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In fall 2003, a joint task force of the AICPA and the American Taxation Association (ATA) "conducted a survey to (1) gather information about the current state of affairs in tax education and (2) obtain broad input about the tax component of the accounting curriculum" (Kern and Dennis-Escoffier, "Current Status of the Tax Curriculum in Accounting Programs," 35 The Tax Adviser 712 (November 2004)).
The survey indicated that 43.7% of respondent schools required one tax course and offered one elective course, 29.1% required one tax course, and 11.7% required two tax courses (Id.). Within the first tax course, the survey revealed that little or no coverage related to, among other things, business entity taxation (Dennis-Escoffier and Rubin, "Curriculum Tools for Tax Educators," 39 The Tax Adviser 110 (February 2008)). While the survey contributed to changes in the AICPA's Model Tax Curriculum (MTC), it also suggests the need for tax educators to develop assignments that more efficiently convey important entity tax concepts.
Given the time and resource constraints most tax educators face (see, e.g., McGill and Outslay, "The GAAP in Tax Education: Integrating Tax and Financial Accounting in the Tax Curriculum," 38 The Tax Adviser 118 (February 2007)), faculty need to enhance their courses with new technologies and pedagogies and develop a vision for their courses that they constantly evaluate and refine (see Newmark, "The Introductory Tax Course Revisited," 34 The Tax Adviser 695 (November 2003)). They might also rely on an approach to teaching taxation that focuses on fundamental concepts and the acquisition of tax skills, gained through active participation by the student (see Jones and Duncan, "Teaching the Introductory Tax Course: A New Paradigm," The Journal of American Taxation Association, 95–103 (Spring 1995); Gore and Wong-On-Wing, "The Acquisition and Transfer of Tax Skills," Journal of American Taxation Association, 117–126 (Fall 1998); Dockter, "Taking the Student's Lead in Teaching Tax," American Journal of Business Education, 73–78 (July 2010)). In short, while the MTC, revised in 2007, "does not advocate a particular teaching method, it does call for faculty to use more active teaching methods" (see Dennis-Escoffier, et al., "The Revised Model Tax Curriculum," Issues in Accounting Education, 148 (May 2009)).
By encouraging active learning, tax faculty can overcome the traditional perception that accounting education places too much emphasis on memorization and content, rather than on critical-thinking skills (see Efrat, "Teaching Tax Through the Socratic Method," 39 The Tax Adviser 773 (November 2008)). Research on active learning "suggests that when students develop their own solutions and/or explanations, they take ownership of the knowledge they gain and are more likely to retain it" (see Chu and Libby, "Writing Mini-Cases: An Active Learning Assignment," Issues in Accounting Education, 245–246 (May 2010)).
As an added incentive to incorporate active, technology-based assignments into courses, faculty will appeal to the "tech savvy" nature of Generation Y students who have grown up with technology and expect immediate feedback (see Manly and Thomas, "Adapting Accounting Education to the Generations: Working With Millennials," 40 The Tax Adviser 119 (February 2009)). Additionally, as CPA firms have begun to use simulations and sophisticated technology to recruit and train Generation Y individuals (see Polimeni, et al., "Using Computer Simulations to Recruit and Train Generation Y Accountants," The CPA Journal, 64–68 (May 2009)), by extension, tax faculty need to design courses to meet the technological needs and talents of these students.
This column addresses the call for more active teaching methods in the face of constraints by providing tax educators an example of an interactive spreadsheet assignment and describing how to incorporate it within an introductory taxation course. This column first presents the motivation for the topic of the assignment and some preliminary recommendations for instructors and then details each
assignment step and provides summary student results.
Within an introductory taxation course, instructors may be compelled to rush through or omit the subject of tax-free acquisitive reorganizations in favor of more foundational entity topics (e.g., formations, distributions, liquidations). Given the interest that most students have regarding mergers and acquisitions, a compromise approach would be to administer an assignment that captures some of the basics of reorganizations without sacrificing class time. An interactive spreadsheet-based exercise that employs extensive simplifying assumptions and uses an inductive process allows students to gain a working understanding of type A, B, and C reorganizations and reinforce prior knowledge regarding stock basis and realized/
recognized gains and losses.
Educators should ideally introduce the assignment after students have gained some understanding of the basics of corporate taxation, particularly the general principles of Sec. 351 regarding corporate formation and the following associated topics:
While the assignment is designed to preserve classroom time, instructors may wish to spend a portion of one class period introducing the basic differences between taxable and nontaxable acquisitions and the major types of tax-free reorganizations. Instructors may also want to review various Code sections related to gain recognition (e.g., Sec. 61(a)(3) and Secs. 1001(a), (b), and (c)) that taxpayers seek to avoid when structuring a reorganization. Classroom coverage does not need to be extensive, however, as the assignment requires students to identify relevant authority for reorganization tests built into the spreadsheet.
Part 1. Introduction to reorganization spreadsheet; student input and test discernment: After distributing a balance sheet of a prospective target corporation at a hypothetical date of acquisition (see Exhibit 1), the instructor explains to students that an acquirer, with $1 million in cash, no other property, and no other assets and liabilities, has the choice of (1) purchasing some or all of the target's assets (and assuming some or all of the target's liabilities) or (2) purchasing some or all of the target's stock.
The instructor then asks students to enter asset or stock acquisition assumptions into the input section of a preformatted spreadsheet (see Exhibit 2). More specifically:
For both asset and stock acquisitions, the instructor should reinforce two points. First, with respect to consideration in the form of stock, the acquiring corporation issues additional capital stock within a proposed acquisition transaction. Second, while the spreadsheet limits the maximum fair value of stock consideration to $1 million (to arbitrarily match the amount of an acquirer's cash on hand at the date of acquisition), the fair value of additional capital stock issued could, of course, exceed $1 million in an acquisition.
After inputting their assumptions, students receive immediate feedback as to whether the transaction qualifies as a type A, B, or C reorganization. To clarify the transaction mechanics of each type, the instructor distributes flowcharts illustrating a forward A merger, a B reorganization (see Exhibit 3) and a C reorganization.
For any transaction that qualifies, students can then click on an "Effects" link that summarizes the effect of their assumptions on the following items (see, e.g., Exhibit 4):
After gaining some initial familiarity with the spreadsheet, students are then asked to experiment with several input possibilities (facilitated by the spreadsheet's "Clear All" function) to discern one or two tests the spreadsheet employs to determine whether a proposed transaction qualifies as a type A, B, or C reorganization.
Part 2: Instructor review/distribution of test solutions; student identification of related authority: After reviewing student conclusions, the instructor reveals the basic tests (see Exhibit 5) used within the spreadsheet—tests previously hidden—and asks students to identify authority (e.g., Code sections, Treasury regulations, or court cases) for each test using relevant textbook or treatise material. (For example, various sections of Bittker and Eustice, Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders (WG&L 2000), provide sufficient detail on the specifics of A, B, and C reorganizations.)
Part 3: Student delivery of reorganization assumptions; reporting on a business periodical related to reorganizations: Once students know the tests associated with the various acquisitive reorganizations and have gained some appreciation for the underlying authority, structure, and tax ramifications of each, the instructor requires two final deliverables designed to reinforce student understanding:
The goal of the assignment is to introduce students to acquisitive reorganizations. To keep coverage manageable within an introductory tax course, the assignment contains many simplifying features. Examples of these features follow:
To assess student ability to discern the reorganization tests (part 1 of the assignment), the author distributed the spreadsheet to a small test group of students enrolled in an introductory, entities-based tax course. While the response formats varied, almost all students were able to identify at least one rule for an A, B, and C reorganization, respectively. Most students identified two or three rules that triggered each of the reorganizations. Students responded with greater clarity on one-dimensional tests, such as liquidation of the target company and percentage tests for target assets or liabilities, rather than the relational tests of target assets and liabilities or target liabilities and acquirer cash. The results demonstrated the benefits of an inductive process and the reliance on critical-thinking skills by which students build their understanding of tax-free acquisitive reorganizations.
The revised MTC calls for more active teaching methods, and the reorganization assignment represents a step in that direction. The assignment is also beneficial in its incorporation of technology via an Excel spreadsheet application. The topic covered by the assignment, tax-free acquisitive reorganizations, is one that is often overlooked in an introductory taxation course. By using induction to identify the tests for A, B, and C reorganizations, ascertaining the authority for the various tests, and finding real-world examples, students can improve their knowledge of the tax treatment of corporate reorganizations. The technology used in the assignment and the inductive process can be adapted for use with other tax topics (e.g., divisive reorganizations). This exercise demonstrates an active approach to tax education that improves critical-thinking skills and allows for broader topic coverage in the tax course.
Note: The full spreadsheet assignment can be obtained from lead author Steve Harrington upon request (email@example.com).
Annette Nellen is a professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at San José State University in San José, Calif. She is a former member of the AICPA Tax Division's Tax Executive Committee and is chair of the Tax Division's Individual Income Tax Technical Resource Panel. Steve Harrington is a professor of accounting, Anne Drougas is a professor of finance, and Richard Walstra is an assistant professor of accounting, all at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. For more information about this column, please contact Prof. Harrington at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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To earn his early 2012 title shot against Aldo (23-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), Mendes won four consecutive fights via decision. Since the loss, though, he's won four straight via knockout.
"I'm excited for that rematch," said Mendes, who earned a $50,000 "Knockout of the Night" bonus for his efforts at UFC 164. "I think the fighter I was when I first fought Aldo was completely different from the fighter that I am now."
A big reason for the change is Duane Ludwig, a former UFC fighter who's earned rave reviews since taking over as head instructor for the California-based Team Alpha Male, which is home to Mendes and many of the sport's other top lighter-weight fighters.
"My confidence in my hands and my standup is completely different," he said. "We have a new head coach, Duane Ludwig, and the system that we're training now at Team Alpha Male is completely different than it was, and I'm excited to get in there and go after it."
Heading into Saturday's event, Aldo and Mendes were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA featherweight rankings. However, the division has no shortage of contenders, including Ricardo Lamas, Cub Swanson, Dustin Poirier, Darren Elkins and Nik Lentz, none of whom has fought Aldo under the UFC banner.
Could Mendes' latest performance allow him to cut to the front of line and get a second shot?
"I don't know," UFC President Dana White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) after the event. "I have no idea about that stuff tonight."
However, the UFC head honcho believes Mendes, a two-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler, is a marketable commodity.
"I like Chad Mendes," he said. "Chad Mendes is charismatic. He's a good-looking kid. He's exciting. He's finishing people left and right. At the press conference, he got asked more questions than the main event or co-main event (fighters)."
Although it probably won't translate into a title fight for his next bout, and though champ Aldo could be lined up for a champ-vs.champ bout with newly crowned lightweight titleholder Anthony Pettis to put the division on hold, Mendes can take solace in the fact he's finishing fights, something he lacked and was dogged for early in his career.
At UFC 164, all three judges had him up two rounds to none, and he could have cruised in the third to lock up the win. Instead, he didn't something 43 other opponents couldn't do to Guida.
"I finished the fight, so I can't complain too much," Mendes said. "There were a couple of things that obviously I want to work on, but Guida is a very tough guy to prepare for. As soon as that fight started, I was trying to find his rhythm, but he's just awkward as hell. It took me a little but, but I finally found it. I knew if I could slow him down enough to just get my hands on him that I could put him down, and I got it done tonight."

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Issam Mudawar, professor in Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering, has developed a device that could use aircraft fuel to cool hot engine components in order to alleviate the high temperatures generated by high-performance supersonic engines.
June 16, 2015
Purdue University will create an Engineering Education Skunkworks as part of a national effort to transform how undergraduate engineering is taught in U.S. universities.
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Purdue University students completing their capstone mechanical engineering senior design course will demonstrate more than 50 inventions, from drones and robots to energy-efficient systems for homes, a braille reader for mathematics, mini-racecars and a motorcycle cellphone charger.
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Purdue University engineering students will display a bevy of new toy concepts on Thursday (April 30), from an amphibious vehicle to a soccer penalty shootout game. The students, who are taking Karthik Ramani's computer-aided design course, have created a wide array of toys and will show them off during a Toy Makers Fair.
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A new potential manufacturing approach developed by Rebecca Kramer's research team could be used to mass-produce electronic circuits made of liquid-metal alloys for "soft robots" and flexible electronics.
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Professor Arvind Raman and colleagues have developed a system capable of detecting defects and networks of nanostructures below the surface of layered nanocomposites using a "Kelvin probe" scanning method with an atomic force microscope. The ability to look below the surface of nanocomposites represents a potential new quality-control tool for industry.
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A group at Purdue received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to support faculty and student-led startups, including Lean LaunchPad teams, as they work to develop technology-based, evidence-driven business ideas.
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Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering moves up in ranking to #8, tied with Carnegie Mellon University and Cornell University, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 Best Graduate Schools for Mechanical Engineering. The College of Engineering also moves up in the rankings to #6 in 2016 Best Engineering Graduate Schools.
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Elijah Wood Talks Acting With Anna Paquin, DJ'ing Her Wedding, and Whether He'd Appear on True Blood – Exclusive
Elijah Wood is clearly a fan of our homegirl, Anna Paquin, appearing with her in both the 2010 dramedy The Romantics and the upcoming thriller Black Wings Has My Angel.
When we talked with him at the Jan. 16 grand opening of Andrea's, the new Asian restaurant at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas — where Lord of the Rings star also served as lord of the DJ booth — we asked him about his collaboration with her, his involvement in her and Stephen Moyer's wedding, and if he'd ever follow her back to True Blood.
Wetpaint Entertainment: Talk to us about the status of your film with Anna Paquin, Black Wings Has My Angel.
Elijah Wood: It's moving ahead. I've been so busy with other projects at the moment that I haven't really been focusing on that, but it is something that I'm producing. And, as far as I know, it will get shot this year — most likely in the summertime.
What's your role and what's hers?
I have a very small role, but she's the secondary lead in the film. It's based on an old noir novel from the '50s. I play a character that she meets in New Orleans on an excursion, but, like I said, it's a small part.
Did you want to work together again when you co-starred in The Romantics?
It's where our personal relationship started, and it did kind of lead to us working together again, yes.
How did you enjoy being the DJ at her wedding to Stephen Moyer?
It was great. It was a lot of fun!
Would you ever do True Blood?
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UA A.D. Byrne on Sean Miller: I don't ever want to work with another basketball coach
Greg Byrne is understandably pleased with the job Sean Miller has done with the University of Arizona men's basketball program.
The Wildcats are 18-0 (5-0) and ranked number one in the nation, and are coming off a lopsided 91-68 win over in-state rival Arizona State.
"I've told Sean that I'm only 42, he's 45, and I don't want to work with another basketball coach the rest of my career if I can help it," Byrne told Doug and Wolf Friday morning.
Byrne wasn't the one who brought Miller to Tucson -- the credit for that belongs to Jim Livengood -- but he's certainly benefiting from the coach's presence.
Miller is in his fifth season with the Wildcats, and has guided the team to a 114-43 record along with a pair of NCAA Tournament berths. The Wildcats have gone as far as the Elite 8 under the coach, but appear to be on the way toward even greater heights this season and beyond.
Because as far as recruiting goes, Miller and the Wildcats are pretty much doing whatever they'd like.
"He's wonderful to work with, obviously from a coaching standpoint. He does great recruiting...academically, every senior that's ever played for him has graduated. He cares about every aspect of these guys and as an athletic director you couldn't want anymore," he said. "But as far as the recruiting goes, he's relentless in it. Every time that they can be on the road recruiting, they're out there.
"And we try to make sure that he has the resources to do that."
Byrne added that while the team's assistant coaches help, Miller takes an active role in trying to bring players to Tucson.
"They don't do that on their own," he said. "Sean will be there in the gyms in the summer, he'll be very visible. We'll be having practice in the late afternoon and he'll jump on a flight to get to San Diego, get to L.A., get to Las Vegas and watch a game that night and be back home that same night."
Miller's prowess on the recruiting trail has landed him prized recruits as well as praise from ASU coach Herb Sendek, who described the Wildcats' efforts as "absolutely astonishing."
But as Byrne explains it, plenty of work is required to make it happen.
"He just has a great effort about it," he said. "And when you spend five minutes with Coach Miller, you can tell how genuine he is, how real he is. He doesn't try to be somebody he's not, and I think that goes over well for so many people and the results are showing obviously."
Byrne, who has been leading the Arizona athletics department since March 2010, added that the school's fan base and infrastructure also help make it a prime destination for top recruits.
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How do you record the screen of your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? That's the question several of our readers have asked this week. Sure, you can use a fancy HDMI-out dongle and a video capture card to mirror and record your display if you have the hardware and can get it working right. But if you're jailbroken there's an easier way to go about recording your iPhone or iPad display.
Yes, there's a jailbreak app for that!
Cydia, the Jailbreak app store, has a little something that should suit your screen recording needs pretty well. It's called Display Recorder and it allows you to take screen recordings directly on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Once you're done, you can choose to upload the screen recording to YouTube or connect over Wi-Fi and move it over to your computer.
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LOGAN – A mother and daughter both face charges after an altercation, alleged to be about steaks or food items in the house, got physical.
The criminal complaint says West Virginia State Trooper J. G. Honaker responded to a domestic situation at a residence in Lorado on Sunday. Upon arrival, the officer witnessed Bobbie Clay, 45, hitting and pulling the hair of her daughter Kaila Clay, 21. The two were both members of the household.
After Trooper Honaker separated the two, he was advised they were fighting over food. According to the complaint, defendant Bobbie Clay refused to sit down and stop yelling at the victim. The officer observed and was told the defendant had thrown several items out of the residence and had broken several items inside the residence. The officer also observed a homemade soda can marijuana pipe with burned marijuana on it in defendant Bobbie Clay's room inside the residence. The defendant refused to give the officer a written statement.
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Chattanooga at Furman
Timmons Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Saturday – Feb. 15, 2014
- The Chattanooga Mocs clinched the Southern Conference regular season title with a 71-54 win at Furman today. UTC improves to 22-3 overall and 14-0 in league action. Furman drops to 13-11 and 7-6 in league play.
- The is the 18th time the Mocs have won or shared the Southern Conference Regular Season title.
- UTC has won 18-straight games, fourth-longest active run in the nation.
- Chattanooga has also won 10 consecutive road games, second best in the NCAA.
- UTC has won five straight and 26 of the last 27 against Furman.
- Furman came into the game 8-1 at home and 5-0 in Timmons Arena in SoCon action.
- The Mocs have won 30 straight SoCon games…last loss was a 70-60 overtime defeat at Elon on Jan. 7, 2013.
- Head coach Jim Foster won his 805th game today…11th women's coach in the NCAA to reach that mark. His 36-year mark stands at 805-310. The 2013 Hall of Fame inductee is the only coach in NCAA Division I history - men or women - to lead three different teams to at least 200 wins (St. Joseph's: 248, Vanderbilt: 256, Ohio State: 279). This marked his 27th season with 20 or more wins, tied for seventh most in Division I.
- The Mocs have won eight straight SoCon games by 10+ points…longest such run since the 2007-08 season when they won 17-straight league games by double-digits.
-It was a four-point game with 6:05 left to play when Furman's Sarah Durdaller hit two free throws to close the Mocs lead to 58-54. Those were the last points for the Paladins as UTC ended the game on a 13-0 run. Furman did not have any points from the field in the lasdt 7:27 of the game.
- This game featured five ties and 15 lead changes.
- Mocs tied a season-low with six turnovers in the game…fewest in SoCon play this season. Mocs came into the game No. 22 in the nation for fewest miscues at 13.0 per game.
- Chattanooga outrebounded its opponent for the eighth straight game (38-30). UTC is 16-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- Furman blocked five shots in the game…second-most against the Mocs this season (6 vs. UAB) and most in SoCon play.
- Chattanooga improved to 13-0 when scoring 70+ points in a game.
Alex Black – Sr.-G
- 11 points on 3-4 shooting, 5-6 from the FT line.
- Second-straight game in double-figures…seventh this season.
- 12-13 from the FT line over the last seven games.
Ashlen Dewart – Sr.-F
- 12 points on 5-10 shooting, 2-3 from the FT line.
- Tied for game-high with eight boards.
Taylor Hall – Sr.-F
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- Tied for game-high with eight boards.
- Added three assists and three steals in 39 minutes.
- Seven straight game in double-figures.
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- Added four points.
- Tied season-highs with three assists and three steals.
- Most minutes since playing 23 against Davidson on Jan. 6.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the appointment of 24 members and 11 alternate members to the Advisory Committee on Universal Cotton Standards.
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"I find that most Americans basically want the same things," Black says in an interview with Charleston Scene. "They want to be protected from idiots and maniacs. They want to have a decent shelter and a decent living wage. They want to avoid the constant panic of paying a gazillion bills. The real reason I'm optimistic is that whenever a catastrophe occurs, we respond. The federal government is never the lead on that. People drop what they're doing and start doing something. It's amazing. Do you think you'll ever see those idiots in Washington try to harness that for good? Please."
Black, who has released eight stand-up comedy albums and has published three best-selling books, returns to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center this week as part of his The Rant is Due tour, an audience-interactive trip on the heels of "Old Yeller," his ninth official comedy special (released digitally through InDemand in August).
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Black has been a fixture on the U.S. comedy scene for years. His fevered frustration and fascination with politics and current events has fueled his observational humor on stage as part of his edgy stand-up performances as well his hilarious, tirade-like, profanity-laden "Back in Black" commentaries on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," which date to 1996.
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I can usually hit on Saturday afternoons, if I don't have doubles lined up at Griffith's Park.
Hi Tim. Can't do it this Sat but maybe next week? Where?
Well, there's some courts in Westwood off Veteran Ave. Then there are free ones like Stoner Park and few others in Santa Monica. I'll look them up again.
Ah, so there's these courts off of Rose I've played before. They're at PenMar park off Rose near Lincoln Ave.. There are some meetup.com groups that go there too. I can do next week there, if you like. :)
Yes we could go to Rose. I've been there and they're pretty neat. Let's reconfirm during the week next week to play on Sat afternoon..,
Cool! I'll email you my number and just text to make things match up. I do like those courts!
Hi there, El segundo is a bit too far but I could do Marina del Rey
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Hi Rachel...I saw your post on tennisopolis...I'm a new member there..."EncinoMan"
My name is John, and I'm about a 4.0 on a good day and like to practice or play points or doubles for fun.
I will be coming to the West side tomorrow and other times as well. Maybe we can hit sometime ?
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Yes we could definitely hit sometimes. I can't today but let me know when you come back to the Westside:
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The weekly session of the Ashe County District Court was held Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, with the Honorable Jeanie Houston presiding. These decisions were handed down by the court:
Quaicy Eshon Barnes: (M) assault inflicting serious injury, (P) no contest, 75 days suspended, 12 months supervised probation, CC, liable for any restitution.
Justin Lee Billings: (M) probation violation, 60 days CRV, credit for 10 days, probation terminated.
Bryan Greer: (M) probation violation, 45 days, credit for four days, $201.60 restitution.
Noah Kinard Leeper: (M) possession of marijuana up to 1/2 oz., (P) guilty, 90-96, six months supervised probation, CC.
Johnathan David Long: (M) larceny, (P) no contest, 45 days suspended, 18 months supervised probation, not to be on Walmart premises.
Brandon Michael Milam: (M) larceny, (P) no contest, 120 days active to run concurrent with sentence currently serving.
Courtney D. Patterson: (F) possession of methamphetamine, 8-19 months suspended, 24 months supervised probation, $100 fine plus CC.
Jennifer A. McCormick: (M) possession of drug paraphernalia, (J) guilty, 90-96, six months supervised probation, (M) simple assault, (J) guilty, 45 days ACJ suspended, 18 months supervised probation, 11 days active, credit for 11 days.
Abbreviations: (M) misdemeanor, (F) felony, (T) traffic violation, (J) judgment, (P) plea, PJC: prayer for judgment continued, 90-96: 1st offense conditional discharge, MCP: Ashe County Sheriffs Office Misdemeanant Confinement Program, ACJ: Ashe County Jail, DOC: N.C. Department of Corrections, CRV: confinement in response to violation, CWS: community work service, PO: probation officer, CC: court costs, DL: drivers license, MV: motor vehicle, cons.: charges consolidated


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Apprentice Member
Joined: 9/27/10
being a lotro lifer i would have thought like most who play lotro would be happy of the influx of players..they could end up subscribers.lotro has done pretty well out of f2p..but they have the best f2p game on the go imo.swtor could end up doing well given a chance,regardless of what certain peeps think about it.
it does'nt affect normals subscribers,quite different it gives them the benefit of shop services for nothing.500 points a month for subscribers is ok..its a bonus on top of the normal game.i certainly would'nt complain
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Novice Member
Joined: 1/30/07
I lose more stars than a hollywood speedball convention.
So many don't care yet they post that they don't care.
Yes , yes you do care. Otherwise why waste your life on posting?
It's a fun enough game. Good story, fair combat, nice locations if theme parked, and mostly?
You don't have to buy the box and can enjoy the game for free and if you want the perks of a sub? Well?
Sub. It's a good enough game for me, though unlike some of the raving nutjobs (Not to be confused with Raving Nutters [me]) I have more than one mmo, and i juggle them.
I'd highly suggest subbing to TOR, it's worth the few months to try it out and the pvp is fairly fun.
Of course I'm sure a counter will be brought up giving you fifty reasons why poster A hates this game and doesn't care about it enough to post abou tit.
Novice Member
Joined: 7/22/12
"But it was so artistically done..." - Grand Admiral Thrawn's final words
Originally posted by Astropuyo
It is amazing that people who trash this game and say every day that thay won't be playing it anyway, are complaining about F2P model. Indeed why do you care? Move on!!!!
Apprentice Member
Joined: 9/27/10
Originally posted by fenistil
yeah i understand this but if they are getting points each month they can save up for the content at no cost.well at least it worked for me that way in lotro,i bought rohan with points..cost nothing at all..if they put the content in the shop and peeps use the points to buy it still costs nothing.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 2/17/07
NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by jimmydatwin
The thing is though that EA have stated that people do not want to pay and that is about 40% of people who quit.
What makes them think that making F2P this way will do anything to get them to play and even pay a bit? It won't
Original players lose nothing, only EA. Those that quit will stay quit and play whatever MMO/games they have moved on to, and probably will not even give SWTOR another look again, even if they lift some of these restrictions.
It going F2P gives SWTOR another bit of attention, and I do not know what else they can do for it to get a 3rd chance. The only thing would be a proper decent expansion, adding in things like, but not exclusive to, player housing or multiplayer space, something other than voice over quests, operations, warzones, flashpoints etc that is just more of what is already in game = boring. If they could do that, then they should have done that before going F2P.
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Joined: 5/02/08
Originally posted by Sevenstar61
As a CE owner, subscriber since pre-launch I'm very sad with the F2P system because:
I don't see the F2P adding more paying players to the game so they won't have the cash flow needed to restart it.
At this point one thing you can hope for is Disney will take over the IP and have a better SW MMO being built to replace this failure.
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Joined: 8/11/03
OP, there is no doubt that there is some fun to be had with SWTOR. Especially if you havn't played it before. But what you need to be prepared for is that if you want to play the game seriously you will have to sub. You can not fully play the game without subbing. So, yeh, the ftp will give you a nice chance to see whether or not you want to and there's some fun to be had, you WILL have to sub eventually if you keep playing or you will quickly run out of things to do once the leveling is over.
Everything about the FTP is tempting and pushing you.. almost forcing you.. to sub if you want to experience the game the way it is intended. That is why people are unhappy. Many think SWTOR isn't worth a sub (you can make your own mind up about that) and were hoping the ftp would give the game more credibility and value for money.. it doesn't because all they are trying to do is get people to sub, not let people play and pay for what they think is worth it with a good ftp model.
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Joined: 8/25/12
Doesnt matter how pretty ppl put into words how this game is great. Just look at the numbers. The game is falling every day, the concept was good but the design was bad. They try F2P and that was bad design too. If your still sub good for you but let me tell you that they are so many better games out there than this. This game doesnt deserve a sub, this game needs to be a real F2P. If this was a F2P i wouldnt mind buying the box before. They shoudnt even call this a F2P they should just said this is an extended free trial. Good examples of F2P that I like is GW2 and LOTR.
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Joined: 8/25/12
Originally posted by Vannor
Cant say it better myself.
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Joined: 2/17/07
NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Chances are those who like the game and sub will still sub to get the full experience, even if the restrictions are not much, because if you really like the game then the monthly fee is worth it, and do not want any restrictions. That is why you, and those who are subbed, are blinded by the fact as can not see how restrictive it all is, and do not care, as you are subbing
SWTOR is just way more restrictive than any other F2P MMO, and does nothing to encourage people to return or play in a restrictive F2P environemt.
SWTORs F2P system is really designed to make you sub, and not enjoy the restrictive cheaper F2P version, therefore not attracting many people to the game. That should be the reason why you should be upset about F2P - they just wasted time putting in a system to get people to sub, who do not want to sub, instead of adding in more content - if people do not come to the game, then its future is not bright.
There needs to be a decent balance where F2P is attractive enough to hook players but not so restrictive to put people off. SWTORs F2P is too heavy on the restrictive side, making it not attractive enough to bother.
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Joined: 12/02/11
Originally posted by lalartu
Getting upset over spilt milk is waste of my life. EA/BW don't owe me anything. I spent money with my own free will.
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Joined: 1/18/08
We're upset because the F2P implementation is so bad that isn't even really possible for former players to come back and enjoy class stories we haven't finished previously without paying for all sorts of basic things like a usable number of quickbars, the ability to hide head slots, the ability to customize companions, the ability to be revived where you died, the ability to play a reasonable number of warzones and space missions each week, and on and on. You only get the complementary cartel coins for having bought the game and subscribed a long time ago if you subscribe for another month first right now. You pretty much have to pay them more money if you want to experience anything resembling the game you quit a while back.
When I logged in to try F2P I also had to rename all but one of my characters due to server mergers. It wasn't clear how the game decides which 2 characters are the ones I can play. I did manage to login the character I cared most about. Losing all your preferred character names really drives home that you are just playing a piece of software not experiencing a virtual world. Severing that important connection to your old characters greatly diminishes the desire to play them and the 2 character limit prevents you from just creating new characters.
After having played GW 2 for the last 3 months, SWTOR's graphics just look surprisingly bad to me too. I'm not sure if they made changes to the engine to improve performance by lowering texture detail and model complexity or if it's just that I haven't played in a while, but it just looks bad and dated now.
For people who never played the game, F2P probably works tolerably because they don't know what it was like to play the game with all of its features unlocked. Many of the restrictions won't really start to hinder new players until they get their characters around level 20.
But for me and many other former subscribers, it is apparent that EA doesn't really want us to play the game again unless we pay the full sub price. Since we quit many months ago after deciding the game was no longer worth that price, the obvious solution is to forget about coming back to play the F2P version.
If they decide to remove their heads from their asses and not make F2P so crippled in the future, maybe I'd give it another look and even consider paying a small amount to unlock some more reasonable restrictions. But right now I'm not going to reward a company for creating a F2P version that's a blatant money grab.
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Joined: 12/10/05
Who's Everyone? Your friend? Strange name.
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Joined: 8/27/04
Perhaps tomorrow will be better.
The OP simplified an over complicated ordeal.
It is not as simple as saying what has changed from last week until now,it goes far beyond that.
The change was from the day they decided the game was not going to be a success.That means LESS investment,less staff,less content,many more things,NONE of which you expected when you bought the game.
That is why every game includes that BS TOS that says something to the effect.."your gaming experience may change".This is a lame way to get developers off the hook for delivering you less than what you expected,this can be less GM's,no botting control,nobody caring about cheats,poor server structure,poor conmtent updates,the list goes on and on.
There is also the fact that adding players to the bandwidth stream for free,is not a good thing.
The bottom line NEVER changes,the goal is to make money and in case of a giant,lots of it,small amounts will not do.
If a MMO goes stagnant after you purchase it,it really is no longer an MMO,it would be more like a single player game,you know content you buy that never changes.They wil lof course lay claim that the game is still being developed,well ya even 3 employees could still make a map or two and a few textures ect ect.
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Joined: 5/27/11
Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Oh, dont get us wrong, we complain because if we dont some poor sobs are going to download the game, try it, feel cheated and leave dissapointed, like most of us did. you see, we are helping people out here, saving them time, broadband, etc. What i dont get, is Why do you care? is posting here more entertaining than playing the game for you? :3
Besides, i got time to kill while i download RaiderZ (a game that is better as F2P than swotor will ever be as a sub).
So there, fuck EA, fuck Bioware, fuck Zynga.
Advanced Member
Joined: 2/14/10
Let this game burn
Advanced Member
Joined: 12/02/11
Originally posted by LhynnSaint
Feel cheated of what? a game that is free to downnload and try? yes i say try because it is nothing more than a free trial.
You are helping others, lol what BS!
Stop treating 'these' people like some idiots who can not even decide for themselves what they like or dislike.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 11/15/09
The only luck I had today was to have you as my opponent.
Originally posted by Entropy14
when a themepark of this size dies, it will make a noise in the industry.
Advanced Member
Joined: 4/22/06
The F2P option for players that were already subbed (like me) is a bonus to the game. The F2P option for players that had subbed and stopped and still don't want to sub are complaining because they want the same level of gameplay without having to sub (which they should NOT get)
The players that never subbed and complain simply want everything free.
The F2P option if a bonus, while I dont like some of the restrictions they have, nor do I think some of them make any sence (like UI options being locked) It does not change the fact that adding any type of free playing options in no way takes away from the game (it simply can't) They are not taking anything away from me, the subscribing player and are ADDING free options for other players while giving me new perks to purchase if I chose to.
All in all, the F2P option is not set up the way I would have guessed it was going to be, but as long as they dont lock anything that I had availible to me before as long as I sub, then I'm good.
And F2P option is not the same as the game becoming Free.
Elite Member
Joined: 3/24/05
No it will not... Not really. It will be a whimper at best.
Now i have had the same thought my self, i get a good number of people just wanted to play the game for free without any hassle (a fairly naive hope when it comes to F2P as it have been proven over and over again that people have no problem paying to remove some limits. and the more in the way they are the quicker people pay to get rid of them.) and i am pretty sure a few even belived that there woudl be hardly any restrictions to the "preferd" players.
Then you have i guess the group who feel the game will be deleted from existence when the current scheme does not pull in enough people... Trust me, if it is anything EA know it is micro transactions.
But still why are people so angry... Because it is the "in" thing and they just want to feel like belonging.
When do the good fight turn bad, Smedley is a good example.
This have been a good conversation