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The online portfolio of Steven Little. The large typography is very attractive and features a subtle letterpress effect. The navigation icons in the top right are also a nice touch and feature a cool spotlight hover effect.Posted in Web Design → Design
This is the website of an iPhone game called The Last March. The character design and illustration here is really top-notch and the color scheme is a nice mix of cool and warm tones.Posted in Web Design → Software
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The design portfolio of Patrick Monkel. This is a very minimalist display of artwork that is anything but. The simple design of the portfolio page really showcases the complexity of the artwork shown.Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
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The portfolio site of Tobias Ahlin, a web, print and icon designer. Aside from the beautiful work on display, I love the gray and black color palette and the dynamically reshuffling gallery.Posted in Web Design → Design
A new book from the author of "Five Simple Steps." This site features a nice spotlight effect on a dark wood background. The color choices on the large text are particularly nice.Posted in Web Design → Design
The online portfolio of a UX designer from London. This design is super minimal featuring little more than an Apple display and some text. However, the layout was handled very well and the reduced content really draws your eyes to the scrolling portfolio.Posted in Web Design → Design
A lovingly crafted site with a huge background image, and some really interesting navigation. The typography used in headings and the navigation bar works really well, and adds flair to the design. My only complaint would be that the text used in the main body areas is a little difficult to read. Other than that, a great example of creative background usage.Posted in Web Design → Music
Sticker Mule sells custom printed stickers, laptop and iPhone skins. It is an inviting, friendly design packed with vivid colour. The beautiful cloud of stickers on the right really grabs your attention. Also, the icons on the bottom of the page are quite detailed and attractive.Posted in Web Design → Misc
Another gorgeous iPhone application site, Snow Reports is a little heavy on the reflections, but executes type well and follows a solid colours scheme. A good example of simple design that serves its purpose well, with graphics that are completely suitable for the use of the application.Posted in Web Design → Software
jQuery for Designers helps offer a great understanding of JavaScript for designers, and bridges a little of the barrier to the "funky interaction stuff". The site combines clean lines with rough texture, and manages to pull both off with plenty of spacing and a clear sense of structure. The formatting in blog posts is clearly thought through in-depth, and executed well.Posted in Web Design → Design
Alexander's portfolio takes on a steel and purple hue, featuring a scrolling portfolio slideshow that appears to "hover" over the rest of the page. I also particularly like the contact page, which includes a postcard mockup, a rate card designed in the style of a till receipt, and a timeline showing how most design projects are worked through.Posted in Web Design → Design
A novel concept, the idea behind Design Swap is that pairs of designers team up to "swap" the design of an aspect of their site. It's an exercise in trust, and - in my opinion - a thoroughly fantastic idea. The design of the site is wonderful, full of attention to detail and well chosen typography. I particularly like the stylised signatures in the footer, and the consistent use of the bold logo. Definitely worth subscribing to, and keeping track of over the coming months.Posted in Web Design → Design
Typetester is a useful service for comparing different typefaces for reproduction on screen. You can select a whole range of different options for the display formatting, and compare three typefaces side-by-side. The design of the site itself is fairly basic, but produced to execute one task very well. Everything seems very busy at first, but the reason for this becomes apparent as you start using the application. A great tool for any web designer.Posted in Web Design → Design


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LETTER: 'A clear choice'
The point of educating kids is to give them the tools they need to be highly functioning adults. We know that the high school diploma does not carry the weight it once did as far as preparing our youngsters for the workforce, so now, more than ever, college readiness should be a major standard by which we look at how well our districts are carrying out their mission.
Vague labels like 'A Rated school district' as assigned by
The data is telling when comparing the average 'college readiness' scores of the districts that appoint versus elect their superintendents. There are 25
Notable scores, if you don't visit the website: Walton 18, Okaloosa 35.8 and Bay 21.3. Alachua and
It is quite clear from this data designed to evaluate outcomes rather than provide cover for underperforming districts, as the state has done, that appointed superintendents, rather than those that are popularly elected, are more competent at meeting the mission of their systems.
On Aug. 26 we have a clear choice. We can continue to accept mediocre performance as acceptable given the gilding of Walton's school district with a meaningless 'A' grade or we can do what we all know is beneficial to the majority, rather than a select few politicians who have nobody's best interest in mind other than their own, and vote 'YES' on the referendum to change the selection of a superintendent from one that is popularly elected to one selected by our elected school board!
Patrick A. Ferry M.D.
LETTER: 'The art of misdirection'
Any football coach will tell you that misdirection is part of a successful game plan. Get your opponent to think the play is going to the right, then run to the left. In other words, fake 'em out.
The folks who are promoting vote "YES" on the upcoming school referendum have mastered the art of misdirection. Make everyone think the campaign to appoint a school superintendent is about putting "kids above politics" when it's really about control of the school system.
The North Walton Republican Club recently held a candidate forum that included a brief presentation of the "YES" and "NO" positions. The speaker for the "NO" position was a former school board member with a long record of public service in
We hear some school board members say, "I'm only one vote. You need three votes to get anything done." The implication is school board members have little power to affect change.
Florida Statutes are specific about the responsibilities of school boards and superintendents.
Title XLVII, Chapter 1001: "Duties and responsibilities of district school superintendent . . . shall perform all tasks necessary to make sound recommendations, nominations, proposals and reports required by law to be enacted upon by the district school board. . . It shall be presumed that . . . the recommendations, nominations, and proposals required of the district superintendent were not contrary to the action taken by the district school board in such matters."
In this four page statute, the word recommend (or recommendation) appears 26 times.
The "YES" people would have you believe the problems with our schools are due to the fact our superintendent is elected, and is therefore able to do whatever she wants . Clever misdirection!
Look at what the statutes say about school boards.
"The School Board shall require . . .
(1) minutes and records to be kept . . .
(2) control property . . .
(3) adopt school programs . . .
(4) adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the establishment, organization and operation of the schools of the district . . .
--(h) provide for the establishment and maintenance of career schools. . .
--(k) may adopt rules for planning time for teachers . . .
--(l)) provide for exceptional students . . .
(5) Personnel: designate which positions to be filled, and provide for the appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension and dismissal of employees, subject to the requirements of chapter 1012.
(6) Adopt policies establishing standards of ethical conduct for instructional personnel and school administrators, as defined in s.1012.01.
(11) School Plant: Approve plans for locating, planning, constructing, sanitating, insuring, maintaining, protecting, and condemning school property as described in chapter 1013.
(12) Finance:
(a) provide for all public schools to operate 180 days.
(b) cause to be prepared, adopt, and have submitted to the Department of Education as required by law . . . the annual school budget . . .
(d) school funds – require that an accurate account is kept of all funds . . .
(g) implement a system of accounts and budgetary control to ensure that payments do not exceed amount budgeted, as required by law; make available all records for proper audit by state officials or independent certified public accountants . . . (emphasis added!)
(l) may employ an internal auditor to perform ongoing financial verification of the financial records of the school district . . ."
So, who has the power — the Superintendent or the School Board?
The "kids before politics" slogan is clever misdirection to get you to think that budgetary shortfalls, questionable administrator compensation, and teacher grievances are due to the actions of our elected School Superintendent, Ms. Carlene Anderson.
These same "YES" people believe that giving more authority to the School Board will restore the universe to its proper balance. Our school board doesn't use the power it has now. Why reward them by giving them power to select the next school superintendent?
Art Miller
Miramar Beach
The superintendent selection process, a referendum item on the Aug. 26th
In the case of
The appointment argument that the superintendent position should be searched for from among candidates with a higher education degree and experience in the field of education is a fallacious one. State Senator and Senate President Don Gaetz never would have made the cut in
Consider that a school board position (elected) requires no more than a high school degree and county residence. It is somewhat incongruous that appointment pushers would have this elected body develop a superintendent's job description and launch what could be an expensive and time consuming nationwide search to recruit and appoint a superintendent.
Recall that a nationwide search for our county administrator position was undertaken not so long ago. This resulted in contracts with three county administrators in four years, one contract that required a buy-out and a position that was ultimately filled by Larry Jones from our very own
The arrogance of the "yes" crowd cannot be overstated. They want to eliminate the superintendent as an elected position because they think
Free elections allow candidates from all backgrounds to run for office. Voters decide who is qualified for the job. This process has worked since our country was founded and it has worked in
Just vote NO on August 26th.
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Monday, 22 November 2010
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18 comments:
- vegemitevix said...
So funny! I've been feeling weird about the weather Twitter convos this morning too. On the weekend we had to despatch ourselves to the shopping mall to get out of the cold. It reminded me of doing exactly the same to get out of the heat in Brisbane and in Auckland. I remember encountering new emigrants in The Warehouse in Auckland. They were from Scotland and were completely agog as I bought up large on sunscreen and boogie boards for Santa's stash. Just hope the bloody weather doesn't thwart our attempts to go home to NZ/Aust for the holidays - http://www.vegemitevix.com/2010/11/the-best-laid-plans/
- 22 November 2010 at 15:16
- billythekid said...
Heh, GO Sonny!!!
- 22 November 2010 at 15:26
- the tomahawk kid said...
Can you recommend an osteopath?
I seem to have developed a crick in my neck all of a sudden...
- 22 November 2010 at 15:27
- London City Mum said...
Very funny.
Only a boy would think of filming something like that. Sideways.
LCM x
- 22 November 2010 at 16:22
- Lattes and funk said...
One of the funniest things about winter for me is when wee dogs come in from playing about in the snow and they have little snowballs stuck to their bellies :D
- 22 November 2010 at 16:25
Which is fine till they crawl into your lap. And thaw out.
All 50kg of them!
- 22 November 2010 at 16:58
- Very Bored in Catalunya said...
Sideways filming is so going to be the next big (yen) thing.
Oh and is Willie from the Simpson's not really Scottish?
- 22 November 2010 at 17:02
- Sarah said...
Willie's meant to be from Aberdeen. But which of the world's 30 odd Aberdeens is not clear...
- 22 November 2010 at 17:58
- Steve said...
Oh. My. God. Here in the UK we're moaning about mists and icy winds. We're just big sassanach wussies.
- 22 November 2010 at 18:48
- Trish @ Mum's Gone to... said...
The commenters who don't mention the crick in their neck obviously couldn't be arsed clicking on the video - you now know who's speed reading!
I went to Aberdeen airport once - my hubby was working in Elgin. It was a bit nippy.
- 22 November 2010 at 19:59
- Ellen Arnison said...
Today I was putting in a guest appearance with the stv website crew (writing about slebs and getting paid for it = great gig) when Sean Batty bounded into the office. He was brimming with excitement about the forthcoming blimey-it's-cold-out spell. Now there's a man who can talk about the weather all day.. and he does.
- 22 November 2010 at 20:04
- Cate said...
Haha - too funny. Am I'd still like to experience a white Christmas -for a day or so maybe...then it's back to the prawns on the barbie followed by a slice of pav :-)
Wish you were here???
- 22 November 2010 at 20:15
- bigwords is... said...
You can video tape anything sideways as long as someone with a HOT SCOT accent is commentating!! I would love to experience a white xmas. I must say I do like prawns and beer on a hot sumer's day too! x
- 22 November 2010 at 22:58
- EmmaK said...
Yeah while icy UK winter rain is generally something to commit suicide to snow can be fun - we had about six feet here back in February and we were snowed in and had to talk to our neighbours and drink a lot of hot chocolate. That said if I were you I'd be booking a mini break to the Maldives about now.
- 23 November 2010 at 18:52
- anna said...
hey there, like your blog, I had just posted my thoughts on missing out on a Scottish xmas again and all that lovely cold weather when I read your post. i feel better now, you reminded me how crap a cold wet winter can be!!!!
- 24 November 2010 at 11:04
- Heather said...
weather envy, I know it well! I think I'd quite enjoy a hot sunny Christmas every now and then...
- 27 November 2010 at 05:56
- Modern Military Mother said...
The Aussie weather envy is totally valid, I was in Oz for Christmas four years ago and it was awesome. Love the Scottish commentary too - even with the sideways head!!
- 29 November 2010 at 13:21
- Organic Motherhood with Cool Whip said...
Not to rub salt in the wound, but we've got some pretty kickass weather over here right now too. We even had to use the air conditioning this weekend. But on the other hand, it's so hot in these Texas summers that I'd pretty much rather die than go outside. And we really have fried eggs on our sidewalk. Cuz we're classy like that yo.
- 30 November 2010 at 05:06


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I posted this on the official forums, but wanted to share my experience with everyone. I was fully willing to pay tons of moeny to RIOT GAMES to unlock all sorts of features, but was skeptical from the start, hearing during my first game that people can be banned for no reason. I didn't believe this, and played continuously, only to find out that this wonderful game forces you to play when you don't want to, enslaves you, and punishes people if they ever go AFK (I assume if you need to go AFK in real life, you must choose between the game and your life, because you can't do both. You WILL get banned.) I'd also like to note that I never once left or went afk. Yet due to children threatening to report me, and fulfilling these threats, I was banned for 1 day. It may have been nothing, but since I did nothing wrong and in fact suffered through misery STAYING to purposefully avoid being banned, this is absolutely ridiculous enough to warrant posting on the internet to WARN other players to STAY AWAY! I've never written a review before, ever, and it's my first time posting. The principle is of RIOT GAME's ability to allow teenagers to ban you, stealing all your payed items, unlocks, etc. and the simple fact that the same people you pay for a service, can ban you from it, stealing all your money. (Good luck to those who refute the charges).
Anyways, here it is:
First off, I'd like to say this was a refreshingly fun game, and something I was VERY interested in. I've been playing a TON this past week, and have played at least a hundred games so far, unlocking several characters. It occurred to me several times to spend money to unlock a bunch of cool characters, runes, etc. I never did, due to my skepticism on hearing how you can easily get banned for practically anything.
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I agree that their system of punishing players is probably the most retarded one I have ever seen.
They have empowered a playerbase of a free-to-play game. This playerbase has the most vile, most vindictive, the most immature and most untrustworthy players in ANY game I have ever seen. And they are giving these players the power to ban other players.
And yes. I. Am. One. Of. Them.
I hate this system so much that I made it my goal to ruin it as much as I could, I log on every day and just punish whatever 10 poor souls were presented to me. I figure; the more people banned, the better it is. I don't care if they're guilty or innocent. I hate them.
Empowering players with something like this is just BAD. They should never have done it.
First, as a longtime player in his 30's, let me explain how the system works. I state my age because obviously you believe everyone but yourself is a teenager. Now, first off, there are many failsafes in place in LoL to prevent people from being banned without reason. The first is the 'Leavebuster' system, which will flag you if you go afk for more than 5 minutes. This will result in near instant bans, which seems to be the case here, but I will give you the benefit of doubt. The second is that after a certain number of reports on your account, your case will go before the tribunal, which is basically a jury of your 'peers'. Even if you are found guilty there, the case is reviewed by an employee before you are actually banned.
Many, many people go to forums to complain about their unwarranted ban. And in every case I have seen the ban has been deserved (You go public to call them out, most often they will make your case public, which is their right). To be banned in your first week though, while complaining about how you can't AFK without being banned (but you would NEVER do that), sounds like the Leavebuster system got you.
I will tell you the same thing I tell everyone that complains on the forums or in game. If you don't have 30-60 minutes for a regular match, or 20 minutes for a Dominion match, DO NOT QUEUE UP. Plain and simple. Yes, emergencies call you away from the game, which is why you are allowed a certain number of leaves on your account before being banned.
As for kids, I have a 2 year old daughter. Which is why I play during her naptime, or once shes asleep. Otherwise I run the risk of having to AFK and ruin the game for the other 9 people in my match.
Edit: How pathetic is it to waste your time playing a game just to grief others Bunny? You whine about immature players while proving you are the worst kind. Oh, and you reporting every player in a match isn't going to get you anywhere but wasting your time, since for the case to go to tribunal a certain number of reports must be made on that person, both over time and during an individual match. And even if the case goes to tribunal, there are plenty of players that take it seriously, and even if they didn't an employee reviews each case that is voted negatively before issuing a punishment.
Originally posted by Shadowsil
I have unlimited freetime, so I do not play unless I have the time. This doesn't mean real life doesn't happen (especially when you play all day some days). Regardless, I have never received a message in game stating I was afk, or a disconnect screen like in MMORPG's (if you are AFK for too long).
It is quite obvious I am correct despite never having gone AFK a single time. I really dislike that you villainize me for WANTING to go AFK, because I have worked very hard to never go AFK solely for the fact that I never wanted to get banned. This was a grievous experience, which IMO is very negative to the gamer.
While I understand it is easy on the internet to naturally assume "If he was banned, he deserved it!" which is typically true, but League of Legends is perhaps the only system I know of where the typical internet norms do NOT apply in relation to bans.
The post directly above you is proof that people are being banned because the very children the system is meant to get, are instead abusing it to get legitimate, mature players.
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Stop playing the victim card, OP. Please. I see enough of this entitlement crying for bad behavior on the news.
I wish more multiplayer and cooperative online game code banned players for 6-hours, then 12, then 24, etc. for repeatedly going afk during a cooperative match, or participating for the sake of quitting when things get challenging, which ruins the entertainment experience for the others.
I have not experienced Riot banning for no reason. I have received a ban for unexpectedly going afk from a match or having to run for some poorly planned real-life happening. Haha…I've gotten 3 bans as a matter of fact, and ya know what. . .I deserved it because I have a real-life that takes precedence. However, even though my real-life takes precedence for 'me', it doesn't mean that I wasn't an inconsiderate ass for not making sure I can sit-down for 30-minutes or so to play a match.
And yes, I gave Riot $10 last month because I was and am still very impressed with their entertainment product. So when you sit-down to play a match, have some mature consideration. Yes be considerate of others that have been considerate enough to play and tough it out. And if you come across a douchey player in-game that isn't gaming or is afk, then report them.
To improve your experience, find other like-minded groups to play with and don't be such a child that feels as though you have to quit or surrender when it's likely you'll lose. What a defeatist and infantile attitude to have. Probably not an attitude that is surprising in todays climate of welfare, free-stuff and entitlements, but whatever.
Originally posted by Shadowsil
No... you are missing the point entirely. People like him are overwhelming the game. You do not understand, if a team loses, regardless of what you did or didn't do, there are children and trolls who will report everyone. These stack up VERY quickly.
For you to have so much blind faith and trust in a tribunal of LoL players, and then to believe the employees take every case so seriously, is simply very, very naive. Have you ever worked in customer service, a complaint department, or a "review board" online? These are often cut-and-paste solutions.
A very small amount of employees are assigned the task of dealing with an endless supply of complaints, tickets, and "cases". These employees not only do not care about their job, are disgusted with the game, but most likely view every case in a black & white (mostly black) light. They do not spend more than a few seconds on any one case, I assure you. As for this "tribunal", I have no comment, as a community-based group of people is just laughable at best. (As is an employee-based review system, as they simply don't care and look at stats, click a button, and nothing more. They do not care about justice, you, or the game.)
I am surprised when a fully grown adult shows a very disconcerning amount of blind trust in a company, as if those employees are "the law, true, good, and just." and that the system isn't flawed. It's a game...and for that sole reason, it will never have a quality control system for its community. They call it the "ban-hammer" for a reason.
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"Jury of peers" in a game is asking for massive problems along with people being overly critical of new players is enough to make me cringe. This site isnt the only one Ive heard these complaints. I was tempted to try this game out, but sadly i will not.
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Originally posted by Cik_Asalin
It amazes me that you did not read the OP. It is a very rare occurance for me to surrender or want to surrender, and I stated that.
The only times I will ever vote yes to a surrender, is when all five players are being fed, with the enemy in our base farming us, without destroying our base, or when the enemy team is level 18 and most of our team is still below 10. These are very rare occurances. I mostly get reported when children want to surrender for absolutely no reason, and I vote NO.
Victim card? Get a life, seriously. I am not playing a victim or feeling "entitled" to anything except to be able to play my video games and enjoy them, without having children half my age gang up on me and report me because I refused to cater to THEIR entitlement issues.
Who are you even talking to? How in the WORLD can you read the OP and get a "defeatist and infailt attitude" without projecting onto me and creating an illusionary person instead? As I said in the OP and just now, I do not give up easily. I have a very thick skin, am quite good at any game I play due to my gaming experience, and do not do anything provocative to get these children to report me. If you've never experienced a child saying "I get mid or I report.", 12 minutes into the game "Trade me lanes or I report.", or "Surrender or all of you get reported." then consider yourself lucky.
I find it very sad that you attack innocent, mature players, and instantly label them to be "entitled whining infantile defeatists" without even reading the OP. I know you did not read it, but merely skimmed it, because your lack of thought in your post clearly indicates you don't even know who you are talking to.
I am ashamed of people like you existing in our world. You give money to a company with such horrible philosophies, and support them because *you* have never been spammed with reports by groups of children who you refused to submit to when they requested ridiculous entitlement in game.
Are you on right now? I would love to play with you, just to show you what kind of children are there, and to prove that I do NOT surrender easy. PM me and I will play with you right now. I'd love to, if it means a quality game or to prove my point and stop feeding them money.
Originally posted by LeegOfChldrn
Try reading my entire post. There are plenty of failsafes to prevent players from getting unwarranted bans. As for letting you know you are afk too long? Even a brief time afk is too long in a team oriented game. Just the face that you even know it doesn't warn you or kick you out of the match leads me to assume you went afk, otherwise how else would you know?
As for villainizing you, if you go afk, you are the villain. AFK for 5 minutes and you have ruined the match for 9 other players. Please, explain to me how this is fair for them? What do you want, a pause button? Would you enjoy a 60 minute match wasted because someone decides to leave near the end, or goes afk?
You will eventually have an employee explain to you, quite publicly why you were banned. Please, understand that this will make many of us smile knowing you were publicly chastised and hopefully you will move on to single player games where you can pause when you need a potty break. As for Bunnyking proving anything at all, please read over any and all information relevant to the tribunal and you will understand how his small mindedness has no effect whatsoever on the game, or who gets banned.
EDIT: I think you are failing to see how-if your 'enjoyment' of the game involves you going afk when you please-you are placing your enjoyment over the fun of 9 others. As for the idiots that say 'surrender or I report' Just politely explain why you won't surrender, and ignore them, figuratively or litterally. I get threats like that every other match it seems, and I have never been banned. If people on the other hand are telling you to take a lane, like mid lane, ask why. Most of the players you meet at low levels are experienced(People roll alts like any other mmo), and you should listen instead of getting riled.
Originally posted by Shadowsil
I've never went AFK...which I repeated about four times already in this thread...
Not really quite sure why you insist I've gone AFK, when you surely must have read I never have before, to my detriment.
Why do you people insist on villanizing people just because they point out a flaw in your game? I am not attaking YOU by "attacking" your game. I am merely pointing out one of the most horrible systems and communities within one of the most entertaining games I've played in quite awhile.
If you are online right now, I'd love to play with you to show you how little I go AFK.
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Originally posted by LeegOfChldrn
I don't belive you. Your attitude makes you seem weak and that you have been taken advantage of by the system, the company or by children. IF you are an adult, that doesn't make you look good at all.
Then you air this issue in public. You can't prove you are correct you can only supply your version which at best is biased. That makes you seem like a troll.
The way you reacted to some of the posters as if you were hurt, makes me feel like you are not that mature. It's only a video game and mature adults have other things going on in their life such that a ban isn't a real problem.
Count to 10 and take a deep breath. Then deal with it calmly.
Originally posted by RavingRabbid
Exactly. I am surprised so many fully grown adults (two so far) are so naive that they think this is a quality idea and service.
I guess to them, anyone who is ever banned is guilty, despite innocence. Anyone who is accused and states "This is incorrect." is playing the victim card. Anyone who believes they shouldn't be banned because they didn't give in to teenager's wishes for entitlement, are in reality the ones who have entitlement problems. I guess not being banned is the only way to be truly "hardcore" in this internet world of ours.
Well...at least to these two adults.
If Riot actually banned people unfairly and only going by what the Tribunal says without reviewing themselves, then I promise there would be far less people playing. You got banned for a good reason I am sure and didn't like it. Perhaps you should grow up a bit and take responsibility for something you did without blaming everyone but yourself.
Alright, I apologize, and give you the benefit of doubt. You have never gone afk, LoL has a flawed system that does not allow people to AFK (would love to even know how that would work outside a pause button and still be fair, but then people would abuse the pause button). You have devoted very little time to the game, and not invested any money, so consider yourself lucky for not paying for a game you obviously don't like. I am attempting to explain the flaws in your OP though, and, through whatever obscure rule you do or do not agree with, your ban was justified. It was not decided by children with evil intentions, they can only rule on cases that then go to an employee.
I would suggest staying away from MOBA's though. I have played quite a few, like DOTA, HoN, and a couple others that are wrapping up beta, and the community is the same everywhere, both in and out of game. You have to have thick skin to play MOBA's, and accept that from level 1 up to high level tournament play you cannot AFK. Same goes for just about any competative team oriented game.
Originally posted by waynejr2
I believe you are creating someone else entirely, who you wish to see. I have remained calm this entire time, and even during my post.
Might I suggest you attempt to prevent yourself from creating your own tone online, stereotyping people based on that tone, and then molding a new creation (labels and all) based on this phantom-person you attach to people based on these stereotypes?
"The way I react to some of the posters as if you were hurt, makes me feel like you are not that mature."
Um...hurt? What? I am merely responding...how is this a bad thing? Socializing with others, communicating, and discussing the thread topic is exactly why people come to these forums...
"Your attitude makes you seem weak"
If you would like, I'd absolutely love to give you my home address, and if you want I can prove to you just how "weak" I am :) I am just kidding (I wish you no harm) but as you can see, I am certainly not weak. I do, however, enjoy a good ass-kicking in real life whenever the person is really really asking for it ;) so it's not entirely empty, LOL! Do you live near London?
I have quite a lot of forum experience over the decade(s) I've been online. One of the first things you need to learn is to NOT make random assumptions, create new people from tone which does not exist, and label others based on these imaginary assumptions. As I said, I have a very thick skin due to my years of experience on all sorts of forums / communities. Nothing you could say can offend me, and if you think I'm weak then perhaps you are merely projecting yourself on to me, and this is how you feel about yourself.
After all, tone doesn't exist on the internet, so the only thing you can see is what you project.
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Originally posted by LeegOfChldrn
I believe also which I didnt think of initially while writing the post is that not everyone that is an adult is mature. What makes me cringe also is the fact that an immature adult could've had a bad day and decide to take it out on another player which makes this far worse and downright scary.
All my opinions are just that..opinions. If you like my opinions..coolness.If you dont like my opinion....I really dont care.
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You probably either fed consecutively, trolled, AFK'd, disconnected too many times, verbally harrased someone or did something else terrible which at best got you banned for a few hours or days. You need to have done something REALLY terrible to be permanently banned. Also funny you complain about immature players cause this post is nothing short of immature either. First of all, the first thing you should have done is send a ticket to Riot asking for information, did you do that yet?
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If you dont understand while people get punished if they leave or go afk while playing a game then this is really not a game for you to play and YOU have no idea what you are even doing/playing.
you going afk in a 5vs5 match will ruin the game for 9 other players.
If everyone could just go afk then there would be no gameplay. It is a competive game and there are diffrent game modes to choose from.
there newest mode Dominion: average gametime 15 to 20 minutes.
then you have 3vs3 matches: average gametime 20 to 30 minutes
and then the 5vs5 matches wich mostyl take 30 to 45 minutes but could easilty go up to 1 hour.
Why go AFK? if you dont intend to play a full match DONT PLAY AT ALL.
it is a competive game and yes people need to get punished if they go afk since it ruins the expierience for other people and can even ruin there acount if they are playing ranked matches
Originally posted by Archeminos
I'm sorry Archeminos, but if you look across the forums, there are actually hundreds of mature adults who refuse to play LoL or DoTA games solely because of Riot's actions, the horrible community, and the endless amount of freebie-loving children. So in reality, there most likely ARE "far less people" paying. You fail to realize the amount of people playing are playing for free. A quality game like this, for free, brings in a lot of people even with a bad system! Banned? No problem! Just recreate your account.
Paying customers however, when banned, do not return.
I fully realize it is very difficult for you to believe someone was banned without reason, that this "Tribunal" of yours are legitimately intelligent as a group, and that a CSR employee truly does care about the game, their jobs, and carefully weighs each case with impunity.
However, this is not a MMORPG. In fact, I have never been banned, warned, or (to my knowledge) even reported in any MMORPG I've played, and I have been playing them for over a decade. I am quite a hardcore gamer, and thus believe it is important to play with other people's enjoyment in mind (even my enemies) and I find it silly that I am being accused of lying, being AFK. Why do I find this silly? I have actually worked quite hard to avoid EVER going afk, and avoid being reported in any way. Despite this, no matter what I do, if I am to vote no to a silly surrender or yes to an inevitable loss (I do not initialize the votes) then I get reported because children get upset.
I have been disconnected about 2-3 times, but I reconnected ASAP, and have never stayed disconnected. I'm sure the "Tribunal" and CSR who "reviewed my case" saw this, and (I assume) stacked this against me when making the normal assumption "Guilty before proven innocent."
Perhaps instead of me "growing up a bit and take responsibility for something you did", you should be the one to grow up and realize that humans error, especially in a community like LoL, or a dead-end job of a CSR. I realize it is human nature in our society to believe "Guilty before proven innocent" due to social media's influence on your mind, but I really do impress upon you the importance of "growing up a bit" by attempting to "take responsibility for something you did", which is to create every person you see into some sort of whining, immature liar.
I see your type every day at my job... you believe that a big corporation with professional employees would never ever ever, not in a million years, neglect their beloved, precious customers. It must be those who believe they are victims! These are the evil doers, the problem children, the spoiled entitlement scam artists, the guilty liars! I'm sorry, but it's actually quite the opposite. Usually when someone has a complaint, it's legitimate. I also love how no one here addresses the fact that RIOT GAMES is allowed to ban people who pay them money, inevitably stealing from the customers.
Power to the customer? No. The customer is a whining, evil, lying, scamming, infantile man-child. The business which makes millions in profit is fully allowed, with all god-given rights, to sell a service and then to immediately deny that service to its customers. After all, the corporation is perfect, just, and righteous. It's the evil customer who DESERVES to be denied service after paying! Even if they didn't do anything wrong this time, they MUST be a troublemaker if they were even incorrectly accused.
Ah, the mentality of the average consumer... so very, very sad. The very people who are being taken advantage of, believe in the opposite of what is actually happening to them.
How ironic reading the title of the OP and finding that his post is nothing but a childish rant.
As someone already explained, there's no way you are banned for "no reason".
I have been playing LoL even before Season One and have over 2500 matches and not once, I repeat, NOT ONCE, I've ever been banned.
If you read the Summoner Code and abide by it at all times...you won't get a ban, ever.


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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed an agreement with the Mexican FA not to involve Javier Hernandez in the upcoming Olympic Football Tournament.
Hernandez, who turns 24 on 1 June, had initially been called up for the Olympics as one of Mexico's three over-age players and had even been suggested as a possible flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.
However, United have agreed with the Mexican FA he will have the full summer off instead. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson told the club's website: "His form last season was fantastic.
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In May 2010, at the height of her "American Idol" run, I asked Crystal Bowersox to predict the future.
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"Jamie is the model," she said. "I am proud to be from here, proud of the people I know. As long as I can, I will always show love for Toledo."
Three years into her continuing journey, Bowersox is making good on that promise. In addition to her work for the Toledo School for the Arts, she has graciously contributed to our ongoing CD projects. In 2011, she recorded a vocal for a celebrity reading of "Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" for the first Toledo Free Press Make-A-Wish "Holiday Wishes" CD. A few months ago, I asked Bowersox's manager, music executive Gina Orr, if she would approach Bowersox about contributing a track to this summer's Red Cross benefit CD, "Red, White & You." Her response, "I think we can offer 'Holy Toledo,'" floored us. We would have been grateful for a recording of Bowersox reading her grocery list, and she was donating one of her most successful and meaningful tracks.
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Bowersox's generosity is echoed in another famous local daughter, Alyson Stoner. A native Toledoan, Stoner has achieved fame through movie franchises such as "Cheaper By The Dozen," "Step Up," Camp Rock" and her work on Disney Channel's "Mike's Super Short Show" and "Phineas and Ferb." Stoner also recorded a vocal for the 2011 Make-A-Wish CD and donated a stack of autographed DVDs for that cause. For this summer's Red Cross project, she donated "Sweet," an energetic and hyper-catchy song from her "Beat The System" collection.
"Red, White & You" is the fifth CD Toledo Free Press has produced, and each one has been a lesson in how talented, accessible and philanthropic the Toledo music scene is.
That generosity is embodied by the people who continually help us raise the bar with the CD projects. You may know Chrys Peterson as the anchorwoman for WTOL-11, but our CD listeners know she is also an incredibly talented vocalist. Her holiday contributions have been a testament to her talents, but her track on "Red, White & You" is a revelation. Holiday music is inherently restrained and spiritual. On her summer track "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," Peterson employs gritty, sensual and weary nuances that will impress even those who are familiar with her vocals.
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Other artists are integral pieces of these philanthropic puzzles. Kerry Patrick Clark has written original songs for the holiday CDs and recorded an honest and aching rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" for the Red Cross CD. Pat Dailey has been a true friend of these projects, allowing us to utilize his vast catalog of music, but he bested even our lofty expectations when he and his manager Tom Brady came through this summer with one of his signature songs, "Put-In-Bay."
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No one knows what the future holds, but these CDs represent a collaboration of art, commerce and charity that defines Toledo's present.
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Ok, so, i know they wanted to avoid a gear grind with PVP and such in this game. So i know the highest level set of stuff was supposed to be cosmetic only, but from what i gathered there would be some gear upgrades to work towards with PVP.
As far as i can tell there isnt. You port to pre pvp area and you immediately get bumped to 80 and slapped into a full set of nice gear. I run around looking at the vendors and all i can see are cat boxes or something like that, which i google and find out they basically drop some useless crap like glory boosters, etc.
Now. Correct me if im wrong about the gear, but if there is NO gear grind vs a "light" gear grind. I honestly can't see the point of PVPing. I certainly am not going to spend hundreds of hours doing it to get some fluff gear that just looks cool.
Why? Lets be honest. If i wanted pure, 0 gear grind PVP, i'm gonna go play counterstrike, or something like that.
I play MMO's for character development, if im going to invest 100 hours of play into some piece of gear i want it to do something for me. It doesnt have to be a HUGE advantage, but it should grant some sort of advantage. I know people are going to disagree with me, and frankly i don't care. Its my opinion and what i look for in an mmo.
I'm not saying the game is crap because of it, im just saying i dont quite understand the point of doing that in an RPG when things like RTS's and FPS's etc exist.
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not everyone plays games for the same reasons.. no game caters to all players... millions played GW1 and enjoyed PVP for cosmetic gear grind and the FUN of it.. if that doesn't sound fun to you game just isn't for you then.. me personally I play games for fun.. Gear grind is fine and all but at the end of the day it's a game and fun is the most important thing for me
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The point is that PvP is supposed to be fun in and of itself. A lot of us remember playing games without gear grinds for PvP, where if you didn't have the best of the best of the best stuff you could still win through skill. And a lot of us liked it. Gear grinds are for raiding, and that's fine, if that's what you want to do. PvP is for fighting other players only because it's more fun. If you need a gear grind for PvP, then a game like GW2 isn't going to be for you. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just not your thing, much like gear grinds for PvP aren't mine.
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Well when you kill a player in W v W they drop a pvp badge that you save up for gear I have noticed.
Also, play GW2 they way YOU want to play it, because it has PVP does not mean you have to play it.
Find what you enjoy about the game and just do it.
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just a wild ass guess mind you but I think it might be entertainment
I miss DAoC
I get what you guys are saying, trust me i do. My point was why in this format? I understood the original GW, i didnt play it because it wasnt my cup of tea. But now it seems like they took the PVP of original guild wars and then kind of stuck into a more traditional MMO, which is why i get this weird vibe from it ya know.
And again, the whole "a lot of us remember playing PVP without gear grinds" hasnt gone anywhere. Those game still exist. i've been a pc gamer for the better part of 20 years, I used to play modem to modem games of warcraft 1 with people and do co-op over modem on doom 2, etc. So i get the idea of PVP based purely on skill, and i enjoy that, but i dont see the purpose of it in a traditional MMO.
GW1 seemed like they did it the right way. You basically didnt have a set world, you sat around in an area and waited for your instanced PVP match to start, much like you do on say battlenet, instead its not a chat room, its just a social area you can run around in.
I guess my beef is once you add in levels that take more than a few hours to pass through (seems like the number is around 100 hours or so for the average person to hit 80) It just seems dumb to then go, "welp, now you've leveled to 80 and your character progression is done. Go spend countless hours PVPing for basically nothing more than the enjoyment of it".
/shrug. I just think me and lots of people play RPG's for the character advancement aspect of it, and part of that is gear grinds. I'm not saying there should be some ultra hardcore gear grind, but the way the devs implied it was that there would be a minor gear grind, i.e. you could get 1 piece every 2 or 3 hours of PVPing, and then after that you could start saving up for the super uber "Looks" equipment that didnt give a stat bonus.
But, as far as i can tell, you start out with the best stat gear you can get, so the only thing you are getting rewards for is the appearance related stuff.
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I like to PvP because I get to stomp all the bad players who complain that they want better gear to get an advantage over me.
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As others in the thread have said- enjoy what little amount of time you're not dead. If it's not this game then try another. Your time is running out either way.
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I agree we all know what mmorpg stands for, and ROLE PLAYING revolves around ur character and progression not saying you necessarily have to RP but the game itself should revolve around your char, i feel the cosmetic gear helps that a bit but an MMORPG should be an rpg through and through. like if i wanted pvp purely for fun i dont mind it in this setting but it would get boring fast. i would rather play like LoL or sumthin. I would be so happy if they made a game utilizing the common moba upgrade scheme but used an mmo control system...rather than a top down view and strategic gameplay, give me like tera's combat in a quake/doom arena style setting with moba skill/item upgrades gaining money per kill. but to answer ur question, there really is no point in it, its for people looking just for fun with no progression at all.
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i remember but in the days of MUD ( some oldtimers around here know what i am talking about) , or even L2 , we used to PVP for fun/honor/make a name on the server/family war ...never pvped to get better eq , i went raiding so i can get better eq and be better at pvp, that yes , now days eq makes the pvpers, not skills, thats why i still pvp, even at WvW, cause when i kill someone that has better pvp eq, with my skills , that my friends is the ultimate satisfaction
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has For me its to have fun and get a blast with my friend . iam not here to work , ialready have a job. i do pvp because its entertainment me
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Seriously, I don't understand why people don't get the point of arena pvping. And actually to be honest, how a pvp where people are diferently geared is even called pvp...The reason why I love GW sPvP because everyone are gear-wise equal.
I've played probably more than 10 MMOs where you could go to Arena, but people were not equaly equiped. And you know what? That's bullshit, that's not even arena. And no, I will not go and play Counterstrike, or Quake or whatever instead of GW2 sPvP, because that's just different. And I like MMO PvP, I can't see a reason why MMOs wouldn't have an sPvP that is not based on equipment, but rather skill. Is it really cool when you've played an MMO for 2 months, you go into arena and there you meet some dork, that has been playing that game for 3 years every day, and he just owns you because he's better geared than you, but you can see he actually has no fucking skill at all?
How would counter-strike look like if players that played 16 hours per day were runing arround with pimped up M4a1s, that did 3 times the normal damage?
I don't understand how so many of MMO community seems to be doing stuff just to achieve something, rather than to simply have FUN. Sometimes I get the feeling you're all like "No, this is acutaly not fun, but I'm doing it, because i want that armor!"
I spent arround 4000 hours playing Guild Wars 1 pvp. Just because it's fun for me trashing people. That it! Nothing to achieve! Out of sheer fun!
On the other hand
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Originally posted by dinos_21
IF you played MUDs then you know they are responsible for bringing EQ to life, and are pretty much the core of all the design decisions that people hate so much now in MMO's. All the gear grinds, etc. At least as far as PVP was concerned.
Hell, even if you look at UO, they had gear advantages. But, what they did is make it relatively easy to get the gear with the gear advantages. This solved the problem because if you didnt have the best gear you were just being lazy cus you could get it in a few hours of works. This still allowed for the sense of character progression.
As to the person who brought up RP'ing. NO, RPG's on PC's and Consoles were not about RP'ing. Tabletop games like D&D were about RP'ing, but character progression was just as, if not, a more important part of the system. Hell, games like Diablo and other Action RPG's MAIN PURPOSE is gear grind. Thats why D3 is failing so hard because they screwed up the gear grind in that game, HORRIBLY, and thats what people who play diablo want, to get badaass gear and wtf pwn their enemies.
Now, ONCE AGAIN. I GET that you guys don't want a gear advantage in the game. But, my point is WHY put THAT system into an MMORPG. When the purpose behind an MMORPG has been twofold, 1. Having a living breathing world that you can explore, that continues on "doing stuff" even when you log off, and 2. Character progression / Increase in power through gear and gaining XP for levels and/or skills".
It just seems to me like you're trying to make a minivan into a race car. Can it be done? Yes. But it will never be as good as the real thing. And IMO, the real thing people like you want can be found in games like SMITE and such.
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I play MMO's for character developement/building a character. Many talk about hating building a character, but they still choose to play MMO's, with MMO's being almost the only games through time that have character development. It's funny that people act like building a character is 90% of the games released when it's really closer to 5%.
Edit: And all those console games I grew up on were played for "fun" only, sure didn't last long. Do you all want to swap games every month???
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Ok, im going to explain this simply for you. ITS FUN! *gasp* wait a minute, grinding for gear is fun? how is this possible? this is madness, this is blasphemy?!!?!
Do you think the guy that spend 200 hours carefully putting together a ship in a bottle is enjoying the hand cramps, and the constant starting over because you make a tiny mistake and screw the whole thing up? No. Of course its not FUN, but it gives a sense of satisfaction, and that is fun. Same thing for the guy who spends 50 hours putting a 4000 piece puzzle together.
Just like making love to a woman you are in love with and care for is going to be far more enjoyable than just banging some drunk chick you took home from the bar.
The difference comes from being invested into something, it creates a different type of enjoyment.
I swear the modern generation doesn't get this. They're so used to having everything at their fingertips that they've never learned the sense of enjoyment and satisfaction that comes from pursuing and completing a long term project.
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I understand what the OP is saying....its hard for alot of people to get use to having no grind including me......also it might have to do with (I died...next week ill die....next week ill die) rather then the traditional thinking of (next week ill get that new bow and rock him...ect).......
But once you get use to messing around with specs / sigils its awsome....so many combinations that you really need to think about what you want out of your toon and work hard to figure out how your gonna get it....
but I do understand ya....its a new way of thinking and just takes time to get use to


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5'10 short? Acoording to UFC it is!!!
The national average height 5'10/5'11, which is on the tall side of average in the world, and average in regards to white/black Americans, is like a midgit, when I look at the fighters of EVEN the middle, and Welter weight division. What gives?
In the UFC middle weight division the average is 6'1.
Why is that? Is it because height is such an advantage like in Basket ball?
In fact it seems like all pro athletes are super tall.
The height average is taller for pro athletes than average everyday America.
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Why are pro athletes so damn tall?
I have never sen a Middle weight in the UFC who was 5'6, but they are not uncommon in everyday life.
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All CEO's are elitist? Heightism?
I'm 5'7 and I understand that its not any kind of conspiracy that keeps me from being a CEO or the UFC Middleweight champion.
Way back in the day, the tallest australopithecines were the ones who survived the predators, and got to mate and pass on their DNA. Blame the tall grasses of the savanna.
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Do we have a bullshido average ?
maybe we should make a poll on average height and weight.
but i have seen a trend for fighters to start getting bigger, especially in the heavyweight div.
Remember when cro-cop, fedor and big nog were considered big guys at 230-something
and now you have Rogers, Carwin, Lesnar weight at 265.
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Well you sort of answered your own question, its because fighters dont want to be in a weightclass where they will be giving up a big reach advantage.
Being 5´7 and fighting someone thats 6´2 is absolute hell unless the fighter is incredibly good at closing the distance (Like prime Mike Tyson was, he was barely 5´10 fighting in the heavyweight division)
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But seriously, I'm going to assume there's a balanced threshold. To put it in laymans terms, in the the end it comes out to skill, but your variables are reach and "strength." I say "strength" because muscle mass can only bring you so far. But in the same regard, reach without knowledge of such(or ability to utilize) is useless.
What's the demographic? Because supposedly more western fighters cut weight, while more eastern fighters walk around near their normal fight weight.
Or, maybe people who are taller(but not too much taller) tend to perform better athletically.
Who the **** knows, there's way too many variables(unless someone wants to limit them without cutting the sample size too small).
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