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I understand your frustration at needing to pay for something that has been traditionally a free phase in game development. To pay for an unfinished product that might not even make it to the shelf seems potentially like a cash grab on the part of the company.
Personally, I have waited for this type of game for so long (a decade of wading through WoW clones since I left Ultima Online) that I am happy for the opportunity to help see this game come to fruition, partly due to what I see not as a fee, but an investment. Second, the chance to provide meaningful feedback into the testing and possibly even feature creation of such a game is again well worth a fee, given how much money I've spent treading water in less satisfying MMOs. Finally, (though I don't have the quote...its burried somewhere in the Goblinworks developer's blog), those who participate in the beta will not be wiping their characters or accomplishments once open enrollment occurs. Having alpha and beta tested WoW, I can say that one of the reasons I burnt out within a year after the game went public was having to remake everything about my character all over again.
Bottom line, I've spent far more money over the years on games I had far less enthusiasm about (like my LotRO lifetime subscription that I haven't used in years). To me, this is a chance to help make the game I've been wanting to play for years.
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Originally posted by AndiusMeuridiar
Currently playing: -
Waiting for: Class4.
Dead and Buried: ESO, NWO, GW2, SWTOR, Darkfall, AO, AC2, Vanguard, CoH/V, EnB, EVE, Neocron, FE, EQ, EQ2, DAoC, FFXI, FFXIV, SWG, WoW, and billions of eastern junks!
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I'm backing this project already. As far as I know, they already have the funding to make the game. The KS is only to speed up the process.
To me, supporting the project means letting them know there are people out there supporting the vision of a new and different kind of fantasy MMO. Hope they succeed with this project.
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Joined: 5/06/07
Originally posted by Hobs00
Hobs... I can't fully dfisagree with anything you said (well except for the investement part.. because if it was an investment I'd get stock and potential profit). That said... it's a matter of perspective for me. I'm the customer and the reason a company has a beta is because the product is not ready for prime time so they need people to volunteer their time to help fix it and get it polished and ready. Now, not only do they want you to buy the game... but they want you to pay an access fee to pay their bandwidth costs so you can test the game for them? Sheez... that is really turning the tables on the traditional customer/company relationship and not in a good way. It sets a horrible precedent and one thing that has been proven is that once one company lowers the bar... others will follow and lower it further.
Also, I absolutely get the benefit to not wiping characters. But that has the potential to create a tremendous in game advantage as those characters will have 9+ months of training and equipment. This is a FFA-PVP game. People starting at "release" will not stand a chance.
That said... I still haven't ruled out clicking that button... simply because the game (on paper) is the game I have waited for (no matter how unlikely it is to deliver).
I will give them credit though for at least publicly saying they will expect you to pay a sub to beta their game. Other games "launch" in a beta state these days...
"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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Joined: 1/01/13
Thankfully the vast majority of early beta slots are held by organizations that don't RPK (Random Player Killing). As stated earliest I lead the largest organization in the game, The Empyrean Order, and we are dedicated anti-RPKers with considerable Open World PVP experience in our leadership. This organization is an adaption of one I lead in both Freelancer and Darkfall, and we have an ex-BoB fleet commander who's lead over 1000 ships in a single battle with us as well.
The RPK crowd will be the ones getting the late start, and meeting considerable opposition. You're going to find a lot of friendly and helpful faces if you join PFO on official release. Not jeering griefers everywhere.
Personally I pledged because I love the community so much that I can't wait to start building our world up together. Even if the game is missing a lot of features at start. The mark we make will be lasting.
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Joined: 5/06/07
Originally posted by AndiusMeuridiar
So.. its OK because YOU will have the advantage over new people at release and be better able to impose your will on the game?
Don't forget that there are other PvP factions than griefers. There is going to be territory control and guild warfare...
"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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Joined: 7/18/10
Veni, Vidi, Converti
@Slapshot: For more info on the beta process: Goblin Works Dev Blog:
What To Expect From Early Access Beta
For more info on the Crowdforging Process:
1. Risk
2. Beta = low on features; will be some performance and other testing stuff.
1. Early access
2. Early community; niche = good.
3. Be part of dev-player interaction
4. Crowdsource/fund a sandbox with a fighting chance - ie subs are used to develop features regularly from small to large systems.
5. Imo, paying means the ppl in this will be more interested in the long-run.
6. Worst that happens it does not work out and a small money hit for a venture that did not work out.
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Joined: 8/22/09
From what I've gathered, the only conclusive thing released on this game is a tech demo that frankly only showcased some graphics.
Until you really have an idea what combat, UI and so forth looks like, you could just as well be paying for an unplayable mess.
I guess that's up to you though.
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
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Joined: 1/01/13
If by impose our will on the game you mean establishing newb-help accadamies and prevent RPK vets from abusing the newbs too much... then yes.
People joining this game 9 months after start will be at far less of a disadvantage than someone who joins EVE right now. Plenty of new players still join EVE and have fun. There is no reason it won't work on PFO as well. As stated in the OP newbs are far from useless.
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Originally posted by Fdzzaigl
This is absolutely true: There are a bunch of things I'd normally have to see as vital to putting money down on the table.
But if you look at this great vid at: [VIDEO] Sandbox MMO's comming out in 2013 - out of those only Pathfinder Online really jumps out and appeals. So a 1/14 selection to speculate into mmorpgs settles it (for me) combined with the very good design vision at the blogs: Willing to take a punt on it.
Sure implementation/execution will impact that vision, but actually think it's good that mmorpg players start to dictate the market instead of the other way around that led to themeparks modelling designs after wow's brilliant commercial success.


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Experience: HS
High School/Hometown: Mount Vernon / Mount Vernon, WA
Position: Pitcher / Outfield
Height: 5'2"
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Height: 5'2"
Academic Goals: Dean's List every quarter
Academic Area of Interest: Nursing
Athletic Goals: Academic all-star
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Experience: HS
High School/Hometown: Richland / Richland, WA
Position: Infield
Height: 5'3"
Academic Goals: Earn a transfer degree with a 3.0 GPA or better
Academic Area of Interest: Health Care
Athletic Goals: Get better every day
Hobbies: Music, sports, working, friends
Highlights/Honors: Academic All-Star, Honor Roll all four years
Greatest Sports Moment: Third Place at State
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Position: Utility
Height: 5'3"
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Academic Area of Interest: Nursing
Athletic Goals: Get better everyday
Hobbies: Reading, sports, physical fitness
Highlights/Honors: MVP, softball and volleyball in 2013, softball captain, First Team All-League, First Team All-State catcher
Greatest Sports Moment: Taking third at State
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Height: 5'6"
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Highlights/Honors: Three-time letter winner in soccer and softball, most RBI's senior year
Greatest Sports Moment: Scoring the winning goal against undefeated Prosser in 2011
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Height: 5' 4"
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Academic Area of Interest: Dental Hygiene
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Its hard for a cash shop to make a building game like Landmark P2W, and so far that seems to be born out.
Rifts just seems to be giving even more player convenience which is rarely solid gameplay.
NW certainly is updating but was built from the ground up as P2W so I can't see how they get round that dragon in the room.
GW2 living story - keeps living. That's about it.Sun Mar 09 2014 1:04PM Report
I am somewhat curious towards what type of player will buy other player creations in Everquest Landmark.
I had this discusion with a friend of mine where he said it's the same as art. You see a very nice painting worth millions, you might be able to paint a pretty similar copy but it will not be the original that's why it's wortht that much and you gotta have that original.
My argument against that was that we talk about pixels which hasn't the same value as real life art has. Atleast not in the way it's given in games to us.
Besides that I beleive a player who is interested or is playing everquest next is doing so because he or she can create. Wouldn't buying that "blueprint" dismiss the purpose of playing the game?
Sun Mar 09 2014 3:42PM Report
Art is not create in someone else's creation.It is a creation of your own.This one however may be called execution or performing which is a debatable aspect.
I don't see any art or productivity in this.I see money flow.
And Gw2 do need an expansion every now and then.Sun Mar 09 2014 5:11PM Report
My dream game will be:
Archeage - graphic
Tera - fight system
Rift + Allods - endgame
Lineage 2 - PvP and siege system , Sub class and Clan wars
WoW+GW2 - questing
POE - passive tree
and everyone to be unique not like other one!
Mon Mar 10 2014 3:38AM Report
In response to the E.N.L. discussion about buying templates, I think you may be missing the point of templates. A template can be anything from a small piece to a large structures. Most of the claims I've visited in E.N.L. use the pre-made props, crafted from the stations. A few have had their own chair or table, blocky though it may be. I think the templates that will sell are things like a spiral stair case, and ornate wall design, the base of a well, a unique arch. I agree that few players will purchase a whole structure because that does defeat the point.
I don't think I'd buy anything, but think of all those players out there that would shell out mucho dinero to skip all the content in a game and be uber. I don't understand it, but it is there.Mon Mar 10 2014 8:35AM Report
EQNL: Get paid = win and paying for templates = loose model (only if you care about having fun and making money)
Just like the other games on player studio but to an extremely higher degree there is going to be a lot of competition and other people doing it better and before you can that there is a lot less real money to be made here. Of course that is only a little perk to making a masterpiece next to the pride of making it yourself.
There are a lot of inventive people in EQNL though, that have found ways of taking a 3d model and turning it into a voxel representation and then build that sculpture in the game. Of course... it takes 5s of hours to build.
Later down the line maybe people can make some money off the stuff they make when other people, like mentioned above, rather just play and explore(once combat and a lot of PvE is added) and skip the many hours of building that other people rather do.
So sure, I guess you can say it is Pay2Win if you mean paying for your lack of creative ability or time.Mon Mar 10 2014 3:14PM Report
I do not expect anything good from Neverwinter, when you reach the end level (A game week you get to the end level) the game becomes extremely repetitive and daily quests that make anyone get bored, classes are totally unbalanced in PvP. The amount of currencies is absurd. And everything in the game you need to take many clicks, accessibility is not with Neverwinter.
Now I'm playing ArcheAge and 2 weeks of play I have nothing bad to say about him.Mon Mar 10 2014 4:30PM Report
Rift's addition of the souls per class is fantastic news to me, I come and go from the game every few months. Their f2p system is the best out there imo.
Neverwinter proved to me at launch that it was a complete cash grab that was essentially pay 2 win. Any addition to their game, even where interest lies (pvp), will never bring me back. I'm glad I never gave them a cent.
ArchAge, why oh why do you tug at my heart strings Trion? If they release this before the end of 2014 and if it doesn't follow suit of the 1.1 then maybe it could be something.
EQ:N nothing there for me, still interesting to see how it progresses.
Tue Mar 11 2014 10:10AM Report
I agree with SomeHuman on EQNL templates.
Some people will buy buildings, but I think the best sellers will be modular items that are tricky or time consuming to make, like spiral stairs, detailed railings, archways, towers, gatehouses, etc... Either things of higher detail and quality than most will be able to achieve, or templates that save the buyer time, while still allowing them to build their own unique overall design.
There will probably also be a market for things like sculptures and voxel based props. SOE has also said they are looking into ways for players to create and sell props made using 3D modelling software, which will definitely provide items beyond the ability/talent of the majority of the player base.Wed Mar 12 2014 3:16PM Report
I agree with Jackie on GW2 Living Story.
GW2 is a vast game loaded with content and a game design that encouraged exploration and free roaming adventure. Living Story has indeed reduced the game to nothing more than a new checklist of hoops to jump through every two weeks in order to earn a tasty reward. The Story itself is thin and poorly presented and players actions have zero bearing on how the story will turn out.
Living Story is the sort of desperation move you might expect from an understaffed MMO that had launched with a tiny game world and too little content.
I think GW2, at launch, was a pretty amazing achievement and maybe 80% of the way to being the game they espoused in their GW2 Manifesto. It was easy to see an obvious path forward for the game and it's concept via further development of the game world, so that new and evolving Dynamic Events would provide a sense of an actual Living World and players who left and later returned would always find tons of new stuff out in the world they hadn't seen or experienced before.
Instead, they've reduced the game to an endless chase jumping through hoops, checking off boxes and following a linear story so they can earn the latest "limited time only" carrot before the content disappears forever and the next checklist of temporary content and the next "must have shiny" appears.
It's a sick perversion of a once great game that had been poised to move the genre forward.Wed Mar 12 2014 3:32PM Report


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Hello there,
I am the owner of a 1991 NX650 Dominator (RD02).
For the longest of time, my carburetor has been giving me an average mileage of 18KM/Litre (now it is 17KM/Litre). A few months back I loaned a carburetor from a friend of mine and saw my mileage jump to 22KM/Litre, with an occasional spike to 24KM/Litre. I had to return the carburetor after a month but with my existing carburetor getting worse and worse with each week, I am now trying to do 1 of 3 things:
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Mar 26, 2008 GMTThe Amsterdam Girl Geek Dinner will be held on April 10. The speaker will be Fabienne Serriere presenting the topic Hardware Hacking on the Cheap: "Fabienne "fbz" Serriere is a futurist at heart, but one who believes that the future should be present during the present. She splits her time between hardware hacking, future fabric prototyping, photography, obsessing about prime numbers, and adding to her vintage and modern gadget collections. Her personal site is: http://fabienne.us/" (submitted by Patricia Jung)
Mar 24, 2008 GMTThe makeuseof.com site has a new contributor – Mackenzie Morgan is posting Linux articles. The first few articles are up and are pretty basic but would be great for helping your friends convert to Linux. Mackenzie also writes about Ubuntu on her Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks blog.
Mar 24, 2008 GMTSlackware-based GoblinX released Standard edition version 2.6 last month. Susan Linton wrote a detailed review called GoblinX packs a lot into compact Slackware-based distro. According to Susan, "GoblinX is suitable for those who want something fast, light, and small, yet that offers a lot of choice."
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With federal tax credits up to $500 and a rebate from Carrier up to $1250 there's never been a better time to upgrade your home comfort system. For more information please call Rhoads Company at 622-4977. Almost a half century ago Roswell had...
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Bean almost a month Art.
Long slow transit across the North Atlantic?
Happy tax day those of youze in the USofA.
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Bean almost a month Art.
Long slow transit across the North Atlantic?
Happy tax day those of youze in the USofA.
tim in san jose
Won't be back 'till the 24th. Call off Guido will ya?
Regards, Art.
Came home last night to a pile of mail - and THE CAMERA! Yeah. I'll get it processed and uploaded. Who wants prints?
Regards, Art.
That would be cool.
OK here's how this will work. If you want prints and/or your negative, say by the end of next week, I'll mail it out to anyone that PMs me their name and address.
Regards, Art.
Congrats Art. A round finally finished! Anyone seen Round 1B?
Guess it's time to get serious about Round 6, eh?
I'll send you my real mail via PMail, even though you already have it.
tim in san jose
Well alright! PM sent. Can't wait to see our images! Thanks Art!
Hi Folks,
My apologies for being late on this. Here are the images for all to view: http://www.gr82bart.com/APUG/TravelCamera4/
The seven folks that PMed me, I'll send your prints (2 @ 5x7) and the negative.
Edit: Hmmm ... though there are 20 images, I only have 19 exposed negatives. Seriously! To me, negatives 1, 6, 7, 13, 16, and 20 are duds, but Walgreen's managed to print one of these. So, you guys will have to tell me which image is yours.
Regards, Art.
Nice going Art. Many many thanks.
There be some nice photos in that group. Do you plan on posting them in the APUG gallery?
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In 2015, there aren't too many brick and mortar stores that don't offer the convenience of shopping online. Companies like Shopify and Bigcommerce have begun springing into action, promising customers a simple, fast and effective solution to get their store online. As two of the tested and true brands, we thought a good old fashioned head-to-head would be the perfect way to let Shopify and Bigcommerce duke it out for the title.
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Tiger wins Players by not throwing it awayBy DOUG FERGUSON
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Tiger Woods gives a thumbs-up while holding the trophy after winning The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus have never had a conversation longer than a couple of minutes, and rarely about golf. Maybe its because they already think along the same lines when it comes to winning tournaments.
The Players Championship was another example of how Woods rarely beats himself.
Nicklaus was under the oak tree at Augusta National last month after hitting his ceremonial tee shot when he talked about one that got away, the first time he had a share of the lead going into the final round of a major and didnt win. It was the 1971 Masters, and he found the water trying to reach the 15th green with a 3-wood.
I dont like to waste a tournament on one shot, Nicklaus said. If I was today thinking about strategy of what I wanted to do on that, I probably wouldnt have done it. I put myself out of the tournament. One shot shouldnt be a shot that puts you out of the tournament.
The island green on the TPC Sawgrass is nothing like the 15th at Augusta National, but its hard not to think about Nicklaus when reviewing the hole that settled a weekend duel between Woods and Sergio Garcia.
Woods was standing on the 17th tee Sunday when he looked over and saw Garcia approaching the par-5 16th green with a putter in hand, realizing he was there in two and at worst would make birdie to tie Woods for the lead.
The pin was in its traditional Sunday location, the back right corner behind the bunker. Finding land is always the priority. From there, its a bonus to catch the ridge that feeds the golf ball down a gentle slope toward the hole.
The thing is, you can get baited into hitting it over there, and thats the hard part, Woods said. I thought that the prudent play for me was hit it in the center of the green, even left-center, and try and hit kind of a pull-cut. It I hit a pull-cut, its going to have a little bit of distance to it, and it might have the shape where it might land up on top and feed down. But when I hit it, a little bit of gust came up and it stalled out.
The ball stayed on the front of the green, leaving a difficult putt from 45 feet. Woods hit a lot of good putts that didnt go in Sunday. This might have been the best putt that he wasnt expecting to go in. The pace was perfect, 3 feet away, and he made his par. Mission accomplished.
Garcia, who two-putted for birdie on the 16th, was standing on the 17th tee watching Woods make his par.
The Spaniard won The Players Championship in 2009 in a playoff on the 17th hole. Paul Goydos came up short and in the water, Garcia found the green.
This wasnt a playoff.
Garcia, however, went at the flag and posed over the shot until he saw the splash.
As the ball was in the air I was thinking, `Please be right, because it was straight at it, Garcia said. It was probably 3 feet left of the hole. When it splashed, you think, `Well, hopefully I hit a good shot after this and make 4 and still have a chance on the next. Its pretty much as simple as that.
Only it wasnt that simple. His next shot bounced off the mound framing a bunker and caromed back into the water. He wound up with a quadruple-bogey 7. Adding to his misery, Garcia put his tee shot into the water on the 18th for a double bogey.
To say such mistakes never happen to Woods would be to ignore the final hole at Dubai in 2001, when he went for the green on the 18th hole and found water for a double bogey to lose by two shots. He has lost tournaments down the stretch. More often than not, the other guy beats him.
Back to Nicklaus, talking about Augusta National, though it can apply to other golf courses and situations.
If youve got a 50-50 chance of doing it, I wouldnt be doing it, Nicklaus said about high-risk shots. If youve got a 90-10 chance, think real hard about it, and try to make sure you eliminate the 10.
(Nicklaus said he has never talked to Phil Mickelson about this.)
Woods made a mistake on Sunday when he hit a pop-hook into the water on the 14th, leading to double bogey that gave hope to about a half-dozen players, at least for a short time. That was because of a bad swing, which is bound to happen over 18 holes of a final round. Its his head that kept him in the game.
I stayed really patient, Woods said. I kept telling myself, `That was your only bad swing you made all day. You can still win this tournament.
He figured if he could play the last four holes in 1-under, he would at least get into a playoff. He played the last four in 1 under and won The Players Championship. Of the four players tied for the lead, two went into the water on the 17th Garcia and Jeff Maggert while David Lingmerth made a gallant try. He missed an 8-foot birdie chance on the 17th and had to make a 70-foot putt down two ridges on the 18th to tie. He three-putted for bogey.
Woods now is 52-4 when he has at least a share of the lead going into the final round on the PGA Tour, which does not count his playoff win over Tom Lehman in La Costa. They were tied for the lead when rain washed out the last round. Woods won in a playoff when Lehman hit into the water, and Woods hit his tee shot to a foot.
His four wins this year speak to why Woods is such a good closer. He has yet to break 70 in the final round in those four wins. He didnt need to.
Of the 52 times that Woods won with at least a share of the lead after 54 holes, his average score in the final round is 70.5. The 22 times he has won when trailing after 54 holes, his average score in the final round is 66.6.
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The 51-year-old was in the dugout for the final time for the 3-1 derby triumph over Cowdenbeath on Saturday after it was confirmed he was stepping down to focus on commitments away from the game.
Manager Grant Murray heaped praise on his departing No.2, insisting Raith would never have ended their 20-year trophy drought by winning the Ramsden's Cup last season if not for Smith's influence.
"What [Paul] has done for me, firstly when I came here as a player, then as my assistant, was massive. Without him, things could have been very different," Murray said. "I can only thank him for everything he has done. I could not have [won the cup] without him. We don't have a replacement lined up."


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- Animation Studio: Wang Film Productions
- Cartoon Characters: Virgil Hawkins/Static, Richie Foley, Robert Hawkins, Sharon Hawkins, Frieda Goren, Edwin Alva, F-Stop, Hotstreak, Daisy, Replikon, Omar Harmozi, Madelyn Spaulding, Shenice/Shebang.
- Voice Actors: Phil LaMarr, Jason Marsden, Kevin Michael Richardson, Michele Morgan, Danica McKellar, Kerrigan Mahan, Danny Cooksey, Crystal Scales, Coolio; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By Mark J. Howard.
- Produced By Alan Burnett, Scott Jeralds, Shaun McLaughlin.
- Written By Len Uhley.
- First Aired on January 24, 2004.
- Originally Aired on Kids WB! (USA).
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Season: 4
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Shebang becomes a problem when she forces herself on the Static-Gear team.
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Magus on a Star Trek wrote:
Trekker4747 wrote:
That or anything the Joker said or claimed was dismissed as being the ramblings of a lunatic.
That possibility occurred to me as well, and I dismissed it as inconsistent with character and story. Considering how manipulative and successful he the Joker is at everything else, its inconceivable that he couldnt find a way to puncture the lie if he wanted to.
You must be joking. Nolan has the papers reporting on Bruce's very public trip to China, and - boom! Batman appears in China. And yet, eight years later, people still haven't put the pieces together.
But the citizens of Gotham believing the police instead of
is unbelievable? When Joker has to prove a
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He would have to be silenced, but tossing him in Arkham wouldnt do the trick. Key or no key, the Joker will eventually escape Arkham, or he isnt the Joker.
You're assuming some hot-blooded cop didn't murder him en route to wherever after the police got to him, with no textual evidence to back you up.
Batman taking the rap was a silly plot point written to provide a "wow, things sure look bad for Bats
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September 13th, 2013 07:08 AM #1
Lovely Ladies to go with Persephone
I'm bot expecting again, I just realized I'm incredibly bored with one of my combos. I had Guinevere Sophia Signe, but I'm realizing I don't really like Guenevere all that much anymore and I've never had a reason to use Signe other than because it's Norse and we wanted a Norse name.
With the others, I have reasons for using them. Persephone I have a connection to the mythology, Sylvana honors Pan, Amelia is the first name Cody and I agreed on and I love the connection to Amelia Earhart.
So I would like some suggestions for that first name spot. I would prefer it be an ancient/older (historical, mythological) or older literary. It doesn't have to be, but we have a Norse and Greek theme as I worship the Greek gods and my husband does the Norse.
It needs to go with Persephone, Sylvana, and Amelia.
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Persephone, Sylvana, Amelia and...
Freyja/Freya - seems like the obvious choice. It's easy to spell, pronounce, it's familiar, Norse and beautiful.
Florence (Florence Nightingale)
Frida (Frida Kahlo, the painter)
Gwendolen (from Daniel Deronda, The Importance of Being Earnest)
Sigrun (a valkyrie)
Gersemi (Norse Goddess of beauty, "treasure")[FONT=Palatino Linotype][CENTER]My darling Marian Illyria Aphrodite, March 2013 & Little Bunny (a girl!) due 9th of February 2014[/CENTER][/FONT]
September 13th, 2013 07:48 AM #5
First thoughts were:
Anastasia (although that would be another A names next to Amelia...)
Arcadia (same...)
Araminta (yeah...)
Thea (might be a little repetitive because it means goddess, and your daughter already bears the name of a goddess...)
That's all I can think of right now. Sorry, I'm not that great at suggestions!
September 13th, 2013 10:44 AM #7
Ottilie -- We considered Freya, but are sort of on the fence about it. It's beautiful and she's a great goddess, but she also spends large portions of time crying in her mythology >.< Otherwise, I like Eowyn (and am kicking myself for not thinking of it) but I'm already using Lorien in my Sylvana combo and Frode/Samwise in my Damien combo. Is that too much LOTR? I love Isis too, but we know a little Isis so that won't work. And Cody doesn't like Gwendolen >.< Got any other suggestions? We both generally like most things you do.
Lark -- I can't have any more A names. I have 2 on my boys list too. We did consider Anastasia at one point before I decided we couldn't use it because I hate all the nicknames I can think of. It's the same reason we can't using Cassandra. Otherwise, I like Thea (I like it better spelled the Greek Theia) but isn't it too short next to all the other names (Persephone, Sylvana, Amelia, Thea)?
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Genevieve Sunshine * Rosa Ariadne * Seraphine Nephele * Persephone Isolda Marian * Amaryllis Felicity Pearl * Georgiana Kitty * Cora Minnow
Hades Emmanuel Valor * Dante Kristian Gabriel * Lucian Fitzwilliam Piet "Luce" * Quentin Bramwell Hart * Viktor Inigo Raven * Prometheus Ammon Vlad * Edgar Vincent Alan * Dorian Charles Wolf * Amadeus Evander Zephan * Orpheus Nicolas Prosper.
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March 25, 2013
Humane Society International Praises The Park Kolkata for Leadership in Animal Welfare in Bengal
HSI praised The Park Kolkata for ending its procurement of eggs from caged hens, and adopting a cage-free policy.
March 14, 2013
MP Baijayant 'Jay' Panda Asks India to Embrace Modern Science in Support of HSI's Campaign to End Animal Testing for Cosmetics
Member of Parliament Baijayant 'Jay' Panda calls on the government to end animal testing for cosmetics in India – giving a boost to a campaign that is spreading around the world.
March 13, 2013
Bollywood Shows Support for Be Cruelty-Free Campaign to End Animal Testing of Cosmetics
HSI/India is thrilled to announce an impressive list of celebrities who have pledged their support for ending cosmetics testing on animals in India.
March 11, 2013
HSI/India: As Europe Bans Sales of Cruel Cosmetics, BIS Must Move Swiftly to Enact Drug Controller General's Directive to Remove Animal Tests
HSI/India called on the Bureau of Indian Standards to follow Europe's example without delay by ensuring that animal tests be removed as a requirement in cosmetics safety regulations, the IS4011.
March 1, 2013
HSI/India Calls for Government Support of CITES Proposals to Protect Shark and Ray Species
HSI/India called for support from the Indian government to provide much-needed protection for sharks and rays at the 2013 CITES meeting.
February 26, 2013
Three Days of Spay/Neuter with "Let's Live Together"
Local organization Let's Live Together partnered with HSI to offer a free spay/neuter clinic for World Spay Day 2013.
February 26, 2013
Humane Society International/India Lauds Drug Controller General's Direction to Eliminate Animal Tests for Cosmetics
Directive from India's Drug Controller marks the beginning of the end of lethal poisoning and oral irritation animal testing for cosmetic purposes in India.
January 24, 2013
Debasree Roy Says India Must Embrace Modern Science to End Cosmetics Animal Testing
Actress Debasree Roy spoke out against cosmetics animal testing at a press conference, urging the Indian government not to delay on ridding India of animal-tested cosmetics.
January 16, 2013
Victory for Dolphins: India Moves to End Captivity
In January 2013, the Animal Welfare Board of India issued an advisory to all state governments against granting permission for dolphinariums after HSI and partners presented evidence of the many problems associated with them.
January 10, 2013
HSI/India Thanks MLA Shri. Ramalinga Reddy for Supporting Campaign to End Animal Testing for Cosmetics
HSI applauded veteran statesman and Member of Legislative Assembly Shri. Ramalinga Reddy for urging swift action to update Indian law to end animal testing of cosmetics.


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Sporting sneakers, supporting cancer research
This weekend, around the country, you will see a strange occurrence. Well-dressed college basketball coaches wearing sneakers on the sidelines with their suits. It is the Coaches vs. Cancer "Suits and Sneakers Awareness Weekend". It is also "look foolish weekend" for all coaches... Read more
Explorers rely on leadership, hard work
Our team is playing better but consistency and toughness in very close games will be the keys for us and every A-10 team. With the exception of Xavier (I feel they are as good as last year's Elite Eight team), most A-10 games are a toss-up. The talent level among each school's starting... Read more
Three selected for Big 5 Hall of Fame
Penn's Jerome Allen, La Salle's Curt Fromal and Saint Joseph's Susan Moran have been selected for induction into the Big 5 Hall of Fame Class of 2009. The players will be inducted in the Donaldson Room of Weightman Hall on Penn's campus on Feb. 13, and they also will be honored on the floor of the... Read more
Dragons turning things around
Since returning home we have continued to play well. We started the week with a good win against Delaware. Our bench came through for us as Leon Spencer, Tramayne Hawthorne and Samme Givens all gave us important minutes in the game. Samme scored 19 points and Leon had 11 as we were able to get some... Read more
Defense, Nivins and St. Joe's
When the winning score is 99-98, it is hard to talk about defense. But I thought the job St. Joe's Garrett Williamson did on Duquesne's Aaron Jackson Wednesday night at the Palestra was terrific. Jackson was in the Atlantic 10's top five in scoring, assists, steals and field goal... Read more
Special honor for two special Owls
Saturday will be a special day in the history of Temple Athletics, as two champions – John Chaney and Dr. Ray Moyer – are inducted into the university's Athletics Hall of Fame. John Chaney has meant so much, not just to this institution, but to the city of Philadelphia and to college... Read more
Real world beckons for Hawks
League games have arrived for all the city schools except Penn. The vibe, tempo and preparation are all different. The scouting reports are more concise because everyone is more familiar with styles and individual players. The A-10 will go through Xavier but the list of contenders is longer than at... Read more
Big East, A10 This Week
Atlantic 10 This Week SCHEDULE La SALLE Wednesday: vs. Penn, 7 Saturday: at Massachusetts, 4 SAINT JOSEPH'S Wednesday: vs. Duquesne, 7 (Palestra) Saturday: vs. Penn, 7 (Palestra) (CN8) TEMPLE Thursday: vs. Saint Louis, 8 Saturday: vs. Charlotte, 6 GAME OF THE WEEK: Xavier at St. Bonaventure... Read more
Dexel looks to continue momentum
Our team has played much better the last week or so. We rebounded well from the loss to VCU and picked up a pair of conference wins. Last weekend we went down to Georgia and defeated Georgia State on their home court. It was a good win for us in many ways. It proved to our guys that we are capable... Read more
Looking at Villanova three games into Big East play
It could have been a great win. The kind that keeps on giving, right up until Selection Sunday. Not that Villanova deserved to win Saturday's game against Louisville at the Wachovia Center. The Wildcats got outplayed for most of the first 35 minutes or so. Still, at the end, it was their game to lose... Read more
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Goddemet! It really is quite simple:
If you were going to upgrade EITHER your cpu OR your vid card, which should you upgrade in order to play future games?
The Doom3 alpha suggests you should upgrade your cpu, while 3dmark03 suggests you should upgrade your vid card.
Doom3 is a future game, while 3dmark03 is not. Conclusion: Doom3 is a better benchmark to represent future games' performance.
Another example: When UT2003 was released I was running on an Athlon 1133/Geforce DDR rig. 3dmark2001 suggested I should upgrade my vid card in order to play it more effectively. Which I did.
Did it improve my performance? Yes, but only a little. Did it live up to the twofold performance gain that 3dmark2001 suggested? Not by a long shot.
HOWEVER, last week I upgraded my cpu to an AthlonXP 2000. My 3dmarks only went up by about a 1000 points, BUT my UT2003 performance skyrocketed. Meaning that 3dmark2001 is/was a crappy benchmark to represent future (at the time) games.
Even for kicks I put my old Geforce 1 card in my computer. UT2003 runs WAY better on an AthlonXP 2000/Geforce 1 DDR setup than on an Athlon 1133/Ti4200 setup.
Which leads us back to the 3dmark03/Doom3 dilemma: Having checked the alpha I know for a fact that Doom3 will run better on a top of the line cpu with a midrange vid card, than a midrange cpu with a top of the line vid card. 3dmark03 suggests the exact opposite, which is, quite simply, wrong.
It really is as simple as that.
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who has kodak 35mm unperforated portra 160 and 400 nc in stock? i need one long roll each for shipping to europe. i need it for use in lookaround panoramic camera. 18mm zeiss will show as if 12mm used horizontally equivalent in 24x36mm camera-wow. i will use 35mm, 28 , 18mm zeiss plus 24/2.0 and 24/2.8 vivitar m-42 with adaptor. later i will use pc-distagon 35mm and arsat pc 35mm. shift-tilt 35mm would be nice. infinite sharpness from very close to infinity with very open lens thanks to the fact that only small center part of lens is used.
using perforated film could cause frictions. i will try them out anyway soon. see panphoto.com and my rotapancamera-film only forum at