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Brandon Belt suffers broken thumb after being hit by a pitch
May 9, 2014, 11:45 PM EDT
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was hit in the hand with a pitch from Dodgers starter Paul Maholm leading off the top of the second inning on Friday night. Belt stayed in to run the bases, but did not take his position in the bottom half of the inning. Instead, Joaquin Arias took his spot at first base while Belt was attended to in the clubhouse.
Bad news for the Giants: CSN Bay Area's Andrew Baggarly reports that Belt has a broken thumb and will "undoubtedly" go on the disabled list for the first time in his career. Baggarly adds that an easy short-term roster solution would involve Belt going on the DL and Matt Cain coming off of it, but the Giants will want to address their first base situation regardless, which could mean Travis Ishikawa could come up from Triple-A Fresno.
Belt entered the game as one of the Giants' most productive hitters, slashing .264/.312/.504 with nine home runs and 18 RBI.
Cardinals place Jon Jay on disabled list with nagging wrist injury
Jul 2, 2015, 6:31 PM EDT
Jay has already had one stint on the disabled list this season due to his nagging wrist injury.
The initial defense for the Cardinals scouting director does not sound promising
Jul 2, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT
No, that's not how the law works.
The Dodgers sign Trevor Cahill
Jul 2, 2015, 5:02 PM EDT
Cahill was designated for assignment by the Braves earlier this month after allowing 23 runs in 26 innings.
Breaking: Cardinals fire their scouting director, likely due to the Astros hacking scandal
Jul 2, 2015, 4:29 PM EDT
The director, Chris Correa, has admitted to hacking into the Astros system.
Orioles sign suspended reliever Chris Perez
Jul 2, 2015, 4:16 PM EDT
He still has to serve a 50-game suspension for a "drug of abuse."
Neftali Feliz returns from the disabled list, but won't resume closing for the Rangers
Jul 2, 2015, 3:49 PM EDT
Shawn Tolleson has grabbed hold of ninth-inning duties.
George Springer sent to the disabled list, not expected back for six weeks
Jul 2, 2015, 3:24 PM EDT
He fractured his wrist last night as a result of an Edinson Volquez fastball.
Jose Fernandez strikes out six, hits a homer in his 2015 debut
Jul 2, 2015, 2:30 PM EDT
Not a bad return following Tommy John surgery.
Mariners end $5.8 million reunion with Willie Bloomquist
Jul 2, 2015, 2:14 PM EDT
Chris Taylor replaces him on the roster.
Phillies place Aaron Harang on disabled list with foot injury
Jul 2, 2015, 1:27 PM EDT
The dreaded plantar fasciitis.
Wanna buy Jerry Dipoto's house?
Jul 2, 2015, 1:12 PM EDT
It was for sale before he even resigned.
Today is International Signing Day. Here's what you need to know.
Jul 2, 2015, 11:29 AM EDT
Basically you just need to follow Jesse Sanchez and Ben Badler, so here are the links you need to do that.
"Some guy" is starting for the Twins today against "Some otherguy"
Jul 2, 2015, 11:02 AM EDT
I hear his [pitch] is nasty.
Giants welcome back Matt Cain for first start in 12 months
Jul 2, 2015, 10:47 AM EDT
And place Tim Lincecum on the disabled list.
Bryce Harper is naked in ESPN's "Body Issue"
Jul 2, 2015, 10:30 AM EDT
How YOU doin'?
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Even after missing more than a year Fernandez returns to the Marlins' rotation one month before his 23rd birthday.
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Bethune-Cookman College, an HBCU member of AN-MSI, received a grant to implement a system that addresses the 802.11b security problem (unauthorized access to the campus infrastructure and the Int…
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Successful implementation of the New Technologies in support of online instruction requires a team of active and committed faculty and appropriate IT staff as well as a supportive administration.…
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Robin Quivers Shows Rachael Ray How to Cook Vegan
Quivers showed Rays audience that the right spices along with raw cashews can transform a dairy-laden dish into a healthy, creamy, vegan medley.
Robin Quivers recently appeared on the The Rachael Ray Show to prepare a vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup from her cookbook,The Vegucation of Robin. Quivers, who is best known as a radio personality on the Howard Stern Show, became a vegan advocate after a plant-based diet helped her battle cancer. During the show, Ray and Quivers talked about how the garlic, fennel, and coriander delivered a delicious flavor and powerful aroma—without sacrificing health—and how raw cashews gave the dish its creamy taste and texture. After sampling the finished product, Ray remarked, "It's amazing. Honestly, that's the best cream of mushroom soup I think I have ever had … It's delicious and nutritious."
Final Grateful Dead Concert to Serve Vegan Food
Famed band says farewell this weekend with heartfelt goodbyes—and veggie dogs.
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Peas Get Political, Take Over Internet
Jeb Bush: You dont put peas in guacamole.
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19 Key 2015 NCAA Tournament Facts to Impress Your Friends
Odds are you've already worked the eraser on your pencil down to a nub while trying to pick your bracket. And try though you might, picking a perfect bracket will not happen.
Odds are you've already worked the eraser on your pencil down to a nub while trying to pick your bracket. And try though you might, picking a perfect bracket will not happen.
Smiley the dog is a wonder.
Every man needs to look his sharpest sometimes, and that means a pair of real shoes.
In January, I had the honor of visiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. It was an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life.
So, you want a ridiculously cheap car, but you'd still like something that actually works, and maybe has a bit of a quirky sense of style to it as well?
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Well, these are awesome. Our pals at ScreenCrush hipped us to some artwork of Alison Brie as Captain America, Sandra Bullock as Iron Man and Amber Heard as Thor.
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Beach Bunny Swimwear is getting us there quicker by sharing its spring 2015 campaign, starring the bodacious bombshells Nina Agdal, Hailey Clauson and Robin Holzken.
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I know a few people here have said they are one. After reading a local news story about a toddler needing a transplant....I thought....what if it were my child?
So, I want to check into becoming one. Anyone have any information?
I know a few people here have said they are one. After reading a local news story about a toddler needing a transplant....I thought....what if it were my child?
So, I want to check into becoming one. Anyone have any information?
Call the Red Cross and/or a local hospital.
now see. I didn't even think about the Red Cross. My brain is not working today.
Thanks aashee.
Blood marrow? Do you mean bone marrow?
yeah....LOL. Bone marrow. Sorry......brain doesn't kick in on my days off.
I found out there's a local fund raiser on St Patty's day. They are doing free cheek swabs for anyone interested in being a donor. I really do want to check into this. I think if it could help save someone's life..it's worth whatever discomfort it might cause me.
thank you snorkletsmom!!!!!!
Remember though, you've got a kid - I'm not 100% sure about the 'down' time after donating marrow, but it may put you out of work and caretaking for a bit. People need blood donations daily after car accidents, ect if you are interested in donating blood...it can be just as helpful and still save lives. You can donate whole blood, platelets, plasma and double red cells.
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Congrats on going through this process.
I joined the bone marrow registry a few years ago. I've been part way through the process on 2 different occasions.
The procedure is usually done as an outpatient procedure of a single, overnight stay. Full recovery usually in a few weeks.
I'm a firm believer in blood donation also. Bone marrow donation is a life saving gift. It's a great thing if you're in a position to be a donor.
After seeing my Dad going through getting a liver, I'm a firm believer that there is no excuse not to be a donor in one way or the other. Plus it helps that I'm a gusher, when i donate blood it comes out alomst faster than they can switch vials.
I've never been able to donate blood. I never weighed enough...till I had my daughter, and after that...I was always low on iron. The other day was the first time a doctor said my blood work looked good. So, I want to start donating!
I have only gotton my source for the movie "seven pounds" but doesnt donating boone marrow extremly painful?


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No matter if you feel love, hate or indifference toward them, the Grateful Dead mattered. They were indisputably one of the most important and influential bands in rock history, in part because they defied convention at almost every turn.READ more
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In light of the Supreme Court making same-sex marriage the law of the land in the US, prog rockers Coheed and Cambria take the words of dissenting justice Antonin Scalia and set it to sweetly played acoustic guitar, to predictably hilarious results.READ more
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RUSTON, La. (AP) -- Dwayne Wright's 33-yard touchdown run with
just 0:53 seconds on the clock propelled Fresno State to a 34-27
win over Louisiana Tech Friday night.
The win was sealed when Tech quarterback Zac Champion threw an
interception to Damon Jenkins at the Fresno State 42 with 00:27 to
play. It was Jenkins' second pick of the night.
Wright rushed for a Fresno State school record 295 yards on 25
carries, his final carry of the night proving to be the
Wright's heroics were set up when Louisiana Tech tied the game
at 27-27 with just 2:20 to play on a three-yard Patrick Jackson
touchdown run set up after a 60-yard Champion completion to Josh
The Bulldogs had an opportunity to take the lead but Danny
Horwedel's extra point hit the left upright and the game remained
Fresno State took the ensuing kickoff and drove 75 yards on five
plays in 1:27 with the big play being a 15-yard completion from
Tommy Brandstater to Joe Fernandez on third down and 10 immediately
prior to Wright's touchdown run.
After the two teams traded touchdowns early in the second
quarter, Jackson put Louisiana Tech ahead on a 100-yard kickoff
return, the first by a Bulldog player since Eddie Brown
accomplished the feat against Louisiana-Lafayette in 1989.
Brandstater completed 14-of-23 for 142 yards, one interception
and three touchdowns.
Champion led Tech with 189 yards passing and one score while
adding a career-high 77 yards rushing on 13 carries and one score.
Jackson set a career-high 277 all-purpose yards for the Tech,
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Words--so small, so powerful--engender and enable our very existence. How are we to receive them, use them, hear them, and unite them?
Critically acclaimed author Larry Woiwode explores the mysterious potential of words in this collection of 21 essays on the process and the significance of reading and writing.
Reflect on Woiwode's masterful meditations and you will find yourself inspired not only to write and to read, but also to believe in the transforming power of words.
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Friday, May 16 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014 at EMP Museum
Celebrate the opening of EMP's newest exhibit, Spectacle: The Music Video by attending an outrageously interactive music video experience.
• OK Go Video Retrospective: See GRAMMY Award winners OK Go present a retrospective of their famously eccentric music videos and discuss their creative process.
• Big Screen Blowout: Prepare for audio visual thrills when EMP's monumental Sky Church screen is taken over by Seattle's premier tastemakers including VJs from Sub Pop Records, KEXP, Sync Music Video Festival, Decibel Festival, and World Famous.
• I Want My MTV: 80's Karaoke Lounge: Time travel to the golden age of music videos with Madonna, A-Ha, Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, and more.
• Behind the Screen: Experience the smoke and mirrors of music video effects, and see filmmakers' mesmerizing tricks of the trade.
• Spectacle! Live!: Surprise performances will instantly transport you to the heart of some of the most move-inspiring music videos ever produced.
• We're Gonna Pop Some Tags: Slip on your granddad's clothes and step into Macklemore's Thrift Shop video with other partygoers to create the ultimate fanvid.
• Super secret special guests!
Dancing and costumes encouraged. Dress as your favorite music icon or video character. Outfit yourself in primary colors a la OK Go, find inspiration in the original Material Girl, or slap on aviators and a fake moustache to channel the Beastie Boys.
Cash bars.
EMP Museum
325 5th Avenue N
Seattle, WA 98109
Tickets $25 ($18 EMP members, $12 students)
All ages (bars with valid ID).
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- Breakfast (surcharge)
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DiningCedar House Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
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Bill in Lemon
From MagicPedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Revision as of 11:07, 11 December 2011 by Philippe billot (Talk | contribs)
Bill in Lemon (or any fruit) is an effect in which a signed dollar bill vanishes and appears inside a lemon.
Created by Emil Jarrow, he was performing it as early as 1916 at the Hippodrome in Chicago.[1]
It has been performed by many magicians over the century including Paul Rosini, Lee Grabel and Doug Henning.
- ↑ The Bill In Lemon Book - Featuring Life and Times of Emil Jarrow by David Charvet (1990).
- The Bill in Lemmon, page 315 in The Art of Magic by T. Nelson Downs (1909)


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Airport officials awarded a $47.9 million contract Monday for reconstruction of Memphis International Airport's east-west runway.
The Airport Authority made the award to low bidder Ajax Paving Industries of Troy, Mich., after brushing aside a protest from the second-lowest bidder.
The runway closest to the FedEx superhub will be closed for about nine months for its first complete overhaul since it opened as an Army Air Corps field in the 1940s.
Airport Authority president and CEO Larry Cox said the project -- the first phase of about $122 million in surfacing work -- has been designed to have the runway open and ready for FedEx's peak season in December. The contract includes as much as $2.5 million in incentives for timely completion.
The airport board voted unanimously for Ajax after a rival, Archer Western Contractors of Atlanta, argued its $49.2 million bid should be accepted because it showed more minority participation -- 19 percent versus Ajax's 15.5 percent.
Board members shot down the protest, however, noting Ajax's minority contractors are from the Memphis area, while most of Archer Western's minority involvement would have been from out of town. Further, federal law forbids imposing minority hiring quotas in such contracts.
The board's vote came after some board members gave a blistering response to Archer Western's lawyer, Buck Lewis, for suggesting his client was being penalized for meeting the minority business target.
Board member Ruby Wharton said, "There's something insulting to me about that, as a black woman and as a victim" of discrimination. She added, "It seems like Archer is saying it costs more money when you get minorities. That's ridiculous."
Lewis also questioned Ajax's track record. He distributed a 2007 letter from the Justice Department that said Ajax and a joint venture partner were fined $11.75 million for violating minority contracting requirements on a job at the Detroit airport in 1998.
An Ajax official said the company had compiled an exemplary record since that incident.
Lewis said after the meeting his client wouldn't pursue an appeal.
The runway job drew eight bids, ranging up to $59.2 million from Hinkle Contracting Corp.
It will be paid for by the Federal Aviation Administration airport improvement program and local airport funds, executive vice president Scott Brockman said.
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I have good news and bad news. The good news is that a short track series is advertising free admission at their upcoming season opener. The bad news is, of course, that a short track series is advertising free admission at their upcoming season opener. By all means, please go to the Super Cup Stock Car Series race at CNB Bank Raceway on May 2nd in Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
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by Brian Carroccio
The world's first all-electric racing series debuting on the historic streets of Long Beach, highlighted an otherwise empty slate of major circuit racing during this past Easter weekend. Today, we'll look at the Long Beach ePrix, and a host of other subjects making news in the world of motorsports starting with the world of Formula One.
Scenes from Long Beach Formula E race
Thirty five years on, the Brazilian national anthem was played again at Long Beach to celebrate a Piquet victory. Saturday afternoon, Nelson Jr. took his first Formula E win in the same spot where his father scored his maiden Formula 1 victory. Also confirming that sometimes history likes repeating itself, another fellow countryman found his way to the podium: back in the day it was Emerson Fittipaldi, while today Lucas Di Grassi took third.
Piquet wins Long Beach Formula E race
China Racing driver becomes sixth different winner
Nelson Piquet Jr joins his father as a winner on the streets of Long Beach to become the sixth winner in as many Formula E races. Piquet took the lead from third on the grid diving up the inside of polesitter Daniel Abt on the inside to Turn 1. The Brazilian managed two safety car periods to take the checkered flag ahead of Andretti's Jean Eric-Vergne and Audi Sport ABT's Lucas di Grassi.
Be Sure to Attend One of These Races in 2015
by Stephen Cox
A truly great fan experience at an auto race is typified by several things. The cars should lose grip and slide in the corners, and fans should be able to see it. They should be able to see the driver's hands struggle on the steering wheel to maintain control. They should be able to see all, or at least most, of the race track. This combination has drawn crowds to race tracks for over a century.
Pigot talks Formula E with AR1's Brian Carroccio
by Brian Carroccio
The world's first all-electric racing series is now four races old, after last month's ePrix last month in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Amlin Aguri's Felix da Costa scored a surprise win joining Lucas di Grassi, Sam Bird and Sebastien Buemi as Formula E winners. Today, 2014 Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tires champion Spencer Pigot joins AR1 columnist Brian Carroccio as a guest analyst to break down the first four races of the 2014-2015 Formula E season.
The grand challenge of electric motor racing
by Theophile Gouzin
Spark Racing Technology technical director Theophile Gouzin has played a key role in the Spark-Renault SRT_01E's development. Now, four months after the maiden FIA Formula E season kicked off in Beijing, the Frenchman offers a thorough overview of the project's advancement
Dakar: Coma wins 5th, Al-Attiyah his 2nd
American Robby Gordon wins final stage
216. The number of competitors who managed to finish the 2015 Dakar (79 motorcycles, 18 quads, 68 cars and 51 trucks) out of the 420 which started the rally. Two of them, Ivan Jakes and Robby Gordon, won the final stage in the motorcycle and car categories, respectively. However, the spotlight was on Marc Coma, who drew upon his experience to take his fifth Dakar, and Nasser Al-Attiyah, who claimed his second one after dominating the entire two-week rally.
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Administrative and technical scrutineering were completed in Tecnopolis this afternoon. A total of 406 vehicles (161 motorcycles, 45 quads, 137 cars and 63 trucks) have been cleared to start the 37th edition of the Dakar Rally. A fearsome battle for the four titles at stake looms, especially in the two queen categories, cars and motorcycles, in which the favorites have largely kept their powder dry.


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This tart coming-of-age satire is given a sweet boost from its seasoned cast.
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A home-schooled teen is desperate to get out from under the over-protective wing of her control-freak mother in Sassy Pants, an edgy comedy from writer-director Coley Sohn that had its premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Spun-off from Sohn's award-winning 2009 Sundance short, Boutonniere, the crisp satire can't sustain the bite of its admittedly tasty first half-hour, but it maintains an agreeable irreverence on the strength of its well-cast ensemble headed by Ashley Rickards, Anna Gunn and an all-grown-up Haley Joel Osment like you've never quite seen him before.
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Graduation Day couldn't have arrived fast enough for Bethany Pruitt (Rickards) named Valedictorian by her perky but overbearing home-schooling mom, June (an absolutely terrific Gunn), who's still seething over her divorce from her not-so-secretive gay husband, Dale (Diedrich Bader).
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Feeling like a prisoner in her own bedroom—the one with an intense color scheme that can best be described as mid-century Pepto-Bismol—Bethany runs off to live with her dad and his new, younger bartender boyfriend Chip (Osment, with a pierced lip and short shorts), while pursuing her fashion designer ambitions selling clothes at the trendy/tacky mall fashion store, Jail Bait.
There has been no shortage of suburban satires, both of the big and small screen varieties, and although Sassy Pants doesn't break any fresh ground, Sohn's got a talent for placing offbeat characters in colorful settings.
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Bader and Osment also hit their entertaining marks, as does Jenny O'Hara (channeling Shirley MacLaine) as June's piece-of-work mother.
Behind the scenes, production designer Rachel Payne has fun with the overstuffed home décor and costume designer Mairi Chisholm has her hands full dressing those Jail Bait mannequins in all that trashy merchandise.
Venue: Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Production companies: Ministry of Content, Sassy Pictures, Spruce Street Films, Urbanite
Cast: Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, Jenny O'Hara
Director-screenwriter: Coley Sohn
Executive producers: Eyde Belasco, Paul Korver, J.B. Popplewell
Producers: Pavlina Hatoupis, Adam Wilkins
Director of photography: Denis Maloney
Production designer: Rachel Payne
Music: Angela Correa, Joshua Penman
Costume designer: Mairi Chisholm
Editors: Robin Katz, Kindra Marra
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Originally posted by Burntvet
Yeah, compare SOE, a huge multimillion company, with hundreds of employees, to SV with their pocket money and 3-4 devs... How bout seing things in some perspective? In this regard SV are doing wonders with their little game. Sure it has tons of bugs etc, but seing what they have to work with, and how few they are, they do great. But still nice to see that the hate on SV is strong on this site. Keep it up guys!!!
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Originally posted by Lahuzer
Work ethics do not scale with the size of the company. You can be a two man company and still treat your customers right, and plan well, it is all about expertise. Not to mention, SV was couple dozens people big at first, who all left.
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The only part I really like about Mortal Online was the crafting system but heck even Dark Fall 2 which I love a lot more than Mortal Online could have this type of crafting system in the game.
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Originally posted by Toferio
On top of that, SV was/is charging the same $15/mo "freemium" fee that SOE does, so it is perfectly appropriate to compare the two companies when they have products in the same market space for the same price.
And I no fan of SOE (as my post history clearly shows) and I do not think that are a particularly competent or ethical company, but SV is 10X worse (Hey SV! Where are those original game disks?).
It is bad when you have particular segment of an industry where the "top" companies are only that by default: not because they are good, but are just less bad than the other companies.
Originally posted by Toferio
Except MO was SVs first MMO. SV is a baby company compared to SOE. SOE has made many MMOs, and been in the business ALOT longer then SV, and are backed up by one of the biggest tech companies in the world, with millions of dollars in their pockets etc. For the guys at SV it was all new to them when they did MO. They have learned alot from the misstakes they did, and are improving all the time.
So yeah, there is a BIG of difference between a BIG company like SOE, with many years on the MMO field, tons of knowledge, tons of money, hundreds of employees etc. Compared to a small company like SV, that never had numbers anywhere near SOE in ANY department, or any experience at all on how to run a company when they started. If you don't get that, then yeah, your hate towards SV has finally blinded you.
SV today, is a waaaaay better company, then the SV that released MO 3 years ago. And they do it with less people then what they had at start. The people who left, did it, cause SV don't bath in money, to keep em. They are catering their game to a very small crowd. Ofc they would have loved to see that they could have kept more people etc, but now it is what it is. And they are doing wonders with what they have.
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Originally posted by Ikonis
And yes, compared to SOE it still is right. SV had/have alot less experience on how to make a MMO, or run a company compared to SOE. We are speaking SOE vs SV here. Not SV vs CCP.
CCP is unique. They struck gold. They are the only MMO company, except for Blizzard that has grown since release. But CCP has done ALOT of things to piss off their crowd. And their crowd is ALOT bigger then MOs. So CCP have pissed of more peeps then SV ever done with MO. If your not aware of the shit CCP have done, then your clueless. They are no angels...
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Originally posted by Lahuzer
I suppose that "improving" is being used in a subjective way in your post. From my perspective the company at it's core is that same company as it was 3 years ago. The same guy making decisions. I know they have gone through quite a few community managers since they let Maralyn go (not even sure if thay have one now) but the only decision maker still on payroll is Henrick if I'm not mistaken. And each and every mistake made in the past was a result of his poor judgement. At least that's how I see it. If there are other folks in charge please let me know. I remember when they touted 2 publishers for the asian market (think both were Asia) but that was a few years ago and as far as I can tell the game never launched in Asia, so I think it's just Henrick making decisions still.
Anyhow, most folks have a similar experience to the OP and his review. That is why the game has a horrendous retention rate. That it has such a rate is not even open for debate. Your impression of the game is by far the minority of those who have actually tried it.
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Starvault's reponse to criticism related to having a handful of players as the official "test" team for a supposed MMO: "We've just have another 10ish folk kind enough to voulenteer added tot the test team" (SIC) This explains much about the state of the game :-)
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Originally posted by Lahuzer
This statement just shows pure ignorance. It's not even open for debate. Look up some of the companys.
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Starvault's reponse to criticism related to having a handful of players as the official "test" team for a supposed MMO: "We've just have another 10ish folk kind enough to voulenteer added tot the test team" (SIC) This explains much about the state of the game :-)
Originally posted by Slapshot1188
I dunno who the peeps that pulls the strings behind SV are. But ofc Henrik is one of them. I also think Seb has alot to say bout it being "the guy with the code", and he and whomever else there might be that runs it now, does it with 3 more years of knowledge in their back compared to when they launched it. I have never said SV did things wrong, but they sure seem to have learned from their misstakes. Will they make more misstakes? Probably, but I don't think they will be as bad as the once they made as a new company.
Originally posted by Slapshot1188
I formulated that wrong. Was to late for me. What I ment to say was that EVE and WoW were the only MMOs that has had it's population grow each year since launch. This was up until a few years back when I know WoW dropped in subs, and I think even EVE has dropped now. But for many years this was true.
No one can deny that SV was and still is inexperienced company. I strongly believe that former and current devs are competent in their technical field (coding), but running customer oriented company is totally different area of business. When creating business model based on distributed physical copies of MMO game and building up customer support system, they hugely overestimated their abilities. When realizing they cannot fulfill their own set standards and commitment stated to customers (delivering usable DVDs, efficient customer support and hacking protections), after hitting the brick wall, even like major companies which have running difficulties, they had to break their commitments.
Therefore, SV was forced to withheld information from their customers that they are unable to comply to even some of basic customer support standards and that they are not capable to fix their game in required pace. I am sure that no one in SV wish to lie to their customers, by my professional experience, and because of market/capitalist system that gaming companies operate in, SV was forced to use PR approach that in general terms may seem unethical. Due to their inexperience, they made bad past decisions and didn't communicate to their customers in a right way. What also constrained SV is that they have public stock listings, which incentives them to withhold all the bad news. Nevertheless, if SV learns from previous experience, they can slowly remedy their situations and all past mistakes will remain in the past, shadowed by current success.
In a nutshell, SV's future and realizations of MO's potentials depends more on current financing source and business strategy than on current development status. If SV gains enough money and makes good strategical development decision, it is a small problem to hire couple of excellent developers and PR expert.
Originally posted by Zeeraha
Umm... SV had money and resources (people) in the beginning. MOrtal Online will never amount to more than it is now unless Henrik is removed and they use an entirely new engine.
Originally posted by ilives
Actually, they didn't have enough financing to keep the needed staff to develop/polish game at faster pace. After they ran out of money, they had to layoff most of staff. In fact, because of lack of funding, they had to release game prematurely, since they needed subs to finance continued development. If they had enough financial backup and had dedicated tester/tweaking team, I am sure that now game would be more quite polished and balanced, but some crucial faults would still be here today like AI and network issues.
Perhaps if they had more experience or better counceling, they would make better and more focused team from the start with business strategy that would grant them more stable income with less gamers dissillusionment. Development plan could have been more conservative, saving up time for crucial polish. Still, I can also see that Henrik is wiser, having more focused goals (Territory control major update, bug fixing and ingame economy enhancement with new trade broker system) and thinking about game being ready for larger distribution (Steam), but still struggling with issue that crucial updates are delivered at really slow pace.
Originally posted by Zeeraha
Actually, They didn't let people go until AFTER they released.
Why do you suppose they couldn't keep the people around? Ummm... because the games been losing money since it was released. Why has it been losing money? Because it doesn't have enough paying players. Why doesn't it have enough players? Not too hard to figure that out.
We've all witnessed what SV can produce with money and people, it's laughable to think it'd change.
MO had the player base initially to be profitable, yet many didnt stick around. It's been 3 years now and the game still has the same core problems.
MONEY will never fix the MO we have now.
The free to play demo model didnt help, nor will Steam.
Originally posted by ilives
You are definitely right that they started losing money because SV couldn't keep subs after release due to MO being underdevoleped at the date of the release. But reason for the premature release is lack of money to keep game developing until it is truly ready for release. I know this because I am following SV since late alpha development. During the late open beta I warned that game is not ready for release, SV's only funding was revenue from one time pre-sold game clients and it was not enough to keep development for more than a year. Money plays here major part, but I agree it is not the only main issue. Any starter company has to make good decision what will it do with the current funds and how they can invest their money and how optimally they can allocate their developers. SV made errors in this area. Henrik as CEO and major owner did not have enough experience in this area to make good strategic decision, he was less than 25 years old when starting handling his huge project (Zuckenberg was only exception to prove the rule).
Another argument why money plays major part is that if SV had much better initial funding, Henrik could higher a team of experienced game developer councelers (like Zenimax did on ESO) that would help him make much better development plan and inovative business model . If you look at the SV team, when game started developing, it consisted solely of inexperienced average 25 year old developers. I would say that it is no surprise MO turned out as it is now. But IMO, they did make, despite the bad situation and lack of funding, MO keeping alive and progressing for more than 3 years till today. SV did make MO only FPV fantasy sandbox full loot PvP based MMO on the market. If everything turns well, only consequences of past bad decisions could be that development has been prolonged. If SV makes MO polished enough, I believe they will attract investors that will finance expanded development team.
Steam can mostly be used as marketing platform over source of new subs. If SV relies only on steam platform, there would be too few people that notice MO, and that does no actual good. SV needs to pay Valve to make on Steam front page to be noticed.
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Originally posted by Zeeraha
Even though i agree with you on your conclutions you are wrong in a lot of your assumptions. SV from times to times had funds but instead of hiring professinal devs as you said they did spend the money in god knows where. Remember the preorders fiasco: people who preordered the game were supposed to get Beta access in 4 Blocks. Starting from Beta Block A and ending to beta block D, each block was supposed to host 2000 players and each week they were supposed to add 2000 more on top of each block to end up in block D with 8000 players. A plan like that though went the "SV" way and just because they did better than expected they sold 5x the games copies (that was their official excuse for all the beta testers that were unable to login in game: the servers were designed to host 10k players tops and not 30 to 40k that bought the game) they were initialy planning to sell. Since they had no publisher and since they didnt send the boxed game copies or the ones who did actually send were discs with 1 link for downloading the game via torrent in an empty tin box, my guess is that the cost for that project was very close to zero and the incomes were several hundreds of thousands of Euro's enough to keep the developement running for more than a year or if you prefer enough for Henrik to hire some developers instead of amateur unreal engine coders. But since we are talking about Henrik and SV here thats not the case. The money went to a bottomless sink exactly as the money from donations going as we speak. Its not that we disagree here ofc but felt like pointing out that SV had its chances and blow them. So if i remember correctly SV didnt released MO in a half assed state due to the fact that they didnt had funds for developement. They did it because they pushed back the release so many times and they started losing their future playerbase due to the fact that they were inconsistent since day one and under that presure they made the terrible decision to release MO. Tbh dunno what would have being worse for them and at this point it doesnt really matter. What does matter is that the game today 3 years after release is in maybe worse state than it was back then. So allow me to be confident that even if those guys had all the money and all the time in the world they wouldnt be capable of creating any kind of game unless they were hiring competend people to do their job.
Discussing about today and the MO's status as we speak is like beating a dead horse with a stick. But the fact that SV dev team is crippled down to 1 "important developement dude" and 1 coder that is hiding behind a forum Avatar is solely Henrik's fault. Gamers cannot be blamed due to the fact that the game today, 3 years after its release is in a terrible state nor the genre itself. Sandbox games have a limited audience but that is not the reason for MO's low population. Personnaly i believe that Sandbox games playerbase is so desparate for a good title and are more than enough as they are devoted to fully support a title. The thing is that we might be desparate but not desparate enough to play and support a pile of crap just because Henrik said years ago that MO will be the modern version of UO. Its not.
And to end this i also dont believe that anything changed to SV's ways. If they had the chance to change things i m afraid that they would do the same mistakes all over again due to lack of vision, devotion, talent, education and professionalism. After 5-6 years around SV even the freelance devs that are supposed to be contracted with donations money for delivering new content/ features or whatever sound as a big bad joke, but that just a speculation of mine based on the evasive and half assed excuse that the company gave to players questions regarding a timeline manner of delivering the new content and deadlies regarding the contracts. Honestly i dont believe that Henrik is more mature now. He proved several times that each time he is cornered he loses his temper and resorts to all kind of ridiculous behaviours from lying to deceiving or promissing miracles.Henrik may completely failed as SV's CEO and as a game designer but i give him that he is an awesome comedian and offers good laughs to many people talking about MO's lore being hard to translate cause its written in "advanced Sweedish", about "MO's revolutionary AI", about "MO going out in the Asian market", about investors willing to invest money in MO etc etc.
Originally posted by argirop
I did some research out of SV's financial reports for year 2009 (year of pre-orders) and for 2010 (year of release). From pre-orders SV had gross income of 784.971,15$, if average client cost was about 60$ (as I remember) they sold out around 13K copies. They had profit of around 138K $. Other important thing is that they had 18 employees that had average 50K $ yearly (total 900K $ of employee yearly costs). Do the math if this number of employees is sustainable. It can be seen that they needed much more funding to continue the game development with that number of employees (which in proposed area is a small number). As for year 2010, they had similar income as in 2009. (coming from subs and client sales), but due to heavy employment costs, they had losses (85K $). As from reports and contemporary game state, it seems to me that bad decision was made not to employ truly experienced MMO game project manager who can make development/financial planning. They had only one 10+ year experienced employee, and he was a 3D artist. Also, I believe Henrik overestimated capabilities of Unreal 3 engine and Atlas MMO platform, I think he had fallen for a good Epic's marketing and presentation skills, promising him hills and valleys, and he believed that platform can actually support 10K+ simultanious players out of the box. In this part business experience comes handy. Other thing is that he overestimated capabilities of his development team when he believed that MO could be prepared for launch in 1 year (closed/beta) period which even AAA MMO companies cannot accomplish as as goal, and underestimated development costs and overestimated future subs revenues. Still, if he had more financing and better HR strategy, he could have postponed release for another year, and come up with more stable game.
Considering Henrik "lying" and overpromising to a community, it was because he was "forced" to. From my experience, when developing new game or any platform, you have to rely on external vendors who will promise you and present you all magical wonders, but after you pay them and wait for them to deliver, there comes disappointment since they do not deliver on time nor quality, but in meantime you set your own time goals which you cannot complete due to external factors, and you have to "lie" to your community and investors why delay is happening. This happened before with Epic china, this happens now with donation goals, because external developers mostly exagarate their capabilities and timegoals to sell their products. Legal suits in this case is not an option, since it will past years until you can remedy the damage of changing vendor.
Current status is that Henrik is capable enough to attract new investments, which means he is capable to convince others that he has a good plan at least, and MO has delivered significant improvements since release. Today he got injection worth of around 400K $ to prepare for Steam release. He got 4 different investors.
Mortal Online got 70K of votes on Steam greenlight (to vote you have to buy at least one game on steam, therefore no fake accounts), which means 70K of potential sub payers. There is hope and opportunity, we have to wait and see what happens. Why is this generally important for sandbox community? Only because MO is only game in the market providing desired features for a niche.
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Originally posted by Zeeraha
Actually, even their main programmer comes from a very light programming background, being a scripter for various mods. That wasn't nearly enough to code a MMO from grounds up. He has probably caugth up by now in programming, but his early inexperience really shows in the games core.
Originally posted by argirop
No way in hell did MO have 30-40k beta players at any point imo.. Even during launch/preorder release there were under 10k players active, if I remember correctly.
Originally posted by Toferio
You can calculate from 2009 year report that they sold around 13K pre-orders.
Originally posted by Zeeraha
You can also calculate SVs starting capital with said reports, yet we all know what that got us.