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Damn I haven't really been following TESO. I had no idea it was looking that graphically amazing. I haven't really seen enough of EQ-Next to judge those graphics fully, but from what I saw wasn't overly impressed. However early in their development I guess.
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Originally posted by BMBender
Well I am one of those artistic folks and I am a game designer as well. I love anime, so my views on cartoons is as such, "it's for adults too." Cartoons have nothing to do with stupid TV shows, it has everything to do with art. It's alright if you are not artistic, but that doesn't mean you have to insult such things and compare to some stupid Saturday cartoons. Really that is just immature.
Again, guess you never learned the whole you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, which is pretty sad. That is a saying for a reason.
Originally posted by BMBender
And one more point; Mechanics can be improved/changed/be removed over time with a little dev love as time passes( and mmo's are all about time)
The graphics however are pretty much in stone till the servers get tuned off. Other than playing games with lighting effects not a whole lot of improvement over time available. Say I started with a game who's graphics I tolerated or was midly annoyed by. By the time the Engine starts getting dated over time I become more and more dis-enchanted with it.
Originally posted by Brabbit1987
/shrugs different strokes = (for the impaired) ascetics are in the eye of the beholder what one person sees as cartoons another sees as art. Too bad my /shrug went over your head so I typed it out this time. Better?
Originally posted by BMBender
Difference with me and you is, I see art in the things I do not like as well. Again, just because I dislike how something looks, doesn't change the game itself. That isn't what a game is about. I don't see how you can let such a simple thing get in the way of your judgement.
If you go out and buy a car, would you rather have a beat up looking car that gets you from point a to point b, or would you rather have a car the looks good that will not even get you half way there?
I always pick things that are more functional because I do not let stupid eye candy get in the way of my judgement. It's how people are easily fooled because they don't pay attention.
Judge a book by it's cover and you will miss out on a lot of great things and be fooled very easily, just because you let looks be a priority over mechanical function.
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Joined: 1/25/07
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Originally posted by fistorm
You cannot compare both these game as they are totally different games and to come out with a comment praising the graphic quality says it all imo. To many developers are hiding behind so called amazing graphics. Personally I feel the graphics in our modern games could be and should be far more higher quality than they currently are and as for Teso looking amazing I beg to differ looks like the same old shit we seeing all the time now.
Sadly when people start to bench mark a game by it's looks and not by what the game has to offer with regards to game play is the reason why so many game released are so poor and many gamers have accepted poor quality games just to fill their gaming urge. Gaming has become an addiction like drinking and smoking and while it may not be as bad as the later two its becoming obvious its making people loose respect for other gamers as well as accepting poorer games as a norm.
So the developer thinks they can get away with throwing crap at the masses and if 10% use their cash shops then they justify making the game. Developers standards are dropping far to fast for my liking.
As a Skyrim player I loved how the game worked for my single player needs, I could pick it up or drop it and get on with RL. Teso is the opposite and will require many hours of game play and after watching recent footage I'm afraid I'll be reluctant to invest in it unless it has something more to offer than what I've seen to date.
Many of the best games I've played have had average graphics and as an EQ fan of the past games I for one feel that any company making a modern mmo need to fulfil all my needs even EQN falls short on what I've seen to date. SOE are treating us like mushrooms just throwing a bit of light at us every now and then. All that BS about they are listening to us by using the round table is also bollocks. If they want to listen then they need to open a forum and allow feedback without removing it from their sites. SOE will never allow us to dictate what we as gamers want to see. That's clear to see from that German media company which has now taken charge of SOE games in EU zone. It was only when lots of played cancelled subs that they reverted back to allowing folks in EU to play with NA players again, but that's another issue for another day.
Back on topic...I'm not driven by graphics but have to have models which I can look at daily and feel comfortable with and EQN fails to do that and having to compromise to play that special game tells me that the developers are not prepared to invest the time and money to make the ONE game with ideas like EQN has done. The idea game would be a combination of EQN and parts from games like Wow, EQI and other games like WHO pvp was amazing fun to lvl 20 so there are loads of great ideas which could be implemented to make the 9 out of 10 game.
So anyone out there who feels graphics are the most important part of your games, then there is little hope of us seeing things evolve in the future of games and it might well hang up my boots and take up knitting or synchronised swimming.
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To me, the ESO visuals don't feel "too realistic", it just has that right little bit of stylization to evoke a sense of fantasy atmosphere. Probably has to do with color and lighting...
But then maybe that's because I'm thinking about Morrowind and Elsweyr screenshots while talking about this and not Skyrim or High Rock. :P
I just like what I've seen of TESO screenshots, but that doesn't mean I don't love how EQN's looking as well. To me both have character and both are looking really good.
And no, I don't think they're extremes at all. Family Guy Online is the cartoony extreme; The EQN environment graphics nicely balance out the stylized character visuals in my opinion. Plus, even the character models aren't as cartoony as they can get.
Originally posted by Brabbit1987
I never once said I would happily drive a pretty(to me) clunker. I merely stated that, for me, the first hurdle is the graphics. If something I view as subpar/ugly/ pick an adjective I go somewhere else. I'll evaluate "mechanics game play once past that faill/pass point. I never once said I would play a garbage game as long as it looked good (to me) you inferred that.
For the rest of your post sorry I have an opinion and disagree in how to determine my own enjoyment, get over it.
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Joined: 7/13/10
I want an mmorpg where pvp matters, my enemies are not my race or class, and community matters.
Originally posted by MindTrigger
ESO is a true mmo where RPG matters, taking gaming to the next level where Dark Age of Camelot brought it in 2001. Had SoE and most other mmorpg companies written the Lord of the Rings, for example, the Hobbits would have never gotten out of the Shire because there would have been elf hobbit human pvp groups killing hobbit elf human pvp groups.
@ the OP - You really don't want to compare quality with graphics. ESO has pretty graphics, but how many folks will be able to run at that level and not get low framerates? We really don't know yet.
Let ESO come out for a while, let folks be educated as to what a tri-REALM mmorpg has to offer. They have been brought up for so long on mediocre gaming that they are innocently naive and think it's lore viable to have paladins grouping with goblin sorcerers in a flag capture instanced BG where every race and class is just a copy paste and can kill each other without reason or lore support logic.
Once players from games like WoW, GW2, Age of Conan, LOTRO, and whatever overseas grinder they are in, enter the ESO world, they will learn of something called, "REALM PRIDE." For the first time in their gaming experience they will see different races and classes in a siege warfare battlefield. They will realize that an mmorpg can have different cultures, each attuned to a banner for their realm, each uniquely different in architecture and religion, spell animation and combat animation.
They will realize that it is true that an mmoRPG can visualize the epic value of a novel where nations clash, not a handful of mirrored classes and races in a cornfield where Bob the level 5 ranger is trying to level. PvP ladder rankings will not matter because what your realm does in the field will benefit all the people of your realm.
PvP - for the first time for these people, will have solid purpose, and instead of borrowing concepts from Dark Age of Camelot and being able to put a hole in a wall or drop a tower into ruin (sorry EQ peeps - this was being done years ago - oh and there was this game called Shadowbane), they will take from the meat of the game, instill non-cosmetic actual cultures with non cosmetic pvp experiences between them.
They will taste this thing called depth, and WoW terms like theme park will forever be out the door in favor of terms like Tri Realm and RvR. Build it, and they will come.
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Joined: 8/14/03
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Originally posted by fistorm
if people just wanted gfx age of conan would have had alot more subs :)
"I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!"
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Joined: 7/13/10
I want an mmorpg where pvp matters, my enemies are not my race or class, and community matters.
Originally posted by Thane
Agreed. Age of Conan was beautiful until I saw that they saved as much money as possible by forcing all the nations that Conan was complaining about in the opening video (before they removed it) together on a beach in Tortage. WHen I saw that a demonologist could run through Cimmeria with all pets out - whereas in the books even a shaman had to be wary of their magic because the people there would take your head if they thought you aligned with evil...when I saw you could roll a priest of Mitra and group with a Tempest of Set and kill other pirests of Mitra...I knew that this was not the game for me.
Why even play a fantasy mmoRPG if it's really just MMO and no RPG at all?
Originally posted by Thane
I know right? some people on this board think that if you love good (to you) graphics you must hate good gameplay. The concept of finding both enjoyable seems to confuse them somewhat.
Originally posted by BMBender
lol telling me to get over it, like as if it bothers me. I am just pointing out that you can miss a lot of good games with the way you think. However, you are right, just because you judge a game by it's graphics before it's mechanics doesn't mean you would do that with other things, so I apologize for assuming that.
However, let me just say this, I used to do the same thing you do. I admit I was stupid for doing that. I realize there is more to games then just the graphics and some of the best games I have ever played didn't exactly have all that great graphics. If that is what you enjoy, then fine, you are the one missing out due to your ideals. Guess either way, you are fine with that as well.
Really I sometimes have no idea why people do the things they do. I like questioning people, but in the end it only confuses me even more. I always expect people to use logic, but most people don't.
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Joined: 11/03/08
Originally posted by Iselin
This might be true for singleplayer games, but It's not for MMOs, stylized graphics will always age better, MMOs still have the ugliest ground textures possibly imaginable, even newer games like FFXIV.
I'm sticking to the statement, It's not marketing hype, maybe It's not truth, but It's definitely my preference.
Originally posted by Brabbit1987
You keep getting stuck on the statement "great graphics" I never said that either. When you get read up on what I actually said. We can continue the discussion on why I'm such a bad influence on my own illogical enjoyment of games that we have no concrete information about other than dev/pub/market touted and un-played as yet "mechanics" and screenshots which we can actually make a judgment on. lol.
Originally posted by BMBender
Well after reading up, you are clearly talking about graphics. I highlighted it all for you above in the quotes. So exactly what is it that I am getting stuck on, or are you saying that you mean something entirely different? If you are talking about looks rather then graphics themselves, it really doesn't change anything. The same applies.
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Joined: 8/31/06
TSW played in 3D. Nothing even compares. TESO graphics looks... pretty decent, thats it.
Originally posted by Brabbit1987
Actually I was talking about the ascetics graphics present: pleasing, indifferent, displeasing, actively loathe if you actually read em. And no it doesn't change anything there actually IS a pretty big difference. You can have a graphically well done "cartoon" or' "realistic model" that can still be pleasing or actively revolting while in it self remaining well designed.
hmm let me try this as an example:
Have you or do you know anyone who spent hours/days in a character creator/editor, tailor, or spent 1/2 a day just dyeing crap? All those mechanics are SPECIFICLLY designed to appeal to certain types of personalities.
Another pretty much the ENTIRE simulation genre revolves around people who want both ascetically pleasing(in the case of simulations accurate (usually{but not always} = pleasing) and mechanically sound content.
I realize that the mmo genre as a whole has entered a period of mediocrity either in ascetics; everyone does big shoulders, bright colors, physically improbable proportions these days, one game often looks like another; or mechanically tepid; oh you wanted an endgame? sorry we don't have the voice overs for it. But that does not mean I have to settle, there are more than enough games out there who want my $ by offering both. If that means I never buy/play another subpar mmo? /shrugs can't say I'm really concerned. It's not like there aren't already a dozen or more already out there just like it, no matter how "new and unique it is"
If it sounds like I set the bar higher for mmos it's because I do. They ask for a higher price point, that's my criteria for what they are asking.
If nothing else my habits certainly guarded me well from investing anything in the TORtanic, Failhammer, ect those games were never on my radar.
EDIT: Ack and completely forget my last point
the reason my 1st pas/fail point on a prospective game is how I find it ascetically: That's the ONE THING IN THE ENTIRE GAME THAT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE UNCHANGED love/hate or indifferent it aint going away. Hell with licensing not even the name is set in stone MEO--->LOTRO
Mechanics on the other hand are a dime a dozen at launch, give it 6mo. 5-10% of em will be in "revision" 1 yr 1/2 the game functions differently to one degree or anther. 5yr? I don't think there is a single mmo ever that has even one single mechanic. that stayed completely untouched.
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Joined: 8/07/13
Originally posted by Brabbit1987
I agree, they both look good.
We aren't event sure if the game will remain entertaining 5 months from release, never mind 5 years. So why are we even arguing about how well the graphics age?
I will definitely be buying ESO, but I honestly don't think I will be playing it nearly a decade from now like I do with WoW. That is fine though, not every game needs to be expected to last many years post release.
Originally posted by BMBender
to finish that thought the only time "mechanics" become a "permanent feature" of a game is when it goes into maintenance mode and there's only one neck beard who shows up to the game server once every 2 weeks to do routine maintenance.


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Christians ought to avoid mud fights
Rick DeLano: green
juscot: purple
johnmartin: red
[all geocentrists]
Tell you what, Dave. Let's you and I set an example here and now for the whole Catholic blogosphere. Let's agree that we will both eschew personally, and condemn generally whenever they are employed, deprecatory characterizations of the proponents of either side of this issue. Let us agree that we will both admonish those of either persuasion who descend to ad hominem or defamatory insinuations concerning the motivations of their opponents. If you're in, Dave, then I'm in. I am all for the occasional rhetorical zinger, mind you, but I am willing to forego this pleasure if the result is a debate focused strictly on the issues, and not on the personalities or personal histories of the participants. . . .
I have said before, and I believe Bob entirely agrees, that no one should be considered less of a Catholic for disbelieving the Church's ancient teaching on geocentrism, until the Church Herself should deign to issue clarification on the state of development, if any, of the doctrine.
(Geocentrist Rick DeLano, 11-19-10 in my combox [+ link two] )
Sounds great to me, Rick. That has always been my policy. I haven't called y'all nothing but geocentrists, which is what you call yourself. Remember, we are not saying that you are somehow in trouble with the magisterium and tradition because you believe as you do. That is what is being said of us. So there is that taint of heterodoxy that I don't care for one bit, seeing what I have chosen to do with my life and life's work (often with no little cost involved). Bob decided to run me down personally; disparage my apostolate. I didn't start that, and I continue to abstain from it.
(Me, 11-19-10)
So the upshot of all this is, charity must prevail, but the church teaching on the moving earth has been condemned as heresy. This is the current position and faithful Catholics must give their assent. . . . Dave, I very much appreciate your apologetic works, but on this issue of geocentrism you are not well versed. That's not a condemnation of your abilities in any way. . . . You are a first rate Catholic apologist who has a void in his knowledge on the matter of geo, particularly pertaining to the scientific evidence. . . . I still think you are a champion man Dave . . . a real champion.
It only shows me the anti geos have nothing to say on the topic so they attack the author.
(Geocentrist johnmartin, 11-19-10 and 11-21-10)
This controversy flared up after I posted a piece called Critiques of Geocentrism (Links Page). "johnmartin" immediately put up seven fairly lengthy replies. In and of itself that was fine, but there is a history here of geocentrists trying to take over my comboxes in an effort to overwhelm any opposition (with frequent use of strong personal attacks, which is forbidden by the rules of my blog).
In the combox for my post, My Refusal to Wrangle With Robert Sungenis Over Geocentrism and a Supposedly 10,000-Year-Old, Non-Rotating Earth, there are no less than 446 comments (no doubt the all-time record for my blog over almost seven years of its existence). I eventually closed it. Geocentrists were allowed to have their say at extreme length. For the sake of documentation (and this will become very relevant later in this paper), here is the complete record of geocentrist comments in that combox:
juscot (11-4-10) (11-9-10)
(11-10-10: "Dave if you and Mark Shea are going to teach evolutionism, old earth creationism, and you and yor buddies ridicule Catholics who believe in the traditional doctrines of the faith, your credentials as a Catholic apologist needs to be questioned if not outright denied by those of s who accept the true faith." -- typos left intact [see my reply])
(11-10-10: "So what if you got imprimaturs for your previous books. So many bishops are so liberal these days that an imprimature can be granted for just about anything. And as for Fr. Hardon, your appeal to authority doesn't impress me. He was orthodox as they come, but I'm willing to believe you never discussed your real views on evolution, old earth, etc with him." [see my reply one and reply two])
(11-15-10) (11-17-10) (11-17-10 #2)
(11-17-10 #3: "DA, I see you have a whole list on people you will no longer interact with. Did you ever think the snarky attitude that you have displayed over the years might have something to do with it? . . . You have developed a bitter attitude toward anyone who disagrees with you. . . . bitterness is warping your feelings.")
By 11-17-10, I had had enough of juscot's slanderous garbage:
Further posts by juscot in this combox will be deleted, because he has violated blog rules with his relentless personal attacks devoid of substance.
The ones thus far will remain as quintessential examples of how not to comment according to the rudimentary requirements of Christian charity.
Rick DeLano (11-15-10)
(11-16-10: one / two / three / four)
(11-17-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven)
(11-18-10: one / two / three)
(11-19-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine)
(11-20-10: one)
Hugh (Hugh Miller) (11-18-10: one / two / three / four / five / six)
(11-19-10: one) (11-21-10: one)
Tom Ryan (11-19-10: one)
James (James B. Phillips) (11-20-10: one / two)
Robert Sungenis (11-26-10; I posted it after he wrote an e-mail and asked me to)
johnmartin (11-5-10: one / two / three / four / five / six )
(11-7-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen)
(11-8-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven / twelve / thirteen)
(11-9-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight)
(11-10-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven)
(11-11-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen)
(11-12-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine)
(11-13-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven)
Thus far, there were 200 comments made. In the space of nine days, johnmartin made 87 comments (or 44% of the total) on eight different days; averaging 10.9 per day.
(11-13-10 [on the second comments page: #201-400]: one)
(11-14-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten)
(11-15-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten)
(11-16-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen)
(11-17-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten)
(11-18-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven / twelve / thirteen / fourteen / fifteen / sixteen / seventeen / eighteen)
(11-19-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten / eleven / twelve / thirteen)
[this concludes comments #201-400. Of these 200, johnmartin made 80 comments, so he slacked off a bit to a mere 40% of all comments made. And he had made, total, by then, 167 comments out of 400, or 42% of all comments. 45 further comments were made by other geocentrists, for a total of 212 out of 400, or 53% of all comments made]
(11-20-10: one / two / three / four / five / six / seven)
(11-21-10: one / two / three)
(11-22-10: one / two)
[now the total is 446 comments, with the combox closed. johnmartin made 179 out of 446 comments, or 40% of all comments. Other geocentrists made 49 more comments, for a total of 228 comments out of 446, or 51%]
That is the record of how I allowed free speech and a full airing of both sides on my blog, despite all the insults entailed in that. Near the end of the huge mammoth discussion I wrote (later cited by johnmartin):
I believe in free speech, but not total domination of my blog by people with a very specific (and quite eccentric) agenda.
In other words, they had had their say. I allowed all that, but they were not to push the privilege too far, that I accorded to them. Nevertheless, the geocentrists started in again in the new combox for the paper, Geocentrism: Not at All an Infallible Dogma of the Catholic Church. It got up to 33 before I disabled comments (which I do only extremely rarely on my blog, and I have over 2600 posts). johnmartin had made 25 out of the 33 comments (76%). I wrote:
You have made your case in Tolstoyan proportions. If you're so confident in it then you (I assume) believe that folks can be persuaded by reading it, and would see the wrongness of the opposing view. So you oughtta be happy whatever we who disagree do. You got to exercise your free speech here. I'm also assuming you have a life apart from my comboxes . . . (11-20-10)
I have repeatedly stated why I don't want to argue about geocentrism. You disagree. great. The world is full of honest disagreements. If you keep hounding me about this I will start deleting your posts. Don't wear out your welcome here. So far you (and other geocentrists) have gotten to say your piece at extreme length. There is not one word of my recent posts on Robert Sungenis' site, while right after this I will be posting for the third time his comments in e-mail to me. (11-22-10)
[johnmartin then made eight more posts]
We're done with this on my blog. I requested a cessation of the endless repeating of the same old stuff. You've written more words than there are electrons in the universe (with no end in sight). You make Tolstoy look like a Trappist monk. It has now reached absurd proportions.
My blog doesn't exist as a vehicle for anybody's obsessions. You've had your say. Now either you stop or I will strongly consider deleting all your posts and then your "platform" here will have been lost. A word to the wise . . . (11-23-10)
So with this background, we go back to Critiques of Geocentrism (Links Page) and its combox. johnmartin quickly put in seven comments in one day (12-17-10). I then wrote:
We're not gonna start another huge geocentric text dump here. I can always close the comments if it gets ridiculous like before. (12-17-10)
Then three more comments were made by three other geocentrists. johnmartin put in several more, and I deleted them, because he had been warned already. I wrote:
I warned about not doing a geocentric dump, so I will be deleting most of johnmartin's comments. Free speech is one thing: taking over someone's blog with an opposed (and I think, quite absurd) viewpoint, with fanatical, obsessive amounts of comments is quite another. Go make your own blog to do that or do it on one of the famous geocentric sites that are up. (12-22-10)
johnmartin is warned also to not try another dump here or I will delete what I left up of his remarks. (12-22-10) [the first seven are still posted]
Then the nonsense began, with utter predictability. First, Rick DeLano:
Dave is well advised to descend to the entirely predictable fallback position of selective deletion and censorship. I think it is indeed time to move this discussion onto more visible ground, and up the ante quite considerably. (12-22-10)
I replied:
It's not censorship at all. If someone wants to have an intelligent discussion, fine. It's far different to come to someone's blog where one is a guest, and blast a combox with scores or hundreds of posts. That is obsessive and extreme. Everyone recognizes that. It's not even relevant what the subject matter is.
. . . I allowed 446 comments on this topic (the largest ever on my blog, by far), under a post about geocentrism: probably a good half of them from johnmartin and a good majority from geocentrists, including himself. [it was 51%, as shown, with 40% coming from johnmartin alone]
Meanwhile, Bob Sungenis doesn't post one word of my answers to him on his site (even while he was asking me repeatedly to post his replies on mine). Why don't you go blast him for his lack of belief in presenting both sides?
There is a sensible limit to these things. If he comes in here and posts 50 comments at a time, they will be deleted. I don't care what you or anyone else thinks about that. It's my blog, and it is not going to be used for propagandistic purposes, for an agenda I do not agree with. (12-22-10)
Now the fun really began and the geocentric fangs (that we saw indications of all along) quickly came out. First, johnmartin made a complete fool of himself (my bolding):
Lets pull all these arguments apart and expose the anti geo camp as being anti historical, anti scientific and anti revelation. They have nothing to go on, so their position is one of prejudice. Remember we should always act with charity, yet be clear in our own argumentation and admit when we have erred. But you know what, it really doesn't matter if we make mistakes from time to time, because the bottom line is, we have the truth and the opposition does not. We can see this in the way the anti geos behave. The anti geo Catholic apologist (AGCA)is normally quite systematic in his assessment of others, who are against other Catholic doctrines, yet when it comes to the question of geo, the AGCA is anything but systematic. We have seen such examples with the behavior of others on the other recent geo thread. They make some poorly thought out arguments, then end up running away with excuses, or don't even bother to directly engage the geo arguments. Apparently anything goes with the anti geos. They can make false claims, make excuses, run away and post links to websites with rubbish arguments and then delete geo comments. Yet this doesn't seem to bother them that their anti geo position and consequent behavior betrays an anti intellectualism which is antithetical to the Catholic faith. (12-22-10)
I replied:
Very lovely, johnmartin. Thanks for exposing your bigoted mentality. Henceforth I will delete all of your comments, since this is the rank bigotry and idiotic first premises that they start with, and we engage in intelligent discussions here, not mere bigoted rantings and personal attacks.
You expressed it yourself and it is now documented on my blog. Thanks! Rarely have I seen such a transparent admission of the bigotry that underlies a person's position.
Usually it is covered up, but I guess my removal of your garbage made you angry enough to reveal your true stripes. (12-22-10)
I then closed the comments for this combox.
It is absurd for any geocentrist to now accuse me of censorship (and they have done so), in light of my allowing 228 geocentrist comments (out of 446) in one monster thread: all of which remain up, on my blog. Who is the free speech advocate and who isn't? Who it is who isn't scared to present both sides on his blog?
Bob Sungenis asked me repeatedly to post his replies to issues that were being discussed, and I was happy to do so. Eventually I asked him to please start putting his comments on his site, with links to ours, but as of writing, he has chosen not to do so. Anyone can see how I have cited his replies on my blog:
Robert Sungenis' Responses to Recent Critiques on This Blog Regarding God's Characteristics and Geocentrism (With My Replies)
I'm the one (not Bob) who hosted on his blog a discussion with 446 comments: more than half of them geocentrist: a position I strongly oppose. All I asked was for this advocacy group to not overwhelm (or "hijack") my comboxes (i.e., in subsequent related discussions); to simply show some moderation and balance in their commenting. I warned johnmartin three times before I deleted some of his recent comments. There are still over 200 of his comments hosted on my blog (with 700-800 hits a day).
This is not a platform for their particular belief: not if it means scores and scores; maybe hundreds more comments. There is a limit to these things: especially if opposing views are peppered throughout with insults. I condemned insults on both sides, in the big discussion. That is a matter of record.
Let them keep this up if they insist. Nothing will do more damage to their Big Cause of Geocentrism as Catholic Dogma than this kind of treatment towards those of us who disagree with them. We're not Catholics (or not orthodox, obedient ones), we're fundamentally dishonest, against history, science, and revelation, because we have a disagreement on this issue? And these guys wonder why we think they are fanatical about and hyper-obsessed with geocentrism, with them now going around making out that a heliocentrist can hardly be a Catholic at all?

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The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in connection with the shooting that occurred over this past weekend.
The BCSO announced the arrest in a release Tuesday afternoon.
Shaquille Mileak Jamal Washington, 17, of 1009 Saint Irving Dr. in Huger, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder.
The shooting happened about 4 a.m. Sunday morning at "A Place In The Woods" located at 1020 Hamlin Corner Road just off Cainhoy Road. The victim was found severely wounded in the parking lot of the building and transported to a Mount Pleasant hospital there he died a short time later.
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Padres manager Bud Black said it will be a "close call" as to whether or not Andrew Cashner (thumb) will be ready for the start of the season.
Andrelton Simmons will undergo an MRI on his injured right thumb Monday in Atlanta.
Jon Gray will make his major league debut on Tuesday night against the visiting Mariners.
Lucas Duda continued his home run barrage on Sunday, blasting a two-run homer off Jordan Zimmermann in Sunday's 5-2 victory over the Nationals.
Noah Syndergaard delivered another dominant effort in Sunday's win over the Nationals, allowing two runs on seven hits over eight strong innings.
Mark Canha hit a walk-off double to propel the A's to a 2-1 win over the Indians on Sunday.
Sonny Gray pitched a typically strong game in a no-decision against the Indians on Sunday, yielding one run on four hits over seven innings before watching his team take a 2-1 win in 10 innings.
Andre Ethier hit a walk-off home run to cap Sunday's 5-3, 10-inning win over the Angels.
Mat Latos pitched well in his first start for the Dodgers on Sunday, holding the Angels to one run on four hits over six innings in a no-decision before his teammates came through for a 5-3 win in 10 innings.
Martin Perez turned in a strong start in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Giants, tossing 8 1/3 innings of one-run ball.
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The University of Mary Washington presented its top honors during commencement ceremonies Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12. Dorothy M. Sandridge of Charlottesville, Va., received the Colgate W. Darden Jr. Award, which is presented to the student with the highest grade-point average (GPA) in the four-year undergraduate program. She finished with a 3.984 GPA. Dawn S. Bowen, professor of geography, was presented the Grellet C. Simpson Award, the institution's most prestigious annual award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The recipient is routinely a senior member of the faculty. Edward Hegmann, newly-named Director and Professor of Athletics, Health and Physical Education Emeritus, was presented the Washington Medallion, one of the university's most prestigious awards that recognizes an individual who has served Mary Washington with exceptional dedication. Rosemary K. Jesionowski, assistant professor of art, received the UMW Alumni Association Outstanding Young … [Read more...]
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Richard D. "Dick" Heintzelman, age 57, of Columbia City, Ind., died at 4:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 at Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind. He was born on Aug. 29, 1953 to Ross V. and Charleene M.(Kauffman) Heintzelman.
He graduated from Columbia City Joint High School with the Class of 1971 then went on to earn his Diploma in Accounting from IPFW. Born and raised in Columbia City he lived in Sedalia, Mo., Longmont, Colo., and Albuquerque, N.M., where he was employed with Koch Industries as a manager. On Oct. 4, 1980 he married Martha J. Prater in Sedalia, Mo. He was employed for 22 years with Koch Industries retiring in 1990. After his retirement he returned to Columbia City. He was a member of Roanoke Baptist Church and the National Rifle Association.
He is survived by his wife, Martha "Marty" J. Heintzelman of Columbia City; daughter, Leslie (Raymond) Reim; sons, Lawrance Williams of Marysville, Calif., and Joseph Heintzelman of St. Joseph, Mo.; mother, Charleene M. Heintzelman of Columbia City; brothers, Larry (Kathy) Heintzelman of Ada, Mich., and Ed (Ro) Heintzelman of Columbia City; sister, Joyce (Eric) Houser; three grandchildren, Clorisa (Tyler) Campbell of Fort Wayne, Ind., Keisha Gilbert of Akron, Colo., and Jimmy Williams of Yuba City, Calif.; and three nephews, Heath, Seth and Levi Heintzelman. He was preceded in death by his father Ross Heintzelman.
Visitation will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 from 4 to 8 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia City, Ind. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 at 10:00 am at the funeral home with Pastors Mike Tarr of Roanoke Baptist Church and Brent Lenentine of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Rio Rancho, N.M., officiating. Memorials in memory of Mr. Heintzelman may be given to the Fairhaven Foundation, P.O. Box 6396, Fishers, IN 46038..
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IRVINE, Calif. - Cal State Northridge track & field had its final tuneup before the 2012 Big West Championships Saturday and Sunday as the Matadors looked to qualify additional athletes into the conference meet coming up May 11-12.
At the annual Steve Scott Invitational at UC Irvine, several Matadors looked to improve on season-bests while others looked to reach the qualifyng standard for the Big West Championships.
On the men's side, Sean Alfino narrowly missed automatically qualifying in the 100 meters in his first competition of the season after running 10.91 at UC Irvine. Following Alfino's 23rd-place finish, Darquis Rucker finished 29th in 11.00. In his final tuneup prior to the Big West meet, Kemar Marsden false started and will take the third-best time in the conference this season (10.58) into the championships.
The Matador men also looked for additional entrants into the 200 meters with Marsden, Khalid Jones and Kenneth Stone already qualifiers. Senior Michael Woodham qualified at UCI running 21.97 while Thomas Henry narrowly missed at 22.04. Northridge could not gain additional qualifiers in the 400 or 800 meters or improve on season-bests in either the 110 or 400 meter hurdles.
Julio Mora did post a season-best in the 3,000 meter steeplechase afetr clocking a time of 10:39.57.
In the throws, Tucker Weathers, already a conference qualifier in the shot put aand hammer, reached qualifying standards in the discus with a season-best mark of 164-0 (50.00). Gavin Fallen, who already had a qualifying mark, improved on his season-bets with a toss of 160-4 (48.87). Weathers also improved his mark in the hammer with a best of 187-10 (57.26) while Jose Avlies also improved with a season-best hammer throw of 166-7 (50.77).
For the Northridge women, Briana Davis matched the Matador season-best in the 100 meters clocking a time of 11.98 which currently ranks fifth in the Big West. Davis' time matched Precious Watkins' time at the Mt. SAC Relays last week. Le'Shel Vines and Samantha Dirks both have qualifying times in the 100 meters but did not improve those times at UCI.
In the 200 meters, Jackie Harrison ran a blistering season-best of 24.55 to post the sixth-best time in the conference this season. Harrison was followed by Watkins who also qualified at 24.73 and Jasmine Cox at 25.07. Cox also clocked a season-best in the 400 meters, running 54.69, third-best in the Big West. Northridge now has three of the top-six times in the 400 heading into the conference championships.
In the distance events, Vanessa Carr got under qualifying standards in the 800 meters after running a season-best 2:16.14 while Ana Rosales and LeGia Pendergraph both got under the threshhold in the 1,500 meters. Rosales, who already had a qualifying time of 4:40.62, ran a season-best 4:35.63 while Pendergraph clocked a season-best time of 4:39.83.
In the field events, Jenna Hulion matched her season-best height in the pole vault after clearing 11-7.75 (3.55). Hulion has now reached the height four times this season. In the long jump, Ese Ntekume posted the fourth-best mark in the conference this season after recording a season-best 18-11.75 (5.78) thie third-best mark at the UCI meet. Stella Dugall also bettered her previous best this season with a leap of 18-10.75 (5.76) which was three spots behind Ntekume.
In the throws, Mariah Counts narrowly missed qualifying in the discus after posting a season-best 138-6 (42.21) while Jamila McIntosh matched her season-best and conference qualifying mark of 160-4 (48.87) in the hammer. Julienne Lewis-Sidqe also had an improvement in the hammer with a top throw of 149-5 (45.55). Claire Morgan then made it two Northridge qualifiers in the javelin as she reached the conference standard with a season-best mark of 118-7 (36.15).
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We anticipate that our new system will be in place soon. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this change.
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Fulfillment Center is our current software delivery mechanism -- see select.bentley.com/.../LTY3Njc1Mjc0OF80LjAuMi4w;PackageTypeId=157 for documentation deliverables.
Phil- A) where is the online documentation now (I do not see it in Fulfillment) and B) won't moving it there render web searches completely useless?
There are two things we are working towards... one is making current release product documentation available online, complete with searchability, the ability to "publish" PDF documents of sections, a feedback loop, etc. The second part is making the previous release available via downloadable deliverable. Both of these things are being worked on in parallel (since we have the latter, it is a matter of sorting out which of those things will be put on Fulfillment Center). Hope this clarifies things a bit...
Phil: in the interim, is there a suggested alternative (other than downloading product) to look at only the documentation if the Product Forums and Wikis don't provide the needed info? it was very convenient to just download the Help file to look for items rather than the whole product.
If downloading the full program is it, that's fine...just looking for options.
where can i find Inroads documentation
What version are you looking for?
docs.bentley.com is under construction since month, why did you disabled the "old" system if you do not have anything new in short time?
The "old" system presented various issues that needed to be addressed immediately. The only recourse was shutting it down, which is what we did (had to do... more accurately). We are, however, moving very much along to get a more modern, robust system in place for online product documentation.
What is the Bentley commitment for this site going operational for customers ??? April 14th ???
Although we have not made a commitment (yet), we are working on a system and hope to have something to show late Q1'15 or early Q2'15 (barring any challenges we have yet to encounter).
Phil Chouinard - Bentley is there an update on this project?
We are still moving forward with this. Some unforeseen issues have come up that have delayed the project, but we continue to work towards providing online documentation.


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Cricketers drink tea and chill out if they're from England. If they're from the Caribbean, they drink rum and chill out. I don't know what the Indians or Pakistani drink before they chill out, but I'm pretty sure they get fucked up. And South Africans are too busy talking funny to drink anything at all, but they also chill out. Cricket has to be the chillest sport in the world. 2 motherfuckers taking up MMA and boxing is so far out of left field it might as well be baseball (damn, that pun was fucking good).Originally Posted by Goju - joe
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Most of the dudes in my office play cricket, and they're all from India. We hosted a multiple IT company cricket tournament last year. I wanted to like it, but goddamn its a boring sport. I spent most of the day hanging out with the Indian girls in the audience, which apparently is sort of frowned upon.
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DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Chattanooga Mocs volleyball team was unable to overcome the Davidson Wildcats with a 3-1 loss on Sunday afternoon despite a double-double from sophomore Briana Reid (Houston, Texas) and 10 kills for freshman Kendall Sexton (Orlando, Fla.).
Reid ended the evening with 14 kills and 18 digs while libero Melissa Green (Boca Raton, Fla.) and freshman setter Anne Bachmann (Lincoln, Neb.) totaled 22 and 10 digs, respectively.
"Davidson just played well and was hungrier than us," Head Coach Travis Filar said. "They disrupted our offense with their game plan and we didn't respond with enough urgency."
A long fight in the first set, the Wildcats took the first set 27-25 over the Mocs. Chattanooga was held to just four back-to-back point rallies despite a tight extra-point set, but Davidson overpowered the Mocs 25-15 in the second set.
UTC topped the Wildcats 25-14 in the third set that seemed to take a 180 degree spin from the second frame. The Mocs totaled 15 kills for a match-high en route to the win, shortening the Davidson lead to 2-1 after the intermission.
Despite the won over the Wildcats in the third, Davidson put the match away 3-1 in the fourth set with another 25-15 victory. The win puts the Wildcats at 12-8 on the season and 3-3 in the Southern Conference while Chattanooga falls to 3-18, 2-4 in the SoCon.
"We have to better understand that the way our conference is this year that anyone can beat anyone," Filar said. "We have to come back next week and improve before this coming weekend at home."
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Our mail has not been coming lately until after 5 p.m. I really think they should do better and I feel very sorry for our nice mail lady.
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I would like to know why crime goes unreported when it's in New Ellenton. It's not that the police don't know about it, it just never makes the news.
Gas prices
I am calling about the people complaining about the gas prices. When it was up, I rode. When it was down, I rode. You can't have it both ways.
Bring your own
To the person who submitted the TalkBack "Sanitized," be responsible, make good choices. If you don't like Walmart, bring your own sanitization equipment.
Free lunches
This is in response to Nov. 14's TalkBack about free lunches. To the person that wrote this, all I've got to say is this just made me sick that we have people living here in Aiken that have this attitude about life. Shame on you.
Parkway expansion
Hooray. I'm one of the people that's for the expansion of Hitchcock Parkway.
Hope for the best
I am speaking in reference the comment on Sandy and the President caring less. Who would not instead be positive, hope for the best, and pray that not only our president and each member of Congress would do for all members of the United States to the best of their ability and not being judgmental.
Pig's feet and knuckles
I was wondering if there was anybody that could tell me where I could find pickled pig's feet or pickled pig's knuckles.
In response to the advice for GOP on Nov. 14, you're right. Democratic voters do resent the rich. Republicans resent big government. But, yor most astute observation is that the working class has gotten poor during this administration and will vote for the party that will give them aid on the way down.
Hostess and unions
Looks like the unions have destroyed another company in Hostess with their greed.
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Young athletes became acquainted with Swamp Fox Basketball this week.
The Ashley Ridge High School Boys' Basketball team held its fifth annual Swishing at the Swamp Basketball Camp Monday through Thursday. Approximately 55 campers age 6 through 16 received tips from members of the AR coaching staff and Swamp Fox players, drilled and participated in scrimmages.
"Basically we want the kids who attend our camp to have a good time and to leave here on the last day of camp a better basketball player than they were on the first day," Ashley Ridge coach Brian Welch said. "We also try to send them off with something they can work on at home that will help them improve."
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righteousness by works of law...is a trying to prove ourselves righteous in ourselves[which is impossible] but righteousness through GRACE and the free gift further exalts 'the righteousness of God'.
For all who have the Spirit of Christ, the law of God written on their hearts is superior to the law written in stone, for it is the very heart of His love.
Are you speaking about feasts and sabbaths and dietary restriction? Are you talking cities of refuge for accidental murders? Is one day more important than another or are all days the same?
Yep, I see where you are coming from now, peace, John
Quote from: eaglesway on March 19, 2010, 07:21:05 AMYep, I see where you are coming from now, peace, JohnGood one. I fell for your trap? I thought you were sincere. My bad.peace to you too.....dmatic
"Giving and receiving; both require open hands."peacemaker
If I am wrong, I do want someone to tell me.
Indeed the Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak .. there is your paradox did we not see here in Matt 26 :41 just how Jesus explained to Peter not to sleep in sorrow his flesh being tempted ? and the key was to watch and pray in the Spirit to the Father because the flesh is weakkkkkkk!! and Jesus Himself shows us the weakness of his own flesh to let the cup of suffering pass , yet His desire in the Spirit was as the Father chose His course in obedience .... 39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." 40 Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Couldn't you watch with me even one hour? 41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!" 42 Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, "My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away[g] unless I drink it, your will be done." 43 When he returned to them again, he found them sleeping, for they couldn't keep their eyes open. 44 So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said, "Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But lookthe time has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Up, let's be going. Look, my betrayer is here!" I am starting to get this with the NLT , just went out and bought a hard copy at Wally world today ... hee hee , very helpful . you know i do love the KJV and keep it to look up all the strongs and greek Hebrew stuff , but this " new tongue / language " New Living Translation is much easier to grasp , Thanks all and you dmatic , for keeping this thread going
NLT is just plain fun to read.
Man, the first creation, is capable of incredibly good works and horrendous evil works; the fruits of the tree they ate from.Not! to be confused, though, with the works of Satan; those works of Satan are completely different.He stands as the accuser of man to God.
Yeah, that is why salvation from sin (in total) is a life-long journey.


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