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Manlius resident Jorge A. Parodi has been named administrative director of Quality Management and Outcome Measurement for University Hospital of SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Parodi is responsible for leading all quality improvement activities within University Hospital's service lines and departments and has direct oversight of the hospital's areas of Risk Management, Clinical Practice Analysis & Support and Customer Satisfaction. In addition, he coordinates all efforts to maintain University Hospital's compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) as well as other regulatory requirements.
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Measure fish at its thickest part to determine cooking time.
In small bowl, combine oil, dill and hot pepper sauce; brush fish fillets with dill mixture.
Tear off piece of heavy-duty foil large enough to hold fish; puncture foil in several places.
Place fillets on perforated foil.
Grill fillets on foil, on covered grill, over medium-hot briquets about 10 minutes per inch of thickness or until fish flakes easily when tested with fork, basting often with dill mixture
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So the plan is to follow the Alcan to Dawson Creek, east to Edmonton, and east through Saskachewan to a barn party in MN.
Weather was better in BC.
Not much traffic along the way, a fellow in the fuel station on the AK border said it was the slowest season ever!.
I don't mind these wide open spaces at all.
Where the buffalo roam.
History lesson.
followed a lot of farm roads.
interesting old iron bridge off the beaten track.
oil rig critters
road kill critter
hung like a moose!
Plenty of oil rigs in Alberta.
for some reason I liked take pics of the hay fields, something about the contrast of shape and color.
The oil rigs in Saskachewan had these tanks.
old truck on the northern prairie.
Battleford SK
and free internet, love these motel where you can park in front of your room.
interesting concrete bridge, don't see many like this.
not many barns like this left either.
Pulled into Saskatoon and was thinking about this.
Saskatoon was a busy hectic town, half of the drivers yacking on cell phones
This place was great, best beef barley soup and burger!
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"A woman screams for help at 11:30 p.m. in a 27-room historic mansion in Coronado, California; a 6-year-old child, Max Shacknai, has fallen two days earlier and is in critical condition; the millionaire boyfriend and father of the child, Jonah Shacknai, and his girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, have been consumed by the boy's care and condition in the hospital."
So writes litigator and legal analyst Anne Bremner in her post More Questions than Answers – Justice Requires that Rebecca Zahau Case Be Reopened over at guest contributor Cathy Scott's true crime home Women in Crime, Ink.
We've reported on the Zahau case ourselves here and here. My own last post noted that the San Diego Sheriff's office agreed to re-open the case if they had any new leads. If you read Bremner's article, there appear to be new leads aplenty. Yet the Zahau family's continued calls for the investigation to recommence appear to be falling on deaf ears.
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She Negotiates is a deal-making blog for women hosted by the women's business page of a mainstream financial magazine, Forbes.com. So why would we cover the purported suicide (and possible murder) of the live-in girlfriend of a pharmaceutical company CEO?
And why does the family persist in its belief that Rebecca Zahau met with foul play even though the state attorney general just last week declined Jonah Shacknai's request to review San Diego County law enforcement findings about the deaths of his girlfriend and his 6-year-old son?
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Whether Rebecca Zahau committed suicide or is the victim of foul play is less a concern for us than the possibility of corruption in the justice system. I don't mean to sound callous. Of course a young women's suicide or murder is tragic and heartbreaking. But that's not why we write.
Guest contributor Cathy Scott writes because murder is her true crime gig. I write about the possible corruption of the justice system because the act of negotiation is the act of a free people and the principled basis for a free and vital economy.
Our freedom to contract is as important as our freedom of speech, assembly and religion. Every time we negotiate an agreement, we place our trust in the legal system to enforce that agreement if our bargaining partner turns out to be a snake oil salesman or is simply incapable of doing what she promised she would do in exchange for the promises we've made to her.
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'cause you have a bad day ...
there are days you just prefer to be on your bed, and this day, was definitely one of us
We have a fantastic plan with Steven, go for 70km on tarmac and then go on dirt, close to the zambezi as possible and cross all villages. In theory it will be perfect!
But something went wrong! We were fed up with tar after 50k and decide to go dirt, it was sandy as usual so after some dance with my really deadful k60 tyre, i stop for deflate time, i deflate too much the front....
200 meters after the first sand, the tyre has slice around the rime and cut the valve
Well done !
Ok anyway i know that i am a stupid boy and made a lot of stupid mistake so i carry spares!
So we took off the weel and it will be an easy fix
Did I say i was stupid ? stupid enough that I pinch the tube between the tyre and the rim
We try all we can do but we were done and has to use the tyre levers
and you know what happen when 2 stupids guys have left their brains away and try to put a new tube ???? Nothing !
New tube is like old tube, flat
We were in middle of the bush, after 1 or 2 hours in the sun, and try to think on a smart solutions... We decide to get the wheel to town, fix it and get the bike tomorrow
We let the bike in front of a hut to be sure nobody with a front xt660z rim can get it
That's when mens from the huts decide to show us their experience
Steven fall asleep, and i try to take some notes of what i did wrong, they take off the tyre and seek for hole. 1 hole,
then 2
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and 5
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and with no water ?
So they cut an old bicycle tube and glu it on my new fucked tube. 1 hour later they put the tyre on the rim, and inflate it with an old cycle pump.
They were so proud they insist we took them on photo to keep a souvenir ...
[2 weeks after and 2 inflate after i buy a new tube and keep this as spare... a good idea to have a bad tube as spare
Sun was already down and there are no lights on the moped, so we decide to speed our machines to town , my bike is equipped with high light that cost a kidney (fortunately not mine!) so it should be ok... But as this day was a crazy bad day my lights decide to die
So we drive at night in this potholes road with plenty of trucks with no lights, it was just pure happiness
We safely arrive in town and decide that just pizza and beers can save our souls
Anyway, we will not abandoned our plan so fast, tomorrow is another day
just me crossing Africa
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Ed Padgett works as a pressman at the L.A. Times' Olympic Boulevard printing plant – a third-generation employee who has been with the paper 39 years. He currently blogs at his site, Los Angeles Pressmens 20 Year Club. Padgett began posting messages in 1990, before the advent of the Internet, because, he says, "I was getting a bit bored." His tedium vanished in 2008 when, after press operators voted to join the Teamsters (the first union shop on Times property since 1967), Times managers began, he said, continual attempts to fire union members on a variety of workplace rule infringements.
What's happening at the Times these days?
They're expecting a really bad fourth quarter. The senior vice president told us we've got three years more of printing the hard copy Times before they shut it down. Our plant manager says five years.
And then what – online only?
Did things get better after you unionized?
No, they got worse. They tried to fire all of us who were involved in the organizing. The very first day after [unionization] I went to the restroom and was told that counted as my break.
Why are they harassing members if the union's already in?
They want more work out of fewer people. They want people to quit.
Your plant unionized at the very moment of historic downsizing in print media – how has the local's size been affected?
We began at 220 members and we're down to 117 now. They only lay off full time employees – they never lay off part-timers. And they give non-union employees 20 to 25 weeks severance while union members get nothing.
Are people disillusioned – did they assume the union could prevent all layoffs?
We catch hell from members because it now takes two years to settle grievances – we've got 55 charges pending against the company. Every time we're ready to sit down with them they cancel.
Do members have second thoughts about joining a union?
In June we went through a decertification vote. It was soundly defeated – the contract we have really protects us. Our plant manager once told me, "If it wasn't for your union contract I'd hand-pick who to lay off."
Are you one of those that would've been hand-picked?
Last June I was suspended indefinitely, but a lot of [Times writers] came to my defense.
Are you ever tempted to pack it in?
Hell no, I won't quit!
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Hi, I'm Tom and I can run errands for you. I'll wait by your roadside shop! — TomTom is a Non-Player Character (NPC) whose role is to help players find items. He is unlocked at Level 14.
Tom can find almost any item the player has previously unlocked at a fair price if possible. For example, the player could ask him to find some apples. A few seconds later, he would come back with three quantity options:
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- four to six of the item
- seven to nine of the item
If the player accepts any of the offers, Tom fetches the items in a few seconds. When he comes back he grows tired and falls asleep for two hours. If the player declines all offers, Tom only has to rest for two minutes before being able to search again.
Tom cannot buy building supplies or expansion supplies.
Tom works for free for three days when he is unlocked (time is counted even if players do not buy anything from him).
After that, his services can be purchased with diamonds. He charges 15 diamonds for one day, 60 diamonds for five days or 100 diamonds for ten days.
Tom reminds you that he available for work everyday at 12:00 AM GMT (8:00 PM EST during Daylight Saving Time, 7:00 PM EST otherwise) .
Occasionally Tom is seen holding a balloon with a percent sign written on it. While holding this balloon he offers a ten percent discount for the five- and ten-day fees. For about ten minutes Tom's hand slowly slips down the balloon string until it is at the very bottom. Tom then releases the balloon, at which point he no longer offers the discount. As the balloon slowly floats away it can be tapped to receive experience, supplies, diamonds, or coins.
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Standing at the very bottom of the screen, it might be hard to notice when Tom is ready for another job. You can solve this by sowing one field with indigo when you have accepted one of Tom's offers. Indigo takes two hours to get ready to be harvested; If the indigo is ready, so is Tom.
- It is possible for Tom to buy an item from any roadside shop, although it is unknown if this is a case of someone else actually requesting the item or simply a way for older sale items to be cleared from the shop.
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Most of all, employees indicated that they will stay (or leave) for their work-life balance. Not only did our DC-area survey respondents list work-life balance as their top consideration, they also identified poor work-life balance as the number one element that would make them leave their current company—also above compensation.
In other words: poor work-life balance leads to attrition. In fact, the Eagle Hill study shows that among millennials (those workers under age 35), 89% of those who reported poor work-life balance also said they were likely to leave their jobs this year! And as we know, there are significant costs associated with attrition and high employee turnover, including lost productivity, organizational knowledge, intellectual capital, as well as the costs of hiring, onboarding, and training a new employee.
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ATLANTA — Federal agents are hunting for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Friday the weapons were taken from a CSX rail yard in the city about two weeks ago.
ATF spokesman Richard Coes said the weapons include assault rifles he described as "AK-style." He declined to discuss other aspects of the case.
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A slide from Clayton Lewis' presentation diagrams two routes to making information non-visual.
The approach to making websites accessible for people who are blind or visually impaired must go beyond the screen reader paradigm that relies on translating visual aspects of the web, Professor Clayton Lewis said at the Federal Communications Commission on July 16.
Lewis, a professor of computer science at the University of Colorado and keynote speaker at the FCC's event on accessibility and innovation, credited this idea to Google computer scientist and accessibility specialist T.V. Raman.
"Our normal paradigm is to say, well if you can't see that visual representation, we'll give you a screen reader, and what the screen reader will do is in effect translate that visual presentation into some non-visual presentation that you're able to work with," Lewis said.
There is another approach, he said: Bypass the visual presentation entirely, consider the information in its raw conceptual terms and find another way to convey it.
"We think of accessibility in terms of providing access to that visual presentation," Lewis said. "What Raman's arguing is we shouldn't do that. We should be thinking about how to provide access to the underlying activity."
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires agencies to make presentations accessible. But in the age of application program interfaces, agencies put more of their focus on supplying the data that enables others to make presentations, Lewis said.
He pointed to the Blue Button App that Veterans Affairs uses for health records as an example of an agency disseminating raw data and having other organizations write client programs to display it.
"Arguably our communication would be better if we oriented ourselves towards [the question of] what is the content we're actually trying to convey, as opposed to what's the visual effect I'm trying to create," he said.
Lewis said that seeing code as bodies of computational units instead of bodies of text is an example of bypassing visual bias.
"The very way we describe visual programing is as if it was inherently visual, but the Raman principle says nothing is inherently visual," he said. "The conceptual benefit can't be tied to the visuality of the experience as we think of it, but it must be tied to what's involved in understanding code," Lewis added.
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Our Missions Program provides Cornerstone students opportunities for a variety of "giving" and "help" to the local and international community. Each grade level supports different philanthropies, so that as students progress from grade to grade, they obtain an awareness of Christian service and develop a giving spirit.
The following is a list of service opportunities by grade
Kindergarten and First Grade
Ivy Hall Assisted Living Home: Kindergarten class hosts the men and women for teddy bear brunch and spring fling. 1st Grade class visits the Ivy Hall to host activities with residents such as bingo and Wii tournaments.
Second Grade
Peachtree Corners Baptist Church: Visits to PCBC to serve as Pastor's Pals
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DUBUQUE, Iowa -- The city of Dubuque is moving forward with plans to create a new four lane, six mile-long Southwest Arterial.
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The Humane Society of Richland County Strutt Your Mutt Dog Walk & Canine Festival is a family-friendly, action-packed weekend with dock diving by Buckeye Dock Dogs and events such as the Strutt 5K * Dog Walkathon * Dog Talent and Costume Contests * Agility and Search & Rescue Demos * Kids Activities * Cat Corner * Rummage Sale * Food * Vendors * Corn Hole Tournament * and more. Help raise funds to save abused, abandoned and neglected animals in Richland County.
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Thief (xiao tou) is a 25 min short film is set in an exotic night market of Taipei where it is the perfect place to be if one is looking to crowd, shop, eat, and game, but on this night it's not just fun and games for those who steal things from others.
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3/4 cup
red wine
2 tablespoons
olive oil
2 tablespoons
lemon juice
2 teaspoons
dried oregano
I used this marinade on pork chops. I was in a hurry, so they marinated only one hour. I could barely taste the marinade, so next time I'll definitely marinate it longer. Thanks for the recipe!
I put a tender piece of meat [sirlon] in this marinade overnight & found it really toughened the meat - the texture changed completely. Although the marinade was tasty, I would not make again.
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Foodista user Jessica Glick from Jessica's Gluten Dairy Free Kitchen shares one of her favorite holiday treats - gluten-free chocolate peppermint whoopie pies. This dessert suits everyone, even those with dietary restrictions. Fudgy chocolate cookies are sandwiched together with peppermint cream and then rolled in crushed candy canes. These whoopie pies are absolutely a delight and perfect for the holidays.
For the Brookie Cookies:
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup palm shortening (Spectrum Organics)
1 cup organic evaporated cane sugar
3 large organic eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla paste (such as Nielsen Massey)
1 teaspoon ground espresso
1/2 cup organic white rice flour
1/4 cup sorghum flour
1/4 cup tapioca starch
1/3 cup cocoa powder (such as Pernigotti)
1/2 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
For the Filling:
1 1/4 cup PLUS 1 tablespoon organic evaporated cane sugar
1/4 cup PLUS 1 tablespoon water
3 large organic egg whites, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon peppermint flavor (Simply Organic brand)
For garnish:
2 candy canes, crushed
*Note: Will need a candy thermometer
Preheat oven to 375 F.
For the pies:
Fill a medium saucepan (relatively the same size as the bowl) about 1/3 full with water and set over medium heat.
In a medium glass bowl, combine the bittersweet chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate and shortening.
When the water simmers, place the bowl of chocolate and shortening over the simmering water and lower the heat. Make sure your bowl does not touch the simmering water. The more you stir the shinier your cookies will be.
When the chocolate and shortening has melted, remove the bowl from the heat; stir to assure it's completely mixed. Set aside to cool a few minutes.
Meanwhile, in another bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, vanilla paste, and espresso. Set aside.
In another bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
Whisk the melted chocolate into the sugar/egg mixture.
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Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, no need to grease the paper.
Drop a heaping tablespoon of batter (keeping the shapes as round as possible) onto the baking sheets. You are aiming for rounds that are about 2 inches in diameter. Take care to leave some room (about 2 inches) between each one to allow for spreading that will occur as they bake.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.
Leave in the oven an additional minute if they seem under baked. The cookie will have a brownie like crackling surface, and will feel soft, when ready.
Allow them to cool for about 10 minutes before gently lifting them off the baking sheet and onto a flat surface for piping the filling.
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Combine 1 1/4 cups sugar and the water in a small saucepan.
Heat over medium heat with a candy thermometer attached to the inside of the saucepan, and stir to dissolve.
When the mixture reaches 220 degrees F it is ready for the stand mixer.
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Avoiding the whisk, gradually add the remaining 2 tablespoons PLUS 1 teaspoon sugar.
Increase the speed to high and whip until soft white peaks are formed.
At this point check to see if your sugar has cooled. If it has cooled, turn heat back on to high until it comes back up to 220 degrees F just before adding to stand mixer.
When egg whites are at a soft peak stage resembling marshmallow fluff, slowly add the hot sugar along the edge of the mixer avoiding the whisk.
Continue to whisk on high until the bowl has cooled, about 5 minutes.
Add peppermint extract, whisk another 30 seconds.
Refrigerate for 5 minutes before transferring to a piping bag with a plain tip attached or a large ziploc bag with one corner cut a 1/4 inch.
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Place candy canes between layers of wax paper, then sandwich between a dish towel.
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the point of any game is to achieve the objective. Is it fun for you to sit and listen to tom dick and harry taking about thier next next hairdo on viop over and over again? I very seldom played any mmo to be apart of a community. Games started out with retards playing and it evolved into something challenging . The purpose of content for me is to identify the content, explore the content, question the content, and challenege the content. Very seldom will you walk away feeling full when all you had to do was heal the tank or worry about anything and everything under the sun other then what the content was made for- and that is simply to cycle/play through it. Wow was too restrictive in who gets to do what when and where with how many people. That my friends made the game feel empty. Games today should try and find a happy medium; as every player that does actually cycle through the content will find out that with enough work effort you can overcome any challange.
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Joined: 1/13/10
Currently playing EVE, SMITE, ArcheAge, and Combat Arms
"People should WANT to group with someone. Not be forced to group up with them."
or abandon the concept of group=interaction altogether.
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
TSW can almost be entirely solo'd. While the raids and dungeons are pretty good (the first and maybe second time), they aren't that special. So IMO, and probably the opinion of the many others who left TSW, it may be close to what you want.
I've actually been playing it again now that's its free. Feels more worthwhile now lol. Plus, they've added some neat things. Almost got my chainsaw unlocked!
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Joined: 9/14/12
Originally posted by greenreen
+1 to this
Everyone always battles over black and white, truth is always somewhere in the grey. This person understands
that. Its rather simple, like multiple people have said. Just because you arent grouping in a MMO doesnt mean
you arent a effective and valuable part of that gaming economy. Tell me where would you be without that
crafter who never groups and is seen always crafting? Without your gear or potions thats where!
I roleplay mainly crafters in my mmos, and 99% of the time im crafting not hunting. So i dont group, But I do
interact with them sell them items and help with the ambiance of a mmorpg. So anyone who says that
grouping is a part of what makes a mmo, a mmo. Then their rather elitist or trolls, and you shouldnt give
a good god damn what they think anyways.
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I absolutely LOVE being able to solo in an MMO. Sometimes I just like to kinda go about and do things at my own pace, sometimes it fulfills that RPG requirement for me. And I like doing that in an MMO for many different reasons too. For one, doing that in an MMO adds some randomness to the world. Many different things can happen such as being saved by another player, saving another while doing your thing.... and for me personally, PvP. Even though I am the one typically getting jumped in an open world, it's still loads of fun for me. Those are but a few reasons I love the option to solo.
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Joined: 9/26/08
"Before I speak, I have something important to say."
There's a sticky post on the "group vs solo" debate. Do we another one?
"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own."
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Originally posted by LadyEuphei
This is a good example how narrow minded, burned out and jaded we have become as a community.
This person has never ever considered that the "soloability" could take , say, 10 times as long as the grouping, actually ENCOURAGING the grouping instead of FORCING it as the new mmos do and why everyone behaves like Dfense inside a pug raid.
Because in this twisted twilight zone we operate these days, the prolonged time required would be UNFAIR to all the soloers for some reason not even the soloers understand.
Flame on!
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Joined: 3/05/10
I think this issue is more closely tied to the concept of "endgame" and a level cap. In any given MMORPG, there may be quests, there may be special dungeons, there may be activities you can do for improved faction standing or money or some alternate currency. But one thing remains the same across virtually every single MMORPG in existence: if you go out and hit ANY sufficiently difficult enemy until it dies, you will gain a discrete amount of progress. Might be in the form of your sword skill improving, might be in the form of an xp bar filling up. Whatever it is, you get measurably stronger in some way. The ANY is bolded because that's the key word. It doesn't matter what you fight as long as it's strong enough.
At some point, this stops happening. You're no longer allowed to go out and hit ANY monster with your sword. You may have a dozen different things you can do to progress your character—raid dungeons for better gear, perform missions for quest points, farm valuable materials to sell, camp a rare spawn—but from that point on you can never again progress in the way that you were able to for the entire game.
Players pay a lot of attention to where this point is, and how much you can do after reaching this point ("endgame"). I would really like to see some discussion about why endgame exists as a deliberately different mode of playing. Why are you allowed to achieve progression in one way for so long (potentially months or years of play) and then told you can't earn progression that way anymore? This is basically just what the OP was asking, but with the focus on XP vs. no XP rather than solo vs. forced group.
If you want to play by yourself, go grab a single player game and have at it. MMORPG's are about interaction and socialization, amongst other things of course. Dont get why people want a single player console game as a mmorpg, its silly. You already ahve thousands of solo type games out there, why try to ruin the industry even more
Originally posted by Onomas
I think people are taking things to extremes here. Having a solo option does nothing but add more to the world. I don't believe that the game should truly be solo, but you should be able to solo for fun. I grouped up in uo and socialized more in that game than most MMOs yet the game never requires me too to do anything in a group, nor did it recommend it or guide me too. If I wanted to take a long time and try taming a dragon solo I would and did. If I wanted to relax and train up my swordsmanship against something I could and at my own pace. I had so much fun doing that it made me want to experience other facets of the game. I also met friends playing solo. Some I still talk to over 10 years later.
I would say that doing it like most games now a days isn't my preference. I like tsw, but its solo then you hit a wall and its suddenly group only. Tsw does not give you the chance like other MMOs to really build a community.
So with that said, I can see the hate towards modern MMOs and their take on solo. They aren't doing it right.
Originally posted by madazz
I agree but do believe the OP said he wanted the entire game to be solo, thus a single player game. I like my solo time just as much as the next guy, but want the grouping and social interaction also.
Mildly offtopic, but I do kinda wonder something:
If it is more efficient to do things in a group, why is there a mechanic that divides up the amount of experience you get from doing things in a group? If you want to entice/encourage people to group up without detracting from ones ability to go solo, wouldn't the better solution be to simply give more experience when you work as a group, as opposed to essentially encouraging people to solo for efficiency since your experience isn't being divided up?
Originally posted by Enigmatus
It depends on what game. Some games do a mentor program, some allow higher levels to drop level to go with lower leveled players.Some games do offer benifits for grouping, and you are right some dont. Its kind of hard for a lvl 80 to get xp by helping a lvl 10 person kill creatures. And the system can be taken advantage of by giving the lower leveled player more xp for the higher leveled player doing all the work.Some mmorpg's give you more xp for grouping to entice this as well.
Realy just depends on the game company/game/etc.
Originally posted by Onomas
I think we are mostly on the same level. And I agree with it. My take on the op (and I skimmed it in all honesty), is that he would prefer a game that is soloable but has the options for interaction. Kinda sucks when you are forced to group to enjoy a game, which it appears you agree with too. I guess I just don't think either extreme is good for me. That's why I brought up UO. you could literally max out everything solo in that game if you wanted, but more likely than not you wouldnt because the game subtly encouraged it (groups) by building a community.
Also I guess it wouldn't make sense in certain types of MMOs. In an open world PvP game, pve might be solo able to help you catch up to get to the nitty gritty action, but in games like wow or lotro it doesn't make as much sense as you are playing a story rather than creating one.
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Originally posted by Enigmatus
To the OP: Because grouping can be exciting, or frustrating. It can be rewarding. I think you should really ask yourself why do you even need to socialize if you can do everything alone? So you can show off your awesome gear that you managed to farm on your own, all by yourself? No one would be impressed anyway, since the content is so easy that anyone can do it, solo. Ask yourself this: In such a game, WHAT REASON is there to socialize? Your conclusion must be: NONE. You want to socialize in SUCH a game? What for? If I want to randomly socialize I go to facebook. The game in itself offers noreason to socialize, everyone will be busy running their one man instances.
To you, an MMORPG might be a Social hub zone connected to single player instances. Sorry, that is not enough. To me, that is bad game design, the mark missed in terms of MMORPG.
Everquest (wich is not perfect, by no means. It's slow and cumbersome by todays standards, but it got the principles right) did it like this: You solo, you get all the exp, but its slow as hell. With a full group, killspeed was so high you saw the exp fly in. It was devided by the people, but killspeed made up for it, plus it was more exciting and satisfying than a boring solo grind. Also the location played an important role, outside in the open, AEing or kiting is no problem, but in a tight dungeon its impossible. Also, many named summoned you to their position, so no kiting for you.
Some solo techniques were: Kiting, AoE Kiting, swarm kiting, charm kiting. And some of those were pretty complicated, especially charm kiting took some training and good timing. Nothing you would see in a singleplayer game today. Too difficult, too dangerous for todays kind of consumer.
Even standard mobs in the game of your current level and expansion had alot of HP, and alot of classes would struggle to kill them solo. They could, there were many techniques to do it, but often it took a long time to kill a single mob and was just not effective.
Then you add a healer, and for a tank that is allready better. Other classes like casters can't really tank so a healer doesn't add much to them except for his low DPS. Still not effective, since the tank is takinga heavy pounding and the healer wastes alot of mana healing him. The mob eventually dies but the healers mana is low and he has to regen it, wich is downtime so not really effective either.
Now add an enchanter or shaman or bard, those are utility classes. They can slow the enemys runspeed and/or attack speed, increase the groups runspeed and/or attack speed and thus shifts the balance of the fight heavily. This is allready a good group setup, but still lacks the damage output. Not really effective kill speed wise.
So add some DPS, person number 4, a backup healer or a crowd controller and another DPS and you have a good group.
A good Puller is also nice to have, they can split groups of mobs and bring the ideal amount to the camp, mostly two at once, one killed, one mezzed and held ready to be killed once the other goes down, and at half life the puller allready runs out to bring the next pack.
Everyone has to play his role well, but if you broke into a camp, deep inside a dungeon (means you have killed the standing spawns in a timely manner so the respawns can be handled one by one, with the occasional named spawn)
In Everquest, you needed a group to go deep into that strange dungeon. But you also WANTED to go deep in there for certain nameds and their rare drops. It made you invest time and willpower. Today that is not required anymore.
Also, classes were more diverse than today. Highly specialized classes compared to todays generalists. As they were highly specialized in some areas, they were serisously handicapped in others and thus relied on each other.
This made you look in awe if you found someone really good at his class, not just gear wise but by playskill and managing his skills, positions and abilities (you had 8 Spells up at max, so choose wisely. (Can be switched in battle but have to consult you spellbook wich makes you very vulnerable.) If you made your name known, maybe they invited you to your guild, wich opened up new possibilities to farm certain dungeons or zones and bosses. Back then, bosses were still very difficult to learn. Teamspeak was not invented yet, you had to manage 72 people in a raid via text commands. Learning Vishimtar (Dragons of Norrath final Boss) took my guild weeks and countless attempts. Alot of people would throw in a towel in disgust when they hear that you gained NOTHING from failed attempts except knowledge and real life expirience at how to play the encounter. You even LOST XP and could potentially LOSE YOUR LEVEL if you did not grind an EXP Buffer.
Oh and the corpse run would take about 20 minutes between each attempt. And the fight itself if it went well took about 20-40 minutes pre farm status.
Old style MMOs were also a test of willpower and stamina, wich made the rewards worth SO MUCH MORE than a single player reward that everyone can get with a crippled leg, broken hands, blind.
This may sound complicated to someone who grew up with todays MMOs, but you must not think from the defeatist standpoint. If you played your class well people WANTED you in their group, because they needed you. They added you as friend to invite you the next day. Because a good Player of a Class and a bad one made alot of difference. It meant wipe and 30 minute corpse recovery or named farm and rare loot.
Grouping must remain necessary in MMOs. I don't ask for Everquests old system, but something milder along that line. I don't want to be the "MOST WANTED BOUNTYHUNTER IN THE GALAXY", like 1 million other guys. I don't want single player storyline and content in an MMO.
sometimes i miss my baby ;(
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Oh god Khorian you made me so sad but you wrote that beautifully. Yes Everquest indeed was the very best of the best.
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Originally posted by Disdena
This would have been a far better way for the thread to have started. Certain words are a little too radioactive.
The leveling games I've played (admittedly I've not played a lot of different ones to max level) do have a bait-and-switch feel. You are offered one playstyle to max level, then there's an assumption that you're going to want to move to a completely different playstyle once you get there. And so you end up with one group of players who are unhappy they had to grind through a game they didn't enjoy to start playing their game and you have another group that feels cut adrift when they get to the endgame, straining to find the fun.
If devs support each group of players retreating into their own comfort zone from beginning to end, the game practically forks into multiple independant games. But I find myself starting to ask: is that really a bad thing? Is there anything fundementally wrong with letting a community bifurcate into what are, for all practical purposes, seperate games that just happen to share a common pool of assets (lore, art, databases)?


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Four teachers receive Caring Teacher Award
Published on Apr 10, 2014 3:45 PM
Four teachers were rewarded on Thursday with the Caring Teacher Award for their dedication in caring for their students.
Madam Maznah Yusak from Chongzheng Primary School, Ms Juanita Toh from Si Ling Secondary, Ms Stephanie Ong from Teck Whye Secondary and Ms Corinne Zhu from Anderson Junior College were chosen from more than 1,110 nominations from 248 schools this year.
These nominations were submitted by teachers, principals, parents and students. The biennial award ceremony was co-organised by the National Institute of Education and ExxonMobil Asia Pacific.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Manpower Hawazi Daipi presented the awards to them at the Ngee Ann Auditorium in Asian Civilisations Museum.
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