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"Comedy is just tragedy remembered."
An interesting debate cropped up on a game's forums recently that I was curious to hear people's thoughts on.
On an upcomming release the issue of whether cross-faction communication should be implemented arose. Personally, I am for it (for reasons I will probably get into during the disussion of this thread). Very valid points were raised on both sides of the debate, and I was curious to find what the folks here in the MMORPG community had to say about it.
Why are you for or against cross-faction communication in your MMOs?
What features (if it is included) make it livable or unlivable for you?
I really hope that *insert game name here* will be the first game to ever live up to all of its pre-release promises, maintain a manageable hype level and have a clean release. Just don't expect me to hold my breath.
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I think cross-faction communication should be in every MMO, no questions asked.
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You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself. -Ricky Nelson
Originally posted by TheFarseer
Agree. I see no reason not to have it. I mean there should be some seperation, like a defense chat or something, but normal talk should have no limit on who can read (and understand) it.
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depends on what you mean by cross-faction.
if you are talking something like red vs blue, ya cross chat is good yet bad.
its good to ego boost on bashing your enemies hard for X item/location. but its also bad do to the "spying" (though this is doable without cross chats) as well as people just being pricks over it and bashing everyone not of their faction.
now if you allow cross faction teaming ya its required.
ultimately id say it would depend on the game/context its used in. im for it yet against it. simply because it can and will be abused
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Joined: 10/29/07
First of all, I think that chat should be language based. If you can't speak elvish you should not understand elves in the chat but you can of course learn the language, even if a cross faction languages should be harder to learn. I don't even think you should be able to take quests from npcs that talks a language you don't understand.
Secondly, on a PvE server it is a no brainer. There is no reason to limit chat there.
On a PvP server things are different. I could agree that a specific neutral chat could exist but it would not really be a bother to me if it doesn't. But the general chat should be restricted, it gives too much away otherwise.
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Joined: 8/13/09
"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
im not either for or against the cross faction communication, but being unable to understand the enemy faction is ok to me so i dont have to listen to the cursings of my pk victims ;) but then if theres cross faction chat available i can trick the noobs trying to pk me so they leave me alone ;)
both ways are good to me.... ;) but i think the cross faction restrictions in some mmos are lore-wise that some races dont "speak" other factions languages...
theres a f2p game that sells language items for a limited time so u can speak to other factions..... but thats kinda silly to put it in a cash shop
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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
Originally posted by Ichmen
if this happens, then having 2 or more enemy factions is useless....
i played log time ago in a pve WoW private server that was cross faction, and both allys and horde were able to joing same guild (cross faction guilds).... there was no way in hell u could kill an ally while u being horde.... most retarded thing ever lol
It's for smack talk and the one bonehead who tries to ruin it for their "side" in PvP. But yeah, go wild.
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A lot of the arguments I've heard against cross-faction communication in the game's thread have been decent arguments, but all arguments that I feel have been well-countered with no response (other than re-stating what's already been countered).
People have voiced concerns about opposite factions "helping" each other in PvE situations. It has been said that on a PvE server, this will likely happen with or without cross-faction communication, at least to some degree. Inevitably two factions will cross paths hunting the same MOBs in the same areas. In a non-PvP setting, the MOBs are the only thing to shoot at, and there you have it. Discussion along these lines went on to focus on how game mechanics could prevent INTENTIONAL cross-faction cooperation, through awarding XP/Mission progress only to the side who had the opening or killing shot.
Other concerns were voiced about PvP environments. Obviously griefing and asshattery is a concern, but it seemed generally considered that /ignore and /report commands are a way better of dealing with this then eliminating cross-faction communication altogether. Then there was the whole "spy" issue. You know, the folks on your faction feeding the other side information about PvP groups and whatnot. The counter arguments to this seemed to feel that with programs like Ventrilo, elimination of cross-faction communication would merely put a dent in the number of people doing this. Not enough of a dent to make up for the loss of immersion and access to half of the people on the server.
I am for the cross-faction communication, but I approached this argument with a pretty open mind. It seemed to me that the 25% of people who were AGAINST it (the thread had a poll that a few hundred people took) were very prone to "butthurtness." Now this obviously doesn't go for everyone against it, but they certainly generally seemed like a crowd who would be much happier in a game with one faction. The were quick to pick up personal and emotional arguments when their viewpoints we challenged. The other 75% of folks seemed to think the limitation was silly, and was your garden variety mix of MMO player attitudes.
Some things the debate made me consider, that I hadn't really considered before.
I heard some convincing arguments against cross-faction communication /tells. People were concerned that if people WERE spying in PvP situations, they would at least have to voice it in local chat and risk being "found out." A valid point in my book, although I do bring up ventrilo in this instance. Eliminating /tells won't eliminate the problem, but it seemed a fair compromise in discussion.
While originally I was a proponent of a totally non-restricted cross-communication system, I was argued down to what I feel is a better system than the one I was envisioning at the beginning of the debate. I now feel that /global should be same-faction only. I still think I should be able to /tell anyone I see in game, but I would be open to restricting it to player-to-player emails, as long as I could at least draft an email in the field to a player by right clicking on them. I will live with having to go to a mailbox to send it, but I don't want to have to use a notepad just to communicate with others. Really, as far as chat channels go, a /local only setting for cross-faction communication would be acceptable, as long as my /tell and email requirements are met.
I now feel that /trade channel settings should be game dependent. If its an open player economy, both sides will be trading. But in the more loot-based "themepark" style economies, there wouldn't be any real NEED for cross-faction /trade communication.
Just trying to sum up the debate that sparked my OP. I also have some thoughts about what's been posted in this thread, but that'll wait for another reply.
I really hope that *insert game name here* will be the first game to ever live up to all of its pre-release promises, maintain a manageable hype level and have a clean release. Just don't expect me to hold my breath.
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Chat restrictions are an outdated game restriction and should not exist. Even in faction based pvp games, irc, vent, teamspeak bypass in-game communications. All chat restrictions do is cut your potential community by up to 50%.
Warhammer fanatic since '85.
Originally posted by Dnomsed
Incorrect. It depends on the game world.
In DAoC it made sense not to understand the other realm, because they were
a) your sworn enemy
b) there was absolutely no point at which you should be working WITH them
c) they spoke different languages
and if you really REALLY wanted to communicate with the other realm for trash talking purposes, forums existed for that. I never felt my community was "cut in half" because I couldn't heard Midgard or Hibernia. It just helped add to the realm pride/realm rivalries. It built up the hatred for the other realms and really made them seem like enemies. It also made it so that when the other two realms teamed up with one another it took a lot of coordination out of game, and then when the time came for both of them to attack at once... they couldn't work well together... much like what would happen in real life if two sworn enemies from different nations tried to attack in tandem.
So no, its a VERY valid gameplay mechanic, especially for PvP purposes. Considering the best PvP game to date had it, why would it be bad?
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Joined: 11/18/04
Heroes are about character - not gear.
If you are going to allow players to create toons from multiple factions on the same server, there is no reason to prevent it other than what was stated about language issues (if the sides speak different languages that cannot be learned or if there is no third language they could share). Because blocking typing in such a situation does not block the use of third party tools/etc to get around it.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
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"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." -Albert Einstein
Originally posted by Garvon3
You contradict yourself and show examples of bypassing the chat restrictions in your post defending them. Hence, I stand by my assertation that its an outdated and useless mechanic.
Warhammer fanatic since '85.
Originally posted by VirusDancer
Well yes, but we're talking about a Realm vs Realm game I assume, and who in their right mind would make an RvR game where you can make a character on either side? That defeats the entire purpose of the game... oh wait.. there are tons of dumb developers out there :/
Originally posted by Dnomsed
I in fact, do not contradict myself. What would need to be said from one enemy to the other in game that couldn't be served by out of game forums, while still preserving the atmosphere and war tension in game?
What makes it "outdated"? Most still consider DAoC to be the best PvP game to date. What has changed that made some of the features key to earning that crown "outdated"? Has immersion become outdated? Realm pride? A solid RvR experience? RPG mechanics? I guess so, people just want WoW these days, all true MMORPG gamers have left the genre after the companies we once loved kept pumping out garbage clones.
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Heroes are about character - not gear.
Originally posted by Garvon3
I was kind of surprised that RIFT allowed this at first, but then again it has become common in recent years to allow folks to do this.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
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Originally posted by VirusDancer
I don't see why. Well I kind of do. Developers (or at least the people funding the devs) are afraid of the slighest thing that will drive players away. That's why no new MMOs have any challenge or danger to them, and make sure they shower the player with rewards at every turn, lest their unsubscribe! Oh no, what if I make a character on the LOSING side? I may be encouraged to leave!
Why bother trying to have conflict if the player isn't invested in it at all? Oh no the other side took some of my keeps and now my realm has been weakened! I guess I'll just switch to the winning side... Man, no one knows how to make a good PvP game these days. Or PvE for that matter (dungeon finder, wtf)
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Originally posted by Garvon3
This is simply incorrect.
In DAoC there were three sides.
The ideas was the weakest two sides could team up against the strongest side, which DID happen.
I participated in some of these battles, so they were not ALWAYS your sworn enemies, they were your allies.
We had to organize such battles on forums, and third party chat programs, etc.
SOME people were plugged in nad knew what was going on exactly, and others just had to tag along, and find out second hand what was going on.
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Originally posted by Garvon3
When it comes to removing what little depth there is to MMO PvP, chat restrictions are second only to faction warfare.
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Rep. Fitz Steele, a Democrat representing Perry County and a portion of Harlan County, filed the bill Dec. 5. In addition to returning all coal severance funds to coal-producing counties, it would also abolish a fund aimed at industrial development and do away with a program approved during the last legislative session to fund scholarships to the University of Pikeville's Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The way the tax is currently structured, half of all coal severance tax funds collected are assigned to the Local Government Economic Development Fund, which provides grants to industrial projects in coal-producing counties. Of that amount, 15 percent is set aside for the Local Government Economic Assistance program, which provides money directly to city councils and fiscal courts to spend on roads and other specific purposes. Another 5 percent is reserved for transfer to the Kentucky Secondary Wood Products Development Fund.
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The last few months have been insanely busy. Going back to school with two kids was quite a shock. Then two months ago after drinking a Kombucha, my throat closed up. I had just read Sloane Miller's new book Allergic Girl and while I was reading it, I kept on thinking "Wow--well there is one problem I don't have" because we don't have any IgE allergies in our family. Our throats don't close up and we don't need an EpiPen--we just can't eat gluten.
Which is why I was quite surprised when my throat closed up on the way to the library while drinking a Kombucha a few weeks later. I tossed my glass bottle of Brooklyn Kombucha in a garbage can on the corner and headed to a deli for some Benedryl. The antihistamine seemed to work a little and I stuffed the extra hot pink pills in my wallet for a rainy day. Then a week later my throat closed up AGAIN--but I hadn't drunk a Kombucha. And the Benedryl didn't have any effect. In the middle of the night one evening when it happened again, I headed to the ER because it was late and I was worried about falling asleep with my throat swollen. The ER told me it had been so long (since the throat closing had started after dinner) that I wasn't going to die and there was nothing they could do for me except recommend a CT scan to make sure an object wasn't stuck in my throat. (Another wonderful mainstream medical moment for me.) Finally, in math class before my third exam after eating a Kind Bar, I felt the same tightening of my throat and inability to breath. After my exam I called an allergist to rule out allergies.
The funny thing was, despite my symptoms no one seemed to be in any rush to examine me. Two weeks later I went in for allergy testing. They did a breath test to check my breathing and rows of allergens on my arms which revealed I wasn't allergic to anything. Minutes later, the allergist grabbed Dr. Aviv, an ENT who did a scope and determined I had laryngopharyngeal reflux and vocal cord dysfunction. My windpipe was snapping shut when I was inhaling and preventing normal airflow. To me it felt like I was suffocating. And I was. According to my sister who has a similar problem, the doctor told her in some studies 90% of the population has reflux at some point in their lives so this isn't a rare and unusual condition. Although the vocal cord disorder, which I have never heard of might be an unusual presentation. Often vocal cord disorder presents as asthma but an inhaler has no effect.
Dr. Aviv recommended a book called "Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook and Cure", a speech pathologist and Prilosec for six weeks. He also gave me some articles he had written on this disorder.
I don't know what triggered my reflux and vocal cord dysfunction but I do know that all the food I was eating was on the "do not eat" list. Almonds, Cocoa, Lemon, Vinegar, Kombucha (caffeine and carbonation,) Salsa, Tomatoes, Onions, Peppers. The last 20 years I have been guzzling hot sauce. And I was completely fine until I wasn't. They are ruling out H-Pylori--a bacteria which also causes ulcers. Of course, there is no better way to learn about reflux than to live with it. Theory is one thing--reality is another.
I started with a week of a low acid diet, and when that didn't work I took everyone's advice and took a week of Prilosec. For a bunch of reasons, I have switched from Prilosec to Manuka Honey.
I still don't have the energy for a full post about everything I have learned over the last few months--my mind is spinning and I am unable to write without spicy condiments. But I wanted to let everyone know that I am fine--just gluten free and salsa free for the time being. Please don't pass the hot sauce.
More later on Reflux and Manuca Honey.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Please Don't Pass the Salsa...
Posted by Our Gluten Free Family Kirstin at 11:57 PM
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- Benbarton1 said...
Wow, super sorry to hear about this. Good luck ironing it all out and hang in there!Print this post
- June 7, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Cindy said...
Oh my goodness! That sounds very scary, and I hope you'll be feeling better soon.Print this post
- June 7, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Cannon and Kassie said...
Crazy! I'm glad that you figured it out but that stinks that you have to further restrict your diet. I hope it helps it not to happen again xoPrint this post
- June 7, 2011 at 9:05 PM
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This is my 9th, and probably last time upgrading this. If anyone knows the name of this, tell me!!
to understand this part you might want to click on the tag and start from part one. I started to feel wobbly but I managed to push the trigger Jacob (my bounty) flew back up looked behind me I realis …
you mite not know me but I just wanted to say I've bin on SWG for over a year and over that year I've made a lot of friends. Deathwhatch000 and padmeisme can I be your friend?
The Millennium Falcon and the Dark Troopers TIE fighter as seen in the trailers. The TIE has a bit more red than is shown, but I thought it looked alright.
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Hey guys, these are a few MOCs I put together kinda for fun. Some of them took longer than others, like the Jango Fett fighting scene took probably about 20 min. max, while the Darth Vader burning sc …
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3 new Google Maps mashups from the UK and Australia!
Get your 5 day UK weather forecast - Here is a UK based mashup work-in-progress that overlays regional weather data (using some cheery "weather-type" symbols) overlaid onto a Google Map. Clicking on these symbols displays the highs/lows, wind direction and speed for the next 5 days! [via]
Find Aussie Places on Google Maps - Planning a trip to Australia and want to know where the closest look out spot to where you're staying is? Or perhaps you live in Australia worrying about an Antarctic penguin invasion you're seeking the nearest defense facilities? AussiePlaces.com will allow you to find these and many (I do mean many) other "places" all plotted on a nifty Google Map. This mashup is from the creator of the Australian weather mashup Zippyweather.com. Post code searching is the means to finding a boat ramp or ten pin bowling on this great mashup from down under.. (Warning: lots of data, a bit slow on the 'ol browser!) [via]
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Delegation seeks to cut federal profit on student loansBy Josh OGorman
STAFF WRITER | July 12,2013As Vermonts congressional delegation seeks to roll back student loan interest rates, a larger discussion is emerging to address how much profit a lender should make from a student.
July 1, the interest rate for a federally subsidized Stafford loan named after the late Sen. Robert Stafford of Vermont doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. Since then, President Barack Obama, the U.S. House of Representatives and a bipartisan coalition of senators have all offered plans to reduce the interest rate or return it to its pre-July 1 rate.
Tuesday, Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., took to the floor of the Senate to read some of the 700 emails hes received from Vermonters and others nationwide who are calling for a return to the lower interest rate.
What is happening in Vermont and across the country is a real crisis, Sanders said. We have a crisis where working-class families are being forced to reconsider investing in their childs education and a better future.
The Senate is working on a compromise that would tie student loan rates to market interest rates, a scenario that could see students paying more than 6.8 percent as the economy improves, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Wednesday, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., introduced legislation to roll back the interest rate to 3.4 percent. The Keep Student Loans Affordable Act (H.R. 2574) would be financed by closing what Welch called a loophole in the tax code governing individual retirement accounts.
Its outrageous, unnecessary and cruel that Congress has failed to do its job and is sticking it to the middle class in this country, Welch said in a statement. Every year, college education slips further and further out of the reach of working families and their children.
Colleges in the area have yet to feel any immediate impact from the interest rate increase.
Theyre just happy they got a loan, said Julie Rosmus, financial aid director for the College of St. Joseph. Freshman, especially, are just learning about loans and arent that savvy about interest rates. The way the economy is, theyre happy they can get a federally subsidized loan because its not tied to credit.
We havent heard from students directly but we have heard from some parents, said Kathleen OMeara, director of financial aid for Castleton State College. This wont affect the college, unless we start seeing students withdrawing from college, which we dont anticipate seeing.
Kevin Coburn, director of communications at Green Mountain College, said he hasnt heard any outcry from his students because the issue received a lot of publicity in the months leading up to July 1.
The interest-rate discussion is really a proxy for the discussion of the affordability of college overall, Coburn said.
Scott Giles, CEO of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, noted that even before the doubling of student loan rates, the government was making a tidy profit from students.
Families who are already stretched to the limit, they are going to take a second look at if they can afford this investment, Giles said. The government borrows at no more than 2 percent, so why are they charging 6.8 percent? The doubling of the interest rate is really just rubbing salt in the wound.
According to Sanders, the U.S. government will make about $180 billion in profit from student loans during the next 10 years.
I think that is wrong because the government is profiting from low- and middle-class families who need the loans the most, Sanders said. Some students are graduating with a mountain of debt that has an onerous effect on their lives.
One such person is Melissa Weber, 25, of Wallingford. Weber currently works as an occupational therapist in the psychiatric unit at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Shes also $180,000 in debt after receiving her bachelors and masters degrees from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
In order for me to live on my own and support myself, I have to pay the monthly minimum, so Im only paying on the interest, said Weber, whose monthly payment is $1,000, forcing her to work a second job at a bed and breakfast in Wallingford.
It definitely impacts my goals, she said. I want to own a home, but its like Im already paying a mortgage.
Giles says such profiteering at the expense of students is unnecessary, and points to loans made by VSAC with interest rates as low as 5.6 percent.
If the state of Vermont can make loans at 5.6 percent, the federal government can do the same thing, Giles said.
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January 09, 2013 at 12:58am by Scott • 7 Comments »
I'll do a proper post on all draftable quarterbacks in the coming weeks, but for now Roy Cummings lists a few that he thinks have potential to be Josh Freeman's competition in 2013 that could be had on the second or third days. I've already explained the reasons why this is bogus competition, but since he went to all the trouble of writing it, let's just pretend there's a real possibility that some mid-round rookie could oust Freeman.
As the draft is being projected now, there is a chance experienced prospects from big-time programs such as Landry Jones of Oklahoma and E.J. Manuel of Florida State could be available.
Enticing prospects such as Zac Dysert (Miami of Ohio) or Colin Klein (Kansas State) should be there for the taking in the middle rounds, as well. And if juniors Tyler Bray (Tennessee), Aaron Murray (Plant High and Georgia) and Keith Price (Washington) opt in, the Bucs could have a shot at one of them as well.
Jones is experienced but has flawed mechanics and has only played out of the shotgun. He's still kind of raw for being a four-year starter. Manuel is a better physical specimen and is fundamentally better than Jones, but makes questionable decisions. Klein is actually pretty good. He's a good athlete with a decent arm and no flaws that can't be coached away. I've already covered Bray, who has the best arm of the bunch but makes some boneheaded decisions and is kind of a douche. Murray may be the best overall quarterback here and with the success of 5-11 Russell Wilson, everyone is going to get hot on Murray who is 6-0. But there's a reason why most good quarterbacks are tall. Still, he has good SEC experience and has had success. [Update: turns out Murray is staying at Georgia for his senior year.] Price is a tough kid who sometimes overthrows his receivers by a good mile and should just stay the fuck in school. And if you've ever heard of Dysert, congratulations, you have bedsores.
We'll see if the combine makes any of these quarterbacks stand out any more, but if a team takes any of these kids besides Murray in the second round, they're reaching. The Bucs need too much elite talent at other positions to consider taking a quarterback before the third, and even that's stretching it if you ask me. People are going to point to Wilson as an example of how, with the right scouting, you can get a good quarterback in the mid rounds and play him early and go to the playoffs. But for every Wilson, there are a couple Colt McCoys and Jimmy Clausens who will bend your team over and fuck it with a conch shell if you turn your team over to them. And hey, if the Bucs go ahead and take the flyer on one of these guys, fine. Mark Dominik has my vote of confidence, so if he thinks one of them is worth it, I'm behind him. But let's not set this up as a competition for Freeman. Just get the best quarterback coach possible and mold Freeman into what we know he can be.
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Each year, the editorial staff of The Valley Reporter reviews the major news stories of the past year with an eye to gauging which stories were most newsworthy and how they affected the citizens and visitors of the Mad River Valley. Here is the list of top news stories for 2006.
1. Sugarbush completes Clay Brook residences/new Gate House and Timbers
Leading off the list is Sugarbush's long-awaited rejuvenation of the Lincoln Peak base area and village, including the construction of the Clay Brook residences. This $60 million project was begun in August 2005 with construction ongoing throughout 2006 and completion occurring earlier this month. There are 61 residences with 110 bedrooms.
The residences, a new post-and-beam Gate House Lodge and the Timbers Restaurant make up the first phase of Sugarbush's renovation of Lincoln Peak. The second phase of that project includes a new guest service center to be built where the interim village is located.
The project is the top story of the year because it marks the largest on-mountain investment to take place in decades and because it ushers in a new era at Sugarbush. It was a mammoth undertaking that involved major earth-moving/sculpting, reworking the road network at Sugarbush, reworking the parking configuration and the base of the ski area. The fact that a high percentage of the residences were pre-sold was also impressive.
2. Faystonians look at high development pressure/bear habitat and subdivision moratorium
2006 was a year that kept the Fayston Planning Commission very busy with several large, multi-lot subdivisions proposed for the Slide Brook basin. That area of Fayston is considered to be among the best bear habitat in the state of Vermont. The planning commission was faced with the task of reviewing two proposed subdivisions in that area, plus several others. In Slide Brook the planning commission denied one project (Robert Crean, who is appealing to Vermont Environmental Court) and approved one for Allan Spector.
Those two subdivisions plus multiple smaller subdivisions prompted a handful of Fayston residents to draft a petition calling for the select board to adopt a moratorium on subdivisions in Fayston. Residents concerned about an increasing rate of development presented the planning commission with a petition asking for a temporary moratorium on multi-lot subdivisions. Petitioners spoke at a November hearing for two projects, one proposed for Center Fayston Road and the other for Old Center Fayston Road.
Enjoying the view from atop Mad River Glen Ski Are in Fayston. Photo: John Williams
The petition, signed by about 75 residents, called for a "more comprehensive land use plan" that would preserve the rural nature of the town, protect wilderness and recreation areas, and "allow for economic diversity among our residents."
In December, the select board opted to take the petition under advisement and suggested residents get involved with the town plan revision in anticipation of a July 2007 deadline.
3. Eat Local Challenge
With regular reports of various outbreaks of illness caused by contaminated foods which take weeks to identify and with people beginning to pay attention to where their meals come from as well as what they contain, residents of the Mad River Valley were enthusiastic about eating locally. The Mad River Valley Localvores successfully organized the first annual Eat Local Challenge in September and carried their momentum through the holiday season with two additional farmers' markets and the 100-Mile Thanksgiving. A second week-long challenge is in the works for late January.
Just over 150 Valley residents signed on for the week-long September challenge, pledging to eat nothing but food produced within 100 miles of home. Local restaurants served 'Localvore-friendly' dishes from September 11 to 17, and schools got involved by serving local meals for students.
Many noted speakers and activists visited The Valley as part of the challenge. Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben spoke at the Big Picture Theater. Food activist Sandor Katz visited American Flatbread, and the Round Barn hosted author and 'locavore' founder Jessica Prentice.
In addition to local shoppers learning to make local choices, Waitsfield business owner George Schenk of American Flatbread staged a 'chicken event' challenging a state agricultural department policy prohibiting restaurants from serving locally grown chicken. Schenk wanted to sell American Flatbreads featuring free-range organic chicken grown by his neighbor Hadley Gaylord but was unable to do so because the chickens were not slaughtered at a state certified shop. Schenk staged a chicken event, an act of civil disobedience designed to raise public awareness of the issue and bring attention to the consequences of the state regulation which prohibits one local business from supporting another.
The chicken event resulted in state officials listening and promising to work with Schenk and other farmers and business people to explore creating a mobile butcher shop that could be state certified.
4. Routes 100 and 17 re-paved all summer long - no bikes lanes
As anyone who drove through The Valley this summer knows only too well, Route 100 from Waitsfield north to Moretown was repaved this summer. Route 100, along with Route 17, was not just re-paved, it was ground up, spat out, smoothed over, paved, paved again and smoothed, left uneven, evened out and ultimately, just this month, painted.
The process was long and arduous for drivers as well as those involved in the repaving/reconstruction project. Traffic moved in one direction only for long stretches of the road, leading many drivers to opt for back roads where possible. Delays were long and road conditions were sometimes less than desirable between the various processes used to reconstruct and repave the roads.
To the dismay of many, when all was said and done, the massive project did not yield official bikes lanes for Route 100 (one of the premiere biking routes in Vermont) or Route 17.
State officials pointed out that statutorily they are obligated to provide bike routes where feasible and said that an acceptable middle ground is to widen the paved shoulder and shrink the travel lanes by a foot on each side.
5. Neighborhood watch program formed
A summer marred by burglaries and acts of vandalism prompted Valley residents to organize a neighborhood watch program. The Central Vermont State Police Community Advisory Board and the Local Emergency Planning District #5 organized meetings and trainings at the Waitsfield School and provided watch signs and instructional material. Law enforcement officials from the Vermont State Police and the Washington County Sheriff's Department spoke at the meetings and endorsed the program.
The program trains residents to become the 'eyes and ears' of police and also sets up a means to communicate information between watch participants and law enforcement. Participants received training regarding how to better protect their families and residences from criminals.
The business community also organized a watch program to serve their needs. This grassroots community activism came amidst increasing local frustration over property crimes and vandalism. The Vermont State Police were sympathetic but hampered by understaffing and budgetary issues. The Washington County Sheriff's Department, which provides traffic control in The Valley, cannot perform the type of law enforcement patrol needed to combat home break-ins and acts of vandalism. With the blessing of both agencies, the local Neighborhood Watch program was formed.
6. Warren Elementary School teacher is named Vermont Teacher of the Year
Warren Elementary School third- and fourth-grade teacher Katie Sullivan was named Vermont Teacher of the Year this fall in a ceremony held at the Warren School. Sullivan, a Waitsfield resident, received the state's highest honor in education and was praised for her curiosity as well as the classroom environment she creates.
A 14-year veteran of the Warren school and a teacher for 24 years, Sullivan is an outspoken advocate for diversity and creating learning environments that respect and honor diversity. She's a champion of equity and tolerance in the classroom and outside of it and has long been both an advocate for education as well as the environment.
As the 2007 Teacher of the Year, Sullivan will travel statewide and nationally visiting schools and working with teachers. In addition, she is Vermont's candidate for the National Teacher of the Year award, sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Sullivan will travel to Washington, D.C., this spring for a reception at the White House and will spend a week in Arkansas at Space Camp.
Sullivan has been a teacher for 24 years, 14 of them at the Warren Elementary School. She taught in Philadelphia at Friends Select from 1984 to '91 and in Ripton, Vermont, in 1991/92 before coming to Warren. She was previously honored as the Washington West Teacher of the Year in 2003 and the Environmental Protection Agency's environmental Teacher of the Year in 1999.
She received a B.A. studying environmental education at Pennsylvania State University. As a participant in the Vermont Mathematics Institute, she earned her masters' in education from the University of Vermont in 2003. She has been a Math Network Leader for Vermont's Professional Development Networks since 1995 and is active in many other state, district and school initiatives. Until recently, Sullivan served on the board of directors of the Friends of the Mad River and continues to be a regular volunteer for RiverWatch and other river projects, as well as a participant in several community events such as Valley Vision 2020.
7. Waitsfield drills for municipal water supply
When Waitsfield began drilling a well this summer, it signified a serious first step in realizing a decade-old goal of creating municipal septic and water systems for Waitsfield.
Working its way through a tangle of legal complications over how to drill in a town right of way near where another landowner, Virginia Houston, has tapped into a large aquifer, the town started drilling this summer.
The well is a high-yield well, capable of supplying the 30 to 100 gallons a minute the town needs for a municipal system. The town spent part of the fall working on how to perform draw down tests to determine the impact of the well on surrounding water supplies and has simultaneously moved the septic project into final design phase as well. The two projects will cost $10 million and, when completed, provide municipal sewage and water services to Waitsfield Village as well as hydrants to fire fighting along some town roads.
Creating municipal sewage and water systems are considered to be two critical components to keeping growth in Waitsfield centralized in designated growth areas such as the Irasville and Waitsfield Village districts.
8. Turners close land to lobby legislature and it worked
It may not be possible to fight city hall, but one local farm family effectively took on the state of Vermont by persuading the public to help them lobby for a long promised cattle underpass.
Farmers Doug and Sharon Turner, along with their son Joe, closed their lands for public access and recreation last winter in an effort to lobby the state legislature to make good on a decade-old promise to fund a cow underpass. The Turners move their cows from the barn to their fields twice a day, crossing Route 100 each time. The unsafe situation prompted them to seek state assistance 10 years ago and, although promises were given repeatedly, no funding was ever created nor any follow up took place.
Frustrated, the Turners closed their lands - well used by many different groups for numerous activities - and asked the public to lobby on their behalf. The calls, letters and emails abounded and with the help of local legislators the project has been funded and their lands are now open. Last week, Doug Turner asked the public for one final push to make sure the state follows up on plans to engineer the crossing.
Measuring the amount of river bank erosion along the Mad River
9. Mad River erosion raises larger issues of river morphology for Waitsfield BOS
Last fall, Chris Pierson, owner of the Larrow House in Waitsfield came to the select board seeking help in countering erosion by the Mad River of his Waitsfield Village land. He had lost 35 feet of land in the past five years.
His query led the select board to explore federal hazard mitigation grants to prevent further land loss and potential property damage due to flooding where the Mad River narrows in Waitsfield Village. The board rejected the idea, turning instead to the state agency of natural resources, seeking financial help or some other type of help to mitigate the erosion and prevent further damage.
Pierson also sought state help, seeking permits to extract gravel from the river near his property and use it rip-rap or armor the banks of the river along the front of his property. State permits were denied for extensive gravel extraction but one was given for rip-rapping. During the course of three select board hearings, board members heard from other ANR employees about the interconnected nature of riparian properties and how fragile a river's eco-system is.
Historic human interaction with the Mad River from the late 1800s onward led to straightening of the river, which led to channelization, decreased river access to flood plain, silt deposition and other conditions which are now partially responsible for the damage being done in Waitsfield Village.
10. Moretown officials and Moretown Landfill Inc. negotiate agreement
In October, Moretown officials announced an agreement that provides the town a location for a town garage and conserves town-owned land as deer wintering habitat. The deal allows Moretown Landfill Inc. (MLI) to meet the state requirement to mitigate deeryards affected by construction of an additional cell for waste.
Through terms of the agreement, the landfill agreed to pay the town $101,250 for the development rights to 81 acres of property located behind the Moretown Elementary School. Those rights are to be ceded to the Vermont Land Trust. The agreement also includes a purchase option for an additional 65 acres of contiguous town property. Moretown Landfill Inc. has until August 1, 2012, to exercise this option, at a cost of $81,250.
The third and final piece of the agreement allows the town to lease a roughly two-acre property located off Route 2 as a site for the town garage. The location, which now hosts a barn that may be converted into a garage, is to be leased to the town for $1 per year.
The Moretown Select Board, planning commission, school board, and landfill officials hashed out details of the agreement through a series of meetings, during which planning commissioners and school board members expressed concern about continued public access for cross country skiing, hunting and other traditional activities on the land designated for conservation.
In December, officials learned that property deeds do not contain any restrictions that might have prevented the state from approving the deeryard designation. The town is working with the Vermont Land Trust on drafting a conservation easement.
Officials hope to craft the easement with enough latitude to allow the Moretown Planning Commission to complete a forest stewardship plan for the property. The commission received a grant to complete the plan prior to announcement of the deal with MLI.
Harwood Union Hockey team headed to the state finals for the second year in a row
11. Wood chip heating facility at Harwood Union earns voter approval
Voters overwhelmingly approved in November construction of a wood chip heating facility at Harwood Union. Plans calls for a 1,200-square-foot building to be constructed outside the maintenance receiving area on the east side of the school to house the wood chip heating system and chip storage.
With construction of the facility at Harwood expected to cost roughly $1.68 million, the school stands to recoup about $1.51 million, or 90 percent of the construction costs, through a cost-sharing program with the state. The remaining 10 percent of the cost, about $168,000, is the school's responsibility.
The savings the school realizes by switching from fuel oil to wood chips, expected to be about $50,000 annually, will be used to cover Harwood's share of the capital cost, officials have said. This should allow the school to complete the project with no net impact on the tax rate.
The existing heating system will remain in place, although fuel oil will likely generate only about 15 percent of the school's energy needs in the future. In addition to saving on heating costs, Harwood officials have said the project stands to "reduce dependence on foreign oil" and boost the local economy by sourcing fuel closer to home.
With at least 14 other schools in the state planning similar projects in the same timeframe, Harwood officials planned to move quickly to get the heating system online by October of 2007.
12. Village Grocery changes hands, green space created after 10-year-plus legal battle
This summer the Village Grocery in Waitsfield Village was sold to Troy Kingsbury, who created a green space at the northern end of the store the next day, effectively ending a legal battle that the former owner, David Frank, had fought since he bought the store in 2001. That legal battle, pre-dating Frank, originated with Rob Quinn, from whom Frank bought the store.
Quinn obtained permits for the business which included a planning commission condition calling for him to close the 40-foot curb cut onto Route 100 at the northern end of the Waitsfield Village convenience store and gas station and to create in that new closed in area a green space. Quinn never fulfilled those permit conditions and sold the business to Frank.
When Frank was asked to comply, he balked arguing that to reduce the northern curb cut and create green space would mean the loss of a parking space and would be bad for his business. The issue was tied up in legal machinations until the business was sold to Kingsbury last summer. Kingsbury created the green space the next day, and people regularly take their lunches there for a picnic.
Other stories considered for the top news stories of the year include efforts by Route 17 business owners to rezone a portion of that road through Waitsfield so that new construction requires only one story; Waitsfield's rewriting the zoning for Irasville following the principals of the Smartcode; the denial of a nine condo unit development by the Bragg Hill LLC and the granting of permits for building eight units of affordable housing at Mad River Meadows; longtime town administrator Bill Bryant leaving Waitsfield for Bristol and Valerie Capels taking his position; Warren's design and planning charette, mapping out community concerns for the future of the town; MRVTV, the local public access television channel, beginning broadcast on a second channel; Harwood Union music/jazz teacher Bruce Sklar being cut from the proposed budget and reinstated; Harwood Union coach John Kerrigan's contract not being extended; Harwood Union Principal David Driscoll resigning; and Paul Hartshorn's subdivision in Waitsfield coming back to the town under heretofore unheard of terms from the Vermont Environmental Court.
New Year fireworks explode over Sugarbush's Clay Brook Hotel (underconstruction). Photo: John Williams