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(Now edited in response to feedback. Tried to replace unbreakable with never-breaking, but I didnt like that as much. Sorry.)
Chicken Genocide Made Fun Again
Joyful physics, joyful graphics, joyful
, joyful everything
Kind of pointless
Stretching kind of turns me on
Noby Noby Boy
, you play as Boy. You can stretch. There are chickens. There are no goals. There are no epic bosses. You can go places and eat things and you dont really do anything. Its the best game released this year.
Before we go any further, lets address just how much fun stretching in this game is. Your character, Boy, has two controllable parts; his head and his ass, both pink spheres with matchstick legs attached. Each responds to one of the Playstation controllers sticks. When you start the game, Boys head and ass are so close they intersect with each other. Pull them in opposite directions, and the pink bond between them will strain before bursting into a colorful rope connecting both halves. Pull this rope tight, and it will stretch as much as you like to. Theres always a palpable strength to your character, like you were pulling a giant never-breaking lump of silly putty. The rope rises and falls in a believable way, like making ripples in a pond, only with a living, breathing character.
Each of
Noby Noby Boy
s levels takes place on a randomly generated cube, with no goals or objectives but lots of characters and structures to wrap yourself around. If you want, you can stretch yourself around a herd of chickens and chuck the lot of them off the edge. Theyll materialize back on the stage a second later, oblivious. Imagine a 3D Mario game like this, with no death, just some random stages run and jump around on, experiencing the wonderful movement of running and jumping. It would probably be great, right? But in such a game, the player would quickly get bored with how little Marios capable of; hes restrained to just running and jumping. In
Noby Noby Boy
, your potential is only restrained by how far you can stretch. You can stretch for eternity.
A surprising thing was how Im not sure I should say this how
it felt to stretch in this game. I dont even mean in the obvious extend / grow sort of way. When you stretch, it makes a sound that starts as a low moan, but as you keep it up it gets faster and faster and higher pitched as you go farther than youve ever gone before and youre shaking buildings from their foundations. Its a little disappointing when you let go and dont snap back, but just fall limp. It might be Keita Takahashi channeling his sexual experiences.
Keita Takahashi, creator of this game as well as
Katamari Damacy
, has somehow managed to inject real joy into this game. He and his staff honestly enjoyed making it, and it shows in all the ideas packed in here just for their own sake. Eat a chicken and a person, and itll become a chicken-person. Why not? When Takahashi was taking pictures for a web banner of the game, he took one of
Boy wrapped around a Pac-Man statue
. Someone told him that Pac-Man stood out more than Boy did, to which he replied, Players may buy the game by mistaking it for a Pac-Man game! Wouldnt it be nice? I mean in this videogaming culture weve constructed, where any game creator who shows the slightest semblance of personality gets bashed by the media, how does someone like Keita Takahashi end up making videogames?
Its likely that Takahashi himself is frustrated with the expectations thrust at game designers, something that also shines through in this game. The first time you play, a fairy tells you that the game has no goals, that you dont have to roll anything up into a ball. When you become obscured by the environment, the graphics turn to mere wireframes, a small but bitter jab at anyone who was overly impressed by
Katamari Damacy
, where a transparent flower appeared when your view was obstructed. On the
Playstation blog
, Takahashi said that he was expecting the criticisms he received, but had no regrets, except that not everyone could enjoy the game like he intended.
The graphics in this game are simple. This has somehow become synonymous with bad in the gaming world, because whats the point if a game isnt RUNNING AT 60 FRAMES PER SECOND, FEATURING DYNAMIC LIGHTING AND 20 MILLION INTENSE POLYGONS IN OUTRAGEOUSLY EPIC ENVIRONMENTS??? By the way, in games like that, people can still pass through each other by accident without noticing. In
Noby Noby Boy
, when you run into people, they bounce away. With such simple, geometric yet well-designed graphics, the designers were able to program almost perfect collision detection, so that no matter what you do, it doesnt seem out of place in the world. There are some objects that go through each other, but thats never as jarring as in most pseudo-realistic war games.
Every button does something in
Noby Noby Boy
. Press the square button while the fairys talking, and his word balloon will change color. Press up or down on the control pad while Boy has text written on him, and it will rotate around his body. Press the select button while pressing left on the control stick, and you can play a 2-D minigame, featuring
Noby Noby
s catchiest music. It feels like theres so much to discover in this game, like anything might happen if you press the right thing at the right time. Theres a childish sense of exploration to just the experience of
pressing buttons on your controller
. I mean, thats a little amazing, right?
Did I mention that you can fly? You can fly. Should you wish it, you can travel across the sky, watching as your tail travels in your wake, shimmering like a colorful Chinese dragon from an alternate universe. Its more satisfying and relaxing than killing an entire army of space-Nazis. Its kind of beautiful, in its way.
If theres anything wrong with
Noby Noby Boy
, its that, at the end of the day, its kind of pointless. Im fine with that myself, and I dont think it having objectives would improve it, but it can be bothersome at times. Youll be stretching past a windmill, having woven your way through every window in an empty building, all while wrapping around a tree from 50 feet away, and suddenly youll think; Why am I doing this? When you think that, its time to stop playing.
But for every doubtful moment, theres a second of modest beauty. Like when you find that you can combine a chicken and a person in your stomach, creating a chicken-person. Or when a pair of teenage potato-girls has gathered near you, seemingly willing to get eaten and digested. (Maybe its a sex thing.) Or when you realize youre almost choking back tears, overwhelmed with the sheer joyfulness of this amazing game. Or when youre just playing it and not noticing, letting your mind wander. Its a strawberry milkshake on a hot summer day, sitting on the park bench and watching the clouds overhead. Thats a ridiculous thing to call a videogame, but
Noby Noby Boy
is a ridiculous game. Play it.
Downloaded on the Playstation 3 for $5. Ive played the game for about 12 hours total, give or take.
Noby Noby Boy has been given an ESRB E rating for Comic Mischief. There is pooping.
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Theres not a lot of music in this game, and what there is is mostly quiet and not really worth hearing. The sound effects are nice, but theyre not essential.
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You know, to be perfectly honest, I actually love what you've done here.
I'm not sure that I would really call it a review per se, but that's not necessarily a bad thing you know how to write, you express your thoughts, you kept me engaged in what you were saying.
This piece is different pretty odd, really, but I liked it.
My only feedback at this point is that a little bit of cleanup is called for. I think Id probably delete the part that starts with Killzone 2 and also the part that begins with Some people
Also, the closing paragraph doesn't do much for me. I say scrap it and come up with a stronger close.
Finally, from an editorial perspective I have to say that giving this game a nine is perhaps a wee bit on the generous side-- I wouldn't really fight you on it, but I would ask that you give it some sincere thought and really decide whether a nine is appropriate or not.
Anyway, good work I like this a lot. Implement those tweaks and I'd be ready to give you the green light.
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Thanks for the comment, Brad! I don't really like it when people make the distinction between review / not a review, but I guess you're right about most of those changes.
And yes, even if I get bored of it within a week, I think a nine is an appropriate score for this game, if only because of its "cultural significance", or maybe to emphasize that more people should play this game. But thanks!
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I really liked this piece. I see how it could be argued as a little "loose" for a review, at least in terms of our site. On the other hand, I think the writing style appeals to me because it's a little different and flows like this "game." It works for me, for this game review.
I'm with Brad on ditching the Killzone 2 paragraph; maybe generalize the reference? Also on re-writing the final paragraph. It needs some more directed
(technical term
); a channel to put your enthusiasm into specific words that summarize what you loved about the game, and why you think it's the best release of the year so far.
This part:
"How does that kind of person end up making videogames? Look at Todd Howard! Look at Ken Levine! Look at the media surrounding videogames, actively discouraging any game creator who shows the slightest semblance of personality! (Look at Kotaku!) How does someone like Keita Takahashi end up making videogames?"
Is one of those pieces that stands out as a good thought but jars from the rest of the review. I have those in my own writing -- the clever bits that I love, but get edited out during final reviews because they stand out. I'd cut this entirely, or at least drop it down to a sentence or two.
Otherwise, just a little bit of spit and polish to streamline, and you'd be good to go.
Kudos on getting all the details before and after the review, to fit our format.
If you are willing to make the edits Brad and I suggest, I'd approve this for publishing on our homepage.
On a personal note -- 12 hours? I thought about buying this game myself, but I wasn't sure if I'd play past an hour. Your review makes me want to try it now.
Also personally, I'd go with a headline title that plays on eating/combining chicken and people to tie in with your review; although that's just me.
Thanks, and I hope you'll write more in the future.
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there's a lot to like about this review. does ramble a bit and there are the aforementioned jarring bits which i'd agree about dropping but nothing that editing couldn't fix.
punchy opener, one of the best i've read.
i like this par:
"Pull them in opposite directions, and the pink bond between them will strain before bursting into a colorful rope connecting both halves...Theres always a palpable strength to your character, like you were pulling a giant unbreakable lump of silly putty."
to be nitpicky i'd drop 'unbreakable' from the last sentence (i hate words starting with 'un', 'dis', 'anti', etc) but this is an example of good writing style with clear descriptions.
i don't have to think too hard to get what you're saying which is good. the sentences go places and say things, also good.
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Um, for full disclosure I may have played it for a little less than 12 hours. Or I might have played it for
than 12 hours! I don't know, it's not like I counted or anything. All I know is that I've played it for 3 weeks on and off, give or take, and it's still fun.
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Wellbeing Index: barometer of sustainability. (Source: Prescott-Allen (2001))
Introduction: terms and definitions
Indicators and indices
Indicators attempt to convey a broader image than the underlying statistics would suggest. For instance, the average life expectancy of an infant is usually taken to indicate the public health of a population. The purpose of selecting one or more indicators for describing a broader subject is to reduce information overload for data users. The strength and weakness of indicators lie in their selection, which facilitates decision-making but also opens the door to data manipulation.
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Indicator lists of varying length seek to capture the different – economic, environmental, social and institutional – dimensions of sustainable development. They are indicators for (the assessment of) sustainable development. They differ in the particular selection of 'representative' indicators of these dimensions and related sustainability concerns. Indicators of sustainable development are more in the nature of indices that reflect the state of overall concepts or social goals such as human development, sustainable development, the quality of life or socioeconomic welfare.
Environmental and sustainable development indicators proliferated in the wake of the Rio Earth Summit's call for indicators of sustainable development (United Nations 1994, Agenda 21, ch. 40). The vagueness of the popular human-needs based Brundtland definition of sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the current and future generations might have contributed to the large variety of proposed indicator sets taken up. Physical and monetary greened national accounts assess more operational definitions of ecological sustainability as dematerialization of the economy and economic sustainability as capital maintenance.
Indicators for sustainable development
Statistical systems and indicator frameworks
Figure 1. International statistical systems. (Source: Bartelmus (1997), p. 115.)
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Figure 2. Pressure-state-response framework (PSRF). (Source: OECD)
All these systems overlap. Their interaction is particularly relevant for the integrative concept of sustainable development. Green accounting systems (MFA, SEEA) and indicator frameworks such as the PSRF or DPSRF capture this interaction as indicated in Figure 1. The FDES of the United Nations (1984) has become better known under its OECD version of PSRF when used for the compilation of environmental indicators. The DSRF is a derived framework for indicators of sustainable development; governmental experts, who could only agree on selected 'themes' rather than a comprehensive framework, later abandoned the framework. Figure 2 shows the commonly applied FDES/PSRF rationale of organizing statistics and indicators under information categories of human activities, their impacts on the state of the environment, and governmental and individual response to these impacts.
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- renewable and non-renewable natural resources
- environmental quality (air, water, land)
- ecosystems (acidification, eutrophication, biodiversity)
- economic sectors (and their impacts, including emissions, natural resource use, production and consumption patterns, technologies)
- natural and man-made disasters
- global environmental problems (climate change, ozone layer depletion)
- globalization
- institutions.
Table 1. Environmental indicators of the European Union. (Source: EEA Signals 2004)
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International organizations reached some consensus on indicator sets for their particular constituencies. The United Nations advanced the above-mentioned DSRF and a set of 134 indicators of sustainable development in response to the call by the Rio Earth Summit. Country case studies and further discussion in the Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) led to the rejection of a framework in lieu of "themes" and a corresponding "core set" of 54 indicators. At present, however, the Millennium Development Indicators of the United Nations seem to be more popular than the narrowly defined environmental and sustainable development indicators. In the field of environment the OECD also limited its own "core indicators" to 40-50 indicators and reduced these further to 10-13 "key" indicators as "signals to policy makers". The European Environment Agency (EEA) publishes "environmental issues" and "environmental headline" indicators; the "environmental signals" reports (Table 1) provide a short indicator list designed to give an "environmental perspective … in the context of sustainability".
Indicators of sustainable development
Aggregation of indicators
The problem of more or less lengthy indicator lists is comparability and aggregation. Integrative concepts of sustainable development or the state and trend of the environment require evaluation or combination of indicators capturing the 'gist' of these concepts. One method of evaluating indicator sets is summarizing the impression of their results in icons such as smiling faces (Table 1) or traffic lights of red alert, yellow wait and see, and green o.k. Of course such evaluation is judgmental, and even more so when attempting an overall judgment: what is actually Europe's state of the environment as conveyed by Table 1?
Among different aggregation methods, green accounting in a common physical or monetary unit and averaging indicators are most commonly applied. Green accounting of material flows and environmental cost is described elsewhere. Here the focus is on popular ad-hoc calculations of compound indices and their use and usefulness.
Selected indices of sustainable development
Figure 3. Genuine Progress Indicator, USA. (Source: Friends of the Earth)
The final-consumption-based Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) is still related to the national accounts; it was later renamed Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) after some modification. The idea is to value and add or subtract positive and negative welfare effects, which are not measured by gross domestic product (GDP), to or from private consumption. The scissor movement of the GPI appears to confirm Max Neef's threshold hypothesis of declining human quality of life at a certain level of economic growth (Fig. 3).
Non-monetary indicators are usually combined in (unweighted) averages that give equal weight to each indicator. In this they follow the popular Human Development Index (HDI), which, however, does not cover environmental concerns. Among others that do are the Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), the Sustainable Development Index (SDI) and the Wellbeing Index (WI). The ESI includes, besides indicators of environmental pressure and quality, indicators of the capability of private and public agents to deal with environmental concerns. In this sense, it is an index of potential environmental sustainability of a country. The SDI covers all dimensions of sustainable development, including political (human rights) issues. The WI seeks to be a "barometer of sustainability", combining human and ecosystem wellbeing in a two-dimensional chart (Fig. 4).
Figure 4. Wellbeing Index: barometer of sustainability. (Source: Prescott-Allen (2001))
The Ecological Footprint (EF) is an additive measure using area equivalents of natural resource use and absorption of pollutants as the common measuring rod. It focuses on the carrying capacity of a country, region or city, which is a defining criterion of ecological sustainability. Contrary to the other indices, the EF does not incorporate economic indicators but assumes that human economic activity is responsible for exceeding the world's "biocapacity".
Use and usefulness of indicators and indices
Indicators provide early warning about non-sustainable trends of economic activity and environmental deterioration. They can also support policy formulation and evaluation. Policy use requires the setting of targets or benchmarks against which progress or failure can be assessed. The political negotiations of the UNCSD could not agree on common targets and had to be content with listing goals and standards in an annex. The MDG indicators were more successful in connecting with time-bound targets. The OECD confronts national environmental indicators with national and international standards and targets.
Compound indices usually serve early warning and advocacy for urgent action on looming environmental problems. They are the 'nutshell' indicators favored by policy makers. However, they suffer in most cases from:
- limited and subjective indicator selection, conducive to supporting more or less transparent agendas
- equal weighting of unequal environmental hazards
- inter-correlation of indicators, mixing of damage and mitigation cost valuations, and opaque units of measurement (e.g. tons or area equivalents for pollutants), distorting further the relative contribution of indicators to the index goal
- data gaps filled by rough estimates.
In general, both indicators and indices are not very specific about their overall goals and the extent the chosen indicators can capture the essence of the goals. The SDI claims to show "progress towards sustainable development"; the WI equates sustainable development with the "good life", which in turn represents "high levels of human and ecosystem wellbeing"; the authors of the ESI consider their index "the most effective metric for gauging the prospects for long-term environmental sustainability"; and the EF features the "conceptual simplicity and intuitive appeal" of using land area in an (inverse) measure of carrying capacity.
Further Reading
Cited references
- Bartelmus, P., 1997. 'Measuring sustainability: data linkage and integration', in: Moldan, B., S. Billharz and R. Matravers (1997). Sustainability Indicators: A Report on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Chichester and others: Wiley. ISBN: 0471973521
- Cobb, C., T. Halstead and J. Rowe, 1995. 'If the GDP is up, why is America down?', The Atlantic Monthly, October, 59-78.
- Daly, H.E. and J.B. Cobb, Jr., 1989. For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Towards Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press. ISBN: 0807047058
- Nováek, P. and P. Mederly, 2002. Global Partnership for Development, Sustainable Development Index, Olomouc, Czech Republic: Palacky University (for: American Council for the United Nations University).
- Prescott-Allen, R., 2001. The Wellbeing of Nations: A Country-by-country Index of Quality of Life and the Environment, Washington, D.C.: Island Press. ISBN: 1559638311
- United Nations, 1984. A Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics, New York: United Nations (sales no. E.84.XVII.12). ISBN: 9211612071
- United Nations, 1994. Earth Summit, Agenda 21, the United Nations Programme of Action from Rio, New York: United Nations (sales no. E.93.I.11). ISBN: 9211005094
- United Nations, 1996. Indicators of Sustainable Development, Frameworks and Methodologies, New York: United Nations (sales no. E.96.II.A.16). ISBN: 9211044707
- United Nations, 2001. Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies, New York: United Nations (sales no. E.01.II.A.6). ISBN: 9211045061
- World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 1987. Our Common Future, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 019282080X
General references
- Bartelmus, P. (forthcoming). Quantitative Eco-Nomics (critical review of indicators and green accounts for sustainability measurement and analysis).
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2004. Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicators Initiatives (website for national and international indicator programs and projects).
- Moldan, B., S. Billharz and R. Matravers, 1997. Sustainability Indicators: A Report on Indicators of Sustainable Development, Chichester and others: Wiley (overview of national and international approaches to indicators and index calculations).
- Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center. Environmental Sustainability Index
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1993. OECD Core Set of Indicators for Environmental Performance Reviews
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003. OECD Environmental Indicators: Development, Measurement and Use.
- United Nations. Millennium Development Goals Indicators
- United Nations Development Programme, 2005. Human Development Report 2005: Human Development Indicators.
- United Nations Statistics Division
- Wellbeing Index
CitationBartelmus, P. (2013). Indicators of sustainable development. Retrieved from http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbee377896bb431f696317
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JUAN SILVA wrote: 06-26-2011 08:02:47
Very interesting summary of such a complex issue. The abundance of acronyms makes it a little difficult to read. How good it would be to have this kind of good articles translated to spanish, so that a large fraction of the world community could read it.


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Why Nintendo Will Never Be Great Again
Once upon a time, Nintendo was king of the video game consoles, but that day is long gone. Shares of Nintendo hit a five-year low this summer, wiping away any gains from the Wii era, and it took a steep operating loss to boot last quarter. Here's why there are no bonus lives in its future.


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Alters the file location, transaction control option or size of a databank.
If the ADD... PAGES clause is specified, the databank file is extended by the number of Mimer SQL pages given by the integer parameter.
If the INTO clause is specified, the databank location stored in the data dictionary is changed to the location given in the filename-string parameter. The file specified by filename-string must exist when the ALTER DATABANK statement is executed.
The new file must be identifiable as a copy of the databank created for the current Mimer SQL database. The first page of the databank file is read to verify that the data in the databank can be accessed and that the file was closed correctly the last time it was used.
If the file is flagged internally as not being closed correctly, a full DBC check is effectively done on it, see the Mimer SQL Systmen Management Handbook, chapter 6, Databank Check Functionality, for details on the DBC functionality.
The ALTER DATABANK statement will fail if the new file does not verify correctly against the checks performed.
If the timestamp information in the databank file indicates that additional information must be restored to it to bring it up to date, an information message is written to the database server log file (this message will be returned to the user if the database is being accessed in single user mode).
This situation will not cause the ALTER DATABANK statement to fail, but any attempt to subsequently access the databank will raise an error indicating that additional information must be restored to the databank. Once the additional information has been restored, the databank can be used normally.
If the databank is OFFLINE, however, the new file will be accepted by the ALTER DATABANK statement without any verification. In this case the file is validated when the databank is next set ONLINE and the SET DATABANK statement will fail if the file does not verify correctly against the checks performed.
If the TO... OPTION clause is specified, the transaction control option of the databank is changed.
The possible options are:
All operations on the databank are performed under transaction control. All transactions are logged.
All operations on the databank are performed under transaction control. No transactions are logged.
All operations on the databank are performed without transaction control (even if they are requested within a transaction) and are not logged. Set operations (DELETE, UPDATE and INSERT on several rows) which are interrupted will not be rolled back. All secondary indexes contained in the databank are flagged as not consistent (a secondary index that is flagged as not consistent will not offer optimal performance when used in a query).
Only the creator of the databank may alter it.
The databank option may only be set to TRANS or LOG for a databank that is shadowed or contains a table defined with foreign or unique keys, a table referenced in a foreign key context or a table on which a UNIQUE index or trigger has been created.
The ADD... PAGES clause may not be used if the databank is OFFLINE.
If the extension of the databank exceeds the available disk space, the databank is extended as much as possible.
If a databank is full, it will be extended automatically on operating systems supporting dynamic file extension (provided that there is free space on the disk). However, such incremental extensions may lead to the disk becoming fragmented, so the use of explicit ALTER DATABANK... ADD can help avoid disk fragmentation.
Changing the location of a databank with the ALTER DATABANK... INTO statement only changes the file location stored in the data dictionary, it does not move any physical files in the host operating system. You must first copy or move the databank file to its new location using operating system commands and then use the ALTER DATABANK statement to correct the location stored in the data dictionary.
The value of filename-string must always be enclosed in string delimiters. The maximum length of the filename string is 256 characters.
Refer to Specifying the Location of User Databanks for details concerning the specification of path-name components in filename-string.
When the databank option is altered to NULL, all secondary indexes contained in the databank will be flagged as not consistent.
It is not possible to update primary key columns if the table is located in a databank with the NULL option.
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In the long run win percentage and loss count are pointless and mostly also discouraging people from playing.
Even worse it encourages playing always meta files. You said you want to change the environment, i think this is one important step in doing just that!
Win percentage and loss count should be removed from the MY ICZER and any ICZER related profile.
These two stats should only be on each individual file. It shows how much you need to improve the file or the way you play it!
Win count is still nice to have. Win streak is still okeyish.
Basically the stats that mock the player need to go. Keep only the positive ones revealed to everyone.
RP is another useless and pointless stat which helps messing up the environment. It should also be completely removed. It doesn't even show skill. It only shows who abused and grinded the better files + camped better ... big whoop!~


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I cannot say enough good things about your work. This is wonderful !!
Drawn for Nystul's Infinite Dungeon.
Drawn at 12x9 with 0.03 and 0.05 ink pens.
Described as a "Deadwood" that has grown as adventurers have flooded in, it is the 'nexus' of island activity and the main resting point before one heads deeper inland. I wanted to capture the spirit of "the Wild West" with the single main road heading through town (complete with taverns on either side), but also show organic growth: the motte and bailey positioned near the freshwater springs, which eventually grew into the first wall, and then again another burst along the Eastern and Southern edges.
I cannot say enough good things about your work. This is wonderful !!
I am the breath of Dragons...The Song of Mountains...The Stories of Rivers....The Heart of Cities.... I am A Cartographer....
Finished Maps
Kingdom Of Shendenflar Campaign Setting (WIP)
Everything I post is free for use and redistribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence, except where noted otherwise in the thread.
Very cool! I'm curious, what kind of pens do you use?
Copic Multiliner's SP: http://store.copicmarker.com/pages/o...-multiliner-sp
They are not even an expensive pen (I used to use Rotring), but I find that they are pretty on the mark (although nib wear can cause the same sized nib to have different results ... I actually use this to my advantage and tend to use them like I would different sized brushes!)
Thanks! I may have to investigate those... I have an xs .1 pitt, but sometimes it's not small enough.
Yes - honestly - .1 is HUGE and I rarely use mine. 0.05 is good, 0.03 is borderline madness, lol.
I also found that switching out my paper to one made for ink work really helped keep the lines as thin as the pen intends - 'pourous' paper soaks up the ink, even only a little, and it will bleed enough so 0.03 comes out closer to 0.06!
Right. Good idea =)
Goodness. When I saw you had typed 0.03 I thought it was a typo and you meant 0.3. I didn't know such fine nibs existed! ) 0.1 is the finest I've ever used!


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Editor's Note: When it comes to commencement, the address given by the invited guest typically garners the most attention. For example, Esther Yoder's '60 talk at Keuka's 105th commencement was covered on online and in the area print media. However, there were some other noteworthy moments from May 26 and we'll take a look at some of them here.
"Everyone has a duty to repair the world," said Sophia Veffer, who delivered the baccalaureate address. "We share our humanity and we all want to live in a peaceful world."
Veffer, past president of the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo Board of Directors and current executive board member, said the main reason she gives lectures at schools and colleges is to spread the message not to be a bystander.
Citing the Holocaust and present-day genocides as examples, Veffer said bystanders are the most dangerous group because "they enable the perpetrators to commit their crimes by being silent. They make an amoral decision to tolerate the injustices in their society. "
Veffer urged the Class of 2013 and others who attended the service to "be vocal when you witness injustice and discrimination.
"Don't say, 'I, alone, cannot change the world.' One person can make a difference, for example, Rosa Parks, who did not want to give up her seat on the bus and ignited the Civil Rights Movement. Even if nobody will listen to you, it makes you a better person that you tried to repair the world. It gives you self respect because you tried to make this global world a more peaceful world to live for yourself and other people. Each one of you can make a difference in your own way. Be a caregiver and be a caring and involved citizen and repair the world. What you do matters."
In the past, said Veffer, one's immediate neighborhood was very narrowly defined; it included their school, church, block around their home, playground, etc. That has changed.
"You are the generation that lives in a global society, where your neighbors may live in Rwanda or Turkey," explained Veffer. "And you live in a very diverse world. You have to adjust to different life styles, different customs, different religions, etc. Your whole world is your neighborhood and as good neighbors, you have to stay connected and care for the welfare of each human being. You have to be participating and caring global citizens because what happens in one part of the world can affect us."
Baccalaureate also featured On Love, the class poem written and read by Erica Ruscio; The Prayer, a song performed by Amanda Burlingame and Chelsea Sherwood; an Unity, an interpretive dance performed by Ashlee Eilers, Johnathon Pugh, and Elizabeth Vinette.
Professor of the Year
President Jorge L. Díaz-Herrera described Professor of Psychology Mike Rogoff as "a dedicated educator who exhibits great enthusiasm for learning and a passion for helping students to be successful. His commitment to students has been evident over the years in his innovative teaching and in the individual assistance he provides to his students."
Students routinely describe Rogoff, who came to Keuka in 1971, as "amazing," "well-prepared," "fantastic," "challenging," "genuine," and "a great person."
"In four decades of student-centered teaching, he has truly exemplified Keuka's emphasis on the individual student," said the president. "His particular attention to the well-being of first-year students deserves commendation. Over the past decade and more, he has made significant contributions to our retention efforts through his research analyzing student study habits. This work has been of enormous benefit to the College, to his colleagues on the faculty, and most especially to students, as he compiled, interpreted, and shared with colleagues the data he collected."
In addition to his work in the classroom, Rogoff served as chair of the Division of Basic and Applied Social Sciences for many years.
"In this role, he managed a division of independent-minded colleagues in a persistent and often admirably tireless manner," said the president. "In untold ways, he performed the day-to-day administrative work that kept a centrally-important division running."
Most recently, his work on the ad hoc Curriculum Task Force "testifies to his continuing commitment to enhancing students' educational experiences at Keuka," added Díaz-Herrera.
Retiring Faculty Members
Vice President for Academic Affairs Anne Weed recognized:
Michaela Cosgrove, professor emerita of Spanish, who will be the focus of an upcoming feature story on Keuka College Today.
Class Gift
A sundial reflecting Keuka's global impact is located in front of Dahlstrom Student Center.


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Extensions Language Manager Installed
From Joomla! Documentation
How to Access
Select Extensions → Language Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation or click the icon Language in the control center.
In the Language Manager you can set the default Language for both the Front-end and Back-end of your Joomla! web site.
Column Headers
The Installed tab has the following column titles. These details are fetched from the XML file included in the language pack.
- Num. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.
- Radiobutton. Allows you to choose a language and set it as the default.
- Language. Item language.
- Language Tag. The language tag corresponding to the language above.
- Location. Whether the language is the front end or backend (note this is chosen from the Toolbar Links at the top of the page
- Default. The default language of the site, marked with a yellow graphical asterisk in this column. Note: to every user a language can be assigned (see "User Management"), user from groups "Administrator" and "Super Administrator" can select their preferred language themself at login.
- Version. The version number of the installed language.
- Date. The creation date of the language.
- Author. The name of the language translator is displayed in this column.
- Author E-mail. The e-mail address of the translator.
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
The functions are:
- Default. Makes the selected language the default language. The default star symbol () will show in the Default column, indicating that this is now the default language.
- Options. Opens the Options window where settings such as default parameters or permissions can be edited.
- Help. Opens this help screen.
Toolbar Links
At the top left, above the columns, you will see four links as shown below:
- Installed - Site. Shows the Languages available for the front-end of the web site.
- Installed - Administrator. Shows the Languages available for the back-end of the web site.
- Content. Shows the Content Languages available for the web site. See Extensions Language Manager Content.
- Overrides. Allows you to override any language strings in any language file through the backend.
Quick Tips
- Users can use any Language from the list of installed Languages, either by having it assigned in the User Manager or by filling out a Menu Item Manager - New/Edit - User Form Layout at the Front end. This will cause the Joomla! system prompts to be generated in this Language just for this User. For example, if a User chooses Spanish as their language, then the Search Module will show with prompts in Spanish.
- This User's choice is not affected by the Default Language set for the Front-end.
- Changing a User's Language or the Default Language does not affect the web site's Articles and other content.
- Important: Do not delete the default language files (for example, with FTP). This will create errors on both the Front-end and Back-end.
- Additional Languages can be added using the Extension Manager - Install Screen.
- If desired, you can show the Front-end site in one Language and show the Back-end administration pages in a different Language. Also, individual articles can be configured to use a different language in the Advanced Parameter pane when editing the Article.
Related Information
- To install more Languages: Extension Manager - Install Screen
- To uninstall a Language: Extension Manager - Manage
- To change the Language for a User: User Manager - New/Edit
- To set the Language of an Article: Article Manager - New/Edit - Parameters - Advanced


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With a list of name brand hotels such as these, Wyndham Worldwide has been a leader in the world of accommodations. One of the many reasons travelers become returning guests to Wyndham Worldwide hotels, is because of the benefits guests receive. Wyndham Rewards is a benefits travel program that is offered at over 6,000 Wyndham Worldwide hotels. The more you visit Ramada Hotels, and other Wyndham Worldwide properties, the more points you earn. The more points you earn, the more rewards you get. It's as simple as that! Rewards and perks of being a Wyndham Rewards member include free stays at many worldwide destinations, special hotel promotion events, airline miles, rail points and plenty of other prizes. What are you waiting for? Enjoy a fabulous stay at one of the many Ramada Hotels and earn fabulous rewards. Whether you are at the Boston Ramada or the Seattle Ramada, you are guaranteed an enjoyable stay!


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Dimpleskins Bum Bum Balm is a must in every diaper bag and an excellent choice for cloth diapers. Pure, unbleached, Canadian beeswax provides a nice barrier on the skin, helping to keep moisture away, while organic Calendula oil provides natural healing properties for rashes. Apply Dimpleskins diaper cream area at each diaper change.
When using Dimpleskins Bum Bum Balm with cloth diapers, using a cloth diaper liner is still recommended.
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|コロビ Korobi
|Naruto Shippūden Episode #182
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Korobi (コロビ, Korobi) is a shinobi from Sunagakure.
Personality Edit
He is shown to be cowardly and wimpy around Gaara, due to him formally being a murderous maniac. He later befriends Gaara, forming one of Gaara's very first friendships.
He has small black eyes. He dons the standard attire of a Suna-nin, complete with a forehead protector, flak jacket, and a white turban.
Abilities Edit
Like his partner Yaoki, Korobi specialises in the use of puppets. He carries a certain type of puppet which are able to spew out water.
Part II Edit
Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha Edit
When Konoha and Suna start to get along again, Korobi is assigned to a team with Gaara in order to take out a group of bandits located between Suna and Konoha, which Team 7 was also assigned to. He is very afraid of Gaara at the beginning, unable to forget what Gaara used to be like.
When Gaara is caught in a trap by the Suna Assassin Captain, he tells Korobi and Yaoki to get away. Naruto runs into them, learning that Gaara was captured and asks them why they abandoned their friend. Korobi and Yaoki both wonder if Gaara is their friend. Korobi and Yaoki both burst dramatically onto the scene, announcing that Gaara is their friend and they're sorry they left him. They then assist Naruto in rescuing Gaara. After their mission is finished, Gaara asks Korobi and Yaoki to repeat what they said and they happily say they're his friends.
Trivia Edit
- Korobi (打者) means "batter".


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GHOST WITH THE MOST Rumors about a sequel to Tim Burton's 1988 comedy classic Beetlejuice have been roaming the internet like a lost soul in a haunted house for more than a decade, but it now appears that a sequel might have some (after)life after all. In a recent interview with MTV, the title star of the original, Michael Keaton, revealed that he would be interested in reprising the role in a sequel and that he has even e-mailed Burton "a couple of times" and "talked to the writer" about Beetlejuice 2.
I always said that's the one thing I'd like to do again, if I ever did anything again. But it kind of required Tim to be involved some way or another.Now it looks like [Burton] is involved. And without giving too much away we've talked to each other, and e-mailed each other, and if he's in, it's going to be hard not to be in.
BOX OFFICE The Lego Movie managed to hold off a trio of '80s remakes to take the top spot at the box office for the second week in a row, adding $48.8 million for a total of $129.1 million. About Last Night a loose adaptation of the 1986 movie that starred Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, opened in 2nd place with $27 million. RoboCop, a remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 classic, earned $21.5 million on the weekend, $26.4 million in its first five days. George Clooney's The Monuments Men took fourth with $15 million, for a total of $43.6 million. And, Endless Love, a remake of the 1981 movie, opened in 5th with $13.3 million.
BALLERS Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will be returning to television, this time as the headliner of a half-hour sports dramedy. According to THR, HBO has picked up the series Ballers, which focuses on a group of former and current football players. Johnson, a former college football player and WWF wrestler, is no stranger to the sports world, but this will be his first time headlining a series made for TV. Stephen Levinson of Entourage fame wrote the script and will executive produce the series, alongside Johnson, Johnson's Pain and Gain co-star Mark Wahlberg, Hiram Garcia, Evan Reilly and Peter Berg. Berg will direct the pilot.
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- Achieving the best product to production and into the market quickly and efficiently requires an integrated approach to product design. Manual trial and error methods in design optimization and development will be time consuming and costly. This paper presents the design optimization process for designing and analysing a 600ml PET bottle using the Pro/Mechanica Structure finite element method (FEM), investigating the optimization of its shape, size, and features for reduced material usage without affecting its capacity, functionality, and strength.
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