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According to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com, former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders verbally accepted deal from the Kansas City Chiefs prior to agreeing to a deal with the Denver Broncos and now several teams are very upset.
According to Rapoport, Sanders' new agent, Steve Weinberg, accepted an offer in principle from the Chiefs on behalf of his client and then shopped that offer to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who Sanders had already visited with this past week. Weinberg reportedly never told the Buccaneers that he had accepted the Chiefs offer and then switched course and agreed to an offer with the Broncos, that Sanders is expected to sign soon.
If that's not enough, Sanders apparently blew off the visit he had scheduled with the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday and that likely isn't going over well with them.
Weinberg has a checkered past as he was recently reinstated by the NFLPA, which had barred and decertified him for a 2003 incident that consisted of him diverting assets to an offshore account during a dispute with a partner and collecting a fee from a client prematurely, according to Rapoport's report.
Well, this certainly is interesting, but other than violating the honor system, it doesn't sound like Sanders and his agent broke any rules. I'm sure we will be hearing much more about this over the course of the next few days.
And the Patriots chuckle.
This does not surprise me at all. Good Riddens…this is not the first time him and his agent have caused ruckus. I am glad that the Steelers didn't resign an injury prone, average at best, diva with an idiot of an agent. Hopefully a team will sign him to a lucrative contract and plays extensively so we get a third round compensatory pick next year.
very true
I imagine as a player you wouldn't want a "nice guy" agent, you'd want the son of a bitch who was going to get you the most money possible by any means necessary.
How many teams tell players one thing an do another I'm not mad get what you can get no honor system in nfl.
This is actually a new agent.
Think the agent reflects the player in this case?
I'm glad Sanders went to Manning even if his agent was a scumbag in the process. Best chance for a Pro Bowl season for Sanders and a better compensatory pick for the Steelers which at this point is what we all should want as Steelers fans.
So we all should be hoping for a 1,200 yards and 10 TDs for Sanders next year. Might even get a 3rd round pick if his numbers are elite. (More likely a 4th or a 5th, but we can always hope)
However long term… Sanders will probably be regretting that deal and the way his agent handled it in two or three years because Manning is going to either collapse the way aging quarterbacks eventually do or outright retire sometime soon. Manning is after all almost 38 and even the greats of all time seemed to fade fast right around where Manning will be come the start of this year. And there is a long history of really tall quarterbacks like Osweiler turning into incredible busts in the Pros.
Eh…I'd rather not make assumptions.
good Riddance to Sanders should have let him go for that 3rd rouder
I agree, but you have to wonder why he had recently got ride of an agent and now him and his new agent have this happening
Can't blame Sanders for wanting to play with P Manning and Co. If he stays healthy he should be able to put up some good numbers this year. Can't blame him for not going to SF. They seem pretty set at WR and the QB is a little unproven. As far as Sanders agent he sounds a little shady IMO and I'm sure his tactics violates some unwritten rules but I bet all agents have tricks of the trade to create some leverage for their clients. Denver is on a mission this FA trying to put together another SB caliber team. Wonder what the numbers were on Sanders contract.
kinda figured Manny to be a one of these new era entrepreneurs / slash football players who are all about the paper when he excepted New England's offer last year
Smart articulate guy I would guess he's a good teammate never heard of him getting into any trouble. IMO that young money crew was a bad influence on him.
Oh how we could've used an extra 3rd round pick for this deep draft. That one still stings
I don't really understand what happened here, is it possible it was just miscommunication between Sanders and his agent?
I don't see what kind of benefit Sanders would get from accepting an offer and then backing out. If he was trying to game the Broncos for more money or something, I'm not sure what kind of game he was playing. Receiving an offer might drive up a counter offer from another team, but why accept before you get the offer you want? Can someone explain this?
Sanders went to Denver to be third string, wow
I don't think that's how the compensatory picks work. The formula is confidential but it's speculated to be based on salary, playing time and post season honors, with the salary being the primary factor.
How much of this can I put on Sanders I will not know but if he catches wind of this he needs to find him self a new agent.
If they let him go to the Pats, the pick would have been last year, not this year.
Hmm.. interesting… burning bridges all over the country, not to smart
Thankfully AB was locked up and the two clowns are gone. No confidence in Wheaton, yet.
Sanders is a punk…. he was a cocky overrated diva WR who never lived up to his hype. The fact that he is taking the easy way out and signing as a 3rd WR in Denver instead of trying to be the guy who helps to put a team like KC (a playoff team) over the top tells you all you need to know about they type of player he is. We're better off without him.
it would have been this year
Of course, however as you stated post season honors are factored in. So if the Steelers are losing Sanders to Manning, hoping Sanders gets to a Pro Bowl next year gets the Steelers a better shot at a higher compensatory pick than the Steelers would have gotten without it.
It's a hope for a better compensatory pick, not a fact of a better compensatory pick.
More likely he'll be the second man up as Welker's game seemed to be slowing down after midseason.
KC deserves it and I couldn't be happier.
You can be sure they created this as a story because someone had second thoughts about joining such a sleezy organization.
Why am I not surprised that this is happening with Sanders? Yeah its his agent but why would you get an agent like this in the first place? Please don't bring him back, not even for a bag of chips. Wheaton takes a step forward and we're in great shape with signing Cotch.
Don't expect Sanders to be anything but a 3rd WR for Denver. Would think
Demaryius Thomas, & Wes Welker, would be ahead of him. Sanders back to what he was always meant to be a 3rd receiver. He may actually excell at that job.
But still I can see it now, Season on the line for the Broncos, time left for one play, Sanders open in the endzone, Manning Fires……..oooooh off his finger tips….Denver is going home. The End.
I wouldn't say his agent is a good example of how sanders goes about his business, but you know what he got his client possibly the best deal…not to big of a deal, I feel like this happens more than just this instance.
IMO, the Steelers Front Office looks silly. Of course nothing in regards to what Sanders and his agent did. But they could have had a 3rd RD draft pick in 2013 and blew it. I'm not mad at Sanders nor his Agent; Hmm! Lets see, a chance to play with Alex Smith, Colin Kapernick or Peyton Manning? Easy decision, Sanders will flourish with Manning provided he remains healthy in 2014.
Boo-freakin'-hoo….NFL teams crying 'cause they didn't get the chance to turn someone away first. It's not a universal mystery why players explore free agency…it's to get the most amount of money or a chance to play for a contender.
That's a little much don't you think? High school kids do this all the time when choosing colleges and that's big business too. Besides whoever spilled the beans did it anonymously, which is more classless in my opinion. If you're gonna say something at least put your name behind it. The story's probably only half true anyways.
He wont be making a pro-bowl run this year karma! Manning plays NFC West and nobody is sitting around waiting on a QB destined for injury! Ask "Brett how many Playoff Loses" Farve! LMAO!
you are comparing an 18 year old to a 26 year old though you think over the course of college and several years in the pros you would gain some maturity. Actually the Chiefs are the ones who "spilled the beans" because it happened to them and they told the NFL and Ian Rapoport told the world which is what you are supposed to do in situations like this.
No I did mean the Chiefs spilled the beans. But like I said, Chiefs are probably just crybabies, and since the source is anonymous I don't believe the story. As to the age comparison I would say this is all on his agent, not Sanders, so maturity really has nothing to do with it.
Good riddance Sanders, don't let that door hit you in the %$#. I view it this way, if a guy wants to leave than he really didn't want to be there in the first place. GTFO, hope we get something out of the average WR.
With those two you expected anything else?
Did you mean "riddance"? Or is "Riddens" a CB with the Seahawks?
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I Corps join combined forces at Exercise Talisman Sabre
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Forward together we go, or in Hindi, Chalein Saath Saath!! The U.S. Army Pacific and I Corps welcomed the Indian army to the 19th India-U.S. Land Forces Executive Steering Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 11-13.
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Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, met with troops and senior leaders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Nov. 18, 2014, to discuss the Army's strategic vision for the Pacific and how I Corps units will be part of the Army's continued focus on the region.
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Engineers practice using robots to detect bombs
Aug 12, 2011
Combat Engineers from the 18th Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, received robotics training with an explosive ordnance disposal robot at the National Training Center, Calif., Aug. 10, 2011.
JBLM takes active role in keeping base safe from bears
Aug 11, 2011
The 198-pound female black bear was one of three captured in a four-week period this summer, all around Miller Hill. While the animals are frequently seen foraging for food in the late summer and fall, there have been more spotted on base this year than ever before.
Manchu Spirit
Aug 11, 2011
Enduring the 25 mile Manchu Mile ruch march builds more than personal strength. It builds stronger bonds between brothers in arms.
55th Engineer Brigade host fun, educational deployment day
Aug 11, 2011
At 38, triathlete Bruce Antonowicz believes he's reaching the peak
Aug 11, 2011
For the last six years Bruce Antonowicz has followed a strict Ironman training regimen. As he prepares to compete in his seventh Ironman competition in November, he hopes to be nearing the peak of his career.
Community pays respects to former Joint Chiefs chairman
Aug 9, 2011
More than 600 people, including fellow servicemembers, gathered at a memorial service Aug. 6, 2011, for retired Gen. John Shalikashvili at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.
Stryker Sunday Service
Aug 9, 2011
Soldier training at the National Training Center, California not only stay physically strong, they also stay mentally and spiritually strong.
Cooks at NTC
Aug 9, 2011
Cooks at the National Training Center, California talk about the importance of not just feeding Soldiers but feeding them right.
Children of 593rd Sustainment experience Kids Boot Camp
Aug 9, 2011
Over 100 children participated in the 593rd Sustainment Bde. Kids Boot Camp, which was coordinated by the brigade's Family Readiness Group.
MPs Fight Through Pepper Spray Training
Aug 8, 2011
For many Soldiers, being sprayed in the face with pepper spray is not a common occurrence. But for the 15 Soldiers of the 571st Military Police Company, being sprayed is just another part of training and a skill that could save their lives. The group to be sprayed by Oleoresin Capsicum, commonly known as Pepper Spray, consisted of two officers, ten enlisted and three cadets all who needed to be certified on the training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, July 29. But the training lane was not just about being sprayed with the OC spray; they also had to complete five stations relevant to their role as a military police officer.
3-2 SBCT transport Strykers to NTC
Aug 7, 2011
NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, Calif. - The Stryker armored fighting vehicle is nearly 20 tons of machinery, including eight wheels and automatic fire power, all at the disposal of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Transporting these rolling giants of destruction from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., to the National Training Center required the unification of commanders, non-commissioned officers, and junior enlisted Soldiers to successfully complete the mission.
Arrowhead Soldiers receive spiritual guidance at NTC
Aug 7, 2011
NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, Calif. - For some Arrowhead Soldiers of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, attending religious services creates a fresh start to a new week in the Mojave Desert at the National Training Center in Southern California.
MILES gear simulates live combat at NTC
Aug 6, 2011
NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, Calif. - Intelligence analysts from 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, geared up their Humvee for the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) to be installed at the National Training Center Aug. 5.
Scaparrotti assesses gains in southern Afghanistan
Aug 4, 2011
Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commanding General for ISAF Joint Command, conducts a patrol with Soldiers from Regional Command South's 10th Mountain Division near Kandahar, Afghanistan and meets with local Afghan leaders to discuss gains in the former insurgent stronghold. Scaparrotti met with Afghan and ISAF leaders to assess gains from their combined operations last winter and spring, aimed at rooting out insurgents.
16th Combat Aviation Brigade begins new chapter at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Aug 4, 2011
The newest addition to I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, proved its members are masters of multitasking, hosting a ceremony with four major events: the uncasing of 16th CAB colors, a brigade change of command, the activation of two new battalion-level formations and for good measure, the redesignation of a squadron.
Deployment training includes language, culture
Aug 4, 2011
Honor guard members' visit makes for extra-special day
Aug 4, 2011
An 18,000-mile journey to help military veterans
Aug 4, 2011
After 15,000 miles on his bicycle, Doug Adams was finally on familiar territory. For 10 months, the retired lieutenant colonel had averaged 60 miles a day across 48 states when he turned on to East Gate Road on July 28. It was the first time on his journey Adams recognized the road he traveled on.
Exercise Lightning Strike brings together U.S., Singapore armies
Aug 3, 2011
Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment "Manchus," participated in a company field training exercise with Company B, 2nd Singapore Infantry Regiment, July 25-27, 2011.
Space systems give Australians, U.S. Soldiers edge in Talisman Sabre
Aug 3, 2011
Australians and Americans, including Colorado Army National Guard Soldiers, worked together to integrate space systems in to the Talisman Sabre exercise July 11-29, 2011.
U.S. Army Soldier Show hits JBLM, one performer reconnects with longtime friend
Aug 3, 2011
With impending overseas deployments, frequent changes of station and occasional away-from-home temporary duty, Army life can sometimes feel like a travelling show. And while most Soldiers can't exactly attest to feeling like stage performers, the U.S. Army Soldier Show's stop at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aug.1-2 served as a reminder that there's at least one similarity between Soldier and performer.
"A special kind of bond": Amidst World Breastfeeding Week, group offers JBLM new mothers forum for e
Aug 3, 2011
Madigan Army Medical Center's Moms Own Milk group is a twice-weekly initiative by the hospital's lactation consultant office that offers new and practiced mothers alike who breastfeed their babies a face-to-face forum of education and advice on the topic. It's reassuring JBLM spouses and servicemembers alike of their decisions as breastfeeding mothers.
STB Soldier, chef serves up some stiff competition
Aug 2, 2011
One Soldier's creativity and passion for cooking has driven her to excel and sweep the I Corps Special Troops Battalion Dining Facility's "Chef of the Week" competition for the month of July. That Soldier, Pfc. Jaliesa Barber, a food service specialist, has won the "Chef of the Week" competition a total of seven times since it started three months ago.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord fosters collaboration, facilitates success
Aug 2, 2011
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is at the forefront of joint bases across the Department of Defense in developing best practices and creating a culture of collaboration, officials at the Washington state base said recently. The largest joint base west of the Rockies has been committed for nearly 18 months to implement best Department of Defense practices. As one of 12 joint bases around the country and the largest of the two led by the Army,
Joint Base Lewis-McChord sets future conditions for ACAP
Aug 2, 2011
Changes are coming to the Army Career and Alumni Program that will smooth Soldiers' transitions back into civilian life -- and the concept that inspired them was born at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Wounded Warriors get competitive during adaptive sports
Aug 1, 2011
Wounded warriors from the Warrior Transition Battalion participated in adaptive sports, adding competitiveness to their physical therapy at Shoreline Park July 29. Soldiers demonstrated their athletic prowess during sitting volleyball, disc golf, and wheelchair basketball, sports that have been adapted so everyone can play despite physical abilities.
Cav spouses learn new appreciation for Soldiers' jobs
Jul 29, 2011
Spouses and children of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, experienced a day in the life of a cavalry trooper when they participated in Family Spur Ride.
Technology to aid DoD mental health services
Jul 29, 2011
The first-ever live Introduction to Telemental Health Delivery Workshop at the National Center for Telehealth and Technology's headquarters on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., last week offered guidance to providers on offering mental health services from a distance using videoconferencing technology.
Hammer thrower ready for another try on world stage
Jul 28, 2011
Maj. Mike Mai ranks nationally near the top in the hammer throw, and after his second-place finish at the U.S. Track and Field National Championships in Eugene, Ore., last month, he'll compete in his second World Championships in August.
JBLM's growth of EFMP 'beyond our expectations'
Jul 28, 2011
That's how she ended up starting a working focus group for the Army Community Services Exceptional Family Member Program. The group has monthly meetings where everyone from medical professionals to EFMP members can get together to identify and address problems " and it's grown dramatically since starting five months ago.
Four Legged Partner
Jul 27, 2011
Military Police train with their four legged partners to build up their soldier skills and their comaraderie.
ISAF Joint Command Group at Regional Command-Capital
Jul 27, 2011
Stand-alone photo from visit to Turkish soldiers in Regional Command Capitol.
Troxell Thanks Bagram Hospital Staff, Patients
Jul 25, 2011
Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell toured the military hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to visit the staff and wounded warriors from coalition nations and Afghanistan.
Community barbecue a family affair
Jul 25, 2011
Lewis-McChord Communities' annual barbecue at Eagleview Community Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord-North July 23 was an event with a simple purpose: treating servicemembers and their families who live on the installation to a cost-free day of fun while allowing them to build friendly bonds with others.
A Soldier and his dog
Jul 25, 2011
A Soldier with the 51st Military Police Detachment works with his partner, a military police dog named Blitz.
Army Values serve as the driving-force for Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry
Jul 22, 2011
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry vows to continue to help fellow Soldiers and to remember the fallen.
Wounded war heroes summit Mount Rainier
Jul 22, 2011
Since 2007, Camp Patriot, a non-profit organization, has sponsored the annual climb of Mount Rainier's 14,411-foot summit for wounded warriors. Only 50 percent of climbers reach the summit, proving the significance of the challenge that lies ahead.
Western Native American tribes join annual canoe journey across Puget Sound
Jul 22, 2011
For the last 18 years, tribes from as far as Alaska and Northern California take canoes to spend a week with a different host tribe, making short stops with tribes along the way. On Monday, 17 canoes on the "Paddle to Swinomish 2011" landed at Solo Point, which forms Joint Base Lewis-McChord's northwestern border, to spend the night before continuing north to La Conner.
MOH recipient still wants to make contribution
Jul 21, 2011
Not everyone gets tips on penmanship from a president. But then, not everyone is Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, an Army Ranger and recent Medal of Honor recipient.
Commander Sees One Of His Own Get Medal Of Honor
Jul 20, 2011
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--Maj. Rob Shaw watched with pride from the back of the room as President Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry.


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Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times reports that former Lightning right wing Ryan Malone has plead no contest to a DUI charge back in April.
As part of his DUI punishment, he'll have to serve 50 hours of community service and his driver's license will be suspended for six months.
He was arrested for DUI in April after hitting a curb, and the officer found 1.3 grams of cocaine in his car. He refused to take a Breathalyzer test but tests later revealed his BAC was 0.112.
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Allegories of Historical Revisionism: Yamamoto Shichihei on Sino-Japanese Relations in the 1970s.
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Yamamoto Shichihei burst into Japanese public consciousness in 1970 as the translator and publisher of the best-selling book The Japanese and the Jews written by Isaiah Ben-Dasan. Yamamoto went on to become one of Japan's most prolific authors and commentators in the 1970s, both as Ben-Dasan's translator and writing in his own name. Yamamoto is best known for his ruminations on Japanese national character and as a major figure in the historical revisionist movement for his participation in the Nanjing Massacre controversy. Less well-known is his writing on another major issue in 1970s Japanese politics – Japan's changing relations with China. In this talk I will focus on a series of articles by Ben-Dasan and translated by Yamamoto that interpret Japan's relations with China in the context of a dramatic revisionist history of Sino-Japanese relations from the founding of the Japanese imperial institution to Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei's visit to Beijing in 1972. I will suggest some of the ways that these articles shed light on how issues of Japanese national identity, war responsibility and historical revisionism informed perceptions of Japan's relations with China even before the internationalization of Japan's "history problem" in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Back in October I picked up on a Los Angeles Times story about how Biola was getting surprisingly liberal with the formation of the Biola College Democrats—though not nearly as liberal as the Times made it seem. Now it seems a similar "revolution" is taking over the college founded by Pat Robertson, who really isn't that popular with evangelicals.
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Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., the Christian school founded and run by televangelist Pat Robertson, has long had an active student Republicans' organization. This is hardly surprising; Robertson sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, and has long been a supporter of conservative GOP politicians.
But the times they are a-changin. This year, for the first time, Regent has a young Democrats' group.
Here's the story from Steven G. Vegh of the The Virginian-Pilot.
Reading Vegh's story, I kept thinking of a famous verse from Isaiah: "And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat…"
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William Lyon Mackenzie King is a Canadian prime minister not usually associated with policies and developments in relation to the Canadian Arctic. However, circumstances in the Second World War and the early years of the Cold War – both times when he led the Canadian government – increased the strategic importance of that region and consequently developments there for continental defence, concerns that inevitably also engaged the attention of American authorities. This paper deals with how questions of security and sovereignty, particularly as they related to the construction of defence-related facilities in the Canadian North, were addressed by the Canadian and American governments in wartime and after, as well as their longer-term implications.
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Tomas Berdych will return to Queen's Club for the first time in eight years to tune up for Wimbledon. Organizers say the sixth-ranked Czech has entered the grass-court tournament, which will be played June 10-16. Berdych's only previous appearance at Queen's was in 2005 when he was 19 years old. He was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2010. Berdych says ''it could be a good advantage to be in London to get used to the conditions and to those great courts and I think this is exactly what I need before Wimbledon.''
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@Cyberdeck7 - You indeed roll to dodge out of the way of attacks. You still select your target for single target and fire but once it is not hard locked onto the character and can be dodged to escape all damage.
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Originally posted by Elikal
because, in the last 10 years of UO, EQ, DAoC and yes WOW, they ALL have the SAME combat, give or take.
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Originally posted by Cyberdeck7
Using that logic, action based combat, or FPS based combat should be just as stale....
To SB fans, please stop making our demographic look bad.Stop invading threads that have nothing to do with sandboxes.
SW:TOR Graphics Evolution and Comparison
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Originally posted by Pigozz
Why that video doesn't look boring, at least to me and at least a few more here, and the TOR vide looks boring?
I will risk a ban and say my opinion, with total honesty. I'd say that the TOR combat looks *exactly* like WOW and we are all bored of it, while the GW2 video, looks *a bit* different from WOW, and i can't exactly say why, in either case. Must be an uncunscious thing, that i hope more clever forumers can spot.
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Dyslexics of the world...UNTIE!
Originally posted by Pigozz
The "GW2 is nothing like I thought it would be, so I am going back to WoW" thread will be epic.
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"I''ve got a badge, what do you got"
Originally posted by Metentso
I wasn't aware that I was bored of it.
To SB fans, please stop making our demographic look bad.Stop invading threads that have nothing to do with sandboxes.
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I start with the requisite "I'm anticipating SW:TOR and already pre-ordered. I know I'll enjoy the 'journey'"
Followed by keeping expectations in-check. . .and as it relates to SW:TOR, keep that expectation in check to the tenth-power.
Regarding this video and the very apparent lack of game-play combat animations, my biggest concern, since combat and conflict consist of the majority of game-play, is just that; combat might not appear as polished in an mmo evolutionary sense, beyond its' rudimentary animation state. Combat animations, I would have hoped, would be more environmentally believable and animated, but appear more arcade-ish. I can see how someone might come away with the impression that it looks static, stale, uninspiring, non-immersive and bland.
These 2 videos I watched today might reinforce that. Whilst the player is in a conflict of battle against a foe, that players' character is a stationary brick wall without micro animation, swinging, and then getting pelted with blows and gunfire, and there is absolutely no slight 'character reaction' or 'micro physical animations' to the characters involvement in a violent act, other than standing there like a fence-post.
Now maybe I'm more sensitive today than I was 5 or 10 years ago about the rudimentary nature of themepark combative animations. Maybe it's because the character I've seen in these videos don't have enough layered clothing or equipment to help enhance the illusion of their combative involvement. Maybe combative animations and reactive response animations, those micro-animations that reflect the violent and very active state your avatar is in, might be present at higher levels; but I wouldn't understand the rationale there.
I don't know, but boy-oh-boy. Okay…just taking it all in.
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Originally posted by Cyberdeck7
Have movies changed so much in the last 10 years? Books certainly haven't. Same stories being told over and over and over again.
Music? Same key signatures, same time signatures same same same same. Honestly don't know how people can still listen to half the stuff they do. It's all the same!
Originally posted by Pigozz
not at all - I'm kind of burnt out on big promises and didn't look into it as much as I did Star Wars and I didn't care care for GW1 much at all. I'm off to the sticky to look into collision mechanics and the size of the world. Combat-wise it looks like it's getting closer to what I'm looking forward to for the future at least. Not going to preorder, but I'll be watching the forums from day 1.
I enjoy reading and writing on the forums all the time, but it seems to me the only time you get real info on performance, quality, entertainment, etc is if on release day you go to the longest, bitchiest, whiniest forum about bugs that you can find and search for Nvidia OR Radeon. Everyone will be on the same side and you'll get hits on people talking about their specs. That means they're troubleshooting and issues with your specific hardware means step back and check in a week. Then search for Timeout and follow that thread. You'll quickly find info about a game you're excited about immediately. Do the same thing at an interval and you'll know if/when you should download it.
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Originally posted by Cik_Asalin
Maybe it's me, but I can't recall player characters be that reactive and responsive in other MMO's or even multiplayer shooters as well, only when you die. It could be my memory playing tricks though. In any case, I have seen reactive animations in SWTOR footage, from reacting to getting hit to blocking fire.
I still think that there's some extra fluidity lacking which I for example do see in Aion character animation (which I personally found to have the best character animation in MMO's currently around), but regarding reactive response animations, that's definitely ingame and was visible in quite some former video footage already.
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Originally posted by Cyberdeck7
I think your problem is personal burnout on the genre. This wont change, anymore than first person shooter mechanics will change. New features maybe added, but MMORPGs are what they are...if they fail to appeal, you might want a new genre to explore.
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Originally posted by MMO.Maverick
I think your right. I'm not gonna get caught-up in all this. I intend to enjoy the game from the onset, and look forward to seeing more of that fluidity and reactive animations that help me feel as though I'm getting pulled into the role of my avatar.
Originally posted by Sovrath
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You know what, I'm getting really tired of everyone comparing this game to WOW. Or every freaking game on this site to WOW. It's not my fault you all played WOW for so long that you have become incredibly disgusted and off-put by it's design. It's not my fault that you once obviously liked WOW enough to play it long enough to become sick of it.
Not all of us have played WOW. I never did really, so I don't feel like comparing every game to it. It has a lot of players, that doesn't make it the best game to compare it to. It's not the worst game either, because so many people have played it and enjoyed it at least for awhile... so stop acting like it is.
It's just vomit inducing to see time and time again the WOW debate. I'm sorry, I'm ranting... I'll go now haha.
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Does anyone remember the fan response video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYACSSHCLY
and how that first guy said "maybe a little more quest help"...that led me to believe that there were not yellow lines directing you across the maps and to enemy zones. Is this a recently added feature, or is it observable in other videos? I don't recall, as this time it was actually discussed.
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Originally posted by Cyberdeck7
Really, you are trying to say that since a kindle is being used instead of a paper book then the story content is different? So if I project a hologram of a book on a table with all the words in 3d then that constitutes a change in the content of stories? Same stories are being told. Same themes. Same ideas just different wrappers. the look of movies might have changed, the technology as well but it's all the same stories dealing with the same stuff.
As far as music, "wrong". Dissonance was very much accepted in the rennaissance thank you very much. Gesualdo, Vincentino to name two. I seem to recall some pretty thorny Beethoven quartets, Grosse Fugue for one. Heck, there are some Bach pieces that get pretty thorny as well.
if anything the harmony has been dumbed down over the years once the second Viennese school made its presence known. Also, I don't see a lot of new popular music using augmented 6th chords and if they actually modulate farther than the dominant I would be shocked. Take the harmonic movement and the dissonance of Wagner and tell me that it hasn't become more simple? And if you'd like to play the 12 tone or total serialsim card then by all means please do. Other than some academics toiling away I don't really recall a lot of that on the radio these days. Changing an instrument to an electric guitar might change the color but tonic - dominant - tonic still screams out.
You are saying I can take a hendrix score and something written 20 years before it and not find the same time signautres, the same "C major" or "D Major" being used? And his use of the Tri-tone is really rather simplistic over what has gone before. Purple Haze is a great song but there's nothing in it that hasn't been done before by another composer. I gather I could look at the harmonic motion and find it in many songs/'pieces that have gone before. Heck it seems we've even standardized quarter = 120 as I hear so many pieces that use that or a similar tempi. Imagine my surprise when I heard a Tool piece that rocked from 5/8 to 7/8 to 6/8! I thought I must have been in a dream so inundated have I been with 4/4 in today's music. So now that we've said that...
SWToR is like any other medium. It tells its story, it plays out in familiar ways. however, it's the voice of its creator that is different.
It's the same stories of hate or love or small man against the big man but told in a voice that is Bioware. I'm sure the themes that are explored in SWToR are going to be found in many books that go far, far back.
The combat is familiar but different. I really dont' think this whole "aiming" thing over tab targetting is any more inventive as we've seen that for years in other games.
My thougth is that some games require fps, fast combat and some are about something else. I look at video games like I do any media: it is all in the same wrapper but we are struggling to find new ways to tell the same things, new ways to resonate with today's players. But it's always going to be firmly grounded in the familiar.
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Originally posted by Metentso
Not sure why you think you'd get banned for saying it, but yeah, I think that's exactly what the problem is. Lot of people want more from MMOs these days than they used to. I think it's because the MMO concept has a hook that loses its novelty after we get used to it. Playing with others, in a persistant environment, chasing levels - the very nature of it carries the genre for players that are new to it, but once that novelty wears off, its common for players to want more out of it.
It's not a new issue, just one that's been gradually growing for the past ten years. If you look at upcoming games, some of them do seem to be trying to bring something new to the table. GW2 and Tera, both. I'd like to say ArcheAge, too, but who knows if we'll see that in the US anytime soon. And I'm curious as to where The Secret World will fit into all of this - I was surprised to read how soon that's releasing, given that they've shown so little of it.
TOR does look like its sticking very close to the basics, and depending on story to make up for it. I'm a little concerned that the story may actually make it even worse for a lot of players, rather than better though. The way all that dialogue changes the pacing may not work well for everyone in an MMO.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Originally posted by Naral
Not bournout on the genre but rather the combat. Im in the same place as cyber i have playd that combat activly for 10 years so im pretty much filled up and then some.
But i do enjoy some of the few action mmorpg out there, more and more of em are comming luckly. They do lack some in the general area of mmo but for now its a trade i will need to take. Maybe in a few years we can get a few action mmorpg that has the depth that some of the older mmorpg games have.
As for this Tor movie its limited how much action they can place on a level 1 toon, most of the rpg's i enjoy starts slow but becomes better and better for each level as you get more toys to play around with.
The video actually makes it look more like a single player game than an MMO. Starting area combat can't be expected to be super complicated, you're learning the basic skills, so combat is pretty basic. *shrug*


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According to the Mega Millions site, the game has already seen four New Jersey players claim shares of Mega Millions jackpots in 2013. Barbara Matta and Karl Herkert of Kearney won $19 million on July 26, and Darryl and Judith Smith of Mays won $31 million on May 31.
Moving into the even higher echelons, on January 25 Angel Guallpa-Mayancela of Orange had a winning ticket worth $89 million. On May 17, Giuseppe Garofalo of Tinton Falls topped that by splitting a $198 million jackpot, and winning $99 million.
Also, be sure and check your old tickets. The New Jersey Lottery web site reports that a $250,000 winning ticket from October 5, 2012 is set to expire shortly if it is not claimed. Winning Mega Millions numbers for October 5, 2012 were 08, 09, 16, 32 and 39, the Mega Ball was 15 and the Megaplier Multiplier was 3.