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Last Updated: 22/06/12 2:27pm
Rob Howley: Has named unchanged team after Melbourne misery
Caretaker-coach Rob Howley believes Wales need to improve their ball retention if they are to claim a pride-salvaging win in the third Test against Australia.
The RBS Six Nations Grand Slam winners have been edged out by the Wallabies in the two previous encounters on the current tour, going down in in heart-breaking fashion last weekend in Melbourne.
Wales led for 71 of the 80 minutes in the second Test, yet still lost the game when Mike Harris kicked a penalty in added time to make it 25-23.
But Australia had enjoyed almost 70 per cent possession and, as Howley admitted, the pressure told in the end.
"When you play against southern hemisphere sides, and Australia in particular, possession statistics are vital. If you are defending for 70 per cent of the game it takes its toll," Howley said.
"We need to remain composed and accurate at line-out time because then the possession stats change. We lost four line-outs in Melbourne and we need to be more clinical in that area."
Howley has named and unchanged starting XV for the contest, keeping faith with the line-up that came so close to becoming the first Wales side to beat Australia on their own soil since 1969.
Howley does make a lone change on the bench, with Ken Owens, who started the first Test in Brisbane, coming in to replace Richard Hibbard.
Australia coach Robbie Deans has recalled Kurtley Beale to his starting line-up for the clash, the first time the full-back has played for his country since suffering a hamstring strain in the third place play-off against Wales at the World Cup.
His return sees Adam Ashley-Cooper move to the right wing, while the only other change to the starting XV sees Sitaleki Timani come in at lock in place of the benched Rob Simmons.
Cooper Vuna has been axed to accommodate Beale's return, while the decision to opt for five forwards on the bench sees Harris, the hero in Melbourne, also drop out of the 22.
Fitness doubts over in-form prop Sekope Kepu have been allayed after he completed the captain's run on Friday. Kepu has been battling a virus and had to be isolated from the main group on Thursday.
Australia: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Pat McCabe, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Will Genia; 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 David Pocock (captain), 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Sitaleki Timani; 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Moore, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Dave Dennis, 20 Michael Hooper, 21 Nic White, 22 Anthony Fainga'a
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 George North, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 1 Gethin Jenkins, 2 Matthew Rees, 3 Adam Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 6 Dan Lydiate, 7 Sam Warburton (capt), 8 Ryan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Luke Charteris, 19 Justin Tipuric, 20 Rhys Webb, 21 James Hook, 22 Scott Williams
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Love the bronzes colours and shapes in this image
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Is the image as shot and the fact they appear to be almost touching wings an optical illusion? or has there been a bit of adjustment here?
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Love the colours and tones of the church, but there's too much shadow in the foreground for me as it just keeping dragging my eye to the bottom of the image
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Looks like you were being attached by hungry mussels!!
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Great image, expressions, the mud. Says exactly what the game must have been like.
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A day at Cheltenham Races 2010
Good attempt from the distance the public areas are from the track, you might want to consider cropping the image to take out the running rail in the foreground and the back of the horse at the left of the frame.
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Love it, almost as good as your forum image on the horse topic. Just missing the rearing horse as they fall
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Opps just noticed the thing sticking out of the TIverton Players head.
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Good image well timed. I agree with Danh and Campervanman about the cropping. I've also loaded a mod, with square cropping to try and make more of the angle of the horse but means scarificing some of the space for the horse to jump into and blurred the background out quickly (a bit rough round the edges) to give you and idea of the difference it can make.
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Well done Fran, its a good effort for someone who doesn't like horses. My comments are in line with Campervanman's although getter lower is difficult with small fences. The other possible improvement could be your positioning, so that the horse and rider are slightly more angled towards you. The rider will often be looking in the direction of their next jump as the go over the current one, or the direction they have to ride in next. After a couple of rounds you can usually identify a good position where you can get a better view of the emotion on the riders face.
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Love this shot, that face just shows the love of the music, backlightlighting managed well. I'd have preferred to see less motion blur on the hands.
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Thanks Garry, I tend to include that so people can point out if I'm doing anything wrong. Still very much a beginner on landscapes.
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Thanks all.
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Was going to say, I didn't remember any rain. Like the effect.
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v5 for me, shows the playful nature of the cubs best.
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Thanks Colin, if I'd had longer than my lunch break (working from home due to the snow) then I'd have gone for some pan shots to capture the motion a little better.
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Thanks Shawpaul, that's the one where I know I was using the settings I needed, just not quite got the image I need for my client base. I should have mentioned, my normal workflow would be using lightroom to process around 500 images from a day's racing, of which about 15% get to the website, with light touching up white balance, sharpening etc - probably too many to do too much cloning work, and maybe 10-12 to the local press etc. So as far as possible I need to remove the distracting background through choice of shooting position. The banners I have too include sometimes at the request of the organisers, who want it included for the sponsors.
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Well caught, I'd never have been able to do that using only manual focus. Well done.
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Quite agree, something my PF currently lacks.
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With Bernard Scott on injured reserve after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Sunday in Cincinnati's 17-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins, the Bengals will look to give Brian Leonard and Cedric Peerman more opportunities to be the primary backup to BenJarvus Green-Ellis. Leonard has just six carries for 26 yards this season, but he does have three receptions for 32 yards, including a 16-yarder on a screen during the fourth quarter. During his four seasons with the Bengals, Leonard has primarily been a third-down back but has seen some work in base packages this season. Peerman has been used almost exclusively on special teams, but he has had five carries this season, including a 48-yard run on a fake punt against the Jaguars that is the team's longest carry of the season. "Leonard's been good. He is a steady guy. And Cedric I think with more opportunities will prove he belongs also," offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said. "He's got great vision; he just has h...
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Ronald L. Rupp, 63, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., passed away Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Sandusky.
He was born in Wauseon, Ohio, to Dale and Veronica (Rice) Rupp, and married Elaine Kauffman. He was a graduate of Archbold High School and Bluffton College. He was an executive for Marathon Oil for 33 years, and after retirement, was a volunteer for SCORE in Florida and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Florida.
He was preceded in death by his father.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine; son, Tim (Katie) Rupp of Circleville, Ohio; daughter, Kim (John) Moore of Nappanee, Ind.; four grandchildren; mother, Veronica Rupp of Archbold, Ohio; brothers, Larry (Linda) Rupp of Matthews, N.C., and Doug (Nancy) Rupp of Stryker, Ohio.
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Douglas Kirkland is one of the most accomplished and celebrated photographers of the last fifty years. This installment of the Creative Inspirations series offers insight into Douglas Kirkland's photography, from his early career at Look magazine during the golden age of photojournalism in the 60s and 70s to his transition from analog to digital photography in the 90s. His iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, and Nicole Kidman, among others, are known all over the world. This series of videos includes a peek into Douglas's work, his studio, and some of his on-location photo shoots. Also view a presentation showcasing his body of work, a discussion with a group of high school photography students, an interview with Douglas and Lynda, and more.
(Music playing.) Douglas Kirkland: Can we take a look at this, Will, this print that you and Miranda just finished? Wow! That's so exciting for me. I mean, look at the detail, it's really cool. Okay, photography is never-- I would never have imagined we could do this. Let's go over. Would you hang it on the wall for us so we can see it a little better? We give it a home here. Will's our specialist because he is even taller than I am.
He is very tall. How tall are you, Will? Will: About 6'4''. Douglas Kirkland: 6'4''. That's what he says. I am 6'3'' and he is much more than an inch higher than I am. Will: Maybe 6'5''. Douglas Kirkland: Oh! Now the truth is coming out. Okay, let's look at this print. Okay, let's look carefully. I want to put my glasses on to see the detail. You know, it's interesting, you can look at every eyelash there. It's amazing. The camera we were shooting with was not one of the highest res cameras. We have the 1Ds Mark III here. That gives you a 60-meg file, but this is done with a 28-meg file,on the 40D Canon.
You might say, why did you use that? Because it's easy and when you're shooting a lot, you don't get so many megabytes as you can't handle them. So for a lot of this work, I still use the 40D. It's a great camera. Then the print, which has been done so well by Miranda and Will, is printed on the Z3100 from HP. Anyway, it's good and when I started photography, I used the big press camera, which you've seen, the 4x5 Speed Graphic. But we got prints that were not this sharp and I could never have imagined I'd pick up a 35mm sized camera, that was a digital camera, and get detail like that, endless detail.
Look at the graduating tones, it's cool. We are so lucky. This is the best time in history as far as I'm concerned, in terms of what capabilities we have. Just imagine, we just shot this in this very room yesterday, one day ago. Here we are, less than 24 hours later, and it's on the wall in museum condition. And this print, according to Wilhelm Institute, will last approximately 250 years. Unbelievable.
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All Mouth
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This has less to do with a gifted five-strong cast and Lewis' sprightly direction than the weirdly inconsequential subject matter. No doubt there is a terrific comedy to be forged from the plight of cash-starved voice-over artistes in modern-day Soho, but All Mouth isn't it; nor do Lewis and Foster convince us these tonsils-for-hire are part of a heroic dying breed, on the verge of being swept away by computerised facsimiles and "robot movie stars".
It also strains credulity that such a mismatched quartet as doddery old ham Digby (Christopher Benjamin), divorced mother-of-two Mel (Caroline Harker), pedantic milquetoast Paddy (Simon Chandler) and brash egotist Greg (Nigel Whitmey) would share the same planet, let alone the central London flat that serves as their makeshift joint office.
A tenuous situation is made shakier still by an off-stage strike ballot that threatens to put them on opposite sides of a picket line and by Digby's forthcoming appearance on Desert Island Discs, a running gag that gives the writers free rein to pepper the action with confessional monologues aimed at an invisible Kirsty Young.
A more interesting note is sounded by the arrival of Rod (James Russell), an Ortonesque interloper who wheedles his way into this insular unit by seducing both Digby and Mel in quick succession, then nabbing the plum role in EastEnders Greg had set his heart on. This intriguing sub-plot, alas, is left as frustratingly underdeveloped as Digby's recent gay-bashing at the hands of a violent one-night stand, or Paddy hiding his true calling from his family in the suburbs.
All Mouth's most entertaining moments all take place in the recording booth artfully hidden behind the transparent back wall of Anthony Lamble's set - Harker gamely trying to satisfy a control room full of testy washing-powder executives, for example, or faking an orgasm as she and her colleagues dub some dodgy Euro-porn. Pity that Lewis and Foster can't provide a satisfying climax themselves, their open-ended conclusion feeling as unrealised as everything else in this fitfully amusing but dramatically hollow piece. Who'd have thought that characters who spend their lives behind a microphone would have so little to say?
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Carl Crawford - Crawford took 20 swings off a tee this morning in Ft. Myers. This is the most activity his wrist has seen to this point so it's worth monitoring. He should be back by mid-April so let's keep our fingers crossed that he can mentally handle starting a little behind the 8 ball.Ryan Sweeney - Sweeney has been out for the past week or so with a quad strain. Today he's going to try running the bases. Sweeney will be battling with Cody Ross this spring for right field time so this time is crucial -especially with Carl Crawford missing the first few weeks. Ryan Kalish - Kalish took 10 swings off a tee this morning. He's still not expected to return to the field till late May or June but when he does it will be interesting to see what the Red Sox do with the 23 year old. It's also worth noting Ryan Kalish's "dumb neck". He just has one of the necks where if you didn't know him and he walked into the room you would go, "Wow that guy looks really, really dumb." Gotta be top 5 d...
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Lewis bases. When alum is added to an aqueous solution, the compound dissociates,
liberating Al3+ cations. The aluminum cation has a coordination number
of six, which results in the aluminum cation reacting with six electron
pairs of ligands. If no other ligands are present, Al3+ reacts with six
water molecules to form a hydrated complex with the formula [Al(H2O)6]3+.
The octahedral-shaped aluminum complex is shown on the left side of the
reaction in Figure 5 on the following page. The oxygen atom of the OH-
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Stir in flour 1 cup at a time, to make a stiff dough.
Let dough rest 5 minutes.
Knead until smooth, 8 to 10 minutes.
Divide dough into 3 equal balls.
Place balls in a plastic bag; let rest 1 hour.
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Use a biscuit cutter to cut 3 inch circles.
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Drain sauce from cherries; reserve sauce.
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Do not use any of the cherry sauce.
Fold dough over to make a half circle.
Seal edges by pressing with the tines of a fork.
Turnovers may be made several hours ahead and refrigerated before frying.
Preheat oil in a deep pot to 375°F (190°C).
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Deep fry turnovers a few at a time until golden, 2 minutes.
Drain on paper towels.
Heat reserved cherry sauce in a small saucepan.
Spoon over fried turnovers, or serve dry with a sprinkling of powdered sugar.
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Messi was substituted at halftime of Tuesday\'s 2-2 draw against PSG in Paris, having scored the first goal.
Barcelona: Barcelona says Lionel Messi will miss Saturday's league match because of his hamstring injury but may be fit to play in the Champions League return leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi was substituted at halftime of Tuesday's 2-2 draw against PSG in Paris, having scored the first goal of the game before injuring his right leg.
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Future ZoneFuture Zone (2002) Season 1 Episode 002-C- ChalkZone Cartoon Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- Frederator Incorporated
- Animation Studio: Wang Film Productions
- Distributed by: Nickelodeon Network
- Cartoon Characters: Rudy Tabootie, Snap, Reggie Bullnerd, Bullynerd, Penny Sanchez, Joe Tabootie, Mildred "Millie" Tabootie, Mr. Wilter, Blocky, Biclops, Queen Rapsheeba, Mrs. Sanchez, Butch, Parrot, Scout, Bear, Speaker, Chef, Clown, Walrus, Order Box, Swimmer, Baby, The Waiter, Craniacs, Nerds, Stick Figures.
- Voice Actors: Elizabeth Daily, Candi Milo, Hynden Walch, Jess Harnell, Miriam Flynn, Robert Cait, Rodger Bumpass, Rosslynn Taylor Jordan, Robbyn Kirmsse; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By George Chialtas, Larry Leichliter.
- Produced By Alexis Wallrich, Debby Hindman, Larry Huber, Fred Seibert, Bill Burnett.
- Animated By Steve Socki.
- Written By Steve Marmel, Bill Burnett, Larry Huber, Carlos Ramos, Paul McEvoy.
- Music: Geoff Levin, Guy Moon, Steve Rucker.
- First Aired on April 12, 2002.
- Originally Aired on Nickelodeon.
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- Season: 1
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How I Will Evaluate the Candidates in the Presidential Campaign of 2008
By Deacon Keith A Fournier
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The Presidential election of 2008 is in full swing because the primary system is so front -loaded. It is also because there is a growing dissatisfaction in the American people concerning the state of our Nation. This has fed a sincere hunger for new direction and new leadership. This rising tide is buoyed by an innate optimism that seems to be a part of the American character. We Americans always want things to improve!
The candidates who will end up on the final Presidential ballot have probably already emerged. It is doubtful that anyone new will even make his or her way onto the playing field. The political pundits are hard at work. The talking heads have already begun their babbling on what are called �news� networks. They purport to analyze this coming election by using the same old tired characterizations and labels that long ago lost their meaning.
I write as one who rejected these labels from their inception. I am a Catholic Christian who simply seeks to inform my life by the great truths proclaimed by my ancient yet ever new faith. I know that many of these truths can be found in the Natural law and are confirmed by Revelation. Efforts to paint me with a �political� brush have not and will not work. I am not liberal, nor am I conservative- and I am most certainly not �neo-conservative�. I am also not beholden to any political party. I approach my civic duty informed by a hierarchy of values. I then seek to order the contemporary political issues based upon them.
As we approach one of the most crucial elections of my lifetime, I offer these thoughts to my readers as a framework for evaluating each one of the presidential candidates. I consider these four pillars of life, family, freedom and solidarity to be what could be called first principles, those things that matter most. These principles cannot easily be categorized as �right� or �left�, �liberal� or �conservative�. However, without the right to life, the freedom to be born and the right to a future, we would not even be capable of even having this discussion. That is why I begin with the first principle, the Right to Life.
I reject all efforts to refer to my bedrock conviction that every single human life from conception through every age and stage of life and up to death is a �single issue� approach to politics. Whether such a charge of �single issue� is leveled by the left or the right, it is absolutely incorrect. My position on the right to life, one which I call �Whole life - Pro-life�, is not a �single issue� approach at all. Rather, it provides the entire framework within which I evaluate every single political and economic issue.
All public policy must be at the service of the human person, the family, and the poor. It should also be ordered toward the common good. If we are going to make any honest claim of concern for the poor we must recognize the poor in all of their manifestations, including those whose voices are muffled by the walls of their mother�s womb, weakened by their infirmities or muted by their age. The persons in the first home of the whole human race, their mothers� womb, were rightly called the �poorest of the poor� by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
All candidates who claim a concern for the poor must be pro-life, period.
In the undertow of the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, an entire class of persons in America, children in the first home of their mothers womb, became �chattel�. Chattel is an old legal term that refers to personal property. In effect, a new form of slavery was introduced into the American experience. This new slavery is now protected by the institutions of government. This evil is hidden with a language which is rooted in a counterfeit notion of freedom and privacy. This evil is also perpetuated by any candidate who hides behind the language of �choice� when human life is at stake. It is the contemporary equivalent of a candidate stating that they personally oppose slavery but will protect the choice to own a slave.
Treating certain people as products to be used rather than persons to be protected by law has eroded the foundation of authentic freedom. By denying the pre-eminent right to life, and denying to an entire class of people the freedoms both to be born and to have a future, the entire structure of human rights has been put at risk. The recognition of the right to life as fundamental and unalienable must be the very first question we ask in evaluating any Presidential candidate in 2008, no matter what the political label and no matter what other positions they hold. If we expect to truly engage in a healthy political discourse concerning the very notion of the �common good�, we need to recognize that there is a hierarchy of values and that the right to ...
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
It's a little ironic that you claim the term is useful because it includes LoL (a 5 vs. 5 game) and doesn't include BF4 (a 32 vs. 32 game.) It's also wrong, since there's really very little actual usefulness to making the distinction (and certainly no usefulness to using an entirely inappropriate and illogical term to describe that subset of games.)
That's why it's poor methodology.
If the customer (the person(s) requesting/purchasing the research) wants research on a certain set of games, that's entirely appropriate. But calling things by unclear, misleading, and outright wrong terms is just sloppy. It has more to do with researchers being unfamiliar with what they're researching than a decision made with conscious, knowledgeable intent.
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Originally posted by Axehilt
Narius, you are so off the mark on this one that I actually have to give Axehilt (an intelligent poster that I next to never agree with) a big ass +1.
In a nutshell you fundamentally make no sense whatsoever; your quest to destroy the meaning of an already established term is pointless and ultimately just makes something simple confusing. This is borderline and questionable logic.
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A term that has lost all meanings in this site and most other mmo sites?
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Originally posted by Axehilt
Why is it not useful? Now we have a category that includes LoL, and not BF4. It is perfectly clear which is which. Size has little to do with this categorization, it is based on common usage.
"Wrong"? A definition cannot be wrong. If we called this category A ... no one will object. The only reason you are objecting is because the use of the label "MMO" has been changes. It turns out no one has a claim on the English language.
So you say it is wrong. This site, and others also listed LoL as a MMO. I will change the usage when you get all the sites to delist it and change the labeling.
Originally posted by jpnz
More accurately .. a term that has lost its literal meaning in this and most other MMO sites while still signify a subset of online games.
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
It's not useful because it lacks a use. There isn't really a situation under which that specific slice of games (all actual MMOs, plus LoL) is particularly useful, and if you have to take the time to specifically explain that's what you mean by "MMO", then why bother using the term to attempt to describe the grouping of games in the first place? It's inefficient, wasted effort when you could simply say "all MMOs, and LoL."
If millions of people decide to use the word "up" to mean down, language changes because it's a shared thing.
If a handful of irresponsible or under-educated people decide to use the word "MMO" to mean all online games (except CoD, and BF4, and...), language doesn't change: they're just wrong.
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
I was speaking metaphorically. I know that a city where people actually live their entire lives will be more full of community that a game world visited for a few hours each day.
I like your ideas about creatively providing new ways for player to interact in a meaningful way and I agree it sounds great.
Yet, I see no evidence of this in the upcoming/current games. I don't see a trend here towards more group play. I see a trend towards more solo content and instant cross server queue content with people you will likely NEVER meet again.
Unless you can provide specific evidence that grand new schemes are in the works by developers to provide more meaningful community interaction; I still respectfully that someone try a smaller more intimate game world where how you treat others around you has meaningful impact.
Originally posted by Morrok
If you've read my posts you've seen me agree with many people that have different ideas. I think some useful exchange is occurring here.
Can you imagine how massive a game world would need to be to provide sufficient content to a limitless number of millions?
Eve gets away with this because it numbers in the thousands. Not the millions.
Can you imagine Azeroth with 12 million people on it? If the game had 1 million PVE enemies in the entire world, that would be 12 people for each enemy.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "technical limitations" beyond the fact that what you are asking for on a large scale simply isn't possible with a reasonable about of cash for even a mega cluster servers. The amount of bandwidth such a system would require for even the few million playing FF14 right now would rival any of the super computing systems we have out there.
IF we can one day simulate a 25k mile diameter sphere, and create interesting environs in it. Sounds great!
I want a fresh gaming experience this century though..
I also have to dissent with your argument that players tend to resist herding. Its my experience that people tend to gravitate towards others. hence the world's many hugely populated cities. Almost 60% of the worlds population lives in 10% of the most crowded cities. (Look it up) People congregate naturally.
This forum and this topic are about opinions by the way. So yes, I'm freely sharing mine. There is no facts to base this discussion on, since to date we have Online RPGs predominately in two groups: Massive and Small Scale. Very little, if anything exists in between.
I'm merely hopeful that others with a similar desire to be part of a more intimate world will help scare up enough demand for a SINGLE title to try this out. I'm not suggesting every game made into the future only have 400 people in a single game world.
Originally posted by Scot
A blanket statement that bigger is better is pretty simplistic. The world and people rarely operate on such a generic basis.
The current MMOs have massive player pools and terrible communities. Please explain how the larger player pool has improved community and social interaction if you would.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
Yes, the reason LoL is massive is the player pool size. Millions.
The reason MMOs even with instanced content are more massive than previous games: Player pool size!
The reason you will not see Everquest 1 like open dungeons is there are tooooooo many people per server for this to be manageable. Everquest's population grew slowly. Can you imagine that world with 4 million people playing it on 100 servers of 40k each? A long pull time wait for a boss to fight would become days, not hours.
My suggested answer: Leave the world large, make the player pool much smaller and open up the game. Give players more choices, not fewer with instanced content. You can make a world much more open when you don't have 10k people in one area.
The other issue with a large per server player size is that you have to duplicate areas. FF14 has 3 starter areas to spread that population out. And it still felt like I was in the NY Marathon going from place to place cause there were stil so many people around.
Originally posted by Scot
I think you and Nari have gotten caught up on a single faucet of Massive.
If you could give me a beautiful world with a simulated space of thousands and thousands of square miles Id still only want a few hundred people on it (Maybe getting into the low thousands). I don't know what the right population correlation is; I just know I'm extremely dissatisfied with the current open worlds, and the current instanced, instant queue no community games.
The actual size of the world doesn't matter except in relation to its population. This is why people think Eve is so amazing that every game should be like Eve and be 1 server!
What they don't realize is how small Eve's population is compared to these MMO releases. Its not even close and Eve's galaxy is so large and mostly empty space. A land game with that size would be a truly massive beast of an undertaking to populate. Perhaps as our programing Algo's get better we can have AI create us that large of render world, but for now its just not possible (or hasn't been so far..)
Originally posted by nariusseldon
You have misunderstood what I said. Within genre and even more within titles games have always got bigger. You are comparing different genres. Compare COD 1,2,3 etc. And LoL is not a MMO, so you can't compare it to WoW. LoL is one of the many MMO like games that are a genre of their own. My argument would be that LOL's successors will get bigger and that it is bigger than its predecessors.
This has happened across the history of gaming, I can't see how you can deny it? Are you going to make out that games on mobile phones show that small is better? The reasons games have come to the fore across platforms is down to budget, rising costs, trying to reach a non gamer market or the lesser computing power of the devices running them.
Like I said they don't do content updates in the games you play to make the game smaller do they?
In reply to Foehammer:
Yes it is an oversimplification to say big is better. But I am pointing out here what the gaming industry is doing as much as my own preference. One of the results of having more computing power is larger games.
I take your point on population size, they can get too big. But that size is needed for large scale battles and so on, gameplay that smaller MMO like games struggle to deliver on.
I do agree that the ratio of population size to game size is important. I am not saying just throw in as many players as you can as that makes the game more multiplayer and somehow better. But most of the smaller MMO like games remove possibilities of interaction and that is important. If you have no housing, crafting that has no relevance, no need to group, no guild HQ etc, the population of a MMO will seem more impersonal and the experience of playing with others will seem somewhat pointless.
The problems with large communities is the feeling of being lost in the crowd, but that is as much to do with the changing nature of the MMO community. Which roughly changed over the years like this - roleplayers and PC RPG fans to console players and now to anyone with a social media account. This led to a lack of common interests and a schism as to what gameplay elements were important in MMOs. These factors I think were more important than the unwieldy size of the population.
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mmos can never be too massive. They are made for massive amounts of people. On the contrary, they have been not-so-massive for the past few years after every launch. Companies focus less on varied fun content and more on threadmills. Threadmill players rush to lvl cap for the "fun" part of the game to begin (the threadmill), then a lot of people get bored of that same ol same ol and leave.
Also too many games in the market significantly decrease the "massive" part in mmo
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Originally posted by FoeHammerJT
I get the feeling the two lines highlighted above are one in the same to you - group play and meaningful community interaction, that is. Am I reading you correctly on that one?
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Originally posted by Scot
Bioshock Infinite is not "bigger" than 1 or 2. Deadspace 3 is not bigger than 2 or 1. In fact, even COD, when you mentioned .... black ops, or modern warfare are not bigger than the previous WW2 ones. Ditto for Splinter cells.
The number of levels are roughly the same ... may vary a bit, but the size of the levels certainly do not increase in size in any significant manner. Many of the levels are quite small, compared to MMO zones.
So where is this "bigger" idea coming from?
Originally posted by FoeHammerJT
Let's address that too.
Many MMOs are focused on small group instanced gameplay. So "massive" is irrelevant except the city lobby that you are in. Most of the time, you won't see more than a few players (may be up to 40 in a big battleground?).
Originally posted by nariusseldon
The history of computers is one where they have increased in processing power and storage capacity over time. Games have matched this, increasing graphical complexity and size of the game world.
To see this though you rarely get big jumps between titles, it is a gradual thing, and I doubt either you or I can use memory to be sure they are increasing in size each year. But taking your examples, I think you may be right and why is that? Console is king, simple as that. Between generations in consoles there is no increase in the platforms power, so it is difficult to make the games larger. And these games are built for consoles not PC's which get a console sized port. So let me rephrase the question, do you think CoD and DS on the next generation of consoles will not have larger worlds?
On the PC this is not a problem, processing power and storage capacity get larger each year, they don't have to wait for a new itineration of the platform. And this is not a problem on smart phones either, gaming apps are getting bigger. As this link shows:
Over time games get bigger, that's what I was crudely trying to show with the pictures. Gaming does not stand still, and that's what you seem to think it will do.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
You need a large population to do that though. Lets say there are only 40 players on the server, they cannot be on 24/7 ready for a big battleground. And they want to do other things, they only do big battleground once a week in the evening. So you need tons more. I would point out the even a FPS like Battlefield can handle more then 40 players in a match. And Nari you have played the MMOFPS PS2, those mega battles need a lot more as I imagine GW2 does.
Originally posted by Scot
We are not talking about size in memory, or number of polygons. If you are talking about those things, then yes, you are right.
We are talking about size of the level. That has not changed much .. in fact, it may even have decreased in size. There are fewer open big levels in the later COD, then early WW2 ones.
The latest splinter cell, which i have just finished not too long ago .. the levels feel no bigger (and some smaller) than the previous entry.


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Notable here is that Abbas cannot "keep pursuing" talks with Israel because he has almost totally abandoned such talks since 2009. Instead, his statement appears to reflect a strategy of retaining his image as a moderate despite the reconciliation with Hamas – and al-Zahar's grudging agreement suggests Hamas is willing to play along with the game.
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A catalogue for the exhibition held on the occasion of the bicentenary of William Wordsworth's birth. Materials in the exhibit come from the Indiana Wordsworth Collection which was formed by Oscar L. Watkins of Indianapolis and has been further developed by the Lilly Library following its acquisition in 1943. In building his collection, Watkins sought to include everything in printed form that would be of value to the scholar's understanding of Wordsworth. In addition to first editions and first appearances of Wordsworth's poetry, the collection includes works by Coleridge and other contemporaries, works on the Lake District of England, several volumes from Wordsworth's own library autographed by the poet, copies of works belonging to personal friends bearing their autographs, and extremely rare parodies and burlesques which followed in the wake of Wordsworth's publications and reflect the contemporary attitude toward his poetry.
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This album was my introduction to Yes way back in 1977. I owned the vinyl, I own the recent remaster, but this edition completely and utterly makes them obsolete. I hoped the new mastering would be good, but not this good! I actually heard noises and sounds in the songs that I never heard (like Jon humming along to Howe's solo in "Parallels").
The sound...
Published on Sept. 4 2003 by Gerard Sparaco
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3.0 out of 5 stars Back To Doing Songs Again
The title for this review is the reason keyboardist Rick Wakeman gave as his reason for rejoing Yes. Although I realize that Rick wasn't into what he considered Yes's "avante garde" direction post Close To The Edge, I personally feel that the more streamlined approach to song making on Going For The One is less interesting. It always seemed to me that Yes never...
Published on April 8 2004
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3.0 out of 5 stars Back To Doing Songs Again,
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This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
The title for this review is the reason keyboardist Rick Wakeman gave as his reason for rejoing Yes. Although I realize that Rick wasn't into what he considered Yes's "avante garde" direction post Close To The Edge, I personally feel that the more streamlined approach to song making on Going For The One is less interesting. It always seemed to me that Yes never did do "songs", in the sense that their compositions were creatively elongated while usually remaining impressively cohesive. Certainly there was some loss of form on Topographic and Relayer due to overextenion of motifs, but that's the downside to ambition. The upside is that because Yes pushed themselves so hard, I believe the successes on those albums outweighed the flaws. I'm inclined to think the best stuff on GFTO also wins out, its just too bad that by this time the band members seem to be trying a bit too hard to recapture the balance between accessible, hook-layden melodies and expansive instrumental probing. For instance, the epic 'Awaken' strikes me as having been built to sound epic, whereas 'Close To The Edge, Yes's first epic, had a sense of discovery about it simply because, as former Yes drummer Bill Bruford put it, "...as we were making it I don't think anyone really knew how we were going to finish it." By now, in revisiting their own musical past with Wakeman, Yes, in effect had formalized their own secret to success, which was that their synergy was of unplanned intent. They had a naturally occuring synergy together, and the more they tinkered with it, the more they lost, as the album after GFTO, Tormato, demonstrates. Still, 'Awaken' has enough inspired playing and intiguingly "cosmic" lyrics that it still is quite good in its mysterious way, and it does have perhaps Yes's most grand climax ever. Even though keyboardist Patrick Moraz (whom was going to be on the album, but wanted to experiment in ways that was not in keeping with Yes's new "economical", as Moraz saw it, approach) wanted to make the end of 'Awaken' different, I'm not so sure his wanting to use the cycle of fifths approach would have bettered it. We'll never know, so its besides the point. It is what it is and that's that. Certainly 'Turn of the Century' is exquisite, musically and lyrically poignantly poetic. Perhaps I could go for a bit less busyness in the build up later on, but its all very uplifting, that's for sure. The title track is catchy fun with searing Howe slide guitar and spacy Wakeman synth. The lyrics are way out but also amusing. The ending goes on to much for my tastes and is a bit overblown, but the song, overall, is a nice return to a more streamlined, accessible sound. 'Parallels' features rockin' organ and guitar riffing, plus Squire's, swooping, animated bass work. Howe is rather needlessly busy in his soloing at the end, but aside from that, I think its an invigorating, if a bit repetitive, piece. 'Wondrous Stories' hit no.7 in the U.K. during the summer of punk! Go figure that one out. Its as gentle a piece as you can imagine melodically, though texturally there's enough depth to keep it from sounding too light weight. It reminds me of 'Your Move' in feel, but I prefer the more open production of 'Your Move'. Somehow, the mix on GFTO is too compressed with the instruments too clustered together. Former producer Eddy Offord's objectivity could have lent much needed sense of spacing here. The reverb is a bit too much as well. Despite all this, this remastered cd is very clean sounding and bright. It sparkles as much as the original mix allows it to, anyway. The bonus tracks are run throughs and early versions, probably of interest only to the hardcore fans. Still appreciate that the record company bothered to put them on. The liner notes are very informative and well written. So, had Yes encountered musical entropy on GFTO? I think so, but what band that has been around for awhile doesn't? I don't think Yes could have pushed more as Moraz wanted, though. It would seem that Yes went as far with their music as they could go on the previous album Relayer. Had Yes pushed further into the progressive atmosphere they probably would have went to far into technical overdrive, which was the concern Jon Anderson expressed. Yes were about melody first, only using virtuosity to plateau melody, and at their best, that's what they did so impressively. On the 'Going For The One' album, melody is first(and there are some good, even great ones), but the individual concerns of having ideas that should get heard, despite whether or not it crimps on the song itself, were symptomatic of being told how great you are over and over. The "big festival of egos", as Moraz descibed it, was what was increasingly getting in the way of the interplay of the group. That's just what happens, and what happened on a bit too much of GFTO was that Yes's music became a prepackaged formula that the songs were straight-jacketed into. A good formula, for sure, but no longer as fresh. It was an inevitable, for Yes, as Wakeman felt two years later, had reached the limits of their possibilites.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible Yes,
Gerard Sparaco (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
This album was my introduction to Yes way back in 1977. I owned the vinyl, I own the recent remaster, but this edition completely and utterly makes them obsolete. I hoped the new mastering would be good, but not this good! I actually heard noises and sounds in the songs that I never heard (like Jon humming along to Howe's solo in "Parallels").
The sound quality alone should enough to convince you to replace any previous version. But the extra tracks and the insightful liner notes are icing on the cake. "Montreaux's Theme" and "Amazing Grace" were previously released. "Vevey (Revisited)", released in an edited form in the past, in here in full. The rehersals, especially for the vastly underrated "Turn of the Century" are really great.
It's about time that we have a Yes renaissance, and picking up the original studio albums with this quality (and at this price) are a great way to begin.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm thinking I should go and write a punch line...,
Evil Lincoln (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
1977's Going For The One, in my opinion, was Yes's least "progressive" and most "artsy" work of the 70's. And even though the album consists of mostly 4-8 minute songs (hardly the norm for Yes) it still takes as many listens to fully appreciate as albums like Close To The Edge or Relayer. But with the addition of seven (!) bonus tracks and a much, MUCH crisper sound than any previous edition, this remaster deserves to be in the collection of any self-respecting rock fan.
The least dissonant and most accessible songs on the album are 'Turn Of The Century' and 'Wonderous Stories.' Both songs feature Steve Howe's remarkable prowess on the acoustic guitar. 'Turn Of The Century' features exceptionally moving performances from Howe and singer Jon Anderson- in fact it's probably Anderson's most emotional vocal in the entire Yes canon. I don't listen to this track much, mostly because of its 8-minute length, which is quite prodigious for a song that's 90% acoustic. 'Wonderous Stories' is a good indication of what The Yes Album might have sounded like had keyboardist Rick Wakeman performed on it (it's also a good indication that Jon Anderson doesn't know how to spell *wondrous*). Wakeman's Moog washes over the chorus are very cool. The song features the vachalia, which Howe used on TYA's 'I've Seen All Good People.' It's a pithy, pleasant little ditty.
The title track is a wonderful tune, and next to 'Tempus Fugit' (from 1980's awesome Drama) it's my favorite short-form Yes song. It's very artsy and dissonant, but definitely grows on you after two or three listens. There's not much "progressive" about the song, other than Howe's use of a steel guitar all the way through. He gives one hell of an awesome solo from 2:05-2:40, which is the highlight of the song for me. Bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White provide a perfect backbeat to the song.
The Squire-penned 'Parallels' took a long while to grow on me, and in fact I didn't even like the song until I heard it performed live on the Yesshows album, which is a good context for a song such as this. It's even more cacophonous and harsh than 'Going For The One-' I figure this is because of the song's nature as a straightforward hard rocker with the addition of a massive church organ backdrop. This new remastered edition is much better, as previous CD editions have the church organ drown out most of the rest of the song. I don't blame you if you don't like this song, but at least listen to it more than a couple of times.
The zenith of Going For The One comes in 'Awaken,' and at 16 minutes it's nearly as long as the rest of the album combined. Many, if not most, Yes fans think this is the best song the band has ever done. I don't agree, but it is a very moving piece. It opens with lightning-fast piano courtesy of Wakeman (which sounds uncannily like Queen's 'Seven Seas Of Rhye' if you ask me). The song is very good, if also very overlong. Steve Howe adds some very nice hard-rock guitar stylings that foreshadow his work on Drama three years later. Alan White gives a great performance as well, but Chris Squire's bass is buried under the fury of the song. Not that it detracts much, because it really doesn't, but I think his bass would have added a great element to the song. The harp section of the song is great at first, but becomes very drawn out as it continues. The highlight of the song is the final two minutes. When Jon Anderson sings, "Like the time I ran away, and turned around, and you were standing close to me," I almost break down in tears, it's so beautiful. Howe's final little guitar outro is the clincher for me- it's the best finale of any Yes song, ever.
The bonus tracks are anything but essential. However, they are very pleasant, especially 'Montreux's Theme.' 'Vevey (Revisited)' is nice but overlong. And you know, it may be a very clichéd song, but I just love 'Amazing Grace' and Chris Squire's version is very cool (even though it sounds like it was done as a warm-up exercise). The rehearsals of 'Going For The One,' 'Parallels,' and 'Turn Of The Century' are kind of asinine, but it is cool to hear 'Turn Of The Century' done with an electric guitar. The same applies to the early version of 'Awaken,' 'Eastern Numbers.' The intro is very cool but it really sounds unfinished, like the rest of the rehearsals. Interestingly enough, the running time of the bonus tracks is longer than the running time of the album proper- that makes the CD come in at just a few seconds under the 80-minute mark. Hey, if you're going to add some bonus tracks, you may as well pack as many in as you can.
This, along with The Yes Album, could serve as a very good introduction to Yes for the novice. It takes a while to absorb, but it pays off very well.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Frankly, this is one of the best remasters I've ever heard,
Gregory J. Bendokus (Lansford, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
Other people have done a fine job here explaining why this album is essential, so I won't even go there. Atlantic released this album on CD three times and none of them even come sonically CLOSE to this version. Even if you have multiple copies of this on CD already, this one is the goods. Listen to the title track through headphones and you'll quickly realize that even the best Atlantic CD version of this album sounds like a cassette. On this version, all the grunge is gone, the bottom end is much tighter, and there is actually air around the instruments now. I don't know how Rhino does it, I'm just glad they did. Can't wait for Drama!
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Wonderous" Album,
Matt Poole (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
Going for the One is a comeback album for Yes, and not just because the band hadn't recorded an album together in 3 years. Keyboard whiz Rick Wakeman comes back, shorter songs come back, and church organ comes back. They all went to Switzerland, had a great time skiing and holidaying, and somehow recorded this excited album in between.
Yes augmented their progressive sound on Going For the One, particularly by incorporating a lot of eurorock elements. They add lots of echo and polymoog to this strong set of songs, creating an airborne, heavenbound atmosphere. It's great for reading fantasy books to. The harmonies between lead singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe and bass player Chris Squire are particularly good on this disc, often complex but still sounding easy on the ear.
"Going for the One", the title track kicks things off with a rockabilly style guitar lick from Steve Howe, leading into an energetic piece with swirling synth and a ecstatic chorus. It gets more and more enthusiastic as it goes. Great opener. Love it!
"Turn of the Century" is the sort of song I'd expect to hear playing in the background of a bookshop. It was probably a big inspiration for all that new agey music. Relaxed guitar, sweeping synth, gentle drums, lots of echo, and once again energetic, enthusiastic singing from Jon Anderson.
"Parallels", a song written by Chris Squire, is powered by Rick Wakeman's church organ funnily enough. It's right in front of the mix, and given plenty of space for showy solos. Yes's harmonies are at some of their most complex here. Listening on headphones makes it all the sweeter, as you can hear Steve Howe on one side, Chris Squire on the other and Jon Anderson in the middle.
"Wonderous Stories", the hit single from this album, is a piece about the joy. As a big fan of sci fi and fantasy books, I can appreciate Jon's feelings on the subject. It takes everything great about this album's atmosphere and condenses it into a three minute song. It's worth pointing out that this is the first song of Yes' to feature Rick Wakeman's infamous "chipmunk" synth.
"Awaken" is one of Yes' epics, and what a fine closer it is. It takes "Tales From Topographic Oceans" themes of God and spirituality one step further. It's a song that goes through many moods, building and building as it goes. When the church organ and choir kick in, it's truly incredible.
Rhino have remastered this well, the clean, crisp sound suiting the airy, eurorock atmosphere. This new remaster contains three extra tracks, and four rehearsal tracks. "Montreux's Theme" and "Vevey Revisited" are two gentle instrumentals, well placed to bring things down after the heights of Awaken. One case where some people might say the bonus tracks add to the album! "Amazing Grace" is Chris Squire's take on the classic hymn, a buzzing, distorted bass solo.
The rehearsals are fairly different from the originals, the production sounds more like a raw rock band rather than angels ascending into heaven. The "Going For the One" rehearsal has no words, so if you feel like singing some karaoke, feel free. "Parallels" is a lot less grandiose in it's rehearsal form, sounding similar to the production used on "The Yes Album", with Steve Howe's jangly, phased guitar and Jons echo free vocals. "Turn of the Century"s rehearsal has a different intro, and uses an electric guitar rather than an acoustic. Without the choir and Rick's keyboard work, the "Awaken" rehearsal has nowhere near as much impact as the original, but it's still interesting to listen to.
Packaging wise, it's back to basics after the lavish foldout cases of "Close to the Edge", "Tales From Topographic Oceans" and "Relayer". Standard jewel case and booklet, with a folding out first page showing the original inner LP sleeve photo. There are quite a few pics of the band inside (I love Rick Wakeman's look during this era), lyrics, and an enthusiastic essay by Tim Jones, who discusses the fall of progressive rock and the rise of punk. Pretty interesting, some of the statistics he puts forward. Worth a read.
Newcomers to Yes could start here, I don't see why not. It's accessible and shows a lot of the different sides to Yes. Fans of progressive rock should give this a listen, and those who enjoy powerful, inspirational music. I'd even recommend it to those who like that Wings song "With A Little Luck" and want to hear songs with a similar atmosphere but with a bit more substance.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An Overlooked Gem,
Samhot (Star Land) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going For The One (Rm) (Audio CD)
Yes released this magnificent, often overlooked gem in 1977: a time when art rock was being scoffed at as pretentious and overblown. Punk had surged forth, and Johnny Rotten & Co. had a field day ripping Yes, Pink Floyd, Queen and others. It would appear during that time (at least during the making of this album), the members of Yes didn't give a darn about the trends of the day, as their usual cosmic, soaring, mystical aesthetic pervades the album in a big way (which is a good thing.)
The music on here is splendid - soaring, lush, illuminating -- an orgasm for the soul. Jon Anderson's vocals soar high, Steve Howe's guitar playing stuns as usual, and is very fluid, Chris Squire's (and Steve's) backing, majestic vocals blend magnificently with Jon's (and not to mention the man's bass playing), Rick Wakeman (who makes his return with Yes for the first time since 1973's _Tales From Topographic Oceans_) supplies his virtuosic, classically-oriented flourishes not just through synthesizers, but also a church organ, and other types of keyboards.
Alan White is possibly one of the most underacknowledged drummers out there. His drumming skills possibly go largely unnoticed due to the overpowering cosmic front brought on by the other members of the band. With this powerfully compelling, lush exterior Yes possesses, how could one possibly be fully aware of subtle nuances that are arguably beneath the surface? While many of us are being lifted higher to some heavenly place, it is all too common to miss the technical brilliance that is going on. Alan's drumming is the perfect example for this. While all of the cosmic stuff is knocking us sideways, Alan is in the background doing all sorts of creative and impressive things on the kit: his sense of time, the creative use (and placement) of the cymbals and snare hits during a certain meter, and other subtle things should not be taken lightly. This is just one of the many, many, many reasons why I think Yes are special: they possess technical brilliance, but they have something else as well -- something that's arguably even more powerful and intangible than their technical abilities.
The title track, while cosmic and grand, is quite raucous, mostly due to the steel guitar musings from Steve Howe. It can be grating at times, but it also helps to give the track a harder edge. The rhythmical quality of the vocals during the bridge (repeated once more before the ending) is quite creative and seductive. This, and more, help to lead up to the orgasmic, goosebump-inducing climax of the song, which feature choral effects from the vocal harmonies.
"Turn of The Century" is a smooth, mystical, ballad with a new age aesthetic. The lyrics on here are touching, and the soundscapes are ethereal and image-inducing as ever. Jon's vocals are outstanding as always. Sonic textures mostly brought on by Steve's musings during the middle of the track give way to the ethereal, majestic climax near the end of the song.
"Parallels" is written by Chris Squire, and is grand and soaring as ever. Rick's use of the church organ here certainly adds more of a mystical, spiritual and regal quality to the track. This track, while cosmic on the outside, is quite busy underneath it all. Check out the time changes, the multiple vocal layers, and the instrumentation that is going on all at once -- Rick's keyboard lines, Steve's guitar lines, Chris' basslines, and Alan's drumming.
"Wonderous Stories" is much like "Turn of The Century" -- a ballad with a mystical, new age aesthetic. Jon's vocals, as always, are precious and moving. Steve's guitar lines here are quite melodic, and what's impressive are how well they blend in with the rest of the instrumentation.
"Awaken" is classic. Like the rest of the album -- but more specifically, here -- is it almost impossible to put into account the effect it has on me. It's the 15-minute closer of the album, and boy, is it ever so good. Grand, lush, soaring, illuminating -- this track soars, and it shines as bright as the sun. The massive bed of sound just smothers your senses, and does not let go. Yes even got a church choir to add their voices in certain parts of the track. It is the most goosebump-inducing song on the album, and is also my favorite Yes song. There is quite a bit of stuff going on here -- the vocal harmonies are penetrating, the basslines tasteful, Steve's solos orgasmic. On a different listening session, when you're not being seduced by the powerful cosmic aura of this music -- or when you're trying your hardest not to be -- pay attention to the technical stuff going on in these songs. In this track, one of the many things I'd like to talk about is Alan's drumming: pay special attention to what Alan is doing on the drum kit, especially during the "suns high streams thru," "strong dreams reign here," and "star, song, age, less" sections of the track. It's quite nifty.
This is an excellent album from Yes. Highly recommended -- that is, if you are a Yes fan, own (and love) all of their studio albums, particularly from the 1971-1974 period, but do not own this. Don't pass it by.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Crystal clear remaster. Terrible offset art cover printing,
Ignaciocuev (Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
The color printing of the cd's booklet is quite innacurate , very intense but the body of the naked guy looks yellow on the side. Nothing like the LP
The cd itself is beautifuly pressed and designed. Pretty better than the japanese replica cd body.
On the other hand, the japanese replica's three fold is beautiful, with perfect color. Did i tell you this japanese replicas have very painful mini sound drop-outs? dont buy them, you are warned, just the package is perfect.
Returning to this rhino remasters they are the best ia have listened to. Really clean sound.
The bonus extra songs are only for very insistent yes- core fans. Some interesting passages, different soloing, etc. and some [weak] soundscapes too.
Recommended only for real hard core fanatics or newcomers. The 90's Gastwirt remasters sound pretty decent for the casual fan.
A final comment: 1 star for the terrible art cover. 5 stars for the music. Musically, this CD is in m opinion in the top ten prog rock cd's ever. A gem for symphonic rock fans.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Awaken is incredible!,
"yesfan77" (Annapolis MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going For The One (Rm) (Audio CD)
Classic Yes, for sure. I think I would actually rate this a 4.5.
Turn of the Century is one of the most beautiful pieces in their whole catalog. It is a unique love story, and always reminds me of the movie "Somewhere in Time" with Jane Seymour. It is haunting, lovely, sad, uplifting, melancholy, and graceful, all at the same time. Also some of the most beautifle guitar work ever. Jon Anderson puts so much emotion into this one, I can easily be moved to tears hearing it. Wondrous Stories always makes me feel like I am drifting peacefully along on a summer day. And Awaken, to me, this is one of those life affirming pieces of music. Certainly it is hard to undestand the exact meaning, I have heard it is based on the Christian "The Singer The Song" stories, but in any case, it can transport you away. It is beautiful, majestic, and the way the music is performed it makes me feel like I am floating up toward the sky every time. I am not sure how they did it, but wow. I had the pleasure of hearing this performed live last year, and the vibe, the energy in the room was incredible. Awaken does something to me everytime I hear it. As far as the title track and Parallels are concerned, I enjoy them, the rocking of GFTO, and the majestic playing of Squire and Wakeman on Parallels, but the other three songs are my favorites on this record. Give this one a try if you can, you will not be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Yes' best album,
Ryan Adams (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
Most of the time when you ask someone what their favorite Yes album is, odds are you'll get "Close to the Edge", "Fragile" or even "The Yes Album" but rarely would someone say "Going For the One".
The songs on this album are shorter than their previous albums, and alot of people disliked that. But a songs length doesn't matter at all to me, as long as they are well written. You could say this could be a transition album for the band, like how Permanent Waves was for Rush.
The album starts off with the very energetic title track. It's a good rocker and it will have you singing along in no time. After that we have Turn of the Century. Unlike the title track, this song is very relaxing with a great performance from Jon Anderson. Parallels is next, Rick Wakemen's organ drives this song all the way through and is a blast to listen to at a high volume. Up next is Wonderous Stories. Like Turn of the Century, this is a very relaxing song and it makes you feel good. The album ends with the 15 minute epic Awaken. This song could havs worked on Tales From Topographic Oceans with the lyrical theme and build up and it is a fine way to end this amazing album.
Going For the One is one of Yes's most underrated albums and should be given a listen by anyone who likes Progressive Rock.
5.0 out of 5 stars "Expanded and Remastered" Edition is Awesome,
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Going for the One (Expanded) (Audio CD)
"Going For The One", originally issued in 1977, is overlooked in the Yes catalogue (the same goes for 1978's "Tormato" for that matter). It finds the band in between the truly prog-rock early years and just before the less-then-thrilling foray of Top 40 ("Owner of a Loney Heart"). I personally am very fond of this album. The album includes the hard rocking "Parallels" and the majestic "Awaken", not to mention "Wonderous Stories", still one of the band's most popular tracks after all these years.
This "Expanded and Remastered" edition (12 tracks, 79 min.) has of course the original album, but is supplemented by 7 bonus tracks. "Montreux's Theme" is an instrumental from the same sessions. "Vevey" is a live instrumental (recorded in a church!) of Jon on harp and Rick on church organ, just beautiful. "Amazing Grace" is a studio recording of Chris' amazing bass-solo, performed frequently in concert. The remaining tracks are (early) studio run-throughs of the album's tracks, providing a fascinating inside look on how the tracks sounded in their embryonic stages. "Going for the One" is here as an instrumental. "Parallels" is heard without the towering church organ. Best of all, "Eastern Number" is a 12 min. early version of what eventually would become "Awaken".
Kudos to the fine folks at Rhino for putting together this exquisite reissue, and showing others in the industry how it's done. Excellent liner notes, great pictures, fascinating bonus tracks, it's all here. Essential for any Yes fan.
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|A graceful unit constructed in sturdy solid wood, with wood veneers to help stengthen its durability and stability. Inspired by country design including with fine details of clean, cut lines all throughout. Great addition for your bedside necessities. One standard size drawer for great storage need and a felt-line drawer for the remote control, glasses, or small items that you may conveniently need next to the bed. Both drawers are beautifully accented with two different metal hardwares for both optional drawers. The perfect bed accessory that is RTA (Ready to assemble), a feature that you can't resist. Has a sleek rectangular shape, perfect as a lamp setting or for your glasses as you fall asleep. Its base plays a great deal of support with sturdy, and substantial structure. Be graceful, and add a Country feel to your bedroom with the Kerry Country Style nightstand, and order yours today! Other Accessories Not Included. Dimensions: 27.75"L x 16.5"W x 28.25"H