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Only thing I would even remotely consider paying for would be some huge content patch/expansion with more story and leveling. Any other thing that they charge for that would make me feel even slightly forced to pay for would have me quit instantly.
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Originally posted by Nikopol
Could be part of the strategy is to get people drawn into the story and then sell future chapters for cartel coins or subs.
I liken this to when Vanguard came out with the First F2P model. It looked terrible on paper, it was really bad. No gear over green and other stuff that was an instant turn off. By the time it opened up, they had changed some stuff and it wasn't too bad. It wasn't great bad it wasn't as horrible as the inital plans made it seem.
I will take the same approach with SWTOR. Poke my head in and see what is doing. They are going to use the F2P conversion and the awarded Coins of course to try and get people back. The passes for PvP and Operations might be 50 cent to 1.00 a week or something not so terrible. Guess it's at least worth a look.
For story buffs 1-50 in greens, blues and oranges for free doesn't sound bad at all. Just if you like anything else that it starts to get annoying. I see it as you can box yourself in for a bit and get all the story modes done and then decide whether to keep going or stop and wait to see what the next expansion brings.
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Joined: 7/30/12
This structure seems pretty bad.
All in all, (even taking into account that the purple gear restriction for subbers is a typo), it appears that EA isn't serious about FTP players in either a FTP or Freemium way. The FTP aspect is just an extended trial. The vast majority of cash shop purchases will be from the subscribers. Of note in this regard, the cash shop will be selling to subscribers a bypass to the Fleet Pass cool down; cash shop will be selling additional cargo hold space to subscribers; the cash shop will be selling additional inventory space to subscribers; and of course, vanity pets, gear, speeders, and lock-boxes.
The FTP accounts will not be participating in SWTOR's endgame in any meaningful way. All the FTP unlocks are rentals, a week at a time. Unless the price of those rentals is absurrdly low, it seems unlikely that many will purchase a week pass to Warzones, Operatons, or Flashpoints. Who is going to group with these new unguilded, undergeared players to run instances? Whom among the FTP players is going to buy a weekly pass to get facerolled in Warzones? Even if they pay for the weekly pass, will FTPers have to pay additional fees for any decent gear looted?
In regard to FTPers it is all stick and no carrot. There is little incentive to pay for anything once the class story is complete.
If you think that this will drive them to subscibe, well that would be defeating the whole exercise of converting to a Freemium system.
EA said the problem was that people didn't want to pay a sub in the first place. So EA's solution is to create a FTP tier that drives players to either subscibe or quit?
And to those thinking that the game wil attract many new subscribers from the FTP extended trial, over 2 million of the game's target audience tried it and moved on. Since then, the game hasn't changed in any meaningful way, why expect a higher retention rate among any new players with the FTP relaunch? This system isn't creating a new way for players who don't want to pay a monthly fee to play the game on their own terms. In fact, this system is a bit of a farce.
Most everyone knows why the game went FTP. EA could have at least put more effort into making their efforts to hide SWTOR's subscription numbers more like a geniune belief that FTP is the new "exciting monetization model of the future".
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Joined: 7/30/12
To make my post much shorter: EA said people were unwilling to pay a monthly subscription fee for SWTOR; EA's solution, change the monthly fee to a weekly fee. Brilliant!
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Joined: 11/12/07
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Originally posted by Karteli
I think EA/Biowaste is clueless on F2P and will continue the SWTOR flop.
I also think EA Louse was right.
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Joined: 4/25/12
Originally posted by MMOGamer71
Yet nobody believed him, sad really.
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Joined: 6/17/12
Originally posted by Karteli
I feel like this part is unclear to many people. I believe what it is trying to say is that free players can only revive 5 times in the field (right next to their body) and then after that they have to revive at the nearest med center and run back. It seems like many people are taking it to mean that you can only revive 5 times in-zone total, but I don't think that is the case.
I don't really see this freemium thing working too well for them. When I first heard the game was going F2P I thought about trying it out again but now I have lost quite a bit of interest. I understand them wanting to give subscribers a reason to stay subscribed but it seems like they don't really want free players to play the game.
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Joined: 2/20/11
As a Star Wars fan, I really wanted to see this game succeed. I had hopes that the FTP model would possibly resurrect and save this game as I feel the way the game plays could appeal to eniugh players to keep it around for awhile. After reading the FTP model they are going with I see a huge influx of players coming in and trying the game only to be frustrated by the limitations and eventually leaving. Knowing Bioware this model doesn't surprise me, but I hoped they could check thir ego and financial dreams at the door to show they really cared about the success of this game.
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Joined: 9/13/12
Originally posted by Istavaan
I still don't believe him. If you keep throwing shit at the wall sooner or later some of it is going to stick. That is how predictions work in terms of MMOS.
However, doesn't change the fact that this freemium model sucks. I will stick to monthly sub if i ever want to go back again.
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Joined: 10/16/07
This game is NOT free to play, its a freemium model in the same vein as Vanguard. Why oh why do these companies think freemium models work I have no idea. I guess people sign up for this but man, can you imagine the loads of people who would come if it was a FTP model?
Cash shops work. A FTP model with a cash shop will bring in loads of money without having to limit content. I was going to try this out but the restrictions are so RESTRICTIVE!
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Joined: 12/23/07
Was just considering resubbing to see how hings have developed and then I read about restrictions on subscribed accounts. There goes THAT idea!
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Joined: 5/07/11
Originally posted by warchant
The image itself said subscribers are unrestricted in gear, it's just the tooltip that said otherwise which is a copy/paste from the freemium one. It's updated now, confirmed subscribers have no restrictions for gear outside the usual game-related ones.
Not sure if they're reading the death penalty limit wrong or not either. You have 5 times to revive in the field (which is limited already for subs but in a time based fashion) before your forced to revive at the nearest med center on the planet. Your not returning to fleet as OP speculated.
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Joined: 6/05/06
Oh I don't know.....instead of working on "Fremium" they instead fix Ilum (how long has Ilum been shut down?), balance the classes (you know, the ones everyone asks for when making a ranked PvP WZ group) and a few other major complaints people had about the game. It would probably get more people back to paying subs rather than figuring out how to play the game for free. Or, it could just be beyond the capability of the developers to fix the actual game so they have to go this route.
Oh well. Bioware fails on it's first MMO. The stories were good, the rest of the game was meh.
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Joined: 9/21/10
First mistake was that they made the game subscription based instead of b2p.
Now they make it free to play aka pay sub to play or there's no need to play because of so many restrictions,wich is even worse than before.
What i got say is fail once is ok.Fail twice and you are burned.
Good job ea/bioware failing again see ya after 10 years when you realise that games are not about making money only.
ps:who is going to play fre to play with so many restrictions?lol are they out of their minds or they just looking for stupid victims.
Good luck failing again ea/bioware
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Joined: 11/15/09
The only luck I had today was to have you as my opponent.
did anyone beat me to it? oesn't look like it...
SWTOR dies to the sound of applauds
Seriously though why do I read 'cash shop to equip earned gear' in the subscription column? I shouldn't be reading that...
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Joined: 10/10/07
Those who want to Play for Free will learn to play with in the restrictions. Those who want to live outside of the fence will have to pay, and pay for those who don't pay. Those three a week items are twice as many as I need. The only thing I may want is the additional crafting skill slots, one skill may be do able. Once you leveled to 60 the first time you never need those skills again right. Re-Leveling scavenger and armstech every ten levels just adds to the challenge.
Free players will solo to endgame, they may then purchase a purple license, and a few weekly pvp passes. So long as they can keep their expenditures below $15.00 a month, the free players will be happy. What am I saying, more like $5.00 a month and they will be happy.
When you had 100 players all paying $15 a month the company made $1,500 a month. Now that a quarter that number (25 players) are spending money in the cash shop, the company still expects to make $1,500 / month. So those cash shop users are expected to spend $1,500/25 = $60 per player every month. Then all those free players will whine about p2w when it fact it is just someone else paying for them to play for free.
Pardon any spelling errors
It clearly says:
Item Equipping: FULL ACCESS - Equip ALL purple items they acquire, assuming they meet the in-game requirements (Class, level etc)
OP, please update your original post to reflect the correct information.
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Joined: 7/09/12
Originally posted by Psychow
EA's website for SWTOR was updated, again, to reflect their correction on subscribers gear usage. Given that EA has a bit of a history for firing their employees, I suppose the person who mistyped this into the main website adversisement is going to get hell for this Public Relations blunder (which also caused an uproar on the official forums).
It is updated on the OP. Subscribers can wear all purples, at will, given they can use the item type and meet the level restrictions, etc.
Freemium players still must purchase purple gear training from the cash shop in order to use "most" purples (likely all the good ones), which is really dumb if they are trying to attract returning players to get those lv 50's back into the game and refamiliarize themselves with their characters. New players are going to be less than entrusiastic, as well. That part stands.
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Joined: 11/29/11
The whole thing is just an elaborate scam on the people who are already paying for subs as there is no way the game will bring in more subs in the long run.
This is not FTP! the game is still based on PTP.. If the cash shop wasn't going to be geared at milking the sub players then why not just have a 30 day unlimited trial as i could see that working really well for them.
The freemium model is just garbage and really FTP has a bad name as it is, Bioware and others who do this freemium garbage just give it an even crapier image. Seriously just do what AION did and the game will take off as I think TOR is way better than AION. Even the BTP option would be better, but like i said they might as well leave game alone and give an unlimited 30 day trial since all they really claim to want is more subs, but i think some of us can see though the BS of milking the few hundred thousands to replace what should be millions of players.
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Joined: 7/09/12
Originally posted by FrodoFragins
It comes down to the argument of whether it's OK to give free stuff away to people who would have never tried a product anyways. Players who are very interested in SWTOR have, for the most part, already tried it, with 2 million unsubscribing.
Does the music industry really suffer when someone who never heard a song before and had no intention of buying an album gets to download a song for free? Through a bunch of BS music labels claimed it hurt them, but surely word-of-mouth facilitates popularity more than anything else, and many people want an original album for music they like. Free material does promote accessibility more rapidly. For instance VEVO operates on YouTube to give away free music & their videos, with revenue obtained via advertising now. This was a very successful solution to make both sides of the issue happy, and VEVO expanded to "music on demand" software. I don't think the business model would have worked out so well for them if they gave the music away for free with a lower sound quality, for instance, which would be EA's model. [advertising isn't the only way to inconvenience customers btw, don't read it as such]
Giving full access to alts wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, as gamers would eventually tire of this and look to continuing their adventures lv 51+, as a paying customer. Giving everything away without restrictions may only offer immediate short term financial gains for EA, but in the long run, it would pay off far better than limiting game features & driving freemiums away, while, at the same time, trying to show off how great SWTOR is. If EA keeps to releasing content quickly, there would be an abundance of new content to tempt someone into subscribing after playing some characters up to 50 (and getting bored of old world content).
I guess I don't get the whole idea of wanting "F2P" to revive SWTOR, and then insisting that free players need to get nickled and dimed from the starting gate. People disassociated themselves from SWTOR because it was not worth the subscription (or their time). Coercing them back into a subscription while gimping main game features will not be very fun.
I agree with the above posters suggestion (JobeArthur) that EA should have used NCSofts Aion model, which includes an unrestricted game, with paying players getting faster leveling and fluffy items (special house furniture, costumes, illusions, etc). EA could have very well done this in conjunction with 1-time DLC for new content, as a hybrid. I prefer 1-time fees because it helps force developers to actually want to release new content on an accelerated schedule. No new content? No new revenue.
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Darn. Life speeds by.
What are the yellow fruits? I guessed yellow cherry tomatoes until I saw the photo of them with your pancakes.
Apples? Crab apples? LOVE 'em. Twenty minutes for breakfast..? That's not horrible. I have raised little piggies who are done in about three... 'course I don't feed them quite as well... I mean, who wants to sit around 20 minutes eating Kashi flakes, right?
oh breakfast.
I love breakfast.
But, I am alone in that love. Others choose to sleep and prefer lunch.
I love breakfast. Mine today was a pop-tart and 2 Oreos. Not nearly as beautiful as yours! I'm WAY jealous. ;)
Oh, what beautiful photos! Life surely does speed by too quickly...
Yum! I love fresh fruits, especially in the summer. Aren't little yellow plums a delight? We just bought fresh blueberries from the local farm stand, and peaches...
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Your Saturday breakfast looks a lot better than mine.
yum! must have been delicious to be gone so quickly!
you have a great approach to life, with plenty of time for the simple things - like this wonderful breakfast. I should do this too, we don't need to go out for breakfast, just a little preparation and enjoy! Thanks for the inspiration :)
hee, I love this. Time lapse!
What a beautiful post! There's something special about breakfast, isn't there?
But at such a delicious pace I think from the phots
Oh yum! I love the presentation of it all. :)
Absolutely. It always impresses me how little time it takes to devour what took so long to prepare! Gorgeous summery breakfast.
Life does speed by. Here it is Tuesday morn and I'm now just seeing your post. I've always admired the fact that as busy and full as your summer days are, you always manage to set a beautiful table, prepare a wonderful meal for your family and stop a moment to enjoy each other and breathe. You are an amazing woman with a soul grounded in the very best life has to offer which is peace, tranquility and JOY!
it's reassuring to me to know that somewhere in the world, a woman with children is eating such a beautiful breakfast, and so late in the morning. i need to know that my life can turn out that way. : )
Gorgeous colors in your photos!
What a beautiful post...the images are just so summery!
I am in awe of those who take it upon themselves to use a melon baller. Whew!
Gorgeous breakfast - what a good way to slow down!
Wow, looks delicious and pretty. Almost too pretty to eat. Almost. :)
Time does go by so fast doesn't it!
Your breakfast looks lovely.Enjoy getting back into the swing of things! :) And breathe!!!
I was free on saturday...i could have helped you finish that off! It looks wonderful! (I'm not free this saturday, but the one after that is open!!)
Question- what's in the glass directly above the forks?
Those pancakes look awesome! How did you get them so puffy?
When I found your blog last year, it was the Saturday breakfasts that pulled me in!
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NCAA Releases APR Data
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University's combined varsity athletic teams have an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 973 according to data released today by the NCAA.
The APR is based upon eligibility and retention of student-athletes on a semester-by-semester basis and is an assessment of real-time academic success. The results of the fall and spring semesters, in a given year, are calculated as that year's APR score and averaged with the respective scores from the previous three years to provide a four-year (multi-year) snapshot of academic achievement.
Any student-athlete receiving athletic aid in a varsity sport can earn up to four points per year for being academically eligible and remaining enrolled in the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned on the roster divided by that squad's total possible points, multiplied by 1,000.
For the 2011-12 academic year, West Virginia had seven teams with perfect 1,000 scores: men's basketball, women's basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and wrestling.
Teams must achieve a 900 multi-year APR or a 930 average over the most recent two years to avoid immediate penalties (involving the possible reduction of practice time and access to postseason competition). The current multiyear APR scores for WVU's varsity teams (2008-09 to 2011-12): baseball 922; men's basketball 974; women's basketball 985; cross country 996; football 950; gymnastics 995; rifle 971; rowing 981; men's soccer 989; women's soccer 985; men's swimming and diving 972; women's swimming and diving 974; tennis 964; indoor track and field 994; outdoor track and field 994; volleyball 950; and wrestling 945.
"We went from three teams that had perfect scores in 2010-11 to seven teams in 2011-12, and I'm certainly delighted with that progress," says Director of Athletics Oliver Luck. "I want to congratulate the men's basketball, women's basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and wrestling teams for their perfect scores in 2011-12. Overall, our 973 APR score is strong, and I'm pleased that our teams continue to make good academic progress."
All 17 teams exceeded the 900 four-year score, and no WVU team will receive APR academic penalties from the NCAA.
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The baseball helmet is meant to protect players. But it's increasingly becoming a problem for Atlanta Braves third baseman Chris Johnson. For the second time in two seasons, Johnson was ejected from a game after arguing with an umpire and throwing his helmet. Next game, Johnson hit the field with a new piece of equipment: duct tape over his mouth. The Braves need Johnson in the game. He's leading the league in batting and so the team hopes this new strategy sticks.
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Holiday Movie Recommendations From PFS
Hello, Film Society! After a brief hiatus, Blogger Ben is back behind the blog with brand new banter. And alliteration. Because who doesn't love that, right?
Hello, Film Society! After a brief hiatus, Blogger Ben is back behind the blog with brand new banter. And alliteration. Because who doesn't love that, right?
2012 has been a great year in cinema and with only a few more weeks left in December, we decided to poll the staff for their personal favorite films of the year.
Last weekend, all who attended this year's Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival were treated to some excellent films, fantastic events, and rousing receptions (as well as some bangin' parties). I know I had a great time at the Asian Americans In Hollywood panel at International House. I even got to meet Parry Shen and B.D. Wong!
If you recall, after each movie in the Philadelphia Film Festival, you were asked to rate the film on a ballot. Well, the numbers are in and we've determined some of the standout, award-worthy films of PFF21! See if some of your favorite films ended up riding up above the rest.
During the 21st Philadelphia Film Festival, we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of M. Night Shyamalan's 'Signs' at the Prince Theater with a Q&A with the director and WMMR's 'Preston & Steve' morning show host/movie buff Steve Morrison after the film. Here are some pictures from the event to relive the great time had by all attended:
PFF21 is in the history books, but we don't run the only film festivals in town. Tonight marks the opening night of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival presented by HBO, which runs until November 17th. Holding screenings at International House in University City and Asian Arts Initiative at 12th & Vine, the PAAFF is boasting a great program of films showcasing and celebrating the Asian American experience for a broader audience.
This year's Philadelphia Film Festival has come and gone, and after a few days to rest/deal with a natural disaster, we're all back at work here at the Film Society. And though festival season has passed, the great films that we all got to see won't soon leave our minds.
[11 days, 103 films and 18 shorts-How many did you see?
Sandy who? There's still a full day of screenings at the 21st Philadelphia Film Festival! And if you brave the weather, you can take advantage of our buy one get one free tickets. Hopefully these savings are the only things to blow you away today and not the high winds.
Fans came out in droves to see the 10 year anniversary screening of M. Night Shyamalan's 'Signs' at the Prince Music Theater tonight, then stayed for a lively Q&A with the director hosted by Steve Morrison of WMMR's Preston & Steve morning show.


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Step 1. Ultima Online goes Free to Play; the item-mall will be expanded to include more items including never released items, limited time only monthly rares & more!
90 Day Countdown; All accounts being fully activated & Free to Play a 90 day Countdown period will begin, after this 90 day period the following will take place.
Step 2-A. Merge the Shards; After the 90 day Countdown all shards will be merged down to a low number, the game started in late 1997 with only 3 shards, Pacific, Great Lakes & Atlantic, there were thousands upon thousands of subscribers per shard. Then they added multiple American, European & Asian shards. All shards are merged down to 6 shards maximum.
* West Coast
* Central
* East Coast
* International-Europe
* International-Japan
* Siege Perilous
The 6 above is still too many but it's a start. Pacific is West Coast, Great Lakes is Central, Atlantic is East Coast. Int-Europe is the most popular European Shard, Int-Japan is the most popular Japanese Shard, and Siege Perilous remains the same.
Step 2-B. Give everyone a free shard transfer token per character. All accounts will be assigned to a server but may transfer freely with their shard transfer tokens.
Step 3. Land Rush; After the 90 day period all houses will be deleted. It wouldn't be fair to keep the houses on Pacific when the Sonoma player's houses & server will be deleted, because of this all houses on all shards will be deleted. This will cause a land rush frenzy, it would be un-popular to the few who have only played to refresh their houses, but it would be vastly popular with the many who always wanted a shot at a house plot near a moongate, their faorite city road or Luna.
An email will be sent out to all registered users that the time has come for Ultima Online to downsize to a few number of shards, and thus, their houses & castles must be deleted & compensated for. The compensations will be based on the following;
* Location of House (Houses will be zoned for property value, houses within Luna walls will be worth a great deal, houses outside of Luna will be worth less for example).
* Size/Type of House (An 18x18 will be worth a certain amount, as will a 7x7, a Castle or a Keep).
* Age of House (The length of time a house has been there since it was placed).
* Age of User Account (The age of the house owner's account, if the user has paid a subscription for the past 10 years to refresh a house this will be accounted for).
Step 3-B. New Item Mall Credit Currency; Home owner compensation will take place with item-mall credits, which is seperate from gold-coins. Because gold-farmers have been hoarding gold-coins for 15+ years the value of the gold-coin has dramatically been reduced to the point that it now costs 10 million gold coins to purchase a decent piece of armor or weapon in the game. Because of the devaluation of the gold coin we will introduce an item-mall credit currency, which is will be more valuable than the gold coin, the extent of this value will depend on the player, but players may purchase gold coins with item-mall credits.
Step 3-C. House Items; House decorations & rares & items will not be compensated for. This 90 day Countdown period will be the only time for hoarders to collect their favorite items and store them on their characters & in their character bank accounts. All items not in the backpack of your character or character bank account will be permanently deleted.
Step 4. Shardwide Auction-House; All shards will now have an auction house which will do-away with the vendor-system. Players pay a fee to place their item on the auction-house and all players shard-wide will have access to buy and sell their goods. The auction house will have a section for gold coins and a section for Item-Mall-Credits. The Item-Mall-Credits section will be the place we will showcase the weekly & monthly rares. Want a Skull Candle of Teleportation? This item will only exist on the Item-Mall-Credits section of the Auction House for 1 week and is limited to a number of 1,000.
Thank you. --- Razimus
Step by Step Concept on How to bring back Ultima Online by Razimus. Feel free to tweet UO Lead @Jeff_Skalski this idea. I personally believe UO going Free to Play is the only way it can be brought back to life. The above has enough to stir the Ultima community to rekindle the interest they once had in this great game, the gold farmers & vast amounts of empty shards is the downside, this plan will fix this, I do not work for EA but I do believe this plan would save them money and at the same time increase revenue, especially with the Item-Mall, New Item-Mall-Credit-Currency & Auction House with Daily & Weekly limited time only rares available only with the new Credit-Currency. Note: I have played Ultima Online since the E3 Phase-1 Beta Test in 1997, I believe this idea would bring back a lot of old players as well as bring in a lot of new players. When there are fewer shards they have a livlier setting, a world filled with players is the reason we all want to play an MMORPG to begin with. --- @Razimus
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I want an Ultima Online 2 with the graffix of todays games and huge 3d vertual world.
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Joined: 12/25/06
Delete Chivlary skill so Mages can make a comeback.
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Currently playing EVE, SMITE, ArcheAge, and Combat Arms
Who is the audience that you are looking to attract once this effectively drives off the existing playerbase? Your idea is the the UO equivalent of SWG's NGE.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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I feel like the only things that could revive UO is a time warp where those of us who nursed our gaming addiction first with UO could return to it.
I like your ideas - but the housing delete sweep would be a problem for a lot of invested players. Sure, it's "just pixils" but we all know how much time/gold/energy was put into housing. I like the idea of compensation, though I despise item malls.
Merging the shards is an idea, but I remember that on Lake Superior at least there were a lot of player run places.
As much as I miss, miss, miss he UO days, it may just be time to let sleeping dogs lie. :(
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If you didn't play a big shard during late 97, 98 or 99 you really can't know how great the game was at it's peak. This idea will not copy and paste what it was like pre-trammel, what it will do is inject a large amount of players into each shard, re-creating what it was like to play in a game that is full of active players. For those that have only played this game in the past 5 years, you are missing out, every single shard is currently dead in the eyes of a player that remembers the early days. In 1997 there were always 100 players at the bank, you had to walk around the bank area if you didn't want to lag out, that's how popular Britain bank was back then, but we all had dial-up or slow DSL back then, we didn't have the high-speeds we have today, so this lag problem wouldn't really be an issue.
To answer a repliers question, this idea would kill off 3 types of players;
1. Hoarders. Cool, you have 1,000 rares on your roof, congrats.
2. Land Slum Lords. Cool, you have 10 18x18s in Luna that have been empty for the past 5 years, congrats.
3. Gold Farmers. Cool, you have ruined the economy, congrats.
--- Razimus
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Originally posted by Razimus
I didn't start playing until about 3 months before AoS and I clearly remember the lag at WBB and at Yew Gate's server wars at the wee hours of the morning. Might have been around 2002 and LS was active as hell, especially when the +20 stat and powerscrolls were a commodity. Fighting off raiders when defending a Harrower was seriously so much fun -- no place was safe!
There was always something to do, and I remember communicating in Teamspeak and ICQ since we only had party chat. I remember lagging infront of the rares "museums", but then again when a rares house was IDOC those always brought out the best fights.
What I do like is that you're not trying to argue that one era (t2a, etc) trumped all others -- I like how your solution is keeping with the current expansions and just consolidating. That is one thing that the folks trying to recreate UO on private servers miss.
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Originally posted by Razimus
It would also drive off many of the players that enjoy running venues because you have just negated them.
BTW, since Luna was introduced after the one house per account change, how would someone have 10 plots of land without having 10 accounts? And wouldn't F2P just make it easier to have those 10 plots of land?
Driving off the core playerbase doesn't fix a game. Without them, there are no pre-existing groups or established guilds for new players to gravitate toward. There's no invested core to recruit. Taking assets away from players, removing a large chunk of sandbox gameplay, and killing off some of the most invested playstyles (venue operators, collectors, merchants) does not improve UO at all. It's the fastest way to kill the game.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Sorry Raz too many flaws in your opinions. Also to repeat what I have said many times Trammel and EA ruined UO. To get back what it was to many that would have to be fixed.
Your opinions of the types of players that you would be losing and basically your snide remarks that the game doesn't need them is wrong.
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I wish some dev gave it a shot and tried to feliver a UO clone on 3d.
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Joined: 2/14/10
The game changed in too many ways that were bad in my opinion. . it turned into being about gear and items. .everyone looks like a bag of skittles. They basically added classes etc. Even with a launch of a clean shard this game is not going to come back. RIP UO.
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Joined: 5/13/11
Have to agree with above posters. A whole lot of reasons for current players to leave, yet little enticement for ex-players to return.
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Look I love UO. It was my very first mmo. But trying to revive UO into what it once was is like trying to put a double scoop of ice cream back together once it melted. Really, it's time to move on...but don't let me stop you from sponging up that ice cream off the burning sidewalk brah. And in the end it may not look like ice cream, but technically it still is ice cream. But good luck trying to get anyone to eat it.
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Joined: 3/09/12
You can't merge servers on a game like UO. People would go crazy if they lost their houses.
Free to play = content updates for the cash shop. Buy to play = content updates for the cash shop.
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Joined: 9/20/06
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Originally posted by Aethaeryn
Hate to say it but 100% agree.
I think the only way UO could work in todays MMO industry is if it got a facelift and was free to play for 'lawful' players whereas villians (pks) had to pay a subscription. Then you might get the same sort of player distribution that made the original game fun and unpredicatble.
Oh well back to the pablum called WoW...
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Be like water
Originally posted by Ramonski7
LMAO, nicely put.
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Joined: 4/18/10
I loved UO, but I do not like the direction that it currently has. I hate the new skill systems/combos. Playing on the 2d client is fine with me, as I just played again not long ago. I was hoping they would make an official classic server, but they decided not to. I would like to go back to a older version of UO, and keep its direction, not the newer direction if I had a wish.
I played the alternatives some, but just not enough people were playing, world felt kind of dead.
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Joined: 6/10/06
UO is pretty much dead in the water. At this point, it's far too gone to really revive it. By deleting everyones houses, you will essentially drive them away from the game since most of them are hanging on by a thread as it is. How many accounts remain active for the sake of keeping their houses? They wouldn't need to do that if their houses got deleted. Plus, if you were planning on deleting houses, you may as well delete characters and belongings to start from scratch. The only thing really keeping UO alive still is money coming in monthly. When that money goes away, they will likely close the rest of the servers.
No, the only real option EA has IMO is to bring back Garriott and let him turn his new project into the new Ultima Online game. Lord knows EA has done a terrible job trying to run it themselves.
Ultima Online
My advice: Lay the dead to rest, UO is under EA and EA and Lord British had a pretty violent fallout, even if they didn't EA is EA.
That said there's a hope for you old UO pre-trammel vets: http://albiononline.com/the-game/ , might be a bit more cartooney but it is the closest thing I've seen thus far even remotely close to UO back in its hayday.
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How many peoples playing in UO right now?? someone know in numbers players??
(official server i mean)


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The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou are my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And Fortune said it shou'd be you.
Violet and blackberry, the colors of love.
Ah, romance! Fluttering hearts and breathy sighs, knowing glances and fingertips brushing quickly against the other's, barely touching. Flushed cheeks and lowered eyes, we feel the electricity even when no words are spoken.
We express our love, our passion, in so many ways, by so many signs. Smooth silk sliding down over hips, swishing against her legs as she moves. Jewels in velvet boxes pushed silently across white tablecloths, golden champagne flowing into long-stemmed glasses with a gentle sigh, the bubbles frothing up and over the rim. Boxes of chocolates all tied up in shiny ribbon, bouquets of roses wrapped up in crisp white tissue paper, red for passion, white for innocence and love. Fistfuls of tiny violets, their perfume heady and sweet, their color the color of love.
My husband wines and dines me, prepares me tagines and daubes, buys me jewelry and fine Italian shoes and whisks me off on romantic weekends, gastronomic soirées. The flowers he fills my arms with are never the ordinary, the expected, rather they are blood red dahlias, lush, fragrant peonies in oh so many shades of pink and deep purple tulips, plump and mysterious, the color of aubergines. Platefuls of oysters (I am his pearl) and bowlfuls of delicate, aromatic clams, sunny lunches and cozy dinners, my man knows how to please me, knows just what makes this woman smile. The way to a man's heart, they say, is through his stomach. This man knows that food means more to me than almost anything else.
And I, in turn, express my love and desire by offerings of sweet and savory. Candles lit, table dressed, dainty morsels set before him, sweet ambrosia. I offer him the choicest morsel, he slides his fork between his lips and I wait expectantly, breath held, for his reaction, a murmur of bliss, a groan of pleasure. His delight transports me to a better place, joyful rapture. I glance at him starry-eyed, thrilled with his enjoyment, the gusto with which he eats, a spoonful, a slice, this is how I offer myself to those I love, the best I have to offer.
Panna Cotta is a favorite treat, his guilty pleasure. Creamy and rich, smooth as silk, sensuous as it shimmers on the spoon and slides over the tongue. As delicate as an angel's touch, as light as air, Panna Cotta warm's his heart as sure as my hand placed on his cheek. Knowing just how much he loved it I stayed away from this luxurious, elegant dessert for years, afraid of not living up to expectations. On any restaurant menu, he was sure to order it, the satisfaction wavering with the quality of what was placed before him; sometimes rubbery, sometimes floury, not often pleasing. His most recent disappointment made me realize that it was up to me to create for him the best, the most exquisite Panna Cotta, a sure sign of what I was willing to give of myself. For each perfect bouquet of flowers he ever placed in my arms, for every jewel he slid onto one of my fingers, this gift was for him. Romance in a slender glass, the color of faded roses or pale pink champagne, the scent, the taste of sweet sugar-kissed violets, a jewel-dark blackberry coulis adding depth and richness, the full flavor of the fruit bringing out the best of the Panna Cotta, like a fur wrap draped over a delicate satin gown.
Placing the spoon next to the empty glass, he smiles and takes me in his arms.
3 cups (750 ml) cream, or a combination of cream, light cream/half-and-half and whole milk*
2 tsps (1 package, 1/4 ounce, about 8 g) unflavored gelatin
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup (100 g) sugar, 1 tsp replaced with 1 tsp violet sugar
* I used 1 cup (250 ml) each heavy cream, light cream and whole milk
In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, place 1 cup (250 ml) of the cream mixture and sprinkle the gelatin on top. Allow to sit for 5 minutes. Turn on heat to low and allow to gently heat and cook for a couple of minutes until the gelatin dissolves completely.
Stir the teaspoon of violet sugar into the white sugar (from which you have removed 1 teaspoon). Add the remaining cream mixture and the sugar blend to gelatin mixture and continue to heat gently, just until sugar dissolves; add vanilla. This should take a few minutes. Allow to heat thoroughly.
Carefully pour the mixture into glasses or small bowls and chill for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
Serve chilled with Blackberry Coulis spooned over the top. Decorate with berries.
9 oz (250 g) fresh blackberries
2 tsps sugar
Clean and pick over the berries. Remove and set aside the prettiest, most perfect berries, less than half of them.
Purée the remaining blackberries then push them through a sieve to remove the solids, leaving you only the pure liquid. To the liquid, add the 2 teaspoons sugar and stir until dissolved.
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When Titan fair his beams did display,
In a fresh fountain, far from all men's view,
She bathed her breast, the boiling heat to allay;
She bathed with roses red, and violets blue,
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Holiday decoration prompts call to police from concerned Germantown resident
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Germantown baseball team competes well in tough summer
Germantown baseball coach Jeff Wolf was in a unique and almost enviable situation this season.
He had nine seniors on the team, which on the surface should have been a recipe for wisdom, experience and hopefully success.
His problem, however, was that only a tiny handful of those players had any real varsity experience, so Wolf had to work things by trial and error. A slow start with a series of tough, close losses didn't help things too much, but though the Warhawks never did fully hit a stride, they did remain competitive in a 13-16 campaign this summer.
"It was unusual," Wolf said. "I can't remember a year with so many seniors and such little varsity experience."
Going into the season, Germantown had only three players with any serious varsity experience (co-captains Tyler Kloss, Alex Kumbier and Luke Deubler).» Read Full Article
'Milwaukee lion' spotted in Glendale
Glendale — After a week on the northwest side of Milwaukee, the much-talked-about 'Milwaukee lion' may have made an appearance in Glendale Sunday night.
The 'lion-like' creature described by more than a dozen eyewitnesses over the last week was most recently spotted on 30th Street and Fairmount Avenue on Saturday night. Milwaukee police officers have been searching the area around Lincoln Creek in search of the big cat.
The lion may be traveling northeast, if a call from Glendale police is accurate.
Glendale police received a report of a lion sighting at 11:26 p.m. Sunday in the 5700 block of Crestwood Boulevard, about a mile north of Lincoln Creek. The caller said he saw a tan muscular animal with a long tail walking in the area, and then it took off running north toward Marne Avenue.
Glendale police responded to the call, but officers were unable to locate the animal.
'Lights out' factory expansion underway in Germantown
Plastic Components Inc. says it has started construction of a 23,000 square foot expansion of its "lights out" factory on Bunsen Drive, in Germantown.
There's almost no direct labor in the company's manufacturing process, aside from someone setting up plastic injection molding machines for a production run.
It's called a "lights out" operation because the machines could run on their own — with the room lights off — while everyone in the company went home for the night.
Plastic Components Inc. recently received a patent for its manufacturing system.
The expansion will more than double the company's manufacturing space, allowing it to add 20 more machines to accommodate growth.» Read Full Article
Hansen, Menomonee Falls baseball team get weight lifted with title
Though many years removed from his playing days as a tough-as-nails second basemen in his youth in Minnesota, Menomonee Falls baseball coach Pat Hansen still cuts a trim and fit figure as leader of the Indians.
But one couldn't help but notice on the evening of July 24 as he sat alone in the corner of the Falls dugout at Kapco Park while his team was still celebrating its first state title in program history, he looked both pounds lighter and years younger.
Clearly a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.
"I won't lie, it's been hard," he said of the pressure to succeed for the wildly successful Falls baseball juggernaut that begins with 100s of little munchkins running around in tee-ball and ends up with a couple handfuls of well-trained, instinctive and talented players on the always-competitive varsity.
Many eyes scrutinize every call, every roster move along the way.» Read Full Article
Tokoto makes stop at Falls Fest after NBA draft
Menomonee Falls Police Officer Jim Kirchberger has been on duty for many years and seen many things — some good, some not so good and a few that are simply amazing.
He related one of those latter moments during some downtime by the softball field during the first night of Falls Fest on July 23. Former Falls basketball superstar and now NBA draft pick of the Philadelphia 76ers, J.P. Tokoto was in town after completing a successful stint with the 76ers NBA Summer League team and was making the rounds at the Fest, saying "Hello" to all his friends and enjoying his Mom's home cooking.
He had made ESPN a couple of times with some of his patented high-flying and often spectacular dunks (I still say the man could have been a 7-foot-high jumper in track at Falls, but hey, that's water under the bridge), and he was very optimistic about things. He said he's learned a lot already and can't wait for formal tryouts and training camp.
In short, Tokoto was in a great mood, rocking his very fine FroHawk hair-do and looking as fit and strong as any average 6-7 kid in his early 20s who is very close to having the world on a string.
After he moved on down the row to greet other people at the Fest, Kirchberger sidled over and talked to Jim Droese, my brother, Zach, and myself, as we were all working the east ticket booth this night.» Read Full Article
New York manufacturer to acquire Magnetek for $188.9 million
Magnetek Inc. of Menomonee Falls is being acquired by a New York-based manufacturer of material handling products for $188.9 million.
Columbus McKinnon Corp. said the deal will help it add Magnetek's digital controls to improve the safety of the cranes and hoists it sells.
The $50 per share purchase price represents a 55% premium from Magnetek's closing stock price last week.
Columbus McKinnon makes cranes and hoists as well as actuators and rigging tools. It has annual sales of $579.6 million.
Magnetek, which employs 340 people, designs and produces digital power and motion control systems used in material handling, elevators and the mining industry.» Read Full Article
Manchester was a giant in world of Menomonee Falls athletics
A quiet man, whose few words were important.
A direct man, who commanded attention without drawing too much attention to himself.
A stern-looking man, who could be surprisingly deadpan funny.
A man of faith, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, teacher, coach and administrator during two great transition periods in Menomonee Falls athletic history, long-time Merton-area resident Edward ("Eddie") L. Manchester Sr. passed away on July 2 at the age of 83 after a long illness.
"He was a huge influence on my life and career," said retired Falls High School Principal Richard P. Woosencraft . "... He was an old school football coach and a very positive Christian guy. He was a football coach, but he was also a guy who opened a lot of doors to girls athletics and did a lot of things for the district."» Read Full Article
Six-run fourth lifts Menomonee Falls to semifinal win over Pewaukee
Menomonee Falls pitching coach Dave Weber made it easy and simple for the Indian players collected at the mound during the very shaky fourth inning in their 8-3 WIAA state semifinal victory over Pewaukee on July 24 at Kapco Park.
The Pirates had scored three times, courtesy of three uncharacteristic Falls errors in the frame and had shot ahead, 3-2.
In Weber's eyes, it was time for everyone to calm down.
"You run into these innings sometimes," said Weber. "I just told the guys to stop trying so hard. Just relax, be yourselves and support one another."
The Indians, including Weber's son, ace pitcher Ty, did just that. Ty Weber struck out the final two batters of the inning to minimize the damage and end the threat.» Read Full Article
Falls baseball team routs Franklin for state championship
"We didn't come here to finish second."
That was the assertion of Menomonee Falls junior ace and co-captain Ty Weber after he led the Indians baseball team to a victory in the WIAA state semifinal at Kapco Park in Mequon the afternoon of July 24, mere hours before an 11-0 win in the state-championship battle against Franklin.
The Indians are familiar with the concept of second place. Old Falls High in 1968 took silver, as did Falls North in 1977, in addition to new Falls High in 2001 and again in 2004. Weber's Dad, Falls legend Dave Weber, had coached the 2001 team and was an assistant to Pat Hansen in 2004.
And Ty, having been a much tinier version of his current 6-4 self during the 2001 and 2004 campaigns, bore witness as one Falls powerhouse after another was stymied either at state or in the sectionals, the frustration growing with each tough loss.
So young Mr. Ty, so much more mature than a junior in high school should be, was absolutely delighted to be a cog when the wheel finally turned around later that same evening.» Read Full Article
District names new Rockfield Elementary principal
The Germantown School District has named Dana Croatt as the new principal at Rockfield Elementary School.
The school board approved the contract for Croatt following a closed session discussion on July 15. Croatt, along with other finalists for the position, was also interviewed earlier this month by a panel of 20 individuals, including board members, directors, principals, Rockfield teachers and support staff, and parents.
The interview process, conducted on July 8, included a tour of the campus by two Rockfield students, a presentation by each finalist to the panel, interview questions and a writing prompt related to the Summit process and future of the Germantown Way, according to information provided by Human Resources Director Cynthia Coley.
Croatt replaces former Rockfield principal Adrienne Schneider, who resigned from the position. She holds her doctorate degree in K-12 Leadership, as well as a master's degree in elementary education and bachelor's degree in intellectual disabilities. Croatt's experience includes eight years in the teaching field as a high school resource teacher, inclusion specialist and resource/inclusion specialist. She served as a K-8 principal for five years before accepting an elementary principal position in the Greenfield School District, which she held for the past two years.
Inaugural mud run raises $4K for Germantown teacher grants
The Germantown Community Scholarship Fund (GCSF) raised nearly $4,000 for its teacher grant program during its inaugural Mini Run June 28 at Germantown High School. The run through the muddy obstacle course attracted 304 participants.
More than 100 community and student volunteers worked to help get this event off and running, along with the support of local Germantown businesses and Germantown High School.
"More than 20 community businesses, service organizations and individuals came together to assist in the planning, development, creation and implementation of this event," added Deb Stresing, president of the GCSF board. "We have a great community here in Germantown helping make fundraisers such as this one a success."
For more information and a list of event sponsors visit www.germantownscholarship.org. All proceeds from the Mini Run for Funds help support Germantown teachers through the GCSF Teacher Grant program. Since 2004, the GCSF board has awarded 22 teacher grants totaling $11,000.
Germantown resident wins MS scholarship
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Wisconsin Chapter has announced that Lauren Zylka from Germantown has been awarded a $1,000 Rabbits Unlimited, Ltd. Scholarship.
Zylka, a student at Viterbo University, will use the scholarship for her continuing studies in nursing.
Zylka's scholarship is one of more than 800 new and renewal scholarships nationwide, 37 of which were awarded in Wisconsin.
The MS Society's annual scholarship program helps students affected by multiple sclerosis pursue a college or technical school education. It is open to individuals who have MS or have a parent with MS, and who will be attending an accredited postsecondary school for any year of undergraduate study in working toward their first undergraduate degree.
Applications are evaluated on financial need, academic record, leadership and volunteer activities; a statement of educational and career goals; and letters of recommendation. Applicants are also asked to provide a personal statement describing the impact MS has had on their lives.» Read Full Article
The Suburban 16 Power Rankings: Watt, Niebrugge, and others on the next level
(Editor's note: After a late addition putting Anthony Pettis in the top 15, the "Suburban 15" was expanded to the "Suburban 16")
The meteoric rise just continues.
Pewaukee graduate J.J. Watt, once a scholarship tight end at Central Michigan and then a walk-on at the University of Wisconsin, was voted the No. 1 player in the National Football League by the league's players in a poll conducted by the NFL Network.
Higher than Aaron Rodgers (No. 2) and Tom Brady (No. 3). Higher than anyone could have imagined even when he became the 11th overall selection in the 2011 NFL Draft. Even with his second career NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award last year, it's still staggering to think that when the players in the NFL consider who the league's best player is, they turn to Watt.
Sure, all rankings have to be taken with a grain of salt, but especially with the accomplishments of Watt and Jordan Niebrugge, a Homestead graduate who shot an amateur-record round of 67 at the British Open and then tied for sixth in the tourney, there have been some exciting accomplishments racked up by local products. Considering athletes who competed in high school in the Now Newspapers or Lake Country Publications coverage area (and remain active), here's my Suburban 16, where I attempt to rank players based on exposure, impact and post-prep accomplishments.» Read Full Article
Initial Reaction Podcast: A dumb-sports-fan's guide to the Bucks arena financing situation
JP tries his best to explain the machinations behind the state senate voting in favor of a Bucks arena financing plan, plus a lot more from a big week of Wisconsin sports (Favre! Niebrugge!). Also, JP shares his impressions from the WFCA All-Star football game.


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Quote from: claypot on March 27, 2009, 03:57:28 PMWas Jesus tempted at all?cpGood question. Certainly he was, led into the wilderness, without food for 40 days and 40 nights, wasn't it? Now how can that be? It is a symbol of the whole history of the human race and history to me. But I will let everyone answer that for him or herself.Anne
Satan is surely a real entity, i dont see how anyone can believe the Bible and not believe that? One day he to will be reconciled with God, along with all things in Heaven or Earth.


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He's already a prince, so maybe kissing him would turn him into a frog! Watch this cute Associated Press video to see Prince William greet fans in Scotland and offer to kiss a 4-year-old girl, who flinches away. She was probably waiting for Harry! The video also gives a quick glimpse of the pregnant Kate Middleton. It sounds like she's maybe telling someone they don't have a name because they don't know what "it" is yet.


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According to TV by the Numbers, Valentine's Day is for lovers — just not necessarily TV lovers.
Overall, numbers were down about six percent in key demographics, so it's not too shocking that fewer people tuned in to The Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 14, "Down the Rabbit Hole."
There were 2.31 million viewers for last night's craziness, but we're sure lots of people are catching up on The CW today. Ratings are definitely down since the January 17 mid-season premiere, which 2.9 million people watched.
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