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GLEN ALLEN FIELD (Prince George's County) 15600 Atlantis Drive, Bowie, MD 20716
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 South to Exit 7 (Route 3 South toward Bowie/Crofton). Follow Route 3 South approximately 10.5 miles to Collington Road/MD-197. Turn right onto Collington Road and follow approximately 0.5 miles to Mitchellville Road. Turn left on Mitchellville Road. Follow Mitchellville Road 0.8 miles and turn left onto Atlantis Drive. Field is on the left.
GLENELG COUNTRY SCHOOL (Howard County) 12793 Folly Quarter Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042
Directions: I-95 South to Exit 38B (Rt-32). Take exit 20 (rt-108 East/Clarksville Pike). Turn Left onto Sheppard Lane. At circle, take 3rd exit onto Folly Quarter Rd. School is on the right.
HAGERSTOWN FAIRGROUNDS PARK (Washington County) North Cleveland Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Directions: Beltway Exit 16 (I-70 West). Follow I-70 West approximately 55 miles and take exit 32B to merge onto US 40-W/National Pike toward Hagerstown. Turn right onto North Cleveland Avenue (Taco Bell on corner). Stay straight into the park and turn right to the fields.
HAGERSTOWN SOCCER COMPLEX (Washington County) 13317 Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Directions: Beltway Exit 16 (I-70 West). Follow I-70 West to Hagerstown. Go to Exit 26 (Route 81). Follow Route 81 North to Exit 7 (Cearfoss Pike/Salem Avenue). Take Route 58 toward Cearfoss. Go approx. 1 ½ miles (past Hoffman's Meats). Entrance lane to field on right (there will be no road sign).
HALETHORPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Baltimore County – Southwest) 4300 Maple Ave, Halethorpe, MD 21227
Directions: Beltway exit 10 (Route 1-Washington Blvd) toward Halethorpe/Arbutus. Turn slight right onto Ridge Ave. Turn right onto Summt Ave. Turn right onto Maple Ave.
HALLOWING POINT PARK (Calvert County) 4755 Hallowing Point Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 South to Exit 7 (Route 3 South toward Bowie/Crofton). Follow Route 3 South to MD Route 4 and merge onto Route 4E toward Prince Frederick. Follow Route 4E approximately 31.3 miles to MD Route 231 (Hallowing Point Road W). This turn is not well marked. At this intersection, there is a traffic light and a Ford dealership on the corner (right side). Turn right at light onto Route 231 and proceed 3.1 miles. Turn right into Hallowing Point Park entrance. Soccer fields are all the way to the back of the park, past the barn and tennis courts. Field numbers are reasonably marked.
HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL (Howard County) 8800 Guilford Road, Columbia, MD 21046
Directions: I-95 South to Exit 38B (MD-32 West). Follow MD-32 West to Exit 14A (Broken Land Parkway South). Make a right at the end of Broken Land Parkway (at the traffic light) onto Guilford Road. Destination will be on the left.
HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Baltimore County – North) 1115 Charmuth Road, Lutherville, MD 21093
Directions: Beltway Exit 27B (MD-146/Dulaney Valley Road North). Follow Dulaney Valley Road North 0.1 miles and turn left onto Charmuth Road. School is 0.3 miles on the right.
HAWTHORN PARK (Howard County) 6195 Sunny Spring Columbia , MD 21044
Directions: Beltway Exit 16 (I-70 West). Follow I-70 West to Route 29 South. Follow Route 29 South to Route 175 West (Little Patuxent Parkway West). Follow Little Patuxent Parkway approximately two miles to Cedar Lane. (You will pass Howard Community College on left and Howard County General Hospital is on corner of Cedar Lane and Little Patuxent Parkway. Make a left onto Cedar Lane and follow to Hickory Ridge Road. Make a left on Hickory Ridge Road and follow to the first traffic light at Sunny Spring Road. Make a right onto Sunny Spring Road and follow approximately one mile to field on left.
HEREFORD HIGH SCHOOL (Baltimore County) 17301 York Road, Parkton, MD 21120
Directions: Beltway to I-83 North. Follow I-83 North to exit 27. Turn right onto Mt. Carmel Roadand follow to York Road. Turn left onto York Road. Follow York Road 3/4 mile and school will be on your right.
HEREFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Baltimore County – North) 712 Corbett Road, Monkton, MD 21111
Directions: Beltway Exit 24 (I-83 North) to Exit 24. Make right onto Belfast Road. Follow Belfast Road to Route 45 (York Road) and make left. Go approx. 2 miles and turn right onto Corbett Road. School is on left.
HEURICH FIELD (Prince George's County) 1 Heurich Park Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782
Directions: I-295 South (Baltimore-Washington Parkway). From the Baltimore Beltway, follow I-295 South for 24.2 miles to MD-410 West (Riverdale Road). Follow MD-410 West 2.4 miles and make a left onto Queens Chapel Road. Follow Queens Chapel Road 0.5 miles and make a right onto Nicholson Street. Follow Nicholson Street 0.5 miles and make a right onto Heurich Park Road.
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY (Baltimore County – West) 1500 Frederick Road, Catonsville, MD 21228
Directions: Beltway Exit 13 (Frederick Road). Follow Frederick Road West approximately 1 mile to the intersection of Frederick and South Rolling Road. Make right into parking lot of school. Field is in the back of school.
HONEYGO REGIONAL PARK (Baltimore County – Northeast) 9033 Honeygo Blvd, Perry Hall, MD 21128
Directions: Beltway Exit 33 (I-95 North). Follow I-95 North approximately 3 miles to Route 43 toward White Marsh Towne Center. At first traffic light, make right onto Honeygo Boulevard. Park will be approximately one mile on right.
HOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Howard County) 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044
Directions: Beltway Exit 16 (I-70 West). Follow I-70 West to Route 29 South toward Columbia. Follow Route 29 South to exit at Broken Land Parkway West. At the first stoplight (Hickory Ridge Road), turn left and proceed 0.7 miles to the parking lot of the Athletic Center.
HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL TURF (Howard County) 8700 Old Annapolis Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043
Directions: I-95 South to Exit 43B (MD-100 West). Take Exit 2 for MD-104. At the circle take the 3rd exit onto Waterloo Road. Turn Right onto Old Annapolis Road. Destination will be on your right.
HUNTINGTON PARK (Howard County) 9695 Clocktower Lane, Columbia, MD, 21046
Directions: Beltway Exit 16 (I-70 West). Follow I-70 West to Route 29 South toward Columbia. Follow Route 29 South to exit at Broken Land Parkway going south. Follow Broken Land Parkway to Guilford Road and make a left onto Guilford Road. Follow Guilford Road to second street and make a right onto Murray Hill Road. Take first left onto Clocktower Lane. Entrance to the park is approximately 300 yards on the right.
HUSTON FIELD AT ALLEN POND PARK (Prince George's County) 3330 Northview Drive, Bowie, MD 20716
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 South to Route 3 South toward Crofton/Bowie. Follow Route 3 South into Bowie. After you pass the Walmart on the right, make a right onto Mitchellville Road. Turn left into Allen Pond Park. Field will be on the right.
HYDES PARK FIELD (Baltimore County – North)
Directions: Beltway Exit 27 (Dulaney Valley Road North). Follow Dulaney Valley Road North and cross over the Loch Raven Reservoir Bridge. Immediately after crossing the bridge, stay to the right and remain on Dulaney Valley Road. Dulaney Valley Road will turn left at Peerce's Plantation Restaurant. Continue to follow Dulaney Valley Road North for several miles until it dead-ends at Manor Road. Turn right onto Manor Road and take the first left onto Hydes Road. Follow Hydes Road approx. two miles to fields on the right.
JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL (Harford County) 703 E. Churchville Road, Bel Air, MD 21014
Directions: Take exit 32B (US-1) toward Bel Air. Go about 12 miles and merge onto US-1 Bus N/Baltimore Pike. Continue onto Fulford Ave. Slight Right onto East Churchville Road. School is on the Right.
KENT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL (Queen Anne's County) 900 Love Point Rd, Stevensville, MD 21666
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 South to Route 50 East over Bay Bridge. Take the first exit after the bridge (Exit 37 – Route 8). Turn left at the light at the end of the exit and go north on Route 8. Follow Route 8 North (Love Point Road) approximately 1 mile past the Business Park on the left and turn right into the main entrance of Kent Island High School. At the end of the main entranceway, turn left and follow around the left side of the school to the rear of the school. You will see fields at the rear of the school. Game field will either be the field on the right directly behind the school or the field to the left through the gated entrance. Home team representatives will be at one of the fields.
KENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (Baltimore County East) 501 Stemmers Run Road, Baltimore, MD 21221
Directions: Beltway Exit 35B (Route 40 East). Merge onto Route 40 East (Pulaski Highway). Follow to second traffic light and turn right onto Rossville Boulevard. Follow Rossville Boulevard until it ends at Stemmers Run Road. Turn left onto Stemmers Run Road. School will be on the right. Fields are behind school.
KEY SCHOOL (Anne Arundel County) 534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 to Route 50 East. Take Exit 22 (Aris T. Allen Boulevard/Route 665). Follow to Forest Drive and bear right onto Forest Drive East. Proceed 2.5 miles to the intersection of Forest Drive and Hillsmere Drive. Turn right onto Hillsmere Drive. Proceed 1 ¼ miles and turn right onto Green Spring Drive. Field is second on the left.
KINDER PARK (Anne Arundel County) 300 Jumpers Hole Road, Severna Park, Maryland 21146
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 to Exit 10A (Severna Park/Benfield Road). Go 2.6 miles on Benfield Road. Make left at light onto Jumpers Hole Road. Go 1.3 miles, past Kinder Road, to the entrance of Harvey Garcelon/Kinder Park on the left. Take an immediately left inside the park and follow road into parking lot.
KIRKWOOD SOCCER COMPLEX (Delaware) 1220 River Road, New Castle, DE 19720
Directions: Beltway Exit 33 (I-95 North). Follow I-95 North for 56.7 miles into Delaware. Once in Delaware, take Exit 4A for SR-1. Follow SR-1 for about 4.5 miles and take the left-hand exit (Exit 156) for US-13 North. Turn right at the second light, which is Hamburg Road. Follow Hamburg Road to the end and turn left onto River Road/SR-9. Fields are approximately 1.5 miles on the left.
LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC COMPLEX (Anne Arundel County) 863 Woods Road, Pasadena, MD 21122
Directions: Beltway Exit 2 (MD 10 South toward Severna Park). Follow Route 10 for 6 miles. Stay to the left at the Route 10/Route 100 merge in order to get onto Route 100. Follow Route 100 approximately 3 miles and turn right onto Woods Road. Follow Woods Road approximately 1 mile. Complex will be on the right.
LAUREL SPRINGS PARK (Charles County) 1000 Radio Station Road, LaPlata, MD 20646
Directions: Beltway Exit 4 (I-97 South). Follow I-97 South to Exit 7 (Route 3 South toward Bowie/Crofton). Follow Route 3 South approximately 30 miles and turn left onto MD-5 S/Mattawoman Beantown Road. Follow MD-5 approximately 3.2 miles and MD-5 will become St. Charles Parkway. Follow St. Charles Parkway 5.2 miles and continue onto Rosewick Road. Follow Rosewick Road 0.8 miles and turn left onto Radio Station Road. Field will be on the left.
Alternate Directions from Capital Beltway: Take I-495 (Capital Beltway) to exit 7A-7B for MD-5/Branch Avenue toward Silver Hill/Waldorf. Take exit 7A on the left to merge onto MD-5/Branch Avenue toward Waldorf. Follow MD-5 S appproximately 12.5 miles and turn left onto MD-5 S/Mattawoman Beantown Road. Follow MD-5 approximately 3.2 miles and MD-5 will become St. Charles Parkway. Follow St. Charles Parkway 5.2 miles and continue onto Rosewick Road. Follow Rosewick Road 0.8 miles and turn left onto Radio Station Road. Field will be on the left.
LEAMAN LOCAL PARK (Montgomery County) 14021 Eternity Road, Germantown, MD 20874
Directions: Follow I-95 South to MD-200 West. Follow MD-200 West and merge onto I-270 North. Follow I-270 North to Exit 15B (Germantown Road). Follow Germantown Road to MD-117 and turn right onto MD-117. Follow MD-117 to Eternity Road turn Right onto Eternity Road. Destination is on the right.
LINTON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY (Carroll County) 375 Ronsdale Road, Sykesville, MD 21784
Directions: Beltway Exit 18 (Liberty Road – Route 26). Follow Liberty Road to Eldersburg. Continue through intersection with Route 32 two miles to light at Linton Road. Turn right on Linton Road and proceed 0.4 miles to four-way stop. Turn left on Ronsdale Road and take a left into Linton Springs Elementary parking lot prior to school. Field is behind school.
LONG REACH HIGH SCHOOL (Howard County) 6101 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia, MD 21045
Directions: Follow I-95 South to Exit 43B (MD-100 West). Follow MD-100 West for 2.0 miles and take Exit 3 (Snowden River Parkway). Follow Snowden River Parkway 0.3 miles and enter next roundabout and take second exit onto Snowden River Parkway. Continue following Snowden River Parkway for 0.7 miles and turn right on Tamar Drive. Follow Tamar Drive for 0.3 miles and take the first left onto Old Dobbin Road.


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Little Rock, Arkansas and surrounding areas went like 2 weeks ago... Too bad I'm now throttled by AT&T for hitting 5 gigs in a little over 2 days... LTE= Trap.. Seriously, if you have a low tier data plan, do yourself a favor, head over to setting - general- netwo
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AT&T lights up LTE in a slew of new locals
Been waiting for AT&T LTE to light up on your iPhone 5 or cellular-equipped iPad? Well, as part of AT&T's announced $14 billion network build-out over the next three years, a bunch of new places just went live:
- Mobile, Ala.
- Jonesboro, Ark.
- Pensacola, Fla.
- South Bend and Mishawaka, Ind.
- Saratoga/Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
- Columbus, Ohio
- Toledo, Ohio
- Eugene, Ore.
- Corvallis, Ore.
- Portland, Ore.
- Greenville, S.C.
- Columbia, S.C.
- Charleston, S.C.
- El Paso, Texas
Today's launch comes on the heels of other cities going live this week, including:
- Minneapolis/St. Paul
- Provo-Orem, Utah
- Denver
- Anne Arundel County in Maryland
- Daytona Beach
- York, Penn.
- Tacoma, Wash.
- Milwaukee, Wis.
- Louisville, Ken.
That's on top of AT&T's expanded LTE coverage in Fairfield County, Conn., as well as downriver Wayne and Monroe near Detroit. AT&T says its LTE coverage has doubled in 2012 and is now in 103 markets, with more to come this year.
If you just got AT&T LTE on your iPhone, do us a favor - Go through a Speedtest.net screenshot in our iPhone 5 Forum, would you?
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AT&T lights up LTE in a slew of new locals
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Cool. I got my AT&T iPhone 5 today and while my hometown of Raleigh, NC was already LTE I'm happy to see the expansion. Most especially welcome is Louisville because I do project work for a company there and spend quite a bit of time there.
AT&T flipped the switch to LTE in Milwaukee WI on Tuesday the 13th. It's been working very, very well on my new iPhone 5. Speeds aren't consistent but I'm clearly seeing 20 & 30+ Mbps down. It also seems to, for me, penetrate this bunker of a building I work in as well. I'm guessing/speculating it's on a different frequency that gets through all this steel & concrete better than the "4G" signal before. Very happy :-D
Typo in the title: "Locales", not "locals"
Got 45 down and 21 up in Columbus
There is an 'e' in "locale".
I wish AT&T would complete a city first. Los Angeles Ca doesn't have full LTE Coverage only downtown LA San Fernando valley which does get decent Faux G speeds 5-10 Mbps but LTE is no where to be found.
Glad I saw this. I've had LTE turned off because it hasn't been available in my area. All of my looks into LTE rollout plans haven't showed my area, but I see it listed here and sure enough, LTE just got turned on! Very excited!
I've had LTE in the Orlando area already and with great speeds. I go to school outside Daytona and tested the LTE. I got bout 2 down and 20 up. Think something is fishy.
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Plumlee's play inside opens Duke's offense for 3-point attempts
Three-point shots off the hands of Duke players are falling at a high percentage this season, helping vault the Blue Devils to the nation's No. 1 ranking once again.
Heading into tonight's game with Clemson at Cameron Indoor Stadium (7 p.m., ESPNU), the Blue Devils have made 42.1 percent of their 3-point shots. If the season ended today, that would be the third-best 3-point shooting percentage in school history.
Duke's success, Coach Mike Krzyzewski said, is a product of more than just shooting ability. While the Blue Devils (14-0, 1-0 ACC) certainly have that, Krzyzewski said the solid season center Mason Plumlee also is having an impact on the perimeter game.
"I think we have good 3‑point shooting," Krzyzewski said Monday. "I think the 3‑point shooting is enhanced by the fact that we have a player inside that demands attention in Mason. As a result, I think sometimes you get more wide‑open shots when you're trying to take away the post.
"I think the type of (3-point shots) we've had this year have been a higher‑percentage three overall than in the past."
Plumlee, a 6-10 senior, is averaging 18.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. Having shot to the forefront of conversations about the national player of the year race, he is drawing more attention from opposing defenses lately.
Wednesday night in Charlotte, for example, Davidson double-teamed Plumlee in the post consistently in a game the Blue Devils eventually won 67-50 after being tied 29-all at halftime.
Wake Forest employed a similar attack on Saturday when Duke won 80-62 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Now that the Blue Devils have entered ACC play, Plumlee and his teammates have said expect to see that kind of treatment more and more.
With that being the case, Krzyzewski said Plumlee has to use the attention to his advantage to help himself and the team. That happened against Wake Forest as the game progressed.
"In the first half, I think he let the double-team dictate to him what he was going to do instead of at times dictating to that double team what he was going to do with it," Krzyzewski said. "The second half, he did that."
By adjusting in such a way, Plumlee is making it easier for Duke's jump shooters to rack up 3-pointers to help bury opponents.
Over the past four games, Duke has made a blistering 50 percent (34 of 68) of its 3-pointers. Senior forward Ryan Kelly, named the ACC's player of the week on Monday, has been a benefactor.
Kelly has hit 12 of his last 17 3-point attempts, including 5 of 7 against Wake Forest on his way to scoring 22 points.
"He just had the openings, and he knocked them down," Krzyzewski said.
Even after missing all 11 field goal attempts Saturday, including four 3-pointers, point guard Quinn Cook has made 19 of 43 3-pointers this season for 44.2 percent.
Senior guard Seth Curry is 29-of-71 (40.8 percent), while freshman guard Rasheed Sulaimon is 21-of-54 (38.9 percent).
"Those guys are gong to have open shots," Plumlee said. "So we have a good dynamic going there where I'm inside and those guys are spacing the floor."
That spacing also allows Duke's 3-point shooters to use head fakes to drive the lane. That leads to either a higher-percentage shot or a kick-out pass to another jump shooter more open behind the 3-point line.
"Whenever we attack the paint," Curry said, "defenses have to collapse and that's when we kick it for threes."
As a result, Duke is averaging 80.1 points per game. Since only three teams have topped the 70-point mark against the Blue Devils, it's easy to see why they are one of four unbeaten teams remaining and the owners of the nation's No.1 ranking.


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Jamie was born July 20, 1945, in Wausau, Wis. She was the daughter of the late James Elos Miller and the late Alyce Mae Feathers Miller. She was a homemaker, wife, civil servant, and volunteer missionary. Jamie was a business partner with her husband in Gibson's Garage and an emergency response trainer, instrumental in the start of Jones Area Council On Relief (JACOR). She was a member of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church and served as the United Methodist Volunteers In Mission (UMVIM) coordinator for the South Georgia Conference. Her involvement and love of missions since 1989 led her to touch many lives all over the world. Jamie also trained many people to become certified as early response team members for disaster relief. She loved her family, cooking, reading, and spending time in her greenhouse.
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The family would like to express their appreciation to the caregivers at Pine Pointe Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to South Georgia Conference #6651 through your local Methodist church or mailed to South Georgia Conference #6651, Administrative Office, P.O. Box 13145, Macon, GA 31208.
The family may be contacted at the residence at 1022 Lite-N-Tie Road, Macon, GA 31211, in Jones County.
Williams White Columns Funeral Home in Gordon has charge of arrangements. Please express online condolences at www.whitecolumnsfh.net.


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TiPb Asks: How do you check the weather or your iPhone or iPad?
How do you check the weather on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad? On the iPhone and iPod touch you have the built in, Yahoo! powered Weather app and while it's relatively simple and quick it doesn't provide a lot of information. The iPad doesn't even come with a built in weather app, so finding something you like in the App Store or bookmarking a website are your only options.
If you use an App Store app or website, which one(s) do you use? Do you prefer quick, current, high level info or do you like all the bells and whistles, like radar, hour-by-hour forecasts, and lots of indexes? Do you want a lot of animation or eye candy, or just the facts?
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TiPb Asks: How do you check the weather or your iPhone or iPad?
I flipped between the native weather app on the phone and the weather channel app.
I use the weather plugin for LockInfo
I have tried at least 5-10 weather apps before and switch rather frequently. I have come down to just a few that I really use on a consistant basis: Pocket Weather World, Pocket Weather, and Fahrenheit. Each of these support temperature icon badges on the home screen. Contrary to what most bloggers/reviewers have written, Fahrenheit(and Celcius) was not the first app to provide updatable badges. It is pretty much a requirement for me that an app support badges as I don't always want or need to have to open the app just to see the temp.
I use Pkt Weather and I love it
Weather Channel app.
NOBODY BETTER RECOMMEND WEATHER HD! It looks good but always the wrong weather. Completely wrong weather. I want to smack all the people that used it once and reviewed it without looking outside to compare the weather.
Unless there is tornado threats, then I'm shaking Weatherbug Elite and refreshing m.weather.com nonstop!
I have Fahrenheit for the current temp badge, but use WeatherBug for the full forecasts. WeatherBug is the most accurate for me, and I prefer the full text description of the forecast. All the other apps just give you numbers and silly icons. If it's going to snow, I want to know how many inches, etc.
On the iPhone i use the lockinfo plugin for quick weather updates, for more in depth info, I use The Weather Channel on my iPad and iPhone. Friends of mine in weather depended industries swear by wunderground but I find The Weather Channels, notifications and UI more pleasing to my eye.
I have a LOT of weather apps on my iPhone/iPad - you name it, it's probably installed. However, since the weather forecast in the Pacific NW for more than 12 hours in advance is rarely reliable, the one app I find myself using far and away the most:
"Don't Look Outside" - seems to be as accurate as any others, very fast loading and does have a lot of additional information available.
I'm in Australia and I use Pocket Weather. Cost me $2.50 years ago and have used it at least daily ever since. Uses official Australian Government weather data, unlike the standard iPhone app, which uses some other unreliable service. It has bright animated icons, a variety of different looks (which you can shake to change!). It also pushes the day's top temperature (or the current temperature if you prefer) as a red alert notification on the app icon, which i love. I wish I could delete or at least hide the default weather app!
I use the Weather Underground ical feed. Subscribe to the calendar and I now have weather info on my iPhone and iPad right in my calendar. Usually, if I am checking the weather it's because I am seeing how it will effect my plans that are also in my calendar. Works great, and is simple and fast since there is no loading at all. Just always there when you open the calendar up. If I really need hourly, I check Weather channel - but i would love an ical feed that updated with CURRENT weather. But that would probably kill the battery from updating so often?
I just use the built in Yahoo app -- when I use it, because it is quite limited. I have a bookmark in Safari to the local Doppler Radar's mobile page and use that when I need to know whats going on rain wise.
I wish the installed app would update the icon like Calendar does with the current weather/temp.
The Weather Network app I find the most accurate
Native weather app is enough for me. Check it every day, does what it should, very clean and simple.
I'm always out on my bicycle and am therefore obsessed with the weather.
I've spent lots of money on weather apps the past few years and still haven't found one I really like.
I now use a web browser app that shows two pages side by side (forgot the name). In one window, I have the wunderground iphone-formatted forecast (best for current conditions and next day forecast) and in the other I have the MRF MOS 8-day text bulletin from the national (US) weather service for the long term forecast.
There is one weather app I like, called "todays weather" that shows a temp vs time graph with today's forecast superimposed with yesterday's data. Useful for deciding what to wear since it compares to what it was like yesterday at the same time. They also do an iPad version.
Also, my iPhone is jailbroken, so I have the handy weather icon tweak that shows current conditions right on the home screen. The icon is assigned to open the browser app mentioned above.
I use "The Weather". Love it because it's badge can be the current temperature.
I forget about using any app's, I do use the basic apple weather app and use it to compare the weather in the few national and international locations that I either travel to or communicate with (to prepare for them whining about how cold or wet it is).
For accuracy it's not really accurate for my local weather or temperature, they take the reading a few miles away but the difference in temperature there and where I am located is huge, we can be as much as 30 degrees hotter compared to the readings from that location, but the problem is the same across all the apps.
Weather Channel app. It's not the best app but their info is accurate
depends on the circumstances: for current data i look to My-Cast. i use the national weather service or weather underground sites if i'm looking for a 2-5 day outlook. during severe weather i use Radarscope to keep tabs on the radar and warned areas, and in life-threatening situations (i.e. tornado warning) i use 5-0 radio to listen to the local amateur radio repeater. the hams are bar-none the quickest source of info in an emergency. 5-0 also runs in the background (via safari) so i can continue to use other apps or tweet while i'm listening.
I use weatherTAP and is great.I also use RadarScope and StormTrak since I live in the midwest and we have had a lot of tornados.
I used the built in weather app to just find out the temperature, but was quite disappointed by its lack of other information. I switched from my Blackberry when I purchased my iPhone 4, so I was accustomed to having Weatherbug on that.
Now for Radar and such I just use Nashville's Newschannel5 app, though it lags a bit and it's not a standalone weather app.
Weatherbug FTW! It's the only one (at least that I can find) that actually gives me a narrative forecast - you know, with words and everything. The alternatives (most of which provide nothing more than sun/cloud/rain icons and a temperature forecast) just don't cut it.
Other than simply looking out the window or listening to NOAA's weather channel on my shortwave, I usually use either the stock app or my local newspaper's weather section online, which tends to be much more detailed and accurate.
Starting using Shine but it was waaay too basic so went back to AccuWeather app.
I use myweather.com.It is free with some ads but very comprehensive and flexible.Easily adjusted to one's individual needs
They need the HTC style app, hope this is part of iOS5.
I use Weatherbug Elite. It gives me great local information instead of information from some major airport or large city that is 50 to 100 miles away. It has a lot of useful tools for the contractor on the go with multiple crews in different locations, where the weather may not be exactly the same. I've used it for a number od years and it was one of the first apps I downloaded on my new iPhone.
I use Fahrenheit because in Southern California it always looks the same out the window but the temp changes by 20 degrees every couple of days so I like having the estimated current temp in the icon badge at a glance. I came from Blackberry and I had a great weather app called BerryWeather that acted more like a widget and the icon would update with the current weather. That is one of the few things I miss since switching from BB.
I'm a pilot on a business jet and the weather app I use for aviation weather is AeroWeather (free).
To get temperature for stations even two or three days in advance I use WeatherBug (free), and My Radar is a great current radar and temperature app (free). I have yet to try any weather apps that are not free because the apps I use are sufficient.
Weather channel app, MyRadar for full-screen animated cloud / radar overlays to maps, and some aviation specific apps.
AccuWeather is my preference. Also have TWC, Weather+ and MyWeather on the iPhone but AccuWeather is the one I use every day. Has all the features I cam looking for. The native Weather app is relegated to an ANU ("Apps Not Used") folder on the last app screen (since I can't delete it).
No iPhone yet. Currently blackberry, can go iPhone in July. I have told my son who writes apps that an app that emulates berry weather would be a huge seller. I am a weather nut and will really miss berry weather. Active alerts, the ability to choose your weather station of choice and all the customizations make it the most functional weather program I have seen. I have tried a ton of iPad weather apps and none measure up to berry weather. I use NOAA website on my iPad for local detailed information and seven day forecast. I also use imap weather for radar. They provide a huge radar screen that looks and works great.
Pocket Weather AUhttp://www.shiftyjelly.com.au/products/pocket-weather-au
Best Australian weather app as it pulls the official Bureau of Meteorology data and displays it in a sexy fashion.
Berryweather was the best! I use weather hd now and it's ok
I use http://i.wund.com/ and book mark it to my home screen. Have used this site for years. Has proved to be very accurate for the most part.
i.wund has been my go-to since the beginning, and I recently replaced the native app with Fahrenheit on the home screen.
I really like Weather HD... if nothing else, I keep it running as a default app both on my iPhone 4 and iPad 2. While in my care I have my iPhone 4 mounted on a Kensington car holder and have Weather HD running while waiting for my hands-free device to pick up on my calls.
The problem with weather on the iPhone and iPad is that it has to be in an app. Weather for me is something I would like to check quickly like checking the time. Could you imagine launching an app on your watch and waiting for it to load just so you could note the time? I have lots of weather apps but I rarely use them because I have to pull up a folder, launch the app and wait for it to load. Yeah, we are talking about seconds, but I've come to realize how distracting these kinds of little activities are to what I am doing at the time.
I love weather apps. Right now on my home screen I have Fahrenheit, which is unique in that it has a badge showing the current temp, so I don't even have to open it to keep track of the temp. Also on the home screen is Umbrella, set to send me a pop-up at 5AM if I need to take my umbrella. Seems very accurate. Also on the home screen is Florida Radars for a quick, local check.
On the second screen I have a Weather folder containing Fizz Weather (best for comparing several locations, needed for shipping reptiles), AccuWeather, WeatherFix, Outside, Souteast US, Rain or Shine, Weather HD, Weather and Wehr Doodle (new- checking it out). I also have a folder called Storms/Radar containing Radar, TropSats, Hurricane, Wx Alert USA and RadarUS, which is my favorite dedicated radar app. When hurrican season gets here I generally trade Hurricane onto the home screen.
I had to clear out a bunch of apps because I was running out of memory (32 GB, imagine that!) and several lesser weather apps didn't make the cut. Still- it's hard to resist a shiney new one!!
My-Cast for moving radar and quick forecasts. WX Alert USA for better info right from NWS, especially the long discussion which is particularly useful when winter weather is approaching. All the weather apps get their info from the same place anyway - it's just how it is presented.
WeatherIcon for the weather at a glance[1]. Separate app for more details. Had Yr.no for a long time, but the recently released SMHI-app seems promising.[2]
[1] http://code.google.com/p/weathericon (Jailbreak-app.) Changes the icon of your preferred weather-app (stock or custom) into an icon showing the actual weather. Weather icon can also be shown in statusbar.
[2] Yr.no and SMHI mainly of interest for Scandinavian users.


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Maidstone, Ontario (August 1, 2012) - The 2012 season has seen Grant Quinlan mix a budding karting career with a second-year effort in U.S. Legends Car racing. And not even Quinlan himself could have predicted the season's first half results.
Midway through the season, with four World Karting Association Manufacturers Cup Series events and only a handful of Michigan Legends Cars races in the books, the 2011 WKA Triple Crown champion has more wins in U.S. Legends Cars than karts.
It's a statistic that even has the 13-year-old Maidstone, Ontario, racer pondering. But upon further thought, Quinlan admits the move from the 8- to 12-year-old WKA Jr Sportsman ranks to the 12- to 15-year-old Junior divisions - quite possibly the toughest classes in United States sprint karting - has been the most competitive racing he's ever been apart of.
"It's really tough out there," Quinlan said, speaking of the Yamaha and Komet Junior divisions in WKA Man Cup. "You just have to be more aggressive. Whether you're racing for first or 10th, every position is a hard battle. There are so many fast karts and drivers, and it's just so competitive."
Quinlan's had several good runs in 2012 Man Cup, beginning with fifth- and sixth-place finishes in 40-plus-kart main event fields at Daytona KartWeek in December. He posted his best finish of the karting season at Carolina Motorsports Park in March, a third-place effort in Yamaha Jr Lite.
Rounds three and four at Pittsburgh Int'l Race Complex and Indiana's Michiana Raceway Park included a couple of top-five runs, but no victories.
Quinlan admits the move to the Junior ranks has included a steeper learning curve than he anticipated, but remains confident in his abilities behind the wheel of his No. 28 MRP Birels.
"We've had some really good runs," Quinlan said. "But it seems like every time we have a good run, there is more bad luck in the next race.
"It starts with qualifying," he continued. "If you can't qualify in the top few positions, then in the prefinal and final you're just battling for any position you can get. The karts have been fast, just like last year, but the competition level is higher. I still think we can get a win before the season is over. My dad, Tim, Chris and Garry Lobaugh and everyone at MRP have worked so hard for us, and I really want to deliver them my first Junior final win."
Quinlan will have another shot at a coveted Junior final win this weekend when the series visits Norway, Illinois' Concept Haulers Motor Speedway for round five of the Man Cup national circuit.
While Grant hasn't won in 2012 Man Cup, he took advantage of the two-month break between the national karting series' rounds three and four to not only hone his skills behind the wheel of a Advanced Technologies Motorsports-prepared No. 28 U.S. Legends Car, but win a couple races in the process.
In just three Michigan Legends Cars series starts, Quinlan already has scored two feature wins. The victories came at Owosso and Flat Rock speedways, both in the Great Lakes State, and have come in feature events that combine all classes of U.S. Legends Car racing, including Young Lions, Semi-Pro, Pro and Masters.
"It's a totally different scene from the karting," Quinlan said, alluding to the Legends Car division. "I'm having a lot of fun. The biggest difference is probably the throttle-control and how important it is to not spin the tires. Doug Stevens and everyone involved have given me a great car. We're looking to do some more legends racing at Atlanta this summer."
Despite the up-and-down season, Quinlan is top-10 in three of the four Man Cup Junior division point standings. With two races left on the schedule, Quinlan is fifth in Komet Jr Lite, seventh in Yamaha Jr Lite and 10th in Yamaha Jr Heavy.
The remainder of the season will see Quinlan continue his bid for his first Junior feature win in WKA Man Cup while racing his U.S. Legends Car on off-weekends from karting.
Grant Quinlan is a 13-year-old national 2-cycle sprint kart and U.S. Legends Car racer from Maidstone, Ontario. Quinlan is a 2011 WKA Triple Crown champion and multi-time race winner on the Michigan Legends Car circuit. Quinlan races MRP Motorsport Birel karts and Advanced Technology Motorsports-prepared U.S. Legends Cars.
For more information on Grant Quinlan, visit QuinlanMotorsports.com.


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
When you see Berkeley coach Landy Cox and assistant coach Con Salisbury at Jim Bradley Field, they sometimes look like theyre married to the game of baseball.
But their real wives are never far away.
With Salisbury, his son Dillon has been a three-year starter at second base and his wife Tracy (and Dillons mother) can usually be found in the concession stand behind home plate.
But with Landy Cox, upon realizing the two little redheads running around the diamond after games, Courtlyn and Landyn, belong to him, you start searching the grandstands for their mother.
And it doesnt take long to find her.
Shes sitting right there, in the first seat, next to the dugout.
She is the most amazing person I know, Landy Cox said of his wife. She has raised two young kids while Im out here all the time, and on top of doing all that, she teaches and excels at her job.
Shes just amazing.
Lori Cox was named Timberland High Schools 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year earlier this year and doesnt make much of a fuss teaching for the Stags rival.
Students know I bleed Berkeley blue even though I teach at Timberland, she said. My Timberland students always ask me, Mrs. Cox, who are you pulling for? in reference to Timberland and Berkeley games. They do laugh at me because they know my husband coaches there.
My answer is always Im am going to pull for my students but I am also pulling for my husband because that is his livelihood and what puts bread on our table. I pull for my Timberland students, even when we play them in baseball. I do cheer for those kids because I want to see them do well.
Lori never strays far from the first base dugout, except to chase down Landyn, and near her husband is where she stays.
It is nice to be close to him, however, Im like a ball of nerves sitting there and when he wears his emotion on his sleeve, I do the same.
The parents understand when it comes to Coxs coaching style and their kids. No one takes anything personally. Cox expects execution. Every time.
At least the parents do not hear him fussing nor does he hear them fussing, Lori said. Karen Gainey and I have a running joke about the many faces of Landy Cox. One second he is smiling, the next he is shaking his head with a sarcastic grin on his face. I can read him like a book.
Lori Cox is a quiet and unassuming person, self-admittedly shy, but dont mistake her quiet nature for an absence of passion in supporting the team.
I show my support by being there and screaming at the top of my lungs for the team. Those boys feed off of the energy of the crowd and if the crowd is dead, then we wives try to get loud and put out some energy. Half the time I leave a ball game feeling like I have been run over by a train. The games get so intense.
She is quick to point out not to misinterpret her husbands intensity on the sidelines.
These parents have absolutely no idea how much Landy cares about this group of kids. They probably think he hates their kids the way he rides them, but Ive seen him get very emotional over the fact that he is losing some this year, and if it is any consolation, he would give every last one of them the shirt off his back.
For Tracy Salisbury, she has watched her kids grow up on the diamond and wouldnt be anywhere else but here. This is where her friends are and this is her life.
I really enjoy watching Dillon playing baseball at this level, she said. It is definitely stressful at times. Dillon has been playing baseball since he was fours years old, so I have seen him play many games and have enjoyed them all from T-ball to Rec Ball, travel ball and now Berkeley baseball.
One thing Tracy has learned over the years is that there is so much more to baseball than just hitting, catching and throwing. There is a mental side of the game and like any mom, she gets nervous for her son.
When your son is out there on the field, as a mom you just want him to do his best and make the big plays. When he does make the big plays, I just thank the Lord for giving him the ability to be able to know what to do.
Tracys daughter Katie forged her own path, passing on softball after one season to take up gymnastics.
Both mom and dad support her on the mat, just as they do Dillon on the field.
Katie has found her activity that she really enjoys. When she has had practice and meets, they have been on different nights from the baseball games, so Con and I have been able to be there for both of our childrens activities. I joke because Katie was almost born at the ball field. She enjoys going to watch her brother and going on the field after the game. We are a close family and enjoy being there for each other.
For Lori Cox the baseball diamond has been a virtual nursery for her two kids.
My children cut their teeth on a baseball glove, she said. I had Courtlyn at her first baseball game when she was one month old, and we didnt miss a game. The same thing with Landyn.
Football too ... we didnt miss many games over the course of 10 seasons. Berkeley sports is in our blood, it is who we are.
The Coxes are on the run from before sunrise to long after the sun has set.
The average family would never believe our schedule, she said, Just to give you an idea: on a normal day...6:30 we get up and rush like mad men to get dressed, children fed, lunch packed and out the door by 7:15. Landy takes Courtlyn, I take Landyn. Landy picks Courtlyn up at 12:50 and rushes back to school to be there for his next block class. She does her homework in his office. Then at 4, she goes with her dad to the ball field.
On my way home, I get Landyn then swing by and get Courtlyn - its 5 oclock by this time. Sometimes, we will stay and watch practice because Landyn is begging to play baseball with daddy. We usually do not eat until Landy gets home, which is usually around 7:30 p.m. Bathe kids, ourselves, and then that is a good day, especially if kids are in bed by 9 p.m. Now, I dont even want to talk about our schedule when Courtlyn has a softball game and Landy a baseball game...lets just say stressful.
In the end, would I change a thing? Nope, not a thing.
Tracy Salisbury voices the same sentiment. Its all about being there with her kids.
I would never trade this lifestyle for anything else. I enjoy spending time with my children. They grow up so fast and I want to enjoy every moment I can with them.
I have met so many amazing people during the years of baseball, she said. I am thankful and so blessed that God has allowed me this enjoyment in my life.
Lori Cox said normal is relative.
No way would I ever trade this lifestyle. Its all I know, its all we know. Its in our blood. Its what gives us something to look forward to. What is traditional anyway? Sounds boring to me.
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One of the thing that many of us realize is that the MMO-genre is a bit stale. Why is that when, at least according to our latest No Elves Allowed column, "the sky should have been the limit"? Find out and then let us know what you think!
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I have a feeling Blizzard is going to change MMOs again when Titan comes out. Then every game will be a "Titan clone"
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Ooh, they have the internet on computers now.
I agree with the article. For me, your Fps examples like COD etc... hits the nail on the head. Fps gameplay/genre is essentially the same for every game of that type. Is that a bad thing? For me, not at all. The way those games play, be it u.i/controls etc has evolved to the point that it's the norm. It's like how cars have evolved to all having basic features.
For MMO's, WoW has defined what these basic features are & should be. Your toolbars/healthbars/map/controls(tab/wsad) that for me is what the standard MMO should have. When you think MMO, all the control/u.i features should be basically the same.
Is that a bad thing overall? Again, for me no. Controls etc.. does not equal gameplay. Gameplay can be very, very different. Sure the standard tools are the same for every FPS, but that doesn't mean the gameplay is the same. The real problem with MMO's at the moment is alot of companies are not only just trying to copy WoW's standard MMO features (like the u.i) but they are also trying to copy WoW's gameplay, and so bring nothing new or innovative to the genre. Infact, usually they even fail to just equal WoW.
So it's not the genre's standardized tools that are the problem, it's the developers trying to standardize gameplay that's the real problem.
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The fantasy genre is still my favorite. Sci-fi, modern, futuristic, and post-apoc just doesn't do it for me.
At this point, I don't care if we have redundant elves and dwarves...I just want a virtual world instead of all this co'op hogwash.
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As long as the WoW type games have millions of subscribers while the non-standard games have maybe a couple hundrud thousand at best. I think WoW will be seen as the golden standard.
In the end it mostly comes down to economics, gaming companies need to convince investors that their game will make money. The WoW model has shown to be successful, and thus will be perpetuated quite a lot. Sometimes successfully, and often not so much.
As someone who has a busy job and often works 50-60 hours a week, the WoW model works extremely well for me. I can log into the game and start playing right away, because the game tells me exactly where to go and what to do. Do I miss the "old" days of MMO gaming when I ran for hours through dangerous expanses of land in the hope of discovering something new ... of course I do ... but back then I was still in school and had plenty of time to do those things.
So to all you kids who pile on the hate towards these standard model games, go play something you enjoy ... if games like WoW or SWTOR didn't exist I would likely be watching TV, and honestly I rather play games.... it has fewer commercials.
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Hi. I'm an EVE'r. Dunno what you're talking about.
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"First-person shooters are prime examples of this. Call of Duty. Battlefield. Counterstrike. DOOM. Stripped of their audio-visual finery and emptied of all their little details, they're all the same. Cut them open and you'll see Wolfenstein 3D written across the entrails."
If only they were more like Wolfenstien 3D. Gah! FPSs used to be the greatest thing EVAR!!!1!! Now the esport pvpers have ruined this once-great genre that I hold so dear. 5-hour "campaigns", DLC multi-player maps, rocket-jumping(?!)....BAH! FPSs are dead to me, you hear me? Dead!
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I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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The truth is simple, mmo-genre has become "just business-nothing personal" point of view. To industry this is new cash machine and now every wannabe studio is putting mmo in hope to have piece of the cake. And with most of them you cant tell which is worse. There are exceptions, but sadly they are minority. This way cant go for much longer, people are fed up with situation as it is and something has to be changed. Bring back the love and enthusiasm in making games.
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I am here to chew bubblegum and to kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum!
Stalker Online seems to have nailed it on their FPS MMO. It is what I've been hoping a developer would do with an MMO for a longtime.
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Originally posted by 77lolmac77
I am not so sure.
Past sucesses is not proof for future ones and Blizzard today is very different from the company that started on Wow in the late 90s.
I think it is easier for another company to change the genre than Blizz. Blizz players expect certain things from a Blizz MMO. Companies like Zenimax/Bethesda and Undead labs have a lot easier time to change the genre since they don´t have any MMO luggage but both have talented teams.
Since Blizzard merged with Activision thecompany have changed a lot, and frankly have innovative games never really been their speciallity. Wow was a polished up version of EQ. Strain who got the idea and started working on it played EQ, and Kaplan who took over got the job because he was in the same EQ raid guild as Morhaime.
In late 2004 we needed a polished version of already excisting games that offered more for regular players as well. Making something like that is what Blizzard do best. Creating something new from scratch on the other hand takes very different skills.
My bet is instead on Undead labs "Class 4". The game will more or less be it´s own genre when it launches and it have an very good team including the same lead designer that Wow had in the beginning. The mechanics it uses are very different from what other MMOs have. Also it isn´t funded by EA or Activision who never dared to really gamble but by Microsoft who so far never put a dime in the genre before.
I think Blizzards next large MMO will be "Wow 2", not "Titan". Blizz always loved sequals and Wow 2 will surely be released before 2020, mixing Wow with whatever style MMOs will have by then.
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From my perspective - yes, MMOs are stagnated, somehow. Nothing new, over the last years copy and paste from developer to developer. No new trends. Blizzard should have brought TITAN 2years ago, instead of milking the content and the "sheep"ish-gamers.
The only REAL invention in the past 4 years was Age of Conan - new combat system. Besides that? Nothing. Which saddens me.
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Originally posted by WhiteLantern
There have been really great multiplayer FPS games that isn´t E-sport later.
Natural selection to mention one, it was really great and NS2 is hopefully releasing soon.
Of course NS had no single player whatsoever, but it was a fresh breeze in a stale genre.
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My personal opinion is that currently the biggest factor is... *drum roll* the investors.
Games like Ultima Online and EverQuest had tiny budgets... tiny development teams and were more or less locked away in a broom closet from the rest of the company.
Now we have huge budgets .. tons of micro management and the people fronting the money want a return. (these would be stock holders... since most companies don't have 100+ Million laying around to build a game with).
So when EQ did better than UO the EQ model became the norm. A bunch of games with that core release and eventually WoW comes out... no suprise that WoW became the "norm"... yet it really is just EQ 2.0... because the foundation is built on the EQ model/core.
Now a bunch of games that didn't do very well are going F2P and reporting success. So obviously the F2P thing is going to grow and turn into epic fail for a few companies because the entire premise is flawed (my opinion).
After that happens... if companies continue to make MMO... you might actually start to see some diversity. Tho personally I may be old enough by then ... that I can log into the same game the next day and think its a new game anyway.
The sky should have been the limit with MMO's for sure. All the freedom that a game like UO offered... well there were things that needed to be "fixed" in that game... but not redesigned. Beyond a few things MMO's should have followed a path of... more .. more ... more.
Instead its a path of less.. less ... less and let's take away what you have... then introduce a new system you can grind through to end up almost having back what we took. The "almost" being the key factor of that equation.
Oh and just as bad as the points made in the article... how about one of these days a company actually enforces its Terms of Service and End User License Agreement? I'm sick of the... exploiting and totally screwing a servers economy gets a warning or short term ban crap. Yet if I was to simply to say "you give me cash I give you shinies" .. I'd get a perma ban.. because my spam has a far more negative effect on the game than the exploit user... seriously... Considering most of these companies end up using some form of RMT anyway.
Sorry not trying to derail or anything.. its just one of the parts of MMO's that really irritates me.
*edit* various fixes to my lack of english comprehension at the moment.
Moderator's on this site allow certain posters to create endless troll threads. Yet "warn" people for giving recommendations... account *pending* deletion because.. why bother.
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Linear solo experience + grinding instances as practically only thing to do - that what make genre stale.
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Well, we are in a similar position today, as we were in 2004. Up until WoW, there weren't many polished MMO's. EQ was the big dog, with AC available to those who preferred more solo play and a more sandbox experience. DAoC was popular and had a PvP focused end game. UO was still going strong and was a very different animal than the other mmos. Everything else was pretty niche, or was downright buggy as hell.
When WoW released, it was a very different game, but it had enough similarities. There really wasn't a full questing experience available before, at least not on the scale of WoW. There wasn't any mob grinding, or forced grouping, with the exception of some quests and of course dungeons. While the classes weren't perfect, each one could solo well enough while questing, and no one was really dependent on someone else to have fun. Although, grouping for elite quests and dungeons was very fun back then.
WoW was both a boon and a curse. WoW showed what time and money can offer, but we've pretty much only had quest hub style mmos launch since. Sure, EVE has always been in the background, but let's face it, outside of specific communities, many have no idea what EVE is.
As of the current state of mmos, yes they are stale. I have to agree with some of the other posters who stated that investors are the problem. Those with the money control a lot, and it's going to be extremely hard for an indie to bust into the mmo scene at this point.
I truly feel like the entire genre is standing on the edge of a cliff. It's either going to leap off and fly, or it's going to leap and fall to it's death. As it stands, unless someone can come in and make some fairly innovative changes, and show a lot of success, we'll be stuck with the same mmos for some time.
Here's hoping that GW2, TSW, and/or ArchAge are different enough, and successful enough to have a real impact. If not, we'll probably have to wait to see what Titan is, but who knows if lightning will strike twice for Blizzard.
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Remember that innovation and change may not always lead to success. Consider New Coke. Many people may like the "traditional flavor" of MMOs. I think that's why a lot of experiments (Seed comes to mind) fail.
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If you can't kill it, don't make it mad.
Forever is a long, LONG time... But any game that is able to bank a Billion dollars a year, year after year, is bound to attract the attention of the investors and those who make most of these games possible in the first place. WoW appears to be in decline at this point, but only time will tell if Blizzard can duplicate their sucess with Titan.
If they can even come close, I doubt any of us will live to see the end of the Blizzard dynasty. ^^ As far as different game types go, as middle ware and various technologies advance, it will not require tens of millions of (other peoples) money to make these games. That will open up the market to smaller groups, willing to take the risks involved in trying new approaches.
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Originally posted by Vindicta
Imagine that the soda market was only composed of coke-like beverages and no other kind except some obscure home-made ones. In other words: a world of basically only Coke XXL, Coke Superb, Star Wars Coke, etc. Wouldn't you want the market to show a bit more diversity? Maybe a Fanta and Sprite?
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Originally posted by Vindicta
Ah, but the failure of New Coke was that it was trying to be more like Pepsi.
Sweeter for the Younger Palate
Much in the same way all these other Themepark MMOs have been copying WoWs formula
They arent trying to compete by being different, they are trying to compete by being the same.
Dumbest plan EVER!
Classic Coke works because it ISNT like Pepsi. Mountain Dew works because it is completely different that all the others.
Tried: EQ2 - AC - EU - HZ - TR - MxO - TTO - WURM - SL - VG:SoH - PotBS - PS - AoC - WAR - DDO - SWTOR
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Why do I keep reading these forums?
I think WOWs problem is simply that it is getting old. There are now hundreds of games that are so called "wow clones" These are constantly nibbling at WOW and reduicing the playerbase. WOW wil slowly dissapear and the MMO industry will re-invent itself.
One should also mention that the run towards endgame is probaly a bigger problem in the industry than elves.
One should maybe look at TSW it has no leveling (everyone starts at endgame) and it has no elves...
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Jones said that other qualifications for the award include a classification as a Title I school, proof of adequate yearly progress for several years before and high growth of all students in the school. Jones said that every child, even those who scored in the upper percentiles of their tests had to show significant growth in order to qualify.
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It was last autumn when Perry County's homeless were facing the real possibility of a winter with few options for shelter. The Corner Haven homeless shelter, due to a lack of funding, had cut back to offer only overnight emergency services.
In response, community leaders and administrators with Community Ministries, the Hazard non-profit that runs Corner Haven, came together in an attempt to find new funding solutions to re-open the shelter on a full-time basis. It was an issue discussed heavily in local media, and thanks to the generosity of many in the county, through donations and other sources, the shelter was re-opened for the winter, but not before it caught the attention of a second grade student at Dennis Wooton Elementary who took it upon herself to lend a helping hand.
Cydney Banks and her mother, Jennifer (who is also her teacher), met with the Perry County Board of Education in November where Cydney received the board's blessing to begin a "Mile of Pennies" fund drive across the county school district, essentially collecting change for an extended period of time that would be donated to the shelter to help pay for expenses there.
Cydney's fund drive ended this week, and she was happy to donate more than $1,400 to Corner Haven on Tuesday.
"I was worried that the homeless shelter didn't have what they needed," Cydney said, just after handing over a check for $1,438.47 to Adrienne Bush, executive director of Community Ministries.
This money will go to help keep the lights on at the shelter and purchase food or other needed items, Bush said, and Cydney's initiative at such a young age is a reminder that this entire community, and not just the adults, are invested in helping each other.
"This just goes to show how blessed we are that we have families like the Bankses in our community, who are giving and who truly view Corner Haven as part of the community and something worthy of supporting," Bush said.
Of the $1,400 raised for the shelter, Jennifer Banks said, close to $700 came from Dennis Wooton Elementary alone, while Paula Boggs and the Buckhorn School raised over $300. Other money was donated from the school board's central office, or from family and friends.
"A little boy she (Cydney) went to school with the past two years that moved to Ohio saw it on Facebook and sent her money from Ohio," Jennifer said. "So many people were on board, even if they could just help with a dollar. There were so many people that helped out."
"And to have a 7-year-old child to have such a big idea on their heart," she added, "that's just kind of overwhelming."