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There are free ebooks available as promos from various sites, but the quality is suspect sometimes.
As for library downloads, yes she can access those - the libraries have a few licences per book, and they expire (and the book 'disappears') once the borrowing time is done. Lots of ebook readers had issues with the downloads due to inability to change the font size (think microscopic) but Kobo just (like a week or two ago) sent out a software fix to deal with that, so it might be resolved. I haven't checked. I downloaded the fix and I'm excited about it.
There are 'bargain' books like you would see at any bookstore, that have gone on sale for one reason or another (like, 99c books, etc.)
On the whole I've found buying ebooks similar to shopping for hardcovers. Sometimes more expensive. But if you're good about sourcing the cheaper/free ones, dealing with the library font issue, or want to read scarce/out of print books, I find the reader is great for that.
Would it be possible for other family members to give her Amazon gift cards? Even small amounts add up and she could buy a few books to get her started. She might also want to sign up for something like Swagbucks that gives rewards in gift cards.
I was able to get "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" for $5.99.
I am not able to get books from my local library with the Kindle, which would also help on the cost issue.
I love it, although mostly in theory. I salivated at the thought of getting my hands on my mom's ebook reader for the immediacy of being able to browse a bookstore online and grab the book that minute.
The actual reading process...well, YMMV, but it takes some getting used to. I'm a bibliophile and like the tactile feel of a book, pages, cover, cover art. I also tend to do funny things like flip ahead, flip back, read the end (sometimes ) and I do find the ereaders limiting (claustropohbic, even, in the beginning). Also, it got a little bit to get used to only having 1 page open in front of me instead of 2 - I found the flow was a little disrupted. Can't read in sunlight, and my reader is not backlit for night-time. These may seem like minor things it may make or break the experience KWIM?
The one, biggest downside for me: the fact that I don't have a hardcopy to put on my shelf or lend to friends. But I'm wierd that way...
Upsides: aforementioned immediacy, portability esp. on airplanes...
That said, I think that some reading tastes are going to appreciate the free material more than others. Some genres are represented in greater numbers: older books and classics that have passed into the public domain; romance novels of all stripes; books by new/independent authors are all well-represented. If your SIL is more into bestsellers, history, or newer science, she may not find as much.
The actual reading process...well, YMMV, but it takes some getting used to. I'm a bibliophile and like the tactile feel of a book, pages, cover, cover art. I also tend to do funny things like flip ahead, flip back, read the end (sometimes ) and I do find the ereaders limiting (claustropohbic, even, in the beginning). Also, it got a little bit to get used to only having 1 page open in front of me instead of 2 - I found the flow was a little disrupted. Can't read in sunlight, and my reader is not backlit for night-time. These may seem like minor things it may make or break the experience KWIM?
iBooks for iPad allows you to orient the book so you get two pages, but you just get fewer words on each page. Still, if I read a book on my iPad, I turn it sideways so I have the feeling of two pages.
If I really like a book, I'm still going to buy it in the hard copy. I think the e-reader (I have a Kindle) is great for books you don't necessarily want to put on your shelf or even have people see you reading. There is something exciting about buying a book at the tocuh of a button, especially when it's an embarrassing book.
the thing I like about my Nook is I can use gift cards to download books- I didn't like the idea of downloading books off my credit card.. so gift cards were the answer.. also the lending of books is free- 15 days duration only I think though.. I haven't gotten to "lend" any yet as I am still looking for someone that shares my book interests that owns a nook that is willing to start lending with me..
but there are definitely some free options..
When I got my nook I paid full price (well it was a birthday present from dh) but I had a freezing problem, so I took it in and got a new one, and the deal going then was a free $50 gift card with a new nook, so the store gave me the gift card and a new nook so i got to pick and choose titles I liked just with using the included deal..
I agree that printed books are very attractive, and classy, but if you live in smaller place with not much room for books or move often it might be a problem. E-readers are excellent in my opinion, you can always find tons of thrifty books, which is actually cheaper if you are on a tight budget. It all depends....
I recently got a Kindle and I have yet to pay for a single book.
If your SIL is the type of person who is ok with downloading movies, tv shows or music for free, then she might be ok with this option... a lot of books are available for free as illegal downloads.
Before I got the Kindle I would get all my books from the library so for me it would be strange to start paying for something that I was previously getting for free!
I totally get that not everyone is comfortable with this option though.
Me (32), married to DH (36)
3 years of TTC #1, M/C @ 6wks in May 2013
Mom to Liliana born May 2014
You can read library e-books on the Kindle. You just need to transfer them to a programme called Calibre. it also means that you can keep them indefinitely rather than being limited to the two week check out time. You can also use it to share books. I don't have an issue with sharing books I've purchased as I'd do the same with a hard copy.
I know the original post is 9 months old, but http://www.booklending.com/ is a site where you can sign up and share Kindle books. I've used it for a few months now, loaned out 6 or 7 books and had at least that many loaned to me. Some publishers are disabling lending now, which is disappointing, but I just go through Amazon and add different books with lending enabled to my "want to borrow" list and it has opened me up to a few new authors.
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The Casey Overpass is now closed in both directions and under demolition. All modes are now traveling over a mix of permanent and temporary routes.
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James Nichols, Henderson
In the last month or so I have lost my home and have to auction off some of our belongings to make room because we are in the process of downsizing and moving into a smaller home. There are three people living in the household, myself, my wife and a little girl we are raising who is now 11 years old.
I have been told that I have IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) which means my lungs are dying from the bottom up. This issue causes shortness of breath and coughing. When this happens, I have to stop what I am doing and sit down until I regain my breathing.
My daughter and her husband who live in Indiana have been the only people to step up and see if they could do anything to help work through this tough time. We found a place and when we started cleaning up the location for every problem we fix, we found several more that need attention. These setbacks are putting a strain on everyone both mentally and financially.
Everywhere we have turned we were told that we could not qualify for any assistance because with my disability, retirement and my part-time job as a security guard our income was too great. I have worked hard all my life, and I am tired of hearing about when people need help all you have to do is look around and find the help you need. Someone needs to show me this help because I can't seem to find it.
When I was working I gave to all kinds of causes because I believed that someday I might need help, but there is no help out there for someone who worked hard. I guess the only way to get help is to give up everything and see what happens. I'm just saying with any kind of help we could make the move and get our lives back to normal.


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on 12/16/2014 - Very Entertaining
I loved this issue. It has so many different projects. I work very long hours and it is much easier for me to work on smaller projects. I also love reading the personal stories of some of the designers.
on 10/05/2014 - Great stitching!
How I love receiving this magazine! My family and neighbors look forward to new surprises each year...my christmas tree is looking real good too!
on 07/28/2014
Magazine is very nice. Order was shipped promptly.
on 06/26/2014 - So much I want to do, not near enough time
I missed getting the ornament issue for the last 3 years, I am so happy that 123 Stitch offered them. They came in perfect condition and at a great price. And 123 Stitch service couldn't be any better, they helpful and got my order to me fast... way faster than the order that I place with another cross stitch supplier. They are always friendly and helpful.
on 01/01/2014 - Charming ornaments
This issue has something for everyone who loves to stitch. The patterns are diverse and easy. I especially love the recipes from the contributors.
on 12/09/2013 - Special Christmas Ornaments
The very best ornament issue ever! So hard to decide which projects to stitch. You won't regret this purchase.
on 11/23/2013 - Love! As always
on 11/09/2013 - Great issue
If you are looking for different and quick projects for ornaments or gifts this is the issue to buy.
on 11/09/2013 - 2013 ornamnet issue
I really liked this issue , found numerous ornament that I want to stitch,,,
on 11/09/2013 - An Eagerly Awaited Treasure Every Year!
I wait on this Christmas Ornaments Issue with great anticipation every year! Besides, the beautiful ornaments, I enjoy the designers stories and their recipes. By now they're like old friends. If you're a stitcher as I am, I'm sure you echo these same sentiments. It wouldn't be the holidays without this lovely magazine for me. Thank you all for your talents. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!
on 11/02/2013 - Great variety!
Love the variety of ornaments in this issue. Even better, the ornaments are arranged thematically. Great issue!
on 10/28/2013 - Fun Magazine
I don't miss this one each year. It would be nice if the publisher would remember that not everyone wants to create real difficult ornaments. Sometimes simplicity is nice when you need a quick home made stitched gift.
on 10/23/2013 - A yearly staple
Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament issue is a yearly event for me. Once in my hand I sit down with a cup of tea and that is where I am for at least an hour. Not only are there wonder ornaments to make for family and friends but the recipes are great. Of course I learn a little about the crafters of various ornaments as well. Like everyone my money is tight this year, having the information provided by this magazine I will have a happier and more bountiful holiday season. Everyone loves getting a hand made ornament.
on 10/22/2013 - Love the Christmas Ornaments Issues
I always look forward to the CrossStitch Christmas Ornaments edition. It's hard to decide, though, what to start on first. I really like to see the creative ways that have been used to finish the pieces...lots of inspiration.
on 10/18/2013
This magazine has a bounty of fun Christmas stitching will be in my library for years to come.
on 10/14/2013 - 2013 JCS Christmass Issue
Love it!
on 10/12/2013 - JCS ornament issue
i buy this every year for myself, my daughter, daughter-in-law, a friend and this year I sent on to Australia. My DIL has already made 3 ornaments from it. Keep up the good work!
on 10/09/2013 - Great Issue!
I order the "Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornaments" issue every year and am always impressed. The number of ornaments that can be made is more than ample, and the diversity of skills they represent is great. This issue always sells out quickly, so if you see it, buy it!
on 10/08/2013
Good magazine. I make ornaments for my grandchildren every year and they come from this magazine. Even if you only find one thing you would love to stitch,and you will find more than that the magazine pays for itself.
on 10/06/2013 - 2013 Christmas Ornaments
on 10/06/2013 - Christmas ornaments galore
This year's issue has many more ornaments that are not as complicated but still Christmassy,Santana and snowmen and trees etc. I have picked out half a dozen already to do.
on 10/06/2013 - So many stitches - so little time!
The Christmas Ornaments issue is always full of great projects. The problem is trying to find time to stitch, stitch, stitch!
on 10/06/2013 - GREAT MAGAZINE
I Look forward to getting it every year. I just purchased the Halloween 2013 issue, just as great
on 10/06/2013 - Saved while on vacation!!!
Dear Ladies,I just wanted to thank you for your help while I was visiting my parents in MI this summer. I had taken my stitching with me. My father is elderly and had ASL. We sit around a lot and visit together. My older sister who is also a stitcher was visiting at the same time. I finished the project that I was working on and started a cute Turkey from Notforgotten Farm. I had not brought the back page with the symbols for the DMC colors. My sister who had worked at a stitching place for many years suggested I give you a call. Within minutes you had e-mailed me my missing symbols. I just wanted to say thank you. You saved my vacation. Sincerely,Carol Pash
on 10/06/2013 - Magazine worth reading
In my humble opinion this magazine is wonderful. Not only does it look nice with great photography, but has all the items needed to work the projects. If you buy only one issue you will be hooked.
on 10/05/2013 - Terrific variety difficult to find supplies
When this issue arrived, I eagerly dug into it and selected the patterns that I wanted to make this year for the holidays. However, when I visited what is regarded as one of the best LNSs in the area, I discovered that it was difficult to find many of the fabrics that were used in the patterns you featured. In fact, many fabrics had to be special-ordered, which would have meant a short stitch-to-gift window. A minor point is that it would be nice to see some more contemporary, tongue-in-cheek designs, perhaps by people such as those featured in Britain's "Cross Stitcher" magazine. I absolutely adore more traditional designs by Prairie Schooler and Lizzie Kate samplers too!, but I'd like to see some humorous designs as well. Great job -- keep it up!
on 10/05/2013 - Christmas Ornaments
I always purchase the annual Christmas Issue and this year I was happy to receive the magazine. I make ornaments for friends and family for Christmas and look forward to the new issue. The pictures are beautiful, the instructions very detailed and the recipes that go along with the ornaments are wonderful. Your quick delivery time was great and I look forward to purchasing many more items from your website. Thanks you.
on 10/05/2013 - christmas ornaments
I was happy to receive my new Christmas Ornaments magazine. I was also glad to see the variety of patterns. Thanks.
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on 10/05/2013 - Wonderful Christmas Ornaments
2013 JCS Christmas Ornament magazine is wonderful. The variety of ornaments from all the different designers is wonderful. Very easy instructions given for stitching as well as finishing the ornaments. Great recipes for all kinds of holiday treats also included. I am so ready to get my Christmas started!
on 10/05/2013 - 2013 JCS Ornament magazine is excellent this year!
I buy this magazine every year and the 2013 issue is great. I see a lot of ornaments that I'd like to stitch. Some years, there might be just 4 or 5 that I like. Thanks
on 10/05/2013 - Love this magazine
I get this every year. Would not miss the Christmas issue ever.
on 10/05/2013
Great! and varied, as usual. I always find many to stitch for friends and family.
on 10/05/2013 - Love it.
Many patterns I hope to stitch.
on 10/05/2013 - Great issue!
Lots of wonderful ornaments this year! I love it!
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TO BREAK through a hard thing, you have to be even harder, or you'll just break yourself. So what is it about the hammer of the peacock mantis shrimp - which delivers one of the fastest blows in the animal kingdom - that makes it so tough?
The creature's front claws have evolved into clubs that can move at up to 23 metres per second, and deliver a force of up to 1500 newtons, equivalent to the weight of a 150-kilogram mass. Clubs are replaced when the animal moults, but not before they have delivered thousands of powerful impacts.
David Kisailus at the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues looked at the clubs' structure to find out how they tough it out.
They found that the head of the club is mostly made of two layers of a tough mineral called hydroxyapatite, which is also found in bone. Beneath that is a layer of chitin, the polymer that crustaceans use to make their shells. The three layers differ in how bendy they are, so it's hard for a crack that forms in one layer to extend into the next, preventing its spread (Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1218764).
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The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors are in the process of falling completely out of playoff contention. That trend will continue for one team Wednesday night when Minnesota looks to end another three-game slide by beating the visiting Warriors for the second time in just over two weeks. The Timberwolves (25-30) have dropped 4 12 games behind Houston for the eighth and final playoff position in the Western Conference with a 4-11 stretch, which started with a home defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on March 9. Star point guard Ricky Rubio was lost for the season in that game after tearing ligaments in his left knee. Rubio was averaging 10.6 points and a team-leading 8.2 assists. The Timberwolves' struggles continued with Monday's 116-108 loss at Sacramento. They were dealt another blow to the back court as Luke Ridnour sustained a sprained right ankle that is expected to keep him out for some time. Minnesota is also dealing with injuries to guard J.J. Barea (thigh)...
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The Patriots found points hard to come by in their AFC East-clinching win over the Dolphins in Week 13. But they did find success on the ground, however, especially late in the game. Up 20-13 with a little over eight minutes remaining, the Pats went on a 77-yard march that took 7:18 off the clock and, with a swift field goal, ensured their ninth victory. On that 16-play drive, New England ran the ball 13 times, methodically moving down the field with a 4.3 yards-per-carry average. Of the 13 runs, six were the exact same -- a dive over left guard. Miami was powerless to stop it, and now they can't stop complaining about it. "It really (ticked) me off," Tony McDaniel said, via the Palm Beach Post. "It was disrespectful to us to run the same play over and over and be successful. "Normally when somebody's driving down the field you just think, 'Well, they just had a good run there,' but you run the same play over and over, as a competitor that (ticks) me off." "It is di...
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It was just another ordinary day for Lima. Though unexpectedly, the routine chore of picking apples, will send Lima into a dangerous journey. Labyrinthica: The Quest of Lima is a single-player, melee focused action game. Labyrinthica has similarities to rogue games, but is based on real-time action. You move Lima with the keyboard and aim with the mouse. Unlike similar games, you will need to fight monsters face to face rather than shoot them from a safe distance. You use both your weapon and shield in battle, though using a sword is not always the only way to harm enemies! Potions should be used wisely. Drinking that green potion might prove fatal. It might be poison! And throwing that bronze potion on the boar creature might make it go berserk. Potion colors are randomly assigned to each type. You will have to discover on your own what each potion color does. Labyrinthica awaits to test your wits and reflexes.
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Fly your balloon through 40 islands against many different enemy airships, gun turrets, missile launchers, ships, planes and more! Balloon Gunner is a 3D Flight Sim game with lots of enemies to get you straight into the action. Tilt your phone to control your balloon and use your guns, missiles and bombs to complete many different missions. Trial mode allows you to play the first three levels. 7/10 - WPCentral (before updates where made) "The controls take about two seconds to figure out and the gameplay is great" - mobilitydigest.com
8/22/2013Great sound. Great graphics - at least what graphics I actually SAW seemed good. I can't say for sure, since all it would do was play the sound of a reciprocating engine and spin my gun turret(?) wildly to the right. My phone position had no effect - had to resist the urge to whack it violently against the nearest hard surface. No way to calibrate game to phone. To be fair - when I tap screen, it WOULD shoot what looked like a "period" out into the wildly spinning sky. Uninstalling.
10/10/2012Needs better gun sites and planes you can fly
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7/1/2012Neat. The crosshair could be a little better to see, but that's just me.
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This botanical garden was made behind the Academy building shortly after the University was established. And the first tulips ever to be planted in Western Europe were planted here.
It isn't a very big garden but it is very nice to visit. It consist of an outdoor garden that is devided in several sections with a different lay-out and different plants. And then there is the greenhouse with a huge collections of plants from flesh-eating ones to the Victoria Amazonica water lily. In winter this place is already like entering a rain-forest because of the heat and humidity. In summer with the sun it can be unbearably hot. There is also a small winter garden next to the entrance and restaurant.
Open in summer time from monday to sunday from 10 am to 6 pm
In winter time it is open from monday to friday and on sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
Admission fee is 4 euro, children pay 2 euro (Prices 2004)
There are guided tours but only by appointment.
Go right, with the canal on your left hand. At your right hand you will see a building with a clocktower this is the academic building.
As a reward of their brave restistance against the Spanish, Willem van Oranje gave the city the right to have a university in 1575. The motto of the university was: Praesidium Libertatis, "bastion of freedom". The university was financed with the money of the Catholic abbey of Egmond, that together with the castle of Egmond was destroyed in 1573 by the Geuzen at the order of Willem van Oranje. The university of leiden had to became a protestant counterpart of the Catholic university of Leuven (now in Belgium).
The university was first housed in the Sinte Barbara monastery (also a catholic organisation banned form here), and moved in 1577 to the Faliede Beguinage at the Rapenburg, and eventually in 1581 choose the confiscated monastery of the White Nuns at the other side of the canal. Today the building is still in use by the university.
The building of this Latin School dates back to 1599. Apart from the building itself, it's most important feat is that Rembrandt studied here from 1616 to 1620.
The name Latin School comes from the fact that all classes were taught in Latin. During the 17th century it's function was slowly replaced by the University.
This building use to be the church of a cloister of Domenican nuns. When the nuns left the building it became part of the univeristy that was founded in 1575 (the oldest University in the Netherlands) and is stil in use by the University but nowadays only for important events.
I took the liberty of strolling inside to have a quick look around. And it almost makes you want to study again... So i took off and went to explore the Hortus Botanicus that is behind this building.. ;-)
Formerly Leiden's teaching hospital, Poortgebouw is a 120 year-old building that is now a venue for conferences held by Leiden University Research and Innovation Services (LURIS). Their mandate is to improve knowledge transfer from scientists to society.
Kweekschool voor Zeevaar is the name of this building and there's a dedication to Prince Hendrik right above the portal.
This, to me, is symbolic of the town inasmuch as schooling is one of its main attractions. Naturally enough, when that is the case, there's usually a vibrant youthful feel about the town. Thus it is so in Leiden.
Leiden has the oldest university in the Northern Netherlands, which was founded during the 80-Years War. Until then the only university in the whole Netherlands had been the one in Leuven (now Belgium), which was under Spanish rule at that time. This former chapel became the Academy or the university's main building in 1581. The building now also houses the academic historical museum as well as being used for exams and ceremonies.
Naturalis' displays collections about the history and development of the earth and life.
Bascially, the fossiles show the history of evolution. They have made the surroundings playfull. There is interactive games you can play to test your knowledge. For some games you need to buy coins at the enterance.
There is a mammoth skeleton on display, albeit a small one. More spectecular is a dino skeleton.
They also have butterfly and insect collections that are displayed rather nicely, even if you're not too much interested in this subject.
It's my tip for a rainy day.
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Tuesday-Sunday 10 am - 6 pm
During school vacations and on holidays: Monday-Sunday 10 am - 6 pm
Closed 25 December and 1 January.
If you want information about the University and if anything is currently going on at the University go to the University of Leiden information center, just to the right of Leiden's Centraal Station (it's a little hidden). This is also where you could get that Universiteit Leiden t-shirt or other gifts for very reasonable prices (way cheaper than souvenir stores).
There are some really interesting museums in Leiden (no, I really mean that).
I could have seen the dinosaurs (at Naturalis - Natural Historic Museum) or mummies (at Antiguities Museum), but somehow I ended up to "Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde" (National Museum of Ethnology).
I was a nice musem - not too big but nevertheless plenty of things to see. Different artifacts, clothing and stuff like that from different cultures througout the world.
They even had some artifacts and clothes of Laplanders, also known as Sami people :-)
Collections are based on whatever ever we Dutch could "find" (ahum) on hour trading expeditions in the past. Make sure you check what exhibitions are currently on display, themes can vary.
One annecdote though. The museum's collection is not as big as it could have been. For years the inventory was held "in good faith with emplyees", i.e. no checks on theft. These employees are often students working a job on the side. When they did review the inventory after several years it became apparent that about ONE THIRD of the stock was missing. So if you visit someone in Leiden, and there is a rare African shield or artefact displayed in the living room, you should have a hunch where it's coming from.
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I like underdogs, SWTOR is an underdog; I don't trust statements from a guy who claims Bioware thought they had upwards of 5 months of content at launch. I also don't put much salt into claims of being the #2 sub based MMO, but then never release subscription numbers.
I honestly believe the game can only hold 100,000 people at a time, and those people may or may not be subscribers.
To a degree it is moot, because they are seeking higher revenue per player then a monthly subscription via the cartel market.
Whether this is working ot not, I will only know after Makeb if they continue to release meaningful content assuming EA lets them.
Just food for thought, EVE's highest concurent player percentage is documented at 17.7%.
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Joined: 4/19/08
Swtor is for me best game ever, matched only by wow. Enjoyed a lot also gw2, 3rd currently on my list. Imo of course.
I have no objections about swtor, nearly perfect game, bug free (except maybe pvp for which I care like for last year's snow) experience, great feeling to live in star wars universe, incredible dialogs and sometime though moral choices (sacricice old npc friend or innocent hostages), story line with really incredible twists (great jedi master being actually emperors "son"), ... etc etc. Never ever in my life have played and enjoyed any game for about 7 months strait. Even with wow, gw2, ... i usually need break after 3 or 4 months.
Well, support is bad, really bad. One have to wait for days to get some generalised answer that has nothing to do with what player asked. Fortunately not that I needed it a lot.
I think games should be or pve or pvp. Many games sink because at the end nearly every1 is disappointed being pve ruining pvp aspect or viceversa. Guess wow did it here best.
Big problem for swtor was not at all game or staff or ceo's.... but big problem that have sinked many other could be good games. Haters community. Never, with exception of wow, have seen so many haters hating and bashing game over and over and over and everywhere and everywhere ... Really disgusting.
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Joined: 5/11/10
Originally posted by tiefighter25
Yet you used 20% as your average.
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Joined: 9/21/04
If thousands of new players try the game every day they are in worse shape than I thought. Server status and X-fire indicates that they still are dropping players and with that many new players per day they must be losing a huge amount of players aswell. Sure will mostly be F2P players but still.
Also I think a big majority of the 2mil new accounts was created the first 2 weeks of F2P when the current population went up by 3-4 times and has since then almost reached the same low level it was before F2P.
So ye let's tell em the typical number twist to make it sound like it's going well when it's not...
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Joined: 5/11/10
Originally posted by altair4
The same Xfire that shows them as the 3rd highest played MMO behind WoW and GW2? Also, your other statements are completely false.
Speaking of math, how in the world can ANYONE play a game 120 hours in one week? There's only 168 hours in a week so that leaves only 48 hours(6-7 hours a days) to do other things like eat and sleep. Maybe a lot of people had more free time over the Christmas holidays, but still that's a LOT of time sitting in front of a monitor. No wonder some people get burned out on games.
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Originally posted by daltanious
Oh I've seen worse. November 2005 when the NGE patch hit SWG. This was just days after customers bought the latest expansion. Nothing will ever compare to the hate and disrepute leveled at SOE after that. And it went on for years. The current hate leveled at TOR is a tiny fraction of that though they are persistent.
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Originally posted by tiefighter25
well we know how much subs the #3 sub game has, so we at least have a floor for subs. And that floor is a lot higher than people want to admit.
And its not hard to use math to make it believable
lets say the servers average 4500 at peak, that would be 7200. Using a more realistic concurrency number of 10%, we have 720000. If 2/3rds of those people are subbs you have 480k. And in freemium games most regular players do sub, so 2/3rds isnt an unrealistic estimate for a game with a f2p model as restrcitive as SWTORs.
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Originally posted by ktanner3
The funny thing is the SoE hate was directed at the wrong company...
That company is the one that probably told Bioware 'well give you the license if you make it very WoWlike"
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Originally posted by strangiato2112
The thing with the whole NGE business with SWG, is that it wasnt until much later that we found out what had gone on, and who was to blame, and although i still think SOE had a great deal of culpability, at the time all we could see was that SOE was totally ignoring all the feedback from the Test server about the NGE, and 'carrying on regardless' and even when they did launch it, it was barely even of Beta quality, it took years for them to patch it together and even when the game closed down for good, it still suffered from a rather large number of design flaws that were inherent in the NGE implementation. But at the time of the NGE it was Smedley and SOE that had their heads above the parapet so to speak, and the SWG community 'en masse' that was revolting against what they perceived to be the Evil Overlord that was SOE destroying their game.. even today, despite everything, SOE still has an image problem, us gamers arent all that forgiving, nor able to forget for that matter, though im surprised at how much flak LA and GL in particular, managed to avoid over the whole debacle.. a lesson there for any MMO developer to learn from, hopefully
Originally posted by Phry
I'll never understand why they did it. Even if SWG was down to 300,000 subs(which is still good in my book), that's still $3.6 million dollars a year. Their overhead couldn't have been that massive with all the problems that never got resolved. They had to be making a profit with it. Their biggest problem was being able to come up with a game plan and sticking with it.
Tor's biggest problems are the same ones that most thempeark games have:content. Any game that focuses on dev created content is going to have this problem. It's made even more difficult because TOR's design of 8 classes with a different male and female voice for each. At some point they're going to run into an issue like the voice for female imperial agent not being available. What then?
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I don't Forum PVP. If you feel I've attacked you, it was probably by accident.
Problems for others, I can't say. Problems for me... 1) spending tons of money on boring voice over storyline, 2) spending very little money on an unfinished engine and not optimizing it for performance.
Realm Lords 2 Graphical MUD - Opens October 1st, 2015 - Very, very, very, very low budget Indie. For real, we don't even feed the employees.
It was my mistake to bring up exact numbers.
The point I was trying to make is that FTP did not save SWTOR, subs buying in the cartel shop might.
James is throwing about statements of 2 million new accounts, 2nd biggest MMO, etc.
I would have replied sooner, but I thought the thread would be locked.
Apparently bringing up X-Fire, linking to it, and embeding screen shots is now OK if you are defending SWTOR's wilder statements.
The essence of what I was trying to convey is this, there is a finite space for all of this millions of new accounts to reside in.
Let's say the Mega servers can hold 12 thousand per server, that's still only a max congruent population of 204,000.
That's not a lot of sapce to cram in 500K+ subs and 2 million FTP accounts.
X-fire had SWTOR jump from 22 to 10 when FTP launched.
Since then it has slowly slipped back down to around 14.
Terra has passed SWTOR on the X-Fire chart for a while, and is now right behind it.
(Funny how I remember the X-Fire proves nothing threads from not so long ago.)
Also of note, the embeded XFire graph shows that the average SWTOR player (on double XP weekends) plays on average 5 hours a session.
If only we could go back in time and warn Bioware with this information.
Also to the one poster that said that we should assume two-thirds of all players are subs because the FTP system is so restrictive; I cannot make that leap in logic.
The game went (restrictive) FTP and the population increased, therefore most new players are subscribers. I can't make that assumption at all, nor has EA released any sub numbers since ages and ages ago.
The game's population is not growing, it has been in a steady decline since FTP that only stopped when the double XP eekends began.
Revenue on the other hand, might be going up. Some people really like spending money on gambling packs.
As to the poster who commented on how low STO was on the x-fire chart, circa a year ago, that's what the SWTOR forums were saying about EVE.
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Look, this game is a huge flop from a financial point of view. Most everyone on the project were fired, laid off, re-assigned, etc. It has many reasons for the flop. Heck, the CEO had to resign a few days ago.
The good news is that if you enjoy the game (big if), then the cartel shop and their semi-free model have stopped the game from shutting down, for now. I think that's the point of the presentation: to minimize fears that the game was going to be cancelled entirely, which was a real risk. I mean, EA used to say that it would require 500,000 subs to be profitable. I'd bet it's far less than that currently but with the reduced staff levels they can probably get by with maybe 250-300,000 or maybe even less if the cartel shop is really successful.
For the haters, the good news is that this financial disaster might actually stop MMOs from being developed with bad engines, high-expense PvE content that everyone burns through in 30-days, and MMO companies start to make exciting sand-box games. For me, the upside to the disaster of SWTOR makes me look forward to the future of upcoming MMO games. I really doubt we'll see another AAA WoW clone for a long, long time.
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Joined: 11/08/08
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
Well they are shutting down the apac servers and merging them up with the NA ones, continued server mergers looks real bad.
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Joined: 12/16/07
i watched all the cut scenes,did most of the quests and still hit 50 within the first week of launch.Like many have said they just didnt do their homework on MMO's.this is nothing new.
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Originally posted by erictlewis
There's really no choice, empty servers look worse.
Their solution pretty much sucks though. I mean it is the "best" solution, but for Bioware, not for the APAC players. The best solution for them would have been to merge APAC into one big pve server and give anyone from the pvp or rp servers a free transfer to a similar NA server. But then they couldn't cut costs by shutting down operations over there, and would actually have to get off their collective butts and get server transfers working right now instead of some vague "soon" date. So in their eyes, win/win.
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Joined: 3/28/07
Originally posted by tiefighter25
You are not playing the game and sadly for you, you are just wrong, talk with the people who is actually playing the game or have a sub and maybe you find out the true state of game and how James Ohlen words are right in this case about the game.
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Originally posted by daltanious
What a load of bs.
This game going to f2p so quickly had nothing to do with the "hater community". I swear some of you will look to blame anything to try and justify why your game did not live up to the revenue potential some assumed it should.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
I'm sorry. Apparently everything I said was wrong.
Here, here's another article reporting that SWTOR has 4.5 millon players!


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