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- Soluble serum CD81 is elevated in patients with chronic hepatitis C and correlates with alanine aminotransferase serum activity (2012)
- Aim: Cellular CD81 is a well characterized hepatitis C virus (HCV) entry factor, while the relevance of soluble exosomal CD81 in HCV pathogenesis is poorly defined. We performed a case-control study to investigate whether soluble CD81 in the exosomal serum fraction is associated with HCV replication and inflammatory activity. Patients and Methods: Four cohorts were investigated, patients with chronic hepatitis C (n = 37), patients with chronic HCV infection and persistently normal ALT levels (n = 24), patients with long term sustained virologic response (SVR, n = 7), and healthy volunteers (n = 23). Concentration of soluble CD81 was assessed semi-quantitatively after differential centrifugation ranging from 200 g to 100,000 g in the fifth centrifugation fraction by immunoblotting and densitometry. Results: Soluble CD81 was increased in patients with chronic hepatitis C compared to healthy subjects (p = 0.03) and cured patients (p = 0.017). Patients with chronic HCV infection and persistently normal ALT levels and patients with long term SVR had similar soluble CD81 levels as healthy controls (p>0.2). Overall, soluble CD81 levels were associated with ALT levels (r = 0.334, p = 0.016) and severe liver fibrosis (p = 0.027). Conclusion: CD81 is increased in the exosomal serum fraction in patients with chronic hepatitis C and appears to be associated with inflammatory activity and severity of fibrosis.
- Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers (2012)
- Background: Liver fibrosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals is mostly attributable to co-infection with hepatitis B or C. The impact of other risk factors, including prolonged exposure to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) is poorly understood. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals based on non-invasive fibrosis assessment using transient elastography (TE) and serum biomarkers (Fibrotest [FT]). Methods: In 202 consecutive HIV-infected individuals (159 men; mean age 47 ± 9 years; 35 with hepatitis-C-virus [HCV] co-infection), TE and FT were performed. Repeat TE examinations were conducted 1 and 2 years after study inclusion. Results: Significant liver fibrosis was present in 16% and 29% of patients, respectively, when assessed by TE (≥ 7.1 kPa) and FT (> 0.48). A combination of TE and FT predicted significant fibrosis in 8% of all patients (31% in HIV/HCV co-infected and 3% in HIV mono-infected individuals). Chronic ALT, AST and γ-GT elevation was present in 29%, 20% and 51% of all cART-exposed patients and in 19%, 8% and 45.5% of HIV mono-infected individuals. Overall, factors independently associated with significant fibrosis as assessed by TE (OR, 95% CI) were co-infection with HCV (7.29, 1.95-27.34), chronic AST (6.58, 1.30-33.25) and γ-GT (5.17, 1.56-17.08) elevation and time on dideoxynucleoside therapy (1.01, 1.00-1.02). In 68 HIV mono-infected individuals who had repeat TE examinations, TE values did not differ significantly during a median follow-up time of 24 months (median intra-patient changes at last TE examination relative to baseline: -0.2 kPa, p = 0.20). Conclusions: Chronic elevation of liver enzymes was observed in up to 45.5% of HIV mono-infected patients on cART. However, only a small subset had significant fibrosis as predicted by TE and FT. There was no evidence for fibrosis progression during follow-up TE examinations.
- Predictive value of interferon-lambda gene polymorphisms for treatment response in chronic hepatitis C (2014)
- Background: IL28B gene polymorphism is the best baseline predictor of response to interferon alfa-based antiviral therapies in chronic hepatitis C. Recently, a new IFN-L4 polymorphism was identified as first potential functional variant for induction of IL28B expression. Individualization of interferon alfa-based therapies based on a combination of IL28B/IFN-L4 polymorphisms may help to optimize virologic outcome and economic resources. Methods: Optimization of treatment outcome prediction was assessed by combination of different IL28B and IFN-L4 polymorphisms in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 (n = 385), 2/3 (n = 267), and 4 (n = 220) infection treated with pegylated interferon alfa (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin with (n = 79) or without telaprevir. Healthy people from Germany (n = 283) and Egypt (n = 96) served as controls. Results: Frequencies of beneficial IL28B rs12979860 C/C genotypes were lower in HCV genotype 1/4 infected patients in comparison to controls (20–35% vs. 46–47%) this was also true for ss469415590 TT/TT (20–35% vs. 45–47%). Single interferon-lambda SNPs (rs12979860, rs8099917, ss469415590) correlated with sustained virologic response (SVR) in genotype 1, 3, and 4 infected patients while no association was observed for genotype 2. Interestingly, in genotype 3 infected patients, best SVR prediction was based on IFN-L4 genotype. Prediction of SVR with high accuracy (71–96%) was possible in genotype 1, 2, 3 and 4 infected patients who received PEG-IFN/ribavirin combination therapy by selection of beneficial IL28B rs12979860 C/C and/or ss469415590 TT/TT genotypes (p<0.001). For triple therapy with first generation protease inhibitors (PIs) (boceprevir, telaprevir) prediction of high SVR (90%) rates was based on the presence of at least one beneficial genotype of the 3 IFN-lambda SNPs. Conclusion: IFN-L4 seems to be the best single predictor of SVR in genotype 3 infected patients. For optimized prediction of SVR by treatment with dual combination or first generation PI triple therapies, grouping of interferon-lambda haplotypes may be helpful with positive predictive values of 71–96%.
- PEG-IFN alpha but not ribavirin alters NK cell phenotype and function in patients with chronic hepatitis C (2014)
- Background: Ribavirin (RBV) remains part of several interferon-free treatment strategies even though its mechanisms of action are still not fully understood. One hypothesis is that RBV increases responsiveness to type I interferons. Pegylated Interferon alpha (PEG-IFNa) has recently been shown to alter natural killer (NK) cell function possibly contributing to control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, the effects of ribavirin alone or in combination with IFNa on NK cells are unknown. Methods: Extensive ex vivo phenotyping and functional analysis of NK cells from hepatitis C patients was performed during antiviral therapy. Patients were treated for 6 weeks with RBV monotherapy (n = 11), placebo (n = 13) or PEG-IFNa-2a alone (n = 6) followed by PEG-IFNa/RBV combination therapy. The effects of RBV and PEG-IFNa-2a on NK cells were also studied in vitro after co-culture with K562 or Huh7.5 cells. Results: Ribavirin monotherapy had no obvious effects on NK cell phenotype or function, neither ex vivo in patients nor in vitro. In contrast, PEG-IFNa-2a therapy was associated with an increase of CD56bright cells and distinct changes in expression profiles leading to an activated NK cell phenotype, increased functionality and decline of terminally differentiated NK cells. Ribavirin combination therapy reduced some of the IFN effects. An activated NK cell phenotype during therapy was inversely correlated with HCV viral load. Conclusions: PEG-IFNa activates NK cells possibly contributing to virological responses independently of RBV. The role of NK cells during future IFN-free combination therapies including RBV remains to be determined.
- Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis (2010)
- Background: FibroTest (FT) is the most frequently used serum fibrosis marker and consists of an algorithm of five fibrosis markers (alfa2-macroglobulin, apolipoproteinA1, haptoglobin, GGT, bilirubin). The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test consists of an algorithm of three fibrosis markers (hyaluronic acid, amino-terminal propeptide-of-type-III-collagen, tissue-inhibitor of matrix-metaloproteinase-1). While a systematic review has shown comparable results for both individual markers, there has been no direct comparison of both markers. Methods: In the present study, the ELF-test was analyzed retrospectively in patients with chronic liver disease, who received a liver biopsy, transient elastography (TE) and the FibroTest using histology as the reference method. Histology was classified according to METAVIR and the Ludwig's classification (F0-F4) for patients with chronic hepatitis C and B virus (HCV, HBV) infection and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), respectively. Results: Seventy-four patients were analysed: 36 with HCV, 10 with HBV, and 28 with PBC. The accuracy (AUROC) for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis (F[greater than or equal to]2) for ELF and FibroTest was 0.78 (95%CI:0.67-0.89) and 0.69 (95%-CI:0.57-0.82), respectively (difference not statistically significant, n.s.). The AUROC for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis was 0.92 (95%CI:0.83-1,00), and 0.91 (95%CI:0.83-0.99), respectively (n.s.). For 66 patients with reliable TE measurements the AUROC for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis (cirrhosis) for TE, ELF and FT were 0.80 (0.94), 0.76 (0.92), and 0.67 (0.91), respectively (n.s.). Conclusion: FibroTest and ELF can be performed with comparable diagnostic accuracy for the non-invasive staging of liver fibrosis. Serum tests are informative in a higher proportion of patients than transient elastography.
- Baseline MELD score predicts hepatic decompensation during antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced cirrhosis (2013)
- Background and Aims: In patients with advanced liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection antiviral therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin is feasible in selected cases only due to potentially life-threatening side effects. However, predictive factors associated with hepatic decompensation during antiviral therapy are poorly defined. Methods: In a retrospective cohort study, 68 patients with HCV-associated liver cirrhosis (mean MELD score 9.18±2.72) were treated with peginterferon and ribavirin. Clinical events indicating hepatic decompensation (onset of ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hospitalization) as well as laboratory data were recorded at baseline and during a follow up period of 72 weeks after initiation of antiviral therapy. To monitor long term sequelae of end stage liver disease an extended follow up for HCC development, transplantation and death was applied (240weeks, ±SD 136weeks). Results: Eighteen patients (26.5%) achieved a sustained virologic response. During the observational period a hepatic decompensation was observed in 36.8%. Patients with hepatic decompensation had higher MELD scores (10.84 vs. 8.23, p<0.001) and higher mean bilirubin levels (26.74 vs. 14.63 µmol/l, p<0.001), as well as lower serum albumin levels (38.2 vs. 41.1 g/l, p = 0.015), mean platelets (102.64 vs. 138.95/nl, p = 0.014) and mean leukocytes (4.02 vs. 5.68/nl, p = 0.002) at baseline as compared to those without decompensation. In the multivariate analysis the MELD score remained independently associated with hepatic decompensation (OR 1.56, 1.18–2.07; p = 0.002). When the patients were grouped according to their baseline MELD scores, hepatic decompensation occurred in 22%, 59%, and 83% of patients with MELD scores of 6–9, 10–13, and >14, respectively. Baseline MELD score was significantly associated with the risk for transplantation/death (p<0.001). Conclusions: Our data suggest that the baseline MELD score predicts the risk of hepatic decompensation during antiviral therapy and thus contributes to decision making when antiviral therapy is discussed in HCV patients with advanced liver cirrhosis.
- A multi-variant, viral dynamic model of genotype 1 HCV to assess the in vivo evolution of protease-inhibitor resistant variants (2010)
- Variants resistant to compounds specifically targeting HCV are observed in clinical trials. A multi-variant viral dynamic model was developed to quantify the evolution and in vivo fitness of variants in subjects dosed with monotherapy of an HCV protease inhibitor, telaprevir. Variant fitness was estimated using a model in which variants were selected by competition for shared limited replication space. Fitness was represented in the absence of telaprevir by different variant production rate constants and in the presence of telaprevir by additional antiviral blockage by telaprevir. Model parameters, including rate constants for viral production, clearance, and effective telaprevir concentration, were estimated from 1) plasma HCV RNA levels of subjects before, during, and after dosing, 2) post-dosing prevalence of plasma variants from subjects, and 3) sensitivity of variants to telaprevir in the HCV replicon. The model provided a good fit to plasma HCV RNA levels observed both during and after telaprevir dosing, as well as to variant prevalence observed after telaprevir dosing. After an initial sharp decline in HCV RNA levels during dosing with telaprevir, HCV RNA levels increased in some subjects. The model predicted this increase to be caused by pre-existing variants with sufficient fitness to expand once available replication space increased due to rapid clearance of wild-type (WT) virus. The average replicative fitness estimates in the absence of telaprevir ranged from 1% to 68% of WT fitness. Compared to the relative fitness method, the in vivo estimates from the viral dynamic model corresponded more closely to in vitro replicon data, as well as to qualitative behaviors observed in both on-dosing and long-term post-dosing clinical data. The modeling fitness estimates were robust in sensitivity analyses in which the restoration dynamics of replication space and assumptions of HCV mutation rates were varied.


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Thousands of attendees were in a festive mood Saturday as they helped kick off the Triple Crown by cheering on the equine competitors racing in the 71st Annual Aiken Trials.
The Aiken Trials has become an event in which families and friends gather together. On Saturday, many tailgaters grilled out or had large food spreads laid across decorated tables. They played games like cornhole or ladder toss, had a few beverages and enjoyed each other's company.
It's the typical Aiken Trials experience.
"It doesn't get any better than this," said attendee Kelly Crandall. "Good friends, good food and good times."
The weather was quite agreeable on Saturday with light winds, sunny skies and warm temperatures. Donna Simpson said the Aiken Trials is an event she'd never miss, reminiscing on past years when the weather wasn't too nice, and she was happy for the sunshine.
"We've been wet, frozen and sunburnt but we were here," Simpson said. "We still always came out."
The smell of a variety of foods wafted through the Aiken Training Track where the event was held. Lindsay Williams, who said he has been coming out for almost two decades, had a large grill with two burners on each side cooking hot dogs, hamburgers and kabobs. Williams was cooking for about 50 people from all over, some coming in from as far as Cleveland.
"It's the fellowship and meeting new people," Williams said when asked what keeps him coming back each year. "I love Aiken and I love to show my city off."
Williams added that it was a great event to help boost the local economy, especially with so many coming in from out of town to see the races.
Some attendees went all-out with their tailgating decorations. Stacey Wright, originally from St. Louis and currently staying in Blythe, Ga. for the winter, had her party area set up complete with antique wooden fencing, equine memorabilia and a large horse statue decked out with not only a feeding bag but a chef's hat, too.
Wright said the items came from a farm, and she had a lot of fun putting it together as well as getting responses from passers-by.
The most popular color at the Aiken Trials was green, as many attendees wore the color to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, too.
And some were also celebrating their birthday like soon-to-be 9 year-old Patrick Watkins. Robert Watkins, Patrick's father, said his son's birthday isn't until March 21, but they decided to do something at the Aiken Trials while some of the family and other children were all together.
"We enjoy having all the kids here eating cake and having fun," Robert Watkins said.
The Aiken Trials is for pure exhibition as the results do not affect the horses' records. The event showcases young, up-and-coming race horses who compete in six races.
The Aiken Trials is the first jewel of the Triple Crown which continues Saturday with the Spring Steeplechase.
STAFF PHOTO BY AMY BANTON Amy Howard holds up her son, Daniel, who excitedly applauds as the horses race down the track during the Aiken Trials Saturday.×
STAFF PHOTO BY AMY BANTON Amy Howard holds up her son, Daniel, who excitedly watches the races at the Aiken Trials Saturday.×
STAFF PHOTO BY AMY BANTON Many friends and families have made the Aiken Trials a tradition. Pictured, front row, from left, are Reva Crandall and Becky Reed; back row, from left, are Kelly Crandall, Matt Eidson and Dabney Eidson.×
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$200,000 Grant Expands Collaborative Health Education
ST. LOUIS -- Saint Louis University has received a $200,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to expand its innovative Interprofessional Education program to teach teamwork and collaboration to more medical and graduate-level health sciences students.
|Irma Ruebling is director of SLU's Interprofessional Education Program.
"We train our students so that it becomes second nature to ask what a team member from another profession can bring to a patient's care," said Irma Ruebling, director of SLU's Interprofessional Education program. "We believe this will improve patient outcomes because they will be receiving more comprehensive care."
Recognizing that professionals from different health professions must work together to provide the best possible care for patients, SLU became an early leader in establishing an Interprofessional Education (IPE) program in 2006. Interprofessional Education teaches students from various disciplines about the specific contributions each profession makes to patient care.
SLU will use the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations grant to add IPE for more students from the School of Medicine and from other post-baccalaureate programs, including accelerated nursing, physician assistant, social work, public health and advanced occupational and physical therapy students. In addition, the St. Louis College of Pharmacy students will participate, which broadens the scope of the program for all.
The medical and graduate students will explore simulated practice cases that involve patients who have complicated medical conditions and socioeconomic problems that undermine medical care.
"For instance, patients' social economic situation may hinder their ability to carry out their prescribed medical plan and we need to teach our students how to address this issue. Once the health professionals of tomorrow understand the socio-economic concerns that impact medical conditions, patients are more likely to get the care they need," Ruebling said.
The grant also will help fund national presentations about the IPE program; teach new faculty how to integrate interprofessional education into their courses; and increase opportunities for medical, allied health and nursing students to collaborate on new health promotion programs at community agencies.
IPE currently is required for all SLU undergraduates in nursing and in Doisy College of Health Sciences, as well as for third year medical school students. It eventually will be part of all four years of medical school and residency training programs.
Saint Louis University Medical Center offers a wide range of health professions education. In addition to having the first School of Medicine west of the Mississippi River, Saint Louis University Medical Center includes the School of Nursing, Doisy College of Health Sciences, Center for Advanced Dental Education, School of Public Health and Center for Health Care Ethics.


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- A common HLA-DPA1 variant is associated with hepatitis B virus infection but fails to distinguish active from inactive Caucasian carriers (2012)
- Background and Aims: Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major health issue worldwide. Recently, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DP locus were identified to be associated with HBV infection in Asian populations. Most significant associations were observed for the A alleles of HLA-DPA1 rs3077 and HLA-DPB1 rs9277535, which conferred a decreased risk for HBV infection. We assessed the implications of these variants for HBV infection in Caucasians. Methods: Two HLA-DP gene variants (rs3077 and rs9277535) were analyzed for associations with persistent HBV infection and with different clinical outcomes, i.e., inactive HBsAg carrier status versus progressive chronic HBV (CHB) infection in Caucasian patients (n = 201) and HBsAg negative controls (n = 235). Results: The HLA-DPA1 rs3077 C allele was significantly associated with HBV infection (odds ratio, OR = 5.1, 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.9–13.7; p = 0.00093). However, no significant association was seen for rs3077 with progressive CHB infection versus inactive HBsAg carrier status (OR = 2.7, 95% CI: 0.6–11.1; p = 0.31). In contrast, HLA-DPB1 rs9277535 was not associated with HBV infection in Caucasians (OR = 0.8, 95% CI: 0.4–1.9; p = 1). Conclusions: A highly significant association of HLA-DPA1 rs3077 with HBV infection was observed in Caucasians. However, as a differentiation between different clinical courses of HBV infection was not possible, knowledge of the HLA-DPA1 genotype cannot be translated into personalized anti-HBV therapy approaches.
- High prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies in two metropolitan emergency departments in Germany : a prospective screening analysis of 28,809 patients (2012)
- Background and Aims: The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies in Germany has been estimated to be in the range of 0.4–0.63%. Screening for HCV is recommended in patients with elevated ALT levels or significant risk factors for HCV transmission only. However, 15–30% of patients report no risk factors and ALT levels can be normal in up to 20–30% of patients with chronic HCV infection. The aim of this study was to assess the HCV seroprevalence in patients visiting two tertiary care emergency departments in Berlin and Frankfurt, respectively. Methods: Between May 2008 and March 2010, a total of 28,809 consecutive patients were screened for the presence of anti-HCV antibodies. Anti-HCV positive sera were subsequently tested for HCV-RNA. Results: The overall HCV seroprevalence was 2.6% (95% CI: 2.4–2.8; 2.4% in Berlin and 3.5% in Frankfurt). HCV-RNA was detectable in 68% of anti-HCV positive cases. Thus, the prevalence of chronic HCV infection in the overall study population was 1.6% (95% CI 1.5–1.8). The most commonly reported risk factor was former/current injection drug use (IDU; 31.2%) and those with IDU as the main risk factor were significantly younger than patients without IDU (p<0.001) and the male-to-female ratio was 72% (121 vs. 46 patients; p<0.001). Finally, 18.8% of contacted HCV-RNA positive patients had not been diagnosed previously. Conclusions: The HCV seroprevalence was more than four times higher compared to current estimates and almost one fifth of contacted HCV-RNA positive patients had not been diagnosed previously.


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Ecosystems U: Building a Better Understanding of How Ecosystems Benefit Society
EPA researchers are leading efforts to identify and quantify "ecosystem services."
When it comes to the benefits that individuals and communities derive from natural ecosystems—things such as the flood and erosion control that mangrove forests and other wetlands provide, recreational opportunities from parks and water bodies, and the cycling and absorption of excess nitrogen, carbon, and other pollutants—the marketplace often does not capture and reflect true value.
As a result, environmental managers, community planners, and other decision makers who are trying to develop strategies to protect the environment and maintain the long-term health of their communities lack a full accounting of environmental costs and benefits to inform their decisions.
EPA researchers are working to change that scenario by studying and finding ways to quantify the benefits people derive from natural ecosystems, what they refer to as "ecosystem services." Examples follow.
Tampa Bay Demonstration Project
Tampa Bay, home of Florida's largest open water estuary and a large and growing urban center, is the focus of the Tampa Bay Demonstration Project, a study to identify and assess the ecosystem services that the Tampa Bay estuary and other local ecosystems provide on a broad scale.
As part of the overall project, researchers recently completed a two-year study of nine mangrove wetlands and 18 freshwater river and marsh sites, each with differing levels of human disturbance. They will use the study results to build a dynamic model that illuminates how disturbances to wetlands affect their ability to perform important ecosystem services, such as absorbing excess nutrients and improving water quality across the Tampa Bay watershed.
"Our science will help stakeholders balance the costs of human-caused stresses to the landscape while sustaining valuable ecosystem services," explained EPA scientist Marc Russell, Ph.D. "Conducting this kind of research gives us the opportunity to address return-on-investment type of questions about the environment," adds Janet Nestlerode, Ph.D., also with EPA.
Russell and Nestlerode are helping lead a broad coalition of research and planning organizations, citizens and business groups, and other stakeholders to guide the design of the comprehensive study so that they can all benefit from the research results.
Pacific Northwest Demonstration Project
Another EPA ecosystem services research project is unfolding some 3,000 miles away from Tampa Bay in select inland and coastal communities of the Pacific Northwest, primarily Oregon.
"The goal of the Pacific Northwest Demonstration Project is to develop nationally-applicable models and decision support tools that will quantify the production and value of ecosystem goods and services. We can then share these models and tools with communities to help them become sustainable, that is, to meet their current needs without compromising the future," explains EPA's Robert McKane, Ph.D., who is leading the study.
The Pacific Northwest, with its diverse and highly valued natural resources—including forests that are among the most productive on the planet, world-class wineries and other agriculture, and abundant fresh and marine water that support salmon, shellfish, and other fisheries—is an ideal region for such an exploration.
To consider such diversity in the study, the research team is engaging individuals and groups representing a breadth of community groups, decision makers, and other stakeholders in the region in designing the research. That effort will help ensure that the end products (models and tools) will help local communities better understand the long-term consequences that their decisions may have on ecosystem services and community health and well-being.
"By engaging different stakeholders across the region, we are addressing questions about community stability, hopefully helping to advance sustainability practices that end the cycle of boom and bust that the region has experienced historically. Lack of that ability has led to the disruption of once thriving industries such as forest products and salmon fisheries, and has been particularly hard on rural communities," says McKane.
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Is there an MMO out there where i can collect gear to get more gear so that i can get more gear in future patches that have slightly better stats and looks like a viking helmet?
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Originally posted by PhoenixC13
LoL same boat. I have people i've gone and visited in RL that I meet in EQ. I can't even remember the names of anyone I've played other games with and since quit.
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The Dude abides
It was fun at the time but I have no desire to play that style of game again.
Really the only thing I miss from those days is the overall sense f community that existed (for the most part) in older mmos like EQ.
Can think of a hell of a lot more I don't miss...at all...
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
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Joined: 5/26/08
that's the only reason to play mmo
outside of community there is no reason to play mmo, you might as well play a multiplayer game then or solo game
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Joined: 9/01/10
Originally posted by Quirhid
Except it isn't midless at all, unless you would play it like a wow dungeon where no one speaks except to say hi and bye.
If you played mindlessly as some classes, your group died. Ex. Any healer, Enchanter, Wizard, Bard
Also, Mindless questing and returning with my 10 wolf furs? -No thank you.
In EQ, you were never by yourself unless you were kiting and that could possibly take forever if you didn't know what you were doing. There was a community in-game other than just the loudmouths asking, "umad?"
I would take finding a good spot to pull enemies to and kill them with a bit of challenge over being able to solo my way to max level through fedex quests.
Now spawncamping, In EQ that was generally done in what today's mmogamers would call dungeons. Otherwise, out in the world of Norrath, enemies roamed. There wasn't a pack of wolves in the same place all the time waiting for some one to kill it. To me that is mindless AI.
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Joined: 12/17/10
Originally posted by Quirhid
Absolutely not! We'd never want to hinder your "me me me" mindset now would we?
Becuase we all know that mindless grinding and spawncamping bosses didn't make MMO's what they were popular for.
No one EVER fought over the spawn of a boss.
It's always give me my own private spawn for my own private dungeon so I can kill and have all the loot to myself with never having to worry about loot stealing.
(All sarcasm aside) Jeez, what's with people these days?
I know what's wrong. The true MMO gamer is 1/100,000 now and the mindless drone consumer has taken over the MMO market. This is how we end up with crap games that barely last 3-5 months before they're forced to go F2P.
Give our worlds back you mindless drones!
I'm all for games where I have to fight with the other guy even if it requires me bumping heads ingame until I finally win (or walk off with my tail between my legs in defeat). It promotes longevity and healthy competition. Which is good for the game. I don't want themepark MMO's and the locust consume them faster than the standard developer can spit them out. There's no long term profit in them. So get your minds on the right path and make it for the true MMO gamer. If the carebears bellyache that the game's too hard. Tell them to toughen up or GTFO. That's what makes a game last for 10-13 years. Not this catering to their every will.
Giving handouts to every carebear child and their mother/father just promotes a game with a shortlife span. Games like this don't work and the only exception to this fact is WoW. Because WoW itself wasn't a carebear/hand holding game from the start. It took a good long time for people to earn their loot. There was blood shed on the open PvP worlds and there were open world bosses to be fought over. That's what established WoW as a great game in the beginning.
Now we've got private dungeons and raid where we can simply beat our pinata's in peace with no threat of danger lurking over our shoulders to steal the kill from us and it sickens me to no end.
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Originally posted by Waterlily
No it isn't. There are other compelling elements least to some mmos that make them worthwhile.
...and there are still some that have a great community. Just not to the length and extent you used to find in older games like EQ.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
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Originally posted by Mtibbs1989
Nice strawman you've built there.
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Originally posted by jonesing22
Trinity combat already implies mindless AI. I'd rather shave my face with a rusty nail than go back to hard trinity and grind. The amount of it. And the downtimes, the waiting for groups... That shit was horrible.
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I'm not sure what a trinity system has to do with AI intelligence. Even in GW2 the mobs use the same aggro system. I like a more open class system but there is something to be said about roles when you add harder content. The higher difficulty made a competent player more valuable and remembered.
I really don't blame anyone that wouldn't want to go back to the EQ style of play. It does have a certain charm though and it's rewarding aspect goes far beyond quest rewards. I hope some newer game brings that feeling back even though EQ is still going strong.
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I'd like a mixture. Quests if you want, mobs to grind if you don't but aren't there mobs to be killed even in quest based games? I do wish quests seemed more epic though. Longer, more involved with real challenges. I played EQ1 so I'm certainly familiar with camping and grinding mobs and after the novelty wore off it did get boring. Dungeons and caves were more fun and being in the open world did add to the danger. Some of my favorite grinds were actually mobile ones, not staying at a camp but keeping the group moving across Norrath, trying to kill whatever you happened upon. Don't really miss camping placeholders though, killing a mob over and over hoping for the rare one to pop was tedious.
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Joined: 6/03/09
Honestly what set EQ apart was a total sense of a real community.
People needed to group to advance, so to those ends you would meet and interact POSITIVELY with the other players around you.
This in turn allowed you to get to know a larger segment of the server populations. Thereby giving you a larger sense of a real " virtual " community.
As a result servers felt alive. We as a community depended on each other, as a result we got to know each other.
Some of the best friends of my life I met playing everquest, and it grew from there.
Many of my EQ friends I still talk to at least 3 times a week. We trade birthday and xmas cards/presents, and have now and then even traded our kids.
We live close to Disney, so one summer we had everyone across the country send us their kids for a month.
Was really fun but kinda crazy, we had 14 kids here mostly from the north and midwest who had never seen the ocean ( we live on the beach ) or been to Disney.
Lemme tell ya that is not the kind of need or trust you form with people playing modern
Massive Solo Online Role Play Games.
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Originally posted by Waterlily
I agree, grinding in escence was the whole point. The investment that you needed even to get to lvl 10 was huge. Nothing was really given to you back then. Sure I dont want to go back to that grind, for a number of reason (mainly time constraints).
For me most games these days are so easy and casual in nature that there isnt really the investment in your characters. Its there behind the scenes like the traits in LOTRO and legacy in SWTOR (sort of) but its more an optional investment. If you want to play a few hours a week no problem (which works for me)
In EQ I remember leaving my character swimming over night to get the swimming skill up, and creating macros where my character was casting continuously. and dont get me started on selling stuff before the bizarre. It was a true investment. I miss that aspect of EQ more than anything else, even though I dont want to do it again anytime soon :).
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Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
I think you are confusing evolve with regress. think about it for a second or two.
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Originally posted by Quirhid
I'm still right, carebears and the mindless drone consumers have destroyed the mmo market.
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Logic be damned!
Originally posted by Mtibbs1989
No, the mmo market is larger and more profitable than ever and more gamers are enjoying the MMORPG genre than ever before.
Your particular niche in the greater MMO market may not be popular or as successful, but it still exists (which you should be thankful for).
This is all just yet another "waaa I hate that other people have nice things that they like and I don't!" post.
#34287634781 I've seen on this website.
I've probably been lurking for way, way too long.
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Joined: 6/01/09
Originally posted by Oberholzer
In Everquest... you could have 10 buddies online and ALL being doing something diffrent. Most of the time, my friends were so busy (solo) tracking down a quest items, crafting component, crafting, looking for a crafter, or looking for a particular vendor that sells a rare spell, etc..
...Than being able to form up a group with me, as I logged in^^.
So I was left with nearly unlimited choices... do i go quad-kite raptors.. Help a friend get part of his key qest for Sibilis, go find my newewr spells.. go sell the rares I have in my bag... go to town and arrange my bank..
Or, go off into a dungeon and find a pick-up-group myself...
Who was telling you to grind in EQ..?
Who kept you from only doing short easy quests & not the long hard ones that took months to solve..?
Who forced you to camp a placeholder..?
People that use the word "grind"... are just sheeple who followed someone else and did what they were all doing. They call it a grind, bcuz they are looking back on their choices they took, (to stay competetively lvl's to their friends... so they were always min/maxing exp...) it was these so-called Grinder's choice... to play this/that way... always under the gun to get max level. Always in a hurry for not whats in front of them, but end game. Always "grinding away" at max level..
I played for weeks not gaining exp, but building assets and future for my character. When I found an very effecient method of gaining exp (ie meaning most exp in least amount of time) I would exploit those areas & groups as long as I could... sometimes 8h~12h strait, because the EXP was so good. I've even called off of work!
Many like to call that "a grind" because to them, it is just something they are doing until they reach max level. While other don't see it as a grind, because they are eraning experience through combat for their character & themselves. Forging new friendships. Some of my best OL friends came as we helped each other out of impossible situations, etc. Chemistry has alot to do with EQ guilds.
Again, as your character earns experience in the game world, you..yourself learn to play that character. Those who try to avoid the "EQ grinds" and bought $3k Wizards... soon lost friend on their servers, because they didn't know how to play them..!! If you find yourself grinding in a game and physically cannot do anythng other in the game, put it down. But if you are grinding because you've placed an artificial limit to what you can do in a game.. then try having phun not earning exp.
The social interaction to overcome some of the creatures in Everquest... even a lone Griffon disturbing all the harvesters in the plains. They eventually had to group up and kill the roaming Griffon, then go back to their merry way.
"No they are not charity. That is where the whales come in. (I play for free. Whales pays.) Devs get a business. That is how it works."
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Originally posted by BadSpock
Dude, the ONLINE market has expanded.. not just MMO's.
ANd.. MMORPG's only make a modest part of the piechart compared to total (ie: minecraft, farmville, etc..) We here @ MMORPG.com and specifically withint this forum are only concerned with those few games that fall withing the MMORPG banner... all other games have their own genra now.
You are confusing marketing data and segment data with MMORPG. It doesn't work that way.. this is not Bloomberg, but MMORPG.com... where roleplaying games are fornt & foremost.
So he is 100% correct.. in saying most of these recent games aimed at MMORPG players were nothing but cash grabs at the 5% of WoW refugee's that are impatient and want moAr, so will collectively dump $400+ million into any stupid WoW-clone that comes along. That is why in the last 5 years we've seen marketing ramped up... because even 5% of WoW's base is 600,000 subs.
That is what is getting purpetuated ovr and ovr... and with criticle mass, too many cheap gmes exploded on the market & dumping their business model in favor of free to play.... these cheap pretend MMORPG's are failing and will not compete up against the newer open worlds coming out.
Call of Duty and Battlfeield 3 are not MMO's, but they are online games listed in revenue source...
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yeah .. if the MMO market is "destroyed" .. then what was i having fun with last night? A zombie?


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Favourite fighters: Mark Hunt, Tom Niinimäki and Anton Kuivanen
Look, do you stupid motherfuckers read the contract that you SIGN? Stop complaining that you aren't making enough money when you are making exactly what you agreed to plus bonuses. Well, Tim doesn't get bonuses cuz he's boring as fuck.
Goodbye Mr. Burton
All in the reflexes
Anderson Silva 5: TRT USERS 0 Hendo - Forrest - Nate - Chael... twice
Sure the fighters have bills. But so does the UFC. Do you think the casino in Vegas says sure use our place free of charge. Do you think the camera men, the sound guys, all the people back stage say we love this sport lets do it for free.
No, they don't and they have to get paid too. But lets break this down a little bit more. What has Hunt done to deserve more than 200K a year? He came to the UFC with a losing record. His biggest wins were not over top 10 opponents in the UFC. He was "known" what 10 years ago in a dying sport called K1.... I mean lets be honest. How many people knew who Mark Hunt was before he fought in Pride..... I didn't think so. Maybe...Just maybe 1 card is fought in Japan a year. You sit there and mock Toney getting paid yet you think a guy with a sub to .500 record should be the feature fighter in card in Japan just because he was at one time popular there?
So just because he is an athlete he should be making more than the average person for having an average record? He should get paid more money than the average person doing something he loves because people enjoy watching it? No he still needs to earn it. And he did. He got 160K to get KOed by JDS.
And who are really talking about here when we say Mid card or Mid level guys. You see a lot of 24/24 or even 75/75 pay salaries on those fighters. Should the guy fighting on the facebook prelim who is just the hometown guy really get 10k to fight?? Hell no, what he is getting is opportunity to show that he belongs in the big show. When you are an unknown talent who is hungry you take less to follow your dream. You signed the contract, if you dont like it, go out there kick the shit out of some people and ask for a raise. Hunt did that and got a 160K fight.
Nutrition is a joke. Its called cost of living. We all have to eat. And if you are losing that much money on a manager and camp then maybe its not your employer who is the problem but the people you are hiring to handle your money and training.
I can understand how people new to fighting sports do not give a shit about Toney. I can even see how they think he was over paid. I can see how people miss the fact that by paying him that much it got his ass in the cage. It also brought in more viewers, it raised PPV numbers, anyone who actually got a cut of that PPV got paid. Hell I'm willing to bet you the backstage bonuses were flying from Zuffa. Just like when Brock fought.
Professional TEAM sports are different. You get paid more to win the championship as a team. Its apples to oranges. Go look up how much a boxer makes who is fighting not just on the undercard but in the prelims.
Also, people say you cant count sponsorship money. Why not??? Because you are fighting for the UFC you get more sponsorship opportunity. Do you think the guy fighting in some cage in the middle of bum fuck gets anyone other than Joe Bob's Tractors throwing in 10 bucks??
I mean, people will always bitch about money. If you dont think you are making enough money then improve your situation by winning more fights and moving up to the money or find another job.
Poker is a "sport". So is Bowling. So is Golf. If your not at the tops of those sports guess how much you make........
here I'll help you out with it
T50 Peter Tomasulo $15,829.00
T50 Chris Kirk $15,829.00
T50 Ryo Ishikawa $15,829.00
T50 Stuart Appleby $15,829.00
T50 Jason Kokrak $15,829.00
T50 James Hahn $15,829.00
T50 Nathan Smith $15,829.00
T50 Tommy Gainey $15,829.00
T58 Dicky Pride $14,874.00
T58 Trevor Immelman $14,874.00
T58 Boo Weekley $14,874.00
T61 Steve Marino $14,405.00
T61 Gary Woodland $14,405.00
T61 Steven Bowditch $14,405.00
T61 Will Claxton $14,405.00
T65 Zach Johnson $13,936.00
T65 Roberto Castro $13,936.00
T65 Hunter Haas $13,936.00
T68 Casey Wittenberg $13,534.00
T68 Matteo Manassero $13,534.00
T68 Brad Fritsch $13,534.00
71 Angel Cabrera $13,266.00
72 Luke Guthrie $13,132.00
Golfers compete more than 3 times a year.
Wut? A top 50 golfer making 1 million a year?! Unpossible.
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And no TV deal should be compared to the NFL TV deal. Pretty much every other sport is making pennies compared to the amount of money NFL makes from TV contracts alone.
Naturally the UFC has bills as well. Insurance, crew and staff ain't free either and some venues cost more than some. I'm pretty sure Las Vegas is a good and fairly cheap place for UFC since the casino that hosts the event is getting huge marketing just from the UFC being there.
I think a lot of fight fans knew Mark Hunt well enough. K-1 was highly popular in Europe, Asia and Oceania. You could actually see the events on TV here, UFC was no where to be seen. I think US events didn't do that well though. And from the looks of it Mark Hunt is still quite popular in Japan. Doesn't seem like your average asian fan would immediately turn on the fighter once he loses once or twice.
Overall I think athletes are getting paid way too much. But then again, I don't feel like the owners of clubs/organizations should be the only people getting rich. In a perfect world neither party would be getting filthy rich.
Basic pay the UFC is giving some of these nobodies is mostly okay, but I think they should be handing out even more bonuses to the people actually entertaining the audience. But I guess that is happening already behind the scenes. Just hope they would be more open about it, like 5k bonus for finishing your opponent.
But it is really tough situation for these lower tier fighters. If they want to get better they need to train pretty damn hard, and how do you mix family life and a day job in all that? And once you get your chance in the big show you get paid pretty much nothing after all the costs. There's just so much at stake for them in a single fight / couple of fights. I guess and hope the situation gets better in the long run. At least in hockey etc. if you don't make in the big leagues (NHL) there's always the AHL that pays decent and European leagues that pay even better than the farm leagues in North America. There just aren't enough organizations that would pay decent money that would let the athletes focus on their careers. At least not currently. But I guess we are getting derailed here...
We all have to eat, true. But we all don't have to be in top shape. And if you don't want to give your opponent an advantage, you will train with some of the best and that costs.
And yes I'm aware Toney probably brought in viewers. But at the same time, I think he was overpaid for his effort. Business wise, great decision by the UFC, but if you think about it no one should be paid that much for such an effort. But it's the shitty world we live in...
There's big difference between Bob Tractors putting 10 bucks to sponsor a fighter and the 50k UFC demands from each sponsor just to be able to sponsor in the UFC. And with the way UFC just decides to ban some of the sponsors, how many are willing to pay that 50k to sponsor in a sport some believe to be very brutal? I'm pretty sure there are lots and lots more companies willing to pay 10k for the fighter to promote them than there a companies that first want to pay 50k to the UFC and then some small amounts of dollars to the actual fighter. I've never heard that any other organization demands money from the sponsors to themselves if the company is sponsoring a team/individual.
And picking golf as the comparison is just weak. Golfers attend more than 3 events a year. Not to mention the top 200 golfers around the world are definately getting paid well enough, since there's so many events they can and will attend to each year.
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He went on to label the players, exempting Roberts, as "s***houses" for not explaining their reasons.
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niiice Rumble is going to WRECK Little Nog. Hopefully if he wins this one in dominating fashion like he did to Phil, he will be given a step up in competition to see where he really stands.
If he dominates:
Rumble vs Teixiera/Rashad Evans anyone?
niiice Rumble is going to WRECK Little Nog. Hopefully if he wins this one in dominating fashion like he did to Phil, he will be given a step up in competition to see where he really stands.
If he dominates:
Rumble vs Teixiera/Rashad Evans anyone?
"I leave this as a declaration of intent, so no one will get confused. 1: Si vis pacum para bellum. Latin. If you want peace, prepare for war. 2: Frank Castle is dead. He died with his family. 3: In certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate. In order to shame its inadequacies, it is necessary to act outside the law. To pursue natural justice. This isn't vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment "
Nog has absolutely zero exploitable advantage here.
You say shark I say hey man, Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars
I'm a fan of lil nog, but I don't care if he loses, I just want to see him at least make it to a fight. If lil nog somehow makes it uninjured come fight time and actually wins that would be insane. Anthony should be the heavy favorite momentum wise and if he wins, I'd say give him 1 more big fight before a title shot. Please mma gods, let this fight actually happen.
Diet Nog is the cure for insomnia.
This fight will not happen, Nog will injure himself again and will be out for another 8 months.
If somehow this fight actually happens, I see Rumble dominating this fight in a brutal way.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/5/12...t-but-mma-newsAntonio Rogerio Nogueira will finally return to the UFC.
Anthony Johnson, who recently defeated Phil Davis at UFC 172, will face off against "Minotouro" at UFC on FOX 12 in San Jose, Calif. on July 26, and the Brazilian sees the bout as an opportunity to get back to the top.
"Anthony Johnson won a big fight against Phil Davis and Im sure were going to do a great fight for the fans," Nogueira told MMAFighting.com. "Hes in a great phase of his career, coming off a great win, and I just got back to training this month. I will have a great camp for this fight."
"Minotouro" was ranked at the top 5 in the light heavyweight following wins over former champions Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz, but was removed of the UFC rankings due to inactivity.
"I will be back. No problem, I will be back," he said. "I was out for so long, right? Rashad fought twice since our fight and I couldnt because of the injuries. But I will be back."
The win over Davis put Johnson in the top 5 of the division, and Nogueira knows that a win over him would be huge for his title aspirations.
"There are a lot of great fighters in the division now," he said. "I cant say that Im getting a shot at the title with a win over Anthony Johnson because there are a lot of great fighters now, but it depends on how I win the fight. A knockout or a submission would get me closer to the title, at least at the top 3."
Johnson went 6-0 since his UFC release in 2012, so Nogueira doesnt expect an easy fight in San Jose. Following an upset win over Evans at UFC 156, the Brazilian plans to repeat what he called "the perfect training camp" with the addition of Olympic wrestler Khetag Pliev.
"I will repeat the same camp I did for Rashad," he said. "I will have a high-level camp, and I want to bring Khetag again. He was an important piece of my camp for Rashad."
Johnson finished four of his last six opponents by way of knockout, but "Minotouro" is counting on that as he prepares for the bout.
"(Johnson) had some ups and downs, missed weight a few times, but he always did amazing fights in the UFC," he said. "He was one of the best at 170 and returned well to the UFC at 205. Im expecting a tough fight.
"Hes well-rounded, with some good kicks and great stand-up game, good takedowns. Hes really explosive and hits hard, so its going to be a great fight. I think hes going to try everything. I wont go in there thinking he will only stand against me because he has a good weapon in wrestling and I dont think hes going to waste that."
The biggest issue going into the fight is Nogueiras health status since he was forced to cancel four UFC fights since 2011. The Brazilian, who agreed to face Alexander Gustafsson (twice), Rich Franklin and Mauricio Rua, is confident he will be in perfect shape for UFC on FOX 12.
"Rumble" and "Minotouro" fought at the same night on March 26, 2011. The Brazilian went 2-0 since, while Johnson scored eight wins in nine bouts.
"Im not 100 percent physically yet, but Im getting there," he said. "I had two injuries. I had to undergo a knee surgery and had another back injury that forced me out of training for more than a year. But I will be at my best in two and a half months."
oh, here we go. hope he heals up good. I will be pulling for minotouro IF this fight happens.
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