza. 2006. Intraurban-scale dispersion modelling of particulate matter concentrations: Applications for exposure estimates in cohort studies. Atmospheric Environment 40: 1053-63.
5. Durand, M. and J. Gaines Wilson. 2006. Spatial analysis of respiratory disease clusters on an urbanized geothermal field. Environmental Research 101: 238-45.
4. Kingham, Simon, M. Durand, J. Harrison, J. Gaines Wilson, and M. Epton. 2006. Winter comparison of TEOM, MiniVol and DustTrak PM10 monitors in a wood smoke environment. Atmospheric Environment 40: 338-47.
3. Durand, M. and J. Gaines Wilson. 2006. Ball lightning and fireballs during volcanic air pollution. Weather 61: 40-3.
2. Wilson, J. Gaines, S. Kingham, J. Pearce, and A. Sturman. 2005. Intraurban particulate air pollution and restricted activity days in New Zealand school children. Epidemiology 16: S136.
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'Doctors' Travis Stork 'more comfortable being a doctor on TV than a bachelor'
Dr. Travis Stork, in between shifts in the emergency room in Nashville, comes into your house everyday via "The Doctors" to dispense information and advice on a variety of medical topics. But before he was a doctor on TV, he was a bachelor and he says he has nothing but fond memories of the show.
"I just saw Sarah (Stone), whom I chose, last week. She's doing great. She's happily married," Dr. Stork tells Zap2it on the set of "The Doctors." "You know what, that's the great thing about that experience -- it's different for everyone and I made some great friends. It was a long time ago, but it's been great to keep in touch with some of the women that I met. Nothing but fond memories."
ABC recently announced that the next "Bachelor" would be a second-timer -- Brad Womack, who was on the show three years ago. And while Dr. Stork did enjoy his time, he doesn't think he could do it again.
"Let me unequivocally state - I am much more comfortable being a doctor on TV than a bachelor. That's a one time experience," he laughs.
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