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Originally posted by elocke
I could accept that if it happened occasionally, but every single time?
When it is the biggest budget games (that also "coincidentally" have the highest marketing budgets) that always get very high review scores, despite glaring deficiencies, that is somthing else entirely. And then the population crash... and all the reviewers couldn't see anything wrong?
To my mind, an MMO scoring a high 8 /low 9 should not lose 80% or more of the player base in the first 3-6 months. For that to happen, the reviewers are plain not doing their job, or are so incompetent that they miss or ignore the obvious and serious shortcomings a game has, in order to give it that high score (and a score higher than the average player review).
TOR is only the most recent example, the review page of this site is loaded with examples of the same.
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Originally posted by Gdemami
How do you figure? Bill plainly states the concept and its rarely if ever seen in games. So how do you figure that the devs do get it and Bill doesn't?
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I have so much hope for Neverwinter... it will hurt twice as much if it fails.
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I'm not sure Neverwinter is a good example. From all of the news releases, everyone gushes about the Foundry but I haven't really heard very much about the game itself. 95% systems, 5% game isn't going to cut it. Maybe use some examples for games that have better coverage or are released.
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As pointed out before, Bill is talking business with gamer perception. Leaving all business aspect of MMO development aside.
It is a typical "games needs to change to suit my desires otherwise whole industry is doomed". Just written slightly better than average "sanbox fans" do on the site.
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Joined: 10/18/05
Excellent and well thought article Bill.....
When I think back at the most intresting and fun games, were the ones that were hybrid in nature,, Thempark AND sandbox, MMORPG and combines FPS, (MMOFPS) as opposed to tab clicking only games
Look at Battlezone and battlezone 2, great games, hybrids. Some Bioware games had mini games that were hybrid in nature.
Look at SWTOR, why not make a few "emtpy" worlds like SWG so to speak, and let people build on them, and still combine the story with the core worlds of the game
Its as if things are to compartmentalized. its a sure box formula........predictable, dont mix it up
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Totally agree with the atrticle. In fact, I've been yelling this for years now...
With the huge improvements in memory and graphics, a lot of devs have forgotten that even video games are still games, first and foremost... And games mean game design, what you would call "systems design" nowadays.
For the past 10 years I've been seeing developers sinking vast amounts of money into "content" without ever a passing glance at what makes this content tick... and then act all surprised that players are not impressed. A shining example of this was the initial fiasco with Warhammers RvR... any armchair PnP wargame designer worth his salt could have pointed out to Mythic exactly why their game won't work as they imagined using only a few bits of paper and a couple of dice. SWTOR is another - a fail in concept if I ever saw one. What is the goal of this game, what is it supposed to evoke in the players? If your answer is "tightly directed story like in the movies" then you can see how incompatible it is with the idea of massively multiplayer and subscription paying to boot...
On the other hand of the spectrum you have small indie games which have "inexplicably" grown to massive success... and what is behind each of those games? Extremely well thought out game design (pardon me "systems design"). It's not about piling up ever more money into shinies anymore, the market is too saturated for that. After the massive failure of SWTOR even the old school developers "video games = movies with something to do with your fingers" are beginning to change their stance, thankfully.
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Originally posted by muffins89
Big difference between a korean grinder as you call it and slowing down the leveling progression. Even when Wow came out it took you a good 3 months to level a character to 60. When the average user can level to end game in less than a month it is way too fast, it is a good way to kiss most of your playerbase goodbye in a few months. I would go as far as saying they need to limit daily progression. Any developer that has fast leveling is shooting themselves in the foot because people will just tear through content and ignore much of it and you had better hope you have lots of end game entertainment in such a case, which we all know just does not happen.
The big issue here is fluff which includes voice overs, cut scenes, etc. that does nothing to enhance gaming systems. It usually does not get much of a return for the investment as Bioware has found out. I will bet that is one of the reasons that Curt Schillings enterprise died on the vine, too many people just doing fluff, why else would they need 400 people.
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I agree with Bill 100% on this article. Another thing that noone talks about, is the players. Players and community are what sets MMOs apart from other genres. In today's games the community is nowhere as good as it used to be. Noone talks to each other, noone has to trade with each other, noone has to party with each other (at least with anyone they'll ever see again.). The old MMOs caused everyone to respect and honor everyone. If you didn't you were an outcast, and shunned bye almost everyone.
Ashen Empires comes to mind. In most part, everyone was friendly and nice to each other. Guilds formed unofficial alliances. People played as mercenaries, helping if a guild paid them. And even a very few people liked playing the outcast role. They would grief, full loot, corpse camp, and run for thier lives when a policing guild got word of thier wrong doing.
In Today's MMOs, this would never ever work. The community is too caught up about "me" to care about some poor guy that just got all his gear looted because a small gang of ruffians killed him. There would be no policing guilds, no friendly people who would go help kill them and get his gear back. In Today's MMOs, you're lucky if you get to talk to someone that isn't in your friends list or guild.
Another thing that new MMOs have done has become really quickly over. This comes to Bill's System section. MMOs today, take maybe a week without trying to hit cap. Old MMOs took months or even years to complete. Usually by then, there was an expansion with new content coming out, for most players. DAoC comes to mind here. It used to be that levels 40-50 took you at least a week, if you played non-stop, but generally took a month or more. When you finally hit 50, everyone cheered you, because it was a real achievement. In today's MMOs, you hit 90, 50, 20, or whatever the case may be, there really isn't any celebration. All you get is a "grats" in guild chat maybe...they can't even give you the time for a "congratulations". I remember when I first hit 50 in DAoC, my guild threw a party for me, and a few others that hit 50 that week. In today's MMOs, there is no sense of accomplishment. This is one of the reasons why some players play a MMO for 2 months, then they're done. After 2 months, there is nothing else to do. You have the best gear, you've completed all the quests and dungeons. You've been on ever raid and defeated every challenge.
There's no reason for you to stick around, since you've done everything, and there's no community to talk to. In old MMOs, I used to sit around and chat with people while standing in a bank, or guild house. In today's MMOs, there is no talking. I almost feel sometimes like I accidently turned off chat and almost have to check to make sure I didn't.
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Originally posted by strangiato2112
I agree the only issue with Eq2 i have atm is that the game is very very old and is way past its prime, combat system could be more dynamic as well in this day and age. After Tera ppl got spoiled :P
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Player made content is great, but I think mmo's need to start making the mmo just for a certain type of player and just aim for those people. Only then will players be able to find that one mmo that they love and stick to it. I miss the days of camping one area, having a great class system that required more then just a tank, healer, and dps you needed a support class that slowed, debuffed and did CC just so you could make it through the fight since the mobs were made to be overly hard. Most mmos today I feel like I spend the whole time running, then one month later onto the next mmo and more freaking running. The classes are weak or boring everything gets boiled down to tank, healer, and dps. And no one talks to anyone else since, one you level way to easy and fast and two you spend more time running around then staying in one area killing to experiance the area. And instead of making something to prevent this mmo companies are perfecting this kill faster keep running don't stop starting to feel like an ADD squirrel on meth....
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The problem with the sub model is both WoW and the $15/mo. Since most 'aaa' mmo's made in the last few years are really just WoW clones why should players pay $15 a month for a wow clone when they can just play wow? Developers are hung up on the $15 a month cause wow gets away with it.. Why not stop being greedy and killing your own games and charge $5 a month and use a cash shop for cosmetics? Nooooo, they would rather go 15 a month and kill the game when players say screw this after 3 months. Think about it.. $15x12= $180 a year!! Plus 60 for expansion packs! You could be buying 3-4 brand new games a year for the price of $15 a month.. Now if your sub is only $5 a month thats $60 a year, box cost of 1 new game.. You could still buy 2 brand new games a year while paying a sub.. Play these games while you wait for content patches.. Which would granted be slowwer with leas revenue, but you also wouldnt get burnt out because you got money for 2 other games to play!!
Basically, IMHO, I believe the majority of developers are too blinded by greed and killing the genre themselves.
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People will not play your game because it is cheaper, you only lose money that way.
That is not how it works.
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Originally posted by orbitxo
Not even sure how to respond to this post.. TSW is nothing like Wow not even close no clue where you came up with half these games being like Wow....
I also see you forget to mention "THE PRECIOUS" because if anything that game should also be on your list if TSW is lol.....
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Originally posted by Gdemami
The fact that MMOs have been, since their creation, experiences based on long-term, on-going adventure, not short term, "beat it and move on", console-style gameplay... which is what they've largely become.
This is why you have people who are still playing games like Anarchy Online, EQ1, AC1, DAoC, FFXI and so forth all these years later - and still enjoying them. Because they offered that kind of depth and longevity in their experiences. It's why, even with all these other new games on the market now, they still remain playing them.
The problem is MMOs in the last several years have moved away from that; surely the result of big companies getting involved that had no clue about the genre they were getting into. They were just trying to get a piece of Blizzard's pie.
No, it's not "because they've put so much time into playing them and don't want to give up". I know that's a popular canned argument intended to undermine the long-term success and "keeping power" of those older MMOs. It's just a very poor and lazy one. When people are no longer finding enough enjoyment to continue paying for a game, they stop playing. No one spends years sticking with a voluntary activity they get no joy out of.
They stick with those games because they provide, among other things, the kind of elements that Bill touches on in his article. Systems. On-going, self-sustaining activities where the players are part of the content and of the experience. These are the kinds of experiences that true MMO communities build around - you know, the kind that us "old MMO fogeys" love to go on about? They develop because such systems require player interaction. When people interact, they get to know each other, they build online friendships, people become known across servers and, lo and behold, communities grow.
I see people trying to argue that it's perfectly reasonable for MMO-hopping to happen and that games should be created to support that (mostly through the F2P/Cash Shop model). I could not disagree with this more wholeheartedly. The fact that MMO hopping exists is a sign modern MMOs have failed to create or capture the kind of experience playing the 1st and 2nd generation MMOs was. It's a symptom of a bigger problem.
I gotta say, between Smedley's seemingly revelatory statements about the direction they're taking with EQNext (however much you can believe anything Smedley says), articles like Bill's showing up, and the amount of agreement I see in many of the follow-up comments... it seems maybe.. just maybe... developers are starting to slowly get it again. And maybe.. just maybe... we can get back to having MMORPGs that are true long-term experiences again, and not just short-term, throw away "games".
One can dream.
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Good article Bill, glad to see you come over to the dark side.
Best thing is these two ideas work well for any type of MMO,and likely appeal to a large segment of the market place.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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Originally posted by achesoma
Your analysis is worthy of noble slow clap.
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Originally posted by Ozivois
In that case I think it might be better to get rid of levels altogether.
Let gear have stat and skill requirements instead of level and give out a stat point or skill instead of levels.
Being level 15 of 80 kinda stresses people out today. And it really hurts character customization as well.
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I think a lot of people are forgetting that one of the major reasons the old school MMOs had much more longevity was because of the incredible GRINDING that most (all?) of those MMOs had incorporated into leveling, gaining rare equipment, etc. So let's not be too quick to praise these games for their longevity.
Wasn't it we, the MMO community, who complained about the whole grinding issue and beat it into the ground in the first place? That's probably one of the main reasons why MMO developers are making games the way they are now - anything that feels like a "grind" has become taboo, and thus developers feel compelled to give us instant rewards for minimal effort. The result is players, especially the more hardcore MMO players, burn through content quickly and move on. This is, in my opinion, the core reason why this problem even exists. We complained about grinding, and developers came up with an inadequate solution.
Developers need to think of new ways to keep us occupied. Sandbox features and player developed content are a great way to do this, for sure. But there are other solutions as well. A truly dynamic themepark MMO in which the content and make-up of the world is entirely dependent on the interaction between numerous world events, for example, could potentially keep a large number of players in a themepark enviornment engaged for a very long time.
Another issue is that developers are too enamored with the concept of creating a "personal story" for players. In an MMO, the focus needs to be on the community, not the individual. Personal stories make it so that players feel like they are "done" once their personal story is complete, and have no need or desire to help or interact with others (unless it is a friend or guild mate). What we need is a "group story". Maybe on a server-by-server basis... something that tells of the actions and achievements of the community as a whole, in a very specific way - mentioning guilds and characters that were influential, etc. Hopefully then, people will feel as if they're a part of something greater that is continually evolving and isn't necessarily "done" when they reach max level or whatever.
Sadly, in the end, developers are in it for the money, and what they're doing right now is making money. So real solutions won't come until the players demand it with their wallets. Or until some indie game company creates some kick-ass game out of their love for the genre.
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Originally posted by strangiato2112Originally posted by Entris38
I agree but find it strange that Bill never mentions EQ2 but talks about GW2 which is far away from what he is talking about. EQ2 is the closest example of what bill is talking about. Then you have games like Vanguard which has some very nice features nope it dose not have player made content but it doesn't need to have it. It has a vast amount of content that is right up there with EQ2, it would also take a noob months to level and with diplomacy and crafting it would take a good year. Seems to me that the OP is talking about features that some MMOs already have if people choose not to play them and go for the souless content lacking games like GW2 then its there problem.


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Ordered four as Christmas gifts, name not centered, was told later by my daughter that the lettering comes off.
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This is a very functional and festive platter. It is a versatile size for either a sidedish or cookies. The personalization makes it a great gift, as the receiver knows you made it especially for them. I do wish it could be guaranteed as dishwasher safe, though.
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overpriced junk
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My mom gave one of these to my husband and I as an early Christmas present. I noticed immediately that our name was printed off-center on the plate, but just thanked mom for that and did not point it our to her. I was horrified to discover the price she paid for it! I could have had a one of a kind serving dish or bowl from a popular local pottery shop for that price. There was no info. with the box indicating that it could not be put in the dishwasher, an it never crossed my mind that the paint could come off, I mean shouldn't they make sure it can't come off, so people don't ingest it with their food? We used it at Thanksgiving to serve sliced turkey, and later it went right in the dishwasher, like every useful serving dish I own. Well, it came out with 1/2 our name gone. I am convinced that the name would rub off even if hand washed, as the printing comes right off if I run my fingernail across it. I will scratch off the name (easily) and just use the plate as it is then(and hope my mom doesn't see it or ask about it).

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I have a new subscription of Game Informer magazines, but they are digital and I want them changed to print. I haven't received any yet and I just moved so also I want the address.(not sure this matters, but) I signed up PowerUp Rewards and GI at GameStop, so could my number be on my receipt?
First let's tackle change of address. Even though you aren't receiving print magazines at the moment, you can update your address filling out this form - http://www.gameinformer.com/subscriber/addresschange.aspx - now with that being squared away you need to contact the digital staff by e-mailing them at email@example.com - just tell them you want to switch from digital to print, and give them your current address as well as the e-mail addressed associated with your digital subscription (most likely the same e-mail you use for all GameStop-related stuff).
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Not to be rude but you didnt exactly answer his question. He asked how to find out the Suscriber Number and you answered questions he didnt really ask.
I need to know how to find my subscriber number as well - this should be listed under subscription information but it isn't and it should be mentioned in the FAQ but isn't.
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The link didn't show. Here you go http://www.gameinformer.com/p/contactus.aspx
If you have ANY print copies of your GI subscription, that was mailed to you, you can find the SN on the part where it has your address and whatnot. Its the second line of text on the top. Should be an eight character number. Hope this helps.
Nope. I don't have any print copies.
How do I find my subscriber number online?
You have a powerup reward card? I think it's the first 8 (or last 8) numbers on the back right below the bar code, or at least the impression i get from my profile page...
If u don't have a magazine then you can't get your subscriber number, crazy I know. What do you need it for?
I e-mailed them directly. Just gave then my name, what I wanted to do
(switch to print version) and my address and they switched it all over for me. It will take 6-8 wks for it to all be official, which like 2 issues, but they did do it.
I had to e-mail them twice just to have it switched and i still have online subscription, so now i wait and hope they will switch it soon.
So they have not sent me any of my magazines and i would really like my damn number but i have been waiting 5 months... i cant fix the frickin problem until they get this together and send me one is that what i am hearing?
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So, looking for ideas of things to do now to make life easier if it happens. I plan to make a bunch of Pb&j sandwiches & freeze then for easy meals and some other frozen meals to make for easy heat up (can always use once baby arrives too!) I'd love to make a snack station for easy snack access but that's not feasible with my dogs bc they'd eat it - ha. Playing on the floor would be easy enough. The oldest is almost 4 & potty trained & very helpful; youngest is almost 2 and pretty independent as well although still in diapers.
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Posting to her Twitter Friday evening, Adrianne showed the world a makeup-free, soaking wet look. Surrounded by steam, Adrianne looks into the camera of the lucky one who's snapping. "Rub a dub dub!" she captioned the photo of her naked self, hands (barely) covering her chest.
While it was only the top half of her body, she had revealed the bottom half in an earlier tweet. In a sports bra and nothing else, the skinny model showed off everything below the belly in a side view.
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So Yahoo News posted an Article about a 30 day course offered in China for 3,000$ that will transform any women in to an efficient bodyguard. According to this article these women are not allowed to date until after they turn 28 years old; my guess is that they are probably too deadly for relationships anyway. Headlocks and teh deadly are involved. Any thoughts?
"In China, it's now young women who are training to be the "must have" mercenaries - or bodyguards - to the country's wealthiest.
There are now at least 300 billionaires and almost 1 million millionaires in China. For many of them, having women serve as their private protection - not men - is the ultimate status symbol.
Answering this rising demand is Chen Yougqing, who once worked as a bodyguard for superstar Jackie Chan. Sporting a deep tan and tight Armani T-shirts, Chen is part-Gen. Patton, part-self promoter, with his own personal cameraman.
At his Genghis Security Academy in Sanya, which Chen said is the first training camp of its kind in China, men and women train side-by-side for 30 days to become professional security details. Blood, sweat and tears are on the syllabus, but brute force - and no complaining - is what it takes to survive.
Women here learn how to put attackers in a headlock, pin them to the ground and deliver a solid right hook. Hand-to-hand combat training is key for any bodyguard in China, because the country has severe restrictions on gun ownership.
Despite the physical risk, women from across China want in. Wang Yalan is one of them.
At 24 years old, she dropped out of medical school to come to Genghis.
"I feel like it is my true calling," she said. "It has more of a sense of justice."
Although Wang struggles through almost every exercise, she is one of the many who are happy to pay the hefty $3,000 tuition and follow the rules. That means no dating until after age 28. Chen, who is 29, said it's a distraction.
But he is so confident he can turn anyone into a bodyguard that he challenges me to take his course."
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Yeah, I read that too. That chick is going to be dissapointed when she realizes that being a body guard has no sence of justice. You are just a walking meat shield. But whatever. Not sure why having a chick bodyguard is such a status symbol.Combatives training log.
Gezere: paraphrase from Bas Rutten, Never escalate the level of violence in fight you are losing. :D
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BETSY LAYNE - Betsy Layne enjoyed one of its best offensive outings of the 2013 Kentucky high school softball season earlier in the week. The Betsy Layne Ladycats returned to the win column on Monday, defeating 15th Region rival Phelps 18-4 in five innings.
Betsy Layne, under the guidance of head coach Kelly Boles, plated two runs in the first inning. Determined Betsy Layne answered Phelps' lone offensive-heavy inning and pulled away to win the game convincingly.
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We need a whole gallery of GI Joe MA techniques.
I've posted a combined version of kickcatcher's and my article in the articles section. Now Berador's debacle will be enshrined for all eternity.
Who should we go after next? There's a lot on ninjas out there but what can you do? Most of them keep away from specifics like who trained them, where and when. Most of the don't hold up pretend certificates in ancient arts. That's what made Berador such a pushover, he made specific claims and was unskilled at deception.
If you emailed these "masters" like Angel Guerra and asked for lineage, densho pics, training pics with the great ninja masters they would probably ignore and you would be left with "well blah-blah claims to be a ninja soke but has never produced any lineage scrolls" and such an article would apply to any ninja out there. Like Berador's certificate, just fill in the blanks, it could all be covered in a general ninjitsu FAQ.
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TUPELO, Miss. — Charges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, while authorities searched at another man's home in connection with the case.
The surprising move was announced in a brief document filed in federal court in Oxford hours after Paul Kevin Curtis was released from custody. The document said the ongoing investigation has revealed new but unspecified information.
Attorneys for Curtis have suggested he was framed, and an FBI agent testified in court this week that no evidence of ricin was found in searches of his home.
In Tupelo, numerous law enforcement officers converged on the home of another Mississippi man, including some in hazmat suits.
Everett Dutschke said in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the FBI was at his Tupelo home Tuesday for the search connected to the mailing of poisoned letters to Obama, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and a state judge. Dutschke said his house was also searched last week.
Dutschke has maintained his innocence and says he doesn't know anything about the ingredients for ricin. He said agents asked him about Curtis, whether Dutschke would take a lie detector test and if he had ever bought castor beans, which can be used to make the potent poison.
"I'm a patriotic American. I don't have any grudges against anybody. I did not send the letters," said Dutschke, who hasn't been arrested or charged.
The day's events began when the third day of a preliminary and detention hearing was cancelled without officials explaining the change. Within two hours, Curtis had been released, though it wasn't clear why at first. A lawyer later said he was released on bond.
Through his lawyers, Curtis has denied involvement in the letters.
"The searches are concluded, not one single shred of evidence was found to indicate Kevin could have done this," Defense lawyer Christi McCoy told reporters after a hearing Monday.
McCoy said in court that someone may have framed Curtis. She questioned why Curtis would have signed the letters "I am KC and I approve this message," a phrase he had used on his Facebook page.
FBI Agent Brandon Grant said in court on Monday that searches last week of Curtis' vehicle and house in Corinth, Miss., found no ricin, ingredients for the poison, or devices used to make it. A search of Curtis' computers found no evidence he researched making ricin. Authorities produced no other physical evidence at the hearings tying Curtis to the letters.
Curtis was arrested last Wednesday at his house in Corinth, Miss. The first of the letters was found two days earlier.
Grant testified Friday that authorities tried to track down the sender of the letters by using a list of Wicker's constituents with the initials KC, the same initials in the letters. Grant said the list was whittled from thousands to about 100 when investigators isolated the ones who lived in an area that would have a Memphis, Tenn., postmark, which includes many places in north Mississippi. He said Wicker's staff recognized Curtis as someone who had written the senator before.
All the envelopes and stamps were self-adhesive, Grant said Monday, meaning they won't yield DNA evidence. He said thus far the envelopes and letters haven't yielded any fingerprints.
On Tuesday, people in hazmat suits were seen going in and out of Dutschke's house on a quiet block in Tupelo. Investigators from the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Capitol Police were seen outside the house. Dutschke said he counted at least 30 law enforcement agents.
Dutschke said his attorney wasn't with him and he didn't know whether he was going to be arrested.
Dutschke said that he knows Curtis but that the two had a falling out. Dutschke said the last contact they had was in 2010 when Dutschke threatened to sue Curtis for saying he was a member of Mensa, a membership group for people with high IQs.
Wagster Pettus reported from Jackson. Associated Press writers Holbrook Mohr in Jackson and Pete Yost in Washington contributed to this report.
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Apple grows war chest, takes ownership of 1,024 Nortel patents
Apple has reportedly received a transfer of 1,024 patents or patent applications from Rockstar Consortium, formerly Rockstar Bidco, a group of technology companies that bid on thousands of patents that had previously held by Nortel. Apple had been part of Rockstar Bidco, which bid against Google for the patents, and had access to the patents through that consortium. The transfer of patents to Apple's ownership, however, could better position them in ongoing litigation. Owen Thomas of Business Insider reports:
Apple already had access to these patents, since it owns a large stake in Rockstar Consortium. That venture, formerly known as Rockstar Bidco, bid $4.5 billion, of which Apple provided $2.6 billion, on a collection of 4,000 patents sold by Nortel. Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson, and RIM also backed Rockstar, which beat out Google in the bidding for the patent collection.
Even as Apple has settled with HTC and may be prepared to settle at least part of their case against Motorola Mobility, and won $1 billion verdict against Samsung in the U.S., a number of other, international cases, haven't gone Apple's way.
So, while the contents of these patents is unknown, except that they deal primarily with mobile technology, they could help solidify Apple's current and future litigation.
With Samsung is reportedly unwilling to settle at this point, having already reaped the rewards of what Apple considers their "copyist" behavior, perhaps Nortel's patents could help change their minds?
It's possible that, with the acquisition of these patents, Apple will have enough leverage to get Samsung to settle at least some of the outstanding lawsuits between the companies, and the mobile world can enjoy even a little bit of rest after a long, drawn-out patent conflict.
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Apple grows war chest, takes ownership of 1,024 Nortel patents
This is just more bad news for the industry as a whole. More proof that Apple's whole business strategy is patent trolling and litigation.
Apple doesn't patent trolling unless you've decided that patent trolling is now under a new definition (hint: apple actually uses their patents)
Obsidian71, name an Apple-born hardware patent that they've used lately that's actual technology. P.S. Rounded corners don't count.
"hardware patent" you're moving the goalposts now.
your strategy is hating on fruit.
Why innovated if people can just steal your ideas?
The patents are useless, if they're only going to be used for litigation. Period. It would be nice if Apple decided to use the patents as leverage to reach some sort of settlement with Samsung and Motorola. The patent litigation has to stop, from both sides. Samsung and Motorola aren't saints, either. But, one side has to be the bigger "person."
You have no idea what Apple will use the patents for. And the purchase was a collective that included Google. Also, how is a patent purchase considered "litigation"? Really, what are you talking about?
You're right, I don't know what the patents will be used for, and neither do you. I did use the word "if." A patent purchase isn't considered litigation; I was merely stating that it would be pointless to purchase the patents specifically to use in litigation. No one would benefit from such usage. I apologize if you think I'm attacking Apple or iOS. I hope that Apple uses the patents to innovate. Hell, if they do a good enough job, I may purchase the next iPhone.
I have felt for some time that the speed of innovation has slowed for two primary reasons. (1) Markey Maturation. Any "new" market is filled with quick innovation at first, and that innovation slows once you reach a certain point. (2) All this litigation (including that not involving Apple). I think once the Moto Mobility cases are resolved/settled, and Samsung and Apple finally finish their litigation, we will see things pick up some speed again.
Look at the other company that was also attempting to purchase said patents. Apple is just the one who won that battle. Perhaps they are only trying to defend themselves against others attacking their business plan. Any company that wants a future in this cut throat market had better have a thick skin and be prepared to earn their spot as king of the hill.


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As many of you may recall, the Chicago Fire's very own Gonzalo Segares was recognized as one of three Modern Hispanic Gentlemen last year for his charitable efforts and work in the community.
The honor has now presented him with an opportunity to continue the positive work by potentially helping him earn an additional $5,000 for the Chicago Fire Foundation.
But he needs your help.
Between now and August 8, you can show your support for Gonzalo and the Foundation by voting online.
Every vote will get him closer to the $5,000, which would be used to support the many community-based initiatives and youth programs offered by the Foundation, including the P.L.A.Y.S. Program, Premier Skills and more.
Help Sega and the Chicago Fire Foundation by voting here.
Select shots from the Fire's 3-1 win over the Silverbacks.
It had been a long-time coming and put off a bit by Gonzalo Segares' ankle injury earlier this season but the Costa Rican's appearance in the Fire's 1-1 draw at Sporting KC had a ring of history to it.
With the 90 minute shift, Segares played his 216th regular season game for the club, moving him past goalkeeper Zach Thornton for third all-time on the club's MLS regular season appearance list, joining current Fire assistant coach CJ Brown (1st, 296) and teammate Logan Pause (2nd, 279).
Fire kitman Charles Raycroft worked a little magic and made the trio these jerseys to commemorate the occasion...
Congrats to Gonzalo on joining the club and thanks to all three of you for your 791 regular season matches and 35 years of combined service to the Fire!
For your reference, here is the club's Top 15 MLS Appearance List:
|Games Played
|C.J. Brown
|Logan Pause
|Gonzalo Segares
|Zach Thornton
|Chris Armas
|Jesse Marsch
|Chris Rolfe
|2005-2009, 2012-2014
|Justin Mapp
|Patrick Nyarko
|Diego Gutierrez
|1998-2001, 2006-2008
|Ante Razov
|Jim Curtin
|Sean Johnson
|Peter Nowak
|Marco Pappa
See more historical Fire player stats in the TrueCar Player Registry.
Chicago Fire at Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Park – Kansas City, Kan.
MLS Regular Season
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On a 1-1 draw against Sporting KC…
"First off, I thought we played well—an even game. I think we moved the ball well. It had been physical in the first 20 minutes of the match. We had a game plan to come in and try to do that and find little pockets and little holes and play in between the lines. I thought we did a great job, we just ran out of steam. We had a couple injuries. Alex was off at halftime, and Jhon (Kennedy Hurtado)'s got dizzy spells. So late in the game, when you want to make your subs make a difference, we couldn't do that. Credit to Kansas City, they really pushed and in the end could have won it, but I was proud of the way we hung in there. So we could win a few more games, but we can tie them for sure."
On the impact of the weather…
"It's huge. The thing for me is that we don't quit…and we didn't. We kept going and tried to do the right things and moved the ball well. I thought Harry Ship was good today. He finds the pocket and finds good spaces. But in general, I thought we did OK. We have tied a lot of games and it's frustrating when that's probably one of the games that Kansas City probably deserved to win. But a lot of other times we pretty much were on the verge of winning the match. So it's a close thing for us right now. Today was a good fight and spirit, with injuries and with stuff that went on. To get a point here, as you guys know, it is very difficult."
Chicago Fire midfielder Logan Pause
On a 1-1 draw against Sporting KC…
"This is a tough place to play against a good team with a great crowd. But at the end of the day, not many people can come here and get a draw out of it. It's a good point or us."
On using U.S. Open Cup results to build momentum…
"We know we have a lot of work to do, but I think we've gotten some good results in the Open Cup that have given us a little momentum and a push. So we are excited to keep that going."
On Mike Magee's goal…
"When Mike [Magee] gets in those types of situations, he is clinical. He does a fantastic job running off defenders shoulders. It was a fantastic job by Chris Ritter to put him in behind."
On preparing for another midweek game…
"We are going to have some tired legs, so it will be up to the staff, but hopefully we can take some momentum into Wednesday. We have a big Cup game and then it's back to League play over the weekend."
Chicago Fire forward Harry Shipp
On a 1-1 draw against Sporting KC…
"It was hot. I think the first half we did a pretty good job defending and countering when they turned it over. In the second half, they were a little better on the ball. In the last 30 minutes they wore us down, running in the heat, and shuttling back and forth took its toll on us. It was tough for us to connect passes in the last 30 minutes."
On using Open Cup success to build momentum…
"Any time you get a win, especially when we struggle to get wins in the League, it's imperative for us. It hasn't turned into a League victory today, but hopefully in the next couple weeks it will turn into a couple wins."
On a demanding July with MLS play and the U.S. Open Cup…
"We have a busy month. We have a mid-week game and a weekend game almost every week. It's important to keep our bodies rested and fresh when we aren't playing."
Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes
On Sporting KC's 1-1 draw against Chicago…
"Look, we obviously gave a goal away. And they had one other chance besides that. We lost a ball, a very easy ball right at the beginning of the final third. We lose the ball and we're a little stretched out and they get an easy tap-in at the end of the day. So we give that up, then obviously we drove the game, in and around their box quite a bit. I like to think that in the second half we made some really, really good opportunities at goal. We had some really good chances (where) we should have scored a second goal, no doubt in my mind. We just didn't have enough people in the box. I do think that these games, when you play at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in this kind of weather…it makes for a tough game for both teams. And I think it changes the way the game is played. Its not an excuse…My point is that when you play these games at night in the summertime, they have a different feel for both teams—and they should from their entertainment value. But again, we had enough chances around the goal, and we should have scored a second goal."
On his decision to use Graham Zusi as a second half substitute but keep Matt Besler out of the matchday squad…
"Zusi felt good to go in and play, and Matt felt he needed a couple more days (to rest). Really simple."
On Chicago's first half pressure leading to their equalizing goal…
"I don't know if they really pressured high up the field. I don't think they really did. But I thought what really happened was that as we were building out, I don think we were moving the ball quick enough. So it allowed them to just hold their ground. We didn't expect anything different. I don't think they were high up the field to be honest with you. I just think that our circulation with the ball in the first half was very slow, and I think the second half was much better. And I also thought that they tried to isolate a couple of our guys with the ball. We made adjustments in the second half and that changed everything."
Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber
On returning from a shoulder injury to play his first game in a month…
"I felt pretty good for the most part, but got tired there at the end. It was obviously a tough environment to play in—really hot and humid today. We did some good things and almost got the second goal a couple times in the second half. I thought our second half performance was a lot more composed. We had the ball a lot in their end. Whenever we lost the ball, our transition was good, and we created some decent opportunities. It's always going to be tough when they put 10 guys behind the ball. Overall, it was a decent game. I just need to keep building endurance game-by-game."
On splitting the points with a defensive Chicago Fire…
"It's important to get points throughout the season, so a draw is okay. At the end of the year, every single point is going to count, whether you're getting them home or away. It's tough not getting three points at home, but we'll take this result and focus on next week in Montreal."
On how Sporting KC's great fan support makes it tough on Matt Besler and Graham Zusi to decide whether to pursue a move to Europe or stay in MLS…
"There's no doubt that everyone (on our team) wants to be here, or else Peter (Vermes) wouldn't keep them here. And it's easy to see why we want to stay here. I've only been in Kansas City for a year and a half, but there's no place I'd rather be. The fans that are out there every single weekend, the way we play…our entire setup here is fantastic. It's a class organization. I'm sure Besler and Zusi both have some decisions to make regarding whether they leave or not, but it won't be an easy one. Sometimes opting to go elsewhere is something you have to do develop your football career, but it's never an easy decision when you're leaving a place you really love. They'll take their time with the decision, and if they decide to stay, we're going to be thankful."
Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer
On his showy goal celebration in the first half…
"(The celebration) was set up. It was mentioned earlier today before the game, and it sounded like quite a cool idea. It was a good bit of fun, but I got a yellow (card) for it. I was lucky I didn't get another yellow, or else I would have been in big trouble."
On whether his first half yellow card changed the way he played the rest of the game…
"It was on my mind after that, but it didn't change how I played. Obviously I wasn't going to go hard into a 50-50 (challenge), and luckily that opportunity didn't come."
On Sporting KC's 1-1 draw against Chicago…
"I'd rather have three points, but it's nice to get on the score sheet. I was more excited that I cleared one off the line, to be honest. I really wanted to keep a clean sheet today and was gutted when we allowed one. I thought we defended well throughout the whole game, so I'm a little disappointed there."
On scoring his 12th goal of the season…
"I just stayed calm. I remember the defender got a bad ball and he didn't take the best touch. He kind of panicked because I was coming at him quick. He kind of stumbled over the ball and I nicked it from him. I was going to shoot across the keeper's body, but I saw (Sean Johnson) take a little step to the middle. So I hit it early and slid it past him. Normally you'd go around him, but he's a big goalie. I just saw a little gap and slid it in there."
On exchanging goals with defending MLS MVP Mike Magee…
"I have huge respect for him. I think he's a fantastic player and a great guy, too. He's sent me messages of encouragement and givent me some good advice. He's a veteran, a very good player and a former MVP of the League. Obviously I'd like to follow in his footsteps. We're different players, but we both score goals. That's a good similarity to have."
On Sunday's playing conditions…
"It was stupidly hot. A 2 p.m. game is not fun with that weather. I understand it's T.V. time, but those were very tough conditions. It was bad at the end there, I was cramping up. But that's part of football."
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Chicago Fire vs. Toronto FC
MLS Regular Season
Toyota Park – July 2, 2014
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On team's overall performance
"I thought we did enough to win the game. When it is eleven men against ten, we should win the game. We had our chances. It's frustrating, I've said it a few times; we've tied and maybe deserved to win the game, but we haven't. That's our problem right now: we can't seem to win a game. We haven't lost a ton, but we haven't won many. It's a weird situation, it's frustrating; we can't get over the finish line with a win. The guys are frustrated in there, we are, as a staff, and me as a head coach. It's not from lack of effort, which is important, it's just lapses of concentration at the wrong time. They had one or two chances and scored one goal; we probably had five to six, seven, eight chances and scored one. It's the story of our season so far, so it's been frustrating."
On issues with low number of shots on goal
"We'll have to look at them again. I thought we had enough chances to hit the target. I'm not out there, I can't remember all the chances we had. I think the one cross that went in, if we just get a nick on it, we score; Joe Bendik made a very good save, he traps it. [We had] one on a good volley; the offside goal, I haven't seen whether it was offside or not, so it was another good chance. You can't always tell if you're hitting the target is the right thing; if you try to bend it around the keeper and it just goes wide, sometimes that's unlucky too. But we had enough looks in the final third and in their box to get more than one goal; but we didn't, so that's the story of our season if you like, and our theme tonight."
On the performance of midfielder Harry Shipp
"Good. On a positive note, Harry's starting to blossom into a good player. I think he's starting to play with a lot of confidence, and he knows he's a good player. He's maturing nicely, and I think that it's no surprise that he does well. He's in a lot of the good stuff that we do going forward. So, very happy with his development. Good goal again; I think he's at six goals already, a great tally for any player, let alone a rookie coming into a brand new, professional league. He's done fantastically well."
On the performance of forwards Quincy Amarikwa and Mike Magee
"It was difficult. I thought the two center backs were physical and strong, and I spoke to the boys to play a little quicker and try to separate them a little bit. I think, in the second half, we did a better job creating chances. I know it's against ten men, but still, the same back four, or back eight if you like, they got one up front in Jermaine Defoe. I think we created enough opportunities to do better with what we had, and I haven't spoken to either guy yet, but both of them had pretty good looks tonight; just that final, last, little piece was just missing. But I'm not going to fault them for effort, I think that they worked well. They tried to do the right things, moved the ball pretty sharply for us, passed it well. Again, it's a little easier against ten men, but I still think we did the right things to create enough chances, but we just didn't get our final touch."
On the second center midfield position
"We're looking. It's a spot where Alex has been injured a lot this season; I don't know how many games he's played, it's not been many, he's not played a league game for a good nine weeks or so. Once they went to ten men, I felt we needed something more offensive, and Alex obviously has more of an offensive mind than Chris [Ritter]; Chris had a pretty good bang on his eye, so I think it was a smart move to do that. If you look at the game as a whole, with Alex in there, we did create enough chances to get something out of it. Whether he played really well himself, he didn't play for a while, so he was going to be a little rusty. But I think that the formation was fine, and it gave us enough chances to get into the game or win the game."
On going for it by substituting forward Juan Luis Anangono for defender Greg Cochrane
"I tend to think, for me, if we're tying, we need to win games. If we had lost 2-1, it didn't really change too much (the points) so we're trying to get three points. We went to three in the back, but it didn't quite work, so I put Jeff [Larentowicz] back. So we were going to go with Jeff, Baky [Soumare], and Patrick [Ianni], but we decided to just go with four and just push Lovel [Palmer] and [Grant] Ward, playing right back, he's really a right wing, forward. We possessed the ball enough, did enough to get something out of it, so we were definitely going for it to try and get a win."
Chicago Fire Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz
On the break:
"It's disappointing. We talk about the little things. There's one chance in this game for the other team and they took it. We were second best."
On the team's reaction Yallop's comments at training:
"What he said was taken in by everybody. There's time left, however. We can't hope to hang our hat on ties at the end of year, especially home games and conference games. We've got a lot of work ahead of us."
On the substitutions:
"In other games, earlier in the year, Frank has shown he wants to win and puts on players that are going to make a difference. Last week Juan [Luis Anangano] did that for us in the game."
On the difference between ties and losses:
"There's always a difference. However, when you have so many ties that feel like losses, it's tough."
Chicago Fire Midfielder Harry Shipp
On his goal:
"I think someone played it out to Mike [Magee] off a corner kick, and I was actually jogging over to take the corner when I saw it go out and I sort of slipped along the endline. I think Mike made the pass, I took a few touches then took the shot and scored."
On not being able to get the win playing a man up:
"It's really frustrating, it sucks and it feels like a loss. We should have scored about four goals in the second half. I think we all need to figure out how and what we can do better to not fall behind in the game, that's the key I think. We started getting into the game, up a man, they scored a goal and that kind of killed us going into halftime."
On the possibility of Rookie of Year Honors:
"It's not even on my mind. When you're on a team like this with two wins all year, you're focusing everyday on trying to go in and get a win and to learn how to get better. I'd rather not score a goal all year and be on a winning team than score however many goals I score and be on a losing team. So, Rookie of the Year is not really on my mind."
On the substitutions:
"We had the ball pretty much the entire second half. Being up a man obviously helps that, but we can't afford to tie at home. We came in to this game knowing that we needed a win, we kind of billed it as a game to turn our season around, which hopefully gives us momentum heading into the second half of the year. It didn't happen, so we have to look toward Kansas City on Sunday."
Toronto FC Head Coach Ryan Nelson
On surviving with a point on the road:
"Yeah, any point on the road is a very good point, especially when you go down to ten men. The guys were absolutely fantastic. Really in control of the game, up until the decision, and even then I thought we looked like we were going to get one on the break. They [Chicago] did very well in the second half, as they would, Frank's a very good coach, and pushed us high and we kind of sat back and we didn't have the confidence to maybe press a little higher, and force them into making mistakes. They kind of trapped us in a wee bit, but we had to defend. We defended very well. When you're down to ten men, you need a lot of organization and a lot of character and a lot of strength, and I think the boys showed that in abundance."
On Jackson's goal:
"We worked on that potentially but our wide guys would have a lot of influence running in behind their defenders and it just happened to be that he got himself into that position and it was a perfect cross. Really good finish."
On the team holding its defensive shape for the duration of the second half:
"They had every excuse to lose it. Away from home, and Chicago desperate for a win, absolutely desperate for a win, and Frank's done a great job with them, they are a great team. Obviously with then me, we had to sharpen our steel; this point is very valuable. It proves now that at six unbeaten that when we are away from home, and being down to ten men twice, we've managed to get something out of the game. That's extremely important."
Toronto FC Defender Nick Hagglund
On fighting through being down to ten men for over 60 minutes:
"I was pretty proud of the guys and how we responded with that red card. A lot of times, people go down, especially when you go early in the game, you're down and out. Usually a red card towards the end of the game is a little different, and you push a little bit more. I thought we being zero-zero, I thought we did well."
On what Coach Nelson said at halftime:
"He said just to stay organized. We knew that they were going into halftime, they were going to change their plan a little bit more and figure us out with ten men versus eleven men, but I thought we made sure we were tight and made it difficult for them to score."
On coming away with a point:
"I think in the locker room we were pretty disappointed. I think the goal was soft. Could have been deflected. Joe got a hand on it. I think everyone here is disappointed that we didn't get the three points, because we were up. I think it's a step in the right direction. To be disappointed with getting a tie and not three points [especially on the road]."
On going into the three game home stand coming off the World Cup break:
"We are pretty excited to get Mike [Bradley] back in the lineup. Being at home, we are tough at home. That is where we thrive. We still have two or three games in hand on most teams so there's an opportunity for us to jump up standings."
Toronto FC Midfielder Jackson
On earning a hard fought point:
"We weren't expecting to play with ten men. However, this team is a strong team, and we fought through it. As a whole we played really together and we got that point that we needed."
On his goal:
"At training we talk a lot and we practice it and we communicate constantly. Fortunately, I was at the right spot at the right time. We continued to fight and continued to be a team as whole and get ahead."
On taking advantage of the space on the flanks to utilize on counterattacks:
"I was fully aware of the space I had so I was just waiting for that one spot, that one time, and I got it with myself and Dom [Oduro]. Unfortunately, the goalkeeper got a hand on it and I was happy with that touch but I want to reiterate again that we have to continue working strong as a team, whether we have ten men or eleven men."
Select shots from the Fire's draw with Toronto FC presented by MiAllstate.
Nothing better than pumping yourself up for a big match than reading Twitter messages from the guys actually set to take part... A selection of some of the #USMNT's tweets this morning from Salvador:
We're together, we're ready, and WE BELIEVE! Gameday #USAvsBEL #riskeverything #OneNationOneTeam
— Nick Rimando (@NickRimando) July 1, 2014
Good morning from Salvador! #IBelieve #AreYouReady pic.twitter.com/XQdIabNlXw
— brad guzan (@bguzan) July 1, 2014
Rise and grind, it's game day!!! #riskeverything #believe #USA
— Matt Besler (@mbesler) July 1, 2014
I believe. #1N1T http://t.co/ocXQMI76mp
— DeAndre Yedlin (@yedlinny) July 1, 2014
https://t.co/qVl9hp0Y0j Watch this if you want to get ready for the game
— Mix Diskerud (@MixDiskerud) July 1, 2014
I I believe I believe that I believe that we will win I believe that we will win I believe that we will win #AreYouReady #1N1T #USA
— tim howard (@TimHowardGK) July 1, 2014
Let's celebrate again today!!! #1N1T #AreYouReady http://t.co/AV3kxoRpJn
— Aron Jóhannsson (@aronjo20) July 1, 2014
only BELIEVE!!!! #1N1Tit's game day http://t.co/HjvvoKj2si
— Jermaine Jones (@Jermainejunior) July 1, 2014
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
Opening remarks
"It's always good to win any match, and I think that on the basis of the play we had, especially the first half, I thought we deserved to win the game. So, obviously, the red card for Parkhurst makes a difference in the match, but I still felt from that, we went on and had a good performance. To score four goals in any game – although we got an extra 30 minutes to do that – is good. Pleased for the guys. You know, the Crew made it difficult. We went up and then we go down. But we came back into it, good substitutions by the staff, if I do say so myself, to bring Juan on. But Juan's been waiting for a chance, and I was very happy for him to get two goals tonight."
On Juan Luis Anangono's performance
"If you look at Juan's production, especially maybe earlier when he's played a little more minutes…I forget the game we had at home, he got brought down for the penalty kick. He scored a goal in one of the games. He missed the PK. He could've scored that one. So, what I will say about Juan is he's a terrific professional. He's been right with the team all along, with not getting many minutes because of Quincy's play I feel like. But what I like about him is the way he goes about it. He tries very hard for the team. And I'm very, very happy for him to get the two goals tonight."
On Mike Magee's status
"He got clocked in the ankle when I think it was Kevan George caught him with the challenge. So we'll see how he is, but I'm not sure right now."
On what changed in the second half
"I said to our guys at halftime 'they're going to make changes' because I thought we outplayed them completely the first half. So I said, 'Expect to see changes.' And I think that the goal from Anor, he made a difference. They were more forceful. They tried to quickly counter attack on us. And to be honest, they did a good job. And I think that until we kind of figured it out towards the end of the game, we were in a bit of trouble. So again, we've got to be better at doing a 90-minute game and making sure that we see it through and do our thing. But what I will say is that the fighting spirit in the guys to come back again and to go on and win the game is great. It'd just be nice to put a good performance of 2 or 3 to nil at some point. It'd be nice, but we're not there yet. We're trying hard. And I can't fault the guys for effort at all. They've been great."
On making adjustments throughout the game
"We were down in the game, so we have to push it. Bringing on Alex is a bit more attacking minded than putting Logan in his role. Juan's a forward, he wants to score goals. Bringing him on obviously is key. I just wanted to bring on a fresh defender with Jhon. I felt that Columbus was getting into the game with the quick breaks. I wanted to make sure that we shored that up a little bit. You know, I was pleased with the subs that came on. They did a nice job. And I think the whole team responded when we did that."
Chicago Fire forward Juan Luis Anangono
On the opportunity to come into the game and be a hero
"The team worked hard to get all the goals and I'm personally happy to have scored the two goals. I think the whole team are heroes. The whole team worked hard. This is a team, we're 11 players and seven subs and other players that are all helping the team. This is a team, there isn't one hero. If there's a hero, it's the team. We all have the characteristics and we're all ready to play. Who plays and who doesn't is the decision of the coach. I think the coach does what is best for the team, thinking of who will help the team. I believe we're all good players and we all need to be ready to help at whatever moment."
Chicago Fire midfielder Jeff Larentowicz
On using the Open Cup games to help turn things around over the break
"It's just about the will to win, and taking care of the things we should. I think that having two home games in the Open Cup is a good opportunity for us to get into a rhythm. We've had some injuries and we've gotten some guys back. Right now we're just finding a way to win and build on that heading back into the regular season."
On how this will help going back to MLS play next week
"The guys that are playing in these games are probably the guys that will be playing once the regular season starts up again, so I think it's about everyone developing a rhythm and understanding each other. If we can create goals we can start to see patterns of play we like to do and hopefully we can carry those in the regular season again."
On training during the break
"I think over the past couple of weeks it's just been about getting bodies back. For a while there we were pretty thin, and now it's about getting everyone back, veteran guys, healthy and training hard again because we have trained well the last couple of weeks and I think it's showing in games.
Chicago Fire forward Quincy Amarikwa
On coming back in the second half to get the result
"We just battled. Unfortunately, we let them score two unanswered [goals]. After we came in at halftime, we said we wanted to come out on front foot, but we dug in. Juan [Luis Anangono] came off the bench and really made an impact on the game, he helped us tie it up and the rest is history."
On Columbus' play in the second half:
"When you're the team on the road and down a goal at halftime, you don't have anything to lose. So, you kind of throw everything but the kitchen sink at the home team, and that second goal kind of just fell their way. I don't think there's any kind of defensive error from thinking about it. I'd have to go back and look at the tape, he just happened to be at the right place at the right time and took advantage of it and they capitalized."
Columbus Crew Head Coach Gregg Berhalter
On the match:
"I thought it was a good game. We put a different system into play and the guys knew about it at the last moment. We wanted to try something. We got a lot out of that exercise. I'm proud of the way they adapted to the system, and proud of the way they played the game. Specifically, the second half, where I thought we were extremely dominant."
On rallying his team at half time:
"We weren't confident in our movement in terms of how we were executing what we designed. The message was positive. All things considered, it's a good job. Now here's what we can do to make it even better. The guys did that, especially in the second half. They played really well."
On Arrieta's goal:
"It was a great goal. Great move. Good finish. It was good. We need Jairo to score those goals. He had some other chances as well and we want him to be dangerous."
On the team's defensive 5-man posture tonight:
"It was good. We honestly gave them this today. So having said that, I think they did a great job. It was something where we felt we wanted to take a look at. We thought we could expose some things of theirs and take advantage of an organized back line."
On Chicago's equalizer late in the second half:
"If I take anything from the game, I'm most disappointed with that. I think that when you are at that stage of the game, you got to be disciplined enough to carry it out. And I would say it's a little bit of the guys who haven't been getting enough minutes. They weren't comfortable in that position. Chicago is putting more pressure on us, and we just needed to be brave and keep playing. I thought we stopped doing that. As a result, we got punished."
Columbus Crew Midfielder Bernardo Anor
On the match:
"It was a crazy game. I think we had the opportunity to close down the match. We started to lose 1-0, and then we went up 2-1, and then 7 minutes left we let them tie the game which leads us to overtime. Then we give up two goals. That killed the game so we should have done better towards the end of the game."
On coming back to take the lead in the second half:
"A lot of new guys on the field. For all of us, we need to hold ourselves accountable to do whatever it takes to get a 'w' and I think the performance for most of the guys was pretty impressive. We were trying out a new system and it's the first time we did such a thing. Some of the things we did out there we are forced to take home and assess them, and get better at them."
On his goal scored in the 70th minute:
"Speas was coming in with his right foot and I was just making the run to play me through and I decided to shoot the goal. I gathered the rebound and saw it was wide open and got it with my left foot."
On his thoughts on the new system:
"It's a transition game, pretty much. Having five in the back, we knew that Chicago was going to have one of the guys come in pretty deep and have the ball so one of the purposes for one of the 3 center backs to release his man and come help us in the middle. So by the time we win the ball, we got to push all the backs forward and get numbers up. I think we're going to do a better job in doing that. Again, it's the first time but I think working on it we can pull it off."
On returning to playing FC Dallas on Saturday in league play:
"We don't like losing of course, but I think the positive thing is we will be 100% in getting those 3 points against Dallas. We need to focus on that so now our priority is to get good rest and our mind ready for the game."


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Jan 11th, our second leagues of our winter season kicked off with a full 10 teams on Saturday and 8 teams on Sunday. As seen here in this video While our Saturday time is full, we do have a handful of spots left for those wanting to play on Sunday and we will be posting one time openings for those wanting to play occasionally This also means we will be only offering Learn to Curl on Sunday.
Experienced curlers can play by clicking here , while Beginners should take our introducory learn to curl class to better inform them of the challenges of curling which will transition them into League play.
As the Olympics roll around. We have booked additional ice so we can offer our Learn to Curl to a greater number of people on Sat. Feb15 (5:40pm +), Thurs. Feb 20th (7:10pm-9:00pm), Sat. Feb. 22 (5:40pm +), Sunday Feb. 23 (8:40am), Thurs. Feb 27th (7:10pm-9:00pm), and many more to be added as needed.
We also are looking at adding a second Saturday session from 5:45pm-7:30 for our Spring 6 week league league for beginner curlers. A great way to ease yourself into a our league.
So far this season,
We only anticipate getting busier with the Olympics so feel free to check out both our league offerings, play and learn session here so you can register now.
Hope to see you on the ice.
Thanks to Canadian Curling Association for producing these great set of videos. Our members can relate and add to these experiences about this surprising energetic sport.
Our First Leagues have wrapped up. Congrats to Wolfe/West on Saturday and Kicking Ice on Sunday for winning their respective times.
The next few weeks is a great time to come out and try curling. We are offer a $20 curl Sat. Dec. 28th from 7:10pm for just $20. This typically attracts friends and family around for the holidays but everyone is welcome (space limited so register here soon) Also we will have another Learn to Curl the first weekend in January before we start our next 6 week league. the weekend of January 11th. A great way to ease yourself into a our league.
As for the season to date, Our annual free open house in early October was a little light this year compared to past years with only 35-40 individuals participating at either our Saturday or Sunday event. We did collected a couple of grocery sacks worth of food for Harvester from those who participated.
Channel 9 also helped us nicely in September to help promote the event, as both Stephanie Ramos and Matt Flener try their hand at curling. Check out the footage.
We have approximately 26 curlers commited to our Saturday League which means we have room currently to expand to fourty. Our Sunday League also has manage to to maintain 4-6 teams (12-18 curlers).
Experienced curlers can play by clicking here , while Beginners should take our introducory learn to curl class to better inform them of the challenges of curling and transition them into League play.
With the room we currently have ,dropins are welcome only since we presently do not look like we will be over booked . Though we anticiapate our next league starting in January will fill up. So feel free to register now.
In Riga Latvia, The Women's World Curling Championship was held Mar. 16th-24th Watch the Canadians Play the Russian and other full matches on YouTube. Here.
The official site and result can be seen here at http://www.wwcc2013.curlingevents.com/
While most curling clubs close for the summer, We can offer curling nearly year round. and no, we will be curling on ice.
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