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Denim jeans might cut when you're traipsing around the street, but reach for the Stoic Men's Microlith Softshell when you head into the mountains. Highly breathable and highly water-resistant, these threads provide lightweight protection from the elements whether you're climbing the Tetons in September, skate-skiing in April, or backpacking in June. Articulated knees and stretch fabric let you maneuver easily. Just slip a snack or car key in the welded-on thigh pocket and head for the hills in this simple, supremely-versatile pant.
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Cheap product does the job
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
- Fit:True to size
Material had a good finish initially, but began to pill after couple of washes. It's good for cold/windy weather, but I would not use them as a waterproof solution. They are nice and stretchy so excellent for climbing. The single pocket is a bit of a bummer as you can't store much and the pocket is really small. Part of my climbing gear now, but if I would not buy them again.
Quickly deteriorated
- Familiarity:I've used it several times
- Fit:True to size
Material was great initially: fantastic for cool-weather outdoor activities, quite warm and repelling rain/snow effectively. Started to pill after a couple washes (in fact if you google "softshell pant pill" the first thing that comes up is this pant). Never really loved having a single pocket, then pocket started delaminated. Returned them.
Cheap product
- Familiarity:I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
- Fit:True to size
The material is comfortable and stretchy, and appears to maintain decent water repellant characteristics out of the box. I used these on a 10 day Alaska hunting trip and was disappointed. The material almost immediately started to pill and fuzz without even taking them into any brush at all. I wore them under a gore-tex shell most of the time while in brush. The lack of quality on the pocket is apparent. It seems as if the designer wanted to give you that arcteryx-look with a welded pocket, but they miss the mark.
Bottom-line: if you want to look "outdoorsy" on a budget when you're hanging around Boulder, go right ahead, these pants will probably still pill. If you want a quality product to actually do something in, these pants are over-priced and under-performing at $40. I'm disappointed Backcountry.com.
Kevin C, Gearhead
Awesome pants, but not a lot of storage.
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
- Fit:True to size
I really like these pants, they are super light weight, have a good stretch to them, and are really comfy. The only qualm I have with them is there is only one pocket on them. Other than that they are perfect.
Mixed feelings
- Fit:True to size
These pants are very comfortable. I am 6ft 3" and they fit great!
My only concern with these pants is, why do they only have one pocket. At lease the one pocket is positioned on the right thigh.
Great pants
Solid climbing pants
Nice pair of pants
- Familiarity:I returned this product before using it
I ordered it as it was on sale. I did not keep it in the end, but it fit me well.
I am 6'1" and 174lb I bought the Large size. It fitted perfectly and I like the design. I did not like the fact that there are no real pockets. I did like the material, which seems to be water repelling as well as breathable. the material stretches nicely and I can see this as a perfect pair of pants for cooler spring and fall hikes. I think it would be way too hot for summer use in the sierras. I returned it because I don't like the khaki/brown color and the lack of pockets.
Feel nice
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
These are stretchy, comfy, and they look good. Only just got them, so I can't speak for durability yet.
Yes it does ball up like cheap 90's fabric, but I stay on top of ripping those little suckers off, and its actually been a way good pair of climbing pants. Breathes way better than I thought it would. It also stretches nice when I climb.
Cheap material?
After wearing in the car for about 5 hours these pants were pilling like crazy in the crotch. Is this a cheap material or do people just not care? I can see this happening after a year or so of decent use, but on the first day? No way can I recommend these. I've been really happy with Stoic products until this. What a disappointment
Exactly. Mine did the same. Plus, when I washed them the first time the pocket delaminated right off the pants!
Mine did the same.
Good All- Around Pant
Got these for Christmas and so far I've mainly just used them at my indoor rock gym and for lounging around but i've been pretty pleased. They have great stretch and seem pretty durable. Pretty good breathability. Issues- piling on seat and knees and the pocket. I have gotten used to the pocket, but the problem is in the design- it lies right where my leg loops in my harness are which gets anoying- if stoic works on the design these would be 5 star pants
Would a large fit me when I'm 6'2 tall and...
Would a large fit me when I'm 6'2 tall and waist about 32-34"?
I'm 6'1" 34x34 and wear a large so i think a large would work for you as well.
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Used mainly as Nordic pants.
- Gender:Male
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
A little thin at cold temperatures but work well on the nordic track. Fit is great and the stretch fabric allow for easy V2 skating or Double pole/kick classic skiing.
Tough & Light
- Gender:Male
- Familiarity:I've used it several times
They work! Stretch, breathe, stand up to abuse well.
Go-To Pants
- Gender:Male
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I absolutely love these pants. They are my go-to pant for so many activities. I've used them on cold winter runs, climbing, back country touring/skiing, lounging around the house. Unless it's a super cold morning, I've found that these offer enough protection from the elements to keep me warm on dawn patrol ski tours. They're light weight, very flexible, and they repel water. And they have enough cuff stretch to fit over a ski boot. If I was to be sitting around in the snow for a long time I imagine they'd get uncomfortable.
My only real complaint is they tend to get fuzzy spots (pill up) easier than I would expect. But for a pant that I typically abuse, I'm not worried.
Pocket detached after a few months
- Gender:Male
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I've been looking for a pair of softshell pants for winter climbing and these were just what I was looking for. I didn't want to break the bank trying out my first pair of softshell pants so getting them on sale was perfect. They pill easily as others have said, mainly from my harness I think. Not sure how much pilling would occur if you were just wearing them as casual/travel pants. I'm very tall, my inseam runs anywhere from 34" - 36". The large is just long enough not to look silly, at least as climbing pants. I probably wouldn't wear these around town since they are just a tad too short for that.
Edit: After wearing these for a few months, the pocket started to fall apart and became useless. It looks like the pocket was actually glued onto the shell, not sewn. This along with the excessive pilling (I have the "Dune" colored pants and the pilling really shows) is forcing me to return them. Nice pants but it appears they have quality control issues.
I wore these exclusively as outdoor climbing pants for the winter, 1-2 times per week. I'm guessing my harness leg loop must have rubbed against the pocket to cause it to detach. These are probably just fine as hiking/travel pants, but the quality is not up to snuff for climbing.
How much do these pants weigh?
How much do these pants weigh?
are these ever going to be restocked in...
are these ever going to be restocked in orange/auburn small?
Lisa E, Gearhead
nice pants
- Gender:Female
These are good pants. Used on one long camping/climbing trip to southern utah. really comfortable, and held up well to lots of scraping on the sandstone. They also provide a lot more stretch for movement than I expected.
how did these fit you being a lady?
Lisa E, Gearhead
Fit well, but I do tend to fit into mens pants in general. I am more longer legged and smaller hipped than most I think.


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I remember seeing Jefferies' sketch where the dorsal spine was extended to mount the nacelles pylons. A very interesting concept.
I see what you mean, by how Jefferies' concept Enterprise for Phase II had the neck have this aircraft wing-like shape when viewed from above, and how it is curved and slightly teardrops from fore to becoming flat edged at the aft.
But this sort of detail isn't surprising when you consider that Jefferies had the bottom of the saucer go from flat, to curving upwards, and then curving into a bowl shape that bulges from the bottom of the saucer section.
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This is a new series I wanted to try out to see how popular the theory I have in what people like to read is correct or not. I would appreciate feedback on this. This is a first of a series of mini stories I am calling Dark Hearts.
Amaya had been with Zack for a long time, 6 years to be exact. She was hoping that he would eventually ask her to marry him. She was primping herself for their Saturday late night date after he got off work like they did every Saturday. She finished primping and then went to wait in the living room. She got anxious easily when waiting for him to arrive; her whole world was all Zack. So she turned on the TV to pass time.
Shortly after she turned on the TV, a knock came on the door. She jumped out of her seat practically running for the door. Before she answered she quickly checked herself in the mirror and composed herself to not seem too eager. She never let Zack see how head over heels in love she was with him, but she couldn't help it at all. He was not the hottest guy in school that she grew up with, but he was still the greatest guy to ever have walked into her life in her eyes.
She opened the door and Zack's dad stood there. She blinked in confusion. "Hey dad. What are you doing here?" She asked softly.
She always called Zack's father, dad because he already saw her as part of the family. She normally didn't see much of his parents with them often being on business trips. Zack's dad was a big time business man for some computer company he owned. He often said the job was a 24/7/365 career and that he'd be able to give the world to his family someday. Zack's mom was always doing errands for the company since she was company secretary, so when her husband went on business trips so did she.
She looked to Zack's dad with confusion, he was on a business trip to Amarillo last she had heard and wasn't expected back for another 3 days. What had brought him home, and here? Her heart began to race in her chest fearing the worst of her beloved Zack.
His dad cleared his throat, "Amaya my dear…can we…can we talk a moment?" His voice was cordial as it often was since he often felt he was a constant image of his company whether during or after technical business hours.
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At least Ross Andru's art is good.
Continuing my journey through Miller's Batman comics, one panel at a time. Issue #2 of this 4-issue mini moves away from the black-and-grays of issue #1 (which mostly used spot color only) and gets brighter, as we meet Robin. There are so many iconic panels in this issue: Batman hanging a crook from a rooftop; Batman holding the body of a dead soldier holding a smoking gun, draped in the American flag; the full pager of Batman, grinning, stepping out his Bat-Tank to take on a Mutant Gang leader mano-a-mano.
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The previous owner installed a switch to lift the rear air suspension and I had accidentally hit it and the rear end is now lifted up and wont come down. He had told me that you have to do it manually but did not say how.
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I just pulled the trigger on a Grace Start-Right queen quilt frame and Juki TL-2000Qi with SureStitch Stitch Regulator from KathyQuilts.com, amazing customer service!! They included a slew of goodies in my order including needles, bobbins, goose neck lamp and laser pointer.
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Blue Beetle radio program mentioned in an ad in this issue.
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According to an article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times in 1976, written by Lynn Simross, this story MAY have been illustrated by Don Rico.
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The Weekend Playlist: Goodbye, Spartacus, Hello, Da Vinci; Louie C.K. Stand-Up
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Two battered, tragic warriors meet face to face before their climactic skirmish, and there's at least one thing they can agree upon (besides the desire to kill each other): "There is no justice. Not in this world." What, you were expecting a happy ending to Starz' bloody breakout hit Spartacus? (Apologies if that's a spoiler.)
The series finale (Friday, 9/8c) justifies this last season's subtitle, War of the Damned, with a truly epic clash of historic titans. It's up to its bared knees in graphic gore as usual, but the finale is steeped even further in stirring demonstrations and declarations of honor, sacrifice and a willingness to die for the cause of freedom. "Whatever happens ... we decide our fates, not you," proclaims Spartacus (Liam McIntyre), leader of the outnumbered slave army, during his secret meeting with Roman "Imperator" Crassus (Simon Merrells). Unlike past seasons, when the Roman antagonists were mostly craven dupes, neither Crassus nor his second-in-command Julius Caesar (Todd Lasance) are fools — but neither is Spartacus, who still has some bold and unexpected maneuvers up his shield during this primal and visceral encounter of fire, blood and literal and metaphorical guts.
With the departure of the strangely addictive and outrageously lurid Spartacus, Starz re-imagines another chapter of world history in the cheesy new Da Vinci's Demons (Friday, 10/9c), which presents the legendary genius and very model of a Renaissance man as an action hero. You won't need a special code to deduce that this over-the-top send-up of costume-drama melodrama is less than a masterpiece. On the plus side, Tom Riley cuts a dashing figure as the arrogant, lusty young Leonardo Da Vinci, an impatient and oversexed visionary who captures the attention of 15th-century Florence with his imaginative inventions. These gizmos (which we often see take animated shape in his mind) acquire a more militaristic bent when the powerful Medici family enlists him to fend off threats from the corrupt Vatican. Demons is possessed by pretentiousness when it tries to be serious and by silliness whenever Leonardo becomes an instant swashbuckler.
If you're seeking a slightly less cartoonish period drama, Showtime launches the third season of The Borgias (Sunday, 10/9c), where the fate of poisoned Pope Alexander (Jeremy Irons) is in jeopardy while his many enemies scheme to fill the possible (but don't count on it) papal void.
Chances are more likely you'll opt for the grand fantasy of HBO's Game of Thrones (Sunday, 9/8c). This triumphant hit continues to pick up narrative momentum in the season's third episode, titled "Walk of Punishment," which refers to one of the more grim aspects of Slaver's Bay, where Daenerys is reminded, "There's a beast in every man, and it stirs when your put a sword in his hand." Or maybe a dragon. Regarding swords in the hand, Kingslayer Jaime Lannister may have met his match with his latest captors.
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A LITTLE LOUIS ... Is way better than nothing. It will be a long wait, until sometime in 2014, before Louis C.K. returns to FX with a new batch of Louie episodes, but we'll manage if it means more displays of comic brilliance like his new HBO stand-up special, Louis C.K.: Oh My God (Saturday, 10/9c). Filmed in February before a Phoenix audience in the round, this concert performance shows the caustic philosopher slob in a cheerfully curmudgeonly mood. He's 45 now — "I'm either halfway through a healthy life or about done with a not-so-healthy life" — and while his hour-long set is laced with outrageous and melancholy observations about dating, divorce and the cruelty of the planet's food chain, the takeaway is that even if the ordeal of putting on your socks is "the worst part of any day," life is good as long as "you get to put bacon in your mouth!" Considering how difficult the other species (including the source of bacon) have it, Louis figures, "It must be awful to be other kinds of stuff. I'm glad I'm this." We are, too.


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These guys want to work, but there are limited jobs out there. If you are going to hire someone, is the first guy on your call sheet going to be the one who's been busy dissing his old bosses and their creative choices, or who had issues getting to work on time in the third season of his first big show?
Anger makes good press and may make you a draw on the convention circuit since people are going to want to hear what you're going to reveal "next"... but will it get you a job?
It's probably true that in Hollywood you create your own opportunities by auditioning, networking and kissing ass on occassion. Wang's honesty might make him popular on the convention circuit (and has earned him my respect) but it could very well have hurt his carreer. Still, how many roles are written for 44 year old Asian guys?
I'm actually more surprised to learn how critical the fans are of him. Some her speak of him as if he was some kind of uncontrolable loose cannon and ingrateful stuck up party boy. The fact is that most fans here when thinking of the shows production would rather have this idylic happy happy joy joy fantasy picture in their minds than the truth. You attack him because he's being honest and it just isn't what you want to hear. "The set was fun because the guys goofed around and still have dinner once a month!" The fact is that a large part of the cast have voiced criticisms either during or after production of the show. Wang might be one of the more vocal actors, but Beltran, Mulgrew and now Ryan followed suit.
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I'm not. Even when the negative is "right" for the papers I usually use (Ilford MGIV and MGWT), it prints differently if I decide to use some of the other papers I have (Forte PWT, for example). There's also the possibility (especially using roll film) that some compromise must be met, for a scene which would be best served by a different development time. It's not "hocus-pocus". It's a valuable tool, which any competent darkroom worker should be well versed.


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[artist id="1796764″]Natasha Bedingfield[/artist] married her beau, California businessman Matthew Robinson, this weekend in California, People.com reports.
Bedingfield, whose songs include "Unwritten," the theme song for MTV reality show "The Hills," married Robinson in an outdoor ceremony at the Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California, on Saturday. The wedding was attended by 150 guests, and the bride wore a white, strapless Vera Wang gown. The 30-minute ceremony took place around 5:30 p.m. at the vineyard's château overlooking the ocean. There were four bridesmaids and one flower girl, and Bedingfield walked down an aisle strewn with rose petals to Mendelssohn's "Wedding March."
The singer told USmagazine.com that the big day was "everything we'd hoped it would be. It was simple, beautiful and natural," she said. "Free from trappings or formalities, it was more about expressing our love for one another in front of those we hold dearest to us than anything else."
She added, "We are now very much looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together. Love is hard to find, so when you do find it, hang on to it!"
When Bedingfield announced her engagement back in September 2008, she told People, "I'm the luckiest girl in the world," adding in a subsequent interview, "My fiancé Matt is hotter to me than David Beckham! He is honest, funny, charming and hot."
She also offered advice to other couples about the inner workings of a relationship: "In reality, relationships have ups and downs. If someone is worth enough to you, then you both fight to stay true through the tough times."
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Federal officials are investigating the partial collapse of a police facility under construction that injured several workers on Tuesday (Jan. 29) afternoon in Philadelphia.
Four workers, including a man in his 80s, suffered non-life-threatening neck and back injuries and were taken to local hospitals after a section of the wood framed building toppled at about 1 p.m. ET, according to local news reports.
Parts of the wood framing of the police building under construction collapsed, injuring workers Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia.
Police officials said three workers crawled out of the rubble: a 23-year-old with a leg injury; a 47-year-old with chest pains; and an 83-year-old with a back injury, reports said. However, firefighters told members of the media that a fourth worker was also injured in the accident.
It took only five seconds for the roof to come down, according to a video posted by a local television station that shows footage from a surveillance camera across the street.
Officials did not return requests for more information Wednesday morning.
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No cause of the collapse has been identified.
A spokesperson from OSHA's Region 3 office in Philadelphia said it had commenced an investigation, noting that the federal agency has up to six months to complete that process. The City's Department of Licenses and Inspections is also investigating.
Axis Construction Management, the general contractor for the new police facility, has completed a variety of commercial and institutional projects throughout Philadelphia and the East Coast, according to its website.
Those authorities questioned the project's general contractor, Axis Construction Management of Conshohocken, PA, late into Tuesday night, according to reports.
The contractor did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
Axis Construction was cited for an other-than-serious fall protection hazard in February 2011 and informally settled for $354, according to OSHA's database.
Project Details
The police facility construction project broke ground in August 2012 and includes a renovation of a 30,000-square-foot warehouse and a 10,000-square-foot addition for office space.
The building is owned by Iron Stone Partners of Philadelphia. The building owner did not return a request for comment Wednesday.
The facility will house the Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit, the city's Department of Human Services Sexual Abuse Investigations Unit, Philadelphia's Children's Alliance, and the district attorney's office in the East Hunting area of the city.
"This co-location facility is critical to coordinating crime-response strategies across the City of Philadelphia," said Mayor Michael A. Nutter in a statement. "Bringing together these different agencies that share the same goal, to support and protect the victims of sexual abuse, will further enhance the efficiency of investigations and the efficacy of services provided to victims."
Though expected to be complete in early 2013, the timeline for the project may be pushed back following Tuesday's accident, reports noted.
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Noise from the collapsing building was heard by the Rev. Carlos Diaz, who was in his office nearby, according to a local ABC affiliate.
"First of all, I thought, 'I hope no one was hurt,' main thing. I know there were a lot of crew people walking back and forth," Diaz told the news bureau.
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My main thought here is: 83 Year Old Construction Worker. May the Gods Bless this guy. What he could teach us that is not in "The Books"
Comment from Tom Schwerdt, (2/1/2013, 9:27 AM)
Makes me want to bump up my 401(k) contribution even further.
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I've covered a lot of topics in this column that circle around that topic. I've talked about why roleplaying is important and how you can roleplay without tears, but I've never touched the central question, something that was brought to mind recently by a fellow Massively writer. Why even bother with roleplaying?
The usual answer is a shrug and a self-evident "because it's fun," but that's more a dismissal of the question than a functional response. That's not a good thing because there's a case to be made against roleplaying. Your character doesn't have an impact on the game world. Your roleplaying is, in the context of the game itself, irrelevant. The game doesn't care why your character wears weaker gear than normal; it just downgrades your stats and makes your life harder. You derive no benefit and wind up losing a lot of time for social interactions that are prone to drama and arguments. So why bother?
For whatever reason, this happens a lot in the wake of leaving your first major game in which you roleplay, an online variant of the "second friend who roleplays" problem. Whatever roleplaying features you're used to from the first game aren't present in the second. If you're coming from a sandbox environment, the world feels far more static; if you're coming from a themepark environment, the world feels much more empty. You had a community and a culture built up in your previous game, and now you're faced with the daunting task of starting over again.
But it can happen beyond that, too. Maybe you've never tried to roleplay and you just don't get the point or the issues involved. Maybe you've done a lot of roleplaying in one sort of game but are trying something different. Maybe you're just disillusioned. Whatever the cause, you're finding yourself coming up short for reasons to make the effort.
So why do it? I can think of three excellent reasons.
Affect lives, not worlds
I see a lot of people complain that they can't affect the game world in any significant fashion, often from former players of games like Star Wars Galaxies or Ultima Online, and as a result roleplaying doesn't feel significant. But let's face it -- you couldn't affect the game world in those games, either.
Sure, you could build things, have player-run systems with a lot of relevance, and so forth. Let's use Star Wars Galaxies as an example: You're never going to make a large-scale shift to the game's metaplot. There's always going to be an Imperial attack on Hoth at the same time, Luke's hand has a date with a lightsaber on Cloud City, and so forth. You're never going to drive a species to extinction or introduce a new species to an area with runaway ecological consequences. There's no way to cure a major disease or write a book that changes the culture of the populace. The world is still static; the only difference is how much you're allowed to rearrange the furniture.
No, what really gets changed -- in any game -- is lives. And I'm not talking about character lives, although that's a part of it. I'm talking about the players.
Video games, in large part, are experiences. Once the novelty of the concept wears off, if you keep playing the game, it's to experience something new. And roleplaying gives you a way to turn a game into a fountain of new experiences, a continually evolving landscape of things that you would never have seen otherwise. It's a chance to have art unfold right in front of you without any planning, often in such a way that no one else will ever see the same thing you have.
Roleplaying offers an emotional depth to games and experiences that's hard to get most of the time. It doesn't always hit that target, but it does often enough that it's worth the effort.
The game never ends
One of the things that's hard to get totally past in an MMO is the idea that the game never ends. We have trouble wrapping our brains around the concept. Objectively, we understand it; subjectively, though, it's hard to get around the fact that you're going to do everything along a given progression path and the game won't go anywhere. There's no point when you win. We've been conditioned as players to look forward to winning at the game, so when we have to keep playing, it's easy to start wondering what comes next.
Roleplaying provides an answer for that. Sure, you're done with one set of goals, but your character probably has his or her own goals to pursue. You have other people around you who need help. You have personal dramas to untangle and a lot of assorted issues to wade through. It can't just come to an end; it has to keep going. And now you have something to motivate you as you go.
There's more to it than just that, though, because roleplaying can actually encourage you to try things in a game that you never would have otherwise. I've got an experiment that I'm looking forward to in the summer (I'll share it when it happens; don't worry) that would never happen without roleplaying. Some of my favorite characters to play in game terms came about because they fulfilled specific roleplaying niches and vice versa. It's like achievements, only broader -- you write your own list of what you can accomplish.
You'd do it anyway
OK, maybe this one is just me. But there's no way I can play a game, any game, without constructing a narrative of some sort.
I'm not just talking about my well-documented love of games with a strong central narrative. I mean every game. My Mass Effect 3 multiplayer characters have stories in my mind. When I sit down to play Summoner Wars in my living room, stories get developed about particularly notorious or laughable units. I can think of at least one occasion when I tried to incorporate storytelling into a game of Monopoly.
Put simply, there's no way I'm not roleplaying my characters in my mind anyhow. And I like to think I'm not the only one. I suspect that there are other players who find themselves getting a feel for the character on the creation screen no matter what, even in games that don't have any option for roleplaying out of the gate. And if I'm going to already be constructing all of these character traits, well, I might as well make them evident to others.
So it's not really a question of "why bother roleplaying" but one of "why bother making it public." And that's easy: because it's one of those bits of fun that gets better as you share.
If you've got other reasons you'd like to share for the "why," feel free to leave them in the comments below or mail them along to email@example.com. Next week is the two-year anniversary mark, which means it's time for a look back and a look forward. And cake, but that's going to just be for me in my own home.
Every Friday, Eliot Lefebvre fills a column up with excellent advice on investing money, writing award-winning novels, and being elected to public office. Then he removes all of that, and you're left with Storyboard, which focuses on roleplaying in MMOs. It won't help you get elected, but it will help you pretend you did.


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Following is the text of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor as released by the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska:
Northeast: Only a few tenths of an inch of precipitation fell on the abnormally dry areas in the Northeast, keeping D0 conditions intact with some expansion into eastern Maine. During the last 60 days, less than two-thirds of normal precipitation fell on northeastern New York, eastern Vermont, and parts of western and southeastern Maine. Some of these regions recorded only 25 to 50 percent of normal for the period.
South Atlantic and Central Gulf Coast Regions: Scattered moderate to heavy precipitation (1 to locally 3 inches) was observed in southern Virginia, southern Florida, and the southern parts of Mississippi and western Alabama. Light precipitation, 0.5 inch or less, fell on much of southeasternmost Louisiana, south-central and southeastern Alabama, the western Florida Panhandle, and much of North Carolina and southern Virginia. Other areas received little or none.
As a result, moisture deficits increased through most of the area, and drought conditions intensified in several broad regions. Most notably, D4 expanded into part of southern and east-central Georgia and southern South Carolina. The last 365 days were the driest such period on record at a number of locations, and most of the region recorded only half of normal precipitation during the last 6 months.
Meanwhile, D2 and D3 conditions broadly expanded across central and northern peninsular Florida, with smaller areas in southeastern North Carolina, southernmost Mississippi, and southeasternmost Louisiana seeing similar deterioration. Less than half of normal precipitation fell on these areas during the last 90 days.
Farther north, D1 conditions stretched to cover more of northern South Carolina and a large swath through central North Carolina. 3- to 6-month precipitation shortfalls are not quite as impressive here compared to the areas at D2 or worse; however, reservoir levels, streamflows, and ground water levels have all declined over the past few weeks.
The Southern Great Plains and Most of Louisiana: Precipitation varied markedly across this region. Very heavy precipitation fell on the northern and eastern reaches of the areas experiencing dryness and drought while, in contrast, little or none was recorded from central Texas northward and westward through southwestern Oklahoma, the southern Texas Panhandle, and the High Plains. Other areas received light to moderate precipitation.
From east-central and southeastern Texas northeastward through a large part of Louisiana, at least 2 inches of precipitation fell, with 4 to locally 9 inches of rain recorded in part of east-central Texas and central through northwestern Louisiana. D3 to D4 conditions remained in part of east-central Texas, where large 6 to 12 month precipitation shortages persisted despite the wet week, but farther east significant drought improvement was noted with only a small part of northwestern Louisiana and adjacent Texas remaining in D3. Improvements were most dramatic across Louisiana, where all drought severity levels retreated westward and some areas of 2-category improvement were introduced. Six-month precipitation totals increased to above-normal levels in part of central Louisiana.
Farther north, central and eastern Kansas and much of northern Oklahoma also received heavy precipitation. At least 2 inches fell on north-central and northernwestern Oklahoma east of the Panhandle, and on south-central Kansas, with a swath of 3 to 6 inches observed from near the northeastern Texas Panhandle northeastward through south-central Kansas. Conditions improved enough to justify 2-category drought classification reductions in this wettest area, generally to D1. Here, 6-month totals are now above normal. Most other areas improved a single category to D1 or D2.
Moderate rains were scattered across central and southern Texas, leading to a broken pattern of 1-category improvements, while a relatively dry week left conditions unchanged elsewhere.
The Northern Plains: Between 0.5 and 2.0 inches of precipitation, most in the form of snow, covered central and southern sections of Nebraska and adjacent Iowa. The heaviest amounts were recorded in southeastern Nebraska, where dryness was eliminated save for a remaining swath of D0 in areas still near- to below normal since October 2011. Broad 1-category improvements were also introduced through most other sections of the state, restricting D0 and D1 conditions to northeastern portions.
Very little, if any, precipitation fell farther north through the remainder of the dry areas, generally leaving dryness and drought unchanged. However, degradations to D0 or D1 were introduced in a few parts of South Dakota. The last 6 months brought less than half of normal precipitation to most of Minnesota and adjacent sections of Iowa and South Dakota.
West: Little precipitation fell on most of the large dry area in the West. Only parts of the Colorado Front Range and a few locations in northern Idaho and eastern Washington recorded more than 1 inch, where small areas of improvement were introduced.
The dry week generally kept drought conditions as they were the previous week, with a few limited areas of deterioration. D2 was introduced in a small part of northern Nevada where only about 25 percent of normal precipitation fell during the last 6 months. Meanwhile, D1 conditions were expanded into extreme south-central California as well as northwestern Arizona, and abnormal dryness was brought into southwestern Arizona.
Hawaii: Light precipitation fell on most of the state, leaving dryness and drought unchanged except across western Oahu, where conditions were downgraded to D1. Some ranchers reported that dryness was beginning to impact their operations.
Looking Ahead: During the next 5 days (February 9-13, 2012), moderate precipitation totaling 0.5 to locally 1.5 inches is expected across southern Oklahoma, all but the Big Bend region of Texas, and western Louisiana. Light precipitation, generally 0.25 to 0.5 inch, is forecast for western Colorado, the remainder of the southern Plains, from the central Great Basin northward to the Canadian border and westward to the Pacific Coast, and across central and southern peninsular Florida.
For the ensuing 5 days, the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) 6-10 day precipitation forecasts indicate enhanced probabilities for above-normal precipitation in a large area that includes almost all of the U.S. from the Mississippi Valley eastward except for the immediate southern Atlantic Coast and peninsular Florida. The odds also favor above-normal precipitation through the central and southeastern Plains and the central Rockies.
Meanwhile, subnormal precipitation is favored in southern Florida, the northern Plains, the Big Bend of Texas, the southern Rockies, California, and adjacent parts of Nevada and Oregon.
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I've used GHC's Type Nats to implement my own type level rationals (code below). This works fine, but the syntax is a little funky because you have to write out the number as a fraction. For example, you must write 13/10 instead of 1.3; or even worse, 13/1 instead of 13. It would be nice to just write the decimal notation.
I only see one potential problem with this feature: the dot in the decimal notation could interfere with the dot in forall statements. I guess this can be parsed unambiguously, but maybe not.
data Frac = Frac Nat Nat data instance Sing (n::Frac) = SFrac Integer Integer instance (SingI a, SingI b) => SingI ('Frac a b) where sing = SFrac (fromSing (sing :: Sing a)) (fromSing (sing :: Sing b)) instance Fractional r => SingE (Kind :: Frac) r where fromSing (SFrac a b) = fromIntegral a/fromIntegral b type (/) a b = 'Frac a b
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comment:1 Changed 22 months ago by Fuuzetsu
How do you propose 1/3 is shown with decimal notation? Would this mean there are two different notations around?
comment:2 Changed 22 months ago by MikeIzbicki
We could have 1.3 just be sugar for 13/10, so both notations would be acceptable.
comment:3 Changed 22 months ago by carter
@mike, you could actually use template haskell to write generate type rationals pretty easily. It should also work with 7.6 and earlier ones, though there may be a few corner cases in older ghcs
something like $(makeRatType 7/8) with makeRatType :: Rational -> Q Type being suitably defined.
Have you tried out doing that as a near term solution?
comment:4 Changed 22 months ago by MikeIzbicki
@carter I'm not sure what you're suggesting. The following code (combined with the code above) does exactly what I want:
data Blah (num::Frac) = Blah f :: Blah num -> Rational f = ... g = f (Blah::Blah (13/10))
It would just be nice to be able to write
g = f (Blah::Blah 1.3)
comment:5 Changed 22 months ago by carter
oh, i think that theres support for that in the parser already... have you tried in HEAD?
comment:6 Changed 22 months ago by MikeIzbicki
I wasn't aware of any GHC support for type level fractions. Any idea what the name of the kind is so I can try it out?
comment:7 Changed 22 months ago by carter
woops, mispoke, i'm a bit exhausted. There is no such support :)
do you have a strawman data model for a type level rationals? Eg using one of the preexisting libraries for type level ints, building up an associated rational set of operations and model types?
Also on the template haskell front, I meant that via template haskell you could do a function that lets you write rationals in decimal notation using template haskell, because decimal numbers can be parsed as rationals.
eg in $(makeRatType 7.3), 7.3 would be turned into rational value. This works at the value level, ableit at template haskell time so you can construct the type
comment:8 Changed 22 months ago by dmcclean
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comment:9 Changed 22 months ago by MikeIzbicki
It would also be nice to support negative rationals in a clean way. (For example, by typing just -1.3) I'm guessing this would be best done by adding support for integers, then making the rationals use the integers instead of Nats. This might be confusing for the type checker though because it wouldn't know whether a number like 4 was a type int or a type nat.
comment:10 Changed 22 months ago by dmcclean
Type integers are highly useful in their own right. They are essential to tracking physical dimensions associated with quantities, because you need to track integer powers of length, mass, etc.
comment:11 Changed 22 months ago by carter
so lets decouple this a teeny bit:
a) having good syntactic support for writing numerical literals at the type level: Integers, Nats, Rationals (possibly with floating point style notation)
b) having a satisfactory type model underneath that supports the computations you want to do.
currently in GHC those two are conflated, and perhaps they should be decoupled!