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2014 Big West Women's Tennis Tourhament Bracket (PDF)
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. ---
Armed with a formidable doubles line-up and a singles line-up full of freshmen and newcomers whom have shown grit and growth throughout the season, the Cal State Northridge women's tennis team heads to Indian Wells, Calif., for the 2014 Big West Tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The Matadors finished the regular season 12-9 overall and 3-5 against Big West opposition to claim the sixth seed in the tournament.
CSUN opens competition Friday, April 25 with an 8 a.m. match against third-seeded Hawai'i. The Rainbow Wahine scored a 4-0 victory over the Matadors on April 20, something Northridge is determined to avenge amidst the desert scenery.
Doubles play figures to be a key to CSUN's success this weekend. As a team, the Matadors were 39-20 (.661) and are annually one of the top doubles teams in the conference.
One of the key reasons for the doubles success in 2014 has been the development of the freshmen team of Kristen Poei and Mickey Hsu. The rookies are a sterling 17-2 on the season, the fourth-best winning percentage for a doubles team in a single season in program history.
Poei and Hsu had an 11-match winning streak at one point during the season and eventually moved up to the top draw as the season progressed. They will be looking to repay an 8-6 loss to Hawai'i in their last match.
In addition to Poei and Hsu, fellow freshman Vivian Lin and sophomore Jessica Warren form a solid No. 2 team and senior Lorraine Cheung and junior Criss Rodriguez are a formidable No. 3 squad.
In singles action, Lin has played predominantly at the No. 1 draw for the majority of the season. The freshman from Hong Kong has compiled an 11-10 overall record for the season and 4-4 against Big West opposition. She earned two Big West Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honors during her first season at CSUN.
Hsu and Rodriguez have made up the second and third draw most recently for CSUN head coach Gary Victor. Hsu is 11-8 on the year and has won six of her last seven singles matches. Rodriguez is 9-8 overall and has notable victories over Cal State Fullerton, Boise State and Montana in her first year with the squad.
Poei will probably play at the fourth draw for the Matadors. One of two Matador freshmen from Hawai'i, Poei is tied for the team lead with 12 singles victories. She enters the tournament having one four of her past five singles matches.
Cheung, the team's only senior, also has 12 singles wins on the year. She is likely to play at the fifth draw and has won five of her past seven matches. Warren is 5-7 overall and will likely play at the sixth draw for CSUN.
Hawai'i finished the regular season 10-8 overall and 5-2 in the Big West. Long Beach State enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed while UC Irvine is the No. 2 seed.
The winner of the CSUN-Hawai'i match will face the winner of UC Irvine-Cal Poly on Saturday, April 26 at 9 a.m. The winner of the Big West Tournament Finals, on Sunday, April 27, earns the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.


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Benny is incredibly cute! Jazz is a fleabitten grey arab like him, so I suppose I'm partial!
Here is Mr. Jazz. He is my baby! I've just been out to see him. I've had him for 11 years and love him more each year!
Seriously though, be careful. You're an adult and you have the right to do whatever you want. It looks like you and Benny have a lot of fun together. For my first 5-7 years in horses I did a lot of things I look back at and sigh. I rode horses that were barely broke and dead crazy to boot. I galloped through pastures in halter and leadrope. I laid down in stalls with the horses. I laid down in front of them. I talked on my cell phone while riding, at the trot and canter. Many of these things Jazz and I did together. Somehow I was never hurt, but looking back I'd never do most of it again. It wasn't worth the risk just to have a laugh and say I'd been there done that. Benny is very kind by the looks of it, but he's still a horse. Something could come up behind him and spook him, and immediately he'd take action and move forward. When herd animals stampede they often kill many of their own - it's what they do: run first, ask questions later. Taking a little extra precaution with Benny today could very well be what gives you the chance to enjoy him tomorrow.
Trust me, it's not worth it. Have a good time, but take care. Though I was never injured, I've seen very good friends of mine be gravely injured, and knew of a girl that was killed because she was too proud to listen to what those around her were telling her. A bit of a laugh isn't worth that risk.
I'm sorry that things got heated and offensive, and in my opinion that wasn't the way to approach the topic. I'm hoping though that this didn't make you sour on the subject and close your mind. Please be careful, and enjoy that lovely horse of yours!


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New Orleans Food: Cafe au Lait and Red Beans & Rice
I'm reviewing a copy of Tom Fitzmorris's Food Town, about the New Orleans food scene pre and post Katrina. I've been obsessed with New Orleans for a long time and it's only gotten worse while reading this book and watching that new series Treme on HBO.
Anyhow, I want to start making some authentic New Orleans food and drinks at home, starting with cafe au lait. Food Town provides a recipe, which seems simple enough, but does anyone know an online source where I can buy chicory?
Secondly, does anyone have an authentic red beans and rice recipe they'd care to share? I'm dying to try a couple versions, including the one in the book.
Thanks in advance!
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Colloquium: "20th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics—Migrating Through Alternative Spaces in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies"
Fri, March 2, 2012 • TBA
The histories of both the Iberian Peninsula and the American Continent have been articulated through a multiplicity of migrations. Cultural migrations, ethno-racial migrations, political displacements, exile, migrations of thought and epistemologies, and shifting borders are a few aspects of migration that contribute to the narratives of our present historical moment. These migrations produce hybrid identities that often locate those who participate in them in liminal, displaced, queer or alternative spaces. The intellectual elaboration on these cultures, individuals, and alternative spaces can provide us with new ways of understanding our interactions on personal, national, and global levels.
For more information, e-mail the colloquium coordinators.


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How many "urgent" tasks are unimportant and, conversely, how many "nonurgent" tasks are much more important than we initially understand?
The difference between "urgent" and "nonurgent" versus "important" and "not important" was one of the topics addressed by the late Stephen Covey (author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People") in his book "First Things First." A visual representation of these constructs can be displayed as a grid comparing urgency and importance. The comparison creates four quadrants with distinct differences.


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Join three NPR reporters as they explore the Iowa they didn't see on the presidential trail.
Don Gonyea, Scott Horsley and Brian Naylor will tour the state by bike this time around, as part of The Des Moines Register's 41st Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI.
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Rory Pennington, Mukilteo, Washington
Correcting the shape of the nose and cutting the main gear doors more accurately represented HobbyBoss' 1/32 scale P-61B, says Rory. He added brake lines and True Details wheels plus levers and throttles in the cockpit. The decals are from Kits-World.
Excellent work! I love the heavy weathered finish. Outstanding job Rory!
Agreed nice job, I like the front wheel turned. A small realistic detail that you seldom see.
She looks like she's been flown pretty hard. Nice look'n Widow Rory.
Very nicely Done!
Very seldom seen depiction,,,,and a superb job on this bird.


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It is safe to say people are paying more attention to debt and, perhaps, even paying it down. That might be because of the regular reports from Statistics Canada declaring we have hit another record for household debt, or the warnings from the Bank of Canada about impending higher interest rates.
All the attention on debt shows up in the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's annual survey of Canadians' financial priorities. Paying down debt was cited as the top goal for 17 per cent of those polled, up from 14 per cent in 2011. Seven per cent said their primary focus is retirement planning, down from 13 per cent two years ago.
The results beg the question: Are many of us sacrificing a comfortable retirement by focusing on debt reduction today? Or are we opting for a wiser strategy by chipping away at the sure thing, while fixed-income returns are near rock bottom and stock gains are uncertain at best?
The right mix of debt and retirement savings depend, it turns out, on your individual situation. "The first thing you should look at is expected rates of return and also your investment profile," said Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning with CIBC Private Wealth Management in Toronto.
While soaring home prices are one of the factors behind ever-higher household debt numbers, having a large, long-term mortgage at today's very low rates may be unsettling for some, but it should not be a concern if it is the main debt people hold. "If you have a relatively low mortgage rate, perhaps you could do better by [steering] any excess cash toward long-term retirement savings if you expect to get a higher rate of return than what you are paying on your mortgage," he said.
That is, if the individual has no debt such as credit card balances or other personal loans that carry a higher interest rate than mortgage debt.
The CIBC executive noted that a mortgage holds an almost identical risk profile as fixed-income investments, as both are priced off the rates of long-term government bonds. So if you are an investor who favours the guaranteed return of fixed-income products in your registered retirement savings plan and you have a mortgage, you would probably be best advised to stick to paying down the house loan.
The new year is a time when people zero in on three aspects of their lives, their weight, their health and their money, said Susan Howe, a regional financial planning consultant with Royal Bank of Canada Financial Planning who works in southwestern Ontario. For her, any decisions regarding where to direct extra money begins with an analysis of household cash flow. "What do I have to help me to apply to either savings or to debt depending on what my objectives are?"
Ms. Howe said the majority of her clients opt for a mix of debt, short-term savings and long-term retirement savings. "How you save sort of depends on the timeline you have to save for it."
The RBC executive worries that there may be too much attention paid to Canadians' increasing debt load. "Not all debt is bad. If you have a mortgage and are building equity in the home, then that likely is a good debt to have." High levels of consumer debt, particularly credit card debt carrying double-digit interest rates, should be considered bad debt.
Ms. Howe advises people to list their debts and the interest rates that they carry to determine which ones to pay down first (starting with the most expensive). Most bank websites have loan calculators to help with the process. Some may also consider seeking a loan consolidation from a financial institution that allows them to put all their consumer debt in one large pile and ultimately save on interest costs. While loan consolidation can simplify the debt picture and make it easier to manage cash flow, it comes with the risk, as some may feel the urge to run up balances again on those paid-off credit cards.
The tried and true strategy of putting money in your RRSP to generate a tax refund and using that money to pay down debt should be considered seriously, said Ted Rechtshaffen, president and chief executive officer of TriDelta Financial of Toronto. "The big issue is how much is the interest rate [on the debt] and how much is your tax refund going to be?"
The financial adviser recently completed an article for clients tackling the question of when people should sock away money into a RRSP. It comes down to whether you get a better bang for your buck today by sheltering that income from tax compared to some future date. "Is your income high enough today, first of all, and second will the tax refund you get be the same or higher than the tax bill you get when you take it out?" For those anticipating a major windfall such as a large inheritance down the road, making major sacrifices today to build a large RRSP nest egg might not make a great deal of sense.
Mr. Rechtshaffen sees little urgency for people to attempt to pay down their mortgages as quickly as possible. "If you are paying under 4 per cent on a mortgage, you do have to ask yourself how valuable is it to pay off that debt quickly." Still, paying down debt is a guaranteed after-tax return, so eliminating a chunk on your mortgage will provide an after-tax return of 3 to 4 per cent, he allowed.
Your income also needs to be factored into the debt-versus-savings question, he said. "If your income is $150,000, I would definitely be putting money in your RRSP first and getting [a] 46-per-cent refund this year in Ontario before worrying about paying down a 3-per-cent mortgage. You want to take advantage that you are in the highest tax bracket and every dollar you put in an RRSP" reduces your tax bill.


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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Stereotypically speaking, chess players and basketball players dont co-exist.
A basketball player rarely says he/she cant make it out to a pick-up game because of a prior commitment to a chess match.
And, someone who enjoys playing chess although Im inferring here probably wont decline a match invitation to shoot some hoops.
But, psychologically, engaging in a pick-up basketball game is a lot like playing chess. Sure, the amount of calories expended are exponentially different and chess enthusiasts dont need to worry about rolling an ankle. Hear me out, though.
This past Thursday, I joined a group of guys for some pick-up basketball. Before we go any farther, lets make sure everyone knows what the term pick-up basketball means.
It refers to a couple aspects. The first means theres a bit of spontaneity involved. People, often strangers on the same court at the same time, literally decide to pick up a basketball, pick teams and play a game or series of games.
Or, it can be pre-planned as my Thursday adventure was and players decide on teams just before starting. So, theres two pick references here: spontaneously picking up a basketball and playing, and methodically picking teams.
Got it? Good. Moving on.
I showed up to find that I recognized no one. Thats not really a shocker, though, since I havent lived in the Lowcountry that long.
So, instead of walking in and immediately drawing responses like, Ooh, I want that guy on my team, or Why didnt someone tell him a wrong time? I had to prove myself as worthy of clamor.
I was by far the youngest person there. It wasnt played at a senior center or anything like that, but Im assuming several have children. I just graduated from college, so my pride and joy exists in a puppy, not someone for whom I have to save money for college.
As I stretched on the sideline, I made a mental note that my advantage was probably to run a lot. In high school, I wasnt the quickest player on the court, so my minutes came from being able to knock down shots from the perimeter. Today, I thought while stretching a hamstring, I can have an all-around game.
Everyone there had similar heights, so there was no point in trying to exaggerate a low-post game by trying to shoot over the top of opponents by the basket.
Undoubtedly, there would be at least one guy who relives his high school or college glory days and wont let a young guy come in and steal the show. I could expect a hard foul at some point, especially if I started playing well.
Then, I thought about the personal adjustments I needed to make. I hadnt played a full-court pick-up game in a while, so there was no doubt I would be out of shape. And, that meant my shooting might be a little rusty too. I planned to attack whoever was defending me and try to get to the rim for closer opportunities.
I stopped myself. Dont be Kobe Bryant, I thought. When this is over, Id like to be welcomed back next week. I knew I had to be aggressive, because I was competitive, but I had to look for my teammates too. There couldnt be any off-balance jumpshots at the beginning of my camaraderie with them while a wide-open teammate called for the ball.
Theres the chess in pick-up basketball. Players run through all those scenarios in their heads in a matter of seconds, gauging what move to make next. During a game played to 11, the team that gets to 10 can call check.
Not literally, though. Dont do that; youll get strange looks.
That team has the other squad on the brink of checkmate, but it took many mental offensive and defensive moves to get to that position.
Does that make a basketball player more capable of playing chess, or a chess enthusiast more capable of playing basketball?
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What's on TV this weekend? Channel Hopping with Nickie: What you should be watching this
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Life can be tough, so don't strain yourself — let Nickie Shobeiry dictate your TV channels for you.
Saturday, August 16
Great War Diaries (BBC2 - 8.15pm)
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A proverbial telescope, the Great War Diaries — soon coming to its much-dreaded end — has allowed its audience to peak into the lives of others during the war.
In this episode, we follow an Australian pianist in his efforts to leave enemy lines and go home. Meanwhile, there's a riot in a metal institution, sparked by an Italian-American, while a German soldier joins the rebellious spirit on his own turf. Of course, that's not all — there's a suicidal schoolgirl, an English journalist disgusted by the Allies' behaviour, and the Russian Revolution, seen from the eyes of a Cossak woman.
Having spent years in production, this series reels in audiences with its haunting historical accuracy, international outlook and inevitable tragedies.
Andrew Marr's Great Scots (BBC2 - 9.15pm)
Scotland. Will they or won't they?
Now I've got the obligatory politics out of the way, let me tell you about James Boswell — or, rather, let Andrew Marr tell you about James Boswell, the 18th century Edinburghian (shut up, that's a word) lawyer and author, who juggled his nagging patriotism and itchy feet — the kind caused by the want of fame and foreign adventure. His penning of Samuel Johnson's biography pushed the genre forward, and even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes*, made a sneaky reference to Mr Boswell in one of his works (first person to name the title gets a prize…**).
Watch as Marr unfolds Boswell's story, starting from his strict-and-starched childhood in Ayrshire to the less-than-powdery streets of London, and all the way to the Western Isles.
*What? Didn't Benedict Cumberbatch write that?
**… in the form of a smiley emoticon.
The Walking Dead (5* - 10pm)
Here's a rotting question for you: if the rate of zombie to human is 10:1, and there's a 50/50 chance that hope (a.k.a. antibiotics) are 50 miles away at a university, what percentage of time will you spend clinging to the edge of your seat?
In this episode of the raved-about horror series, Maggie and Glenn dig graves for their lovely undead visitors, Tyreese is convinced Karen and David were killed, and Daryl, Michonne and Bob pool their aforementioned hope onto the university's veterinary department.
Needless to say, you should leave the lights on this Saturday night.
Sunday, August 17
James May's Cars of the People (BBC2 - 9pm)
While 'microcar' and 'classy' may not be used in the same sentence too often, James May pops over to Japan to ogle new-fangled micro sports cars, comparing them to the world's top sellers.
Also, he explores why vehicles like micro-cars and infamous three-wheelers were whipped up in the first place (short version: congestion worries + European manufactures = interesting results).
Join May as he discusses the most socially significant cars of the 20th century.
Richard III: The New Evidence (Channel 4 - 9pm)
You'll find lots of things in a car park, but finding the skeleton of a past monarch — let alone a warrior king, leading his army into the Battle of Bosworth — is not quite on par with your average McDonald's cup.
Painfully intelligent types at the University of Leicester have been studying the skeleton, trying to figure out how a man rumoured to have been a hunchback — and now with a curved spine on a table in Leicester to confirm it — could have achieved such physical feats.
While experts continue to suss out the King's diet and lifestyle, Dominic Smee — a man with the same scoliosis as Richard III — takes a more hands-on approach with series of physical tasks, including horse riding, sword wielding and armour wearing, in an effort to find out how old Rich's condition affected his kingly duties.
The Village (BBC1 - 9pm)
An acclaimed drama, The Village — set in Derbyshire in the 20th century — returns this Sunday with plenty of expected hardship.
Yet, it's not all gloom and doom in this take on British social history; Bert has a shaky romance with the stationmaster's daughter ("but what about Martha?!" I hear fans cry), Agnes discovers she's pregnant, Martha slips away to the Big House, Clem susses out Edmund's sexuality, all while Grace joins a cycling club (don't be fooled — she's not all that innocent).
Watch The Village and tell yourself you're being educated. They wear period costumes and everything!
Family Guy (BBC3 - 10pm)
Even those who don't watch Family Guy know by now that the talking dog was killed off. To be more precise, Brian was squished by a car in a surprisingly teary episode, leaving fans to wonder whether he'd somehow come back from the dead (since South Park's "oh my God! They killed Kenny!" never had much of a permanent influence).
But now the series is moving on without the return of their deep-voiced canine, a new question blooms: will Vinny, the Other Dog, walk in Brian's paw-prints? (I feel you cringing at the puns, and I'm not sorry).
In this episode, its wintertime and Quahog and Stewie have a pooch-filled plan, while Peter tries to save the town's carnival.


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Wa;ter Moss: The destruction, personal suffering, and tragedies caused by our recent Hurricane Sandy were not a repeat of the 1930s' Dust Bowl, but they were close enough to remind us that we have ignored at our peril a basic historical lesson: Screw up the environment badly enough and it'll come back to blow you away with a vengeance.
Why This Is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America's Infrastructure
Glued to the Weather Channel While the World Burns
Mary Landrieu Goes to Bat for Louisiana's Wetlands
Winona LaDuke Pledges Help for Native Tribes Facing BP Oil
Georgianne Nienaber: LaDuke slammed the Minnesota Ottertail Power Company for being "punitive" in its refusal to allow the White Earth Recovery Project to supply its own power and have some to sell to the rest of the grid. Minnesota has the strictest electrical inspection standards in the United States.


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There are four key things any ham needs to run Digital Modes.
In order to run Digital Modes, you need a Radio capable of preforming some key functions. The Radio must first be able to operate at a high duty cycle (transmitting for up to three minutes at a time). This often means reducing power, or adding external fans to keep your rig cool. In addition, you must make sure your radio has a fairly clean audio output, so make sure to turn off the Speech Processor (if you have one), any sort of Microphone DSP and any ALC or Microphone Gain. Otherwise, your signal will be noisy and will interfere with others on the band. If you are not sure of your signal, ask others on the band, many will send you a picture of your waterfall, or will tell you if your signal is improving as you tune it.
Digital Modes rely on having a computer to generate the audio signals. Most computers will do nicely (even old ones). The computer needs to be able to run any Digital Software you plan on running, as well as Logbook Software. In addition, it must have either a built-in soundcard, or the ports for your radio interface.
Digital Interface
The most essential part of any radio rig is the Digital Interface. The interface preforms a few key functions.
The most important is that it takes the sound data produced by the digital software and pipes it to the audio input of your rig, and takes the audio from the rig and pipes it to the computer's line-in or microphone ports. Most operators use the computers soundcard to connect to the radio, although check with the manufacturer of your radio for their recommendations. Some rigs do not require a soundcard at all, whereas others need a different type of Soundcard than the one in your computer.
Secondary to this is PTT. Although you can manually press the PTT button every time you wish to send a digital signal, it becomes very tedious. One simple solution is to turn on the VOX operation in your radio, so whenever the computer sends digital information, the radio transmits. Many radios offer controller boards or control cables, which allow you to control the PTT via a cable to the computer or a wire connected to the microphone port of the Radio,
One unnecessary, but useful piece of equipment is a rig controller. This are made specific for your rig and allow for control of the Radio by the computer. This is useful as it allows you to easily jump to packet spots with the computer and allows the computer to automatically log the radio's frequency.
There are many free and paid options for Digital Modes on the Market, each specific to the types of modes they can use. I recommend Digital Master (a part of Ham Radio Deluxe), as it integrates well with the HRD Logbook, and offers a more robust receiver and transmitting window than other programs. In addition, there are many softwares that are specific to one mode. JT65HF and AMTOR are both programs specific to one mode, and although less robust, are the only programs that can be used by that mode and are therefor essential.


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She is currently an associate editor of the Journal of Population Economics, and a member of the editorial board of the American Economic Review and Review of Economics of the Household, and was formerly a co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. Lundberg was also a founding member of the MacArthur Foundations Research Network on the Family, a multidisciplinary group of family researchers, and also the MacArthur Foundations Inequality Modeling Group.
Lundbergs research is focused in labor economics and the economics of the family, and includes both theoretical modeling (of discrimination and inequality and of family decision-making) and empirical analysis (of fertility, labor supply, wage determination, and intra-household allocation of resources). Her current research includes projects on racial segregation and inequality, the relationship between family roles and labor market outcomes for American men and women and on the development of children as economic agents, and the retirement and savings decisions of married couples. Her publications include studies of unemployment and restrictions on work hours, the effects of teenage childbearing, the enforcement of anti-discrimination policies in the labor market, and models of bargaining between married couples.


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Palatino® Sans Arabic
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Palatino Sans Arabic is a collaboration between Lebanese designer Nadine Chahine and Prof. Hermann Zapf. The design is a low-contrast companion to the award winning Palatino Arabic and comes in both regular and bold weights. It is designed for use in print in both large and small sizes, and brings into Arabic the informal and friendly appearance of Palatino Sans. The counters are wide open to allow for better readability in small sizes as well as to maintain an open and friendly appearance.
The font has 1091 glyphs and includes a large number of extra ligatures and stylistic alternates as well as the basic Latin part of Palatino Sans and support for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages.
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Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson - Dice Game (CD)
Product: CD
Artist: Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson
Album: Dice Game
Release Date: Dec 11, 2012
01. Freezzing Dice
02. Reputation
03. Let's Play
04. One Man
05. I Can Do No Wrong
06. Potatoes (feat. Torae)
07. Change
08. Dear Jane
09. Lose You
10. Ink Blotches
11. Neverending Story
12. The Cook Up
13. Truth Be Told
14. Nasty (feat. Planet Asia)
15. Wrong Hand
16. How WIll I Go
Someone once said that life's a gamble. Kinda like shootin dice in an alley. The risk is high but the gain is higher, and when it's all said and done, you hold your breath and collect your dues. W ith lyrics that grip like a handful of ones, and beats that hit like ivory on cement, this album is just that, a Dice Game.
Producers: Apollo Brown
Producers: Apollo Brown
Featuring: Torae, Planet Asia
All Song Produced, Arranged, & Mixed by Apollo Brown
Mastered by Eric Morgeson
Executive Produced by Michael Tolle
Mello Music Group Copyright 2012
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My husband and I eat here at least 1 time per week and have never walked out unsatisfied. the sushi is fresh, the wait staff is friendly and attentive and I love the bean sprout salad that starts off each meal. I also like that each order of sushi is 2 peices (you can just get 1 if you want). The Isohama I and II are great.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/15/2004
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice.
Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a Nashville hospital after a year of ill health.
"Today someone else has become the greatest living singer of traditional country music, but there will never be another George Jones," said Bobby Braddock, the Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter who provided Jones with 29 songs over the decades. "No one in country music has influenced so many other artists."
He did it with that voice. Rich and deep, strong enough to crack like a whip, but supple enough to bring tears. It was so powerful, it made Jones the first thoroughly modern country superstar, complete with the substance abuse problems and rich-and-famous celebrity lifestyle that included mansions, multiple divorces and — to hear one fellow performer tell it — fistfuls of cocaine.
He was a beloved and at times a notorious figure in Nashville and his problems were just as legendary as his songs. But when you dropped the needle on one of his records, all that stuff went away. And you were left with The Voice.
"He just knows how to pull every drop of emotion out of the songs if it's an emotional song or if it's a fun song he knows how to make that work," Alan Jackson said in a 2011 interview. "It's rare. He was a big fan of Hank Williams Sr. like me. He tried to sing like Hank in the early days. I've heard early cuts. And the difference is Hank was a singer and he was a great writer, but he didn't have that natural voice like George. Not many people do. That just sets him apart from everybody."
That voice helped Jones achieve No. 1 songs in five separate decades, 1950s to 1990s. And its qualities were admired by more than just his fellow country artists but by Frank Sinatra, Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, James Taylor and countless others. "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones," Waylon Jennings once sang.
Word of his death spread Friday morning as his peers paid tribute.
Merle Haggard put it best, perhaps: "The world has lost the greatest country singer of all time. Amen."
"The greatest voice to ever grace country music will never die," Garth Brooks said. "Jones has a place in every heart that ever loved any kind of music."
And Dolly Parton added, "My heart is absolutely broken. George Jones was my all time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world."
In Jones' case, that's not hyperbole. In a career that lasted more than 50 years, "Possum" evolved from young honky-tonker to elder statesman as he recorded more than 150 albums and became the champion and symbol of traditional country music, a well-lined link to his hero, Williams.
Jones survived long battles with alcoholism and drug addiction, brawls, accidents and close encounters with death, including bypass surgery and a tour bus crash that he only avoided by deciding at the last moment to take a plane.
His failure to appear for concerts left him with the nickname "No Show Jones," and he later recorded a song by that name and often opened his shows by singing it.
His signature song was "He Stopped Loving Her Today," a weeper among weepers about a man who carries his love for a woman to his grave. The 1980 ballad, which Jones was sure would never be a hit, often appears on surveys as the most popular country song of all time and won the Country Music Association's song of the year award an unprecedented two years in a row.
He was in the midst of a yearlong farewell tour when he passed away.
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Chief Minister Inaugurates Model Basti Shahbaz Nagar Constructed for Residents of Kachi Abadies in Faisalabad
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that pickpockets and looters will be held accountable and national resources will be utilized for the welfare of the masses. He said that if the national resources were utilized honestly and the journey of construction and development should also continue with hardworking and sincerity round the clock, such residential projects costing trillion of rupees can be started for the poor in Pakistan where all basic amenities can be provided. He said this while inaugurating a model Basti Shahbaz Nagar constructed for the residents of Kachi abadies in Faisalabad. He also announced setting up of girls college and vocational training institute for providing modern skills to the boys and girls. Punjab government has provided more than 12 acre land free of cost for construction of houses and other facilities in model colony Shahbaz Nagar for the poor residents of Kachi abadies in Chak No.8GB nearest to the Faisalabad city.
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that a welfare residential scheme constructed with the financial assistance of local philanthropists and industrialists for poor, widows and deserving persons is a shining example in all respect in which sewerage system, cemented streets, playgrounds, water-filtration plant, mosque, commercial market and other basic necessities of life have been provided. The Chief Minister said that this great model of residential colony will be introduced throughout Punjab which is the manifestation of the dreams of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal. Appreciating the spirit of sacrifice of philanthropists and other organizations provided financial resources for construction of Shahbaz Nagar, the Chief Minister stressed that such noble spirit of construction and development and welfare should be promoted. He stressed upon the elected representatives of Faisalabad to extend helping hand in introducing this model colony in other areas of Faisalabad. The Chief Minister announced provision of free education by the Punjab government to ten talented male and female students of Shahbaz Nagar, upgradation of middle school for girls to high school, setting up of girls college, repair and construction of road of Chak No.100GB and establishment of vocational institute. Earlier, the Chief Minister while inspecting the houses constructed in Shahbaz Nagar talked to the residents and distributed Eid gifts containing eatable items among them. He also laid foundation stone of the mosque in Shahbaz Nagar.
DCO Nasim Sadiq while giving briefing regarding model colony Shahbaz Nagar informed the Chief Minister that 250 houses with all basic facilities constructed in this colony have been provided to the deserving people free of cost. He told that sports grounds, commercial market, water-filtration plant and children park have been constructed in the colony whereas every house is consisted of two rooms, kitchen, courtyard, bathroom, electric fans and energy savers. The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of DCO Faisalabad Nasim Sadiq for setting up Shahbaz Nagar and his administrative abilities. Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan, Members National Assembly Ch. Abid Sher Ali, Haji Akram Ansari, Begam Khalida Mansoor, Ch. Asim Nazir, Members Provincial Assembly Khawaja Muhammad Islam, Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan, Zafar Iqbal Nagra, Ch. Raza Nasrullah Ghuman, Mrs. Anjum Safdar, Joel Amir Sahotra, Khalil Tahir Sindhu, Rai Ijaz Hussain Kharel, former MPA Sheikh Ijaz Ahmad, Talal Badar Chaudhry, Ch. Faqir Hussain Dogar and other ticket holders, office-bearers and party workers were also present on the occasion.


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Good review. I'm not gonna pick this game up, I already have GHII and GHIII, and they will probably suffice for the rest of my life. I don't even have a working guitar anymore, Rock Band/Guitar Hero interest me little these days.
having Kurt in this game just pisses me off to no end.
I'll have to pass on any and all music games for a year or more. I'm completely burnt out when it comes to them.
Great review!
now to see how the Beatles Rockband will do...
I agree, there seemed to be such little marketing for this game and little anticipation that it seems like it really is just a manufactured product in a sense that some sports game are, just roll out another. Seriously, where was the coverage for this game? I think it will do terrible and people are actually going to go grab Beatles and Van Halen more than this.
I'm really exited to play this game, I actually like the song list. As much as I think it's creepy to see Cobain and Cash on screen, they were no more anti industry than Lennon. If he were still alive RB:Beatles would not be happening, fact. That said maybe it's because these look pseudo realistic and the Beatles look fairly cartoony? I don't know. Still looking forward to see how that game plays as well.
good review, same old for the most part...
I bought it...its the best quality GH yet....what pissed me off though was that before they launched the game, Neversoft was bragging about being able to import World Tours songs. Turns out you can only import about half of World Tours tracks, as opposed to Rock Band 2 letting you get all except 2 songs from RB1.
The best thing is that if you buy GH5 this month, you can send away for a FREE copy of GH: Van Halen! FREE!
" having Kurt in this game just pisses me off to no end. "They made him have some kinda super strength too... he doesn't even need a strap to hold his guitar! :P
Good review although I've tired out on music games in general over the last year. If I get the urge again I'll definitely give this a try.
"...there are plenty of hard-rocking numbers in there from bands like Bon Jovi..."
That made me laugh. Bon Jovi, "hard-rocking"? I dont think so.
Good review. I'll pick it up when the price goes down, The Beatles: Rock Band is my highest priority music/rhythm game right now.
Can't wait to see Beatles rock band get a 5. Even though its the same game with only one band.
You know what? I really don't give a shit that Cash and Cobain are in the game. They weren't gods; they were as human as the rest of us. If they don't like it, let their ghosts haunt the Neversoft offices until they patch them out.
And I say this as a Nirvana and Johnny Cash fan.
After seeing the gameplay videos of this and TB:RB, I don't see much reason to keep buying these games. They both look great, but I'm burned out on the rhythm genre.
" Can't wait to see Beatles rock band get a 5. Even though its the same game with only one band. "Except it isn't... except it isn't.
Four's fair enough. I think that the setlist has many more highlights and a smarter feel than World Tour's, but to each his own. And A-Punk is a fun guitar chart and great song with a place in that game.
I've read some reviews that say the Wii version is the better version.
" Can't wait to see Beatles rock band get a 5. Even though its the same game with only one band. "Thanks for the troll comment. If you don't like the band, fair enough. No one is pushing their opinion on you. However, a game with The Beatles for people who love the band (a lot of people) is bound to get a lot of attention and press. And what they are doing with it looks fantastic. The aesthetic is beautiful, built from the ground up and fully influenced by The Beatles' work. The quantity of the songs also may be shorter, but don't forget the quality is better. 45 Beatles Songs appeals a lot more than 85 songs of mixed quality. And, on top of all this, the extra content and interesting special features they are putting in here will appeal to any fan. So, yes, it looks amazing.
Things like features and graphics keep getting better and better in GH games but the one thing I really care about, the setlist, keeps getting worse. I'll still probably end up playing this though.
Don't like Guitar Hero, but nice review none the less
No more click-clacking background noise! For several days until The Beatles Rock Band arrives.
It's truly disturbing that not only are they defacing the memory of Kurt Cobain, but they're disgracing Daniel Johnston and the Hi, How Are You shirt.
because kurt cobain and johnny cash are in the game that instantly means they are clearly disgracing their memories and doing it intentionally everyone involved in the creation of guitar hero 5 is essentially pissing on both musicians' respective graves good logic
at least it's better than world tour
YEA!!!! Another rythem game, lets spend a ton of money on a game we already own just because they change the music in the game!!!! Is it me or are these rythem games just dumb.
Video review please! Rock the shit outta those drums ryan!
I'm done with GH. GH 1 and 2 were lots of fun, as is RB 1 and 2, but I'm just burnt out on music games and have no real desire to play them anymore. Anyone else who was playing from or near the beginning (Nov '05) feel that way?.
RB: Beatles is the only music I see myself purchasing in the future. It seems like an apt way to lay this genre to rest.
Track list may lack cohesion but at least we finally get something other then mainstream hits. I wasn't even planning on playing this, I'm more of a Rock Band person, but I decided I had to when I saw Vampire Weekend and Arctic Monkeys on the track listing.
" @Feanor said:" Can't wait to see Beatles rock band get a 5. Even though its the same game with only one band. "Except it isn't... except it isn't.
Well, I mean, you'd be right if we just completely discounted the more appealing aesthetic, better gameplay with charting for the instruments that far outdoes its competition, and completely disregarded the superior UI. Oh, and all of those touches that makes it obvious the Rock Band games are crafted by those with a genuine interest in music--an interest that doesn't outweigh their interest in money (unlike someone).
I mean, there are four Guitar Hero console games coming out this year. To me, integrity of the product is important. Put everything you have into it and make sure no one is able to rightfully say they're all right of the same thread (which, sadly, we can't say for Guitar hero).
Putting aside all of that, exactly the same games.
(Oh, and not to mention... It is The Beatles.) "
It seems to me that Guitar Hero tries to be its own thing 50% of the time and spends the rest looking over the shoulder of Rock Band. One half of the game pulls towards the manly men who wear black tshirts, have long hair, and spend an hour every day keeping healthy by headbanging, and the other.. looks over the shoulder of Rock Band and tries to be the every other dude kind of experience.
That's how you end up with a full band's worth of plastic instruments and a load of tame songs in a game called GUITAR Hero, with a roster full of 80s hard rock pastiche characters. If it weren't for the shoehorned in Johnny Cash et all, that is.
It's a franchise that is COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY LOST in regards to what it wants to be, and in being lost it's just an insecure looking mess standing next to something confidently mainstream like Rock Band. Its band specific iterations suffer from the same half-hearted, half-arsed presentation and also pale when put next to the to-the-bone Beatles infused Rock Band game honouring that band.
I hate the line "they should" because I'm no games designer and don't pretend to be, but they should really embrace their guitarryness I reckon. Let Rock Band do the band thing, and concentrate on making the most badass guitar-centric game there is. Make it awesome for beginners, make it awesome for experts, and focus on riffs and solos and powerful songs that make your knickers disintergrate. I wouldn't play that game because I like my knickers firmly intergrated, ahem, but that game would better service the audience that still gravitates towards the more "hardcore" (though obiviously becoming less so by the minute) nature of Guitar Hero.
This mimicing of Rock Band is just useless because that game will always stay one step ahead as long as Activision try to stand with one foot firmly entangled in the long locks of HARD ROCKING DUDES IN JEANS JACKETS and one fondling the mainstream. They need to make their mind up and commit wholeheartedly to whatever they decide.
Whether Guitar Hero or Rock Band, I don't understand how these games keep getting good reviews when it's the same repetitious gameplay in each game that comes out.


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Ideas@The Centre 40 2012Vol. 10 No. 40 (October, 2012) Freedom Quote of the Week
'The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class'.
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I'm starting to ride again after a couple of years of not doing any sports at all. I dimly remember some stretching exercises back from school, but I don't know if I'm doing it right at all.
Instead of listing what I'm doing and asking for "correct, yes/no", I'd like to know how exactly one should prepare for a bike tour. I'm currently doing small tours (20km) to get used to it again, but plan to go bigger during summer.
Just a few minutes ago I stumbled upon the following article, explaining a few stretching exercises. Unfortunately, it's focussed on running, and I believe that there aren't exactly the same muscles involved. http://www.halhigdon.com/15Ktraining/Stretch.htm
The article also mentions a cool-down phase, which I don't remember at all from school.
So, to conclude: How should I warm up, how long, what stretching excercises should I do, and when? How should the cool down be done?


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I am trying to find what the definition is of a sandbox. What games are sandbox? What games aren't? Why is it ok for people to use the word "sandbox" to describe both EQ and EvE when they are both completely different?
I've been thinking a lot about this, ever since smedley said that EQN will be "the largest sandbox ever". People really love to spew that EQ was a sandbox, especially in the EQN forum in this site, but I don't think it was. I think it was the original themepark. The only competition that EQ back then was UO, the one I think was the original sandbox.
This is my conclusion thus far (you are more than welcome to try to change it) that in order for a game to be a true sandbox it has to be.... open world PvP like EvE.
Now this is the experiment, please, only people that play EvE try to answer this.
Before you answer, read this article as to why EQ is not a sandbox. http://syncaine.com/2011/05/16/everquest-the-first-themepark/ and this video from this really smart guy in youtube that pretty much defines what a sandbox is and should be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvK8fua6O64&feature=c4-overview&list=UUI3GAJaOTL1BoipG41OmfyA
Now, here is a list of things that would no longer happen in EvE without PvP.
- No more ganking
- No more bounties on people
- No more gate camping
- No more piracy
- No more ways to take unwanted people out from your base system (This one would piss me off, there is to many people trying to mine in our system in the past few weeks, we keep killing all of them but they just keep coming, bastards.)
- No more danger hulling things
- No more great stories about GOONS, TEST, or anyone else because those type of large alliances would no longer be needed to keep control over territories.
- No more spies, they would no longer be needed.
- Pretty much all danger from other players is gone....
Now answer it, eve players.
If EvE had no PvP, none, just PvE. Would it still be a sandbox? (Be as detailed as you possibly can, please.)
(I am going to go spend time with my family, so I won't be able to check this for a while, but still, try to answer the question as best you can. I will check on this tomorrow. Good night. )
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Well i tell you this as old EVE player. EVE is not true sandbox game at all, you can't build what ever and where ever you want, you can't craft new things, in fact you are limited in many things. EVE is pure PVP game with some small sandbox elements, heavy restricted in high sec and with little more freedom in low sec.
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Joined: 6/06/12
We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
PvP never has been part of the definition for a Sandbox game. Although to Developer's credit it is something easily implemented to give longevity to a game. However I am looking for a truly epic PvE sandbox game with many game systems to create this same longevity we all seek. IMO the best way to do this is through long progression times and hugely massive worlds that takes a long time to traverse.
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Joined: 11/03/07
If EvE didn't have any PvP it would be either F2P or shutdown by now, like most PvE based games. It would be a completely different game with no PvP.
Most of the sandbox elements within EvE do rotate around Players interacting with one another. That's not to say you have to have PvP for sandbox elements to exist.
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Kind of weird to discuss, considering that the game would simply crumble apart. Eve upholds quite a basic principle:
Create > Destroy > Create > Destroy
That said, I think we all agree that a sandbox doesn't NEED PvP. But personally, it makes it that much more interesting.
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Joined: 7/05/11
Sandbox is your only hope for a decent mmo ;)
Sandbox has nothing to do with pvp at all. Many sandbox games have limited or NO pvp at all.
Sandbox is about all the other stuff like exploration, crafting, building, social interaction, chatting, house decoration, and much, much more.
This post to me just shows that the OP has no clue what a sandbox is. And the misconceptions that hurt a true sandbox.
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The essence of a "sandbox" is being able to effect change in the elements of the game world. The players are part of a multiplayer game world. A reduction of my ability to interact with those elements is a reduction in the "sandboxiness" of the game.
PvP is one "sandbox" element in a game. I'm not saying it's absolutely required to call a game a sandbox, but it does seem to me as if it's a huge mechanically imposed reduction in the degree of freedom to not have it.
Consider two otherwise identical "sandbox" games; one has non-consensual PvP and the other doesn't. How can we call the second more of a sandbox than the first?
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I'm going to say no on the basis that I don't think the game would still be live and active as without the pvp i'm not sure it would work.
I can't even fathom what the economy would be like. I just don't think EVE would work without the pvp and therefore I vote "No, the game wouldn't be a sandbox because the game wouldn't still be around."
pure speculation, but anyone who knows anything about the game knows you can't just remove something as big as the pvp from eve online and not have huge repercussions.
I get that this deviates somewhat from the spirit of the question, but that is as much as i'm going to contribute to a sandbox definition thread.
edit: BizkitNL and immodium pretty much summed it up, but i'm watchign my D-Scan so didn't notice it. As i'm very close to being on the "destroyed" part of the spectrum as we speak.
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Yes it would still be sandbox, but not fun anymore, noboddy would be playing it in my opinion its pvp what makes eve stand out
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First to answer the question you need to have a base ground for what is sandbox?
I bet every person that has ever read a post on forum about this being sandbox or that being sandbox will have different ideas.
So, prior to answer the question should be the "what is sandbox" regardless of game - A quick google of the term comes up with this
Definition - What does Sandbox mean?
Sandbox is a style of game in which minimal character limitations are placed on the gamer, allowing the gamer to roam and change a virtual world at will. In contrast to a progression-style game, a sandbox game emphasizes roaming and allows a gamer to select tasks. Instead of featuring segmented areas or numbered levels, a sandbox game usually occurs in a "world" to which the gamer has full access from start to finish.
source - http://www.techopedia.com/definition/3952/sandbox
So if you use techopedia version of sandbox then it would lead onto the fact that unless a game HAD PvP then it could never be sandbox, because, how can you say to players that you can do such a fundemental thing as shoot each other and then try and claim that your a sandbox.
To me eve is about 90% sandbox, there are some restrictions (all games need restrictions) but its about as close as yo can get to sandbox However, remove the PvP and as i said then no game in my opinion can be sandbox with out it.
But a stage further, having PvP alone isn't enough, the PvP has to allow non - consensual because allowing consent is not sandbox,
FTR my understanding of sandbox is that it is an attempt to make a game as open as you wish it to be. If you want to do something then you can do it - or at least attempt to do it. for instance, If i want to murder someone in a game then i can, and the game should not have constraints to stop me.
Finally ,this leads me onto why its only 90% - the fact is there are some strict rules (for the good of the game ) such as no n00b bashing in starter systems - but for eg this rule only counts in that exact system IE Chaven - once that player jumps out then he has basically said "yes i am happy to be killed by anyone for any reason they feel like" however inside charen they have the 'shield of GM' around them. But even this is not a permanent shield, it is in fact only 28days, after the 29th day your game where ever you are in EvE.
I want to point out the bold bit and underlined. this is all my opinion, but i of course welcome debate on anything i have put, personal slander / name calling belongs in game :) were of course your welcome to call me names after all its a sandbox.
This post is all my opinion, but I welcome debate on anything i have put, however, personal slander / name calling belongs in game :) were of course your welcome to call me names im often found lounging about in EvE online.
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Facta, non verba.
I feel as this question is sort of a bait question to take us further down the rabbit hole of..."without PvP, sandbox games could exist but gankers need it." Or maybe I'm just a jaded old vet of games like EvE. If you read any of my previous posts about sandbox vs anything else games, I have always stood by the tacit that unless the game developers give me the tools to enforce the rules, then it really isn't a sandbox.
Of course, this is my definition. I would assume there are exceptions to the rule, i.e., A Tale in the Desert, but c'est la vie. As I look over your list of what wouldn't happen w/o PvP in EvE..no ganking, no piracy, no bounties, no gate camping..it reminds me of some of my favorite experiences in that game.
Further down the list is what kept me in EvE for as long as I played..the ability to control space. As I was part of several alliances in my time, I was on the winning and losing sides of this. Nothing I have done in an MMO has rivaled this experience. Setting alarm clocks to get up for CTA's, watching the ventrillo log in go from 10-20 players to 75 in a matter of mins, the weight of FC'ing and knowing that our space was under attack.
Darkfall had some of this as well, but I didn't care for the clunky combat system. DF, like EvE was all about the people you were with. Again, PvP was the tent pole in the whole gaming experience.
Ganking, general asshattery, all the bad is worth it to be able to control assets. I guess that's why LOTRO, and several other MMO's didn't do it for me. Once you have experienced the rush of PvP that has consequence, everything else pales in comparison.
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Joined: 6/08/10
Horrible premise. PvP doesn't create sandboxes, nor does it define them.
Look at what sandbox games are named after . . . sandboxes. They are titled that way because you get the sand, you get the tools (shovel, bucket, whatever else your parents bought you) and you get to play in the sand doing whatever you want with the tools available.
That's it. That's the whole definition of sandbox. Developers give you the game, they give you the tools and let you interact with the world (the sand) however you see fit within the tools parameters.
PvP is not a tool, nor is it sand. PvP is something gamers like to do - some of them like to do it all the time, some of them like to do it none of the time and lots like to mix'n'match.
The reason EVE would suck without PvP is because it's actually a bad game and has very little sandbox to it. Outside of choosing your skills there really isn't much customization in EVE. You can't make up ships by piecing together whatever parts you want to come up with a unique ship. CCP designs and puts the ships in the game. Yes, you can fiddle with how they function in combat, but there's not much else you can do.
You can't affect the game world either. PvP is only an illusion of changing the game world because it's impacting players and their "control" of any particular system. The world is the sand, the players are not the sand. You can mess with other people all you want, but it has nothing to do with sandbox.
Think of it this way, in WoW if a large group of people were dedicated enough they could "control" an enemy faction zone by killing NPC's and camping the area. It's exactly the same thing. No matter how long they stay there, they have not had an effect on the game world, just on other players. Does WoW become a sandbox if a group of players chooses to do that? No.
If players in EVE could develop systems into something, then yes they are affecting the game world and are engaging in sandbox gameplay. As it stands now, fighting over resources is not related to sandbox game player at all. It's just PvP - it can feel a bit like freedom, but it's really an illusion because if you asked the question the OP asked which is "what happens if you remove the pvp?" and you find out that the game fall flat without it, then you didn't really have a sandbox in the first place.
Does minecraft have pvp? I'm sure there's a mod, but it's pretty much a literal version of a sandbox. You get the sand, you get the tools, you go sandboxing.
If you can mess around with the sand, then you're not playing a sandbox. People are never the sand, they are the players. This is why EVE is the biggest myth of MMO's, it's great fun to speculate about how awesome it is, but it's really not awesome, it's a shallow game that requires encyclopeadic knowledge to participate in. Take away the pvp, all that knowledge is meaningless, the game doesn't stand up on its because there is no game.
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Without PVP combat, EVE would still be a sandbox, just a really crappy one. That is not because a sandbox needs PVP combat but because EVE's sandbox is built around it. There's no PVP combat in ATITD, and that seems to be a rather functional sandbox.
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Pretty much. This game is designed to have pvp from the get-go. Removing pvp and the risks associated with it would make this a very dull game overtime. It has nothing to do with pvp->sandbox, but because this one revolves around pvp.
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Joined: 12/20/07
I've played EVE, not anymore, but I've also played UO as my first.
For the most technical answer, it's just what it is. Think about playing (IRL) in a sand box. What can you do? Whatever you want to, really. If you have the right tools along with you, you can build stuff in the sand.
A theme park is just that. You have rides, you try them out, and if you like it you can keep riding it. It's a lot of repitition because it gets old fast, and doesn't have as much freedom. You have a lot of people telling you what to do, or how to play a game involving a couple of golf balls.
A sandbox constitues that you can do whatever you like, and still have fun and feel like you're doing something. There is no particular direction, because you can go at the pace you like, and your 'story' is unique to others, everyone has a very different story and it will NEVER be the same.
UO was the original sandbox, and EQ was the original themepark. Anyone who says otherwise, cannot call themselves an MMORPG expert.
In regards to EQNext, I have my speculations... Especially coming from people who ONLY know Themeparks. 'Open world' is different from 'sandbox'. PvP is not an element to make something 'Themepark' or 'Sandbox'. It's just an attribute to a game, like having mounts vs. teleport system is. That's it.
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Originally posted by BizkitNL
Good answer. Because the funny part is create > Destroy > Create > Destroy is more or less the pinnacle of sandbox gaming. This very process is changing the world. And sandbox is all about building up things and for rehashing destroy all of them, to be able to build up again.
With other words a sandbox without pvp would be possible. (although it is limited about the pvp aspect, because pvp in itself is just another sandbox tool.. but what sandbox is not limited in one aspect or the other)
But you have to look how you(the system, the environment) destroys stuff, to be able for players to build up again. Minecrafts solution to this is server reset every few weeks.
Some pve mmorpg sandboxes tried to increase the world every time the world is full.. but in all honestly that is not a solution.. and they all failed in the end.
Let destory the weather, wandering mobs, evil empire faction, whatever destroy the world from time to time, so that you can build everything up again.. and you may get a working pve sandbox game. Nevertheless pvp is the easier, and maybe better solution for destruction.
PS: My definition for a sandbox in its core. One sentence.
The ability to create, modify, use and destroy persistent objects in a persistent world.
Housing: (would apply to farming or almost anything else)
- Build house
- use that house like opening the door, lock down door
- modify like decoration
- destroy.. like burn it down
Items(Armor, Weapon, Tools)
- craft item
- use item (take sword use it on the head of mob or player)
- modify (is a little bit difficult here, but like enchanting, like dying, like salvaging)
- destroy (breaks down by use, salvaging, etc.)
- create hill
- modify hill to tower
- use tower to live in it
- destroy tower/hill
And as much objects you enhance this ways, as more sandboxy it will be, and as more emergent gameplay can occur. And by the way, the player is just another of those objects in some way.
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I don't think so. a limitation like that would really send the whole concept of 'sandbox' down the tubes.
It would still be a PVE MMO with a strong player economy.
If someone gives you sand, a shovel, and bucket.. you should be able to knock someone over the head with the bucket and bury them in the sand with the shovel. I don't know why this is even a question though. I'm not sure EVE retains as much of it's player base if they go PVE, which I doubt they would do in the first place.
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Yes, absolutely it would.
I've played EVE's sandbox world for months without PvP'ing. Is it a great PvE game? Probably not. SWG was a much better sandbox MMO when it comes to PvE.
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A Tale In The Desert is a sandbox game, and it doesn't have combat at all. If you turn PvP off on a Minecraft server, it's still a sandbox building game. Garry's Mod is a sandbox game whether you are playing a mod with combat or not. If not having PvP was a requirement for a sandbox game, then there could be no single player sandbox games.
Requiring PvP for a game to be a sandbox game doesn't make sense. Not if you look at all the games out there that are sandbox games and don't even have combat, much less PvP.
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Would EVE still be a sandbox without PvP? Sure, absolutely. SWG was a far better sandbox than EVE ever will be and it had whole servers that were dedicated PvE servers. A good sandbox game does not require PvP to be a sandbox.


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