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It's my job to be objective, it's my right to have an opinion.
Hello there, I just recently got into the beta and I wanted to take a second to write out my review of this game after the first day. Review isn't really the right word... it's more of a "Here are the IMMEDIATE things that caught my eye.
Day 1
Day 2
This won't be as bullet-pointed, but these are things I wanted to discuss more in-deph.
Firstly, I really can't stress enough how aggravating and stressful the map system is in this game. I legitimately *cannot* use the map to navigate inside of bases. I'm playing on max settings at 1920 by 1200, and even ALL the way zoomed in, I still can't make out what's what. I also hate that there isn't an auto-run button; why is that? As overly-large as the world is, is aan auto-run key out of the question? Also, the map needs to be scaled down a bit in scope, maybe by 35 percent. I understand that massive battles are the game's calling card... but that's exactly why players don't want to spend 3 minutes walking between fights, dying, respawning, and walking ANOTHER 3 minutes. This is actually my largest source of burnout in the game; the painstaking amount of walking around I do in this game without any actual action is mind-numbing. I'd also imagine this gets EXTREMELY tiring the more you play the game, as this is my second day and I'm already exhausted of all the walking.
Next, I want to touch on how painful it is to identify enemies and friendlies. On the one hand, you have the colored triangles above people's heads. However, the range on this is entirely too far; why am I seeing vehicles through full mountain passes, or enemies over 500 meters away? This needs to be adjusted by class, giving them variable radar ranges. Secondly, the triangles are entirely too small, and in large fights, they're actually distracting and can lead to friendly-fire incidents. Enemies needs to appear as an entirely different color at close range. For example, give TR players DISTINCTIVE red outlines, give NC players DISTINCTIVE blue outlines, and give VS players DISTINCTIVE purple outlines. Using red and blue triangles, when there are red and blue teams... this is just a simple logistical error. Radars also need to have their range reduced to roughly 40 meters for infantry, and 80 meters for vehicles. The point of snipers is that they have that long range... I don't need to see a guy with a heavy machine gun spotting me from 400 away, solely because of a Red triangle above my head. To compound this point ever further, it's damn near impossible to use the radar effectively in indoor situations/base assaults, and it needs a total rework for close quarters combat.
Following up on this, the terrain is downright infuriating quite frequently. I don't enjoy slowly and painfully scaling a hill, only to slide all the way down. I'm a firm believer that, if you don't want someone to go somewhere, then make it totally inaccessible. There's LOTS of paths leading up, yet I find myself hitching and getting stuck on these said paths far too frequently. There's also the matter of getting "stuck" frequently when doing jumps as infantry. I don't want to get started on the random insta-barrel-roll-suicide problem I have encountered while using the ATVs, which seem like gravity-defying, clunky pieces of garbage (no uphill capabilities whatsoever).. I find the terrain navigation mechanics for many of the land vehicles to be borderline game-breaking in their scope.
A huge, HUGE conceptual flaw is the "timers" for base battles. I don't know who drew this up, but they clearly don't understand that PROLONGED, INCHES-GAINED FIGHTS are what make this game fun. Penalizing people for not capturing a big base fast enough is ludicrous, and a blasphemy to the Planetside franchise. Some of the absolute best battle in Planetside 1 took place for HOURS... HOURS! This is because you might capture a tower, but never come close to capturing the base for hours at a time. As a result, you'd have those EPIC 300 v 300 fights raging on. With the current system you can't have these battles. Why? Because if a team doesn't meet the "time limit" for capturing a base, all the progress they made in the last hour is immediately removed by automatically returning said-captured-points to the defending team. I would go as far as to say that players don't WANT this timer, because it essentially handicaps the potential for a large-scale, ongoing battle.. This is a game-breaking, conceptual and developmental flaw.
Other points I want to make, but don't care to expan on a whole lot at this time:
- the game needs a /stuck command; it happens entirely too much to not exist
- MAXes need to be immunue to Snipers. Snipers already have a major advantage against infantry; they shouldn't even be denting a MAX's armor.
- The knife seems beyond buggy. I don't use it anymore because of how oddly unresponsive it feels.
- Cloakers should be able to knife while stealthed. No shooting is fine, but no knifing, really?
- Instant action should have a timer similar to the way the HART used to have; this way, when people IA in, there are meaningful reinforcements on the offensive/defensive side, not just 1-2 scragglers looking for some easy experience points,
I'll post more tomorrow, but this is where I stand presently.
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Breaking NDA, you sir, are going to get in trouble.
- MAXes need to be immunue to Snipers. Snipers already have a major advantage against infantry; they shouldn't even be denting a MAX's armor.
Maxes shouldn't be out in the open where snipers can destroy them anyways. Maxes are support, not assault. you so craycray
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It's my job to be objective, it's my right to have an opinion.
As I understood it, the NDA was lifted recently...?
Correction: It was lifted 3 weeks ago.
Source: http://www.planetside2forum.com/threads/1041-PlanetSide-2-Beta-NDA-is-now-lifted
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my bad. carry on.
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Originally posted by Cymdai
1. You need to learn the base layouts, they are all the same.
There might be 5 or so different base layouts that are repeated all over the map, especially the large ones.
2. To traverse the map, buy a plane as light assault, bail over objective, engage jetpack, profit.
The resources you spend on it will be replaced in almost no time. Just don't buy a Galaxy.
Or, join a squad and move with them. Usually you will have people with the right certs (Sunderer spawns and resupply) that spawn 2 Sunderers, pack up their squad and move around. Also Galaxies, they are there for a reason.
3. The base lockout is there to stop population-differences to influence success.
In a 5 hour siege, the faction with the highest pop will win, because on average they will have more people online to throw at the objective. Yes in reality you would be able to wear your enemy down, but on the internet the reinforcement capacity is essentially endless and you need to control for that.
This is actually a well-known flaw in online territory-control games, I think the lockout is a good idea to combat it.
The dynamic is just different now, it needs more coordination and strategy from the whole faction. Its not enough to attack a base and just wait untill enough randoms log on/arrive to actually take it. This way you need to coordinate attacks faction-wide and plan assaults with care, so you are actually able to take the facility instead of being actually stopped and fought back.
Its a good compromise.
4. yes you need hundreds of cert points for certain things, but cert gain is actually pretty good as long as you do objectives and dont just shoot dudes with your gun.
I'm able to get 10-20 cert points as a medic or engineer, healing or repairing.
5. i agree that the game is buggy as shit
6. ground vehicle control needs a lot of work
7. there is a dropdown menu for chat next to the text-box, also you can go into the squad menu and there into communications submenu to join specific channels.
8. the developers have stated they will not add any red outlines on enemies as they want to teach you the visual recognition of enemy infantry and vehicles just like in a real combat situation.
All 3 factions have very distinct outlines and visuals to highlight that.
Also adding outlines on enemies would completely invalidate camo-paint.
9. Radar is combined by your LOS, your squads LOS, radar, facility radar and other friendlies LOS.
Because vehicles have larger hitboxes, usually they are always spotted by someone or something.
You can also spot enemies with a radial menu on the Q key as well as give commands with it.
10. terrain needs work.
11. cloakers knifing: there is a cert for that.
12. IA is only a way to quickly deploy yourself into the general area of interest when you log in, its not supposed to work as a way to strategically reinforce an assault or defense, it would make sunderers and galaxies obsolete and pointless.
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Originally posted by AdamTM
This is still a problem, in my opinion, currently. In particular, it is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge pain in the ass to try and see the NC in a lot of the bases, because the walls and banners and computers are blueish. I've run right past NC guys repeatedly because they are so non-descript in comparison to say, the TR, who stick out like sore thumbs. Perhaps some compromise could be reached, where close-quarters combat has a faint glow aorund them or something.
The radar really does need a smaller scope though. While I get what they were going for with being able to see what your team can see, I'd like a more "relevant" rader. I.e. I don't need the red triangles marking enemies 800m away. Put those enemies on the map, but leave them off the radar so that I can just focus on immediate/proximal threats, not distant ones that aren't even factors just yet.
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Originally posted by Cymdai
Well its a pain in the ass there. In the open desert at sundown however its way easier to spot them than TR.
I think its fine.
Like I said, since you can paint camo on your soldiers, it would make it completely obsolete to have them glow, the camo is supposed to give you less visibility and confuse the enemy.
Its just part of the game.
Radar is imho fine too. I'd rather see that Prowler from a mile away than taking a shell to the face.
It seems that you are focused on CQC and facility defense, which is fine, but in a large-scale assault the radar-triangles are invaluable tools.
Maybe you could check if there is an option for that in the menu or sth. I mean I'm not against options to customize what you want on your tactical display, I just don't want it completely removed because the spotting mechanic is really good.
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I started playing this a bit last night and my major beef is the fact that the game shows you enemy locations on the mini map and with things above people's heads. This makes it impossible to sneaka round and hide without being seen by someone who otherwise should not know you are there.
Is there some way to not show up on the map or some other server ruleset that won't have this?
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Joined: 6/15/07
Originally posted by Paragus1
if your speaking about the red triangles on the enemy infantry/vehicle I believe i can explain:
When that usually happens, its from other people on your team "spotting" the enemy.
enemy spotting occurs pretty much when there is a visual of their target , such as another soldier of any class or vehicle of any type.
once looked at, they press a key on the keyboard and the triangle appears, that triangle is shown on the map in proximity (dont know the range) and everyone in the proximity will see the target on both map and on their visual screen.
now with that said there are certain limits for the red triangle spotting icon.
1. the person thats doing the spotting on said target must keep them visually in their sights, other wise it breaks
2. they can only spot one target at a time, so there is no multi spotting from one person
3. you cannot spot through buildings, such as if some one runs into a build or a wall that covers the line of sight, the spot breaks.
As far as sneaking goes, its a toss up between knowing your environment, situation and what you have at your disposal.
seen people who were spotted, use their surroundings to not only break it. as well as good infiltrators able to not be spotted at all while taking people out both sniper rifle and knife.
imo, when infiltrators and light assaults start certing up abilities. those two groups will have a stronger chance of sneaking around.
partially off topic
i also believe the devs do need to be more proactive in making more bases with much much larger interiors. some aspects of people sneaking around inside of buildings is sparse in this game compared to PS1. it was one of the bigger elements that help made the game interesting.
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Joined: 5/27/12
I agree with the thoughts here.
Map issues exist - however, I'm not taking this seriously at present as this is clearly a work in progress, bases are being changed in response to feedback and the maps haven't kept up. It sucks but it's only temporary.
The same with the other points tbh, these things are not 'fixed' and are changing in response to the testing being done by the beta testers.
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Originally posted by Cymdai
Thanks for your writeup. It is refreshing to have someone with a critical eye for detail giving reviews.
The above part caught my eye especially, and I agree that the battle system PS2 implemented is trash. This actually makes me less inclined to try this game. I hope it is "corrected", as I'm not a huge fan of the new wave of casual MMO's with simplistic, fast, yet meaningless scenarios.
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Originally posted by Karteli
It's already changed (if you're referring to what I think you are) - ie there's no timed lock out from capturing a base.
The base capture process is something still subject to change based on tester feedback. So ... hopefully we'll get a good one at the end of the day. :)
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-atm there are TOO many vehicles put on the field. There isn't much that can be done about 30 prowlers.
-They know after a lot of player feedback that new players are very disoriented and don't have enough direction where to go
-Certs and cert gains are still being adjusted. The plan is that it will take 1-2 years to max out every cert.
-There is also /tell [name] and /re (Region only). /yell afaik goes to the other empires also
-The terrain isn't buggy you just can only climb certain slops based on your moving speed so a running start and momentum after a jump helps. You need to learn what you can and can't climb.
-Bases are not all the same but the buildings/objects used in them are. Not every base plays the same.
-Base capturing is more complicated than simply a matter of time. It also has to do with the surround hex influence. Base captures are even slower now than they used to so that the defenders can retake it.
-Game has /suicide if you are stuck. Or you can log out.
-Knife is buggy how? It isn't instant and it is very short range.
-Non headshots do very little armor damage to MAX
-Vehicles easliy spotted has nothing to do with hitbox. They automatically are displayed on radar if nearby unless they have the Stealth upgrade.
-Currently it is really easy to be spotted because of vehicles with the Scout Radar upgrade which is showing everything on the minimap in about a 200m range. I suspect they will change this.
They have various capture mechanics in the works with shields and spawn generators that can be destroyed which is helping. It is much better than it used to be with domination and capture lockouts. Definately a work in progress but they are making progress.
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Originally posted by Karteli
Oh please... you think the OP's being critical makes him more trustworthy? He has actually made many poor judgement calls. But if you are looking for another game to hate on and the OP is your catalyst, I can understand why you would say that.
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Originally posted by mmoguy43
Trustworthy or not, the OP gave some pretty detailed examples of his/her experiences - some pretty damning ones too IMO. All it took you was a few sentences to poo poo everything, without examples or sources. Who should I believe? Yeah the OP (Cymdai) has more credibility :P
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Some folks are like Slinkies, totally useless but great fun to watch when pushed down stairs
I'll be the judge, I just got beta and currently installing, will be in shortly to give the game a shot... see you on the battlefield. ;)
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Joined: 7/28/06
I was expecting something similar experience as WWII Online: Battlegrounds Europe. The true feel of war and strategy objectives. I feel this is a mindless massive Battlefield/COD. Some fights are very epic but the rest is just boring.
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as far as the map and getting your barings, it will take a couple weeks. I'm just now starting to now which bases are which and what I need to do. The first week lol I was just running around dieing alot lol.
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see you out there tonight. can't wait, especially if you not VS ;)
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Personally thought it wasnt a patch on the original PS and is going to be cash shopped to death.
Couldnt put a finger on why but just nothing about it felt good or anywhere close to the original be it capture mechanics, leveling up or the core gameplay. May just be that PS seemed fresh and ahead of its time and PS2 feels like its all been done before.


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"As soon as I got to the car, I saw three small kids in the back seat and a dog," Willard said Wednesday at the Titans' headquarters. "So for me, I'm thinking, 'Hurry up and get the kids. Hurry up and get everybody out and get them away from the car.' You could see probably up under the engine, all that was still on fire. So I'm thinking that the car might go up anytime."
Willard said he handed an infant to the woman before pulling out another child. A second man who had stopped rescued a third child and the family's dog, and they were able to grab the woman's purse and a couple bags before the SUV exploded into flames a couple minutes later. He stayed long enough for firefighters to arrive and put out the fire.
"A lot of people passed by and didn't help, so she was just wanting to thank us and show us how thankful she was for us helping get the kids out and kind of grab some of the stuff," Willard said.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol report shows the SUV of Cheri Hubbard of South Daytona, Fla., caught fire and burned Tuesday afternoon near mile marker 340. The investigating trooper told Dalya Qualls, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, that the witnesses already had left before he arrived and that Hubbard did not get the names of the men who helped her.
Willard certainly knows how to impress his new teammates. Clemson's leader in tackles last season, Willard is an undrafted free agent with Tennessee and was driving from Myrtle Beach, to report for training camp when he spotted the smoking vehicle.
Coach Mike Munchak said he had been looking forward to hearing Willard's version of the story.
"He got involved in something that could have been bad," Munchak said.
Cornerback Jason McCourty said it speaks highly of Willard to see something like that and put himself on the line to help save a family.
"That's pretty impressive that he was able to do that and still show up to camp on time," McCourty said.
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this year i sort of got caught low on the firewood. all this talk of "global warming"--geez i thought 12 full ricks was enough. --then i had to scramble in the dead of the winter cold to round up another 12 ricks.( six chords)
i ain't going to do that for 2010!
this year i am going to have enough for the winter --even if it is six months long like this year.
i got 9 ricks on the ground nearly all green wood. --i am thinking 25 ricks will be enough. so i only have 16 ricks to go! yea that sounds like a lot but al-gore is predicting another warm winter for 2010!--how much firewood are you folks getting for the fall& winter of 2010?


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Climate Change and the Future of Bison
When the world gets warmer, what happens to bison and other grassland grazers such as cattle? A new paper, based on research conducted at Nature Conservancy preserves, is helping answer that question.
Bison Bellows and Bones: Student-Scientists on the Prairie
Editor's Note: At the Samuel H. Ordway Prairie Preserve, students from Gustavus Adolphus College will soon be arriving to follow bison herds for the summer. This research program is not only taking an in-depth look at animal behavior, it's also providing information on how to best manage bison on fenced reserves. Today, we're running a previously published blog on last year's student researchers at Ordway Prairie.
I'm in the back seat of the vehicle as two female college students drive around, listen to music and—in their words—"look for guys."
Just another evening for students on break, right?
Well, not quite.
These students aren't driving to a party, nor are they cruising around downtown. There is no town. For that matter, there's no road.
We're bouncing around mixed grass prairie in South Dakota, the four-wheel-drive pick-up thumping over ruts and rocks. The vehicle's loaded with notebooks, GPS units and animal bones.
And the"guys"?
They're large, shaggy and prone to bellowing, wallowing and urinating on themselves.
They're bison bulls, the subject of these students' summer research project.
Michelle Hulke and Mary Joy Sun, entering their sophomore years at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, have spent day after day recording the bison bulls' fights, vocalizations and even tongue positions.
It's a research effort aimed at determining if bison bull behavior can be managed to produce more genetically diverse herds in fenced preserves and ranches, the type of environments where most bison herds now roam.
Hulke and Sun are the sixth set of Gustavus Adolphus students to research herd behavior at The Nature Conservancy's Samuel H. Ordway Prairie Preserve, a 7,800-acre grassland property near Leola. Each year, students at Gustavus Adolphus have the opportunity to participate in research projects following their freshmen year. The bison project has become one of the most popular.
Conservancy preserves and projects offer the perfect outdoor laboratories for undergraduate field research. The Conservancy employs mentors in the form of 550 scientists, and many projects already have a "science infrastructure"—the tools, established research protocols and housing and logistics that support fieldwork. Students learn not only science but also community relations, marketing and land management.
Preserves are places where budding scientists can develop their skills and contribute to meaningful conservation. It's a place where tomorrow's conservation leaders can gain field experience in spectacular settings.
In this case, that means living amongst bison herds.
A Bull Fight for Conservation
The bison bull sticks out his tongue, tests the air, and bellows: a sound part that's lion's roar, part rolling thunder.
Clearly agitated, the bull bellows again, then begins urinating, spraying himself frenetically. He rolls in a patch of bare earth, finally rising—covered in an aromatic blend of excrement and prairie dust.
He looks around for challengers. None seem ready to take him on—this time. For the past several weeks, though, the prairie has been alive with bison bulls bluffing, sparring and head-butting their way to be the dominant male.
All that battling is tough, exhausting work for a bison bull. But new research being conducted at The Nature Conservancy's Samuel H. Ordway Prairie Preserve suggests this fighting – and lots of it – is key to maintaining the genetic health of bison.
Studying bison interactions may help managers make better decisions on fenced preserves and ranches — where most bison roam today.
Jon Grinell, professor of biology at Gustavus Adolphus College, has been leading student research on bison at the Ordway Prairie for six years. The effort started as animal behavior research on rutting bulls, but the scientists found that bull competition could even help ensure the long-term survival of the species.
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Early in the season when the Arizona Cardinals started losing games, many fans and analysts pointed to the poor play by the offensive line.
The tackles, in particular, were playing poorly, with rookie Bobby Massie and D'Anthony Batiste failing to give the team's quarterbacks ample time to throw the ball.
The Cardinals kept losing games -- nine in a row, to be exact -- but something rather unexpected happened along the way.
The tackles improved.
Though Massie has given up 13 sacks this season, according to ProFootballFocus.com, he has not allowed one in the last six weeks.
And while Batiste never really seemed to figure things out, his replacement, rookie Nate Potter, has. The former Boise State lineman has allowed four sacks in six games, but did not allow so much as a quarterback sack, hit or hurry Sunday against the Lions.
In short, it appears the Cardinals have something at two of the more important positions on the line. While the team has still allowed a league-leading 52 sacks on the season, the improvement is quite noticeable.
"There's no question they've played better," Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said Friday. "But we had a stretch there earlier in the year where we were giving up sacks like crazy."
Whisenhunt reiterated that the tackles were not solely responsible for the team's issues before, though he knows they certainly absorbed the brunt of the blame.
"You have to give them credit, they have played better, and that's important," Whisenhunt added. "I think that when you look at the season in its entirety for both Nate Potter and for Bobby Massie, it's been painful at times having to grow through those things but you also feel good about where they're going to be going forward because you think both of these guys can play."
Massie, who was taken by the Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft, was considered to be a good prospect coming out of college. A rocky beginning to his career had some question whether he'd make it, but he understood all along there would be some growing pains.
"You've got to learn from your failures, so I messed up and I had to make changes in the way I play and the way I prepare and it worked out for me," Massie said.
Massie said there are still plenty of areas he can improve in, and at 23 it's hard to believe he's anything close to a finished product.
And as Whisenhunt said, his and Potter's improvement does give hope that perhaps the Cardinals have this whole offensive tackle thing figured out.
At the end of the day, though, Massie said it's important to finish this, his rookie season, playing well.
"It's a job, you've got to compete, and we're not the only people watching it," he said. "Other people around the league are going to watch it, so you've got to make sure you put good tape out there."
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team added its second signee of the early period today as big man T.J. Williams signed his National Letter of Intent in his hometown of Wilmington, N.C. Williams is a 6'7", 225-lb., power forward out of Eugene Ashley High School.
""T.J. Williams is a tenacious, high-motor guy," Head Coach John Shulman noted. "He's a skilled, athletic, difference-maker in the post. He is a strong defender and shot blocker. You're talking about a guy at 6'7"-6'8" that has the size and strength to make an immediate impact.
"I think he will remind a lot of people of Nicchaeus Doaks."
Williams plays for Bryn McSwain at Ashley and competed in AAU for Flight 22 and Team United. He grades out as a three-star recruit from Scout.com and two-stars from both ESPN.com and Future 150. He averaged 15 points and 11 rebounds per game as a junior at Ashley. He averaged 14 points, eight rebounds and three blocks as a junior.
Williams joins Christian Kennedy, a 6'10", 200-lb., post from Northside High School in Warner Robins, Ga., and 5'10", 160-lb., Memphis-area guard Jonathan Stark (Munford High School) on the Mocs early signee list.
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This weekend's Michigan Kart Supply Nationals is the first WKA national at Barnesville since 1994, when the Gold Cup and Manufacturers Cup series ran national events at the venue that's located about an hour south of Atlanta.
Since then, the Georgia Sprint Karting Association has run its popular club series events at the quarter-mile sprint track. The GSKA club features a large contingent of Box Stock (Clone) sprint racers, in addition to a host of other 2-cycle and 4-cycle classes.
A solid following of Southeast-based Box Stock and Animal sprint racers on the Gold Cup circuit last year prompted WKA officials to take a look at returning to Barnesville for a national, and after productive meetings with GSKA officials, the event was added to the 2012 slate as round two, roughly two months after the series opened at another popular southern sprint course, the North Florida Kart Club's 103rd Street Sports Complex in Jacksonville, Fla.
Approximately 300 entrants filled the Barnesville pit area for Gold Cup nationals in 1993 and '94, and after nearly two decades, a similar count is expected this weekend.
Fans of the series will have plenty of storylines to keep an eye on this weekend.
Some of the largest classes this weekend are expected to be Senior Box Stock, which had 17 entrants at a GSKA club race this past weekend, Stock Medium and Stock Heavy, both of which featured over 20 starters at the Jacksonville opener, and of course the popular Friday night Animal Heavy Money Race, which has 13 drivers already pre-entered.
Maryland's Jacob Heavlow swept the Jr Lite, Medium and Heavy classes at Jacksonville aboard in trusty Bandit chassis. Heavlow has a new MGM chassis in his possession and it will be interesting to see which kart he runs this weekend and if he can keep his streak of junior division feature wins alive.
The senior Animal divisions featured stout competition at Jacksonville, and this weekend should be no different. Racers to keep an eye on include Maryland's Tyler Sandmeyer, who won Stock Heavy at Jax and nearly led all of Sunday's Stock Medium feature before Ohio Arrow pilot Gary Lawson muscled his way past the MGM standout on the last lap.
Sean Meier, Dakota Bell and brother Dylan and Jason Zobkiw flew the Coyote Motorsports banner high at Jacksonville. Meier won the season opening Money Race and may be in attendance this weekend on a Coyote-owned mount. Bell ran strong in nearly every race he started at Jacksonville aboard a Michigan Kart Supply Coyote and is pre-entered for this weekend's event.
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Barnesville's gates swing open Thursday at noon for pit pass sales and parking.
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PHILADELPHIA — Amar Jones knows that high-salt Chinese takeout isn't good for his high blood pressure. But the lure of shrimp with broccoli is hard to resist.
So he was heartened recently to hear that his favorite dish now has 20 percent less sodium thanks to a citywide effort to battle hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease.
"People might think I'm being extreme, but you're probably going to save some lives," Jones said. "You might save my life."
Organizers have recruited more than 200 eateries across Philadelphia for the city's Healthy Chinese Takeout Initiative, which aims to reduce the food's salt content by 10 percent to 15 percent.
Participants have made several changes, such as flavoring orders with chilies or garlic instead of sodium; using less sauce; distributing soy sauce packets only on demand; and posting nutrition information.
It's the latest effort by a major U.S. city to help people eat better. Many have already banned trans-fats, and some require restaurants to post calorie counts.
Philadelphia has focused on salt consumption because 37 percent of residents have high blood pressure. The number jumps to 47 percent for African-Americans, according to a 2012 survey by the Public Health Management Corp.
The multiagency initiative, which began about a year ago, focuses on mom-and-pop Chinese joints because they are "an enormous industry" in the city, serving about 3 million meals a year, said Health Commissioner Donald Schwarz.
The dishes are cheap and easily available, especially in low-income minority neighborhoods that often lack supermarkets and access to fresh produce.
But many residents, and even takeout owners, didn't realize how the meals affected their health, said Schwarz.
"In some restaurants, the restaurateurs were really taken aback by the amount of sodium in their food," Schwarz said.
Dietary guidelines recommend that Americans consume less than 2,300 milligrams of salt per day, about a teaspoon. Yet an order of chicken lo mein from local takeouts averaged 3,200 milligrams, while shrimp with broccoli had 1,900 milligrams.
Organizers offered a series of low-sodium cooking classes last summer with the goal of changing the ingredients but not the taste. Nine months later, salt content in those two dishes was down 20 percent in samples from 20 restaurants. Researchers plan to test the food again in a few months, and expand the program to other items.
Steven Zhu, president of the Greater Philadelphia Chinese Restaurant Association, recruited participants by saying healthier food could attract more customers. Still, some owners declined because they worried about losing business.
"Change is always not an easy process, and there was some reluctance in the beginning when we started this project," said Grace Ma, director of Temple University's Center for Asian Health.
Xue Xiu Liu, owner of Choy Yung Inn in the city's Point Breeze community, said through a translator that he got involved to improve customers' health. Business is about the same, Liu said.
Jones frequents the takeout because he works just up the block at the Arabic Institute. And he said he's often joined by colleagues or neighbors.
"We're always going in there, even if we don't want to sometimes," Jones said. "You want something hot, you want something now, so you order from the Chinese store."
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