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This Sunday is National AIDS Testing Day, and right now national and local agencies are getting the word out about free HIV/AIDS testing.
Events are being planned in Leon and Gadsden Counties to not only raise awareness about the virus, but to help people understand that the HIV test is simple and more importantly, confidential.
For a long time, videos and pamphlets were used to get the message out about the seriousness of HIV and AIDS. Julie Zimmerman with the Bond Community Health Center says the method has changed. Now, agencies are hosting health fairs and providing on the spot HIV testing.
Julie says, "As prevalent as it is, people are hesitant because someone sees them going into a clinic, or even thinks they are being tested, they are afraid that they would be seen as being positive."
Lamar Douglas agrees. Douglas serves as the Director of Education Services for Big Bend Cares.
Lamar Douglas says, "People are afraid, not so much afraid of getting tested, but the fear heightens when they want to return for the results."
For the purpose of this story, Dennis Andrews, a case manager with Big Bend Cares, agreed to do an on camera HIV test. Big Bend Cares offers a test that uses a cotton swab to check for HIV antibodies in the mucus membranes of the mouth.
Douglas says on average his agency sees eight clients a week, but he would like to see more.
"My wish would be for them to have a cure for HIV/AIDS, because right now there is no cure for it," he says.
The Centers for Disease Control reports that more than half of all Americans diagnosed with HIV each year are African American.
Big Bend Cares is hosting one event in Gadsden County set for Wednesday at the Board of County Commissioner's Office, and another on Friday at The Moon in Tallahassee from 12 to 6. The Leon County/Bond Community Health Center will host an event on Saturday from 12 until 4.
All testing will be free, and of course, confidential.
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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- Crews have cleared a crash that temporarily shut down a portion of Route 30 in Lancaster County on Wednesday morning.
A vehicle crashed in the eastbound lanes of Route 30 near North Donnerville Road in West Hempfield Township. The crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. and caused major backups on Route 30 and surrounding roads.
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Chriss Santana, 27, of Jewett City, charged with helping accused killer Jeffrey Savoy hide evidence in his manslaughter case, may be getting out of prison on bail soon.
Savoy, who lived in Taftville, is accused of fatally stabbing his brother John Coddington in September at Coddington's house in Jewett City. The brothers fought about Coddington's two young children, police said. Savoy is being held on a $1 million bond.
Santana is charged with hindering prosecution. Her bail was initially set at $50,000 because authorities weren't sure if she might have played a bigger role in the crime than they now think she did, her lawyer, Michael Jewell, said Tuesday in New London Superior Court.
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Dwight Crocker of Big Frog Bouncy houses bought a house from me on ebay. The house was listed as needing work and all repairs needed were listed. He paid me through paypal for the house. After I transferred the deed to his name he cancelled the payment. Now I am out of my house and the money. DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS MAN! his ebay ID is DWC2815.
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After pregnancy diets are a very popular subject for all new mothers. This is understandable whether or not you had a normal of cesarean birth as well as if you chose to breastfeed. More than likely you are concerned about your weight gain during pregnancy. You may even wonder what happened to your pre-pregnancy shape. Then you may wonder what kind of exercise is necessary when you diet to lose baby weight.
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Weight loss diets, after you have had a baby, should always consider possible hormone imbalances that are involved with being pregnant and having a baby, in order to work effectively, and this is true of any diet. A program that helps you burn fat and maintain good health and energy levels to keep up with the new baby will always be the diet of choice.
A great baby fat loss program involves following a sensible, no nonsense diet that takes your needs and personal preferences into account. This will help you shed those pounds reasonably. For the best long term results, you want to diet in a healthy manner. Besides, it is rare to keep weight off once it is lost when it is shed to fast. Very often it can also lead to other types of problems.
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December 28th, 2012 - 5:53am
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Health Department says a Pierce County boy and two older adults in King County are the first influenza deaths in the state this season.
The department said Thursday that flu activity is picking up across the state and it's urging everyone from six-months old on up to have an annual flu shot.
That's something that Clallam County's Health Officer, Dr. Tom Locke is also advocating.
So far, no flu deaths have been reported on the north Olympic Peninsula.
The Pierce County boy who was younger than 12 was the first death, earlier in December. A man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s in King County died in the past two weeks.
The Health Department's Julie Graham says an average of two children and 25 adults die of the flu each year in the state. The worst flu season recently was 2009-2010 when 5 children and 95 adults died.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- In order to grow, Best Buy is shrinking.
The largest U.S. specialty electronics retailer for years expanded quickly by opening big-box stores across the country. But shoppers have started using the hulking stores as showrooms where they can test out products before buying them cheaper elsewhere.
To revamp the struggling chain, Best Buy said Thursday it plans to close 50 of its U.S. big-box stores, cut 400 corporate jobs and trim $800 million in costs. The company, which has about 1,400 U.S. locations, also plans to open 100 smaller and more profitable Best Buy Mobile stores throughout the country.
"How do we position the company so we're where our customers need us to be?" asked CEO Brian Dunn in a call on Thursday with analysts. "We're clearly going to have more doors and less square footage."
Best Buy did not say which stores are slated to close, saying those details will come later.
There are 23 Best Buy big-box stores located throughout the Bay Area, including three in San Jose and two in San Francisco. Other stores are located in Brentwood, Colma, Dublin, East Palo Alto, Emeryville, Fairfield, Marin City, Milpitas, Mountain View, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, San Bruno, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Sunnyvale, Union City and Vallejo.
Best Buy is trying to avoid the fate of rival Circuit City, which liquidated in 2009 after it struggled with the changing electronics landscape. Sales of TVs, digital cameras and video game consoles -- once the bread-and-butter of electronics retailers -- have weakened, while sales of lower-margin items like tablet computers, smartphones and e-readers have increased. The rise in competition from Internet rivals like Amazon.com and discounters like Target also has hurt electronics retailers.
Best Buy, based in Minneapolis, on Thursday also posted a $1.7 billion fiscal fourth quarter loss that's partly due to restructuring charges. Despite the loss, Best Buy's adjusted results for the quarter topped Wall Street's expectations. But as investors worried that Best Buy's restructuring didn't go far enough, its shares slid about 7 percent to $24.66.
Best Buy's loss amounted to $4.89 per share for the period ended March 3, compared with a profit of $651 million, or $1.62 per share, a year ago. Results included $2.6 billion in charges mostly related to its purchase of Carphone Warehouse Group PLC's interest in the Best Buy Mobile profit-sharing agreement and related costs, as well as an impairment charge tied to writing off Best Buy Europe goodwill and restructuring charges.
Taking these items out, adjusted earnings were $2.47 per share, above the $2.15 per share that analysts surveyed by FactSet forecast.


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.
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Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 833.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Average Hour Burden per Respondent: 25 hours, Individual and Households and 1 hour, State/Local/Tribal Government.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,041 hours.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annualized cost burden to respondents or recordkeepers is $168,266.
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Morning babe how you fealing today
I did have pm of rachel last week she said she was taking some time out
as its knocked her for six with poor clare
Them to are very close like sisters so i guess she is just supporting claire
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Morning Anna,
feeling ok this morning. A little bit nauseous. Lost my appetite completely, bummer. Got lots to do today. I suspected Rachel would be taking time out. I know everyone has been quite upset and shocked about it.
How are you? Any sign of Ov yet? xxxxxx
Our baby Eleanor lost 6 Apr 10
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Oh that's really energetic. Have you thought about aquarobics? Thats really good cardio-fat burning. There's a lady that runs it at out local gym (i'm a member) and although its not as bad as spin bikes, its pretty intense She does tailor it though, so when i pluck up the courage, i get her to sort my programme out
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Our house is about 800yds from the sea. The only problem is it get really windy here in March, and as soon as the weather starts to get warm we get a sea fret (fog) and then its freezing! You pop into Alnwick inland and its red hot
The air is nice and clean here though.
Well OH did the garden and has been weeding. about time too.
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There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. It is unlikely to require protection as it is relatively widespread across north eastern Tasmania, and its range overlaps with national parkland, including the South West Wilderness World Heritage Area. Future research should focus on establishing a broad scale audit (population trends, distribution and threats) and monitoring program across this genus and other burrowing crayfish as they are likely to be very sensitive indicators of habitat and climate change (N. Doran pers. comm. 2009).


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I had a lot of people asking what the Buzz plans wil be for the Cotton Bowl this year and I can finally report it's officially gonnabe on at the Hilton Anatole! Call over there at 800-955-4281 ASAP. Mention Arkansas Fan Block. We'll be doing shows live from the Antaole and Friday's show will be at Sherlock's, which is just a hop and a skip from Cowboys Stadium. Pre-bowl party and post-bowl party all at Sherlock's with The Buzz.
Thanks to Brent Crow from www.Sportsmemo.com. Our weekly sage is on fire with his college bball picks this year. Make sure to check out his site for the some of the best info you can find.
Jim Harris of www.ArkansasSports360 fame joined us for his weekly appearance in The Zone. We chatted the new defensive coord coaching position at Arkansas and what may happen to the BCS in the next few years.
Big thanks to Spence Watson from Sync Weekly magazine. He always gives us the haps for central Arkansas and the fun for the weekend.
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Direct-to-consumer genetic tests under fire from geneticists
Amsterdam – Two studies presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics yesterday show that common Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests give inaccurate predictions of disease risks and thus European geneticists want to ban most of them. At the conference, Dutch researchers under Rachel Kalf from University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, presented an analysis of the risk predictions for eight common multi-factorial diseases offered by the DTC companies deCODEme (Iceland) and 23andMe (USA) that showed quantitatively that the predictions were inaccurate and exaggerated and did not take non-genetic disease risk factors into account.
In the second study, Dr. Heidi Howard from the University of Leuven, Belgium, and her colleague Professor Pascal Borry reported the results of the first survey of a representative sample of clinical geneticists from 28 countries across Europe on their experience of and attitudes to DTC genetic testing. According to the poll, 69% of respondents felt that prenatal gender tests should be legally banned, and 63% wanted to prohibit whole genome scans carried out by DTC companies, Additionally, 90% of respondents felt that a pre-symptomatic test - predicting if an asymptomatic person had a very high probability of developing a condition - should not be allowed without face-to-face medical supervision; 93% felt the same for a predictive test for a condition that has a penetrance of 50 – 60%; 79% for a carrier test for homozygous monogenic disorders, such as sickle-cell anaemia; and 72% for a predictive test for a condition that increased or decreased a person's risk of developing it by 4% when compared to the general population. At the moment, DTC genetic tests reach the market without having undergone any form of regulation. Currently only a few European countries, for example France and Switzerland, have legislation that states that genetic tests can only be accessed via individual medical supervision.


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Local plumbers have been in high demand for the past few days. The freezing weather caused lots of plumbing issues for the Wiregrass area.
Heath Odoms is a part owner of Odom's Plumbing and Electricity, over the past few days his company has been getting numerous calls due to pipe damage.
"I mean it's been crazy the last couple of days," said Odoms.
This has led a lot of Wiregrass residents without water. The wind chill was so severe that it caused pipes to bust all around town. This has caused an overflow of calls for plumbers.
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He wasn't the only plumber whose phone was ringing off the hook, Odom's didn't expect the weather to cause this much of a problem for Dothan residents. Over the past 48 hours Odoms says that he has had between 55 to 70 calls.
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Immediately notify the proper authority, verify the accuracy of the information you are reporting, await direction, confirm the instructions received, and be sure to avoid, if possible, the use of radios or cell phones within 300 ft. of an incident involving explosive devices or suspected explosives.
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If the person is in a restricted area, calmly approach the suspicious person and ask him/her for an ID card or badge, if you can help them, whom they are there to see, and/or if you can escort them out of the area. If you find a person threatening or dangerous, do not approach him/her and never attempt to hold or detain a person. As they leave, note their direction of travel, description of license plate, clothing, and personal characteristics.
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3 February 2013
Long Run - Blow Up!
Posted by Brad Hefta-Gaub under: Run.
I had a great start to this run. My plan, if you can call it that, was to run out as fast as I could. Shooting for my goal pace required to qualify for Boston. 3:15:00 is what I need to run, so that means 7:26/mile pace. I was shooting for sub 7:30… I ended up making it to mile 14 at that pace. But then I started blowing up really bad. By mile 16 my average was still 7:29, but I was running closer to 8:00/mile. Then I really slowed down and realized I was getting a blister (this time, similar to the one from the Quadzilla, but on my other foot).
Anyway, I think the key here is that even though from cardiovascular perspective I can handle it, my muscular or neuromuscular endurance aren't there… not to mention my running stride is apparently different enough that it causes me blisters.
The solution: run more!
- Type: Run
- Date: 02/03/2013
- Time: 12:43:00
- Total Time: 3:24:24.00
- Average Heart rate: 136
- Max Heart rate: 152
- Calories: 2399
- Distance: 25 miles
- Average Pace: 8:10.46/mile
- Max Pace: 7:19.02/mile
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At its October meeting, the Clearwater Chapter Florida Society of the Sons of the American Revolution presented public service awards to Deputy Wayne Spencer Gross of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and Firefighter/Paramedic Robert D. Williams and Lt. Matthew A. Carpenter, both with Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue.
The men were chosen by their superior officers for their distinguished service to the community and their consistent level of professionalism. Introducing the police award recipient was Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. Fire and EMS recipients were introduced by Suncoast Fire & Rescue Deputy Chief Karry Bell.
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Three local elementary students have been named Safety Harbor Kiwanis Club Students of the Month for October.
Kaitlyn Davis, a fifth-grader from Safety Harbor Elementary, was selected by teacher Robin Little for her focus in class and eagerness to learn. Kaitlyn's other winning qualities include showing respect for others and a willingness to take on responsibility. Kaitlyn has been described as a model citizen and always looks out for her fellow classmates, stepping up to help if there's a need.
Earning the honor of Safety Harbor Kiwanis Student of the Month at McMullen-Booth Elementary were fifth-graders Lexianne Bates and Graham Hughes.
Lexianne was chosen by teacher Sandy Everett, who feels the young lady stands out as an individual in many aspects. She is a leader in and out of the classroom, demonstrating good character by her actions and choices. Her ability to perform at high levels academically demonstrates her desire to be successful, always giving 100 percent effort.
Respectful, caring and responsible from day to day, Graham has a good sense of humor as well as the ability to be a leader, according to nominating teacher Barbara Babler. He serves on the Safety Patrol, supervising kindergarteners and serving as a role model for the youngsters. Babler also noted that while Graham is highly competitive, he displays good sportsmanship and fair play.
Each Student of the Month received a trophy from the Safety Harbor Kiwanis Club.
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Marine Corps League's Morris F. Dixon Detachment 54 reports that a Toys for Tots planning session Oct. 27 in Largo was attended by a large group of volunteers from every section of Pinellas County.
The Toys for Tots goal is to provide 1,500 less fortunate children with toys for the holidays. Pinellas County Toys For Tots Coordinator Ron Ashley says more volunteers are welcome. For more information on how to help, call (727) 517-6408.
In other news, the 238th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps was celebrated by more than 200 members of the detachment and their guests Nov. 10 at the Belleair Country Club. As is customary at Marine Corps birthday celebrations worldwide, cake was shared by the youngest, Lance Corp. Jacqueline Fonseca, and the oldest, John Residence, Marines in attendance.
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In a recent blog post BNE highlighted that downtown Buffalo is seeing development and investment at an unprecedented level. With over $1.5 billion in completed projects and another $1.5 billion under construction or planned, the momentum our region is exhibiting cannot be denied.
The scale of investment is enormous, but just as impressive is vision of the larger, anchor projects. The redevelopment of the Inner Harbor and Canalside – undoubtedly the most anticipated and visible of these projects – will transform the land on the Buffalo River and around the First Niagara Center into a vibrant destination for residents and tourists to enjoy year-round. The 425 activities that were held in 2012 drew 500,000 visitors and in 2013 Canalside has a 70% increase in event programming already scheduled.
At last week's breakfast meeting of the WNY Chapter of the NYS Commercial Association of Realtors, Thomas Dee, President of Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. (ECHDC) provided further insight into the activity happening today and what is slated for the future. This project is past the tipping point, Canalside is no longer a plan but instead a reality with three significant projects already underway. The $30,000,000 renovation of the former Donovan Building into One Canalside featuring hotel/office/retail space, the groundbreaking for the Buffalo Sabres $170,000,000 HARBORcenter, and the reconstruction of the historically accurate canal system are merely the beginning. Just as tangible are the projects that will reconnect Canalside to Ohio St., the Buffalo River, and Outer Harbor.
Below you will find a link to download the presentation that outlines all the activity. The slides provide an impressive visual impact of how downtown Buffalo will look for future generations, but the context of Mr. Dee's passion cannot be represented. If you have not been involved in the public meetings or seen the district in person recently, you are urged to get involved.
Please click this link to download the presentation. (There were some issues with the document opening with certain Adobe/Internet browser configurations. In order to access the highest quality document, please right-click on the link and select "Save Link (or Target) As…" to download the PDF).


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MENLO PARK -- At a time when many venture capital funds have shifted away from cleantech, the Menlo Park-based Westly Group, run by former state Controller Steve Westly, announced Tuesday that it has closed on a new $160 million cleantech fund.
There are 50 investors in the fund; the three largest are corporate investors Citi, the German utility E.ON and the SK Group of South Korea.
"We are more bullish than ever on cleantech," Westly said in an interview with this newspaper. "Costs are going down, revenues are going up, and we're seeing better business models. People have gotten smarter. And corporate investors are replacing pension funds and university endowments -- they understand how large this market is."
Global clean-technology venture investment plunged to $6.46 billion in 2012, down 33 percent from $9.61 billion in 2011, according to San Francisco-based research and consulting firm Cleantech Group, which is hosting its annual Cleantech Forum this week The low price of natural gas made it harder for renewable energy to compete on cost, and many venture capitalists shied away from capital-intensive deals after seeing companies such as Santa Clara-based Misasolé sold at fire sale prices. Last month, VantagePoint Venture Partners told Dow Jones that it had stopped raising a new fund, initially targeted at $1.25 billion in late 2010, because of lack of interest from limited partners.
"This fundraising in some ways goes against the grain," said Emily Mendell at the National Venture Capital Association. "The fact that it's a cleantech fund is a good thing: There aren't a lot of cleantech funds being raised these days. But successful venture firms often invest in sectors when others pull back."
The most active global cleantech investors are well-known Silicon Valley firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Khosla Ventures. Last year, Braemar Energy Ventures announced it raised $300 million for its third fund, which focuses on expansion-stage energy companies. But large global corporations such as General Electric and Siemens are increasingly active in cleantech. MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, stepped in and bought San Jose-based SunPower's (SPWRA) Antelope Valley solar farm.
The Westly group was an investor in Tesla Motors (TSLA), biofuel company Amyris and China Recycling Energy, all of which went public and are trading on the Nasdaq. Another portfolio company, Eka Systems, was acquired by Cooper Industries.
The Westly Group's current portfolio includes several companies, from Lunera Lighting and the Recycle Bank to Oakland-based Revolution Foods.
Revolution Foods provides healthy meals to several charter schools and school districts. In December, Revolution Foods was awarded a $9 million annual contract with the San Francisco Unified School District's 114 schools and 55,000 students.
"We're looking for big ideas, great entrepreneurs and great business models," Westly said. "Some people question if Revolution Foods is really cleantech, but they are changing the world. They are in 12 states and 500 schools."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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I Was Homeschooled. Yes, I'm Still Normal
"You were homeschooled? But you seem so … normal!"
Ah, the shocked outcry of an acquaintance to whom I have revealed my secret past as a feral homeschooled child. But yes, it's true. I was a feral homeschooled child, grown up without a television, educated outside the public school system, childhood years spent running wild through the suburbs of southern Ontario. I did not watch "Transformers" as a kid. I cannot join you in your nostalgic remembrances of that (allegedly) awesome cartoon. Instead, my entertainment was books.
For a very long time, I was sure the librarians hated me and my three brothers. We would descend like locusts on the local public library in search of entertainment. No television and no Nintendo meant books were our fun. I remember checking out a particularly large pile of books and feeling guilty about it, staring at the sign above the circulation desk, which declared that you could not check out more than three books on a subject. I had at least fifteen books on horses and another ten with the 'science fiction' sticker on them. I was breaking the rules. I knew I would not be allowed all these books, as much as I wanted them. However, the librarian beamed at me while she ran my books through the scanner, and didn't say a word about my flaunting of Library Rules. Disconcerted, I asked my Dad why she seemed so happy. "Well," he said, "not many children read so many books, so she was probably happy to see you do."
I was surprised. There I was, violating the three books per subject rule and the librarian was okay with it! Clearly librarians were much more rebellious than I gave them credit for. I never thought ill of them again.
Brother #1 (of 3) and I would speed read through Hardy Boys books, trying to see who could go the fastest. He always won, despite the fact that I was older and should have won because that is the natural order of things. Hardy Boys books (the original hardbacks from the 1940s, not the pulpy paperback reboots) were dumb and entertaining, tidy adventure stories filled with paper thin characters (Frank, the older Hardy Boy, had dark hair and was boring. Joe, the younger one, had blond hair and while also boring, occasionally acted impulsively. This is why Joe is the superior Hardy Boy) and lots of weird facts about things like smuggling, pirates, and dynamite. I had my Hardy Boys knowledge down cold, but I was a kid in the 1980s and 90s, not the 1940s. Who cared about the Hardy Boys when there were Transformers? My peers were not impressed.
There is a great disconnect when you are not culture knowledgeable. It is hard to have a casual conversation if you don't have the slightest knowledge of television, sports or movies, much less bond with your peers. I remember sitting in a car with a group of kids my age who were acting out "Monty Python" sketches. I had no idea what they were talking about. A dead parrot? Why was the parrot pining for the fjords? It made no sense! I stared out the car window, feeling frustrated and left out.
Enough was enough, I resolved. I would become culture knowledgeable. I would watch movies and maybe even television. Somehow. I would find a way. I would have conversations about dead parrots, if that's what the people wanted.
I succeeded in making movies and television (to a lesser degree) my hobby as I entered post-secondary. "The X-Files" was the first television show I watched regularly, and newly discovering the wide world of the Internet, debated fiercely online. I was transforming into a thinly disguised "normal" human being, shaking off the shackles of my feral homeschooled childhood. I could discuss pop culture, quote "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," and even hum the "Indiana Jones" theme song. I had seen "Star Wars."
Today, I am nearly indistinguishable from any other person. You probably can't tell I was ever a feral homeschooled child, with only books to entertain me. I still read like crazy, especially comics, but I know about other stuff too. Go on, ask me about a movie or TV show or videogame. I bet I've heard of it.
Faith Erin Hicks is a writer and artist in Halifax, Canada. Her first two graphic novels, Zombies Calling and The War at Ellsmere, were published by SLG Publishing. Most recently, she wrote and illustrated the graphic novel Friends With Boys. Hicks has three brothers and was homeschooled until high school. She has never seen a ghost.


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7 W New York Gets Facelift
Collins, Tiedeken, Hilty to Focus on Design Center
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Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. (MMPI) has appointed Chris Collins vice president and general manager, and Bob Tiedeken director of leasing for 7 W a design center for gift, tabletop and home décor.
Additionally, Su Hilty, who has been with MMPI since 2004, will now focus solely on marketing for 7 W New York and report to Chris Collins.
Collins has held executive positions with Russ Berrie & Co. and Candle Corporation of America.
Tiedeken, who will work alongside with fellow directors Margaret Powers and Sheila Charton, spent the last six years with Enesco Corporation as the eastern regional sales manager.
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Today the official Okami Twitter account has posted a new tweet that could mean that an Okami-related announcement is on the way, either for the Wii U or the 3DS. The tweet is as follows:
— 大神 絶景版(公式) (@OKAMI_CAP) April 18, 2013
As for a translation, it can be translated to mean:
"Sorry I've been kind of out of touch lately, but I have the feeling we'll be able to drop a fresh announcement like WHAM! around the beginning of Golden Week, so please look forward to it. Right now we're on track with preparations."
For those that don't know, the tweet is referring to Golden Week, which is a national holiday in Japan that begins on April 29 and runs through May 5. What do you think the announcement will be about? Let us know in the comments below!
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Johnson, who started the final round two shots off the pace, took the sole lead with a short birdie putt on the 14th hole and also birdied the next two holes to pull away at the Kapalua Plantation course.
The 2007 Masters champion finished at 19-under 273, while fellow American Jordan Spieth (69) birdied the last to finish outright second on 18-under, with compatriots Kevin Streelman (67) and Webb Simpson (70) another shot back in tied third.
Johnson, 37, collected $1.14 million (£0.7m) for his 11th PGA Tour victory. Since his first victory nearly a decade ago, only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh have won more often than Johnson on tour.
It was a second successive victory for Johnson, who ended last year by beating Woods in a playoff at the world number one's World Challenge in California.
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Tests to do every year
- A complete eye exam by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. High blood sugar levels from diabetes can damage your eyes. This test can find problems early, such as diabetic retinopathy. If you do not have any signs of diabetic retinopathy, your doctor may recommend less frequent exams, for example, every 2 years.
- A foot exam for signs of problems. Nerve damage in your feet makes it hard to feel an injury or infection. Take off your socks each time you see the doctor to be sure you both remember to check your feet.
- A cholesterol and triglyceride test. This test shows your LDL cholesterol level. You and your doctor can adjust your treatment plan according to how high it is.
- A urine test, to check for protein. If protein is found, you'll have more tests to help guide the best treatment. Protein in the urine can be a sign of kidney damage (diabetic nephropathy).
- A blood test for creatinine and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). This test is used to screen for kidney disease.
- A liver function test. This test looks for damage to the liver.
- A thyroid-stimulating hormone test. Women over 50 years old or anyone with high cholesterol should have this test.
Dental checkups
- Dental exam. See your dentist twice a year for professional cleaning of your teeth and to look for gum disease. Seeing your dentist is one part of taking care of your teeth and gums when you have diabetes.
Eye exams during pregnancy
If you get pregnant, you will need to have an eye exam sometime during the first 3 months. You'll also need close follow-up during your pregnancy and for 1 year after you have your baby. Pregnancy increases your risk for diabetic retinopathy.1 If you already have eye disease and get pregnant, the disease can quickly get worse.
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The Guild Wars 2 Endgame... Let's be realistic here..
Posted 13 January 2013 - 02:17 PM
Once you master something, it's not hard. GW2 in the other hand, has close to no learning curve,
If GW2 was to copy paste UW from GW1, this forum would be flooded with crying people who claim it to be to complex, time consuming and grindy.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 02:29 PM
Thing is, the whole endgame argument and "lack of things to do" is based on wrong assumptions. If GW2 had launched in Aug'12 as a standard WoW clone complete with raids, people would have leveled to the cap, done the dungeons and completed all the raids by the end of October and would be whining for more content, just like they do with the GW2 that we have. Everyone clings to the illusion that the content in MMOs is made to last them for a year without getting old and boring, and in 2012 that's just a wrong view to cling to, look at the last couple of MMO releases and tell me where the company put out a year worth of content at launch. The best game in terms on content delivery was Rift I think and that is the exception on the last half-dozen years.
So yea, there is a lack of things to do and it's not going to go away until the game matures. The only way to avoid it would be for the company to finish the game and then withhold the release for over the year while they plan out new content releases. Most dont have the luxury because of schedules and funding. It even looks like GW2 did plan ahead very well with several on schedule content additions in its first quarter, but the reality of player demand and expectations overwhelmed them anyway.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 02:40 PM
Perm Shadow Form, on 13 January 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:
Once you master something, it's not hard. GW2 in the other hand, has close to no learning curve,
If GW2 was to copy paste UW from GW1, this forum would be flooded with crying people who claim it to be to complex, time consuming and grindy.
Objective as in put aside your nostalgia.
GW1 PvE just as GW2 PvE never was hard or difficult.
If you want to look at complexity, look at PvP.
If there is no learning curve or complexity, every match would be close, as there is no way good players would be able to steamroll beginners.
But hey look, it's obvious good players can totally dominate beginners, in GW1 and GW2, thus there is a learning curve, you just didn't discover it/don't want to see it.
It's painfully obvious you can't get over the fact GW2 isn't GW1 v2.0, and not only that but with your nostalgia glasses on you seem to think GW1 was better in any way.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 02:41 PM
There are fewer and fewer new players and more and more existing players are leaving.
The facts are the game is no longer a top seller. The facts are huge swaths of the game world are empty.
The facts are that most WvW mists rarely ever have ques to get in.
My take on why is that the MMO market is saturated while the potential player base is shrinking due to a bad economy and competition from other forms of entertainment.
Anet spent huge sums over a 5 year period hyping this game as the next big thing in MMO's. It even had a manifesto that claimed so many of the bugaboos of MMO's would not be there. No grind, No pay to win, cash shop cosmetics and convenience only, play your way, blah blah blah. This succeeded, GW2 sold a respectable several million copies out of the gate, but then players hit max level, and reported in forums the reality was not equal to the hype. There is grind, there is pay to win (gambling anyone?), The trinity was replaced with a twitchy zerg. Now that there is street information about what the game actually is, sales have fallen off.
No one wants to spend $60 for something they can get for free elsewhere. The market is flush with Asian grindy gambling free to play titles with just as glitzy graphics. You can argue about 'are legendaries a grind or pay to win' but the average potential new customer has seen these kind of schemes done over and over and can recognize them for what they are.
The people who buy the game level a character or two and then leave seem to be a majority, while a few find it to their liking and become true fans who cannot understand why the game is in decline. Every game out there has it's pollyanna fans who just wish everyone else would enjoy the game like they do. My perception is that GW2 simply does not cut it for enough people, they hype train is over, and it is now a question of how soon does it go free to play.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 03:15 PM
1. dungeons aren't very fun or challenging for the most part. some are too easy (CoF and AC), some are annoying/frustrating (Arah and some SE paths), but none of them are genuinely fun enough to make me want to play them over and over out of pure enjoyment. as far as FotM....one of the reasons i left WoW is because i didn't want to have to grind PvE content in order to get gear to play higher level content that is supposedly more difficult. that's pretty much what FotM are. and having enemies OHKO in high FotM levels (i heard they can) is not necessarily good difficulty design.
2. sPvP only has one game mode atm, and it's not a very fun game mode. plus i just got tired of the constant stream of mesmers and heartseeker thieves.
3. WvW is fun, but it's not something i can play every single day for hours.
4. legendaries aren't really a fun/challenging goal, because they're ultimately a grind-fest atm. even if they bring in the scavenger hunt for precursors, the rest of it will still be a grind fest.
5. there's no real incentive to do full map completion again after you've done it, unless you're making multiple legendaries. as somebody else said, the world is beautifully designed, but there's little reason to go back to it.
here are some changes i'd love to see in the game that would make me play a lot more:
1. real incentives to go back into the world. like i said, it's a beautiful world, but i want more reasons to go back to it. and quests/events/quest chains that would require five or more people would be awesome. iirc, some people were mentioning zones in GW1 that require or party or something, that sounds really cool imo. but overall, i want more incentive to visit the world again. and REAL incentive, not just "kill this troll 10,000 times and he might drop a weapon."
2. a more fleshed out skill system. it feels like most weapons are useless for most classes once you get to level 80. sure, you CAN run whatever you want in a dungeon, but you might feel gimped compared to what are universally agreed upon as the "best" weapon sets. make every weapon viable in some way (and not just "this set is viable for leveling" or w/e), and make character building more unique and rewarding. a 5% increase to melee damage isn't really a rewarding upgrade. in WoW for the Mage, there was an upgrade that turned your Fire Orb into a Frostfire Orb and iirc, it gave it extra effects too (maybe chill? icr). now THAT is a cool upgrade, and an upgrade i can actually see in a fight. passive stat boosts aren't really exciting, unless seeing higher numbers pop up is what puts the boom in your kaboomium.
3. more sPvP modes. seriously.
4. this is likely never going to happen, but i want to see a rework of the condition damage system. and no, i don't mean increasing the number of stacks from 25 to 50, or something like that. it would still be boring imo, because the conditions themselves are boring. bleed, poison, burning. wow, so exciting. seriously, the reason i NEVER EVER want to have a condition build for any class is because the conditions are flat out boring and uninspired, because they're all shared. in WoW, every class has its own conditions (if it has them at all), and it's much cooler that way. for example, if a thief had a condition called "Shattered Veins" or a Necro had something like "Essence Drain" or whatever. and you'd see your little condition icon under the enemies name, instead of just bleed stacks.
5. better overall legendaries.
6. a bit more to WvW than just zerg fests. yeah, i know you can send out little teams to cap resource points and maybe even undefended towers, but we all know that overall, WvW lives and dies by the zerg. that's cool and all, sometimes it's fun to mindlessly zerg with 30 people. but sometimes it would be nice to have another unique/interesting option in WvW other than just zerging or stealth capping.
Edited by jthamind, 13 January 2013 - 03:41 PM.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 03:47 PM
Gilles VI, on 13 January 2013 - 02:40 PM, said:
Yeah, I don't think so.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 03:56 PM
And that's what I am missing in GW2 - not an end-game, but rather a fun game.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 04:28 PM
Perm Shadow Form, on 13 January 2013 - 03:47 PM, said:
Yeah, I don't think so.
And again you fail to read..
I never said the sequel is a masterpiece, and I never said you are not allowed to love GW1 (hell it's still my own favourite game), what I did say is that you are blinded by your nostalgia and in that nostalgia you fail to see GW2 already improved upon GW1.
Protoss, on 13 January 2013 - 03:56 PM, said:
And that's what I am missing in GW2 - not an end-game, but rather a fun game.
Oooooh Vizunah is my favourite mission too!
Probably did that mission 100+ times just becaused I liked it so much.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 04:33 PM
Stigma, on 12 January 2013 - 11:03 PM, said:
If this was any other monthly fee MMO people would just be in the illusion that there is an end game while they grind for max level and incrementally small upgrades. Not saying that GW2 is free of that, in fact grinding for legendaries is ridiculously long. The grind exists in GW2 like any other MMO just that they made a lot of things easily accessible unlike other MMOs and also smartly hides a lot of things. People are leaving the game for the most obcure reasons as if they have to forcefully find negative critiques.
People disliking GW2? Haw is dis POSSIBRU!
Ok let's be honest. GW2 "eliminated" the grind for gear other games have as endgame (although I think this is gonna change in the future, ahem ascended...) BUT and is a BIG BUT(well that didn't sound quite right), Anet didn't susbtitute that with a WORTHY endgame. They thought that as dungeons adjust your level and you can visit any zone because of the same reason, that would be enough endgame. But they never wondered WHY THE HECK WOULD I RETURN TO ANY OTHER AREA if there is absolutely nothing new to do? WHY WOULD I REPEAT A DUNGEON 500 times if I'm not going to unlock anything or discover anything(why to repeat those plain simple dungeons btw, with a few excepions?)? The truth is that GW2 has only 1 endgame, to repeat those activities until your fingers bleed to get SUPER LEGENDARIES!!! And what do you do after getting a legendary? Ehm... uhm... Swing it?! Profit!!!
There is no challenge! Is only grind grind grind grind grind Bingo! you got your legendary now start another character and repeat, oh wait did you dual wield? * you! .
What did people expect? Something different! Something more creative! Heck idk! Not just the same shit as WoW. Because GW2 concept of endgame is just like WoW's only that WoW's takes 10x times more to achieve and you pay monthly like a fool.
Sad thing is, that kind of endgame is utter crap for many people (including me). That may be a reason to park the game. I personally left the PvE side of the game completely aside a looong time ago, now I only do PvP now and then cause I find it the only place to encounter some challenge.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:05 PM
However, I've lost interest in the PVE side of the game quite a while ago because the game pretty much turned out to be just another MMO, especially with the introduction of Ascendent gear and other tired old MMO mechanics. I had hoped the game would be modeled after GW1's model of progression. And then there's the "endgame". We were told that the entire game was endgame. But most of the game world is empty and there's no real reason to go back to them. I'd play more if could play in the persistent open world with my level 80 instead of being stuck in an instanced dungeon with only 4 other players.
So I've been playing mostly PVP and some WvW. I have always enjoyed the PVP side of the game more than anything else. But there's been very little done to improve PVP since launch. We still don't have the promised additions like spectator mode after 3 months. The limited number of maps and objectives get very repetitive and boring after a while, especially in sPVP. tPVP is pretty much dead.
It's a damn shame.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:11 PM
Gilles VI, on 13 January 2013 - 04:28 PM, said:
I never said the sequel is a masterpiece, and I never said you are not allowed to love GW1 (hell it's still my own favourite game), what I did say is that you are blinded by your nostalgia and in that nostalgia you fail to see GW2 already improved upon GW1.
Yes, there are wast improvements and many step backs at the same time.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:11 PM
Stigma, on 12 January 2013 - 11:03 PM, said:
If this was any other monthly fee MMO people would just be in the illusion that there is an end game while they grind for max level and incrementally small upgrades. Not saying that GW2 is free of that, in fact grinding for legendaries is ridiculously long. The grind exists in GW2 like any other MMO just that they made a lot of things easily accessible unlike other MMOs and also smartly hides a lot of things. People are leaving the game for the most obcure reasons as if they have to forcefully find negative critiques.
Anyone have comments or ideas to help me understand this existential dilemma!
Now, read the content with an open mind (skip the part where i keep using the worthy word "junk" continuosly addressing the company, keep reading). When done, ask yourself if who type those posts is a newbie or instead an elite hardcore topplayer who got everything way before the majority, someone who knows his stuff pretty well. Then explore the lucas way of play, not exploiting or skipping a single mob, his real deep knowledge of gw2 and gw1.
When done, read what he's talking about, and more posts around his ones. In a few minutes you will realize why so many people is leaving and the number is increasing. I can shortly answer "because this game is not worthy at all to log anymore, maybe just for check if you sold everything listed over the tp. After 4 months, who is not a funny teen fanboy ignoring maybe outside there is way better even f2p and funnily even with their "unique never seen gameplay" (someone said pso2? Guess what, pso2 has dodge too lol and a worthy player get a worthy loot) is just pretty done. Grind like an idiot a legendary? no thanks. Are players left planning a legendary able to scam others abusing of the tp market? Maybe they can stay a bit more spitting on other people's face their 3-5 legendaries. When bored and done, time to leave. Nothing else is left. Ohh damn ye, progress of fotm. Lol. Fine, get the lv 49, deeper is cheat, been there, done that. Now what."
This kind of behaviour on an mmo can happens after 1 year, or 2. When incredible adventures are done, when you're so uber to just log for remember how epic was your trip, with a smile, maybe hoping to meet again old friends. Not this junk where guess, this kind of topic of people leaving was present 1 month ago yet, lol. So well, we was done at the 3rd month yet
Edited by Lucas Ashrock, 13 January 2013 - 07:19 PM.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:12 PM
Nowadays, everyone is just a glass cannon. The fights don't last long, and hardly take any real skill or tactical manuevers. The PvP has so much potential (in fact, at one point I said it was the best PvP I'd ever taken part in) but I'll have no part in the 1-shot circlejerk.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:17 PM
I can't find something comparable to this in GW2.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:20 PM
Shamadamun, on 13 January 2013 - 07:12 PM, said:
Nowadays, everyone is just a glass cannon. The fights don't last long, and hardly take any real skill or tactical manuevers. The PvP has so much potential (in fact, at one point I said it was the best PvP I'd ever taken part in) but I'll have no part in the 1-shot circlejerk.
Edited by Lucas Ashrock, 13 January 2013 - 07:20 PM.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 10:21 PM
Posted 13 January 2013 - 10:42 PM
Alyssa, on 12 January 2013 - 11:06 PM, said:
The explanation I just tell myself to simplify any reason people may leave is this isn't the game for everybody. It is the game for me though.
Grind for exotics, they have better stats than regular level 80 gear. That's what I'm doing.
Edited by MisterJaguar25, 13 January 2013 - 10:42 PM.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 10:54 PM
1) 0 Balance
What Ele do atm is totaly bullshit, as i watch 45lvl streams each team have at last 2 of them, also in normal games its totaly bullshit. Tank as Guardian, mobily as thief, and Healing like no1. Thief is broken class nr2 they kill in 2s or die in2 i. I dont think its good balance for profession. Its just bored when 2ppl cant kill 1 Ele, then ele kill them both slow. Second problem is Bunker, next bullshit,my last 3 fights ended like 370 to 430 cos time run out...
But there is Real reason why ppl dont play it:
2) No real reward.
Only reward is in paidT, in gems.... but this is farmed by like 10 teams of 45+ rank ppl so no place for casuals, and as we know 80% of players are casuals.
Mostly to fix PvP just give Viable Rewards:
1)Return of Zkeys
each z key cost 1k glory, you open chest with viable loot frome PvE and PVP and rare materials, its can drop also Dusk and other hard rares and exotics
Zkeys can by sold by money in game, so ppl will farm to sell/buy them as long as they can get items and money.
2)In game flaws
-Solo Turnaments for Casuals with raiting system where random ppl do random stuff.. just like Solo Q in LoL no ful teams allowe only duo at last.
-Returns of Teams with raiting system ( like i LoL)
they will have:
Team Turnaments- for farm/gets Tickets
Paid Team Turnament- as its now but teams get raiting so its not like now when 20lvl ppl face 50lvl.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:02 PM
Also, I find it funny, Arena Net reduced the amount of skills because of the balanced, yet they can't even balance the current few skills of each profession..
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:07 PM
Can't we just enjoy a fantastic game for what it is and once we get bored remain hopeful that future expansions will bring us back to the game? Its not like there is 15 bucks a month looming over a players head. As for me, I have 400 hours give or take and feel like I am getting great value for my money even if thieves in WvW can suck it.
Edited by Straegen, 13 January 2013 - 11:08 PM.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:19 PM
This game lacks EVERYTHING what I loved about GW1.
It was fun to play as a generic MMO, but got boring fast and won't play it again.
GW2 is messed up on so many levels, it can not pull me back with whatever Anet decides to put in.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:20 PM
Perm Shadow Form, on 13 January 2013 - 11:02 PM, said:
While this is true i hate that every armor as horribles clipping / texture issues if u try to mix them AND with every single weapon in the game (and i talk about humans, if we go watc charr or norn... lol) so many effort in the world so poor in our toons
Not to talk about the skill system and where the best Kiter wins... that's the skill? Kiting? please...
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:25 PM
The last 2 days ive been casually leveling my asura mesmer to level 15. And i have to tell you there isnt an MMO out there that has single zones that are so packed with lore and diverse content.
But all i see is people complaining about end game. Endgame Is a mechanic that creates a fake illusion of longetivity. If you look at wow endgame in its current state for example:
- Daily quests/rep grinds.
- Rated pvp where cheaters are condoned (seen the RBG ladders yet?) & non rated pvp that is dominated by bots.
- End game PvE that takes about 3 hours in total per week. So its literally grinding the same instance 20-25 times with a weekly interval.
Is that what you desire so much?
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:27 PM
I'm seriously looking forward to any UW, FoW, Urgoz, The Deep, Malleyx, Furnace, and Primeval King type releases, I could use a challenge after already running dry all of the explorable dungeons.
Another thing I wouldn't mind are challenge missions for skin/aesthetic type rewards like Glint's Challenge, I thought those were fun (until OP mesmers made it afk-able).
as for why people are quitting the game claiming there is nothing to do, there are always people like that in every game, the seasonal players so to speak, those who hunt for game releases, play for a short while, then leave for another release.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:30 PM
Locuz, on 13 January 2013 - 11:25 PM, said:
The last 2 days ive been casually leveling my asura mesmer to level 15. And i have to tell you there isnt an MMO out there that has single zones that are so packed with lore and diverse content.
But all i see is people complaining about end game. Endgame Is a mechanic that creates a fake illusion of longetivity. If you look at wow endgame in its current state for example:
- Daily quests/rep grinds.
- Rated pvp where cheaters are condoned (seen the RBG ladders yet?) & non rated pvp that is dominated by bots.
- End game PvE that takes about 3 hours in total per week. So its literally grinding the same instance 20-25 times with a weekly interval.
Is that what you desire so much?
GW2 has nothing going for it PvP-wise.
Yes I am aware there are going to be additions, but it's not just PvP modes that lack.
It's the whole skill and class setup that is so simplified, everyone plays the game exactly the same way.
There is no room for skill, where GW1 PvP was all about skill. Especially Mesmer, Ranger and Monk.
Edited by deluxe, 13 January 2013 - 11:31 PM.
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:33 PM
Perm Shadow Form, on 13 January 2013 - 12:26 AM, said:
GW2 needs areas like UW/FOW/the deep etc. They were fun in their own way and kept you interested for ages.
That or some form of raids. Not actual raids, but something better than the lack luster dungeons in the game right now
Posted 13 January 2013 - 11:40 PM
deluxe, on 13 January 2013 - 11:30 PM, said:
GW2 has nothing going for it PvP-wise.
Yes I am aware there are going to be additions, but it's not just PvP modes that lack.
It's the whole skill and class setup that is so simplified, everyone plays the game exactly the same way.
There is no room for skill, where GW1 PvP was all about skill. Especially Mesmer, Ranger and Monk.
agreed here, though I would give GW2 PvP a bit more credit than you give it, I definitely agree that it's too simplified, especially for theorycrafters like me, GW1 had so many skills (and so many repeated skills) that team building took long and gave me a headache, but a headache I enjoyed ;o, GW2 is too simple in that regard. Though it was Build Wars, it was still fun putting it in action.
However customization is not as weak in GW2 as you make it seem, traits still do a decent job, but not good enough imo.
Class balance is a bit better in GW2 also, Mesmers destroyed everything and anything in GW1
Posted 14 January 2013 - 12:00 AM
I for one hate grinding for gear, like you have to do in most MMORPGs (i.e WoW). However, GW2 not only gave me as a casual gamer the opportunity to get good gear, both stat-wise and cosmetic wise with ease but also while having fun doing so. Now, once that was done.. what else was there to do?
That question is actually very simple to answer. Like the devs over at A-net explained in several interviews, GW2 is not about the end game. It's not about reaching cap level and farming legendary gear. It's not about owning the world in WvW. Even though you can still do all of this, it's all about the experience while doing so, nothing else. Having fun farming you legendaries? good, that's the point. You got bored with it? well, there's plenty of other things to do.
But, yes, this game has got some issues as well, but it's a young game, the expansions are not yet here and they're patching the game with bug fixes and more things to do as we speak. Heck, they added Fractals of the Mist as a new dungeon system so that people would have even more things to do, no matter level.
and that's also another thing they focused a lot on, which unfortunately a lot of you seem to forget. This game is for everyone. Whatever you do, you can do so no matter level. Of course you can't go and farm Orr at level 23, but even if you're low level you can enjoy some "typical" end-game content such as FotM, or WvW and sPvP. People need to realize that this game is not a "reach 80, grind epicccssss!!!!" - It's the journey which is the game. And of course, this game isn't for everyone, which is good, but those whining about nothing to do really have to open their eyes while they play. Seriously..
Posted 14 January 2013 - 12:03 AM
Alyssa, on 12 January 2013 - 11:06 PM, said:
The explanation I just tell myself to simplify any reason people may leave is this isn't the game for everybody. It is the game for me though.
Agree completely. I just built my draconic set, and have no idea what the stats are, just that it looks amazing. Sure my guy is more powerful, but it's really more about the look. I love my characters - they play really well, and don't need massive stats to feel heroic.
Posted 14 January 2013 - 12:36 AM
Sadly I don't feel any incentive to visit the remaining areas. I think it is a shame that the personal storyline does not send you to all areas like it did in GW1.
I also think the story is quite weak. Frankly I don't care about the little quests here and there. Only thing that could get me back into PvE are completing some big events like Balthazar temple. But good luck completing that quest these days...
They really need to introduce some sort of daily, z-coin reward type quests. That is the only way to get people doing them now. And some scavenger hunts.
All that aside, PvP is the real endgame but that has its own problems.
WvW gets real boring when you know your server can't win. And I have no incentive to play sPvP when the rewards are separate from PvE.
Why even do that? Who cares about skins for a sPvP character!?
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