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Feb 26, 2010, 5:43 PM EDT
Just got out of the Mariners weight room down here, which, I have to
say, is almost completely devoid of weights. The Mariners, as we
mentioned yesterday on the blog, have signed a three-year contract with Dr. Marcus Elliott of Santa Barbara, Calif., founder
of the Peak Performance Project (P3). Elliott has been working with
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Used to be that people said baseball players shouldn't lift weights because they were supposed to stay limber and loose. Then everyone lifted weights and credited that for all the home runs. Then everyone said that the weight lifting didn't do anything, it was really the steroids. Now we're trying something new.
I have no idea what sort of conditioning really works the best. Usually the best results are realized by whatever conditioning program the really good baseball players are doing. If the Mariners win 95 games this year more teams will sell the weights next year. If they win 79 people will forget this little experiment ever happened.
- Christopher - Feb 26, 2010 at 5:55 PM
I think that the commentators (Craig, Neyer, etc.) are missing the most interesting angle of this story, and that is the fact that they are demanding that minor leaguers train in this fashion. If the experiment is tried for, say, three years and is a failure, then the damage done to the M's is relatively minor. But a player who spends his age 20/21/22 years (for example) training in the wrong way could have his career wrecked.
- JE - Feb 26, 2010 at 6:54 PM
"The team isn't forcing big league players to completely abandon their prior fitness regimens if they really don't want to. They instead are working the new system in slowly at a base level to introduce players to it."
This new regimen does not sound particularly radical.
- Joey B - Feb 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM
"This new regimen does not sound particularly radical."
Physical fitness theory changes all the time. Aerobics got a lot of buzz for a while, then people realized they needed resistance training to maintain muscle mass and bone density, and now some are recognizing that you need flexibility as well.
There is nothing wrong with weightlifting per se, but for general fitness, pushups and pullups, and chinups can do about the same as a weight bench.
I use to have a teammate that did nothing else but swing a sledge hammer in his basement. I've never seen anyone punish the ball like he did.
- Christopher - Feb 26, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Perhaps you should read the whole story before you comment, JE. You are less likely to come off looking, well, stupid.
"Minor leaguers don't have a choice. The team is making this system mandatory at every minor league level of the organization. Trainers are being taught the system and weight rooms adapted at the various minor league sites."
And I am not suggesting that I believe the change is radical–I don't know if it is or isn't. However, in a game where small differences are very significant, this could certainly harm a player's career. If he had a choice in terms of taking that risk, that would be fine, but he does not.
- JE - Feb 26, 2010 at 8:12 PM
May I suggest laying off the caffeine, Christopher? Just because I did not agree with your alarmist viewpoint does not mean that I was making fun of your mother.
- JE - Feb 26, 2010 at 8:13 PM
"However, in a game where small differences are very significant, this could certainly harm a player's career."
Or help it.
- Lincoln Brigham - Feb 26, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Looking at P3's website it doesn't seem that they're saying goodbye to barbells at all. It looks like they're saying goodbye to bodybuilding-style machines. There were plenty of barbells in use on P3's site. In my view "traditional weightlifting" is barbells and the Olympic-style lifts. Machine-based strength training is relatively new compared to barbells and a failed experiment (IMHO) in strength training. The current trend in training is to get back to focusing on natural multi-joint movement and away from artificial single-joint movement (i.e. Arthur Jones's Nautilus-style isolation machines).
- Christopher - Feb 26, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Well, JE, our remarks went something like this:
1. I said something was in the article
2. You quoted the article, implying that I was wrong
3. I quoted the article, showing that I was right
Where I come from, that's pretty much the textbook definition of stupid. You got in such a rush to show the world how much you know, and in the end, you showed how poor your reading skills are.
And as to your other point, I guess I shouldn't have expected you to understand, given the aforementioned poor reading skills. So, I'll say it again, as simply as I can: Nobody knows what the effect of this program will be, good or bad. That being the case, minor leaguers should be given a choice, just as major leaguers are. They should not have it imposed upon them.
My apologies for using words with more than one syllable here. I hope you will be able to find someone to explain them to you.
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What is the clock system??
I heard someone talking about the clock system of aiming and cutting. He did not know all the details. How does it work?
I would suggest making your own cut shot aiming system. Get a protractor and set up different angle cut shots for every 10 degrees. Then use stickers or blackboard chalk (if it is your own table) to mark the locations of balls and where the cue stick must be aimed to make each shot.
So say it is a 10 degree cut shot. There is only one place to aim to make this shot hit the pocket dead center. Now make your own aiming system for this shot...
Does the center of the cue ball line up with any spot on the object ball?
Does the edge of the cue ball line up with anything on the object ball?
For lining up shots, use the center or edges of the cue ball, and the edges and center of the object ball. You can aim left/right of center of OB, left/right of edge of OB, dead on edge/center of OB, etc.
So for a particular cut shot, the edge of the cue ball may line up with just to the right of the center on the object ball. Then just keep your cue pointing the same direction and move it to the center of the cue ball, then shoot.
The only thing you need to do is figure out the aiming for each angle, then determine what angle in degrees a particular shot is, then use you own aiming method to aim.
The only problem with all this is that you can't use a protractor or cheat sheet when playing in tournaments, so hard to recognize exactly what angle a particular shot is and hard to remember all the different aims for each specific angle.
how about playing on feel...everyone uses some kind of aiming system, but damn i play by feel almost all the time...i pick a point on the ball and just make it. when i am in stroke well, i dont even think about position or where to hit the balls, i just "feel" my way around the table...which my opinion is worth a hill of beans lol

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 I heard someone talking about the clock system of aiming and cutting. He did not know all the details. How does it work?

Buddy Hall's System.
Buddy Hall has the best ball control in pool.
Don't listen to anybody else. NOBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are people here who think they are better than the pros. Which means they think they are better than Buddy Hall, they're NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you a diagram if you find the example I give confusing.
Here it is:
Set up an object ball one diamond away from the side rail and one diamond away from the foot rail by a corner pocket, to make the explanation easy; set up this shot so you are going up table to your RIGHT.
Set the cue ball even with the object ball and one diamond back to the side close side rail; now, move this ball ONE BALL WIDTH UP TABLE.
Look at the cue ball as if it was a CLOCK.
Now, hit the cue ball at 12 o'clock with a medium firm stroke and the object ball will bank towards and most likely into the side pocket.
Now, set up the shot again and do the same thing only hitting the cue ball at 1 o'clock. The cue ball will now bank to the FIRST diamond above the side pocket.
Each number on the clock equals a diamond.
Now, move the cue ball even with the object ball; a 12 o'clock hit now sends the cue ball towards the FIRST diamond above the side pocket. Moving the cue ball one ball width towards the foot rail equals "ONE" number on the clock.
Now, set up the first shot with the cue ball offset one ball width up table and move the two balls one diamond towards you; the object ball is now two diamonds away from the side and foot rails.
A 12 o'clock hit now sends the cue ball to the FIRST diamond above the side pocket.
So, what's the point?
Moving the cue ball between one ball width above, even, one ball width below the cue ball equals ONE number on the clock.
Moving the object ball ONE diamond equals ONE number on the clock.
I took Buddy's system and applied it ALL over the table.
Try this:
Set up the first shot one diamond above the side pocket so you have a three rail bank to the upper left corner, hit the cue ball firmly at 1 o'clock. On a used cloth the cue ball will go three rails to the second diamond above the corner pocket; on a new cloth it will bank longer and go to the first diamond above the corner pocket.
Now you can see how this system is important to position play, which Buddy excels at.
It will most likely take a couple months of practice to get this system applied to the entire table, after you practice enough you will have the system imbedded in your brain and do it automatically.
If you make the EFFORT you will get a great REWARD for it.

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 i dont even think about position or where to hit the balls,

You're kidding, right???
I think players trying to improve feel there is a secret that maybe they don't know that will instantly make them a better player, some system or something. There are three elements in playing pool. Knowing what to do, why you want to do it and doing it. The first two can be easily learned, the third requires practice and experience. I can, as I am sure you can, make balls standing up bending down, one handed all kinds of ways, even the wing shot. There is no way to explain this to someone why you can do this. I don't discount a system as a way of learning and maybe understanding a principal, but don't think it can be used when actually playing. It would become a distraction and limit a players improvement in the long run I believe. I have never seen a really good player that did not play by feel.

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...but don't think it can be used when actually playing. It would become a distraction and limit a players improvement in the long run I believe...

Hi popcorn,
Actually, it applies very well.
I always admired Buddy's ball control, when I heard of the DVD; I too was wondering just what the heck this thing is, so I purchased it. The first thing I thought is, "so, that's how you do it Buddy".
Combining Buddy's system with the "second" cushion gives me ball control I never dreamed of. I too always "THOUGHT" I had good ball control until I began to apply the "clock system" to my game.
Although I didn't include it as part of your quote, all great players play by feel; but nearly all of them first learned or invented some system to aid them, then after years and years of playing it just became "natural".
Like Grady says; "I know this shot" /ccboard/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
nope, i glance around and just know where it is gonna go. freewheeling, so to speak...you can outthink yourself....just get up there and get out!
Could you diagram this? I'm confused.
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Many small, round pustules are observed on the turfgrass leaves in small patches. The patches develop very quickly, usually overnight. The pustules may be purple, white, gray, yellow, or orange in color. The slime mold organisms do not infect the turf or cause direct harm, but they can cause mild yellowing of the leaves due to their shading effect. Slime molds are unsightly but are not considered harmful.
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April to September
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spots, patches (4 to 12 inches)
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Slime mold spores survive in the soil and thatch. During warm, wet weather the spores germinate and develop into a slimy mass that grows over the soil and nearby plant parts during wet weather. The pustules observed on turfgrass leaves are reproductive structures that contain numerous spores.
Flushes of slime mold growth are often observed after heavy rain storms that were preceded by long periods of dry weather.
Slime mold pustules typically disappear after 2 to 3 days, therefore, no control practices are needed. If the growth is particularly unsightly, the pustules may be removed by brushing, mowing, or washing the turf.
Fungicides are available for slime mold control but are only necessary in severe cases.
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good control when disease pressure is moderate, excellent control when disease pressure is low
good control when disease pressure is low
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Rotate to different chemical class after 2-3 applications; tank-mixing not necessary.
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Rotate to different chemical class after 1-2 applications; tank-mixing with low or moderate risk product recommended.
Rotate to different chemical class after EVERY application; tank-mix with low or moderate risk product for EVERY application.
Continual use of fungicides with similar control mechanisms (modes of action) can result in fungi that are resistant to some chemicals. Poor or ineffective disease control can be expected when this occurs. Managers can reduce the chances of this happening by mixing or alternating fungicides belonging to different chemical classes.
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Evaluating teachers on their students' performance has elicited much public comment of late. In essence, this view assumes that if students aren't learning, the fault lies squarely with their teachers. Well, perhaps. But not necessarily. While the logic of this view seems compelling at first, a moment's reflection shows that it ignores several factors over which teachers have no control.
These factors include: the home life of children; the social dislocations of our time; America's Gospel of Instant Gratification; commercial TV; school sports; the restlessness of American society and its ingrained anti-intellectualism and ambivalence toward knowledge; youth's distrust of the adult world and the school; youth culture and its rejection of tradition; the Millennial Generation and its outlook on life; technology's negative impact on learning; Facebook; the eclipse of reading, and our youth's literal-mindedness, lack of intellectual curiosity, inability to ask significant questions and disinclination to cultivate a critical mind. These are far more relevant factors that affect student learning, and an article could be written on each of them.


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Any of a large group of cancers of the immune system. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas can occur at any age and are often marked by enlarged lymph nodes, fever, and weight loss. There are many different types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which can be divided into aggressive (fast-growing) and indolent (slow-growing) types and can be classified as either B-cell or T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas include Burkitt lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, immunoblastic large cell lymphoma, precursor B-lymphoblastic lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma.
T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas include mycosis fungoides, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma.
Lymphomas related to lymphoproliferative disorders following bone marrow or stem cell transplantation are usually B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Prognosis and treatment depend on the stage and type of disease.
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Hodgkin Lymphoma
A cancer of the immune system that is marked by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed-Sternberg cell. The two major types of Hodgkin lymphoma are classical Hodgkin lymphoma and nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma. Symptoms include the painless enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, or other immune tissue. Other symptoms include fever, weight loss, fatigue, or night sweats. Also called Hodgkin disease.
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The propulsion system for Boeing's high-altitude, long-endurance Phantom Eye unmanned air vehicle is undergoing a series of ground tests in Santa Clarita, California, before heading into flight tests later this year.
Engineers have established start procedures for the hydrogen-powered engine and are now testing engine speed and propeller control in flight conditions. Previous tests were done in an altitude chamber, but the new work is the first time that the flight hardware has come together, Boeing says.
As testing continues the 4.8m (16ft) diameter propellers will meet the 2.3-litre, four-cylinder engines that will each provide 150hp. Propulsion for the ground test is provided by a modified Ford truck engine, but at high altitude, a three-stage turbo charger will kick in, Boeing says.
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Hi Everyone!
Does anyone happen to know if the Electrical Parade runs the last week of September?...and also what the park ours are for that time of year?
Any help would be great!
Hi Everyone!
Does anyone happen to know if the Electrical Parade runs the last week of September?...and also what the park ours are for that time of year?
Any help would be great!
1. Maybe.
2. No idea.
And definitely not on Main Street.
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
aww.. sad times.Originally Posted by sediment
I don't even think Management knows whether or not Disney's Electrical Parade will still be performing late September. I'm not implying that it's going away forever. Just that they don't have the schedule fixed yet. They're still up in the air about whether or not to start the 7-Day Summer Run starting Memorial Day Weekend or the 2nd week of June. So I'm sure they haven't figured out when DEP will be going back on hiatus in September.
Thanks for your help!
If there is no parade then what else do they have in the way of entertainment and things like that at that time of year?
I'm taking my son at that time and it just wouldnt be the same if they didn't have the parade...or at least the Fantasmic light show.
I think you may be a little confused. The Main Street Electrical Parade ended its run years ago. Today it is Disney's Electrical Parade and runs at Disney's California Adventure. The current Disneyland parade is Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams and does run some nights. Fantasmic! is also still currently being shown at Disneyland where it always has. Disney has, however, yet to post the schedule for this September.Originally Posted by disney_lover
Sorry... ...I guess i'm not as brushed up on my Disneyland info as i should be...it's been about 11 years since the last time i went!
Wow, you poor thing. There's about seven years between my last two trips. So much has changed. Not just inside Disneyland, but everything around Disneyland, especially what is now the Disneyland Resort. I think you'll really be amazed.Originally Posted by disney_lover
[cyber police] I hearby order you to use another pseudonym, until you brush up a bit more.[cyber police]
"Here You Leave the World of California Today and Enter the World of, um, er, California Today."
I think DLR should retire the current electrical parade. After retirement the parts should be used to create an entire new version based on the original. Sort of like DreamLights in Tokyo. then the parade should roll down Main Street as intended. Anything else is just Un-American!
Please don't throw rocks or stones at me. (ducks)
Let me correct a few things.
Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams runs EVERY night at 7 PM in Disneyland, on weekends and peak days, a second showing is offer at 3:15 PM (Parade will be dark on June 24th due to the Pirates Premiere).
As for the Electrical Parade at DCA, Daily from April 7th thru the 23rd, then weekends only in May and early June. Seven Days a week start again on June 16th.
As for what will happen at DCA after Labor Day, there is a decent chance that ALL Parade like events will not be offered, due to the construction in the Sunshine Plaza area. So that is clearly a "To Be Deterimined".
Thanks for correcting that. However, couldn't they re route it a little through Bugs Land to the backstage?Originally Posted by Darkbeer
^Too many unknowns at this point..... Also the rumor that BPB might be moved to Orlando.....


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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The Mount Pleasant Recreation Baseball Program got off to a great start for the 2013 season with a baseball clinic at the new Pro Performance Baseball Academy (ProPBA). ProPBA is located at 411 Wando Park Blvd.
More than 250 players signed up for the clinic.
"The turn out was terrific," said Karl Ankerson, Mount Pleasant Recreation Athletic Coordinator, in a news release. "We are thrilled to have set up this clinic with Pro Performance Baseball Academy. The players are having a wonderful time and the staff here at Pro Performance Baseball are incredible."
ProPBA set up multiple instructional stations which covered hitting, fielding and pitching (and autograph signing). The conditioning station was conducted by the teaching professionals from Velocity Sports Performance.
Tim Gansrow, owner of ProPBA, was equally as thrilled to see such a turnout. "ProPBA is all about the players and bringing out the potential in every single player," said Gansrow. "From the smiles we saw throughout the clinic, we know we did our job."
The staff providing the baseball instruction included future Major Leaguers like Brandon Miller (Mount Pleasant resident) who was drafted out of high school and college, and is one of the 45 spring training players reporting to the Washington Nationals. "I've been training at Pro Performance over the winter with Tim (Gansrow)," said Miller, "and teaching the kids the same techniques is a great way to give back to the community."
Also providing training and instruction was Daniel Aldrich, a Wando High School graduate and former College of Charleston player, who is currently playing for the New York Yankees organization. Minor league standouts and top flight instructors, Josh McLaughlin (Oakland A's) and Ian Church (St Louis Cardinals) provided major league pitching and defensive insight.
Also instructing was Cody Martin, a current College of Charleston player, who was drafted out of high school and college (Cody's brother Ethan Martin, was part of Phillies trade sending two-time MLB All-Star center fielder Shane Victorino to the Los Angeles Dodgers).
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Children's LiteratureApplying the picture book format to a book about adjectives is a novel approach to teaching children about a difficult concept. Teachers may find this an original way to introduce adjectives for a writing class. Children (with adult help) will find that the striking illustrations clearly demonstrate how adjectives work with nouns. An alligator's back is described as ridged and bumpy while a peacock's tail is colorful, big, and bright. A game is included to get children thinking creatively by coming up with adjectives for each letter of their name. The book also includes a glossary, an index, and places to find further information. The additional titles in the "Word Fun" series are listed on the final page. This is a good purchase for classrooms where creative writing is a strong part of the curriculum. 2006, Picture Window Books/Capstone Press, $ 23.93. Ages 7 to 10.
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LOS ANGELES — Taxpayers bailed out much of the U.S. auto industry. now the carmakers might be what saves the nation's economy from falling back into recession.
After a massive restructuring and several high-profile bankruptcies, a leaner, more aggressive auto industry is making a comeback, hiring workers and ramping up manufacturing plants. from a trough two years ago, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Chrysler Group and other auto companies have added almost 90,000 manufacturing jobs, a 14 percent increase, according to federal employment data.
Job growth in Michigan, which was devastated by the downturn, is even more robust. That's why Michigan's jobless rate stood at 10.9 percent in July, well below the 12 percent rate of California.
And it's not just the Big three American manufacturers that are thriving. Nissan, Volkswagen and other foreign-based firms are expanding in the United States, putting billions of dollars into building and refurbishing plants. California start-ups Tesla Motors in Palo Alto, Fisker Automotive in Anaheim and Coda Automotive in Los Angeles are hiring and spending hundreds of millions of dollars designing and launching electric and hybrid vehicles.
Dealers are having a banner year, making more money per sale than they have in years and hiring back some workers let go during the recession.
"I have been adding dozens of employees for sales and sales support," said Mike Bowsher, who owns Chevrolet and Buick dealerships in Atlanta, Nashville and Orlando. "The economy is crazy, but our retail business is still growing and getting better."
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for autos and auto parts jumped 11.5 percent in July, the most in eight years. An earlier government report showed the auto industry was the strongest segment of the manufacturing economy last month.
The expansion is important to the economy. Including factories, suppliers and dealers, the U.S. auto industry employs about 1.7 million workers and supports an additional 6.3 million private-sector jobs, according to the Center for Automotive Research. The center said those positions represent more than $500 billion in annual compensation and more than $70 billion in personal tax revenue.
"Autos are certainly picking up. as we get into next year, this all depends on the state of the consumer," said Gary Schlossberg, senior economist Wells Capital Management.
Auto sales peaked at about 17 million in 2000 and held near that level until 2007 before crashing to just 10.4 million two years later. they were heading back into the 13 million range — helped by a wave of new models, low interest rates and improving consumer confidence — only to be upended by the Japanese earthquake in March.
Shutdowns at Japanese-owned factories in Japan and the United States created inventory shortages that led to sharply higher car prices, lower demand and hundreds of thousands of lost sales for dealers. but with those disruptions now behind them, the industry is looking for sales to improve over the rest of the year.
The health of the U.S. economy is so dependent on autos that economists such as UCLA's David Shulman are watching car sales to assess whether the nation's recovery will accelerate or stall.
Although most analysts are predicting growth, some said the auto industry and the overall economy still face hurdles.
Big gyrations in the stock market make consumers nervous, said Shulman, the UCLA economist. Volatility tends to have an outsized effect on high-end customers, and that could undermine the luxury car market, which typically has strong sales toward the end of the year.
A weak U.S. labor market also makes shoppers wary of big-ticket items.
But no matter how the next few months go, Shulman said, the automobile industry is healthy enough so that for once, "it won't be what puts the economy into a recession."
• Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and other auto companies have added 90,000 manufacturing jobs in two years.
• Dealers are making more money per sale than they have in years.
• U.S. auto industry employs 1.7 million workers and supports an additional 6.3 million private-sector jobs.
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Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) reported record non-GAAP revenues in the quarter ended September 30 2013, and raised its outlook for the Fiscal Year 2014, based on the rocket-jump success of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto V.
Although the financial period covered included only the first 13 days of sales of GTAV, its impact as the fastest entertainment product to reach sales of a billion dollars, within three days of release, pushed non-GAAP net revenue to $1.27 billion (Q2 2013: $288.0m). The impact of Rockstars' magnum opus on this figure was clearly illustrated by the GAAP net revenues of $148.8m; GAAP figures do not include sales or cost of sales of Grand Theft Auto V, as it was not considered by GAAP to have been completely sold until the release of Grand Theft Auto Online in Q3 – this huge disparity will therefore be evened out in the Q3 results. Non-GAAP income per share was $2.49 per diluted share – a record for Take-Two.
Statistical proof of the importance of Grand Theft Auto V was easy to come by: along with the usual truth-massaging about its status as the fastest-selling entertainment release in history, its sell-in of 29 million units in its six weeks on sale has already exceeded Grand Theft Auto IV's lifetime sell-in. It also received, CEO and Chairman Strauss Zelnick reminded investors, 160 perfect scores from the games press, although what that actually means was not discussed.
(Note: sell-in is the figure for units sold to retailers – therefore it does not mean how many copies have been sold to players.)
GAAP gross profit was $56.4m, which the GTA V effect pushed to $496.9m, and a GAAP operating loss and net loss of $117.9m and $124.1m respectively were transformed to non-GAAP operating income and net income of $337.4m and $325.6m.
Essentially, everywhere you looked in these results, there was GTA V; its impact also led SVP of Finance Lainie Goldstein to confirm that the Q3 non-GAAP outlook had been revised upward to $650-700m, with non-GAAP income per share of $1.20 to $1.35, and a prediction for the fiscal year of $2.2-2.3bn, and earnings per share of $3.50 to $3.75. Zelnick also took the fairly bold step of predicting non-GAAP profitability not only in 2015 but in every year thereafter for the foreseeable future.
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Although the call could not long escape the gravity of Rockstar, who accounted for 70% of total sales for the quarter – almost every analyst query began with congratulations on GTA V and went on to a question about GTA V, CEO and Chairman Strauss Zelnick and President Karl Slatoff did seek to provide a broader view.
Sports, sports, masculine sports: Like EA Sports, Take-Two's 2K companies produce sports games that gamers largely ignore but which sell strongly. NBA 2K14 and the latest WWE wrestling game will be significant earners in the current quarter.
The long tail: So-called "catalog" sales – sales of back catalog now largely delivered through digital downloads, and digital-only expansion packs for current games – contributed $118.9m in net revenue. Even here, Grand Theft Auto IV was a leading contributor, along with Borderlands 2, Sid Meier's Civilization 5, NBA 2K13 and Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption.
Asked if there were unique dynamics created by the number of catalog sales, Karl Slatoff noted that Take-Two had the highest-performing back catalog per stock-keeping unit, and also that the arrival of next-generation devices would not necessarily end those sales:
People keep playing old games on old platforms, if the games are good enough.
Digital delivery on the increase: Digital sales leapt 85% on Q2 2012, although this figure was deformed by digital sales of GTA V. Digital sales were now said to constitute around 8% of all sales.
2K's heroes: Borderlands 2 was celebrated for achieving 7.5 million copies in lifetime sales, and ongoing support was promised in the form of the Headhunters expansions, beginning with T K Baha's Bloody Harvest. BioShock Infinite's Burial at Sea DLC and Civilization V's Scrambled Nations pack are scheduled for this year, and XCOM: Enemy Within will launch in the US on November 12 as an expansion pack for the PC and Mac and a stand-alone game for PS3 and Xbox 360. Karl Slatoff also reminded investors that Turtle Rock Studios (Left 4 Dead) and the "Evolve" IP it is working on had been acquired during THQ's bankruptcy, and was also in development.
Xbox One and PS4: Evolve is a next-gen title, and Slatoff also noted that 2K had founded a new studio in the Bay Area, headed up by Epic and Irrational alum Rod Fergusson, to work on another. These were cited as two of 10 unique titles in development for next generation platforms. Answering a question from Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee, Zelnick noted that Take-Two had not seen "meaningful" differences between the cost of developing for the current and the next generation consoles. NBA 2K14 will be the first next-gen release for the PS4 and Xbox One, arriving on launch day for each with four entirely new game modes and, presumably, a more perfectly realised Lebron James.
Take-Two's leadership refused to be drawn on the remaining unannounced next-gen titles, on the grounds that they intended to leave marketing to the studios. They also declined to be drawn on the next-gen future of Grand Theft Auto V, refusing to clarify whether next-gen players would be able to share online games with current-gen, on the grounds that this would necessarily entail a discussion of the existence of plans for a next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto V.
Although any reasonably sophisticated celled organism, in this writer's opinion, could opine that there will be such a thing.
China: Bhatia's second question revolved around China, and the possible opportunities that this huge potential market opening up to consoles might bring. Zelnick acknowledged that this was of interest, and highlighted Take-Two's Korean online gaming presence as a possible beach head, but injected some reality:
So far consumers in China haven't really had the option. They play online, and they play avidly online, but that is largely a free-to-play model where you monetize less than 10% of the audience. So it remains to be seen how consoles will do in China, and it remains to be seen what kind of intellectual property protections will be offered by the country. That has been challenging – that doesn't come as a surprise to anyone. If there's an economic opportunity and we can pursue it while keeping our intellectual property secure, we have a presence – a lot of people on the ground, we have multiple offices – we'd be thrilled. It's a great place to do business.
Remember, our stated strategy is to be where our consumer is – without regard to platform, without regard to type of game, without regard to genre and without regard to business model. We're ecumenical on all of those topics. We're not rule-driven around here. Our goals are simple: to be the most creative, the most innovative and the most efficient company in the industry.
Stock buybacks: Take Two announced assets of $661.9m in cash and cash equivalents, and a $1.0bn accounts receivable balance (primarily – you guessed it – related to GTA V), and that it had redeemed $138.0m in 4.375% convertible senior notes due in 2014 early. Eric Handler of MKM Research asked whether there was a share buyback in the offing – and by extension whether the board felt that the shares were currently underpriced.
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