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Part 21
"When you first fall in love, it's supposed to be awful. Awful, uncertain, scary, wonderful, confusing, all at once. That's how you know it's real. You have to care deeply. Passionately. That hurts." - Nancy Werlin
Khushi sat in her seat, her small frame getting swallowed by the large, plush leathered seat, with a TV in front, and remote on the side with buttons on it, for different functions. She pressed a few, her face lighting up in delight at what each was for.
"I was going to book the first-class, but Di insisted we travel by business, because you would probably get intimidated since this is your first time flying" Arnav explained, as he quickly packed away their hand-luggage at the compartment on the top, waving away the air-hostess which had offered to help. Khushi shrugged her shoulders with indifference and stared out the window, the excitement of travelling by plane for the first time taking over her,
"I don't mind' She said, as she looked at the remote, biting her lip in confusion as she pressed down on the power button, but the TV did not switch on. As Arnav sat down next to her, he made himself comfortable, while Khushi kept pressing down on the button, slowly getting frustrated as it refused to corporate.
She felt Arnav's gaze on her, and a blush slowly started at her cheeks at the embarrassment of not being able to switch on the TV.
"Stop" He hissed, and Khushi turned to face him, her hand still holding the remote, looking at him confused, "It won't switch on till the plane takes off" He explained, and Khushi's mouth dropped open in understanding, as she placed the remote back, not quite getting the rules and restrictions of the plane.
As the airhostess walked around, she glanced at Khushi's seat, and smiled while leaning in to tell her something, "Ma'am, the plane is about to take-off. Would you please put on your seatbelt?"
Khushi nodded and looked to the back of the seat to grab her seatbelt, but frowned when she found nothing, as she looked around, she saw the strap of the belt at the side and grabbed a hold of it, she tried looking around for the clasp, but at finding nothing, she looked around, confused.
Arnav tutted and exhaled in frustration, putting the magazine that he had been holding back in the rack, and faced her, a look of irritation passing his features.
Khushi looked back down at the seatbelt and continued to look around for the buckle, feeling her face heating up as she couldn't find it, dreading what would happen if the plane took off without her wearing the seat belt.
A hand enclosed around hers, and Khushi jumped in her seat, as her body stiffened up, and she held her breath, as Arnav leaned in to grab the seatbelt off from her, took the buckle hanging at the other side, and buckled her up.
She held her breath, as she felt his fingers brush over her stomach, as he tightened the buckle, and continued to hold her breath as he let go, and leaned back in his seat.
It was only when she was sure that he wasn't going to lean in, did Khushi release her breath, and leaned away from him, closer to the window next to her, leaning her head against the plane, silently praying to her Devi Maiya to make this trip bearable.
Khushi kept her eyes looking out of the small window, the journey long and tiring but the excitement brewing at the pit of her stomach made any jetlag and tiredness she felt, flying out the window, as she saw the greenery and sections of plain land as the plane hovered over the island of Australia.
She clutched onto the plastic of the window, and leaned in closer, her nose touching the glass, her breath fogging it up, as her eyes widened and took in the lights, the traffic, the roads, the structure, the foreignness of the land.
She had never travelled that much when she was in India, and this was the first time she was travelling overseas. She tried containing her excitement but was failing miserably, and she clapped her hands together as she saw the plane was getting closer to touch-down, jumping slightly in her chair, a giggle escaping her lips.
"Calm down" A voice came from her side, and the smile immediately vanished from her face as she quickly sat back in her chair her arms crossing at her chest, and glaring at him. He had his eyes closed, and the formals which he had worn at the start of the journey had slowly started coming off as the flight had taken-off.
Now Arnav sat next to her in a pine-striped shirt tucked into his pants, the top button undone, as the vest and tie had been packed away in his hand luggage.
The spacious seats, and the way they inclined back had Khushi completely baffled at the start, and Arnav had not done much to comfort her either, but eventually after pressing a few unknown buttons, she had managed to unintentionally call the airhostess several times, make the TV switch channels without meaning to, and recline her seat back further than she wanted to.
Finally getting a grasp for the buttons, she had a pleasant second half of the journey, especially since Arnav had gone off to sleep, leaving Khushi in peace to do whatever she wanted.
As the plane touched down, she closed her eyes tight, and prayed a quick prayer to her Devi Maiya for the safe flight.
Opening her eyes she saw Arnav stretching out on his seat, the arms flexing as he raised them up, the shirt stretching across his flat stomach and the broad chest, and Khushi looked away, tapping her foot in impatience for him to get out so she could get her luggage and explore the country.
"Keep close to me. I don't want to keep looking out for you" Arnav muttered as he handed her, her handbag, and started walking down the narrow aisle towards the exit of the plane.
The airport was nicely conditioned, and Khushi's eyes widened as she took in the interior design, the people bustling about, people with all kinds of coloured hair, dress sense, and just the whole atmosphere of being in a different country.
Despite feeling tired after such a long journey, Khushi kept the smile on her face as she stuck close to Arnav, her eyes darting around, taking in everything, the excitement slowly bubbling at the pit of her stomach as she thought about everything she would tell her Jiji when she got to the hotel.
Seeing Arnav step on the travelator, Khushi gulped, and held onto the side railing of it, gently placing her foot on the fast moving machine, and quickly stepped on it, giving out a gasp as she lost her balance and felt herself toppling back .
A hand grasped her shoulder firmly, while the other came to rest on her waist, and helped her regain her balance. Khushi looked over her shoulder to thank the stranger and found herself looking into twinkling blue eyes, sandy blonde hair covering his forehead, a dimple appearing on the man's cheek as he grinned at her cheekily and asked,
"You alright, mate?"
Khushi's eyes widened as the accent was lost on her and her mouth opened slightly in confusion as she looked at him bewildered. His smile deepened and he repeated,
"Are you alright?"
Khushi felt her cheeks warming as she continued to look at the man with the blue eyes. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she tried stringing the words together in her head, trying to make sense of his heavily accented English, and smiled shyly in embarrassment as she realised that she had no idea what he was asking of her. She was snapped out of her thoughts as a hand enclosed around her arm and pull at it lightly. Khushi looked and saw Arnav standing there, his eyes briefly looking over her blushing face, before he turned to the stranger,
"Yeah she's fine" He said, and then pulled at her arm again, quickly waking down the travelator, making Khushi follow him.
Khushi looked over her shoulder again to see the handsome man staring at her, and winked at her as he caught her eye, the cheeky grin covering his face again and Khushi gave out a gasp as she quickly looked ahead, her eyes widening, and a hand clapping to her mouth, her face turning red in mortification.
"I told you to keep up with me!" Arnav snapped, as his grip on her arm did not loosen, and Khushi kept quiet, her mind still reeling from the small encounter with a stranger, and a small smile resting on her face.
As they walked into the Crown Towers where they were staying, Khushi held back a yawn as Arnav went to the reception to fill out the formalities. Arnav came to stand next to her, and the butler and porter followed, leading them to a separate hallway, their keys ready in hand, small kind smiles ready on their faces as they explained to them the Villa Experience booked under their name.
"These are your private elevators, which you can use whenever, however the floor you need to go on will only be activated when you swipe your key like this" The Butler explained as he swiped his key. Khushi tried keeping up with what he was saying however he was speaking too fast, and his words were heavily laced with thick Australian accent, dropping a mate at the end of every two sentences.
"They lead you directly to your Villa, My name is Matthew, and I will be there for your assistance 24 hours" The Butler explained, as he opened the doors to their Villa, and Khushi stepped in, her eyes widening as she took in the room.
It was more like a house. There was a lounge room the moment you entered, with big windows surrounding the entire living room, giving a breath-taking view of the entire city, the lights twinkling as night started to fall, and Khushi's eyes widened as she went and stood in front of the windows, her hands touching the cool glass, a shiver running down her spine at the view. She had never expected to see such an amazing view.
Her breath fogged up the glass, and she stepped away, her eyes taking in every little detail of the suite, whether it was the furniture that complimented the colours, or the small decorator items that surrounded the suite, adding their own personal touch to it. The fresh flowers surrounding the living room, created a fresh look in the modern design of the house, and she inhaled deeply, the aroma of the flowers invading her senses, and the tension and tiredness slowly leaving her body.
"Mrs. Jha had called up before your arrival and had asked for our Indian staff to assist Mrs. Raizada on a few things"
Khushi's head snapped up at her name being mentioned and she went and stood beside Arnav, who was listening to the Butler,
"So we have asked Miss. Nandini Sharma to assist you, ma'am" Matthew said, mispronouncing Nandini's name. Khushi nodded her thanks, and then moved around the suite, stepping into her room and stopping short at the sight in front of her.
She faintly heard Matthew address how it was their honeymoon, and therefore the bottle of Champagne and cake was on the house, and Khushi gulped audibly as she saw the decorations on the bed.
Candles surrounded the room, unlit, yet surrounding the entire room, already filling it with their sweet incense, and Khushi took in a shaky breath as she saw the flower petals strewn about the entire room, the lights dimmed, the white bed sheets neatly tucked in, a few hear chocolates nicel arranged on the bed, the whole room reeking of romance and love, none of which existed in their relationship.
She heard Arnav come up behind her and stopped short, his own breath hitching at the sight in front of him, and she practically felt the tension in the room heighten, her own hands gripping the sides of her suit, her breaths deepening as she heard him take another step into the room, and the heat from his body warmed her back. She gulped as the feelings from her wedding night returned, the feeling of helplessness, anger, fear, confusion, and she waited.
She waited whether he would do something.
Her hands gripped the sides of her suit tightly, holding her breath, ready to lash out in case he touched her.
He cleared his throat and quickly took a few steps, brushing past her, not sparing her a glance as he placed his suitcase on the bed, took out his nightclothes and quickly went to the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.
Khushi let out the breath she had been holding, the tension slowly leaving her body, as she walked up to the bed, and sat down, feeling the softness of the sheets under her palms.
As she laid back on the bed, and closed her eyes thoughtfully, she wondered who would be sleeping on the couch tonight.
Here is the layout of the suite:
They are in Melbourne, Australia...since I live there, and kinda have an idea of the people, streets and places :)
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Wet refractory mortar
I found a spot that would sell me 50# of wet mortar for 35.00. Is that a good price. Also anybody have a clue how many of those buckets I would need for a 36" pompei?
Re: Wet refractory mortar
Pre/mixed, wet refractory mortar in buckets isn't generally recommended. Building a dome requires larger joints on the outside than the stuff is designed for. There have also been problems with this mortar setting properly.
Besides, why pay refractory mortar prices for water?
Re: Wet refractory mortar
I asked them for Dry mortar and they didn't have it. They only had wet mortar which I really dont want to use. The search continues.
Re: Wet refractory mortar
So many builders have reported success and ease-of-use with the homebrew mortar, (not to mention cost-effectiveness) why not just go this route?
Re: Wet refractory mortar
I thought about it and will probably go that route. Now I need to find fireclay. Is this hard to find?
Re: Wet refractory mortar
Found it. Valley building materials down the street from me sells it for 8.62 for a 50 lb bag. Thanks for the help.
Re: Wet refractory mortar
what you doing for firebricks?
Re: Wet refractory mortar
Reading this... maybe I just made a mistake.
I couldnt find fireclay in NW Arkansas or SW Missouri so I decided to go the wet mortar route... So far I have only used it as a leveling medium under the firebrick floor. Anyone think this will cause me headaches down the road?
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As noted, the aggregate is to fine for the width of the joints on the backside of the oven. It is designed for 1/16 to 1/8" joints in normal flat laid firebrick. Where you have used it so far it is not a problem. You can actually use it with no worries to lay the dome, but you should come back and fill in the gaps on the backside with refractory containing a larger aggregate.
The wet mortars are also usually water soluble too, so you need to keep the oven covered while under construction.
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I was thinking about going your route with the .25 pacific clay bricks. I can get them for another supplier for 1.09 a brick. How did you bricks turn out? We're they square enough to use? This could mean the difference between spending around 50 bucks to 290.00. Big Difference. I also dont want to use the bricks then find out that they dont last long and have to rebuild. Let me know how your bricks turned out.
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1865 Quarter Eagle, PR65 Ultra Cameo1865 $2 1/2 PR65 Ultra Cameo NGC. CAC. The Civil War era was a time characterized by economic and political uncertainty, resulting in the hoarding of all precious-metal coins. The government suspended specie payments, and no gold coins circulated at par. The government was understandably reluctant to issue gold proof sets at face value for paper money during these years, and the ordering process was both arduous and expensive. Writing to T. Harrison Garrett in February 1883, prominent coin dealer W. Elliot Woodward shed some light on the proof set situation:
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"I have sets of gold proofs for 1862-'64-'65, each six pcs., par value each $41.50. They cost in gold when issued $43 each at a time when gold was worth anywhere from 1.20 to 2.85. Gold being so very dear at the time, the number issued was very limited, probably not above 1/2 a dozen, especially of '64 and '65."
Thus, we see that anyone wishing to order a gold proof set in 1865 would first have to purchase $43 face value in gold coins from a bullion dealer, because the Mint would accept only gold in payment. The bullion dealer might charge as much as $120.40 for these coins. As a result, very few proof sets were sold. Woodward's estimate of "1/2 a dozen" may be accurate as pertains to complete gold proof sets, but a few more single coins were probably ordered of the lower denominations. The reported mintage of 1865 quarter eagles was only 25 pieces, and some examples likely went unsold and were melted at year-end. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth estimate the surviving population at "fewer than 15 coins in private hands today."
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Everything was fine.
Then back to the setting "Show desktop only on 1"
Now every time after reboot the setting "Extend These Dislpays" is active again, and each time I return it to the "Extend These Dislpays", but I'm fed up already. Not that the problem is any important, but when it is "Extend These Dislpays" I lose my cursor in the second display, which does not exist now
I have nVidia FX5500
If anyone has any ideas to speak. Thanks in advance
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Curious eyes: individual differences in personality predict eye movement behavior in scene-viewing.
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Visual exploration is driven by two main factors - the stimuli in our environment, and our own individual interests and intentions. Research investigating these two aspects of attentional guidance has focused almost exclusively on factors common across individuals. The present study took a different tack, and examined the role played by individual differences in personality. Our findings reveal that trait curiosity is a robust and reliable predictor of an individual's eye movement behavior in scene-viewing. These findings demonstrate that who a person is relates to how they move their eyes. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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I reckon we consumers are mainly concerned about our personal view on the success. What else matters? I for one don't bother myself worrying about Anet's financial status. If the game goes down or the crowd thins out, there's a dozen others I can play. No one needs another person to tell them whether GW2 is a "personal success" for them. I enjoy it occasionally but find it a bit too shallow for longer exposure.
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Originally posted by DMKano
If all humankind could all agree the world would be a paradise or a nuclear wasteland.
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
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Originally posted by ashleymorrow
The comparison to a movie as far as value comes up a lot - however there have been times that a movie had a lot more impact on me than even mmorpgs I played for years.
Of course most times the movies are generic pieces of trash that leave no lasting impression.
I am still yet to play a mmorpg that had as much impact on me as the first time I watched Space odessey 2001, no MMO has even come close, so I could say that the value I got there has not been matched yet (probably never will, no game can touch that masterpiece)
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Who did wrong? The advertiser hired to sell the game or the consumer who put faith in advertising?
Originally posted by DamonVile
Not all of us.
I happen to think the devs put together a cohesive, well-thought out game with lots of innovation....
.....that I happen not to enjoy.
And I can admit it is a success.
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Sure we all measure success differently. Anet is a company, if they dont measure success (at least to some degree) financially, they are doing it wrong. Me, being a player, I dont make money off the game, why would I measure success the same way they do? Success to me is entertainment value. Making sure I get what i paid for and then some.
Financially, i think we all agree, GW2 is a success. There can be little doubt they have made a buttload of money. I assume they are turning a profit, I honestly never cared enough to look. I know Bioware failed with SWTOR because they never actually made a profit. Cost of production was huge, and the game just didnt live up. I dont believe thats the case here. So is GW2 a success, looking from Anets eyes, I would say yes.. but we arent Anet are we...
Now the tricky part. This is where everyone differs. Different people expected different things from the game, and therefore thier measure of success may or may not have been filled. But thats not something you can come onto public forums and demand that your version is the only true form, and everyone else is invalid.
I went in expecting something new. Call it innovation if you will, but thats your word not mine. Did GW2 offer something new, new mechanics or systems or ways of doing things differently. Youre damn right they did. Ive played over 50 MMOs (yes thats alot lol), and I measure all of them the same. Am i having fun? Do i get what i paid for, and do i have to pay more to enjoy it more? The second part of that is easy. Is it Pay to Win, do you have to shell out money to be competitive, and will it cost more for this so-called "free" game than it would for a subscription? If the answer to any part of that is yes, then Im almost immediately done with the game. Lucky that GW2 doesnt fall anywhere near that. So on to the first part.
This is where we start looking for things that are different. First, theres harvesting. Sure this is a minor thing, but anyone who loves crafting, and hates having thier nodes stolen, knows exactly what im talking about. This is the first MMO ive played thats allowed everyone to gather from the same nodes individually. Innovation? Well actually it is, doing the same thing, but better. Remember its innovation, not invention. Quests, sure they are still present, sort of, but again, innovation. Presenting the same thing, but in a new and better way. Quest hubs are a terrible idea, turning quests in is just annoying, and even worse are the games that REQUIRE you complete everything from one hub before you can move to the next, regardless of your level. GW2 offers you freedom of movement. Thats the 3rd innovation. There isnt a linear path from hub to hub or even zone to zone. There are multiple zones of the same level range, and the zones themselves can be done anyway you want. Clockwise, counterclockwise, zig zagging, heart to heart (although i dont recommend this, sure you can play it that way). You dont get that in other MMOs. Also on the freedom of movement is exploration and jumping puzzles. Sure not everyone enjoys them, they are a novelty, but thats the pure definition of innovation.
In conclusion, this is gettting long, GW2 is a success. Its a financial success to Anet (or anyone who measures it that way). And its a personal success for its entertainment and innovation. Its exactly what was hyped, its what i expected going into beta, and its exactly what i paid for. They have made wonderful changes to the way other MMOs approach things like quests, crafting and exploration. We can only hope that other MMOs take notes and include some of this into thier games. There were still many more items to include, such as the actual crafting process, sharing (full) loot with other players, and the amount of content available on a release. All innovative, all doing things better than other MMOs have done, all leading to the success of GW2.
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Originally posted by Torgrim
And either way our entire existence as a species would still be insignificant and irrelevant.
Humanity is stricken with a fatal flaw where we feel like we are of some high importance in the universe, we even invented this notion that some super powerful creator has a special place for us - complete delusion of self importance.
We are not important, the universe does not depend on our existence nor our survival.
This doesn't mean that we should all give up, no we should still strive for evolving past our limitations, but maybe one day we drop this pretense that we as species are special somehow.
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This is a forum where the fastest selling PC game of all time is routinely, if bizarrely, accepted as a complete and utter failure, so it's kind of amusing to see so many act as though there's some objective standard by which no one could possibly question GW2's "success".
Given that we'll never have the kinds of metrics by which we could really judge success in any meaningful sense -- concurrent logon rate over time, box sales over time, in-game item sales over time, actual cost to keep the game running, et al -- the best we can do is guess -- and it's really nothing more than a guess. Is the game a financial success? Pulling numbers out of our arse, probably, albeit not extraordinarily so.
However the same, frankly, can be said of just about every other MMO out there that has launched recently and been deemed a failure on these boards.
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Originally posted by aslan132
I dont know if you are being sarcastic. The problem with GW2 was actually, that nothing in the game was new or innovative it was pretty much a Daoc, Rift and warhammer remake, but from a casual point of view. I mean the Population drop of active players after the 1st weeks in GW2 was just huge, you can find ome graphics and statics about that in the web, as an example the population on swtor was stable for like 3 - 4 months, on GW2 that drop was in less than a month, as a P2P game gw2 would have been a total failure, because the game have no player retention, people get bored and fast. But everyone can agree that GW2 was a financial success, like D3, ME3 etc, even like SWTOR a P2P MMO, but talking about player retention and active players, it was a real success?.
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Originally posted by aslan132
The problem is you don't "know" that Bioware never actually made a profit, you know neither the cost of production (despite the numbers thrown around here routinely as "fact") nor how much they made initially.
We do know they didn't make as much as they'd projected, and that management felt it necessary to make fairly radical changes in order to assure a long-term revenue stream, but those are seperate issues from whether or not the game is or ever has made a profit.
Similarly, assurances that GW2 is making a profit are based on assumptions, guesses, and the state of one's feelings about the game and Anet, more than they are on any hard facts. What was the overal development cost of GW2? No one here knows.
No one here knows if GW2 (or, for that matter, ToR) has turned a profit. We can make guesses based on assumptions and what (extremely) few carefully worded facts can be gleaned from financials, which is fine since those are likely all we'll ever have and it's not like in the end this discussion matters anyway, but it is foolish to act as if anything based mostly on guesses and assumptions is, or can be, fact.
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I don't think GW2 is in any danger of imminent failure, and i also don't think that any game needs to have millions of players to be classed as a success, its inevitable with the proliferation of MMO's that games will become more 'niche' orientated than ever, and GW2 does fill a certain 'niche' of player types, as do games like Eve online, DDO etc. GW2 was a success, despite the fact that the game developed along lines that i disagreed with, i can appreciate it for what it is, even though i will never play it myself.
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Are YOU talking to ME?!
Without knowing specifics on how much money they have made, there is noway to evaluate its success or failure. Ultimately, that is the only way to judge this. Everything else is anecdotal.
Concentrate on enjoying yourself, and not on why I shouldn't enjoy myself.
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A games SUCCESS does not depend on how many people are playing in the middle part of it.
A games SUCCESS does not depend on YOUR personal opinion of it.
A games SUCCESS requires high box sales.
A games SUCCESS requires a decent retention rate of those people that played the game.
A games SUCCESS requires a somewhat steady flow of new players coming in to replace those going out.
Right now, none of you can say how many people are still playing. Your OPINION is noted as just that...not being a FACT. Just like if I were to say that my server has NOT seen a big drop in players, it HAS seen a BIG increase of people doing mostly fractals or WvW...yet at almost any time I can go to any of the Orr zones and join a zerg.
There has NEVER been an MMORPG released that was NOT a sandbox that did not have near empty mid level zones 4-6 months after release. That is what happens when the majority of the player base hits max level and because so many players are LOCKED in their ways, they view those zones as being pointless even though this game drops your level down to keep the challenge up.
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Originally posted by Torgrim
haha. You have to laugh. All I see is post after post from fanbois and haters. Who cares, I mean truly? Just play it if you like it and don't if you don't. Why am I even responding? Dam, I have been drawn into this pointless argument.
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Anet didn't fire anyone and instead are hiring, so:
a) they are deluded and soon will fire people.
b) they are making more than enough money not only to recoup the investment but to expand.
Just as an indication:
Bioware was first hit by lay-offs by April 2012, 4 months after SWTOR hit the market.
Funcom had lay-offs one month after hitting the market.
TERA had server mergers and lay-offs in the west just a couple months after release in the west.
Recently Trion had lay-offs.
Blizzard also had lay-offs earlier 2012.
Currently playing: GW2
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It's still selling on par with an expansion to an 8 year old game (data for the week up to 5th Jan).
Which is... great, I guess?
It's missing on vgchartz weekly for the same period, while it was there the week before (below MoP, it's only competitor on these charts). Dunno why, must be some mistake.
As far as sales go, it's definitely a success. Is that what the question was?
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Joined: 5/20/04
I actually still like MMORPGs
Servers still full when I log in, so ya I'd say its a success.
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I actually still like MMORPGs
Originally posted by dimnikar
Being on par with WoW is definitely a success lol. Not sure why the age of WoW would matter. That game is still huge compared to every other western MMO.
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OP, you come across as a very needy individual.
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Originally posted by DamonVile
after all these years of reading tis forums , at last ! somebody who spoke the truth and understands the spirit around here...i though i was the only one :P


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- By Stephen M. WaltStephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University.
Watching the musical chairs taking place in the first months of Obama's second term reminds me of how fundamentally unserious America's approach to foreign affairs really is. Kerry and Hagel are now in, but apparently Biden's star is ascending too, while all sorts of other folks are rotating to new jobs, unpacking their offices, or heading back to private life to pen memoirs. You might think this was a great opportunity for fresh thinking and renewed energy, but what it really reveals is how our approach to staffing foreign affairs may be the worst of all possible worlds.
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Third, we are so afraid that our career diplomats will "go native" or develop "localitis," that we discourage them from developing deep regional expertise and instead rotate them around the globe on a frequent basis. There is something to be said for gaining a global perspective, of course, but it also means that unlike some of our rivals, we won't have many diplomats with deep linguistic expertise or lots of in-depth experience in the societies in which they are operating. Yet we then expect them to hold their own against their local counterparts, or against diplomats from other countries whose knowledge and training in particular areas is more extensive.
To make matters worse, the United States has a four-year presidential term and a campaign cycle that lasts well over a year. This latter period is far longer than the election periods in any other advanced democracy, and the endless parade of primaries and other forms of electoral hoopla eat up lots of bandwith in our national discourse. The result? The country, the incumbent administration, and the president's various rivals are all distracted for more than 25 percent of each president's term, and less able to make hard political choices.
And then there's the question of resources. When there was a Cold War to win, American taxpayers were willing to devote one percent of GDP to non-military international affairs spending (e.g., on development, diplomacy, and things like that). Today, we spend about only 0.2 percent of GDP in this area, which tells you all you need to know about the real priority that Americans place on non-military tools of international influence.
None of this would matter if the United States had a less ambitious foreign policy. But instead, we're trying to be the "indispensable power" on the cheap. The results, I am sorry to say, speak for themselves.
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text: What initially looked like a deep, if not spectacular, starting rotation for the Chicago Cubs appears questionable at best with two weeks left until opening day. Freak injuries and slow starts for some of the staff have depleted a once-decent inventory of starters that the Cubs front office put together during the winter. Plan A had newcomers Edwin Jackson, Scott Feldman, Scott Baker and Carlos Villanueva joining a returning core group led by Jeff Samardzija, Travis Wood and Matt Garza.


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Originally written on Football Nation | Last updated 10/16/12
Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson follows through on a 54-yard field goal against the St. Louis Rams in a pre-season game on August 29, 2005 at Ford Field, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
The Detroit Lions came back once again in the fourth quarter to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday afternoon. Trailing by 10 points on two different occasions in the final quarter, the Lions roared back to tie the game on a Jason Hanson field goal with three seconds to play. Hanson then kicked the game-winning field goal in overtime to give the Lions the improbable win.After Matthew Stafford's one-yard touchdown run cut Philadelphia's lead to 16-13, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick found receiver Jeremy Maclin for a 70-yard touchdown to give the Eagles a 23-13 lead.Stafford once again led Detroit on a touchdown drive finding receiver Nate Burleson for a 17-yard touchdown.As a result of kicking the game-tying and game-winning field goals, Hanson is this game's hero.For Philadelphia it was another turnover-happy game for Vick. He threw two more interceptions and lost a fumble. The fumble can be credited to miscommunication with his center as the ball was snapped before Vick was r...
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That's not organic! Lebanese policeman smuggles chemical laden sandwiches
Roumieh prison wardens arrested a Lebanese police officer Thursday for trying to smuggle sandwiches filled with a chemical substance destined for a Fatah al-Islam prisoner into the detention center.
A security source told The Daily Star that the policeman, a member of a police unit in charge of Roumieh, was searched at Lebanon's biggest prison north of Beirut after drawing suspicion.
The source added that when the sandwiches were opened, the wardens were surprised to find a chemical substance which the source identified by its French name "carbure."
The police officer told investigators he was going to deliver the sandwiches to prisoner Charbel Shalitta, who faces the death penalty for killing a young Lebanese man in Halat, north of Beirut, last year.
When summoned by investigators, Shalitta admitted he was smuggling the substance to a leader of Fatah al-Islam prisoners at Roumieh.
But Shalitta claimed that he only carried out the leader's order to protect himself given that he is a Christian imprisoned among the Islamists of Fatah al-Islam.
The chemical Carbure is used in welding and sometimes as a fuel for heating homes. It may also be used as a component in making explosives.


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John V. Faraci, Jr., Chairman of the Board
John V. Faraci, Jr. is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Paper. He served previously in the positions of president, as well as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Faraci joined International Paper in 1974 and held various financial, product management, planning and general management positions in the industrial packaging, consumer packaging, paper, wood products and forest resources businesses. He served also as chief executive officer and managing director of Carter Holt Harvey (a former International Paper majority-owned forest products company in New Zealand).
Mr. Faraci sits on the board of United Technologies Corp., PPG and Conoco Phillips. Mr. Faraci is a trustee of Denison University and the American Enterprise Institute, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a former board member of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation and the National Park Foundation.
Jeff Trandahl, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Trandahl joined NFWF in November 2005 after serving on Capitol Hill for 23 years. As Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, a post he held from 1998 to 2005, he was the second-highest constitutional official in the House of Representatives and served as the chief legislative official. He led a highly specialized staff of 300 and oversaw an operating budget of more than $20 million. Prior to his election as Clerk, he served various members of the House and Senate and held numerous committee staff assignments.
Mr. Trandahl earned a B.A. in Government/Politics from the University of Maryland in 1987 and holds a Certificate in Management from the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University. He currently serves on the boards of the Gill Action Fund, Jones Group, Arise Corporation, and The Arcus Foundation. Raised in Spearfish, South Dakota, Mr. Trandahl is the son of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist. An avid outdoorsman, he has a life-long commitment to conservation.
Lila Helms, Executive Vice President, External Affairs
Lila Helms comes to NFWF from the United States Senate, where she served for more than 20 years. As Clerk for the Legislative Branch subcommittee, which funds Congress and the agencies that serve Congress, she managed legislation involving multiple federal agencies. She previously served as Clerk of the Commerce, Justice, and State Appropriations subcommittee and worked for the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee and the Subcommittee for Science and Technology. Ms. Helms began her career as a Legislative Assistant for Senator Ernest F. Hollings and holds a B.A. from the University of South Carolina.
Thomas Kelsch, Senior Vice President, Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
Timothy DiCintio, Senior Vice President, Impact-Directed Environmental Accounts
Greg Knadle, Vice President, Government Relations
Anthony Chatwin, Ph.D., Marine and Coastal Conservation
Carly Vynne, Ph.D., Wildlife and Habitat Conservation
David Lawrence, Ph.D., Freshwater Fish Conservation
Ian Davidson, Bird Biology and Conservation
Amanda Bassow, Director, Eastern Partnership Office
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Chris West, Director, Rocky Mountain Regional Office
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We saw many video on Television and YouTube about Incredible India but this one is one of the best made ever. A new commercial video for the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India's 'Incredible India 2013′ campaign directed by Prakash Varma and produced by Nirvana Films.
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239 Summit Park Drive
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239 Summit Park Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275
Pittsburgh International Airport - PIT
Airport Phone: +1 412 472 3525
Hotel direction: 7.4 miles SE
Take I-376 East/PA 60 South towards Pittsburgh PA Turnpike East/I-79. Take Exit 1 (old exit 59) - Robinson Town Centre Blvd. Turn right off the exit. Hotel is 1/8 mile on the right. GPS COORDINATES - Latitide: 40.4483700, Longitude: -80.1783130
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