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Mesa News Archives
Mesa's DRM Library Finally Builds VMWGFX By Default
While VMware's VMWGFX graphics driver has been deemed stable for months, only now with the Mesa DRM library is the driver support being built by default.
25 August 2012 - VMWGFX - 3 Comments
Mesa Set To Lose OpenVMS Support
Support for OpenVMS is set to be removed from Mesa due to lack of maintainership in four years and trimming out the OpenVMS can shave just over two thousand lines of code.
23 August 2012 - No More OpenVMS - 6 Comments
Mesa 9.0 Branching Delayed So More Features Can Land
The code branching of the next Mesa release -- what was going to be known as Mesa 8.1 but is now being called Mesa 9.0 -- is being delayed by a few days to allow time for some last-minute features to land.
21 August 2012 - Mesa 9.0 - 7 Comments
Marek Lands Radeon Gallium3D MSAA Changes
Marek Olšák, the prolific independent contributor to Mesa/Gallium3D and the open-source Radeon Linux graphics driver, has landed a number of commits today in Mesa pertaining to MSAA, a.k.a. multi-sample anti-aliasing for newer Radeon GPUs.
15 August 2012 - MSAA Work - 29 Comments
ETC2 Texture Compression Looks Good For OpenGL
With OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenGL 4.3 there is now mandatory texture compression support in the form of ETC2, the Ericsson Texture Compression method.
12 August 2012 - ETC2 Texture - 26 Comments
A Look At OpenGL ES 3.0: Lots Of Good Stuff
The OpenGL ES 3.0 specification was released earlier this week at SIGGRAPH 2012. The slides from the OpenGL ES BoF session have now surfaced with more perspective on this latest Khronos standard targeting OpenGL on mobile devices.
12 August 2012 - GLES 3.0 - 11 Comments
Mesa Release Shake-Up: Mesa 8.1 Is Now Mesa 9.0
Well, there isn't a major Mesa release happening this month as was originally planned. There also isn't going to be a Mesa 8.1 release. Instead, Mesa 9.0 will be released in September.
10 August 2012 - Mesa 9.0 - 23 Comments
How To Help Improve, Develop Mesa Drivers
If you aren't satisfied with seeing Mesa lag far behind the latest OpenGL standard and come up short when in the areas of performance and features compared to some of the proprietary graphics drivers, they always welcome additional help.
7 August 2012 - Gallium3D - 22 Comments
OpenGL 4.3 Support Is A Ways Out In Mesa
While the OpenGL 4.3 specification was just released (along with OpenGL ES 3.0), there's already a beta NVIDIA Linux proprietary driver supporting this latest desktop graphics API from Khronos. AMD will also soon be released a Catalyst beta with the GL 4.3 / GLSL 4.30 support. However, the open-source Mesa support will still be a ways out.
6 August 2012 - A Look - 11 Comments
Linux Isn't Alone With OpenGL Driver Issues
While the open-source Linux graphics drivers may not be up to scratch with the proprietary Linux graphics drivers from NVIDIA and AMD in terms of features, power efficiency, and performance, Linux isn't the only operating system with less than desirable OpenGL drivers. I've been surprised by the OpenGL issues under OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" with the Retina MacBook Pro.
31 July 2012 - OS X Too - 8 Comments
Haiku Looks To Leverage More Of Mesa
Haiku OS, the open-source operating system that's a re-implementation of BeOS, is continuing to look at leveraging more of Mesa for its 3D/OpenGL rendering.
29 July 2012 - Haiku BeOS - 5 Comments
Mesa Support For OpenGL Core Contexts
There was exciting OpenGL 3/4 news yesterday for Mesa when it came to early but yet-to-be-merged support for OpenGL geometry shaders, but that's not all the new Mesa GL news this week. Patches were also published to provide support for OpenGL Core contexts for OpenGL 3.1 and newer.
28 July 2012 - OpenGL 3/4 - 5 Comments
Mesa Support For OpenGL Geometry Shaders
An exciting message hit the Mesa mailing list on Friday morning concerning support for OpenGL geometry shaders.
27 July 2012 - Woohoo! - 8 Comments
Gallium3D's LLVMpipe Now Handles Wider Registers
If you have an AVX-enabled processor like Intel's Sandy/Ivy Bridge or AMD's Bulldozer, there's some good news should you be relying upon Mesa's Gallium3D LLVMpipe driver.
18 July 2012 - New Feature - 4 Comments
Mesa Support For ETC1 Texture Compression
With commits this afternoon by Intel, there's now support for handling ETC1 texture compression within Mesa.
16 July 2012 - Not S3TC - 6 Comments
Mesa LunarGLASS: Not Much Is Happening
Remember LunarGLASS? It was the technology from LunarG in early 2011 for gutting Mesa to use LLVM as its IR. This LLVM-ized Mesa has fallen dormant.
16 July 2012 - LunarGLASS - 3 Comments
The OpenGL Support State For Mesa 8.1
Mesa 8.1 is set to be released in August as a major six-month update to this important open-source user-space graphics driver stack. Here's a look at the OpenGL support level.
12 July 2012 - Mesa 8.1 - 26 Comments
Marek Files 22 Gallium3D / R600g Improvements
Just days after making a number of improvements to Mesa/Gallium3D, Marek is back this week so far with 22 patches to improve Gallium3D and specifically to benefit the AMD Radeon "R600g" graphics driver.
10 July 2012 - Commits - 10 Comments
Marek Posts Another Important Mesa Patch-Set
Less than a day after Marek Olšák posted a set of patches to implement GL4 transform feedback for Mesa/Gallium3D, he's back with another important but separate set of patches.
5 July 2012 - GL_ARB_timer_query
Marek Works On OpenGL 4.0 Transform Feedback
Marek Olšák, the prolific independent contributor to Mesa/Gallium3D with a special interest in Radeon Gallium3D, has just published his latest patch work. This time around he's been working on the remaining transform feedback extensions from OpenGL 4.0.
5 July 2012 - New Features - 6 Comments
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The batch nature of film production changes the scenario somewhat, but if they could stock small master rolls of their emulsions with long enough shelf life to allow the roll to be fully consumed, then each week (for the sake of argument) they would spool up enough rolls to fulfill that weeks sales, or, better yet, preferably on demand and by order.
Walking through our fairly small plant I did a mental exercise as to whether film (color and b/w) film could be made in that facility and I decided it could, but you'd have to do it by the sort of model described in the OP.
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Just out of curiosity, but can Poser users now save in the DSON file format with this or is it just an importer ?
This tool allows you to use Genesis (and Genesis-Content) inside Poser, you can't save with it in the DSON file format.
In that case this is yet another no brainer by DAZ, I've just seen a post over at Rendo where someone done with Genesis what they normally do with other figures, ie load the figure, dial up a morph, apply a texture, load clothing and hair, and save it back to the figure library, 400 MB of their disk space vanished doing that, it wont take long to fill a 1TB drive doing that.
I don't think it's quite that severe. I just saved a pz2 scene with 2 M5s (subdivided) a back drop and two underwear and that file is 52mb. The render I rendered in Poser with one M5 and bluebird3d's "A bright loft" only took 33. Poser doesn't support DSON natively so it can't save the scene in that format, so you can't drop that in DAZ's lap.
Hmm wonder why the second half of my post didn't make it.
Then there's the problem of content, it's odds on that people are going to start making content in P9/Pro12 for Genesis, and because they can't save in DSON means it wont be compatible with DS4, so our own figure will have content that we can't use on it.
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DS4 still reads Poser format files such as cr2's etc. so content created in Poser for Genesis shouldn't be an issue.


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Ms. Swift is one smart gal. She easily raised her brand recognition and converted me into a Swiftie by declaring her product rare.
A while ago, I shared with you my recent playlist of timeless songs from the 70s and 80s. This one's a classic from way back further, and it happens to be Paul McCartney's favorite1. It's now modernized, improvised, and targeted to help disabled kids of Children In Need:
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I must admit: I haven't watched MTV in over a decade. I'm serious. I used to be the kid who keeps up with the charts when I was young1, all the way through the time I was studying in Singapore (circa 1994 to 2004). I felt that music has gone stale since the turn of the millennium, and I'm sure it isn't just me. You see hits that top charts, but don't quite stay there as long as the hits from the '70s, '80s, and '90s used to.
I also felt that there isn't much newness to the current melody. You can basically replicate the pop 4-chord structure like an app to new releases and call yourself a musician. Don't get me wrong – I still think great music exists today, just that it's getting rare because pop music no longer win over hearts by their records alone, but also things like your personal fashion style, your fame outside of your professional field, and your overall reputation in the showbiz. For this (and many other reasons), I don't keep up with the charts anymore and has gradually turned to alternative genres (trance, new age, jazz, chillout, etc). Bottom line, what's now considered good music is just never going to be the same again.
Now I'm glad the latest Marvel tentpole Guardians of the Galaxy, which became the highest-grossing film out of all previous MCU movies (excluding The Avengers), has inspired Millennials to dig through the timeless vinyl records again – yes, the ones our parents keep somewhere in the garage.
Peter Quill's Awesome Mix, Vol. 1 was a joy to listen to for me, and there were some favorites I want to continue listening to everywhere I go now.
That' s why I came up with the playlist below. I consider these essential hits that my kids should listen to in the future if they're ever going to listen to anything. While there's no way I can stop Miley Cyrus or Nicki Minaj from twerking, the next best thing I figured best doing is to provide this handy list of top-charters that people actually still listen to today, then put it up right next to 21st century pop music for the kids to compare. We'll see if the current chart-toppers are still going to ring in the public's consciousness when they've grown up.
In the meantime, here's ear porn for you.
Any favorites?
P.S. Marvin Gaye's kids vs. 'copycat' Thicke. Hmm.
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It's funny how even if you take things one day at time, the clock is ticking faster than ever before. It's holiday season again here in Indonesia (Ramadan), and most of us are already out of town for a long vacation. Meanwhile, I am just back from a 2-week holiday to China, and will be in town for the whole season to chill and enjoy the clear traffic.
That doesn't stop me from daydreaming about long trips if I were overseas. I thought back about the time I went on my road trip with 10 during my spring break. Since I haven't got my driver's license at that time, my only task was to compile an expansive list of songs to accompany us on the road, while his job was to drive from day to night and sneaking Kapal Api into his system during the wee hours. I had a really fun time choosing songs from my iTunes, and that was also the time I convinced him that progressive trance (like the tunes on this playlist) can sound so euphoric when you're driving fast on the open highway. Then again, with the roads so clear, it gets a bit dull if you're only listening to 1 or 2 genres.
So if you're going to hit the road for the next 3 hours or so, here's a really chill mix that I made out of various different songs to keep you company. Most of these I'm sure you'll recognize, because they're records from the late '90s on to the turn of the millennium, although there are a couple of special songs that happen to be recent hits. Even if you don't understand what "愛的就是你 " or "애인이 생기면 하고 싶은 일" means (neither do I for the latter), I'm sure you're going to fall in love with the melodic feel I've instilled upon you with this playlist.
I know, I know, these cheesy-mellowy tunes may be all too fluffy to take on for so long on the concrete road. Call me starry-eyed, old-fashion, or even boring, but I bet you and your honey will be closer to each other than ever by the time you've reached your destination(s).
Now chill, bask in those last rays of sunshine, and listen:
Now I want to hear from you: Where are you taking yourself this holiday?
P.S. 20 scenic roads you should drive in your lifetime.
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I thought it'll be a great idea to share the stuff I'm overplaying while on the treadmill.
They're on heavy rotation on my playlist right now, and it's not just because these jams amp me up on those moments my body's telling me I can't go on. I play them even when I'm not running, so you can imagine how persistent the melodies stay in my head as I go about my day.
I think I've played Tiësto's "All of Me" birthday treatment on loop on average for about 10 times a day these days. And yes, these songs are bangin' only if you're a fan of EDM. Funny thing is, depending on my mood, I sometimes prefer super slow ballads to keep me going during long runs rather the usual power songs, which tends to go above 130bpm. In those cases I listen to tracks that contain meaningful lyrics just so I can get away from my surroundings and into a more meditative state (something like these girly songs).
Nonetheless, DJ Shah's "Who Will Find Me" is one of those airy trance classics that I'll never get bored with, even if it's been sitting on my favorites list for 6 years. It's just beautiful.
What songs are you obsessed with lately?
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Over a week later and I'm still hungover with Jay :p Tunes I listed below were in my head all week, and since it's dreadful Monday, I want to share the joy with you.
Here's the 101 on the master of diao: Practically every Mandarin-speaking population have at least heard one song by Jay Chou. The Taiwanese artist plays the piano, guitar, cello, flute, drums, violin, and various traditional Chinese instruments. He makes films, he loves his mother, and he's cute. Oh yes, and his beverage of choice is a glass of milk.
Other than that, when it comes to music, variety is his nature. His albums always has that one upbeat song, that super emo one that almost always become chart-toppers, and the one with zhong guo feng. Because you're hearing it from me, I'm gonna say everything he does is great.
Depending on which of these emotions you'd like to get a dose of right now, you can get them from Jay Chou. If you're a girl and you understand Mandarin (i.e. the lyrics), these songs will work doubly on you. Guys, stay straight.
Without further ado, ENJOY.
Sorry that it took me so long to give you the 411 about this, but … you remember I told you about Jay Chou's concert in Indonesia? For the first time, like, ever?
Well … I went to see him. FOR FREE!!!!!! And Oh. My. God. Like, seriously he's 帅到要死啊~~ you don't even have to understand what I just said in Chinese, the point is, my childhood fantasy came true~
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG … I mean, Jay Chou is REAL.
I was trembling throughout the press conference while watching him coming to life with every move he makes, walking and talking like a human being. For the first time I saw him in person. Ten years holding his voice close to my mind and heart and soul and I finally saw him in person.
He's not the usual two-dimensional figure I've been fantasizing about since I was thirteen. He's, like, real, as in 3D – moving, breathing, and completely touchable. Of course I didn't get to touch him you silly. I mean it's a good thing 'cause I'll probably die and go to heaven if I'd poke him, let alone touch him.
Throughout the super short conference, Jay hinted on a couple of stuff to expect in the concert: He will be performing some thirty songs, all of which are the ones he has written himself. That's still a vague overview, even though Vincent Fang has written more than half of Jay's ten-year discography. But then I know he won't be serenading Ai Zai Xi Yuan Qian (愛在西元前) to me anymore.
He also said that this wasn't the first time he's been to Indonesia. A long, long time ago, when he was seven years old, his mother once brought him here for a vacay … in Bali.
So yes, besides being his first performance in Indonesia, this was his first time in Jakarta as well.
One journalist asked the one edible thing he'd like to try while in Indonesia, and Jay spoke of the modest cup of java.
"I heard Indonesian coffee is great," he remarked. Immediately, I thought, this is one of those successful cases behind the excessive advertising of Sumatran coffee beans overseas. Then again, maybe he really digs coffee. A large part of why I always think he's cute is because he loves milk.
Okay, okay. Maybe I shouldn't reveal any more trivial information about him on this post. It only shows how much of my teenage years I've spent on stalking him.
So basically throughout the Q&A session, journalists asked him casual questions that would serve the general public's interest. I had a question, but I resisted from raising my hand, because the ONLY thing that was in my head the whole time was … 你到底有没有努朋友?? (Do you or do you not have a girlfriend??)
FYI, he's always denying about his rumored relationship (and/or marriage) with the beautiful 20-year-old model Hannah Quinlivan. Nevertheless, I'm comfortable living with lying to myself that he's still single, as over two years of their alleged relationship later there's still no fool-proof pictures to confirm their relationship.
I know he doesn't always look good in pictures. In fact, and I'm brutally honest with this, I thought he's just another C-Pop star with a garage of emo mementos to share. It's why the only C-Pop artist I really listen to, like really, really listen to, is Jay Chou.
It's not just that – by now, my taste in skinny guys with smiley faces have probably been challenged for the umpteenth time … but I don't care.
I believe anyone who's seen Jay on these videos would know right away why guys and girls alike would just get head over heels for this artist.
For Pete's sake, he's a modern legend of Asia. Ten years from now, if the standard school is to include the '90s Asian pop culture in their curriculum, I guarantee Jay's music and his influences would mark a dent on history textbooks.
As with everything Indonesian, one of the most unforgetable two hours of my life started late at about 07:40pm -_- But I was just thrilled that the line-up were largely comprised of his old favorites, most of which the lyrics and chords and piano scores I've memorized entirely by heart in the past decade, partly because I'm obsessed with him and partly because they're still good even though I've listened to them more than a million times.
The concert opened with the blasting 4D effect technology getting the 12,000-something audience warmed up quickly. Wowed crowds of teenagers and the elderly alike started singing cheers as they chanted wah kao! (哇靠!) repeatedly (from the upbeat chorus of Jing Tan Hao) on Jay's cue. I won't go further into the details because I wasn't taking much notes during the concert (guilty). I made an attempt to list all the songs he performed that night though, which you can see if you scroll down just a bit more.
This is where I need your help: If you went to the concert as well, please drop a comment and spell out where I've gone wrong with the order of the songs, or any other mistake you've spotted on my list. This is as far as I can recall:
1. Jing Tan Hao (驚嘆號) – Exclamation Mark
2. Long Quan (龍拳) – Dragon Fist
3. Zui Hou De Zhan Yi (最後的戰役) – The Last Battle
4. Na Li Dou Shi Ni (哪里都是你) – Everywhere is You
5. 一路向北 (Yi Lu Xiang Bei) – All The Way North
6. Bu Neng Shuo De Mi Mi (不能说的秘密) – Secret
7. Shuang Jie Gun (雙截棍) – Nun-chucks
8. Ming Ming Jiu (明明就) – Obviously
9. Shi Jie Mo Ri (世界末日) – End of the World
10. Dao Xiang (稻香) – Fragrant Rice
11. Long Juan Feng (龍捲風) – Tornado
12. An Jing (安静) – Silence
13. Jian Dan Ai (簡單愛) – Simple Love
14. Ben Cao Gang Mu (本草綱目) – Compendium of Materia Medica as a beatbox prelude to Gong Gong Pian Tou Tong (公公偏头痛) – Dizzy Eunuch
15. Qian Li Zi Wai (千里之外) – Faraway featuring Beijing singer Liu Chen (Sylvia Stephanie)
16. Qin Hua Ci (青花瓷) – Chinese Flower Pot
17. Dou Niu (鬥牛) – Bullfight / Shui Shou Pa Shui (水手怕水) – Sailors Afraid of Water / Da Ben Zhong (大本钟) – Big Ben
18. A medley of Cai Hong (彩虹) – Rainbow / Gui Ji (軌跡) – Orbit / Niu Zai Hen Mang (牛仔很忙) – Cowboy Is Very Busy / Xing Qing (星情) – Clear Stars / Hui Dao Guo Qu (回到过去) – Go Back To The Past
19. Wan Mei Zhu Yi (完美主義) – Perfectionism / Qiao Ke Shu Shu (乔克叔叔) – Uncle Joker
20. Qing Tian (晴天) – Fine Day
21. Qi Li Xiang (七里香) – Common Jasmine Orange
22. Kai Bu Liao Kou (開不了口) – Cannot Speak
23. Wu Ke Li Li (乌克丽丽) – Ukulele
24. Yang Guang Zhai Nan (阳光宅男) – Sunny Otaku
Every passing minute of the concert had me stupefied (and perhaps I cried a little) that I went gaga all the way with my lightstick. I know it was two sweet hours (and some more) already, but … I really, really can't get enough of the guy. 再给我多几个小时的杰倫吧~~~ T_T
You have to see the look in his face – he's sincerely doing it all for his fans. If I were him I would've been easily let down because the seated persons on the VIP and VVIP sections were, compared to the frantic me, quite nonchalant throughout the first half of the concert. There weren't many from the audience who were fully engaged and singing along with Jay, whereas I was waving at him like there's no tomorrow, singing as loud and as in tune as I can with him. I just went berserk. Whenever he moved towards his left onstage, near where I was at at the stadium's top right, I'd melt slowly in his words. My eyes could've fooled me, but I must have imagined him seeing me because I was practically hanging in the air, my top half reaching towards him so far as if I was about to fall off the balcony. Like if I could just poke his pecs or something, I'd die.
Putting all fangirl raves aside, I thought I heard short clips of Ting Ma Ma De Hua (听妈妈的话) in the beginning (or was it the end?) of one of these songs, and Yi Fu Zhi Ming (以父之名) somewhere else. But overall I was beyond impressed with the whole sequence. There were segments where Jay specifically promoted his most recent self-directed, self-starring musical, The Rooftop (天台), plus a mime segment, a solo drum performance, a solo electric guitar one, and many more spectacular performances by his accompanying crew.
Even though he's now making movies and made it to Hollywood these days, and I'm sure many of you longtime Jay Chou fans would feel the same, I hope he will never stop making music in the long run. He was the first guy who brought the Western R&B into a new light – a zhong guo feng light to be exact – and that has never changed in the past ten years of his music career.
One decade is quite a while to keep up with any form of consistency. Not many artists out there, be it the Western thunders or the Eastern counterparts, who have enjoyed the same, if not more respect from their fans for such a long time. Fast forward to the far future: If he still keeps up with his originality in the years to come, I'm sure the whole Mandarin-speaking world will forever remember his legacy.
Oh, and one more thing: To follow the footsteps of other Mandarin-speaking countries, Indonesia will welcome Jay with open arms should he return for his future concerts. During the press conference, he expressed his interest in coming back, hopefully for every two years, to entertain his Indonesian fans. Note that the every-two-year part is meant to comply with the touring tradition he's established for himself. Of the past every-two-year tours, none in which he's ever gotten the chance to perform in Indonesia. So let's pray he'll return for the second time in 2015.
Much more better-quality pictures from the amazing Opus concert will appear on next month's issue of HighEnd Teen magazine, so make sure you get your copy once November rolls around!!! :)
I can still distinctly remember the last time I went clubbing: summer of 2009 – just before my so-called depression era and the year-long absent period.
But for many reasons other than the brazen addictive nature of it, I can't get trance out of my life.
It's like therapy even up till now, and I suspect it will last for a very long time. I used to have a really (and I mean, really) wide variety of music on my playlist before trance came along.
Safe to say that I was a totally different person than who I am today. Either that or I'm simply breaking out off the extrovert shell I've carefully molded over the years.
But put me on a dancefloor this minute with progressive beats and sync a couple of vocal trance in the background, and I'm off the ultra-tense exterior I now put on every day.
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Release Date: July 26, 2013
Record Label: Armada
USD 1.99 @ Beatport
This is my personal pick from the Prime Mover remixes bundle. I think I could last a full night's loop of the tune. It's pure bliss – as if you're in another world. Like when I danced in heels for a straight 4 hours during AvB's line up at the 2008 LoveFest Afterparty and remained euphoric throughout. Alex M.O.R.P.H. has a got dozens of remixes I've loved throughout his decade-long career, particularly nailing it on his B2B remix of DJ Shah & AvB's "Going Wrong" with Woody van Eyden, as well as the more recent remix of The Thrillseekers' super old hit (in trance history), "Synaesthesia".
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Record Label: Casablanca Records
USD 1.29 @ iTunes
Guess what, this is the first time I spotted a trance tune on a Hollywood movie soundtrack ("Strangers" appears on the "Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" official soundtrack)! Also my first time listening to the vocals of Tove Lo, and she's a different breed from MS54's usual sidekick, Aruna, though equally ethereal. But I've been a longtime fan of MS54's productions and remixes alike – I voted for them as one of the five spinners on DJMag's annual Top 100 DJ voting for the last couple of years, though AvB's still off the charts consecutively. I suggest you start educating yourself with their stuff by subscribing to their FREE weekly podcast, International Departures.
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Record Label: Aropa Recordings
USD 2.49 @ Beatport
I've been in love with Sarah Howells' voice since Lange's epic 2008 record, "Out of the Sky". The Kyau & Albert-remixed version still gives me the chills. Though trance is starting to become mainstream today and I'm all nostalgic about the classics, this is one of the tunes that caught my attention throughout the build-up.
What about you? What have you been listening to lately?
Oh, gosh. He's coming. He's really, really coming. I've been waiting too long for this moment. Never in my wildest dreams he would actually come to Jakarta. Gosh.
Not only is he coming for, ahem, me, Jay's also telling the world that he's still king of Mandopop today, even though his most recent album, "Opus 12" (十二新作), was released last year.
Cut him some slack – he's a very busy guy these days, what with acting, directing, producing, and endlessly composing stuff in hometown Taipei and abroad. My boy, who turned 34 early this year, has been consistent with his albums annually since 2000 anyway, singing his slurs and rapping in hums. His work has long instilled an inspiration so deep within the Asian music scene that every Mandarin-speaking individual I've ever spoken to, whether in the States, in Singapore, or in Jakarta, has at least one song they like that is written and vocalized by Jay Chou.
His last live stint, The Era 2010 World Tours, has melted thousands of crazy fangirls' hearts across Asia, and now he's doing it again by hitting Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Jakarta, in part to reintroduce himself as the brand ambassador of Kaspersky Lab.
Our imaginary long-distance relationship has been rocky over the years, but nowadays it's going quite steady. This will be his first trip to Indonesia, which I thought would never come true just a decade ago. Though it's just a one-night
stand concert at MEIS, I know it'll make up for our lost time.
"It's truly an honor to organize Jay Chou's world tour," said Telly Len, managing director of PT. Nusantara Utama Technology today. "We've seen a tremendous growth of Kaspersky users in Indonesia, with more than two million Indonesian users this year. We hope that Jay's presence as the new ambassador of Kapersky would be a cordial reception for Indonesia."
I'm glad that the tickets to see Jay are available on Tiket.com, which makes life so much easier ;) Buying passes online saves you from the hassle to document the physical paper until the day comes, in which case, for someone as clumsy as me, I'll easily lose. Just remember that you can only book up to four tickets for each transaction, and that once you've received a confirmation e-mail of your purchase, the tickets are no longer refundable.
It's really happening … Twelve albums later, and Jay's made quite an impression in the silver screen. I'm still a bigger fan of his music though. True that he's talented in everything the showbiz throws at him, and it's not hard to spot the high-achiever's perfectionism that's written all over his works, the kind that's similar to Steve Jobs' Apple. But somehow, I can never get tired of watching him play his dozens of instruments, and I'd rather sit by his pink piano, strumming his guitar, playing his violin and cello, and blowing his flute all day than seeing him wearing so many hats working for a single flick.
I'd like to leave much, much thanks to the following peeps who've made one of my childhood fantasies come true T____T:
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Promoters Synergism Entertainment and W Productions are bringing the farthest-fetching artists to J-town. Best known for permitting last year's SM Town Live World Tour III, W Productions has consistently kept Indonesia's cheeriest fanboys and fangirls screaming for more. After the whole legion of Korean artists they've invited in the last five years, including PSY, Rain, and Kim Bum, I'm really glad they're now sending in one of the rare artists I'd go to concerts for ;)
Multi award-winning startup Tiket.com has been kind of like a local version of Expedia and Fandango to me. Probably the easiest and most convenient way to buying movie tickets here in the congested capital, Tiket.com has reserved seats overnight for 10 and me when we were watching Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel at Blitzmegaplex, and on both times, we were thankful we did. Otherwise it would've taken hours in traffic just to find that the seats are full.
Last but not least, I'm grateful for Mata Elang International Stadium (MEIS), the "it" arena within North Jakarta's up-and-coming lifestyle center, Ancol Beach City, because a) its an indoor stadium, so I won't have to worry about rain, and b) the strategic location: It's nearby my home :) The vast platform was just opened for public early last year, but numerous household names have graced the stage. There were the popular Korean artists, namely Super Junior, BIGBANG, and Girls' Generation who had all the K-Pop fanatics go gaga, and then there were the Western classics like David Foster, J Lo, Guns N' Roses, and Sting.
So remember guys: One day left until tickets are open for booking :) I bet there are hundreds of crazy fangirls, excluding myself, to overflow the stadium. I seriously think I'll cry when I meet him in person.
By the way, have you seen these videos? You should. And you wonder whether Mr. Perfect Chou is human.


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My name is Clarissa La Bue and I want to do character concept art. I just finished putting together a small portfolio of my stuff from my first two years of college. I would be in my third year but I had to drop out in may so I am trying to make it now. Any input on what to add, what to fix, and anything else that might help me round out my portfolio would be greatly appreciated. I know that there is barely any concept art in my portfolio but I'm not sure I'm even going in the right direction. I spent three years in college and majored in fine art but it was dull and my heart wasn't really in it. Now that I am trying to do this myself I have absolutely no direction so any advice that will help me better my portfolio will help me.
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Hey,, great stuff! Think there's great potential if you keep working on it. I did notice some anatomical errors, on 847-7963.jpg, It seems that the man's left hip is protruding out too much, but yeah, correct that , and I think it'll look awesome. Also, Billy.jpg is looking a little too short.
But on the whole, great job!
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Yeah, I think you should spend more time on your stuff as a lot of it, especially the character designs are a bit rough. You have skill, just spend more time refining your work.
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I think you let us see to much unfinished work, if this is a portfolio and not a sketchbook you really dont want us to see it. basically, looking at a portfolio I expect to see finished work, so I regard every piece as a finished work, even if it isnt finished I will still think hat you are putting it in there as a finished work. so I will think that you have low standards, and I dont want someone working on my project who has low standards. (I dont actually have a project but you get the idea). If you are going to put a sketch in there, only put it in if it is particularly cool or showcases something that you can do particularly well.
while allot of these pieces are good, allot of them are not, and they drag the viewers regard for your skills down with them.
I also dont think you are aiming your portfolio at the character concept art market, you dont really seem to have done any character concepts here or branched into any styles other than the one.
A studio will want to know that they can tell you, I want a seven foot troll that is clearly a bit hard on his luck but is still quite amiable (or any other of endless character types), and that you will be able to do ten versions of it fairly quickly in different styles.
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I agree that this is stuff for your sketchbook rather than portfolio. The charcoal figure studies, I must say, are beautiful!!


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Phillies' NLDS roster: Domonic Brown in, Danys Baez out
Oct 5, 2010, 6:30 PM EDT
The Phillies decided to go with 10 pitchers in announcing their NLDS roster Tuesday, leaving no room for Danys Baez, Kyle Kendrick or Rule 5 pick David Herndon.
The roster, as called by Todd Zolecki a bit before the official announcement:
SP: Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels
RP: Brad Lidge, Ryan Madson, Jose Contreras, J.C. Romero, Chad Durbin, Joe Blanton, Antonio Bastardo
C: Carlos Ruiz, Brian Schneider
INF: Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco, Wilson Valdez, Mike Sweeney, Greg Dobbs
OF: Raul Ibanez, Shane Victorino, Jayson Werth, Ben Francisco, Ross Gload, Domonic Brown
Baez returned from the DL on Sept. 10 to allow just one run and one hit over his first five innings of work, but he got lit up for four runs in two-thirds of an inning by the Braves on the final day of the season, killing his chances of claiming a spot. Bastardo, probably the 10th man on the staff, allowed one run and posted a 12/0 K/BB ratio in 5 2/3 innings between September and October.
If the Phillies move past the Reds and on to the NLCS, they'll likely add either Baez or Kendrick as an 11th pitcher and subtract either Brown or Dobbs. Brown was a complete non-factor down the stretch, getting just 12 at-bats between September and October, so he'd seem to be the likely choice to go. Dobbs had a terrible season, hitting just .196/.251/.331 in 163 at-bats, but he has tons of experience as a pinch-hitter, something that Brown obviously lacks.
- basiltherat - Oct 5, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Tsk tsk: DomOnic Brown.
- Matthew Pouliot - Oct 5, 2010 at 6:40 PM
For some reason, that fact just doesn't want to stick in my head.
- Utley's hair - Oct 5, 2010 at 7:11 PM
Baez or Kendrick? Dear God, what a choice.
- Buccofan - Oct 5, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Every team has that problem. There's a reason why the last pitcher is last. Usually it's because he's not specifically too good.
- Mike d - Oct 5, 2010 at 11:34 PM
They will keep Brown be be use of his speed. He will be there pinch runner throughout the post season.
- Paul - Oct 6, 2010 at 12:10 AM
I can't see putting Dobbs on the roster. He has not hit all year.he is below avg. on defense. no speed I think he must have some pictures of Charlie Manuel he dose not want shown. Phils should have put Maberry or added another arm like Worleyon roster.
- CJ - Oct 6, 2010 at 8:21 AM
I completely agree, though Mayberry has disappointed this year at times. I was really hoping that Baez, Kendrick, and Dobbs would all be left off the roster, but I'm happy with 2 out of 3. Cholly's very loyal to his guys so I'd have been shocked if Dobbs was left off.
- Jonny5 - Oct 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM
No, No, No. Brown will be on and Dobbs will be off for the NLCS. Brown is quicker, Brown has better numbers, Brown has a much much better arm, Brown will have rookie addrenaline running through his veins too. These are all very good reasons why Dobbs will not be in the NLCS if it is a Dobbs or Brown decision for Charlie.
- Philly56 - Oct 6, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Blanton? Yeah, cause he did so well from the bullpen on Sunday and through the season as a starter.
- Utley's hair - Oct 6, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Joe's been pitching better in the last month or so–not exactly claims of his second half dominance that were crammed down our throats in the first half, but he was better in September. Besides, if it's down to Kendrick, Baez or Blanton, I'll take Joe.
- Jonny5 - Oct 6, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Damn right you will. Joe has been his old "Moose" self for the last month or so. Just let him warm up for like 2 innings before bringing him out of the Pen, if that's what he's there for anyway. It irks me when people trash big joe, he was injured this season.
- Utley's hair - Oct 6, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Have him pitch a simulated game in the pen, mirroring the starter from the third or fourth inning on, then he'll be ready. And I was one of the ones dogging him when he was dogging it. A thousand and one apologies, Jonny. Please try to find it in your circuitry to forgive me, Mr. Roboto.
And by the way, H2O? Really? That's what we're going with? The universal solvent?
What'll the Phightins Phans be chanting at Volquez?
- RickB - Oct 6, 2010 at 12:37 PM
I think Dobbs is there in case Rollins and Polanco both come up hurting and they need somebody to play third.
- Jonny5 - Oct 6, 2010 at 1:22 PM
I'm not on the whole H2O bandwagon. I think that's just too easy. I like Hallozwalamels better. Or Hallamelswalt. C'mon people we have to do better than H2O. Don't we? Can we?
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Haner was the only child born to Alves and Elva Young in 1924. In her twenty's she moved to Henderson, where she met and married her husband Henry C. Haner. In their younger years they enjoyed dancing at the Moose Lodge. Viola was a very talented seamstress. She enjoyed making clothing for her daughters, and crocheting. Her children commonly joked that if their mom could see it she could sew it. Viola had read her Bible front to back numerous times. She also enjoyed fishing and still had her current fishing license; she had a green thumb and could grow anything. Viola especially loved Elvis, music, and movies.
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Survivors include: 2 Daughters: Dorothy Jean Young and husband Randall, Barbara Ann Banken and husband Randall Henderson, KY; 1 Son: Gary Lee Haner and wife Carolyn Coxs Creek, KY; 6 Grandchildren: Shelly Melloy and husband Phillip, Steven Young and wife Marian All of Henderson, KY, Sean Haner Coxs Creek, KY, Kris Haner and wife Abbie Newburgh, IN, Matthew Joseph Banken Clifton, NJ, Autumn Murphy and husband Nathan Henderson, KY; 12 Great Grandchildren; 2 Great-Great Grandchildren.
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So, so far I'm getting the feeling that older MMO's were not really that more difficult than modern ones they just had you work things out for yourself and did not guide you in any of the overriding mechanics, which seems to me to be a sin of omittance rather than commitance, in other words it was not intentional because they were low down the list of priorities of the devs to build ingame guides and time ran out. Other things like death penalties and forced grouping seem to vary in severity, like having corpse runs, from game to game as in you could solo and avoid combat in UO but not in EQ and FFXI and they really don't make the game harder as just force a certain situation on you and reduce choice. Though I can understand that these things at the time seemed harder but in reality were just being unknown quantities and thus took time to learn pulling people together.
The other elements like closer communities, involved ecomonies, server reputation and politics can be found in the upper eschelons of many modern games, my UK server on EQ2, Runnyeye, has all of these things intact. For me the older community spirit is still there but it has fragmented into guilds and alliances moving to the latter more commited part of the game rather than being there for all to see. So in those rarefied atmopsheres you can have a server reputation as in the infamous Goonsquad and affiliates. I feel this is a natural progression as the MMO movement became more popular that you branch off into the groups that support your way of playing be it casual, core raider, fun loving criminals, altoholics anonymous or any other subset of MMO player. I used to be part of the really early UK Acid House scene before it exploded into popularity but even when it did there was still great clubs/raves that existed within this new found popularity but of course the flipside was loads of idiots coming in thinking they knew it all and it only began when they found out about it 3/4 years after the first underground clubs started up. So I know where a lot of the early MUD/MMO players are coming from its just harder to see through a sea of epeens and in our case, posers.
My conclusions could be off the mark but I don't think the genre has really taken that much of a nosedive really as some would have it, though a little more variey is always welcome but remember there is an old skool heart in all MMO's you just need to find it and in the immortal words of an Acid House icon....
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AC1 Darktide:
1) Originally you had to figure out the formulas for your own spells. There were lots of materials and ways to combine them and the combinations were different for every account. It was insane (until someone figured out the pattern and published a program to predict the formulas based on your accound name).
2) PVP was rough - just to sell and restock comps you had to go into a town. But there were limited places to go for the good mats, it took a few minutes to actually select and buy/sell everything, and there were tons of people camping the area because they could kill and loot your character while he was in the buy/sell window.
3) It took several minutes to fully buff a character. The buffs lasted < 15 minutes.
4) There were lots of loopholes and tricks to PVP because the devs didn't know what they were doing when they designed it (godmode running, buffing robes instead of individual pieces, metal armor was useless against most attacks even with buffs, martial arts was the cheapest melee skill and it was also much much better than the most expensive, some skill combos made characters much much better than others, etc). This separated experienced/rutheless players from others.
5) AC1 was before google.
6) Competition for hunting grounds. You were either in one of the good spots or you were taking a lot more time to get levels.
Most of the above are bad things that probably cost Microsoft/Turbine customers and all/most of them have since been changed. But playing was much harder than Wow or any game is now.
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I will try to keep this short as i can go on for ever about this topic.
Let me explain how it worked real fast in Asherons Call.
You log in to this huge open world with not a single instance. you have a dagger, some bread and no idea were to go. all you know is the little dots on your mini map that are orange will kill you.
you set out to explore the land and die many times before you figure out what you are doing. each time leaving a body on the ground with money and some loot you had picked up. you can either go get your body and loot or just leave it. You open up your world map and it shows towns and points of interest on it, yes thats it. you learn to stay on the road because its safe to try and find a town.
then you find a town with people running around doing their thing, you start asking questions and figureing out whats going on. trying to make some friends and maybe join a monarchy. after this your real journey begins.
This game was made in 1999 had no classes had a skill system that is way more advanced then any garbage i see today.
the loot system was 100% random off mobs wich means you never know when your going to find that awsome piece of loot that is better then what you already have. no boss grinds in some stupid instance for a piece of loot you looked up on the internet so you know right were to get it.
you could dodge magic and arrows, wich i found to be so awsome about this game. the physics engine was just amazing no heat seeking magic spells/arrows.
Now this is what happens when u log into a newer game.
You log in you ( first thing is first Turn off general chat ) then you see the NPC with the ! above his head, talk to him, hit Yes a few times without reading the garbage he is saying because it doesnt matter. Do this to all the NPCs in the area then hit quest jornal see what one is the closest go kill 10 boars then return. then the same NPC says go kill same boars this time bring 30 boar tusk. ( and they call these quest ).
you do this almost the entire game. and people doing the same quest are only in your way.
pretty much you log on the game holds your hand and walks you threw panzy land makeing sure everything is ok and happy go lucky. if you die its ok nothing happens because we dont want you to get upset.
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Joined: 2/28/09
Originally posted by BCuse
Games like WoW tell you what to do next, they hold your hand every step of the way and give you rewards left and right.WoW is a childs game to be honest. It's a great game for someone who isn't good at MMOs, because even 8 year old kids play WoW and are main tanks... That tells you how dumbed down the game is.
Old school games like UO (Played in 1998 until they killed the game in 2003 with AoS) Were nuts. Not only did you have NO idea how strong a mob was before you fought it, you also had players attacking you left and right. That sweet sword you found? Yup, there was about a 95% chance if you used it you would lose it when you died.
There was no quests in UO, no levels, no raids, no item stats (other then the +1-+5 damage on weapons) you were dropped into a world and that's all you knew. YOU had to figure out what to do, the game told you NOTHING.
to be honest, I miss those days. The game had a real economy, friends you made were either real friends in the end, or people who backstabbed you and robbed you blind. I STILL talk to many friends I met in UO. *sigh* they need another true sandbox that doesn't hold you by your hand.
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Deeper RPG mechanics
Harder raids (no instancing, mobs shift tactics based on how many is attacking and with what)
More in depth combat and classes
Quest NPCs didn't glow like neon signs, and a yelllow brick road didn't appear to take you to your objective
No GPS maps
Penalties for failure
Night was actually dark
in dungeons you had to account for roaming mobs, some that got attracted to certain inventory items, other players (this could fall under deeper RPG mechanics)
things weren't always blatantly obvious
PvP that mattered and had lasting consequences for success and failure
PvP that wasn't always scaled into sports teams of perfect even sides.
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Inability for most classes to solo.
Slow recovery times.
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Be Brief, Be Bright... Be Gone.
I personally don't feel old MMO's were harder. They were longer than most newer games, they definately had points that were more irritating. But the game itself, how you played wasn't any harder or more challenging... just longer and more tedious.
Actually as much fun as I had in EQ I actually find that it was more limited in almost every way than games today. Less choice in developing my character, less choice in the areas I played (eventually solved by... what 16 expansions now), less choice in the content available for single player progression.
However I did like the teamwork. These days I team when I want and solo when I want, however I will admit that sometimes sparking up conversations and keeping groups is harder today. There has to be some way to not only make grouping as easy and rewarding as it is today (and yes groups get more xp, more loot and more coin than soloing) encourage teamwork, while still keeping soloing as a real viable experience and not the afterthought of games gone by.
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.
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Originally posted by VengeSunsoar
I feel the same.
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mob difficulty, death penalties, playing without sleep. 1999 was a fun year
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Well this is my opinion of older MMO's as compared to newer MMO's:
fun < pain in the ass
To me it would seem like older MMO's took the joy out of playing and replaced it with bashing your keyboard and pulling your hair out. I'm all for hardcore, like loosing items during PvP or more intense death penalties (those are understandable). However, shady quest txt that leaves you searching the map for a rat killing quest for 8 hours because there's no marker or proper quest description is just rediculous.
No global chat? Imo seems to take away from the MMO experience in general.
No respecing? So if you miplaced one skill or took the wrong profession you'd have to waste another couple weeks of your life to re-roll and redeem a simple mistake. That would really suck.
Also, theres plenty of grouping in modern MMO's, it's all about who you play with. MMO's are 5 times more popular today than they were back in the day so of course there's going to be more immature players spouting profanity, being a nusance and not wanting to group (bigger population = higher chance of douche bags). But this is because of today's gamers themselves, not the games.
Imo games todays MMO's have evolved to be more entertaining rather than "hardcore". Not neccessarily a bad thing considering games are supposed to be developed for entertainment purposes anyway.
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Mob health and damage VS player health and damage. I think that has been the biggest change.
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Originally posted by Calerxes
They had no meaningful quests..............people had to group to progress
The WoW quest progressions killed real MMORPGs which should be about community
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The whole MMO gaming atmosphere as well as genre' of people playing online rpgs was different. The community of players was pretty much free of anybody under the age of 21 with the average player ages 30+ There was no instant gratification as everything was hard earned. When you ran from a elite mob trying to kill you , you had an adrenaline rush and you feared for real losing hours of exp from a NPC death. You had to look at the game from a more realistic perspective.
Without going into a novel of a story i will state that WoW made the old school game developers change the format to instant gratification easy mode. As an example. My frst 50 in DAOC took me months of marathon play to achieve that level. I revisited the game last year and i went from 0-50 in about 32 hours of game play. Old school meant downtime to rest and power up which promoted socilizing. The social element is a game breaker for me. I haven't found a game since pre-wow that really had any social element. I'm still looking.
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This can easily be answered in one word - Paradigm.
Even if you don't know what it is, you know what it is. It's the "zombie", "vampire" or ninja. It's the backstory behind the story. It's what makes something we all know, something we all know without needing an explanation. It's the reason we can see something and know all about it without being told anything.
When MMO's first came out, there wasn't this paradigm; everything was new and never, or only rarely, seen before in a game. Years have passed and now we all know what to expect in an MMO without needing our hands held or detailed explanations of the core gameplay itself.
No one has to explain that an MMO is a persistent world anymore. No one has to go into detail about the idea that you can attack another player-character in real-time. These are all things we just know by now. That's why MMOs now have their own paradigm, just like a movie villian or horror flick.
It takes the newness out of the game and the sense of mystery away from it. Those are the things that made the older MMOs a challenge. We didn't exactly know what to expect of the genre, never mind individual games. No one was exactly sure what was, wasn't or could be possible in the actual game itself.
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Older mmos more difficult? Please. I wish more people would get this train of thought out of their minds. I'll tell you the truth that others don't want you to hear (and I've been playing them for a long time), old skool mmos were not hard, the players back then were just less experienced...
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At no point do I think they were harder in terms of Mob AI or anything like that. They were harder in the sense that grinding by just killing mobs.
The games were more group based. There was a lot less soloing involved.
A LOT less people played them, so there were a lot less resources put into helping new players. With most MMOs now, you have many websites to help you out in many regards to the game.
Do I think mezzing groups of people for minutes at a time was hard? Lol. Do I think chaining CCs from different classes that have very short durations hard? Not really, but it does take some coordination.
People try to scream about how now a days, "Everyone gets epix for free". That might be true. They might not have to camp a dungeon for over a week to see a boss spawn and hope their group gets more people on before the other. They might not have to spend weeks and weeks killing things to get one drop. That sure doesn't make it hard at all.
I play games to have fun. I don't play games to spend weeks and weeks and see no improvement or have no fun.
And i00x00i brings up some very good points. Rose coloured goggles = win!
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Originally posted by MMOman101
That is a serious change. BITD in EQ1, an even con mob was seriously an even fight - if you did not do your absolute best (hit every kick/bash/other hotbar ability to the fullest and in the right ways) you could easily lose. Sometimes the mob got lucky and you lost ANYWAYS lol. So you had to run for it with that sucker hot on your heels until you found a guard, or got to the zone edge, or some other player took it off of you - and that happened a LOT, because people were not oblivious to each other in those days. And you absolutely said Thank You! to that person for saving your hide :)
But that was part of the game - the purpose was for you to win by playing it well, not to hand you little packages of xps and loot because you logged in and clicked a target.
I'd throw in another reason was that the games were designed for grouping, and by that I mean if a warrior type did not have a healer with him/her, they were going to spend a LOT of downtime between fights. I tried soloing a rogue once, and around L18 he had around 400 hps. After a hard even con fight, he was down to around 10% health (not unusual even for a guy with good gear). Health regenned at something like 1 pt per second, meaning that he needed to spend 6 minutes downtime in between fights - or quit being a solo jerk and join up with a group :)
Another reason was no taunting. That's right, no instant "aggro management". The warrior actually had to do the majority of the damage in order to keep the mob on him. If someone else pulled aggro, it was up to either the warrior or the off-tank (usually a higher DPS character with some armor, like a ranger) to get the mobs attention and yank it back over to the warrior.
This took actual preparation, assignment of roles in the group, responsiveness to changing situations, and skill of execution. You pretty much found at least a modicum of the skill now needed for raids in every successful group.
mobs were just generally tougher. In the case of EQ, the damage and health they dad was on par, if not higher than a player of the same level. Interrupting their spells/actions also required some quick timing, easily missed if you just spam your skills and get stuck in cooldowns and casting times.
Debuffs were actually a significant part of the fight as well, one I always found mobs were very eager to fuck you over with it. Experienced this very early on in EQ with orc priests blinding and slowing me, and large stat reductions. Mobs that debuffed were a nightmare for a solo melee class. Players learned and picked targets that would put up the least amount of resistance to your classes abilities.
Mobs had large aggro ranges, and even unique triggers like just casting a spell near one. More often than not they had faster movement speed than the player, if you didn't have a speed buff or a root, you weren't likely going to get away unless guards or players helped you out.
Honestly the list goes on, all i'm going to say is mobs put up a serious fight in older games, and player classes didn't have a counter/solution for everything a mob might throw at them. This is why players were very eager to find groups back then.
Modern mmo's have needless to say, nerfed mobs to very tedious, grindy, and meaningless encounters that don't require any thought or effort.
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Gear was alot harder to obtain..
Money was alot harder to obtain.
No Maps..
No compass..
No Radar
major exp loss upon death
corpse runs after death with all your gear on corpse
No real indicator of which mob is an 'elite'
no hand holding,during quests and in general.
Lots of mobs were underconned...a giant who is an even level with you could still tear you apart and rightfully so.
just a few off the top of my head.


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Candlewick | Aug 24, 2010
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| 4-8 years
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| 4-8 years
"A young kid's exciting cable-car ride forms the drama in this lively picture book . . . sprinkled with Spanish words."—BOOKLISTToday is the day! Finally Roberto will take his trip on the teleférico to the top of El Ávila, the mountain overlooking his village. Since Papá has to work, Tío Antonio will go with his nephew, who makes sure to pack his camera so he can share the sights later with Papá. Up, up, the cable car goes, over gasp-inducing ravines, to an exciting new world of vendors, animals, and a spectacular view of Caracas below. Beautifully illustrated and offering a Spanish-English glossary at the end, here is a warmhearted tale of a little boy's first big adventure without his parents.
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Some user may say,, they can not show the preset files in Smart contents.
, (poze or material) even though categorize,, set compatibliity with,
and set-compatiblity base about the target (with witch you use the preset files) in content DB editror.
I sometimes experiences same misterious problem,about new save preset for new figure or prop.
when I save figure or prop,, I often did not set-compatiblity base about prop or figure
(simply because,, feel bother(some) to do, and I think I will do if need and I know what to do,,,.)
after that,, I make new preset for the prop,, I feel to see preset in smart content.
then I set meta-data by content DB editor aobut the figure or prop. and materials,,
but,, my preset can not be shown.when I select the prop,,,
on these case,, we may need to check,,, Scene ID and set compatiblity base again. ^^;
lets check my pictures,, it show How I missed to show preset in smart content.
to clear understand.