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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. Ernest Owusu keeps his apartment in the Twin Cities as he waits for a call from the Minnesota Vikings despite being waived Monday. The rookie defensive end from California has become used to this. It's not the way Owusu dreamt of starting his career, but it's a way of keeping his NFL fire from burning out too soon.While Owusu waits, rookie offensive lineman Tyler Holmes, currently on Minnesota's practice squad, holds on to the same hope. That practice squad is the link that has both separated the two players and brought them together this season.A friendship has grown from unexpected circumstances as Owusu and Holmes have swapped spots on the practice squad each of the past five weeks. This week, it's Holmes' turn with the team. Owusu sits in that apartment, waiting to hear if he'll get yet another call."It is kind of crazy," Owusu said last week, during his time on the practice squad. "It's a trip getting cut week in and week out, consistently. It's kind of int...
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Brandon G. Shepherd, 22, of 3754 U.S. 224, Greenwich, hit a deer Saturday on Ohio 162.
Brian P. Lambert, 21, of 6405 Leroy Road, Wakeman, was charged with failure to control and driving under the influence Sunday on Fayette Road after his vehicle exited the roadway and hit a sign, guardrail and bridge. Firelands Ambulance took him to Fisher-Titus Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
Christina M. Gilmore, 27, of 1002 Woodbine St., hit a deer Monday on Ohio 61.
Douglas Alan Ball, 48, of Ft. Meade, Fla., was charged with failure to assured clear distance Monday on U.S. 250 after his vehicle bumped a vehicle driven by James J. Sitterly, 57, of 136 W. Washington St.
Kenneth Z. Inmon, 20, of 3234 New State Road, Willard, hit a deer Tuesday on Sandhill Road.
Responded to 25 E. Monroe St. at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday for a smoldering mulch fire. Firefighters put the fire out with the water can from the station. Returned to station at 2:15.
Assisted North Central EMS with a patient at 3:34 a.m. Wednesday. Returned to station at 3:49.
James McCowan, 54, of Sandusky, was arrested Wednesday on 14 contempt of court warrants on the original charge of passing bad checks. He is serving a 20-day sentence at the Huron County Jail.
Received a report of a possible assault at Bremser Park on Elm Street Wednesday.
Bessie N. Oney, 28, no address available, was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct Wednesday.
Responded to Norwalk High School for two boys involved in a lunch room fight Wednesday. The case was forwarded to the Huron County Prosecutor's office for the consideration of charges.
Evan D. Amerine, 18, of 26 Morley Drive, was charged with failure to maintain assured clear distance Wednesday on Whittlesey Avenue after his vehicle bumped a vehicle driven by John M. Lynch, 51, of 163 Whittlesey Ave.
A Neal Zick Road, Willard, resident told deputies their vehicle was entered Wednesday.
Attended a civil matter Wednesday on South Norwalk Road.
An Ohio 162, New London, resident reported the theft of a package Wednesday.
Received a trespassing complaint from Ohio 60, Wakeman, Wednesday.
Received a theft report from an Ohio 18, Collins, business Wednesday.
A U.S. 20, Wakeman, resident reported a damaged tire Wednesday.
Received a report of vandalism at the Shady Lane BMX track in Norwalk on Wednesday.
Received a report of threats made Wednesday at Western Reserve High School.
Stephen J. Valentine, 25, of 2948 Neal Zick Road, Lot 34, Willard, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant and charged with contempt on the original charge of aggravated menacing. He is serving a 10-day sentence at the Huron County Jail.
Performed a civil standby at a Gibbs Road address Wednesday.
Responded to a possible domestic situation on Maple Ridge Road, North Fairfield, Wednesday.
Received a report of an unruly juvenile from U.S. 20 Wednesday.
Received a trespassing complaint from Lakeshore Drive, Willard, Wednesday.
An Elm Street, New London, resident reported being threatened Wednesday.
The May 14-20 Willard Police Department blotter had the following highlights:
May 14
A Maplewood Street resident reported his residence had been vandalized by paint balls.
A caller from a local partment complex reported suspected identity theft.
A caller reported a theft from his vehicle while parked at a Woodland Avenue business.
An Elizabeth Street resident reported graffiti was spray painted on their rental property.
A caller reported her daughter left school and doesn't know where she is. Police filed missing person paperwork.
A Clark Street resident reported the theft of a lawn mower from a garage.
A West Emerald Street resident reported her daughter, who is on an ankle monitor, left home and was across the street. The mother later reported her daughter came home and she did not wish to pursue the matter. n A caller reported a stray pit-bull dog approached and bit two people, cornered numerous others. The dog then charged at an officer and was shot.
May 15
A caller reported a South Conwell Avenue breaking and entering incident, which remains under investigation.
A Quail Creek resident reported her granddaughter was missing. Police filed missing person paperwork.
An employee of a Conwell Avenue business reported several vehicles had been keyed.
Dispatched the Willard Fire Department dive team to Norwalk to assist in recovering a stolen vehicle that was dumped into the reservoir.
An area motorist reported lights were stolen from his truck while parked on South Conwell Avenue.
A South Conwell Avenue resident reported an undisclosed theft from a vehicle.
An employee of a Woodland Avenue reported detaining a juvenile shoplifter, who was released later to his parents with charges pending.
A caller reported seeing a male suspect grab a female by her hair in the 500 block of West Laurel Street.
May 16
A West Maple Street resident reported someone broke into her vehicle.
An employee of a West U.S. 224 business reported two male suspects left the store, sounding the theft alarm. The incident remains under investigation.
Brandon Shepherd, 21, of 4803 Old State Road, Willard, was charged with failure to maintain assured clear distance in connection with an East Walton Street accident.
A Dale Avenue resident reported several items were stolen from his home.
A caller reported a fight in a Conwell Avenue business parking lot and the two male suspects left the area.
Enrique Ruiz, 32, of 202 Rae Court, Willard, was arrested on a contempt of court warrant and transported to the Huron County Jail. He was released May 17 after making a pay agreement with Norwalk Municipal Court.
A Motson Street resident reported being assaulted.
A caller reported a fight at the park and a suspect left in a vehicle.
May 17
A caller accused several children of hitting a truck with a ball.
A caller reported juveniles between the ages of 3 and 5 were riding tricycles across Walton Avenue with no adults in sight. Officers located the mother in a store and released the children to her. Police forwarded a report to Huron County Children Services.
May 18
A South Conwell Avenue resident reported having a restraining order on her husband who continually calls her from the Stark County Jail. Police forwarded a report to the Willard Law Director. Stark County corrections officers were advised of the problem and they will make sure he no longer calls her.
Charged a male juvenile with failure to yield while turning left in connection with an accident at Pearl and Main streets.
May 19
A West Emerald Street resident reported her daughter, who was on an ankle monitor, was across the street at a neighbor's. Police located the girl and escorted her home.
A South Main Street resident reported someone broke into her vehicle, ransacked it and stole several items.
Kayla Kennard, 18, of 357 Big Bass Road, Willard, was charged with failure to maintain assured clear distance in connection with an accident at Main and Laurel streets.
A West Emerald Street resident accused a male suspect of threatening people and threatening to break the windows out of a vehicle.
May 20
A Spring Street resident reported his vehicle had been broken into and items were missing.
A caller reported her neighbor told her if she observed a black van at the apartment to call the police as they would be there to assault her.
A Keefer Street resident reported her daughter, who was under house arrest, was missing. Police filed missing person paperwork.
A caller reported her daughter was missing. She was locked in an apartment in the 300 block of Keefer Street. Police returned the girl home, with charges pending through Huron County Juvenile Court.
A Rae Court resident accused a suspect of following and stalking her brother.
Residents on Tamarack Drive, East Howard Street and Maplewood Street reported hearing what sounded like gun shots within six minutes of each other. A Spangler Street resident later reported hearing what sounded like rapid gunfire in the area. Police were unable to determine the origin.

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Yes I can. I spend months and months in both of them as you did and there wasn't much difference between the two in time spent. Yeah they cut down on the trash mob but there was not a huge difference.
The brood room is two parts and it was ALL trash mobs. LOL Just because warlocks got to shine there doesn't mean they are not trash mobs. LOL!
Uh...if you really spent that much time in BWL then you know that the brood room consisted mainly of a non-stop grind to the boss, which involved less tanking than healing and mana conservation. You approached it completely differently from any other trash area. It was the first "gauntlet" type area in the game. Did you actually ever finish BWL?
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It still averaged out to about the same time as MC. They both were time sinks and sucked. Actually I liked MC better.
Again I'd have to ask if you ever actually finished BWL...I cannot honestly conceive of how anyone could prefer MC. Not only was it shorter, but the time spent in the instance was almost 70% boss fights compared to MC's 20-25%. Nefarian alone took almost 20 minutes. Trash pulls are always boring but in MC they constituted the vast majority of the time spent in the instance. I can count on my hands how many pulls there were in BWL, in MC I can't even remember how many there were. The bosses were all tank-and-spank encounters in MC as well while in BWL each fight offered a unique mechanic which improved the quality of all the players in the raid and most importantly was fun to learn. Honestly you'd have to know literally nothing about the game or care absolutely nothing about the strategic element of raiding to prefer MC.
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If you like games that punish you for playing then play all the "fantastic" games by the people who made EQ *cough*Vanguard*cough*. If you don't then play games like WoW. It really friking doesn't matter. Just stop complaining about games you don't like being to easy. NO ONE FRIKING CARES! This is what I hate about gamers. They constantly complain about **** they don't like. Then don't play the damn game.
QFT...very tiresome to hear these unwarranted complaints over and over again.
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Lovely Near-Gem Key Issue 1911-D Quarter Eagle1911-D $2 1/2 MS64 NGC. The undisputed key to this series, the 1911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle has long been a favorite among collectors both because of its remarkably low mintage of just 55,680 pieces and its rarity in high grades. Most often seen in EF and AU grades, this issue is very scarce in the higher Mint State grades and is seldom offered above the MS64 grade. This example shows the diagnostic wire rim on the right side of the obverse, and the mint mark is bold and well formed. It is sharply struck on both sides, clearly showing all of the feather details on both the Indian's headdress and on the eagle, and displays only a few light, scattered abrasions that are consistent with the near-Gem grade. One tiny spot is noticed just in front of the Indian's mouth, and is mentioned for accuracy and as a potential aid for pedigree information.(#7943) (Registry values: N7079) (NGC ID# 2894, PCGS# 7943)
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Financial Inclusion Key to Climate Risk Reduction for Zambia's Smallholders
In the advent of unpredictable weather, smallholder rain-dependent agriculture is increasingly becoming a risky business and the situation could worsen if, as seems likely, the world experiences levels of global warming that could lead to an increase in droughts, floods and diseases, both in frequency and intensity.
Equality, a Hard Game to Win for Women Footballers in Argentina
During a women's football match in a poor neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, team manager Mónica Santino has to stop the game and ask a group of boys and young men not to invade the pitch where they're playing. This frequent occurrence is just one symbol of a struggle being played out, centimeter by centimeter, on Argentina's pitches.


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You can rotate your laptop or PC screen easily in Windows 7 and 8 using a number of methods. Here's where we show you how to rotate your laptop or PC screen 90° in Windows 7 and 8.
There are two main reasons you might want to be rotate your Windows 7/8 laptop or PC's screen 90°. The first is that you have a fancy external display that rotates and you want to match your desktop orientation to that of your physical screen. The second is that you are either the antagonist or protagonist in a devious office prank where you change the screen orientation on Windows in the name of banter.
Here's how to rotate your laptop or PC screen 90° in Windows 7 and 8
The first thing we should tell you is that Windows itself has very little to do with this aspect of display, instead relying on your graphics card drivers.
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Method one
The first way you should try to rotate your laptop or PC screen is with the keyboard shortcut. Whether this work for you or not will depend on the hardware and software on your PC. Some software, for example Nvidia and AMD drivers, allow you to create 'Hotkeys' to rotate the screen using a shortcut such as Shift-Alt-Arrow keys.
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Method two
The other method requires you to delve into the Control Panel to change orientation, which could be a pain if you rotate your monitor from landscape to portrait (and vice-versa) regularly. (However, the lack of a hotkey option could be because you don't have the software installed. For example, Intel's Graphics and Media Control Panel needs to be installed in order to use hotkeys to rotate the display.)
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Step one
The quickest way to rotate the screen in Windows 7 or 8 is to right-click on the desktop and choose Screen resolution.
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Step two
You'll see a graphic showing how Windows thinks your monitors are arranged, but you can click on a display to select it, and then drag it to the appropriate position. If you're not sure which is which, click the Identify button and giant numbers will clear things up.
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Step three
On our laptop with an Intel graphics chip, rotating the screen (or the external monitor attached via HDMI) is as simple as choosing the right orientation from the drop-down menu.
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Method three (Nvidia graphics card)
If you have an Nvidia graphics card, you'll see an option to launch the Nvidia Control Panel when you right-click on the desktop, so choose this instead of Screen resolution.
In the left-hand menu, choose Rotate display. If you see a message saying you can't rotate the display with Stereoscopic 3D enabled, click the link and untick 'Enable Stereoscopic 3D'. Then you will see the options for rotating the display back in the Rotate display section. On our test machine, 3D was enabled despite us not having a 3D monitor connected.
How to rotate your laptop or PC screen: Method four (AMD graphics card)
If you have an AMD graphics card, click on Catalyst Control Centre when you right-click on the desktop. Then, look for the rotation option, which may be under different headings depending on how old or new your Catalyst Control Centre version is. On newer versions it's under Common Display Tasks.
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The Vacation Read: What were your best and worst movie surprises?
At the start of this week, I mentioned the "Robocop" remake in passing as a way to get to a larger conversation about spoilers for things that are in production or in development.
One of the reasons I feel so protective of "Robocop" is because the original is one of the great movie memories of my life. When the film came out in 1987, I was working at a theater, and the poster for the film was a source of constant amusement for us. The tag line was "Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop," and that plus the title was a recipe for cheese. Or so it seemed.
A few days before the film was released, they screened it at midnight for the employees of the theater, and I was a believer by the time the closing credits rolled. I was won over completely by the film, and I still think it's a sort of a miracle. The script, the cast, and Paul Verhoeven's work as director… all of them came together in a way that was magic. I look at it now, and I still can't believe it exists. It doesn't feel like other films from the '80s, it doesn't really feel like anything else Verhoeven ever made, and looking at the sequels and the TV series that spun off from the film, it's obvious that even the people who made it weren't able to reproduce the film's appeal. Even if I didn't hate the script for the new movie, I would still be skeptical just because I know how amazing it is that the film worked in the first place.
I live for those surprises, those films that work when you have no expectations at all. Even better, when you walk in convinced that you're going to see something terrible and the film just plain refuses to make it that simple. Another great example from the '80s for me was "Predator," and in both cases, I feel like my low expectations may have actually helped.
My question for you today is what are the great movie surprises from your own experience? And I'm curious about the inverse, of course, those movies that you were convinced were going to be great all the way up to the moment the closing credits rolled and you have to admit to yourself that it just plain didn't work. I know it took me several days after seeing the 1989 "Batman" to fully understand how much I disliked it because I was so completely onboard that it's almost like I didn't see the film the first time I sat through it. I want to hear about the best surprises you've had and the worst, and I'm curious to see if there are titles that we all have in common or if there are titles you mention that I would have never expected.
I look forward to reading your responses to this and all the other topics this week, and I'm thanking you in advance for participating, even if you don't normally participate. If you guys don't respond, this is going to be a very slow week here on the blog. I'm counting on you, and I hope that by the time I return next Monday, I'll know a lot more about you, and that I can use your answers to help make Motion/Captured even better.


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You could say Irish singer Ronan Tynan puts a whole new spin on the famous ballad "To Dream the Impossible Dream" -- as much as in life as in his luminescent voice.
His dulcet tones have marked the passing of one president, the inauguration of another and brought tears to the devastated rescue workers at Ground Zero after 9/11.
But Tynan is not only one of the top tenors in the world. He's also a licensed medical doctor and a world-class athlete. And he did all this as a double amputee.
Tynan says his impressive life story has been the result of a relentlessly positive attitude -- a way of looking at the world that constantly defied self-doubt and always valued hard work.
"I am willing to work and prepare and polish," he told ABC News' Cynthia McFadden. "And then to crown it, you add that extra ingredient. You have the spirit."
Tynan was born in Ireland 44 years ago -- with both legs deformed, and each splayed foot displaying only three toes. Doctors said he would never walk.
His parents were devastated. They took the doctors' advice and left him in the ward of a children's hospital. Tynan says his parents were told he would have corrective surgery. But it never happened.
He also said, "That was the accepted practice [with such children]," he said. "Hide them."
But when Tynan reached the age of 3, his parents decided they had enough and brought him home to their farm southwest of Dublin. "I never resented what they did," he said, "because I think they showed me so much love after it."
The Tynans were determined to see their boy walk. As a boy he spent hours with his father, Edmond, talking and singing. The senior Tynan was easy to love. He constantly told young Ronan he was terrific.
"Eventually, you believe it. You do," the singer said. "You believe it because you see in others what others see in you -- a strength waiting to be harnessed."
His mother, Therese, was different. "She wasn't the doting mother who would slop and slurry and cry over you, and 'Oh God, love you,' " he said. She wouldn't rest until he accomplished something.
By age 4, Tynan had taken his first painful steps with steel braces and concrete shoes. His mother insisted they take a triumphant walk through town.
"I'll never forget it," Tynan said. He said his mother "paraded him" out, and when a priest asked, "Is this the weak little fella?" his mother replied, "None of my children are weak. Ronan is going to be a tremendous man."
Therese Tynan was full of tough love. Even when other children were cruel about his legs, she still made him go to school in short pants.
Tynan respects her for what she did. "She instilled in me a positive attitude that couldn't be shaken ... she made sure I stood tall, no matter what."
The confidence and courage helped when doctors told a 20-year-old Tynan he would have to have both legs amputated.
And when Tynan decided to become a world-class athlete, he believed he would. "I knew if I got into it, I would win," he said.
Tynan won 18 gold medals and set 14 world records in the Paralympics, the games for amputees.
Tynan then went on to compete with everyone else. He became the first double amputee to qualify and compete in the Dublin horse show.
While he was competing with other athletes, Tynan decided to take on two more impressive challenges.
First, he went to medical school. Then, when he reached his fifth year, he decided he wanted to be a singer.


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Gardner's BBQ is a full-service restaurant specializing in country cooking and eastern North Carolina barbecue.
This particular location, at 1331 N. Wesleyan Blvd, is one of three in Rocky Mount, and offers a take-out menu with a drive through, as well as wholesale and catering services.
Financing was provided by Mercantile, as well as Zions National Bank, and the transaction was originated and orchestrated by Joe Arie, of Fidelity Bank.
"Since Jan. 1, Mercantile Capital has closed 44 commercial loans, including Gardner's BBQ," Hurn said. "This is double what we closed by this time in 2011, 2010, or any other calendar year in our history."
Mercantile Capital closed 57 loans during all of 2011, its highest yearly total ever.
The SmartChoice Commercial Loan Program helps small business owners, like John Gardner, Jr., have an opportunity to create wealth and financial freedom. Their specialization in SmartChoice Commercial Loans, also known as SBA 504 loans, allows borrowers to own their commercial property with the highest cash-on-cash return financing available.
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I got my Wii back... IT'S STILL NOT FIXED!!!
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The Wii has had a number of reports of the 24/7 functionality overheating the units while they are off and damaging them. It is a known flaw in the software, however most people who have a wii (non-hardcore gamers), don't post around here.
Discolored pixels on the Wii, just like any other console, shows after damage has been done to the gpu or gpu memory, and leaving it alone will not fix it.
We all know about the 360, so there is no need to re beat a already dead horse. However, the number of problems being reported seems to have eased off a little over the last couple of months.
The PS3 from most reports seems to be the most reliable console so far, however it has not sold as well as the other two so there are less consoles to fail. In addition by all reports most of the power of the PS3 has been untapped, as the machine becomes more tapped, you can expect more failures to happen.
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You should have seen the smile on Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole's face at the Global Business Travel Association's conference in Denver on Sunday.
The association produced a video in which every person interviewed said they really appreciated the TSA's enhanced security procedures at airports — procedures often described as "groping."
You know the drill: Either step into the machine that takes your naked picture and zaps you with unneeded doses of radiation, or have a friendly TSA officer touch your "junk."
"When I have to take off my shoes, and they do a total check, I feel safer ... because other people are being checked," one woman explained in the video. "I know I'm OK, but I am glad that they're all being checked."
Oh, did Pistole like that. "The key is that we can reassure people that we're there to protect them and their loved ones," he said, sporting the demeanor of an Eagle Scout.
Throughout history, the loss of civil rights has often begun with the need for government protection, and Pistole seems intent on repeating history.
Pistole was working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation when the planes hit the World Trade Center towers in 2001. "My first reaction was, "this is just surreal,'" he said, "and almost immediately, 'this changes everything.'"
Since taking over the TSA last year, Pistole had continually defended unprecedented invasions of personal privacy as necessary in the war against terror.
"With 1.8 million people we screen every day ... there are bound to be those who feel like we have not done something properly, and I am sympathetic to those," Pistole said. "But I also want to give the highest level of assurance to all the American people that we are doing everything we can to provide the best possible security while respecting the privacy and civil liberties of everyone."
Pistole, in case you've wondered, is proud of his name, which is pronounced just like the gun. And if you were to say his name at a TSA checkpoint, you could be charged with a felony.
"As an FBI agent, I had a lot of fun for all those years calling people on the phone and saying "Hi, this is John Pistole with the FBI," he bragged.
Pistole once used it on a wise guy in New York City. "He didn't miss a beat. He said, "Yeah, and I'm Mr. Lion at the Zoo, so what do you want to make of it?'" Pistole said.
If only the rest of America were lion-hearted enough to stand up to this man.
Remember the protests when the TSA started groping last November? Remember "National Opt-Out Day," encouraging travelers to just say no to the TSA's scary, new machines? Or how about earlier this year when Texas tried to pass a law that would make it a crime for federal agents to touch anyone's privates without probable cause.
All of this ire seems to have dissipated. Even the Texas bill died when the Feds threatened to shut down aviation in the Lone Star State if it were passed into law.
Now, procedures previously reserved for suspected criminals can now be used on anyone with a plane ticket. The TSA has touched my junk. The TSA touched my wife's junk. And somehow this is normal.
Pistole does not heed the warnings of those who suggest the radiation from his imaging machines pose a hazard. He only pays attention to the studies that show it's no big deal.
"I go through frequently," he said. "I'm not a scientist, but I rely on those studies to give me the highest level of confidence. The analogy that I've been told, and go with, is that that going through the machine one time is equivalent of about three minutes flying at the altitude of 35,000 feet."
He has no concerns putting his own children through the machines. "It's their choice. If they decide they want to opt out, they can take a pat down," he said.
Besides shaking down little kids at the airport, the TSA, at least, is doing a few useful things. One of them is simply observing people at airports for suspicious behaviors. Another is creating a trusted-traveler program. You register your information with the TSA, and they give you expedited screening.
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Oh, boy. You mean, I don't have to take off my shoes? And what about my "junk?"
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Who knows how far the TSA will go next to thwart the terrorists?
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Nightvision goggles is an equipment item that enable users to see in complete darkness. As of yet, they have appeared in all of the Counter-Strike game besides the latest game, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
In the Counter-Strike series, the NVG is the passive night vision device, which amplifies existing light. Thus, using it in bright areas will blind the user.
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They allow the user to see in total darkness, lighting everything up in green. Activating the NVG on and turning it off makes a distinct sound that your enemies can hear. In normal (bright) light, the goggles can make things difficult to see.
This item is widely regarded as useless on many official maps (and almost any other map) because those maps do not have areas dark enough that require NVGs. Due to this, many players avoid purchasing this equipment (unless they are attempting to earn the Dead of Night Achievement in Counter-Strike: Source).
However, some players use nightvision goggles on some maps such as Nuke (CS:S). It can be useful in dark areas in which it will not alert enemies unlike the flashlight.
The default button for activating and deactivating the night vision goggles is N.
Deleted ScenesEdit
In Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes, nightvision goggles cannot be bought. The player can automatically receive this equipment in certain missions. The default key to turn on is F. It is helpful not only in dark areas but also in stealth situations.
The missions in which the player receives the nightvision goggles are:
- Allows its user to see in total darkness and can make it easier to see enemies in low light conditions.
- Can be used to see in darker corners in bright maps, although doing so make seeing in brightly lit areas impossible.
- Unlike the flashlight, using the Nightvision goggles will not alert enemies (although you should activate it before entering darkened areas).
- Very expensive
- Noisy when activated or deactivated
- Can reduce performance due to extra graphical load
- Needs to be switched off in bright areas
- Cannot be purchased by auto-buy with either Counter-Terrorists or Terrorists.
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Do 5,000 damage with nightvision active.
- The night vision goggles were added in Beta 2.0, later removed, and then re-added in Beta 6.0.
- The sound of the activation of the night vision goggles was reused in Team Fortress 2 when the player has the Ze Goggles hat and moves it around in their backpack.
- The activation sound of the NVG in Deleted Scenes is reused from the flashlight.
- The effect of the night vision goggles is different in Deleted Scenes.
- The player may need the nightvision goggles more in Deleted Scenes since some places in game are hard to see without one.
- Bots can see other players clearly in dark areas all the time. Therefore, they never purchase this equipment.
- In Deleted Scenes, if the player uses the console command "impulse 101", he will obtain the goggles but without the HUD icon.
- The night vision goggles do not appear in Global Offensive.
- It is also worth mentioning all official maps in Global Offensive, and those included in operations, are well lit thus eliminating the need for nightvision goggles.
- In-game files still contain references to the night vision goggles, including script references and sound files.
- Unlike most equipment, there is no world or player model for the nightvision goggles. Players with this equipment do not look any different from players who do not have it equipped.
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It is always sad to see the reactions about freeing Pollard. He might be free today when you read this, but as I write he is still locked up. The American president seems to feel that since he has someone of ours (Pollard) and Israel wants him freed, Israel should free 400 or more Arab murderers and stop building in Judea and Samaria in return. Excuse me, please, for not understanding. I am sure that everyone in the United States already realizes that anyone who was caught spying against the U.S. for an enemy power would be out of jail after 10 or 20 years.
What is special about Jonathan Pollard? He did spy for another government, but I guess that it is far worse because he spied for an American ally rather than spying for an enemy. It is true that the information he passed was important to that American ally (Israel) and that the information was being withheld from Israel for some unknown reason, despite the agreements to share between allies. I guess that spying for a friendly government is worse than spying for an enemy government and gathering information useful against American interests. Pollard is a Jew who was helping Israel. Whoops, that may be much worse than being a Christian or a Muslim spying against America.
I do not know if Pollard did what he did for altruistic reasons or if he did it for money or if, as some news sources love to claim, he was unstable all along. Pollard was a civilian working for U.S. Navy intelligence. A family friend seems to have set him up with an Israeli handler and Pollard volunteered to spy.
Today it seems immaterial what secrets he passed along, but from reports it was related to artillery developments in several Arab countries. It was reported that the Israelis continued to ask for secrets directly related to their security which included information about Arab and Pakistani nuclear secrets and capabilities of the Soviet weapons in Arab hands, which the U.S. should have shared with its ally, Israel!
I do not believe that Pollard was innocent or that he should receive a commendation for his acts. America withheld data from Israel because it felt that it was in the best interest of the United States to do so, even if I disagree. There are reports that Pollard did it for the money and that he handed over "suitcases of secrets" until his arrest in November 1985. No citizen should be allowed to make that kind of decision, even if he wasn't doing it for the money. How would we react if a Muslim American would steal United States secrets about Israel and turn them over to Saudi Arabia, an American ally?
But enough is enough. Many spies who spied for Russia, an enemy of the U.S., have been released after serving fewer years in prison. David Henry Barnett was a CIA officer convicted of espionage, who admitted that he had sold CIA secrets to the Soviets. He was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment and was paroled in 1990 after serving only ten years.
Harold Nicholson was convicted of selling U.S. intelligence to Russia and was sentenced to 23 years, 7 months of imprisonment in 1997. Prosecutors believed that he had sold the identities of all the U.S. intelligence officers stationed in Russia, as well as the identities of his trainees at the CIA school.
William Kampiles, a CIA officer, was charged with espionage, and convicted. His prison sentence was reduced to 19 years, and he was released in 1996, after serving 18 years.
Richard Miller was convicted of espionage in 1991 and sentenced to 20 years. Miller was released after 13 years. Miller was alleged to have provided classified documents, including an FBI counterintelligence manual.
Andrew Daulton Lee delivered classified documents detailing how to decrypt secure U.S. government message traffic and detailed specifications of the latest U.S. spy satellites to Russia. Lee would often also use these trips as an opportunity to engage in drug deals when not working on espionage. Lee would sell the same intelligence reports to China. In 1976 Lee was sentenced to life in prison and was released on parole in 1998, after 22 years. Lee's heavy sentence for the same offense was likely due to his prior criminal record and admitted drug trafficking.
Aldrich Ames was similarly sentenced to life in prison — but his spying led to the death of at least 10 Soviet intelligence officers. John Walker Lindh, an American who joined the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, received a 20-year sentence.
Pollard reportedly offered material to other American allies: South Africa, Argentina, Taiwan and Pakistan. He spied for an ally, not an enemy. (This does not excuse criminal conduct, but it does seem a mitigating factor, certainly so far down the road.)
The U.S. intelligence community has not forgotten or forgiven Pollard for his actions. Any move to release him will surely spark a furious internal reaction.
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Release Pollard. Execute traitors and other terrorists!
HELLO, Pollard is a traitor! Just because he was spying for Israel and that he is Jewish does not negate that he is a traitor!
Time he was freed
US and the Arabs are demanding release of terrorists, murderess with blood on their hand! Pollard did not kill anyone , served his time in jail longer than any traitor of the US!! That is Hippocratic !!
They use him to blackmailing Israel! they done that during Clinton, he promised to release him if Israel will sign a deal with Arafat, Israel did, last minute change of heart they did not !! it is time to free Pollard !!!!!!!!!
Theo, to be a traitor one has to give aid to the enemy in war. Pollard did neither.
…this shows American impartiality… 😉
no one understands , he is a Jew as well as a spy..He needs to be REALEASED FOR TIME SERVED!! ENOUGH!
And some have been shot. To use a moral equivalence that others have received lighter sentences does not hold water!
Sorry Kay, he took an oath to protect the information he was entrusted with. He committed treasonous act even though he was spying for an friendly state!
agree but Pollard is a Jew that is why they keep him longer in jail
agree but Pollard is a Jew that is why they keep him longer in jail
I wish that all of the Jews who support the Democratic Party and President Obama by donating hundreds of millions of dollars to the Democratic War Chest realize that the USA is a very anti semitic country. Basically, the White House and this President hates the Jews and the Jewish People regardless of where they live. This is the reason why Pollard is still in prison, and will probably never be released, unless he is dead.
Pollard is a hero. In wake of the Holocaust any and all actions is mandated according to Halacha! No matter how "benevolent" a diaspora Government be, Chazal invoked ESAV SONESH ES YAAKOV! Some US administrationdshave been v anti-Semitic! Among them Ulyisiss Grant, FDR(refusing to bomb rail roads to Concentration camps nor letting Jews into the USA nor put pressure on England to discard the White Paper that restricted Jews to flee to the Land of Israel by during Holocaust!!! Watch Thursday 12:00 Noon go to mnn.org New York Time number 4 Judaism click beneath it Watch now!
Lets not forget past and present anti-Semitic administrations as Ulylsis Grant,FDR(not allowing Jews into USA,refusing to bomb rail tracks to concentrations and failed to pressure England to discard its White Paper restricting Jews fleeing To Eretz Yisroel prior durin and after the holocaust..
Nixon made anti-Semitic remarks. Jimmy Carter is openly anti-Semitic to this day! Reagan visited nazi cemetery Bitsburg with the corps of gestapo/ss nazis and when there was an uproar he responded"AW SHUCKS IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO"! In addition, he condemned Israel for bombing Iraq nuclear site! Bush I and to a lesser degree Bush II were anti-Semitic. Te most anti-Semitic President since carter is Obama! It's the first time in American history a Black president is openly anti-Semitic. The black congressional faction signed fealty to Farahkhan-trashcan! Obama administration firs in history is inter racial, inter ethnic inter religious and gender inclusive anti-Semitic! In this post holocaust era we are obligated to take any actions to save Jewish lives. REMEMBER Chazal-sages, declared Esav Soneh Es Yaakov-gentiles hate Jews!
Pollard shoul stay in jail as traitor not only to US also to Israel, he did so much damage to Israel.
He must be just about eligible for having served his sentence, though I do believe it was rather harsh, and America if it was a christian country could have shown compassion. the man admitted his error.
The NY Sun has an excellent editorial on this subject.
First, Pollard is no more a "hero" than Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were heroic; both betrayed their countries. The major difference is that the Rosenbergs weren't doing this for money. Israel wasn't an enemy, but neither was the USSR; we weren't at war with either, and in fact the Soviet Union had been a strong ally up until a couple years before the Rosenbergs' betrayal.
Whether Pollard has done enough time, or whether he merits some form of compassionate release due to illness is one issue. But the idea that he should be traded for Palestinian terrorists is beyond stupid; some of those terrorists will undoubedly murder again, meaning there would be blood on both American and Israeli hands.
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Few Arab Israelis found anything positive in the decision of its MKS to join any Gaza flotilla.
US Jews prefer to be like their non-Jewish liberal friends complaining about "settlements" and Bibi
New Israel Fund & its supporters must be countered; Israel's in the midst of an unprecedented storm
PM Netanyahu this week identified ISIS and Iran as Israel's primary threat. It is a planetary threat that carries the promise of peace.
Haym Solomon, overlooked hero of the Revolutionary War, was America's "Funding Father."
Latvia, July 4, 1941 they forced many Jews in the shul putting it on fire; everyone was burned alive
There's blood on the reporters' hands AND New Israel Fund for funding groups feeding lies to the UN
Respect & appreciation for our country is not only a civic value but an essential Jewish one as well
When words lose meaning, the world becomes an Orwellian dystopia; a veritable Tower of Babel
Israel, like the non-radical Islamic world. will be happy see the ISIS beheaded for once.
Kids shouldn't have "uninstructed" Internet access, better to train them how to use it responsibly
What if years from now, IS were to control substantial territory? What world havoc would that wreak?
Rambam writes the verse's double term refers to 2 messiahs: first King David; 2nd the final Mashiach
The Gaza flotilla has been rightfully and legally blocked by Israel's Navy, with greetings from Bibi
The president described the attack as "an act that drew on a long history of bombs and arson and shots fired at churches, not random, but as a means of control, a way to terrorize and oppress…"
There are also many fringe parties such as Ale Yarok (Green Leaf – supports legalizing marijuana), Bezchutan – Haredi women, We Are All Friends Party, Green's Party, Pirate Party, Ohr Party, Protecting Our Children Party, Finance Party, Hatikva LeShinui, Democratura, Perach, etc., etc., etc.
We created an organization of former Bnei Akiva of North America members who have fulfilled the dream of living in Eretz Yisrael.
An example of our own self-imposed weakness is the Israeli attitude towards the Holy Temple Mount.
Spies who caused American deaths and worked for enemy states received lighter sentences than Pollard.
The cleansing of Europe of its non-Muslim population will be accomplished in another two or three generations.
The Drama Mamas are not an ordinary theater troupe. "When we audition actresses," says Elisheva, who also serves as the show's director, "we like to explain to them that the main qualification is that you can honestly say, I have never been on a stage before, but I have always wanted to be an actress!"
It really is time for painful sacrifices for peace. No one wants his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to suffer the pangs of war and strife. It is time to end the strife and make peace in the Middle East.
Israel is a country that understands security concerns. Many civil rights have been sacrificed in the name of security and Israelis are used to being checked every time they enter a shopping center, a large store or any public building. Americans recently learned that they, too, are subject to many checks on their most private activities.
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All that aside, I thought Lance McCallister had an interesting point on his blog the other day; one apparently he made on his show so if you don't read his blog, you may have heard him discuss it on air. At any rate, his point was with the struggles to sell out in Indy (last I saw was 6,000 short a few days ago) and Green Bay (last I saw was 11,000 short yesterday) as well as the Bengals being 8,000 short as of yesterday evening that its clearly not a "fan base" or "team" problem, its an NFL problem. The NFL has dictated the price of tickets, and have given the teams no leeway in altering prices like they can during the regular season. By the time you pay parking, ticket fees and the tickets themselves, you're setting yourself back $200+ for 2 people for one of the worst seats in the house. With Christmas, Chaunaka (sp?), New Years and what not, on top of the economy in general, that prices a lot of people out of the market. The spot that was "best available" as of this morning, is normally $50 a game regular season. Is a playoff game really worth double the price of the regular season ticket? Is it worth sitting in the cold, potentially snowy weather? For some, obviously its well worth the cost of admission, however its obvious w/ the situation in Green Bay, Indy and Cincy that for many, that's just too steep a price to pay.


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2. Meanwhile, in an 8- to 10-inch frying pan over medium heat, frequently stir walnuts with 1 tablespoon oil until nuts are golden beneath skins, about 5 minutes.
3. Pour nut mixture over rice. Add remaining olive oil, and lemon juice, chives, and parsley; add salt to taste. Mix with a fork. Sprinkle salad with rosemary blossoms.
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
Originally posted by Syndicate
I do have a question. I read where you say those guys did not belong to your guild. So I am left to wonder how do you police your guild. A lot of those posts were from folks who just started accounts just so they could go turn into bad apples.
Also I see the thing I see that your collecting the data and passing it along to dragons? Why is he not collecting his own data from his column. That one really seams odd to me.
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Joined: 3/19/07
Crude and to the point, fuc$ing love it!
Sudenly the 'ONE' guild castle loses the cards which builded its fundations...
/shakes head
Advanced Member
Joined: 9/19/04
Wow Drakiis I couln't word that better myself and it pretty much line with eveything I believe in.
Advanced Member
Joined: 9/19/04
So call it jealous call it what you will.
The biggest issue I see here is that EVERYTIME The Syndicate pop up on mmorpg.com the forums become a flame fest. Most of the community does not respect The Syndicate. In life there are choices and this is just one.
So it comes to utter question as to why the leader of said guild is the one who is supposed to bring us together and talk to us and for us? Dragon I have nothing against you I'm sure you are a legit person to know and a great leader; but look at these forums it has been nothing but people attacking you and your clan for the last 4 coumns that have been posted about it. So how do you think you are going to be able to honestly work for us if you cannot even get us to accept your role and what you are doing?
However you were given this role it just will not work. This is not a personal attack so do not take it that way please. Essentially what happened is the community was told that YOU are the man for this job yet we had ZERO say in it.
To be honest if it were between you and four other people, you would most likely not had it.
So please tell me this.
How do you plan to lead this forum/column?
Can you do a column that doesn't go over Syndicates life history and achievements and not gloat about them?
Can you not talk down to the community but instead talk to us like one of your "Dragons"?
How are you going to come up with the questions and discussion to bring here?
This is the stuff people want to see and hear. Not that you are 15 years old with thirty million members and a 54% retention rate in the year 2031.
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Joined: 11/08/08
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
Originally posted by toljar
Wow nicely put. I would like to add one to the list
Dragons what are your plans to make those of us at mmorpg be more acceptable of you and your organization. Also how do you plan to combat those who were so overzealous in defending your organization, and bring those two groups of diametrically opposed factions together.
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Joined: 9/21/07
Let me add to my earlier statements. I have been playing any and all games religiously for over twenty years, especially but not limited to sandbox pvp, and i have only encountered the syndicate once ever in a game as a full guild, which was WoW. So your guild may grant you community insight, but as a whole i don't see the gaming experience required here, you as a individual may possess some varied knowledge and you may have done enough conventions to know a few people in the industry but if you and your guild merely claim to game and are just collecting game titles or actually are heavily immersed in gaming to date has currently yet to be seen. The games you or your guild claims to play are dated, thus so is your knowledge or understanding of current gaming social trends. Players today are more sophisticated and player communities more numerous then you seem to imply. My last game not counting beta was star trek online what was yours? I frequent the IGDA (international game developers association forums) where do you get your information from? I'm still actively gaming and dissecting game mechanics, are you? I keep up on the latest news concerning all games but specifically future projects, do you? Tell me something i don't already know and you might impress me enough to warrant such praise here.
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Joined: 8/18/04
Well, I am willing to see what you have to say about Guilds in games. Personally, I've only joined two in my [so far] 20 years of playing MUDs/MMOs - one whose name I forget on AC [I quit playing after 5 yrs there] and the second is the one I created for myself & my nephew on DDO so that we can use Guild augments. I generally don't like guilds as I am a casual player, though I've heard good things about the Old Timer's Guild in a few games [DDO, LOTRO, Ryzom to name the 3 that I have seen them in].
Perhaps Mr Wood would consider allowing different guilds to write for MMORPG.com on a rotating basis? Each could give their views on their community vs the total community in a variety of games...

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Joined: 10/04/04
I have some interest to hear what you have to say however lets hope your first real column offers a little more. Hint starting off with I am president and ceo not good......first lesson is know your audience if you did you would have known that is not something you should have used in your introduction here. Guild leader of the Syndicate would have sufficed as most people have at least heard of your guild.
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Joined: 4/16/05
WOW!!! This new column sure brought out a lot of postings. OK then here is one.
First this is not an opinion about anything but a question and observation about gaming communities. Have you ever considered about a community that abides in silent existance? We don't communicate. We don't join in on chat. We don't play with others, join guilds, except rarely. In fact all we do is download a game, create a character or two and then play solo - usually we immerse ourselves in a character and devote our play time (lots or casual) to improving our character. Most of this community rarely bother to post much on a forum. A subset of this community is the hardcore PvP player who rushes madly through the levels to get to end game.
Just wondering if your Syndicate has ever considered these people at all. We contribute to the game - most basic to the purchase cost and playing fees. We rarely involve ourselves with the wild arguments about what game we hate or like. We don't get involved with forum arguments between players that stretch out a thread to uselessness.
LOL! Most obvious would be then, who cares? Just thought I would drop a line in to remind you that we are out there and wonder if we are of interest to anyone at all. Are there a lot of us? Like to see what you think, also other posters.
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Joined: 3/06/10
After reading this, I got curious...what is this syndicate about. Would it be something I would like to be part off? I know, that this was not the point of the above column (or was it??), but it did make me search a bit around.
I wanted to share what I found: http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/ESCAPIST/theescapist_010.pdf
Starting at page 15...and that is what the Syndicate is about. This is how you make (and I quote Sean from the front of his book) "Online Gaming's Premier Guild" ((as in THE Premier Guild?)).
I don't know, man...but it is not the kind of community I would want to be part of, and neither a community I hope will influence how future communities will be. As Sean admit himself, the Syndicate is run as a dictatorship...honestly, I would rather be in a guild that last only a year, as long as it is fun and I have a say, instead of joining a guild, that last 15 years, but controlled by only one man.
Without having studied communites/guilds since 1999 like the Syndicate have, I think we can conclude articles from this guildmaster, is going to hurt more than be a gain for anyone and this site.
I want to hear about how to make FUN and ENJOYABLE communites and guilds, not about how to make a LONG-LASTING guild. I just have a different view on what a successfull guild is (and Syndicate is not in the group).
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Joined: 11/08/08
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
I have even more questions for Dragons.
Sir your web page boast you have guilds in EQ2.
So they have 5 individual accounts and the 3 90's are one person. Are the not playing. How do you purpose this is a premiere guild. So whats going on with this guild. Only 5 players?
Now lets talk about your guilds in lotro. I found the following in m lotro.com useing the search tool under guilds.
When you click on the Brandywine one you get the following, the user has deleted this content, that means the kin leader disbanded the guild On Brandywine. Firefoot has 13 toons, 2 accounts only no level 65's They apear to have all quit playing way before moria. Gladden 11 toons 2 accounts no level 65's one level 50. Same no activitly listed for 2 years. Landroval 12 toons 4 accounts 3 of the toons made it to level 60 and quit. Now we come to Dwarrowdelf the new server added since free to play with 43 toons, these guys actually seam to be playing but only free to play with 2 toons at level 43.
So I have to ask what happened with your guilds in EQ2, and In lotro. The one in eq2 only has one level maxed toon. The only active one in LOTRO appears to be all free to play. How do these qualify as premier guilds? I would love to hear that in one of your upcoming columns.
However I have to say they only recruit for ultima online and for Wow now.
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Originally posted by uncus
MMORPG.com staff has repeatedly said they have never NOT allowed guilds to submit their own articles or blogs.
Personally, I'd really like to see articles by both leads and veteran members of OTG, KGB, Shadowclan (Hoowah!) and other established multi-game guilds. Are UDL stilla roundor did they all go into game development?
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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Joined: 7/09/04
If you can't kill it, don't make it mad.
Originally posted by finnmacool1
As opposed to? I've heard of his group off and on over the years. I have nothing against them personally. But I'd be fascinated to learn how they keep their guild "drama free". Groups of people naturally tend towards politics and power plays. I've seen way too many guilds/corps/clans self destruct because of it.
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Joined: 2/27/07
Personally I think another viewpoint is always welcome. It is a forum for discussions. Not a big fan of guilds that are in it for the money though. I think the thought that this guild influences developers of any sort is more a figment of the author's imagination. I much prefer smaller guild myself as the big ones tend to be very impersonal.
Just have to wait and see what his columns produce.
Originally posted by Kyleran
Always people on planet who let themslefs sceam like this in pay to belong hahaha.
Never heared of syndicate myslef its reads like some sort of religion sekt where you all agree and no solo or drama aloud?
All who claim there is no drama i dont trust:P
But maybe im seeing it wrong?
Originally posted by toljar
If you read carefully his topic you should know and understand also with history of this forum in past 10 years and its community, why many kind of attacking his topic.
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Joined: 9/21/07
Well i can tell you what i would have done and not done had it been i with this column, many examples of which are prevalent in my responses here.
First don't mention your guild, and whatevere you do you never link the dammed site, that's just a recruiting effort in disguise. Secondly you change your persona, who i am posting as now is not who i would be for the column. Thirdly you keep your fellow syndicate guild mates out of the equation or at least to maintain a dignified hands off mentality, last remove the smug i know more then you do, and try and identify with your audience by giving them a bit of control over the conversation, ask a lot of questions and be open to what others may be thinking, their feelings, hopes, and the currently changing times. Identify with your audience first before you post to crush, this isn't the unmoderated forums, where all legacy guilds are equals, this is the mmorpg forums where you have a much larger mixing pot of ideologies. Lesson over, oh and one last thing legacy clans like mine all agree that deciphering the social landscape can lead to great gaming but there is no one single entity with the answers on how that will happen.
Originally posted by delta9
I really don't think it's entirely for "us" at all.
To echo what was stated earlier, and something I stated myself in a previous discussion about TS.. I'm all for a column that highlights different guilds, talks to different guild leaders, discusses different notable goings-on with them in different games, etc.
However, a column written by the leader of a single guild which will, presumably, largely focus on that single guild, explaining "Why We're So Awesome And Others Aren't"? No thanks. I'm interested in objective information about a given topic, not ego-stroking presented under the guise of a "news column".
I'm quite confident there are many large, successful guilds who have been around for a decade or longer in the MMO community. I've known of a few of them myself. The difference would be, of course, they're not publically self-congratulatory about it.
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Joined: 11/08/08
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
Originally posted by WSIMike
Well there are a few things they could do to fix this.
(1) The icon that says the syndicate by the article, replace this with the guys picture likeness like the other writers.
(2) No more self serving adds like this column was, the first thing was this is who we are. No more self promoting of the guild and no more posting there guild website and trying to drive their google page score up.
(3) Have dragons himself step in here instead of his underlings, he wrote this stuff he should be reading and responding. Instead of that we gathered information (washed it) and sent it upstream.
I am for a new column, and it should not be advertisement for a guild. This column reminded me of a publicity stunt to garner attention, and drive folks to their web page and drive their google score up,and that is not acceptable.
Hopefully the new column to come will not be that, and we will actually get info about comunity and so forth.
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Joined: 11/27/05
Originally posted by delta9
You are not alone in the wondering. Who the hell asked for this? Why is this site ignoring what has become pretty obvious in the past few weeks? The majority of people here do not seen to give a sh*t about your guild.


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