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Part of the mission of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics department is to guide, encourage and support our Student-Athletes in their quest for comprehensive excellence - academically, athletically and socially. The 2008-09 season was an amazing year for the Mocs in all three areas and GoMocs.com is currently taking a look back at the accomplishments of the student-athletes at UTC in the last year.
Last week, we recapped the academic achievements of the Mocs in 2008-09. This week we delve into the performances of UTC student-athletes in their respective arenas of competition over the last year. All totaled, it was a record-breaking season for Chattanooga Athletics and these are the reasons why:
· The Mocs set a school record with six teams winning Southern Conference Championships.
· Chattanooga set a school record with 10 teams being represented in the postseason.
· School record five Mocs teams advanced to the NCAA Championships
· 11 Mocs won 14 individual Southern Conference Championships or Southern Conference Tournament MVP honors.
· Four Mocs won Southern Conference Athlete of the Year honors.
· Four Mocs won Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors.
· Three UTC head coaches won Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors.
All of these marks helped Chattanooga finish the year in the top-100 of the Learfield Sports Director's Cup standings. The Learfield Sports Director's Cup was developed in 1994 as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors (NACDA) and USA Today to honor athletic departments for their success in all NCAA Sports. Points are awarded based on a school's finish at the NCAA Championships. Athletic departments can score points in up to 20 sports, 10 women's and 10 men's. The Mocs finished the year in 99th place with a total of 180.5 points.
"Being a Top-100 program is meaningful because it serves as evidence that we are pursuing comprehensive excellence across all 17 of our sports" stated UTC Director of Athletics Rick Hart. "Accomplishments such as this are years in the making – and the result of our collective efforts! We are fortunate to serve and employ a plethora of talented and ambitious people – student-athletes, coaches, staff, university personnel, alumni, donors and fans – without whom this simply would not be possible."
Adding to the impressiveness of finishing in the top-100 is the fact that the Mocs operated on a $9 million budget for 2008-09. Miniscule funding when compared to the athletic department budgets of the majority of the institutions listed in the top-100.
Chattanooga continued some impressive streaks in 2008-09 with women's cross country winning its third consecutive SoCon title. Men's golf also captured its third SoCon championship in a row. Women's basketball fought its way to a 10th straight regular season league championship while the wrestling team made it five consecutive SoCon trophies.
Both the men's and women's golf teams competed in the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history. The men finished 18th while the women placed 21st. The women's golf team made it to the NCAA finals in just its second year of competition after being reinstated at UTC in 2007-08.
Highlighting the individual accomplishments was senior Lara Newberry being named National Libero of the Year. She set the NCAA career record for digs during her final year at UTC, recording 3,176 in her four years. She also led the nation in digs in 2008, posting 777 last season.
As well as the Mocs performed in 2008-09, there is much reason for excitement and anticipation for the upcoming 2009-10 season. Chattanooga has a chance to improve on its top-100 ranking considering that women's basketball missed the NCAA Tournament and did not score points for the Mocs this season. Wrestling finished tied for 52nd at the NCAAs, a respectable number, but not where the Mocs traditionally finish at nationals. Also, both cross country teams just missed qualifying for the NCAA finals, which would have added to the total even more.
Individually, there is an abundance of talent returning to Chattanooga in 2009-10. Three of the four SoCon Athletes of the Year and all of the SoCon Freshmen of the Year return to UTC next season. Of the 11 student-athletes who won the Mocs' 14 individual SoCon Tournament Championship/MVP honors, nine will return next season. Women's golf welcomes back its entire roster while three of the men's golf starters are also back. Both softball and wrestling lose only one starter to graduation and women's basketball and both cross country teams return a talented core.
"We certainly had a fantastic year in 2008-09, but by no means do I feel that we have peaked as a program," stated Hart. "I know that there is not one student-athlete, coach or administrator at UTC who is satisfied with all of the great things that were accomplished last year. While we celebrate our amazing achievements of the past, we are working hard for continuous improvement and even bigger and better accomplishments for Chattanooga Athletics in the future."
Southern Conference Champions (6)
· Women's Cross Country
· Women's Basketball (Regular Season)
· Men's Basketball (North Division, Tournament)
· Wrestling (Regular Season, Tournament)
· Softball (Regular Season, Tournament)
· Men's Golf
Mocs Teams Represented in the Postseason (10)
· Men's Cross Country (NCAA Regional)
· Women's Cross Country (NCAA Regional)
· Men's Basketball
· Women's Basketball (WNIT)
· Men's Golf
· Women's Golf
· Wrestling
· Softball
· Men's Outdoor Track & Field (NCAA Regional)
· Women's Outdoor Track & Field (NCAA Regional)
Southern Conference Athletes of the Year (4)
· Shanara Hollinquest – Women's Basketball
· Emmanuel Kirwa – Men's Cross Country
· Lara Newberry – Volleyball Libero of the Year
· Cody Cleveland – Wrestling
National Honors (1)
· Lara Newberry – Collegiate Volleyball Update National Libero of the Year
Southern Conference Tournament Champion/MVP (14)
· Stephen McDowell – Men's Basketball
· Emmanuel Kirwa – Cross Country
· Chris Berry – 5000M Indoor
· Chris Berry – 5000M Outdoor
· Michael Danehy – 800M Indoor
· Michael Danehy – 800M Outdoor
· Anneli Uys – 1500M Indoor
· Anneli Uys – 800M Outdoor
· Cody Cleveland – Wrestling
· Seth Garvin – Wrestling
· Demetrius Johnson – Wrestling
· Joey Knox – Wrestling
· Jason McCroskey – Wrestling
· Dan Waddell – Wrestling
Southern Conference Freshman of the Year (4)
· Joshue Vasquez – Men's Cross Country
· Stephan Jaeger – Men's Golf
· Maria Salinas – Women's Golf
· Jason McCroskey – Wrestling
Southern Conference Coach of the Year (3)
· Chris Bono - Wrestling
· Bill Gautier – Women's Cross Country
· Frank Reed - Softball
Men's Basketball (John Shulman, head coach)
18-17, 11-9/T1st SoCon North (Tournament Champs) • NCAA 1st Rd
• Chattanooga won the SoCon North and SoCon Tournament Championships. The two titles make it a league-high 27 since the Mocs joined the SoCon in 1977-78.
• It was the 10th NCAA Tournament appearance for the Mocs, the most by a SoCon team during UTC's 31 seasons in the league. It also ties the league all-time appearance mark with West Virginia and Davidson.
• Senior Stephen McDowell was named the SoCon Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. He led the SoCon in 3-pt FGs made per game, tying for third nationally. McDowell broke school records for three-pointers made in a career (243) and season (135), while tying the game record with nine on Dec. 30 against Niagara. He also set a new mark for three-point attempts in a career (611) and season (318).
• Senior forward Nicchaeus Doaks now holds the career rebounds mark at 818 and season record with 302. Doaks was a first team all-conference selection and graduated in the spring of 2009.
• The Mocs received national notoriety as the Late Show with Jimmy Fallon named them its team of the NCAA Tournament. Fallon featured Chattanooga each night during tournament week and brought the seniors to New York for an appearance on his show following the tournament.
Women's Basketball (Wes Moore, head coach)
22-10, 17-3 SoCon/1st • WNIT First Round
• The Lady Mocs celebrated "A Decade of Dominance, Moore in McKenzie" by winning an unprecedented 10th consecutive SoCon regular season title, the team's 15th overall. The Lady Mocs posted a 20-win season for the 10th consecutive year and made its 10th straight appearance in the postseason.
• Junior Shanara Hollinquest was named the SoCon Player of the Year , leading the league in scoring and field goal percentage and was ranked second in rebounding.
• Senior Erin Ogan earned All-SoCon after finishing third on the team in scoring and rebounding. She finished her career ranked fourth all-time at UTC for blocked shots.
• Junior Jenaya Wade-Fray was named to the SoCon Coaches All-Conference Team. She was second on the team in scoring and led the team in 3-pointers made climbing to fourth on the career charts at UTC.
• Junior Tagan Hatchett was named to the SoCon All-Tournament First Team. She drained a career-best six 3-pointers against Appalachian State in the first round for a career-high 18 points.
Cross Country (Bill Gautier, head coach)
Men (2nd SoCon/11th NCAA Regionals)
Women (1st SoCon/13th NCAA Regionals)
• The women's cross country team claimed a third straight Southern Conference title. All five scoring runners finished in the top 20, led by sophomore Tara Gietema in fifth place. Head Coach Bill Gautier was named the SoCon Coach of the Year.
• The men's cross country team finished second in the SoCon Championships. The Mocs placed two in the top three, including SoCon champ Emmanuel Kirwa.
• Sophomore transfer Emmanuel Kirwa claimed individual honors in the event and was named SoCon Male Runner of the Year. He placed 16th at the NCAA South Region Meet and was named to the NCAA All-Region Team.
• The Mocs took two of the three first team All-SoCon spots with Emmanuel Kirwa and Chris Berry with Joshue Vasquez on the second team. The women were represented on the first team by Tara Gietema while Katie Williams and Sabrina Lefort were named to the second team team.
• Freshman Joshue Vasquez placed 12th overall at the SoCon Championships and was named the SoCon Male Freshman of the Year. He, along with Matt Baltimore and Meredith White, was named to the league's All-Freshman Team.
• Both the Mocs and Lady Mocs were named All-Academic Teams by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The Lady Mocs posted an overall GPA of 3.416 and was one of 162 teams to make the list. The Mocs posted an overall GPA of 3.275 and was one of 110 teams to make the list.
Football (Rodney Allison, head coach)
1-11, 0-8 SoCon/9th
• The 2008 campaign ended with a 30-7 loss against Samford at Finley Stadium on Nov. 22, 2008. The loss dropped the Mocs to 1-11 on the season and marked the end of the Rodney Allison era of Chattanooga Football.
• In nine of the Mocs' 12 games there was a block either for or against Chattanooga...be it a punt, field goal or PAT.
• After transferring from Central Michigan prior to the 2006 season, Raeshon Ball went on to total 93 tackles in 23 games at UTC. He also picked off three passes in his career.
• Senior William Giles and junior Steven Smigelsky both earned a spot on the Southern Conference All-Academic team.
• Former Moc Russ Huesman was named head coach on Dec. 22, 2008.
Men's Golf (Mark Guhne, head coach)
1st SoCon • 18th NCAAs
• UTC competed in its third straight NCAA Regional as the No. 5 in the South Central at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla. The Mocs finished third to advance to their first NCAA Finals appearance.
• Chattanooga won its third straight SoCon Championship in exciting fashion, overcoming a three-shot deficit to win by two over Georgia Southern.
• Chattanooga was ranked No. 1 in the country in the fall. It is the only team in the Mocs DI history to reach No. 1 in the national rankings.
• The Mocs won three tournaments on the season opening the fall with wins at the Aldila Scenic City Invitational and the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic while ending the regular season winning the SoCon Championship.
• Three Chattanooga golfers were named to the All-SoCon squad in Derek Rende, Ben Rickett and Stephan Jaeger. Jaeger earned SoCon Freshman of the Year honors. Heading into the NCAA Regionals, the Mocs boasted two players ranked in the Golfstat top 100 with Rende at No. 91 and Ben Rickett at No. 94. Rende was No. 87 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings Index.
Women's Golf (Colette Murray, head coach)
2nd SoCon • 21st NCAAs
• In just the second year of the program, head coach Colette Murray led the Lady Mocs to the NCAA Finals with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Central Regional on the Scarlet Course at Ohio State...UTC finished 21st at the NCAAs.
• The Lady Mocs ranked in the top 50 all year, reaching as high as No. 33.
• Maria Salinas was named SoCon Freshman of the Year. Salinas and Emma de Groot earned All-SoCon honors, while Maju Loza was SoCon All-Freshman.
• Chattanooga won twice in 2008-09, defending their Chris Banister Gamecocks Classic title in September and the JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational in March. The Lady Mocs set a new school record with a 5-under, 283 in the final round at JMU/Eagle.
• Emma de Groot won twice to bring her career total to four in two seasons. She has 13 top-10s and 16 top-20s in 23 career tournaments.
Softball (Frank Reed, head coach)
30-25, 15-5 SoCon/1st (Tournament Champs) • NCAA Regionals
• The Chattanooga softball team had another banner year in the SoCon, claiming the program's 11th regular season title and 10th SoCon Tournament crown. The Lady Mocs finished the season with a 30-25 record and a 15-5 mark in league play.
• The Lady Mocs were well represented on the all-conference squads. Sophomores Tiffany Baker, Lyndsey Stiles and Michelle Fuzzard each garnered first team honors while Brittany Eason and Kaiti Kelley were tabbed to the second team. Fuzzard was named to the first team as a first baseman and also made the second team as a pitcher. Jenni Martin was selected to the all-freshman team.
• Head coach Frank Reed earned his second straight, and third overall, SoCon Coach of the Year Award.
• In addition to her all-conference honors, Tiffany Baker was named to the All-South Region team by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, one of only four SoCon players to earn that distinction.
• The team's lone senior, Toni Hutchison, finished her career with the most assists in program history. In a 3-2 win over Samford on May 8, the third baseman surpassed Leah Tucker's previous record of 508. She now has 518 for her career.
Women's Soccer (J.D. Kyzer, head coach)
5-14-1, 2-9 SoCon/11th
• The Lady Mocs extended their win streak over The Citadel to 6-0.
• Freshman D.K. Henry was named All-Conference Second Team. She entered the Lady Mocs' Top 10 charts for points in a season with 18 and is tied for sixth on the goals list with eight in a season.
• Freshman keeper Allie Preston was ranked 24th in the nation by the NCAA for saves per game with an average 6.40. She recorded four shutouts and is tied for third in a season and is third all-time at UTC. She is fifth on the season saves list with 128 and ranked fourth on the all-time charts. She is tied for fourth on the career charts with a 2.41 goals-against average.
• Junior Chelsea Hurst climbed into the career charts at UTC for scoring, goals, assists and shots.
Women's Tennis (Jeff Clark, head coach)
8-15, 2-8 SoCon/9th
• The Lady Mocs defeated Appalachian State to advance to the second round of the 2009 Southern Conference Championships.
• Senior Beata Knizat received the Dayle May Award for the UTC Female Senior Student-Athlete with the highest GPA.
• Freshman Shaina Singh was named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team. She was named the women's tennis Athlete of the Week in February.
• Freshman Emily Hangstefer was named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team. She won the B1 Singles consolation bracket at the UTC Baras Fall Classic
• Freshman Brianna Wishing won the C2 Singles consolation bracket at the UTC Baras Fall Classic. She, along with teammate Annie Green advanced to the finals of the B1 Flight doubles bracket, falling 9-8 in a tiebreak to the top seeded team.
Men's Tennis (Carlos Garcia, head coach)
2-18, 0-10 SoCon/11th
• Senior Peter Sauska was named to the Southern Conference First Team in singles and second team in doubles.
• Senior Pavel Vostrikov was named to the SoCon Second Team in doubles.
• Sauska won the consolation bracket of the men's A1 Flight singles at the UTC Baras Fall Classic.
Track and Field (Bill Gautier, head coach)
Men (4th-In/6th-Out SoCon)
Women (6th-In/5th-Out SoCon)
• Sophomore Chris Berry won the men's 5000M at the SoCon Indoor Championships. He followed that up with a first place finish in the same event at the league's Outdoor Championships and earned an automatic qualification to the NCAA Region meet.
• Junior Michael Danehy won the men's 800M at the SoCon Indoor Championships. He followed that up with a first place finish in the same event at the league's Outdoor Championships and earned an automatic qualification to the NCAA Region meet.
• Transfer Anneli Uys broke the school record in the women's 800 meter event in the preliminaries at the SoCon Outdoor Championships. She went on to claim the individual title in both the 800 meter and 1500 meter events and earned an automatic qualification to the NCAA Region meet. She also qualified for both based on time.
• UTC placed 12 athletes on the All-Conference Team while Joshue Vasquez and Allen Thurman were both named to the inaugural All-Freshman Team.
• The women's 4x800 meter relay team comprised of Lauren Anderson, Shelley Taylor, Anneli Uys and Emily Wood, set a school record in the event with a time of 8:59.70 at the Sea Ray Relays hosted by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The team bested the record set in 1997 by more than seven seconds.
Volleyball (Lisa Rhodes, head coach)
17-16, 12-6 SoCon/T3rd-North
• The Chattanooga volleyball team finished another successful season in the SoCon with a 12-6 mark in the league, good for third place in the North Division.
• Lara Newberry continued her excellence on the court, breaking the NCAA record for digs in a career on Oct. 8 against Samford, finishing her career with 3,176 digs.
• Her 777 digs in 2008 led the nation for the second straight season. She averaged 6.76 digs per set, which was also tops in the country. On Oct. 11 she set a school record for digs in a game with 51 against Wofford.
• Newberry was named the SoCon Libero of the Year for the second year in a row, as well as Collegiate Volleyball Update's National Libero of the Year.
• Senior Michaela Huff finished her career with 1,581 assists and 93 service aces. She ends her career eighth in school history in assists and ninth in aces.
Wrestling (Chris Bono, head coach)
21-10, 5-0 SoCon/1st (Tourn. Champs) • T52nd NCAAs
• Wrestling captured the program's 24th Southern Conference title. UTC won both the SoCon regular season and tournament trophies for the fifth year in a row. The Mocs posted a 21-10 overall record and went 5-0 in conference action.
• Junior Cody Cleveland was named the 2008-09 SoCon co-Wrestler of the Year and the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the SoCon Tournament.
• Head coach Chris Bono was named the 2009 SoCon Coach of the Year. He has earned the title of the top coach in the league in all three of his seasons at UTC. He is 15-0 in SoCon matches in his three-year career at Chattanooga.
• UTC freshman Jason McCroskey was named the 2009 SoCon Freshman of the Year. McCroskey went 5-0 in league matches and won the league title at 174.
• Chattanooga dominated the All-SoCon team, taking half of the league's honors. Senior Seth Garvin earned his second-straight honor at 165 while junior Cody Cleveland was also a two-time selection at 141. Junior Joey Knox earned All-SoCon honors at 157 while freshman Jason McCroskey (174) and Dan Waddell (148) got the nod in their respective weight classes.


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Joined: 1/01/03
Originally posted by Ambros123
Can you please define a quest where you actually are not walking anywhere ??
It's the substance inbetween that makes a great game and or great lore
Can you PLEASE give an example on HOW they could have done these quests without moving and/or picking up certain things and killing stuff..TSW simply explodes with innovation questvise , sure not in every quest (not even close) but the lore and overall feel is right there..you even say it yourself, even in the quests that simply needs you to kill things
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Now I'm not a statistics guy,
but 1000 ratings form a hypothetical 10 million mmorpg gamers gives a 3% margin of error. I think it is far to say judging by the overall mmorpg gaming community, the detractors are in the minority.
The Elder Scrolls Online
w/e....you have no idea the full content TSW offers. You should log back in and do the actual content when it hits horizontal progression.
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Joined: 1/24/11
Originally posted by bcbully
We know, you are a career salesman. Link to your chronicle?
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Joined: 7/02/12
Originally posted by jdnyc
Nicely busted
Originally posted by Zooce
be sure to look at the global pvp rankings too
The Elder Scrolls Online
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Joined: 8/12/06
One Sky. One Destiny.
I was in the closed beta myself, and I hated it too. I didn't uninstall it though, i just stopped playing. I gave it another shot after launch and i have come to enjoy the game. It has very good pve. Good dodge mechenics, better strategies in dungeons than wow. Great story, has kept me interested longer than SWTOR. I agree with the score, but yeah the review is all over the place. I did some research and reading about mechanics and character builds, and once i had a small grasp on the game, i jumped in and enjoyed it immensely more than I did in CB. There were those very frsutrating bugs in some missions, I didn't like it but decided to wait it out and hope for a fix, so moved on toward another mission. To me the big negative aspect of funcom in this game is saying okay, the missions should be fixed now, only to find they are still broken. But again I like the game so for now, I'm just going to shrug that off. there have been work arounds for some missions to be completed. GMs have generally been helpful in advancing you to the next tier of the mission.
But noone is saying TSW deserves a 9.5 What people are saying is that TSW doesn't deserve a 7.0
There's a difference.
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Joined: 2/16/04
Thank you for the fair review Suzie.
I will just add in my 2 cents that if anyone thinks they want to try the game (rather than rely on trolls who "played beta" which was completely different than the current state of the game)..
There is a free preview this weekend starting Friday August 3rd until Monday August 6th. Go sign up for the free weekend and judge the game for yourself.
Stop taking the words of others. It's free to try this weekend so try it for yourself.
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Joined: 5/19/06
Originally posted by jdnyc
Nah, they gave TSW an 8.5, and i don't agree with that (as do many others). However, my Review gave TSW a 6 or 7 I think? I don't recall off-hand and I'm being lazy @ work atm.
As an MMO I believe I gave TSW a 5, but as a SPG I gave it an 8. So take that for what it's worth :).
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Joined: 1/24/11
Originally posted by jdnyc
I did 0 PvP in release, that should be obvious from the stats on the chronicle. The last time I logged out I was testing a new build for farming signets off the deathless in carp fangs since all my transylvania missions were on cooldown for the third time. My main build is blade chaos (should be clear from the ability wheel). Here's a shot taken while I was finishing the main story.
Not that many actually. You're in the minority of gamers. Based on User scores here and on metacritic. Your opinion is still your own, but you don't speak for the majority. Note even close.
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Game will be going free to play by the first of next year, that is if the world survives 12,21,2012. Just a prediction. As for the score...any more I just see them now for what they truly are - subjective opinions. I think they are fun to read and see how we see things differently. Clearly, in this case, I and the reviewer of this game would have substantially different opinions.
I still can not wrap my mind around 8.0 score for longevity. I think WOW and SWTOR should get 10 in this department since all these three MMOS end game is dungeon grind for purple.
I can't believe such a generic end game gets 8.0
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Evidently you disliked playing TSW and that is fine, I imagine you wouldn't agree with the scores if you didn't. I happen to love playing TSw and I am happy with the score. It will always be opinion based, for you, me and for the reviewer. Based on this review, I would of given the game a try and I would of loved it (as I do now) and been happy to have a new MMO home.
I can also tell you are very biased yourself in your remark which makes your disdain all the more hilarious, almost to the point where I am not sure if trolling? You clearly take the all pro's and turn them into your version of cons, then agree with the reviewers cons. There is no deviation between your thoughts and the reviewers other than the fact you dislike the game.
Let me address your concerns with the pro's and see where we are going wrong. I shall also try to do this objectively as I do enjoy the game and I wouldn't want to be too biased.
Aesthetics – 9.5??
How in the bloody hell did you find it "ok" to take what essentially boils down to "Graphics" and turn it into a major scoring point for TSW? Graphics =/= a game. This shouldn't be a scoring point!
Graphics have always being a scoring point for games, but this should never be based on the game engines but more to the tone of the game. Super mario has great graphics for what its intended tone is. So does TSW. Sadly you might disagree but from the 20 years of reading game reviews, including back in the day when the I read the Street Fighter 2 review in CVG magazine in the UK, graphics have always been a factor.
Game Play – 8.5??
This is a highly opinion based score area given the fact that people whom like WoW will like TSW's gameplay, but generally speaking people whom like DAOC, EQ, SWG, or even Age of Conan's combat system will dislike it immensely. You should put near the beginning of your article which game you mostly relate to for your scores. Obviously I don't agree at all with an "8.5" given TSW's horribly clunky & non-intuitive combat system. Not to mention the horrible animations.
Value & Longevity – 8.0??
Your primary reason, as stated, for this scoring point was based on SWTOR's recent announcement about F2P and that since TSW already has a cash-shop it'll make a clean transition to F2P should subs prove to dip too low?!
Value & Longevity is a scoring point, in most reviews, that dictate replayability & end-game enjoyment. At the VERY LEAST it has nothing to do with the payment model associated with the game.
I agree with you here, luckily TSW seems to be doing really well and whether it goes to another payment model is irrelevant, but I do understand what the reviewer is saying. They are thinking more along the lines of a market of people thinking 'is it worth getting into this game if it goes down the same route as SWTOR'. For Funcom its a non-issue, AoC which was horrid to start with, so much so that I stopped playing it after a month and never looked back is still going strong with it's own community.
As for longetivity, I been playing every day since early access and I have not run out of things to do, with the promise of monthly content (which has now delivered on their first months issue) i'll have no issue in finding myself without things to do.
Deep skill system - Just a facade, not actually "deep"
It is quite deep in fact, I am not sure how far you progressed with the game but in the later stages it becomes quite good. I also don't want to hear an arguement about 'Oh the game should be deep from the outset etc' or any of that smack because in other MMO's you start of with 2, 3 skills and these progress through leveling and only at the end game does your skill set with talents become more diverse.
The reason I would say this is deep is because I was doing a Nightmare dungeon where we openly discuss who will be full-filling each role, which of us as DPS will be going to purge, to cleanse, to weakening, to debilitating, to inpairing etc etc. It allows a certain level of flexability and on the fly change for you to over come difficult encounters. For myself I wanted to maintain an Elemental/Blade build but I also wanted to be able to support in those harder encounters, so dicussing and playing about with my abilities I found a nice sweet spot for in the skills for myself to progress through. I like how deep it allows me to venture and mix and match. It's the only game I have played where a ability set like this mattered and was enjoyable. If that's not deep, then I want to know what your version of 'deep' is and what referencing your using.
GREAT story - Agreed, but so did SWTOR
This is subjective, I played SWTOR all the way through including all end game content before I finally gave up the ghost. Sadly this will be a preference thing. To me SWTOR did not have a fantastic story, I can honestly say I do not remember a SINGLE NPC by name in that game apart from those who are in reference to the KOTOR series. Even the end game has no story, you get max level, you meet a quest giver who gives you 15 mins of story filler and off you go. You never know why you're really fighting for considering Malgus who I thought would be the big bad for us Republic to die off in al ater dungeon. This then left it open to bosses I didn't care for, I had no motivation.
In TSW I remember already all the NPC's and like their emotion and characters. Each zone has a story to which is building up to something bigger and I am eager to find out what that is. Characters in TSW already have fans, such as the jail-bait Carter and the immortal suit wearing trade prince. I don't recall that level of character dedication being present in SWTOR, in game or on forums.
The personal story is nice, but again, it completes, leaving you no real motivation. It would of been good if your story mission set up the upcoming end game. Gave it some passion. But they really did go for a KOTOR like story for an MMO world and it didn't sell it to me. I am also a Bioware fan, so I was quite dissapointed. Again, this is opinion. Story will always be story and some people will like romance and some comedy. I can't fault you on your idea of excellent story.
Meaningful dungeons - How exactly are they "meaningful", they have no impact at all on the world outside those instances?!
They are meaningful because they are relevant to the story. Polaris is relevant to whats going on in Solomon island, Hell to that of Wicker which is an awesome character, you have the Darkness war which is relevant to the arch with the sword, also detailed through the story quest. All the dungeons are relevant and meaningful because they are extensions to the story, they add another slice of pie to the lore and to the ultimate puzzle as to what's going on with story of the game. The 'Big' picture so to speak.
Granted, your actions don't change your environment or your world, but they aren't meant to. In addition the dungeons are fun, not grindy or trashy and difficult.
Tiered and unique questing - Same quest system used by WoW. Go to point A get quests 1 - 9, do quests, go to Point B for higher tiered/chained quests. Nothing unique here other than the occassional "gem" with a half-decent story behind it.
It is unique because that type of 'tiered' questing system has not been done. Thus if it is the only one of it's kind, it is unique. Questing in itself isn't unique, but that isn't the statement made. However it is the thing you choose to knock, which shows your disdain for the game.
Lack of initial character customization - Yup
I am not much of a PvP person, I am more of a PVE person. I did give Fusang ago, which kinda reminds me a bit of AV, that was very lackluster. But, I tried stone henge and loved it. however if you are a PvP fan, this will not sell it to you. So I can agree on you with this.
See this one, I just don't see it. There are enough mobs around that are different that I just don't understand this remark by yourself or the reviewer. The mobs are all relevant to the location... I mean if you play the game and pay attention they are all pretty awesome.
like in Kingsmouth you see the stage of a drowned dead getting turned into an incubator, coming to land, setting up the pod then giving birth to a warrior draug. It has a nice eco-system and lore about it which is why I enjoy it. I like that when you do a quest with a unique model, say Jack O'Lantern that his impact is not dilluted to his relevance with there being 10 versions of him. But, as zombies and Draug go I can imagine there being many versions of them as they are hordes.
This isn't even unique to Kingsmouth, in Egypt you see people becoming converted into enemies, or enemies that catch on fire that become new types of enemies to fight. It's all in the details.
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I think THIS is the game he likes, And he is pretty good at it..... Or so he thinks...XD
Originally posted by GrayGhost79
Sorry but you can not have it both ways. Flame critics and then point towards user reviews. Flame user reviews and then point towards critics.
There is no way one can win in this situation.
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Originally posted by lifeordinary
The pve'rs in TSW think the end game is awsome. The dungeons are raid quality in terms of challenge and there are raids on the way. As a person who used to be about 50/50 pve/pvp and it now 90% pvp, I really like doing the TSW dungeons, and can't wait for the 10/20 mans.
The Elder Scrolls Online
Originally posted by bcbully
AOC is 4 year old MMO and offer more challenging raid content with puzzles and stuff and yet people love to hate on it and here another MMO models its end game around WOW genric hamster wheel grind and it gets 8.0. Right!! hell even Rift offers more challenge for raiders why not give it a 10?
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Saturday's 3-2 loss to Iowa marked just the third time this season the Wolves (17-3-1-0) were defeated in regulation. Chicago leads the AHL with a .833 winning percentage, shares first with 17 wins and ranks second with 35 points.
--- Brett Sterling: Held off the scoresheet in Saturday's loss after netting multiple points in five straight games from Nov. 21 to 29 ... Recorded the fourth hat trick of his two-year professional career on Thursday, which included the overtime-winner ... Paces the Wolves and shares sixth in the AHL with 11 goals and ranks fifth on the team with 18 points in 13 games since being assigned by the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers on Nov. 5
--- Jesse Schultz: Posted points in six straight games (2G, 6A), which matches a team season-high ... Netted his 10th goal of the season on Saturday, second-most on the club and tied for 14th in the AHL ... Shares the squad lead and sixth in the AHL with 25 points and is tied for second on the team with 15 assists in 21 tilts
--- Jason Krog: Tallied a point in six consecutive games (3G, 6A), which includes an assist in each contest ... Shares second on the team with 15 assists and ranks third with 24 points in 21 outings, tied for ninth in the AHL ... Racked up 104 points (35G, 69A) in 65 matchups as a member of the Wolves, which includes posting at least one point in 57 of those games
--- Steve Martins: Dished out an assist in Saturday's loss, extending his point streak to five games (3G, 5A) .. Shares the Wolves lead and sixth in the AHL with 25 points and paces the club and is tied for eighth in the league with 17 assists
--- Brian Fahey: Netted his sixth goal of the season on Saturday, tied for fourth among AHL defensemen ... Leads AHL blueliners and shares second in the league overall with a +14 plus/minus rating ... Ranks second among team blueliners with 12 points in 21 outings.
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--- The Wolves round out their season-high five-game home stand when they host the Syracuse Crunch on Tuesday; Chicago has recorded a 9-2-0-0 mark at the Allstate Arena this season.
--- Chicago will play against Eastern Conference teams for the first time this
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weekend; the Wolves have never faced Manchester and have not matched up against Providence since Feb. 22, 2002.
--- The Wolves have potted 77 goals in 21 games this season and lead the AHL with an average of 3.67 markers per contest; the squad is allowing an average of 2.33 goals per game, second-fewest in the circuit.
--- Saturday marked the first time this season that Chicago opened the scoring and lost; the Wolves have notched a 11-1-0-0 record when lighting the lamp first.
--- The Wolves have tallied multiple power-play goals in three of their last four games, racking up nine during that span; Chicago, which has collected at least one man-advantage marker in 17 of its 21 games, ranks fifth in the AHL on the power play at 21.4 percent (31 of 145).
Wolves players Andre Deveaux, ALEX GIROUX, Jordan LaVallee and Jesse Schultz will visit Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge on Wed., Dec. 5, at 2 p.m., to meet patients, sign autographs and hand out goody bags.
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--- Right wing Jesse Schultz and defenseman Brian Fahey netted power-play markers for the Wolves
--- Goaltender Fred Brathwaite recorded 31 saves on 34 shots
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--- The Wolves surrendered a goal in the final minute of regulation before knocking off the Peoria Rivermen, 4-3 in overtime at the Allstate Arena
--- Left wing Brett Sterling notched three goals, including the overtime-winner
--- Goaltender Kari Lehtonen notched 30 saves on 33 shots
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(at) Chicago 4, Quad City 1
--- Chicago tallied six minutes into the contest and never looked back, using two power-play markers to best the Quad City Flames, 4-1, at the Allstate Arena
--- Center Alexandre Giroux's two goals led a pack of four Wolves that notched multiple points
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Apple's new data center magically appears on Google Earth and Maps
Apple's new data center can now be seen on Google Earth and Maps, where until yesterday it only showed woods and farmland with a driveway that ended in the middle of a field. Now you can see the data center in all its glory.
It seems to be quite a coincidence that the data center has now appeared after Apple announced that iCloud would be shown off at WWDC next week. We assume that this huge data center will be the source of all the iCloud goodness that we will find out about on Monday coming. Remember, we will be covering all the events as they unfold.
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Apple's new data center magically appears on Google Earth and Maps
@JoBlow: +1!
@Aliff: Well, to be fair, that land was probably cleared for farming well over a century ago, so Apple most likely had little if anything to do with that area's "deforestation."
That, and it's probably cheaper for Apple to do business in NC than in CA.
Verry funny, tell that to HTC's unibody android phones. Apple not having a removable battery has never hurt anyways as out of the box their devices have some of the best battery life in the industry.
However in the past iPod batteries not being swapable has been annoying. Used to be people changed phones a lot but kept mp3s for a few years.
Now I can store everything on my Droid Incredible.
Don't bother with street view. You won't see anything from the road. I live 20 minutes away. During construction you could see a bit of it, but once it was done they built a berm and now you can only see a driveway. You can't even see any light as you drive by. As to "deforestation," don't be silly. The area is farmland and most forest is less than 50-75 years old.
Huge building, very little parking. That is kinda surprising. Guess it doesn't take many people to actually maintain the behemoth.


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To make the greens, I put a few handfuls of washed, slightly wet greens in a saute pan over medium heat for a few minutes with a top until they are warm and just slightly cooked. Then I put the greens in a bowl and use the pan to cook some scrambled eggs. In the time it takes to cook a bowl of oatmeal I have a nutrient and protein rich, grain-free breakfast. While I am not completely paleo--I do find that I feel better if I begin the day with a fresh green juice or wilted greens.
You can top the greens and eggs with some red pepper flakes or daiya cheese or sesame oil to change the flavor of it and give some variety.
Today, I think I am going to have BOTH a green juice and wilted greens. Doubling up on veggies is my new favorite thing to do--both with my kids and with myself. Instead of serving one green veggie--serve two. Or better yet, serve a buffet of vegetables at dinner and see what everyone eats. In their lunch, pack cucumbers and carrots. Kids aren't going to eat vegetables if they are in the bottom of the fridge. If you make it a habit to get the fruits and veggies on the table it really helps everyone eat more fresh produce.


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Seven of the 10 companies selected to receive a total of $1.1 million in Energizing Careers Program grants for work force training from the Ohio Department of Development (DOD) are located in Northwest Ohio.
Owens Community College worked with six of the seven local companies to write and submit applications for those grants, which are funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and U.S. Department of Labor.
A total of $989,571 was awarded to those companies to train 290 workers in this region. The program reimburses companies for the cost of training up to $6,000 for each full-time employee.
"The future of our economy is advanced energy manufacturing and our workforce must keep up with the demands of the marketplace. These training dollars will benefit incumbent workers as well as new employees to be hired," Christiane Schmenk, director of the Ohio DOD, stated in a news release.
The Workforce and Talent Division of the DOD administers the Energizing Careers Program in Ohio to assist companies that are manufacturing components for the solar, wind and biomass industries.
Owens will work with the six companies to develop and provide customized work force training programs for new and existing employees funded by the grants.
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The seven local companies awarded grants are Applied Energy Technologies and Pro-Pak Industries of Maumee, TecnoSunSolar of Toledo, ARGO-HYTOS and Marathon Special Products of Bowling Green, POET Biorefining of Fostoria, and AP Alternatives of Ridgeville Corners in Henry County.
Applied Energy Technologies (AET) received an $180,000 grant to train 35 new employees for the design, engineering and manufacturing of mounting solutions for solar installations. AET is making racks for solar panels in its new 43,100 square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility opened in Maumee in April.
Craig Winn, president of AET, said the company customized hand and machine assemblies for developers and installers of solar panels. It has provided mounting solutions to 400 customers nationally from the East Coast to the U.S. Navy in Hawaii.
Winn said the company would not have known about the training grants if Bankey had not reached out to the company about the program.
Rex Reimer, director of operations at AET, said AET will conduct ergonomic training to provide an optimum workplace for all employees and technical training on automated systems for production workers over the next 12 months.
AP Alternatives received a $210,000 grant to train 20 new and 15 current employees to modify products, purchased from Alex Products, used to assemble and install solar mounting systems. Both AP Alternatives and Alex Products are owned and operated by the David Von Deylen family.
Argo-Hytus is the recipient of a $100,200 grant to train two new and 17 current employees in the design and production of customized manifolds, valve assemblies and power packs for filtration and hydraulic tank solutions for the wind energy market.
Marathon Special Products received a $250,600 grant for training 120 current employees for the design and production of electrical devices. The company is developing solar power integration components, wind power connections and wind circuit protection devices.
POET Biorefining is the recipient of a $43,371 grant to train 43 current employees at its ethanol production facility, which consumes 22 million bushels of locally grown corn to produce 68 million gallons of ethanol annually. POET is working on training programs with Terra Community College in Fremont.
TecnoSunSolar received a grant for $49,400 to train one current employee and 12 new employees in the production of its patented dual axis tracking systems for solar installations. The tracking systems are designed to follow the movement of the sun and increase solar panel output by 20 to 40 percent.
Greg Knudson, CEO of TecnoSunSolar USA, said Owens will develop four training courses for its employees to be conducted in the next 12 months.
Pro-Pak Industries received a $156,000 grant for training three new and 23 current employees on the design, manufacturing and assembly of packaging for First Solar and Willard & Kelsey, two of the largest manufacturers of solar panels in Northwest Ohio. Pro-Pak is working with AET to provide packaging for shipment of its solar racks.
Owens is already collaborating with First Solar Inc. and the Willard & Kelsey Solar Group, both of Perrysburg, and The Dow Chemical Company branch in Findlay on worker training from recent Energizing Careers Program grants totaling more than $1.8 million.
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Last week, VMWorld 2009 Expo took center stage in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. With 3+ days of VMWare sessions and exhibits, there was a lot of buzz about VMWare, but also about Cloud Computing in general. GoGrid was an exhibitor at the show, in the Innovators Pavilion, and we found that many of the attendees were looking not solely at VMWare but at other Cloud Computing vendors as well (like GoGrid).
Several of our executives spent time at the show, not only staffing our booth, but also attending sessions as well as talking to vendors and other companies on the expo floor.
During and after the show, I interviewed three GoGrid executives to get their impression of what they saw and heard, as well as their thoughts on what the announcements meant to them and to GoGrid. I interviewed:
- John Keagy – CEO & Co-Founder of GoGrid
- Mario Olivarez – VP of Products at GoGrid
- Paul Lappas – VP of Engineering at GoGrid
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Chattanooga Head Coach Shulman
Thoughts on the game
"Saturday was so emotional, fun and we were hyped up. I had a bad feeling about tonight. We came out dead, but then they were dead, too. Everyone was but the fans. The whole halftime talk was about how you're going to have nights like this, but you have to find a way. Great teams, and even good teams, find a way to win when you don't have your a game. Find a way. It doesn't matter. We played great on Saturday and took a loss. We don't play as good tonight and get a win. We just beat a very good basketball team and had to do it in a very unique way. Most teams that go 1-14 from the three-point line lose, but we didn't. We found a way and we gutted it out."
On how the Mocs won the game
"We gutted it out and we defended like crazy. After the first five minutes, counting overtime, in theory we held them to 42 points for a game. You hold a team to 42 points in theory, that's a win. We did make an adjustment with our press. We took it from three-fourths of the court to half court and I think that helped."
Thoughts on Lance Stokes
"Lance is a good player. Remember, Lance was a really good player before he broke his foot. He's athletic, and playing against zones is probably not something that comforts him. I thought he did a great job of putting the ball on the floor to make some plays for us, and defensively as well."
Thoughts on Ronrico White and Gee McGhee making clutch free throws
"Rico made huge ones. Listen, Gee McGee was in tears the other night after the Charleston game. To step up in that situation and make two big free throws is called maturity. I'm proud of him and our team.
On Drazen Zlovaric performing at a high level
"Well I thought he played great the other night. He didn't play great tonight. Credit Samford with their defense by changing defensively on us and playing zone the whole time. That makes it more difficult. He found a way to score and did a great job on the offensive boards."
Lance Stokes, sophomore, forward
Thoughts on offensive aggressiveness
"Coach really wanted me to get aggressive. I feel like the past couple of games like I've just been floating around out there. So tonight, I just had the mind set of being aggressive, getting to the basket and try to make plays for others. So that's where it came from tonight."
Thoughts on using the baseline
"That's really where I feel like I'm strong and slash, and getting to the basket. That comes from Rico and Gee. They're making plays up top and Z catching it, and I just kind of find an open area. So they really make it easy for me to get on the baseline, sneak in, and get an easy bucket."
Thoughts on tonight's win
"It was definitely a huge momentum turner for us. We didn't win on Saturday, but I know it was a great game, and we played really well. So I think getting this win and grinding this one out was really huge for us to catch momentum going into these next few games."
Thoughts on getting back into a groove after the injury
"It was definitely tough working back, but that's no excuse. I've been playing forever, and I should be able to come back fairly quickly. This was definitely a big game to get some confidence for myself, and definitely for everyone to get confidence as we move forward."
Thoughts on dunks
"I was thinking 'please go in'. If it could just find a way to drop in because we really needed two points. The second one I was kind of thinking flush it a little more, and try to make sure it was more definite. I was just trying to get two points."
Thoughts on current exhaustion level
"The guys are pretty tired. It's been a long season, and it comes with the length of the season. But Coach Shulman does a really good job getting guys subs, and does a nice job with the rotation. The guys are tired, but this is the money time. We have to suck it up and gut it out. That was a gut-it-out win, and we have to gut it out for the rest of the season. We can't use being tired as an excuse because everybody has played. Samford had the same schedule that we just had. We can't use that as excuse for us being tired."
Thoughts on Samford's defense
"I think they were running a 3-2 zone. So the baseline was kind of open, and then Z catching in the middle. It was tough to figure out for a while, but we got it under control and took care of it."
Drazen Zlovaric, senior, forward
Thoughts on early foul trouble
"It was frustrating. I feel like every time I foul somebody, it's kind of an in between type of foul. It's not like a hard foul like it's supposed to be. Then I get a little bit frustrated and start talking Serbian."
Thoughts on mentality in the second-half and overtime
"I feel like we had two great games against Citadel and Charleston. We played extremely hard and unfortunately fell short against Charleston, which I thought we played great. Coming in the first half against Samford, you can say we were a little bit fatigued and our legs weren't there. That's not an excuse. We came back to the locker room and asked ourselves 'did we play harder than Samford?', and we didn't in the first half. We had to come out in the second half and play harder than them. I feel like it was an ugly game, but it's a win."
Thoughts on approach the past four games
"A lot of people have asked me that, but honestly I've got nothing to lose. That's the type of attitude that I have in practice, in games and all the time. I feel like I put way too much pressure on myself senior year. After my junior year, how it ended, I just wanted to do it all. I didn't want to go home. I stayed and worked out. I did all the right things, but there were zero results. There was a battle in my head. I didn't want to mess up. I want to do everything perfect. When you play that way, it's hard to produce and do what you're supposed to do. There were 11 games left, and I just had a little talk with myself. I just said I've got nothing to lose my senior year, and for me to help the team, I just got to let it go and play like I've played."


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At a spring-break themed South Walton town hall meeting Tuesday night, it was evident that local officials and residents have had enough.
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Concerns about parking, litter and loud music were brought up at the meeting attended by dozens of residents, but all complaints brought the conversation back to booze.
"Do away with beer on the beach and that solves a lot of problems," said Commissioner Cindy Meadows.
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Instead Meadows and Commissioner Sara Comander are hoping to let spring breakers know that 2013 will be different via social media.
"If we get the word out on Twitter and Facebook that Walton County isn't 'cool,' they will tell their friends 'We can't get snockered, don't go there,' " Comander said.
Jay Nettles, general manager of Seascape Resort, said he and his staff are 100 percent on-board to encourage college students to go somewhere else.
"We thought about checking IDs, but almost all of these kids have fake IDs," he said. "We certainly want to discourage behavior of the past. It's a possibility that we may restrict restroom access — which will create another set of problems."
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"During spring break, there were three cars in the neighborhood firebombed," she said. "Gangs of young people trashed 30A. There was a lot of property damage and it was expensive to repair."
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"I once walked out to my driveway to find women relieving themselves," Lade said. "I had a lot of fun when I was a kid, but we would go out in the woods and have a bonfire. We didn't bother anybody."
Lade's neighbor, Stephen Hodges spoke up saying the commissioners need to approve tougher regulations.
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