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Anyone else have an "older" child still in nighttime dipes?
My philosophy - and it's worked so far on everything from daytime potty, to talking, to riding a 2-wheeler - is that he'll do it when he's ready. Pretty much no amount of my interference in his learning/discovery schedule has ever worked. He does it when he's ready.
He's never been able to wake up at night to go. His dipes are almost never dry in the morning - and infrequently he soaks through them. Daytime potty was a BREEZE. I just took the dipe off one day (around 3 - I know that's "late" too) and never put it back on. In 2 days he had no more accidents.
He doesn't mind the dipes. He's not embarrassed when his friends notice them in the bathroom. I'd rather put them on him than wash his sheets every day.
So I guess I'm just asking for support. Anyone have a similar story?
My son's only 4.5 but he still mostly wears a diaper at night. He just can't last all night long and always feels bad when he wets the bed. When he's ready, he's ready, it's not a big deal at our house.
I don't have a similar story but I do know plenty of other people who do. I think I would give it until 7 or 8 before it concerned me too much. Some kids just are not ready.
Of my twins, one has been dry at night since 3.5, the other is still in pull ups at night now, two years later. Little sister has been dry at night since a little older than 2, so for at least a year now.
It isn't a big deal here, it's just what happens. I've told him (and believe) that he'll be dry at night when his body is ready.
A friend of mine with three boys said all three have struggled with night dryness, and only the eldest (3rd grade) is out of pullups.
My six-year-old is still in pull-ups at night. Sometimes he's dry, sometimes he soaks them. I know it's because he's such a heavy sleeper that he can't feel that he has to go and doesn't wake up. DH gets irritated but what can we do? It's not his fault, he's not doing it on purpose, and I know it's not unusual for kids to still wet the bed at 8 so I'm not going to stress about it.
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My 5.5 yo is also in diapers at night (as is my 3.5 yo). He tends to soak them, too, so I have no desire to try to go without and have to change sheets and mattress protectors on a daily basis. I know he won't be peeing at night forever, and so it's just not a big deal to me. I have a DD who was dry at night right around her 2nd birthday. All kids are different, and it's really only the inconvenience of making sure they have a diaper/pull-up on each night before they fall asleep (or in my case, I am usually putting one on DS after he is already sleeping).
My little guy will be 7 next week and still wears Goodnights to bed, and wets them every night. :( His ped says that's still within the realm of normal for little boys, so he's not too worried. He just sleeps so deeply that he doesn't notice that he has to go, and he can't hold it in (even during the day he has trouble holding it in once he knows he has to go. He's always had that problem...his occupational therapist thinks it's part of his low muscle tone and sensory issues).
My oldest was easy to potty train, but could not wake up at night to pee. He wore Goodnights Pull ups until he was 8.5. We did reach a point where I felt he could try harder. He mentioned to me he was waking up, needing to pee but not wanting to get up, so using the pull up. But he was still reluctant to give them up.
Then I came up with an idea. I knew he was saving up for a DS, so I told him when he was pull up free, the next 3 times I would have bought a box of Goodnights at BJ's I would give the money to him instead. At $20 a box this was a big incentive! This worked like a charm. It took just 2 or 3 nights to wake up dry, and he has been dry ever since. I really try to avoid bribery, but I was so sick of spending the money Goodnights, and would much rather give it to him.
All that said, I really do believe that he was not ready for that step until around 8yo.
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Mama to two boys, 12 and 10
My son is a really deep sleeper and wet the bed until he was 7. It became less frequent as time went on. We tried limiting fluids, waking him up to go and a family member gifted him an alarm (which he absolutely hated and didn't work anyway). It's a pain to deal with but lots of kids wet until 8.
Ds, who will be 8 in March, was also a super-deep sleeper. He was cd'd and out of diapers regularly at 21 months after several days of pl'ing.
He continued to wet at night (heavily) until last November at 6 3/4 yrs old.
For a while we did try bringing him potty during the night-never helped. We cut off drinks after a certain time-never helped. We tried taking him out of the night time undies (GoodNights were the only thing that didn't leak at that point)-he just continued wetting the bed.
He just wasn't ready. When he stopped wetting it was about a two week stretch of waking up more & more mornings dry and then stopping...and boy was he proud!
He'll get there when he's ready!
My little guy will be 7 next week and still wears Goodnights to bed, and wets them every night. :( His ped says that's still within the realm of normal for little boys, so he's not too worried. He just sleeps so deeply that he doesn't notice that he has to go, and he can't hold it in (even during the day he has trouble holding it in once he knows he has to go. He's always had that problem...his occupational therapist thinks it's part of his low muscle tone and sensory issues).
This is us too... Little guy turns 7 in March and *sometimes* wakes up dry, but is very upset if he wets the bed.. so he chooses to use Drynights and I'm cool with that. He will once in a while wake up and go to the toilet during the night, so I'm hoping that's him starting to hit the stage of maturity where he can toss the drynights away :) He's not really bothered with wearing them though.
My DS will be 6 in December and still wets at night. His 4 year old brother has been dry every night since about 3.5. I stopped putting him in pullups about 6 months ago - hoping that the sensation of becoming wet would somehow wake him and help train him. But after 6 months of soaked sheets, I bought Goodnights again. At first he was horrified - cried, said they were for babies, etc. We didn't make him wear them, but explained he would probably sleep better because he wouldn't wake up at 3am to change his PJs (which is what he was doing). After a week or so he started asking to wear them. Anyway, so yes, we're right with you. I figure he just needs more time. But I do admit I'm a little nervous about how long this will last - I have a friend whose 11 year old still wets the bed every night.
My son wet the bed until he was 6. He had had his adnoids and tonsils removed about 6 months earlier due to health reasons. We had hoped that would help with his bed wetting (as it did his father), but it didn't.
At this point, we decided to try a bed wetting alarm. We did a bit of research and settled on the Potty Pager. It wasn't the cheapest out there. And we liked it because it vibrates only. We also liked the money back guarantee. In less than 1 week he had quit wetting the bed. We did this right before school started. Since then, he has had maybe 2 or 3 night time accidents.
DS is 9 1/2 , has been trying to stop using pull ups at night but is not dry for more than a few nights in a row, so I tend to give in and ask him to start using them again (especially on days when I've had to wash the pillow and the duvet as well ...)
He IS a bit small for his age & I read that it's both a question of size of the bladder and a certain hormon that will only be secreted when he'll be bigger overall ....
in restrospect, I wish I had baught the washable night pull ups years ago, it would have certainly saved a lot of money !
Thank you everyone for your stories. I knew I'd be waiting awhile but had no idea it could be 7 or 8! I'm glad I now know, I can relax a bit.
My son was still wetting the bed by 6 1/2 and it started being an issue for him because he couldn't sleep over at anyone's house (he was embarrassed about the diapers). We tried waking him up and we tried an alarm but he was wetting the bed like three times a night and it was just too much.
What worked...sesame seeds. Seriously. I don't know why or how it works, but giving him a teaspoonful of sesame seeds and swallowing it down with water had him completely dry within a month. He just turned seven recently and is dry every single night.
An herbalist friend of mine suggested this remedy to me and said she has known many other children that it has worked for. We are now in the process of trying it with our almost-5 year old and again it is working. It isn't 100% surefire all of the time in the beginning; it takes a few weeks and sometimes there are accidents. But I would say it is definitely worth a try!
sesame seeds ? I'd like to try .... do you grind them or do you give them whole ?????
I just give them whole--about a teaspoonful and you just swallow it down with some water. I'm sure grinding would work, too (or you could even try tahini?) but they don't have much taste whole so my kids didn't have a problem with it, so I tried not to complicate things as much as possible.
Yes! this. My daughter is 8 1/2 and she was still wearing Goodnites on her 8th birthday earlier this year. Finally, she stopped wearing those at night. I stopped letting her drink after about 2-3 hours before her bedtime and I made her go potty before bed. I also put a really good padding underneath her sheet to catch it if she does have an accident. But ever since I did all the above, she has had maybe a hand full of accidents in the last 6 months.
I just give them whole--about a teaspoonful and you just swallow it down with some water. I'm sure grinding would work, too (or you could even try tahini?) but they don't have much taste whole so my kids didn't have a problem with it, so I tried not to complicate things as much as possible.
I wouldn't be willing at all to wake him up every night to sit him on the potty, or get a bed-wet alarm - but sesame seeds...even if they don't work for him, they can't hurt.
I will definitely try this. :)
Thanks again!
Yep that's what I figured, too, and I was so pleasantly surprised when it worked. If it works for you let me know! I'm curious myself what the success rate is.
we are going to start trying it tonight.
My son is also five, and he just stopped wearing diapers at night for the most part. He also would wet the bed nightly, but I know he can't control it, so I wasn't too worried. My brother wet the bed until he was almost a teenager, so for all of those years, my parents dealt with it by setting the alarm for about 1:00 am and waking up to take him to the bathroom EVERY NIGHT. I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that with my son!
He just suddenly started having dry diapers almost every morning, so I decided to stop having him wear diapers. He occasionally wets the bed, mainly if he doesn't pee before going to sleep (like if he falls asleep in the car) or drinks a ton before bed.
I know some people recommend restricting fluids before bed, but that never sat well with me. Being hydrated is important, and I'd rather have my son pee the bed than be dehydrated. However, if he drinks a ton, sometimes I put a diaper on him.
I know when he's at my parents' house, my mom deals with the not wanting to change the entire bed thing by putting a waterproof pad (the kind they use in nursing homes that can be purchased at one of those stores that sells medical supplies like walkers and bed pans) on the bed, then folding an extra sheet and putting it across the bed. If he wets the bed, she removes the sheet and pad to wash, but the bed still has sheets and the mattress pad on it. I don't know if that seems a lot easier except that you don't have to change the entire bed.
My son also potty trained late, around 3 1/2, but I've heard that boys tend to potty train late and also can wet the bed for years because their bladders aren't developed enough yet. I think it's normal!
Sesame seeds? Weird! I wonder what the explanation is about how that could work?
i wet the bed till i was 11. my DS wet the bed till he was 7. dd1 however quit wetting the bed regularly at 3.
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has anyone looked in to food allergies or sensitivies?
my ds has always been wet every night. we ECed. i was searching about it and came across how if a child has allergies or sensitivies they can pee the bed some even have day accidents.
i have cut out the foods i know my son cant handle. cow dairy, beef, all artifical stuff(did years before), when he ends up eating something that contains a trigger he is sure to wet the bed. it may not be that day but up to 3 days later and can be off and on for days.
started giving sesame seeds on Tuesday evening, my son tells me his night diaper was dry this morning (Sunday) ....
neato - i'll try sesame seeds w/ my DS, too.
he's 7 and has NEVER woken up dry in his whole life. sleeps like a log. i've tried waking him in the middle of the night to pee but he can't wake up enough and won't pee (and i can't very well make him!). i've been on the "he'll stop when he's ready" plan, too... but if we can get him dry, he'd be so glad. he's planning on skipping a really fun overnight school field trip because he doesn't want his classmates to find out he's still in diapers. Sad!
glad for this thread - thanks for the validation and the sesame seed tip.
night diaper not dry this morning ( day 6 or thereabout)
My 5.5 year old is a very heavy sleeper, always has been, and she still wets her pullups every night. My younger daughter is a light sleeper and always has been, and she hasn't worn pullups to bed since she was 3 years old and she'd been mostly dry overnight for 6 months before that. Abigail, my oldest, wants to be dry overnight, but I know she just isn't physically capable yet.. I explain to her that her bladder is talking to her brain, but that she can't hear it because she's sleeping so heavy. I told her that someday the messages will get louder and louder and then one day she will hear it and wake up before she pees.
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Roll up; let stand until ready to use.
Sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand 3 minutes to soften.
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Let stand 5 minutes; stir occasionally.
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The French Daughters of Charity opened Holy Family Hospital in 1885 as an 80-bed general hospital and orphanage. The sisters ran the hospital for a century, but were forced to close the hospital in 1985 due to economic and socio-political reasons.
Blessed Pope John Paul II approached the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and requested that it take over administration and operation of the hospital. The Order of Malta continues a tradition of Christian love born 2,000 years ago in Jesus and carried on 1,000 years later when it opened its first hospice in nearby Jerusalem. Under the Order's leadership, Holy Family Hospital reopened as a maternity/gynecological hospital in 1990. Since then, more than 55,000 babies have been born, and many of them have been saved in the only neonatal intensive care unit in the entire West Bank Region.
Holy Family Hospital also operates a mobile outreach clinic that provides medical care to families and women living, in many cases, without access to running water or sanitary services. At the turn of the century, Blessed Pope John Paul II named Holy Family Hospital one of the top 100 priorities for the Roman Catholic Church in the new millennium.
The hospital recruits and trains native-born medical professionals, and has trained more than 90 midwives who work in other hospitals throughout the West Bank. It also provides steady employment and a fair wage for its 150 employees - many of whom are the sole support of large, extended families.
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Future studies, the discipline that is involved in rigorous analytics with a view to predict the future of things was already in existence by the time succession of military dictators created Nigeria's states from the four regions in existence in 1966. But this discipline was not available in Nigerian universities. Even if it were, there is no evidence that the military rulers who came to power to redesign Nigeria in the interest of their godfathers or sponsors would have countenanced any group trying to predict the future of the policies and decrees created by soldiers in power. It now appears that the chicken has come home to roost. Using existing data to predict what could happen has found a home in the nation's political discussion.
Senator Adetunbi's recent revelations on the floor of Senate that most of the nation's states are prone to bankruptcy or insolvency would not have surprised futurists if they were available in the Nigeria of military dictatorship. The results of Nigeria Governors' Forum cited by Senator Adetunbi should not even amaze ordinary students of public affairs today. What should astound citizens is the solution being proffered for the problem of a basket of unviable states in a nation that depends largely on exportation of non-renewable fossil energy. The solution being offered today is similar in imagination to the one that led to creation of 36 states: throwing available but unsustainable funds at problems or creating solutions and finding problems for them later.
States are, justifiably, asking for more allocations from the federation account. It is the states that are close to the people and are in a better position than the federal government to embark on pro-growth and development projects. It is also state governors that receive directly the effects of citizens' frustration from lack of social services and employment. With allocation of over 70% of federal government's budget to recurrent items, the chances that states can do any better than they are doing at present are slim, unless the basis of revenue allocation is reviewed in favour of the states.
But giving more money to the states, though very necessary, is not a long-term solution to the problem of a profusion of mini states. Even if the trustees of the federal government agree (an uphill task) to bring down its own share of national resources to 42% from 52%, the solution to financial weakness in most of the states of the federation would not have been solved. It is important for all involved to note that the trustees of the federal government are as much about power as their counterparts in the states. For them to release more than 10% of what accrues to the federal government is to commit political suicide. What is needed for long-term solution is to re-conceptualise and restructure the country's federal system.
The legacy handed over to civilians in 1999 by the military is not sustainable. The states are too many and too fragmented to be able to generate substantial internal revenue of their own. It is instructive that in the days of just four regions (four states, if you will), none of the states was insolvent, even when only 50% of revenue from oil accrued to the federation account. To expect that the inability of states to function (like their counterparts in other federal systems) as centers of growth and development will be over if more money is released to states from the federation account is to look at the small picture and to take a short-term view of the solution.
It is the philosophy of basing creation of states on the manna from oil and gas that needs to be looked at critically by both federal and state governments. Several communities are clamouring for states and they are likely to continue to do so, even if they are confronted with the nuances of the research by Nigeria Governors' Forum. The imagination that easy money from oil and gas should serve as rationale for creation of states is also at work in the demand by governors for more funds from the federation account: that more money will automatically stop insolvency.
At present, most of the states, apart from Lagos and those that receive special allocations for being oil producers, are basically centers of administration, rather than of growth and development. Most states cannot provide potable water for their citizens; they cannot provide safe roads; they cannot promote healthful living for their citizens; they cannot create jobs for their youths; they dare not for lack of resources challenge federal monopoly of ineffectual security of life and limb; they cannot provide functional education for their youths and functional literacy for their teeming illiterate adults; they cannot provide support for non-state agencies interested in providing food security; etc. If all of these activities were to be added (as they should) to the menu of programmes that states should provide, the risk of bankruptcy or insolvency would have quintupled, even if trustees of federal power release 10% of what they currently hold to the states.
While it may serve the purpose of not further demoralizing an already demoralized citizenry, the claims by any state that it is not bankrupt or insolvent must not be used beyond that purpose. The financial problem of most of the states is not primarily the fault of most governors (apart from those that have turned corruption into a vocation). Governors have inherited states that came into being, not because they were considered economically viable by their creators, but simply because they have the capacity to spend whatever money is pushed to them from revenue from oil and gas. In other words, today's civilian governors have inherited states that were created to live on subsidy. It is not the demand of workers for a minimum wage of 18,000 naira per month that is the cause of insolvency; it is only an illustration of financial anemia of the states that have been created as administrative centres.
What is needed most is not for governors to exert themselves in trying to assure their citizens that there are no serious financial problems in the states, even though there may be no problems with current governors' financial management. But they have to own up to the sad reality that their purses are too anemic for the obligations that responsive and responsible governance requires of them. Governors of the country's mini states (that all appear to be cast in stone) need to find out, in the words of Chinua Achebe, where the rain started to beat their states so that they can know how to dry the "bodies of their states" of the wetness from bureaucracy or administrative ritual that form the raison d'etre of the states.
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Saturday, May 8, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
CONYERS -- A Rockdale County Sheriff's Office deputy was shot and killed Saturday afternoon while serving a warrant in a residential neighborhood off Honey Creek Road. The suspect involved in the shooting also died.
RCSO spokeswoman Sgt. Jodi Shupe said Deputy Brian Lamar Mahaffey died at Rockdale Medical Center where he was taken after the shooting.
The other man was identified by a family member as Terry Brown, who was at the residence when Mahaffey arrived.
Shupe said that the incident stemmed from the investigation of a rape that occurred Friday night. Shupe described the rape as "pretty serious" and Mahaffey, along with eight other RCSO deputies and investigators, were serving a warrant. The men entered the house at 3504 Sand Hill Drive, about two blocks west of Honey Creek Elementary School when shots were fired. The deputies returned fire and killed the suspect.
Mahaffey, who had joined the RCSO Narcotics and Vice Unit last year, was taken by ambulance to RMC. A second Narcotics and Vice deputy was struck in the leg by shrapnel during the shooting. He was treated and released at RMC, Shupe said.
All of the deputies wore bullet proof vests. Shupe said Mahaffey was struck by a bullet at an unusual angle that left a fatal wound underneath the vest.
Because a suspect died from the incident, Sheriff's Office policy called for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to come in to investigate the shooting, Shupe said.
A beautiful spring afternoon was broken by sirens from law enforcement vehicles as they raced down Ga. Highway 20 to respond to the call. Sheriff's deputies controlled traffic and blocked off entrance to Sand Hill Drive from Honey Creek Road. But several neighbors and onlookers were outside of the scene, standing at the intersection of Sand Hill Drive and Honey Creek Road.
Units of the Georgia State Patrol and Conyers Police Department were also on the scene.
"I mean, there were 35 cop cars out here earlier, three ambulances, a life flight (helicopter)," local resident Kelly Howard said.
Howard said she was told the helicopter was going to land in her yard but the telephone wires were in the way.
Robert Seago was one of the neighbors out watching from across the street. He said he did not hear any gun shots or anything out the ordinary before officials arrived.
"I was back on the back porch and I didn't hear a thing," Seago said.
"The only thing I heard were sirens."
Seago added that since he has lived there the neighborhood has always been pretty quiet.
"It's always been a nice place to live," Seago said.
Terry's wife, Mary Brown, told the Citizen her husband was inside the residence where the shot deputy served the warrant. Brown said her husband called her and, in a very short phone conversation, told her to 'Just call my (mother) ... and tell her I love them.'"
Mary Brown said she did not hear any gun shots or anything in the background. She was concerned from the phone call and drove to the house.
"It was just loaded with tapes and police cars," Mary Brown said. She added that she was upset and expressed frustration because she was not getting any information from officials.
"I don't know. I just don't know," Brown said.
Also on Saturday, a group of 20 to 30 people organized at the courthouse as a counter protest to rumors of a Ku Klux Klan gathering.
About 1 p.m., Gerald Rose announced over a megaphone that a deputy was shot and asked the group to observe a moment of silence.
Mahaffey joined the Sheriff's Office in July 2005. After his certification, he transferred to the Uniformed Division. He became an undercover deputy for the Narcotics and Vice Unit in February 2009.
Shupe said many in the Sheriff's Office were stunned upon hearing the news of Mahaffey's death, and the impact of losing a fellow deputy will take a few days to fully understand.
Mahaffey was the first RCSO deputy to die in the line of duty since the end of the 19th century. He was married with two children.
News Editor Jay Jones contributed to this story.
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New Gigabyte mobo (GA-M61P-S3) and new Seagate SATA drive. Mobo has the nVidia driver set. Installing CentOS 4.4.
When I go to do initial set-up, CentOS can't find SATA driver. When i insert Gigabyte CD, it is not recognized.
CentOS forums refer me to Gigabyte. Gigabyte website support/drivers refers me to driver manufacturer website for download. (That's how I got here!)
I saw and read the sticky about the most recent driver download (1.0-9746 run 2). I downloaded and read the install instructions. Those instructions call for a command line update.
That's impossible at initial set-up and config. Any ideas???
I don't want to run the SATA in RAID configuration, simply as an IDE drive (faster).
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I think you're confusing the graphics driver with motherboard chipset support. I don't know that CentOS 4.4 has support for motherboards with the MCP61 chipset.
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Ricky, the nvidia graphics drivers have nothing to do with SATA.
If you want SATA support, you'll need to install a recent kernel.
If CentOS does not have recent kernels, you have to build on yourself.
The sources are on kernel.org. A good guide for building your own kernel was written by Greg KH, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell. A book, that you can download from his site.
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Halo 4 Xbox 360 Review – A Shadow of its Former Self
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: 343 Industries
Release Date: November 6th, 2012
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: M – Mature
Many people considered Halo 4 to be the biggest release of the year. The kickstarter for a new trilogy featuring the return of Master Chief and the introduction of the Forerunners as a new main enemy, Halo 4 begins where Halo 3 left off. The Chief and his AI companion, Cortana, are once again thrown into action when the crippled frigate Forward Unto Dawn encounters a mysterious Forerunner shield world. Waking up to a fight is nothing new for Spartan-117, but this battle has more than a few new twists.
The transfer of the Halo franchise to 343 Industries has been the subject of hot debate since before the new Reclaimer Trilogy was even announced. Many longtime fans were dubious about the infant developer's ability to carry on the legacy and retain the high quality of classic Halo titles. Others have expressed their unyielding faith in 343 for years. So where does this new title fall? Is it the masterpiece of game design that we all hoped for, or the lackluster shell of what it could have been?
Halo 4 Campaign Analysis – segment written by Eileen Murphy
After four years stranded in a cryopod in the severed aft section of the Dawn, Master Chief is awakened by Cortana to face a circling armada of Covenant warships. He doesn't know why they're there, or where exactly their years of drifting in space have led them, but he is, as always, ready to take the fight to the Covenant. A brief battle aboard (and outside) the wrecked vessel ends in disaster as the frigate and the nearby Covenant ships are pulled inside a Forerunner shield world, called Requiem.
The Chief and Cortana start off alone, fighting for their survival. For Cortana, this also means getting back to Earth to locate her creator, Dr. Halsey, who she believes will be able to save her from her rapidly proceeding deterioration into rampancy, essentially every AI's inevitable death sentence. This plot, despite its potential and much greater feasibility than the events to follow, falls off immediately as the pair encounters friendly forces aboard the UNSC Infinity, which has also been drawn into the planet by an intense artificial gravity well.
Although the term "friendly forces" is a bit misapplied here.
The Chief soon meets up with the Infinity's first officer, Commander Lasky, and a small contingent of UNSC troops, including the newest generation of supersoldiers, the Spartan IVs. Their commander immediately delivers a stinging quip to the Chief with the cliché line, "I thought you'd be taller." Here is where the difficulty of drawing the Chief into a new storyline really begins to show; the line is a harsh reminder that the legendary hero, savior of humanity multiple times over, is now considered little more than an outdated piece of equipment. Not exactly a fun role, and certainly not befitting of such an iconic character.
To add insult to injury, the AI characters are also incredibly unhelpful. Perhaps even more so than in previous games. In certain areas, you will likely be run over by AI-driven Warthogs at least as often as you are by Covenant Ghosts.
The Covenant have, by this time, allied themselves to the Forerunner forces on Requiem. We learn that "Rest" is an appropriate name for the place, as it is the resting place of the Didact. This still-living Forerunner seeks revenge on all of humanity for his eons of imprisonment, which leads him to take on the role of the primary antagonist in the story. The Chief accidentally releases the Didact soon after his first encounter with his army of Promethean AI soldiers, allowing him to become a direct threat to Earth.
The idea of the Chief and Cortana returning to Earth is completely abandoned so that the two can essentially run errands for the crew of Infinity. Most of the missions involve a lot of button pushing or driving off Covenant so that they can blow things up for reasons that are almost always completely unclear. The poor plot is even further degraded by the lacking design of the environments. In complete contrast to the typical Halo game, this one has mostly wide open battlegrounds with little to no cover or strategic opportunity. A few small areas are set up with the intention of maintaining a defensive position, only to have this feature rendered invalid by the fact that the main enemies, the Promethean Knights, can disappear from a spot and teleport directly behind the player, usually taking out his shields with a melee at the same time.
There are a few more qualities that detract from the campaign experience. Checkpoints are scarce and sporadic, often falling between areas or even in the middle of firefights, but rarely when you actually need them. You will probably be a little impatient after your third or fourth time replaying the same large battle in its entirety because you died two areas down the road when you ran out of ammo (which happens all too often). The Knights can be pretty overpowered if they spawn some Watchers, shields, or turrets, but the overall spectrum of difficulty for the Promethean group is rather disappointing. Their allies are more diverse. Though they look significantly different, the behaviors of the Covenant enemies are exactly as they were in Reach. With one small exception: the tagline for Halo 4 should have been "All Suicide Grunts, All the Time!"
The graphics in this game are a great improvement over previous installations, with extensive use of motion capture and modern animation and design capabilities. The environments are detailed, colorful, and stunning (so much so that you may need some sunglasses if you want to avoid retinal damage). Many of the character and weapon designs are vastly different from their older counterparts, showing how much 343 wanted to put their own look on the game. The music is more subtle than in previous games. There are few tracks that are particularly notable, but overall the music is nicely done. The sound effects, however, leave much to be desired.
The cast of characters is deeply divided, with half being quite likable and the other half being idiotic, irrational, or just plain asses. The dynamic between Chief and Cortana is still there, but immediately takes a backseat to the mundane, overly dramatic rantings of characters like Captain Del Rio and the Didact. The few times their friendship is brought into the spotlight, it is usually crammed into a random lull in the game, such as when Chief is lounging around on the deck of the Mammoth. The story is brief and, though some of the ideas are interesting, very poorly executed. This is a campaign that could have had a lot of potential but was instead stuffed full of clichés, ridiculous twists, and shallow action movie style explosions.
The Good:
+Beautifully detailed graphics
+Some great characters
+Fun gameplay (minus some annoying qualities)
-AI's need some work
-Too many explosions and extremely bright lights
-Sound effects
-Enemy behavior is often annoying or directly recycled
-Little opportunity for strategic play
2.5 out of 5 stars (Campaign)
Halo 4 Multiplayer Exposed – segment written by Tom T
Many are calling Halo 4 the best Halo, a "masterpiece," the epitome of Xbox gaming. It is none of these things. The multiplayer portion (the focus here) is merely mediocre. In this review I will attempt to explain the reasons why these misconceptions are made, and expose the unpleasant reality of Halo 4.
Firstly, it is worth noting the fundamental distinction between Halo 4 and its predecessor, Halo Reach: The core experience of Halo 4 is consistent. Whereas in Reach inconsistencies, in the form of weapon bloom, led players to blame the game rather than aspire to improve, in Halo 4 players are treated to consistent combat exchanges. The most apt series comparison is that of Halo 2, with its fast movement, and ease of aiming. The result, with a powerful selection of customisable spawning weapons/loadouts (far better than the pitiful SMG from days of old), is a game in which the individual player is a force to be reckoned with.
Theoretically Halo 4 could have rediscovered, arguably, one of the best first person shooter recipes. A higher aiming skill gap (see: Halo 3) not only reduces the frequency of memorable feats, it is inconsistent, as players frequently have off-days. Halo 2, a game dominated so convincingly by team Final Boss for several years, did not have that problem. Strategy took precedence and is much more consistent than aiming competency. Sadly, this is the point at which Halo 4 breaks down. Where Halo 2 had strategy, Halo 4 is severely lacking.
Halo 4, beyond the core, is mindless. It has rectified some of Reach's most fundamental flaws in turning off players (for one the aforementioned bloom, for another the toning down of Armour Abilities like the jetpack), but has replaced them with a more subtle, less individual, and thus less obviously damaging overall gameplay inconsistency. Simply put, the game is a complete mess.
The reasons for this originate from the extensive changes made to the default experience. In spite of many maps being symmetrical, players can spawn anywhere around the map (dynamic spawning). Consequently there is little reason for map control, as the centre becomes a kill box in which those that advance are at the mercy of foes spawning from any angle around the map's periphery. There are also few weapons dotted about, with most power weapons reserved for care packages, or 'ordnance drops', rather than rewarded for coordinated pushes. These power weapons are frequently immensely overpowered. Some, like the Incendiary Cannon, with its amazing ability to nuke the bloody hell out of everything, put even the Covenant's glassing of the planet Reach to shame. To make matters even worse these seem to be given out not unlike the blue shell and lightning in Mario Kart, with the best weapons and bonuses (including speed and damage boosts) more likely to be offered to players fairing worse in the game.
But none of these things matter. Halo 4 is the best game of all time. I mean, do you remember that one time I got an overshield drop, ran into the enemy base, and got a triple kill? Or when I was in the Mantis (yes, Halo has mechs now), spawn killing noobs, only for them to leave and have others take their place (yes, Halo has join in progress now)? Or, how about that one time I managed to get damage boost with the SAW and wiped out everyone!
There is a pattern here, or rather a phenomenon of selective recall. There is no real incentive to win at present, nor is game balancing really a concern. All one really focuses upon is their individual experience, rather than the overall course of the game. The game itself is set up to ensure the individual inconsistently experiences undeserved but rewarding triumph. This has been achieved by leaving the core intact, but employing other tricks to level the playing field. Ordnance is the most obvious example of this and has been covered in detail, but the problem pervades the entire experience. In FFA the leading player has a waypoint over their head, and an increasing bounty, the better they are doing; and in slayer spawning is instant, so players need not waste time digesting any bull that has befallen them – an additional consequence being that there are no small arena maps; all the maps must be huge, to act as a spawn buffer. It is akin to gambling, where payout, irrespective of prior losses, dominates the conscious (here is an excellent video for those more interested in the Psychological specifics).
Halo 4, for lack of a better term, is a water-cooler game. In some ways Halo always has been (theatre mode, added in Halo 3, was revolutionary for this very reason), but now the concept been taken too far, to the detriment of other aspects. Halo 4 will most likely fare better than Reach, as the individual will be blissfully absorbed in their ability to kick ass, and in the Skinner box economy system. The game is a testament to the unfortunate power of psychology in gaming and the self-centred nature of people in general. Some, however, will gradually discover that the game itself is unfulfilling. This is the problem with cheap thrills; they do not tend to last very long.
I hope some have already woken up, over the course of reading this review. You might now see how sad it is that the once treasured multiplayer announcer, Jeff Steitzer, is incessantly geared towards making the player feel good, and feel sickened when randomly receiving Spartan points for being shot at, 'Distraction!' The weekly released cooperative content, 'Spartan Ops', also thus far continues the campaign trend, with its uninspired missions. This, along with infinite lives and a lack of competitive scoring, makes it a poor replacement to the once fan-favourite Firefight.
It is very clear, upon taking a step back, that the game is far from being the best in the series, even if many people have been superficially convinced. It is disappointing Halo has fallen so far from its origins, and that so many comparisons can now be made with other conventional shooters, which derive their success not from actual merit but from exploiting the psychological pitfalls of the playerbase.
Fortunately some redemption is possible. Halo Reach was sadly squandered, by a cumbersome transition between Bungie and 343. This same squandering cannot be allowed to happen with Halo 4. The game has some potential and if it is to be realised the community must work to cut away the crap (using the forge and custom options) and 343 need provide significant support. A ranked system is already in the works and I very much hope the situation has greatly improved by the time it is deployed.
The Good:
+ Consistent core experience
+ Much improved pace of gameplay
The Bad:
– Psychologically exploitative/over-reliance on tricks and game economy
– Moved away from gametypes that have been refined over a decade
– Dynamic spawns
– Lack of small maps
– Managed to ruin Jeff Steitzer
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Johnny is in the Hunt for Cambridge United success
Posted: June 26, 2014|
Johnny Hunt is relishing the prospect of meeting up with his new Cambridge United team-mates when pre-season training starts next week.
United will be back on the training ground on Monday as they launch their preparations for their first season back in the Football League for nine years.
For Hunt, who has moved from Wrexham on a two-year deal, it will be an unusual experience having been at his previous club since he was a youngster.
He said: "It's going to be a new challenge for me and that's something I'm looking forward to now and I can't wait to get started.
"I'm sure all the lads are going to be buzzing after last season, so I'm looking forward to joining in."
The 23-year-old midfielder said while it had been a wrench to leave the Welsh side, he felt moving to United offered him the perfect platform to progress.
He said: "Leaving Wrexham was tough as they're the only club I've been at, but I want to play in the League, so that's why I made the decision to come.
"When I went down to speak to the manager he really sold it well to me. I just really wanted to go there as soon as I'd spoken to him.
"They're ambitious. They're not just looking at staying in the League, they're looking to push on again and that was it for me.
"Cambridge is a nice place as well, so it was an easy decision."
Wrexham may have struggled last season, but Hunt, who can also play left-back, is confident he can reproduce the form that brought him on to United's radar in the first place.
He said: "On a personal note it was a good season because I scored 13 goals in all competitions, but as a team we had a bit of a hangover from the play-offs the season before.
"I hope to carry that on and I think we can go again next season.
"There's no reason we can't do well and try to be up there looking at the play-offs again."


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