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The sheer number of ways to lose can be overwhelming for new gamers. From losing your synchronicity in "Assassin's Creed" to failing to have an extra ration in "Metal Gear Solid," from running out of nanotech in "Ratchet and Clank" to misplacing your last head in "Puppeteer," gaming always has a way to keep players on their toes and enforcing a consequence for failure. But as in real life, the only way you've truly failed is if you decide not to try again. So buck up and hit continue, new meat. There's a world to save.
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Home > Bangalore Fast Food Shops > Sajjan Rao Circle Fast Food Shops > Food Street
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February 26,2013
Burrrpppp here for sure!
If you are around this area, don't forget to visit to pamper your taste buds with variety of food which are available in this street. Always crowded place, but you have lot of options and foods to try even though some shops are full. Awesome dosas, idly, akki roti, ragi rotti, chats etc., are available on this street. Don't forget to try the hot badam milk in a sweet shop out there. Also, juices too. A caution: Try to carry water bottles if you are afraid to drink water outside as the water which they serve are not quality ones. Or better buy bottled water.
March 25,2012
February 08,2012
Great original mysore food!!!!!
Avarebele Dosa(Hyacinth Beans), Onion Dosa and Mysore Masala Dosa are must try at OM SAI RAM restaurant just at the beginning of the street. Each one of them is baked to perfection with right spice mixture and chutney. A shop just opposite to it serves capsicum bajji, balekai(Raw banana) bajji and curd bajji which is really great. I dont know the exact name but there's a cart that serves sweet corn masala along with raw mango and pineapple....people who have a liking for sour food should not miss his cuisine. People with sweet tooth must not miss obbattu(made of both dal and coconut) available at Om Sai as well as many other shops.......
Bangloreans must go here to try the original recipes of idli, dosa, bajji, etc giving a break to cheap knock offs served at various darshinis.
Bengaluru's techies must visit this place atleast once..... u will come to know that bengaluru is much more than IT capital, Pub City and the shiny buildings that line the streets!!!!
Thindi Beedi (Kannada for Snack Food Street)
Been there recently
1) VB Bakery - the best honey cake and biscuits
2) The Bhaji and Vada stall right at the end of the street is amazing
3) Dosa and Idli is tasty
Good points
Vendors are clean and serve hygienic food
Low cost good food
Drawbacks - the street is unclean and stinks while walking or standing and eating on the street. Lot of cats walk by you while you eat
Overall good food but a very dirty street and not maintained
July 13,2011
i luv dis place
this place has hell lot of options for foodies like me... u ve dosa,idly,chats,sweets,chinese,pav bhaji phew..!!! many to pen.. and the rates are affordable... i fact ... enjoy food in a very less price comparitive to malls n other places... a must go... i very often visit this place... dont miss it..
April 12,2011
Not to miss
Why did i miss this place for a so long time??? This place has all Indian fast food items whether its North/South Indian .Starting from Pav Bhaji,Dhabeli,.Wada Pav, Bhel puri,Chaat , Panipuri, Butter Dosa,Open Dosa and so on ... . I wanted to taste all items but i convinced myslelf to cming back again . Prices are cheap and most of the food items are prepared at that time . i will recommend to go for Corn Counter,it was prepared in a new style and was great ... You will see that everyone in that place is going for 1 or another food item and that itself speaks all..
Traffic is the only prob in that street as vehicles are allowed to pass...go enjoy your evening and have a wonderful experience if you had missed all these things in bangalore
January 23,2011
January 22,2011
VVS Puram
Everyone knows what VVS Laxman does for the team, when we need a savior. VV Puram is probably the heartbeat of Bangalore which virtually has everything possible a chat freak wants, wide variety, South Indian cuisine, ice creams, excellent Paan's, a sweet shop at the end of the lane to fill it all up. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
December 15,2010
Wonderful Fare and Cheap!!!
Fantastic street for all foodies. You have so much of choice that it gets confusing. I love this place and so does my family.
Must visit for every Bangalorean who loves food.
People from other places of India may not like this place because this is more of South Indian fare with a few chats thrown in.
December 01,2010
good enough
The thing about food street is that there is a lot of stalls and you get lots of varities of food. The food you get here is not excellent but certainly good enough and cheap. My recommendation is the bhajji shop near the far side of the street where you get varities of bhajjis and bondas. My personal favorite is the capsicum bhajji.
October 30,2010
Went there with great expectations after reading the reviews here. Must say it was a great letdown. There is a fair bit of variety on offer, but the taste is all extremely passable. Dont know if it was better in the past, but I think this place is way past its prime. Pretty much stopped at all the stalls from the VB Bakery end till the other end. cant really say there was anything outstanding or worth revisiting. The congress bun at VB was ok, the honey cake there was good. The akki roti at one of the stalls sucked big time. The pav bhaji and dabeli at one of the chat joints was very ordinary. The holige at another place was piping hot, but again tasted ordinary. The gulkand with ice cream at shivannas was the finale and am afraid, sucked big time. I have definitely eaten at much better places for all of these items in bangalore. And as far as food streets go, again it is an apology of a place, a small stretch, with plates littering the road all over because not all the vendors have provisioned dust bins, and then occassionally cars zipping through the narrow and already crowded street....sorry this is no food street. If you have eaten at any of the food hubs in other cities like bombay, delhi etc, you can happily give this a pass and save yourself disappointment.
Rohit A, damn software engg :(
September 02,2010
Visit this street before you DIE!!!
Well... the first time i entered this street was like 10 years ago and its the same... You have 50 Rs in your Pocket you can have a meal of your life.. From Corn to Dosas to Curd Kodibeles, Gulab Jamoons, Obbatu, Bangalore Noodles and Gobi, Idlys and to top it.. Congress Bun of VB Bakery... and you will still have 1 Rs lfet for a super mint.. its an amazing place to be and the air there is just food.
January 28,2010
The most important place to visit
I am a proud Bangalorean. There are a lot of things that make a proud Bangalorean and one of them is Food Street in VV Puram. It is Legendary and yet known to only few. To know South Indian Street food is to experience food street for yourself. It is crowded and filled with the beautiful sights of Dosas, colorful chutneys and smell of poddu and sounds of people ordering more. Yes this is a street to heaven and it is one of the very few places of Bangalore culture left unchanged.
To start of you have to go to VB Bakery. Here you have to have only 2 things- Honey cake and Congress Bun. Reason- These are things you will never get anywhere in the world except bangalore. Then you get out and walk up the street until you reach a shop on your left that makes paddu (fried idlys is the best way to describe it.)Have that along with akki roti, ragi roti, jola roti. This place is clean i promise you cause I have eaten there many times. Then next to him is a small chat shop and you should have congress masala and nipat masala. Again only in Bangalore will you get this. Then cross the street and have cold badam milk so sink it in. You can have the dosas and idlys but you should have the bhajjis or the left side. Once you are full, go to the last shop on the top left side. Have gulkan ice cream and finish your meal. Price less than a 100 rs. Value a million.
This is how you experience food street. For first timers and seasoned alike. If you are a true Bangalorean you would have eaten here once in your life. If not well you are just another nobody who lives in Bangalore.
About hygene well I have travelled all over the world and trust me its cleaner than the fallafel or hot dog stands of new york and definitely cleaner than the vada pav places of mumbai or the shops of chandni chowk new delhi or the street food of kolkata cause all the places are shops and not on the street and everything here is cooked or streamed in front of you and not raw so therefore more safe so dont say it is bad cause for street food it is way too clean. And no this place does not stink at all.
And yes it is a sin to go there alone not because it is not safe but because you have a group to split all the food and you can sample more things. This is probably the proudest review I will ever write simply because I love this street too much. Every visitor of mine is taken here to see what Bangalore is about. A must visit.
December 17,2009
You shouldn't miss this!!
If you are a foodie and enjoy street food, this is the place to be. This place serves only vegetarian street food, although I am a non-vegetarian, I would strongly recommend this place to everyone.
As the name suggests, this place is filled with mobile shops and small enclosures serving the tastiest street food. The must try list goes...
1. Obattu - The hot ones are to die for and what better way than to start on a sweet note.
2. Pakodas and Bhajjis - The stall next to the obattu place serves this and he adds his own masala to spice things up.
3. Dosa - Dont look at the amount of oil being used as this would give anyone a heart attack on the plate. But then again, you dont eat this everyday (I presume)!
4. Cold badam milk and/or basundi
5. Kara bun butter congress at V B Bakery
6. Gulkand with banana, butter and butter scotch ice-cream
7. Masala pepsi (at the gulkand stall) to clear your stomach!!
Trying everything in a single visit is impossible and after many visits I am yet to complete the circuit.
Once you have tried all these, you can venture into the parallel lane where there is a small stall serving some very interesting chaat. The one to try there is the nipput burger and the floating pani puri!!!
Now that your mouth is watering, shut down your computer and head to VV Puram!
August 28,2009
May 07,2009
Delight for street food lovers!
A walk down the Khao Galli or the Food Street is a fun experience. Go to this place on an evening with a bunch of good friends and an empty stomach.
We went there on 1 May. The Bakery was shut so we started out with this snacks shop which served different kinds of savouries. We were taken aback when we were told that the mixtures were priced at Rs 20 per kg. The gullible and greedy lot that we are, we ended up buying 1/2kg of various mixtures. Imagine our shock at the cash counter when we realised that the price is Rs 120 per kg!! :)
After this minor mishap, we began our gastronomic journey with a masala papad priced at Rs 8. The papad was huge and 5 of us shared two.
We then headed straight for the Bombay street food corner. We had vada pav, dabeli and pav bhaji. All of them were excellent and came quite close in taste to what one gets on the streets of Bombay.
After having our fill, we decided to appease our sweet cravings. This was a first for me - gulkhand with butter-scotch icecream and fresh fruits. It was super yum!
Having heard a lot about the raw banana bhajjis and capsicum bhajjis, we packed some for later.
I was told that there is usually a sweet corn seller who offers 150 flavours of corn. He had, however, packed by the time we reached the end of the street and we decided that we'd have to return to sample this another day.
All in all, we had a wonderful evening with our tummys full and hearts overjoyed with the discovery of this little street that offers so many delectable delights.
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Novice Member
Joined: 7/13/12
i feel the writer above who talked of managing real time to play games causing problems with grouping has the right idea about the causing of solo content in newer games,
i also feel that the role play aspect of games now has diminished, due to design restraints/game content.
i started out with Ultima Online way back when... there you had personal housing/ crafting pus a huge world where you could play not just the story line but your own stories ( anyone remember company of Yew??) doing UO solo was a very frustrating experience as you found you got to a certain point then didnt progress.
modern MMO's alow for people who cant spend alot of time with friends/social groups to still play the game towards the story driven end game. It is still a better experience to bet part of a guild or whatever , but even the biggest of them still dont have that feel that certain old games had.
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Joined: 9/08/11
I think this trend goes hand in hand with age of gamers. Many gamers that started with MMOs some years ago grew up from students with lots of time and little money to grown ups with little time and (arguably) lots of money. This means industry shifts more towards casuality and solo play - you can jump in at any time and play as much as you like. I also think later trends of games going F2P is sign of this. Normal F2P games give you possibility of transfering money into "game time" giving you boost so that your time in game is more efficient.
To put it simple, many gamers these days want social gaming experience, but don't have enough time to dedicate to it fully.
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Joined: 11/19/09
As I see it, it's a situation that will never please everyone.
I'll give you a few examples of my mmo experience.
I came to DAOC very late, I had good fun for the first few weeks but then I found a problem. It ended up being less and less fun and more me getting told "go there", "do this" etc with little explanation on why (I wasn't learning). Being fairly new to a game and waiting 50 mins on a hillside before a battle starts is not much fun, getting shouted at for wanting to walk about a bit as I'm bored after 50 mins of doing nothing again doesn't make for fun, especially when comments are being made along the lines of "if he wants to be a idiot......"
Roll on a few years and I started lotro about a year after it was released. I wanted to do the book quests but many you needed to group up for. Great, no problems with that. It wasn't hard to find a group, but I never got a chance to learn how to play my class within a group, there was always too many people who would rush in, kill everything without a word being said.
Sometimes I could only be on for a couple of hours and it would take 45 mins to finally get a pug group together, then 5 mins after we finally got started someone would say " sorry, got to go now"
I joined a great kin. They were more than willing to help me with anything I needed help for but having one or two max level players blasting everything in sight, took away the fun and any challenge of me trying to do it.
If I did join a pug group for the book instances, they would fly through it at 100mph not giving me a second to view the areas the debs had put a lot of time into designing etc.
When Lotro made the first book soloable, it was really nice being able to take in the sights of the instances, having the time to actually read the text and get involved in the story.
Before it was soloable, I had a choice, get my kin to blast through for me, spend a whole evening trying to find people my level to do it with (and often people had no interest as they've done the book on their main) , and more often than not, I didn't find people hence had no choice but skip the book until a later date.
As pug groups tended to fly through anything without giving those wanting to learn the time of day, I found myself at end level without having the knowledge of how to play my class and it was grouping up with my kin doing end level instances where I finally got to learn my class properly.
Due to those experiences I do prefer to mainly solo to end level, then have great fun raiding with my kin.
But, I do feel its gone too much in that direction. I like a challenge and its one thing allowing things to be soloable for those that want them, but its another thing altogether making them so easy, it hardly matters what skill I use (then again some will complain its still too hard) .
Now that books are soloable, getting a group your level to attempt it has become virtually impossible. People who would have taken time out of their own playing to help another player will now tell them that its easily soloable, hence grouping ends up harder.
I do feel that in general mmos have been dumbed down too much over recent years.
I don't agree with those players who say they've paid the same as me so just because I can devote hours to my gaming and they can't , they should be able to enjoy everything I enjoy. It doesn't work like that I real life and it doesn't work like that in a solo offline game. If someone plays something like FF7, unless they put in the hours they will never get to the conclusion. If two people take piano lessons, pay the same but one puts in 100hrs practice a week and the other 1 hr, the one that puts in 1 hr might only have that one hour spare a week, but it would be unreasonable for them to presume they are entitled to play pieces as complicated as the person that puts in 100hrs a week can just because they both pay the same amount for their lessons.
And of course now we have mmos coming out almost every week, the markets flooded, a company needs to get their investment back and hardcore mmos players that would have been spread over two or three games are now spread over loads. The companies are only interested in profit etc hence will pander to whatever gives them the most money and sadly that will not likely be what the hardcore mmo player wants.
All that said, I try other mmos but keep returning back to Lotro and a huge part of the reason is the friends and kin members I've got to meet over the years. I may solo my alts etc, but I still craft for others, they craft for me, it still feels to me like I'm in a huge game with other real life players.
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Joined: 10/18/04
For me, the only reason to play an online RPG rather than one of the outstanding single-player RPGs there are out there, is to meet other poeple. I may be in the minority, but when i play an online game, I'm looking to make new friends. Its really the only thing that sets these types of games apart from all the others, in my opinion. When the internet was new and the first few 3D online RPGs came out, it was so cool and innovative to be able to meet and talk to people who I otherwise would have never had the chance. I think most players take that for granted these days.
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Joined: 4/19/08
Originally posted by gravesworn
Thing are very simple. Quality. Never ever seen any regular rpg game being at par with wow, swtor, rift, ... Not even remotely. Skyrim is pure joke compared to best mmo's.
Also there is constant tweaking, upgrading, ... that do not occur with normal games.
I would never play game that i can not solo to max level. Simple as that. Another discussion is then endgame. There for sure you need socializing.
But i do not see problem. There are so many instances that gives xp since much below max level that every1 can play and socialize.
And why I also love to solo questing ... simply. I have JOB. And many other things to do in life (said this i really play to much, but had also few sport injuries and old injuries waking up as years go up :-)). And have many times unpredictable time schedule. So no, trying for 2 weeks to get 5 people to get my warlock mount at the bottom of instance because at time i can play nobody is wake up or everybody is raiding is not fun at all.
Never understood why some gamers are so bothered with us that want to level solo. You have your group play if you want it, we have our solo play.
Besides as I have repeated many times ... if one want to socialize and make friends, leave keyboard and do this far from electornic gadgets. THAT is socializing. Chatting with completely unknown people, making "friends", ... can be added value, but that is all. I myself had many times a lot of fun just chatting, helping others with advices or helping with quests ... but this can not be main purpose. Imo of course.
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Joined: 8/27/04
Perhaps tomorrow will be better.
There really is a simple asnwer.....
If the game is being labelled and sold as a MMORPG ,it should perform like one.So many are giving arguments based on THEM,well a game is not about the individual unless it is a sinmgle player game,it is about the entire server.
A MMO should not disguise itself as a MMO to attract people looking to play a MMO,then all of a sudden cater to those who want or should be playing something other than a MMO.
We see a common excuse like "I have no time for grouping".That is fine,MOST understand that,fact is a MMO is still a MMO,it shouldn't be catering to you a player who should not be in a MMO because you haven't the time to play one.
I used some analogies before and i will again.Sometimes people need to see the extreme to understand the logic.
Imagine there is a local kids baseball league.Now we all know what baseball is right?It is a TEAm sport,not a solo sport like Tennis or Badminton.Ok lets use that same analogy,i am very busy with life,i have no time,should Baseball change it's whole design to cater to me or others with no time?instead of 9 players aside we will change it to one player each team.Then just like games we also need to change the mechanics to meet the new standard for baseball.
Baseball is Baseball,youi can NEVER use any argument to have it cater to YOU,if yo uwant to play a TEAM sport or a grouping game, but can't ,then you don't play Baseball ,is is as simple as that.Once you begin to make changes to BAseball to allow one player to form the whole team,it is no longer Baseball anymore.
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Joined: 3/24/11
Everyones a mmo vet these days :P
They NEVER had a appear offline I. Everquest , never. I miss the grouping aspects of mmorpgs, I am in my thirties with all the responsibilities of any other 30 plus person here and I would give anything to have a fresh new take on Everquest back from 1999 , because that was when a true mmorpg was born, today we have way to many rip offs. Want solo play? There's alot of single player RPGs because solo and mmorpgs should not go together.
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Joined: 1/31/12
The main reason why solo? is you get more rewarded, loot, exp, etc. etc. etc. switch those arount and you get more people to group together.
Take Tera for example.
You get penalized for joining a group of people, everything is split, not even that, you also get to QQ about gear being dice rolled, and many times you get less loot for the time spend by grouping for DG or world bosses as if you would get if you would solo.
GW2 is actualy on the way to more group and solo friendly, you can jump in an event any time you'd like and play solo if you'd like, you don't get penalized for grouping or solo.
Only GW2 have two choices, solo or group and you don't get penalized either way.
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Joined: 4/18/06
Originally posted by Aerowyn
I think this sums it up for quite a few gamers, and unfortunately I haven't found a title that really caters to us. I came into MMOs years ago single and without kids, working part time. I had tons of time to play mmos/raid/socialize etc. Now I work 40+ hours, married, have young kids that need my attention more than a game. I still want to play, and I still like playing with friends I have made along the way, but I don't have the time to commit for lengthy group events. I was a tank forever, and I hated 15 minutes into a group dungeon/raid having to bail saying "Sorry, kids are hungry" etc. Real life comes first, but I still like to game. If I could find a game that's an MMO so I can still sociaize, but has MEANINGFUL progression at endgame for solo players I would be in heaven. I say meaningful because too many games are like "You can go exploring and earn a title! Hooray you!" You hit a brick wall in most games if you are a solo player in end game.
"In other words, why does the expanded playerbase of gamers want options that allow them to not interact with others in games that were originally designed with teamwork and socialization in mind?"
That one's very simple, sometimes you just don't want to deal with other people and do your own thing.
Or you want play briefy before heading out and can't commit to doing something in group ,usually activities that take time, and if you're unlucky finding a group can take longer than the time you have to play =P
Adding solo content also isn't that new, AFAIK Anarchy Online and City of Heroes pretty much pioneered "instancing", where all your missions were easily soloable. While still having other group content.
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Dais, some games actually added soloable endgame stuff, City of Heroes recently did this for their "Incarnate" stuff.
To get the abilities you can either join "Trials", which take a lot of players or you can run the soloable Incarnate story arcs and repeatable missions, which give you the same stuff as the Trials, just in much smaller amounts because the Devs still wanted to give players an incentive to group.
Sadly the game's now being killed off by NCsoft, even though it was still profitable it didn't fit into the company's future "vision"
Leading to their instant firing of Paragon Studios' 80 Developers/employees
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What if WoW had servers like there is PvP ,RP etc but also Solo and MMO versions.
Solo players in one server,why not? there they can play with same minded folks,or do they ,or what they want ?
Edit:What a super hit it could be,someone writing on trade channel "LFG dungeon of DOOM "
Anonymous666 - €$#& nooob this is solo server,you broke my immersion,reported.
OoUnnamedoO - Deal with it! someone duel him and give him a lesson! and then ignore him like we have ignored eveybody on this server,well nobody hears this but anyways!
XxSomebodyxX - IMO he is MMO &%@! scum spy!
NotYourMom - ROLFMAO TSUNG! wrong server %@!% go search your team somewhere else and get a %$"! Dirge life.
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Joined: 1/31/12
Originally posted by Azaron_Nightblade
NCsoft didn't killed anything, they just implemented event system, scale system and individual reward system, and it is a blast.
This is the future of the gaming industry.
Mob spawn based on how many players are participating, you get scaled down to around npcs level and you get rewarded individualy, that is what did the trick.
If Tera had this system? they wouldn't had to merge it's servers, I love Teras combat system.
Originally posted by znaiika
All features inspired and further polished up from their original City of Heroes. Which I also love in GW2.
I haven't tried TERA yet, but I plan to this weekend (picked it up on Amazon during the promotion, so I can try it just so I can experience the combat system).
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Joined: 10/04/07
There is a market for solo play.
The development costs are a lot lower if developers can use graphics, landscapes and dungeons from a group or raid based game. They just need to scale it for solo play and tweak the quest and gameplay for solo play.
The game company may also be able to reduce lost income due to piracy if the solo game requires some sort of server registration or server content.
Whether or not the developers can provide an enjoyable experience for both group and solo play on the same server is something the developers would need to work through.
In most games, solo players are playing cripple-ware as there is no solo content to make their character as strong as a group dungeon runner. The solo player is denied access to dungeons or the opportunity to explore the dungeons. This makes the end game boring and repetive for solo play.
Group dungeon runners and raiders may be disenfranchised if solo players won similar rewards . It would erode their feeling of being elite. A separate server for solo play may be one option for implementing the game without disenfranchising either group players or solo players.
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Joined: 7/11/11
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Originally posted by Suzie_Ford
There is a subtle but distinct trend in the MMO industry towards the "solofication" or "single-playerization" of the MMORPG.
Not subtle. That kind of $$$ is not in the least bit subtle.
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Joined: 7/11/04
Alot of these posts are really insightful. I mean... in a crowded marketplace... you create a group centric game. The people who play that game are going to be more socially oriented and coorperative because they want to work with other people. +++ for that.
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Joined: 8/21/09
Originally posted by Sovrath
My thoughts exactly. I enjoyed this article immensely. What a refreshing change to have a writer who takes note of the fact that games don't exist in a vacuum (something I've said so many times on this forum). Extremely well written, thoughtful and thought-provoking. I'm not one for hyperbole, but I've reading enjoyed this more than just about anything else I can remember on mmorpg.com.
Regarding the topic, I agree that I would like to see options for both solo play and group play. The same person might want different things at different times (I know I do), and different people want different things from their gameplay. Some want to socialise and connect with other players, enjoying the satisfaction of excellent teamwork and the feeling of forging new friendships. Others, perhaps because they get enough socialising through work and other leisure activities, or perhaps because they are more of a loner-type personality, would rather play through the game mostly or solely solo. And, as I said, some of us want different things at different times.
More from Victor, please.
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Joined: 5/20/10
I solo plenty in GW2, but I never avoid a chance to assist or follow a fellow traveller when we're going the same way -- which is still grouping, but it's organic, not forced. No stupid invites or feeling trapped with a bunch of yahoos. This is the way it should be.
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Joined: 4/17/12
"As someone who came into MMORPGs during the infancy of World of Warcraft"
Well, there's your problem.
As others have stated, older MMO's catered to both styles pretty well.
I'm an Asheron's Call veteran, playing from 1999 to 2004. The majority of my time was spent either going it alone, or working with one or two close friends. Large groups were for party-based level grinding or big quest dungeons (many of which could also be done solo if you were high enough level).
The thing is, if I'm forced to group with others to progress, then my enjoyment of the game comes at the whim of others. I have to find people who want to do the same content I'm doing, and that isn't always as easy as it seems.


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Culver TRU had Mission Series and Saga Legends, and had TFP Voyager Skyquake, whom I stashed, PM for details but really, $30 for a Voyager?
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"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
That reminds me - if anyone runs across a TFP Dreadwing, let me know. I'd like to replace my gimp.
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
Apparently Los Feliz TRU got in 40 MP Soundwaves but marked up to $131.99.
Whoa, that's quite a markup!
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
"In Brooklyn, a castle, is where dwell I"
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Well, I may not be getting him if that's standard. Jeez!
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The Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition (MFFC) draws on the wonderful ethnic and cultural diversity of the Mattapan community to promote a healthy living environment, with a focus on access to healthy foods and the promotion of physical fitness for all ages. The MFFC sponsors a weekly farmers market July through October; promotes utilization of community resources for physical fitness through the annual Mattapan Moving for Life fitness event; and helps coordinate Healthy on the Block, an initiative to increase community access to healthy affordable food through community corner stores.
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH)
NOAH is a multi-service non-profit community development corporation in East Boston that works on creating and preserving affordable housing opportunities and building safe and healthy neighborhoods for those most in need and others challenged by today's housing market. NOAH's Community Building and Environment Department (CBE) works with community members to improve the environment, enhance the quality of life, and develop the leadership skills of residents in East Boston and beyond NOAH's Environmental Chelsea Creek Crew (E3C) employs East Boston teens to learn how to be local leaders as they participate in the clean up and redevelopment of polluted sites and the development of programs related to ecological, environmental, recreational, and health issues associated with the Chelsea Creek.
Smart from the Start
Smart from the Start (S2) is a family support and community engagement initiative that will promote low-income children entering school with the cognitive, language, physical, and social/emotional assets that facilitate school and life success. S2 expands and strengthens early learning opportunities, promotes parents' role as their children's first teacher and builds neighborhood will, understanding and capacity to support school readiness.
Sociedad Latina
Since 1968, Sociedad Latina has worked in partnership with Latino youth and families to end destructive cycles of poverty, health inequities, and lack of opportunity in our community. Through our Pathways to Success model we pioneer new and innovative solutions to the most pressing issues facing Latino youth today, supporting positive youth development from 8-21, creating a community that supports young people, and training all youth to advocate for themselves and their communities. Each year, Sociedad Latina serves 3,000 youth and adults. Our comprehensive, intensive array of programming builds skills in four areas, identified by our constituents as those most in need of support: Education, Workforce Development, Civic Engagement, and Arts & Culture.
Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center
A non-profit tennis club located in the heart of Boston, offering comprehensive tennis, academic and social programs for children ages 4 and up, and instructional, recreational and competitive tennis program for adults of all ages and skill levels. Their mission is to raise academically and physically healthy young adults, with a passion for learning and a commitment to excellence in all facets of life. Their vision is that tennis is a vehicle through which life lessons can be learned and character developed. In a multi-cultural setting, we teach the value of personal investment, achievement and teamwork.
The Food Project
Since 1991, The Food Project has built a national model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Each year, they works with over a hundred teens and thousands of volunteers to farm on 37 acres in eastern Massachusetts. Their hallmark is to focus on identifying and transforming a new generation of leaders by placing teens in unusually responsible roles, with deeply meaningful work. Food from their farms in distributed through their Community Supported Agriculture programs, Farmers' Markets, and to hunger relief organizations.
YMCA of Greater Boston
The YMCA of Greater Boston ranks as one of the large urban Ys in the nation, staying true to its roots as a values-driven, volunteer-led, human service organization strengthening children, families and communities. The Y's mission, driven by the values derived from a century and a half of service, is to improve body, mind, and spirit health for all. The Y is the largest provider of after school programs and child care in Massachusetts, offers the state's largest summer youth employment program, involves more than 10,000 children in summer camps, and leverages resources to provide over $10.3 million in critical services at no cost to low income participants.


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The images take your breath away—birds frozen in flight or with feathers fanned for a graceful mating dance. The images are captured by photographers from all corners of the world. You may never make it to Zanzibar on a shoot for National Geographic, but even in your own backyard, you can up the "wow" factor in your bird photography.
This is not an exhaustive discussion of bird photography, or a debate on the merits of digital vs. film or specific brands of equipment. But we do hope this overview gives beginning photographers something to think about and a few techniques to try.
Beyond the mechanical aspects of picture-taking, which nearly anyone can learn, there is an indefinable "something" that transforms an image into a work of art. People with this ability have an "eye" for composition, color, and shape. What they come by naturally, the rest of us can learn with practice, book-learning, and by studying the work of photographers we admire. With that in mind, consider the following crucial elements in any outstanding image:
"The angle, intensity, and hue of your light source can make or break a picture," says photographer Tim Gallagher. He feels the best times to shoot are morning and late afternoon when the light is angled, warmer, and more subdued. "It brings out all the color and texture of your subject's plumage," Tim says.
It's harder to take a good picture in the middle of a bright, clear day because images end up with too much contrast, washed-out light-colored areas, and inky black shadows. Having the source of light behind and slightly to one side of you creates a more three-dimensional subject. Having your subject backlit rarely works well unless you're deliberately going after a silhouette.
Professionals usually avoid placing any subject in the exact center of a photograph. It is much more visually stimulating to see the bird off to one side, facing inward. Our own eyes naturally follow the same trajectory. Likewise, avoid placing the horizon line in the middle of a picture which cuts it in half and usually looks bad. It's better to frame the horizon in the top or bottom third of your photograph.
In the case of a flying bird, leave space in front of it, so it appears that the bird has somewhere to go. "It's not necessary to have an expensive camera and lens to get quality bird-in-flight photos," says professional photographer Steve Wolfe. "All you need is a decent camera with auto-focusing capabilities, a red-dot sight to track the bird's flight—plus patience, perseverance, and practice!"
Non-bird elements in your picture can add or detract from a pleasing composition. Branches, shrubbery, rocks, and flowers can be a distraction—or they can be used artfully to frame the bird within the picture.
Wildlife photographer Marie Read points out, "Birds don't live in a vacuum. Showing the bird-habitat relationship is a compelling way to help others understand and appreciate the fascinating complexity of the natural word—and to tell a story."
Although you want to avoid having a branch right behind the bird, looking like it's growing out of its head, incorporating some part of the bird's habitat into the shot usually makes it better. If the background is too busy, try opening the aperture more to blur the background and make your subject stand out.
You can shoot from a position that is higher than your subject, lower, at eye-level, or somewhere in-between. One position may be preferable over another depending on the terrain and what species of bird (or group of birds) you're trying to photograph. But it's important to consider this ahead of time.
"Shooting from bird's-eye level results in dramatic photos with an intimate feeling to them that you don't get when the bird is viewed from above," says Marie Read.
To get closer to wary birds, Marie suggests wearing muted clothing, hiding behind vegetation, and moving slowly in a zigzag pattern low to the ground. Bird blinds also work very well.
To be the best bird photographer you can be you really have to know birds. Then you know where you're likely to find them and what they might do next. For example, berry bushes attract Cedar Waxwings; herons haunt the edges of marshes and ponds; waterfowl often rest and preen in the same spot every day.
"You'll develop an almost intuitive sense of when a bird is going to fly," says wildlife photographer Bobby Harrison. "Before a bird takes flight, it often stands very alert, turning its head in all directions. It also turns into the wind."
All the professionals quoted in this overview agree that the key to improving your bird photography is to spend a lot of time in the field and don't be afraid to experiment!
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We borrow from the principles of journalism outlined below in our daily work. A side note on these principles: One of the greatest, most persistent misconceptions is the idea of "Objective Journalism". Journalists are people; people are not objective. They bring their own life experience, their own opinions, and their own bias to their jobs. But journalism is a profession, with professional standards, and one of these standards is the use of an objective process. This objective process is what we demand our reporters and editors to apply to their job on a daily basis. This process is meant to minimize the bias and inaccuracy introduced into reporting.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Where has the time gone?
Like a cheap pair of shorts, Christmas is creeping up on me. There are just two more pay days until Christmas.
They even gave us that hour back off Daylight Savings Time – for the record I refuse to say Daylight Saving Time — and here it is almost Dec. 1.
Christmas lights are up, Black Friday will be here and gone, and I won't even get any Thanksgiving leftovers.
All my favorite TV shows are about to go on Christmas hiatus, which means I'll have nothing to watch for the next six weeks except Charlie Brown reruns.
I say, "Bah Humbug!" to that.
This is going way too fast for me.
Pretty soon it'll start getting warm again and I can't have that.
Last summer about killed me. I can't do that kind of heat anymore. It's just now getting good and cold at nights. I've finally dried out from the summer heat. My sweat glands need a couple of months off.
Still, here comes Christmas.
Notice I haven't said the word "holiday," either – except for just now. I refuse to say, "The Holidays" just like I refuse to say the word "Saving" in Daylight Savings Time. I'm going to add the "S" every time.
This is Christmas, not "The Holidays." Someone tells me "Happy Holidays," I will do my level best not to have a happy holiday.
Now, tell me, "Merry Christmas," and I'll do my level best to not be unhappy, how's that?
The problem I have there is that I'm not an expressively happy person, especially at Christmas, and it has everything to do with Santa Claus.
Christmas morning has always brought disappointment.
When and where on my list did I say I wanted a plaid shirt, an argyle sweater vest and socks?
I asked for a GI Joe with lifelike hair. Plus a new baseball bat and baseball as my old ball got stuck in the gutter and got waterlogged. It was like throwing a shotput.
I didn't ask for clothes.
Getting clothes for Christmas is a waste of a good wrapping job. How can you expect a 9-year old to be excited when, after ripping open the big box with the red ribbon bow, he finds a plaid shirt, an argyle sweater vest and socks?
That's one present less to open and I got clothes?
What happened to the Rifleman authentic replica Winchester rifle? I asked for that, too.
Here's an experiment for you.
Imagine a plaid shirt, an argyle sweater vest, and socks.
Are you smiling?
Probably not.
I'm not.
But your folks want you to be excited about getting school clothes. Even back in 1967, you wore a plaid shirt and argyle sweater to third grade, you got beat up on the playground.
So I always tempered my happiness because I knew half the items mentioned on my Christmas list won't be under the tree.
So here comes Christmas.
Just two pay days left.
I'm going to be broke again.
I got two words for that and they're not Merry Christmas.
Or Happy Holidays.
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Northwestern has assembled the following tools to assist parents with their student's admissions process, college experience and financial aid.
Events for Families
Mark your calendars for some annual traditions for Northwestern parents and families.
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Stay in touch with your student by reading about the latest news and happenings around campus.
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Northwestern is committed to the well-being of students on campus. These are some of the offices and services in place to keep them healthy and safe.
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In John 7, Jesus tells his brothers that he is not going up to the festival. Then he goes up in secret. Is this a lie? How is this reconciled?
6 Therefore Jesus told them, "My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. 8 You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come." 9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
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A recent build of Chromium, the open source project behind Google Chrome, added support for user scripts. For now, the support is limited: Chromium reads the scripts from the hard-coded directory c:\scripts and it ignores the @include metadata which restricts scripts to one or more web addresses. To enable Greasemonkey support, you need to use the flag: --enable-greasemonkey, for example by appending it to the target of a shortcut.
I tested the Greasemonkey support with the old script Linkifier, which turns text URLs and email addresses into links.
The new feature has been contributed by Aaron Boodman, the creator of the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox, who happens to work at Google.
In September, Google's Sundar Pichai said that Chrome will have an API for extensions. "We don't have that in the beta today, but we definitely plan an extension API. It is one of the things we will get to next." It seems that Google Chrome will provide native support for Greasemonkey scripts before releasing the API.
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* the latest Chromium snapshots are available at the BuildBot site, but they don't support Google's auto-updater and they're less stable than the official releases. You only need to download the file chrome-win32.zip from the most recent folder.
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Before construction on Interstate 94 started in 1958, when North Dakotans wanted to travel east or west, they took Highway 10, then known as the Old Red Trail. The name Old Red Old Ten commemorates these names and now with the designation as a scenic byway, communities along the route have gathered together to promote the Trail and welcome visitors.The Trail is a 108-mile stretch of two-lane highway that begins in Mandan and continues through Dickinson, basically hugging Interstate 94, but rolling at 55 mph rather than the Interstate's 75 mph speed limit. Although it is mostly paved, there are some gravel sections on the road. Views along the Trail include rolling hills of prairie, farmsteads, cows grazing, and the occasional prairie church. Old Red Old Ten "Talking Trail" signage along the route indicates points of interest. Visitors dial a phone number on the sign and listen to a recording with more information about that location. Nearly all the small communities along the route have a caf, a bar, a church, and some quirky thing they call their own, such as New Salem's "World's Largest Holstein Cow" in top of the hill or the "haunted" church in Sims, north of Almont. Regardless of where you stop, the people of the communities are always happy to stop and chat with those select people that take the road less traveled and drive Old Red Old Ten.


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Buddhist meditation practices CD includes Jizo chanting as it is practiced at Great Vow Monastery where Buddhist teacher, Chozen Roshi lives and teaches. On this CD, Roshi teaches the history and qualities of Jizo, and discusses many practices connected to this great bodhisattva, including practicing with children. Chozen Roshi has been instrumental in bringing Jizo practice to American Buddhism. Jizo Bodhisattva is understood to be the special protector of those journeying through the physical and spiritual realms, especially children. She gives a detailed description of the mizuko, or waterbaby ceremony, which can be performed for all unborn babies. CD, 60 minutes.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Phyllis Sheffer knew hiking the Appalachian Trail would be difficult, but she didnt know how tough until now.
Sheffer and her hiking partner, Terry (Retread) Jackson, started their hike on the Appalachian Trail March 30. The weather was a misty rain and looked like it would clear up later in the day. Both Sheffer and Jackson were excited to start this long-awaited journey.
Sheffers hike is called Mission Incredible and you can follow her journey on her blog hosted by the Moultrie News at www.blog.moultrienews.com/mission-incredible.
There are so many things to learn and get comfortable with. Camping has never been something that I do well, so pitching a tent in the rain, using a privy, stepping out of your tent at 2 a.m. in total darkness and freezing cold to use the restroom have been something that I have had to master, Sheffer said.
The trail is a constant chain of mountains that go straight up and then down, not many level spots. We call them PUDs (pointless ups and downs). I am hoping that when we get to North Carolina we will have switch-backs (trails that run along the side of a mountain).
Sheffer and Jackson have seen so many folks leave the trail, either from injuries or exhaustion. It is so hard; sometimes you just think you cant take another step but you do.
And unfortunately, last week, Jackson had to leave due to injury.
He and Patsy (his wife) are meeting me along the way and hopefully he can section-hike later in the summer. He is a wonderful hiker and everyone misses him, she said.
With each step, Sheffer said, she is getting stronger, especially her legs. You get in shape fast on the trail, she said. We go to the shelters and there are usually 30 other hikers there and everyone puts up their tent, eats and goes to bed by 8 p.m. The sun comes up at 7 a.m. and we get up, eat and hit the trail. I have not worn makeup at all and it is nice to not bother with it. I miss wine and my friends.
Interestingly, Sheffer stopped at a full-service outfitter and hostel called Neel Gap in Georgia. There she met the owner, Logan Seamon, the son of Mount Pleasant residents Kenny and MaryAnn Seamon.
Logan was so helpful when I got to Neel Gap and he gave me pizza. That is a lifesaver for a thru-hiker, she said.
I really love the thru-hikers I have met on the trail. I see lots of former military folks and lots of people hiking for a cause.
Sheffer has now made it to the North Carolina state line. Some people just hiked right by the sign that said NC/GA line. Georgia mountains were tough, but North Carolina mountains go straight up!
There are plenty more stories and photos to come. Follow Sheffer as she hikes the Appalachian Trail at www.blog.moultrienews.com/mission-incredible.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Radiologist Dr. John McGue serves as the lead interpreting physician for the Trident Breast Care Center, which offers comprehensive services including mammograms, breast ultrasound, MRI and minimally invasive biopsies. "We are very experienced, and that's at every level of the team," says Dr. McGue. While the center has a busy schedule of activities during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, its work to support women's health continues year-round. Recently, the center expanded and underwent extensive renovations to offer more privacy and a sense of serenity for visitors. The staff is also careful to treat each woman as an individual. For Dr. McGue, that means delivering news with honesty while also trying to alleviate fears and anxiety. "Cancer is an emotional disease, and my role and the role of our team at the Trident Breast Care Center is to do our job right and to do it in a compassionate way."
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina For more information on the Trident Breast Care Center, please call 843-847-4883.
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The weather is permitting more outdoor activities so if you're thinking about a home improvement project but lack the proper tools, check out Wikipedia's list of tool lending libraries to see if there's one near you.
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