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$2 NLHE Full Ring: Big overpair vs god damn quads!
My question is: after he called my Cbet should I just have port controlled turn? And if he would have bet on turn after my check should I have folded? Obviously on river I would have had called anyhow cos go damn full house! But turn bugs me. Now that I look back at this hand I'm thinking probably should have checked/folded, no?
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Hero (SB): $3.08
BB: $1.50 (VPIP: 29.63, PFR: 3.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
UTG: $2.03 (VPIP: 17.34, PFR: 15.63, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 649)
UTG+1: $2.02 (VPIP: 12.00, PFR: 8.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 26)
MP: $1.17 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
MP+1: $2.38 (VPIP: 11.16, PFR: 7.91, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 434)
CO: $2.06 (VPIP: 35.00, PFR: 17.50, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 40)
BTN: $2.00 (VPIP: 19.23, PFR: 11.54, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 26)
Hero posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has K♣ K♥
UTG raises to $0.07, UTG+1 calls $0.07, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.35, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $0.28
Flop: ($0.79, 2 players) J♣ J♥ 8♥
Hero bets $0.57, UTG+1 calls $0.57
Turn: ($1.93, 2 players) 3♠
Hero bets $1.39, UTG+1 calls $1.10 and is all-in
River: ($4.13, 2 players) K♦
Hero shows K♣ K♥ (Full House, Kings full of Jacks)
(Pre 81%, Flop 0.1%, Turn 0%)
UTG+1 shows J♠ J♦ (Four of a Kind, Jacks)
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UTG+1 wins $3.99
I like the sizing preflop and with the low SPR I feel like you're gonna be getting it in with KK at 2nl. I would not be check folding this.
In the future maybe leave the results out as that will skew the answers you get. Lower SPR I would maybe consider folding to a raise, but the guy was passive and the SPR is around 2. Did he have a high AF?
Nothing you can do really. You could possibly check the turn, but you're giving a free river card to flush draws and won't necessarily be bet into by a weaker pocket pair which misses value. Folding is out of the question.
You can't fear the J, and on the river there is only 1 combo of hands that beats you. Unlucky.
no port control! We shouldn't allow unions to hold our ports hostage!
hehe... nh. You're not c/fing on the turn. So it's a simple question you can just ask yourself in any future spots. If there's less than a pot bet left, is there any reason to check, and if they jam am I ever folding?
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Lol C9, I am not advocating folding this. He can have nut flush draws and some combo draws we are way ahead of ott, and I doubt people at micro stakes fold QQ here. Even QQ higher up will hero call a decent % because they think we're bluffing AK or shoving the nut flush draw, and we have like almost 0 Jx in our range. Even 1010 might hero because they're committed once they call flop. He has a lot of worse hands he can call with, and we are really only beaten by one combo of JJ and maybe a very small % of AJs he called with pre vs UTG AND didn't fold to the large squeeze.
Going broke here and not feeling too bad about it. Hand well played, just a cooler.
Another interesting option to consider be would overbet shoving flop. I've been experimenting with it in some occasional spots where the SPR is low, there's a possible flush draw, and where ranges are pretty clearly defined. I've gotten heroed by A10 (A high) in an SPR of 2.5 by a short-stack, JJ in an SPR of 3 multi-way on an extremely raggy board with almost no set possibilities UTG vs BTN 3-bet pot with a FD, etc. No one at micros is ever folding a heart draw/combo draw here, and QQ is always calling. 1010 calls a decent %, and if he's really fishy, he can have 66-99 in his range and call off too because overbet shoving here just looks so fishy. This isn't something I advocate doing consistently, but with the right dynamics and some creativity, it can be pretty profitable. Just something interesting to think about.

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Anyway, what I'm trying to say is I do better when I'm anonymous. And if you're just a writer, that's okay, I guess. I mean, it was okay for the past ten and a half years. I wrote, and no one knew about it. Of course, I also wasn't published and, therefore, not in a position where I had to be out there selling my own work.
Now, I am a self-published author. Sales and marketing are all on me. I have to present a face out there in public if I want to sell books. Okay, that's what online is for, right? Never need to actually see or be seen? Huzzah. Except that doesn't feel like quite enough. So, every rare once in a while, I actually pull up my big girl panties and face my fears.
Yesterday, I decided to do just that. You see, I've been meaning to hit the library up north and donate copies of my books. But every time I've driven past there before, I've chickened out. I made myself not chicken out this time. And I'm so glad I didn't. The gals there were amazing and enthusiastic. They were welcoming and excited about my books. And excited to know me. I was in a happy place. Until...
The book reviewer for the local paper walked in. I didn't know who she was until the librarians made the introductions. And I know I got that 'deer in headlights' look. Not that the woman wasn't totally pleasant. She was friendly and kind. What got me freaking out - beyond the magic tipping number of more than two people around me at once - was she wants to do an interview and a write up for the paper.
Then another patron of the library came in. He was an artist and a member of the local group of creative people, and he wanted me to join. Lucky, the journalist gal had already left by then, so I didn't have more than three people talking to me, but he presented a whole other set of things to freak out about. One of the librarians saved me by telling the gentleman what I had told her earlier - I am a hermit. She even pointed to the back of my books, where it specifically says I'm living the hermit life. He smiled and went on his way, saying how nice it was to meet me and how he couldn't wait to read my books.
After he left, an older woman came in and the librarians chatted me up, but by then I was shell-shocked, so all I could do was smile and nod.
Thinking about it now, my heart's pattering. Not quite as bad as when the local bookstore owner suggested I go to a local writer event - where there would be tons of people - but still. I'm not cut out for personal appearances. Not anymore.
But the head librarian said she wants to talk to me about having an author event there in the future. She was so nice, how could I refuse? Besides, at some point, I need to get over this hermit-tude. And one day couldn't hurt. Right?
What about you? Have you ever spoken in public? You know, it's like the most feared thing in the world next to Death, right? And I majored in public speaking, for petesakes.
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- Silver James said...
I have this whole other persona that takes over when I do public speaking. I did speech and drama in Jr. High and High school. It helped. I don't mind book signings. Their kinda fun, even the year I sat next to Julie James. I played her assistant. LOL I love that people are "networking" you. That's so important in the scheme of things. And doing library signings/talks are smaller and more...intimate in the sense it's like talking to the clerks at the Walmart, or the gal at the bookstore. You can do it!
- July 17, 2015 at 9:49 AM
- jblynn said...
Those are all wonderful opportunities and I hope you take advantage of some of them despite your fears.
The more you speak the easier you get and people in the audience tend to be kind since they're thinking, "Better her than me up there."
- July 17, 2015 at 11:52 AM
- B.E. Sanderson said...
Silver - Yeah, actually speaking in public is a whole other animal. I can do crowds when I'm standing in front of them, you know, demonstrating something, giving information or teaching a course. Being actually out amongst crowds?? :shudder: The people here have all been super-nice, which is good. But I feel like Piglet at first. (You know, 'a very small animal'?) And I did see a little bump in sales today. Whether that's due to yesterday or because it's Friday, I don't know. I'm just grateful to have the graph go up. LOL
JB - I will take advantage of them where I can - even if I'm shaking inside. I did it yesterday, and the little voice in my head was telling me to RUN! LOL Thanks for the congrats. And lol about the 'better her than me'. ;o)
- July 17, 2015 at 5:54 PM
- Karyn Good said...
I don't like public speaking, or should I say doing public readings all that much, but I do them. And like JB says, it gets easier every time. One of the reason I like being part of a writing group is that we do these kind of things in groups and that makes it much more doable for me. And the people who come are there because they want to be there. They're interested in books and writers, and how writers write books. You make connections. And sell your book by word of mouth with very little monetary output. Also you pay it forward and help out your local book store, the library, the local paper.
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Very good reader who uses consistent voice characterizations. The dynamics of the recording were good.
"Timeless Classic"
I love Jane Austin and the auditor was perfect. I have listened several times. Wonderful each time.
"A Performance Worthy of the Work"
While already one of my favorite novels, I was exceedingly pleased with this production's presentation of it. The narrator is easy to understand, and makes great use of both voice and pacing to bring the story and its characters to life. She has a gentle British accent which further enhances the performance for me, since that is the voice I expect from most of the characters. Overall, I have no complaints, and heartily recommend this production to those who wish to listen to this classic.
I feel the reader is terrific to listen to and does justice to Jane Austen's books!
"One of my favorite Juliet Stevenson's performances"
Yes - and I have. This is one that always offers something new and Juliet Stevenson keeps me totally swept up in the story each time. There is always a part that I have forgotten which takes me by surprise and adds to my enjoyment.
Clearly we have to compare it to Pride and Prejudice.
"Better than Reading"
I tried to read this book and couldn't withstand the slowness of its pace despite the wit of its prose. The audiobook is a perfect solution, since it allows me to multitask. The narrator is great--doing all the voices and delivering the characters through interpretive inflection.
"I loved it to bits!"
"She was stronger alone, and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible to be."
I have SUCH a girl crush on Elinor Dashwood. Good, kind, practical Elinor - empathetic, compassionate to a fault, and as capable of deep feeling as her demonstrative mother and sister Marianne. She was the ideal prism through which to experience this story of the love and devotion between sisters, through romantic trials and disappointments. I loved this book to pieces.
I never thought a novel by Jane Austen could leave me in so much suspense, put me through so much agony for the fate of its characters, and make me laugh out loud so often. I didn't know Austen could be so sharp, witty and sarcastic.
Her novel contains very little of what we would think of as action. Plot details are revealed through conversations between different characters. Oh, those conversations! Austen's insight into human nature and foibles was absolutely first rate. Her novel left me wondering what effusive Mrs. Jenningses, selfish Mr. Willoughbys and sly Lucy Steeles she must have known in real life.
I never could get through an Austen novel before trying this audiobook. The formal language in which she wrote left me befuddled, sure I was missing the meanings beneath the surface of her words. Juliet Stevenson's incredible narration freed me from that difficulty. Her performance was fresh, nuanced and lively, teasing out all the irony, humor and pathos of the words.
I finished the book with a little sigh of happiness for Elinor and Marianne and regret to have to leave their world so soon. I cannot wait to listen to more Jane Austen.
"A complete experience"
Yes, because the narrator is superb and brings accents and inflections that American I cannot supply.
She gives each character a unique voice, so that they all seem distinct. Hence the dramatic quality that is such a huge value-added to the text alone. Stevenson's intelligence shines through. She seems to interpret each emphasis perfectly.
Austen's humor is always moving, because she brings such remarkable psychological insight to her writing.
Highly entertaining! The four stars indicate problems with Austen's story, not with the audible experience.
I love a good mystery and love books that have been turned into movies. Avid reader, music enthusiast and pop culture junkie.
A must read on every list!! The Dashwood family is amazing!! Especially love Juliet Stevenson's narration!
"Love Austen"
This is definitely one of my most favorite Austen novels and the narration was such a delight as well.
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I'm engaged! Jemima asked me to marry her. We were going to move in together anyway, but now she wants to get out of the city. So we might go to New Jersey, or some quiet state. Anyway, I would love if you two could come out to the wedding. Here's a marriage announcement:
Ellen Francolini and Chrisy Samuels are invited to the wedding of Jemima M. and Frances Francolini. It will be held January 11th at the Mistang Community Church at 557 Laro Street, New York, New York. Join us afterwards for a celebration at Jax Bar! We hope you can attend!
Jemima wanted a great wedding, but because of our budget we had to keep it small and sweet. Just a hundred of her friends, and you and Chrisy. It would mean so much to us if you came! Especially after all that's happened.


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When he first formed Face to Face in 1991, Trevor Keith wanted the band to be his full-time project. Outside a break between 2004 and 2008, it has been. The punk veterans are now more than 20 years into their career, and the front man says they have no intention of stopping any time soon. In fact, Keith says, the band have tentative plans to keep the train moving through their 25th anniversary in 2016, with a tour and reissues coming. But until then, an appearance at the Hootenanny—OC's annual sun-soaked celebration of psychobilly and redneck mayhem at Oak Canyon Ranch—will have to suffice.
OC WEEKLY: Considering you're more of a straight-ahead punk band, what made you guys want to sign on for Hootenanny?
Face to Face perform with Social Distortion, Old 97's, Murder By Death, Phil Alvin, Exene Cervenka and more at Hootenanny at Oak Canyon Ranch, 4700 Santa Ana Canyon Rd., Silverado Canyon, (714) 563-9778; www.thehootenanny.com. Sat. See website for show times. $49-$100. All ages.
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TREVOR KEITH: We've actually never played Hootenanny before. But I love how Hootenanny combines rockabilly's custom culture and vibe with punk rock bands like us, which clearly don't play rockabilly. I definitely think we dress and have the look, the vibe and the feel, so I like how it ties together, even though it's maybe a little bit loose. But it all comes together in a really cool way there. There's a really vibrant rockabilly culture in Europe, too. Same with the custom culture of fixing up old hot rods and all that kind of cool stuff that goes along with that world. We opened for Social Distortion in Sweden at this festival a few years back, and it very much had that vibe. I'm really looking forward to having that environment again.
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What were some of the motivations that went into making Three Chords and a Half Truth?
It's our eighth studio album, so we're trying to keep stuff fresh with every new record we make. [Bassist] Scott [Shiflett] and I did an acoustic tour last year, so we spent a lot of time in the car together. It was very low-key; we just rented a car and drove ourselves from show to show. It was fun and different. We spent a lot of time listening to music and talking about what we wanted our next record to be like. We wanted something varied with different styles and influences, but was a good, solid record, whether it was punk rock or not. We didn't want to limit ourselves creatively, so we wrote a bunch of songs and tried to pick music we thought was different and eclectic and went well together, and we ended up with a good mixture of songs. It ended up being a cool eclectic mix that didn't rely on old tricks.
Did the time between band activities reinvigorate you guys? Could these past two albums have happened without a break?
That's hard to say. I don't know. In a way, I guess, we might have made different records had we not taken a break. But we needed it. We were burned out and weren't very inspired, and it felt like we were spinning our wheels a little bit. I think the break was a great opportunity for us to take time off from Face to Face and explore new projects. Once we had the opportunity to do stuff, to experiment with different genres, it made us realize we had something in Face to Face that was special. Since we were doing other stuff, putting Face to Face back together was just really something to do for fun. Initially, we were just going to play a couple of shows, and it turned into a tour, and then two records. We feel liberated that we don't have to set any goals in terms of record sales or radio airplay or any of that nonsense.
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I loved my Southern Mama and my Southern Grandma, so when I found Suck in Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On! I knew that I would love it, too. It is chock full of wisdom from mothers across the South--plus a running commentary by the author which is hysterical!
There are such wonderful pearls of wisdom as:
"My mom's advice on raising children: 'If it washes off or grows out, it doesn't hurt anyone. Don't worry about it!'"
"Mama said, 'Just because it fits doesn't mean you oughta wear it.'"
"My mama told me ladies never answered the door barefoot!"
"My grandmother advised me to marry a man my age or a little younger, 'because they don't improve with age.' I now know what she meant.'"
Young Fredle grows up repeatedly hearing the rules about how mice behave. Sometimes it seems like life between the walls of the kitchen is nothing but rules. One of the most important rules is that mice don't change. But that doesn't dampen Fredle's curiosity and sense of adventure. Finally, his mother's predictions come true, and his curious nature and sweet tooth get Fredle in deep trouble. And so Fredle finds himself Outside.
Let me get this out of the way: if you're not a "computer person," someone with more than a vague knowledge of computer networking technology, Brain Jack, by Brian Falkner, is probably not the book for you. If, however, you ARE such a person, Brain Jack will start off as the kind of thriller that you think you will love, but its ending, like so many other cyber-thrillers, feels rushed and absurd. Don't get me wrong--you'll enjoy reading it, but don't expect anything too deep from this book.
Sam is the generic hero of our story. He's 17; he's a computer prodigy; and he's going to save the country from itself. The world of Brain Jack is set only a few years into our future. Falkner does a good job of building a world that, initially, is entirely conceivable based on our present. Computer technology is even more prevalent, and its consequences all the more potent. Las Vegas has been the victim of a nuclear attack that has left it in ruins, and the rest of the country is decaying under strict martial conditions.
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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester. (catalog summary)
If you enjoyed this book's combination of romance and mystery themes and are interested in similar works from the time period, here are some other titles you may enjoy:
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel's household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels," The Moonstone is a marvelously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear. (catalog summary)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break the engagement off. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his jealous uncle John Jasper, madly in love with Rosa, is the killer. And beyond this presumed crime there are further intrigues: the dark opium underworld of sleepy cathedral town Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing Edwin Drood, leaving its tantalizing mystery unsolved and encouraging generations of readers to try to work out what happened next. (catalog summary)
From the time she was quite young, Sylvia Earle loved the outdoors. She spent her early childhood on a farm in New Jersey exploring the animals and plants around her. Her family moved to Florida when Sylvia was twelve, to a home with a backyard on the Gulf of Mexico. Once Sylvia began exploring the waters of the Gulf, she found her life's calling. Throughout her career as an oceanographer, Sylvia has been driven to push the boundaries of the possible in order to find out more about the underwater world she loves so much.
This book has a brilliant title: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. The oxymoron continues in the characters, the plot and the language—its poetic style contrasts with the violence of the Old West. It's a Western but with twists on the genre; the novel has brutality mixed with moments of sweetness and humor.
The main characters are killers with bruised pasts: Charlie Sisters is the epitome of Old West: brutal, money-hungry and cold; Eli Sisters, the narrator of the tale, loves to give away his money, has a soft heart for barmaids, and is questioning his profession and his future. Eli loves his poor excuse for a horse, Tub, and embraces dental hygiene!
Shambling Towards Hiroshima is a brisk and inventive novel that incorporates elements of science fiction, humor, historical fiction, and moody introspection. James Morrow utilizes these disparate narrative modes in order to portray the life story of a B-movie actor named Syms Thorley. Thorley has spent most of his screen time bringing monsters to life. His devoted fans fondly remember him as "Kha-Ton-Ra the living mummy, Corpuscula the alchemical creature, and Gorgantis, King of the Lizards." However, no one suspects that Gorgantis, a grotesque fire- breathing lizard, originated as a top secret military project designed to swiftly end World War II.
Mahlia and Mouse are War Maggots, children orphaned by endless bloodshed across future America. The seas have risen and many of our large East-Coast cities have struggled to keep functioning. That struggle leads to violence, the kind of which leaves only the young to deal with the consequences. These child soldiers have inherited and will fight to control The Drowned Cities.
Author Paulo Bacigalupi slammed onto the young adult scene two years back with Ship Breaker. Resources are depleted. Oil is gone. New Orleans has been destroyed by hurricanes and rebuilt multiple times. Nailer, a boy hired to scavenge scrap metal in massive retired oil tankers, manages to find a path to a better life. Nailer desperately tried to take that path, despite opposition from ruthless vultures, specifically his drunken, abusive father.
Wahoo Cray's yard is a zoo, literally. That's where his dad, Mickey, keeps all of their animals, including pythons, monkeys, and an alligator named Alice. Mickey is the best animal wrangler in Florida...or he was until he got hit on the head by a frozen iguana. Since then he hasn't been able to work. Money is so tight that Mickey accepts a job offer from the Expedition Survival TV series with Wahoo as his assistant. Things get off to a bad start when the show's bumbling but egotistical star, Derek Badger, gets bitten by a snapping turtle and then an alligator. And that's before he even leaves the safety of the Cray's yard in Chomp by Carl Hiaasen.
Jean Spangler disappeared on the night of October 7, 1949. She applied her lipstick, straightened the seams on her stockings and kissed her daughter good-bye. Jean was beautiful and ambitious - and was never seen again after that night. Her broken purse and a cryptic note, found in a park, were the only clues. The case has never been solved.


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Blackblood Alliance
Based on the Original Comic by Kay Fedewa & E. Siegel
The Blackblood's are a group of wolves stronger than any other, and make up the Elite Guard, protectors of the olden day packs. Set before the dawn of man, there is a war between Inaria, the wolves, and the StoneClaw clan, the sabres.
Before the Age of Man, when spear failed against claw and Earth was in the dominion of the wild, beasts divided the land as they saw fit.
To the East, a war-faring sabre clan known as the Stoneclaw; and in the West, the peaceable direwolves of Inaria. Years of isolation within Inaria's sheltered boughs had left the once-vigilant wolves inattentive...
And when at last Inaria's defences were all but obsolete, the sabres launched their ruthless assault.
Rain pelted down on the hard ground, pattering against the canopies and raging at the foliage below. A grey shape skid around the corner, pelt slick down against it's skin, eyes struck wide with fear. The wolf bolted down the path, paws sliding on the wet grass. Saliva bubbled at it's lips, and it panted as exaustion crept up on it.
Thunder rolled, and lightning cracked. Blinded by the brief wash of light, the wolf glanced over his shoulder. One of the Stoneclaw sabres was running strongly after him, then in one swift move it had crouched and leapt, claws stretched wide.
Grrr! The wolf whined and skid back at the sound, and Inarian wolves leaped out of the bushes, ambushing the sabre from the side.
Greyback, Alpha of the pack, led his group forward and lunged at the sabre's neck, grabbing on with sharp teeth. One of his pack members grabbed the big cat by its paw, while the others covered its sides. It collapsed, allowing him to dive in for the killer bite.
"Alpha Greyback," Blackear, the Beta, barked, bounding up behind him. "There you are. They keep coming... we can't hold them..."
The old wolf glanced over his shoulder at his pack mates tugging at the sabre's body, then followed Blackear around the path. "You two! Follow us to the riverbed to fight once you finish that one off!"
"This is no border skirmish, this is an invasion." Blackear said sourly.
Over the ridge, things were no better. The water rushed through, the current speeding through, pushed by the endless hail. Sabres poured in from all direction, some carrying the bodies of wolves in their jaws, others running with bloodied claws. Younger wolves struggled to escape, some barely lucky enough to get over the slope before they were torn appart.
Blackear lingered at the edge, shadowed by an overhanging branch. "They've overrun the Dry River. It won't be long before they get to the den!"
Wounds stinging like fire, Greyback bared his teeth and snarled. "Then we'll give these carcass-lickers a fight to remember." He suddenly lifted his head and opened his one good eye wider. "Fight! For the the honor of Inaria!"
"Greyback, look left!" Blackear screeched.
A bulky, black-maned sabre leaped off the edge of the slope and grabbed Greyback in his sharp toothed jaws. Wolves began to panic, scattering everywhere. "The Alpha has fallen!" "Run away!"
Blackear leapt out of where he had sheltered and, began to lash his tail and bite at everything near him. "Cowards! If we don't hold our ground, they'll kill our young! Heed the Alpha's wisdom! Stay and fight!" He howled just before another heavy sabre tackled him and dragged him to the ground, blood pooling along the ground...


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Re: "Over 100,000 downloads of F2P"
Re: "Over 100,000 downloads of F2P"
Beelzebean wrote:
100,000 F2P downloads is great, I can't imagine that too many will stick around though simply from the way it's been implemented. The cost it takes to unlock everything is ludicrous, in comparison to what you can buy the disc for now, and if people were going to buy the disc they would have already done so. If they had made the unlocks at a reasonable price then I'm sure they would make a lot more money, plus if they had offered a digital version to players already playing, I for one would pay a reasonable cost for this.
Even if only 20000 players stick around it would be great for Uncharted's future.
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tapantaola wrote:
So, does North America notice less lag or not? I'm really curious...
in the DLC pool F2Pers are few and far between, so i cant really judge the lag.
I played a party of 5 americans yesterday (i live in america too) and they all seemed to lag horribly.
Ill play DLC off more and see how it feels
Say NO to paid DLC maps
Re: "Over 100,000 downloads of F2P"
It still lags just the same as always, Tap... The net code itself causes about 750ms of input lag from my testing so even if they somehow optimized most the connection lag it will still feel super laggy & unacceptable.
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SCORPiON5150 wrote:
It still lags just the same as always, Tap... The net code itself causes about 750ms of input lag from my testing so even if they somehow optimized most the connection lag it will still feel super laggy & unacceptable.
I haven't noticed that much input lag, but on the other hand, they could tone down lag compensation just a bit:
"Low latency is a significant advantage when playing a multiplayer online game. Techniques like prediction and lag compensation try to minimize that advantage and allow a fair game for players with slower connections."
That's why ridiculous things like this one happen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvd5rKAkCQ0
Everything else has been nerfed, so why not? I know I know, laggers gonna cry...
ps: It's also funny that they brag about having 100k F2P downloads and 500k players, but still they refuse to implement a ping filter toggle.
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You can see a very in-depth description of the "input lag" I am talking about in this thread - my post is the really long one near the bottom of the thread
I'm familiar with lag compensation & definitely a possibility that was going on during my testing too... However, if ND's running 750ms of compensation that's unacceptable as well. It's literally the difference between taking cover or going around a corner @ full health & still taking a death even though you made all the right moves. I experience that exact scenario every match & always have... But that is not present on UC2 at all (was just playing a few days ago even).
I think it's ridiculous that the game doesn't have ping filters to begin with. I had been lobbying for that prior to UC3 even releasing but I was calling it an "optional region lock." ND closed the thread down after 7 pages of replies & posted test results that were significantly more extensive & detailed than in the post linked above. Pretty sure you were involved in the thread @ one point as well & I know that another very well known forum member that I don't see much of anymore was in there being the poster boy for how horrible of an idea it would be & demanding that his opinion is fact as usual, LOL.
Re: "Over 100,000 downloads of F2P"
Do you also have 750ms of input lag in LAN matches as well?
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Good question that I do not have the answer to - but that would surely verify the situation...... I will fire up the PS3s & post the answer shortly!
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SCORPiON5150 wrote:
Good question that I do not have the answer to - but that would surely verify the situation...... I will fire up the PS3s & post the answer shortly!
Yeah, that would clarify it... if it's an inherent game code issue, it would affect LAN as well.
Sometimes ISPs have crappy routing (even if they are in the same country).
Re: "Over 100,000 downloads of F2P"
So I just tested it.. With 2 disc versions of the game that I have (obviously). I took it a step further & got out the stopwatch this time. 630ms appears to be the mark that I both hear & see the other character shoot on the opposite screen. It's so bad it's kind of hilarious to watch, & it makes you fully grasp how broken the game is. it also makes you fully realize why you are always getting killed in cover & experienceing ridiculous things like your mysterious death on village.
ANYONE that plays this game a lot & has the capability of seeing this first hand (i.e. owns 2 ps3s) should most definitely do so. It's a real eye opener to the outrageous moments that happen in the game! Add a little genuine connection lag to this 630ms of lag that ND never optimized at all & you have a full 3/4 second + of lag at the absolute BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO. That means it's likely more like 1 second + lag on every single movement or shot fired in the game from either side at any given time - & it only gets worse from that point on!
Makes you wonder if they even really test this stuff. Shame on ND either way for releasing such a busted product right out of the box, broken @ the very deepest core element of gameplay. On a competitive shooter it is an expected requirement that your enemy die within xx amount of shots, & an expected requirement that you do not take damage once you are out of the line of fire (i.e. in cover, around corner, etc).
What a joke.


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The London Film School is the oldest-established international school of film technique in the world. The school has contributed significantly... More
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Units 1 & 2 119-123 Hackford Road, Brixton, London SW9 | 28 minutes walk from Millbank
Chocolate Films is a South London based film production company and social enterprise which runs a wide variety of media courses including stop motion animation,... More
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1 Sheffield Street, Holborn, London WC2A | 29 minutes walk from Millbank
The award-winning Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey and awarded the RIBA London Building of the Year Award in... More
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10 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 32 minutes walk from Millbank
English [Out There!] takes a very hands-on approach to learning English. The course places an emphasis on using what you have learned. Students are taken... More
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15B Little Portland Street, Fitzrovia, London W1W | 34 minutes walk from Millbank
Awarded The Best City Cookery School 2013, the Cookery School at Little Portland Street has been teaching people to make simple, honest food for more... More
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4-6 Staple Inn, Holborn, London WC1V | 34 minutes walk from Millbank
Situated in the heart of London, Career Energy – formed in March 2002 - offers comprehensive advice on careers, career change and job searching. They'll... More
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Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R | 36 minutes walk from Millbank
Learn to act by becoming the person you are portraying. Think yourself into the role... eat what they would eat, weigh what they would weigh,... More
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19 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London W1U | 36 minutes walk from Millbank
Whether you're a Nigella or not in the kitchen, the L'atelier des Chefs cookery school can teach you something. Classes are given in the basement... More
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Hyde Park, Hyde Park, London W2 | 2 miles from Millbank
Hidden in a copse of trees in Hyde Park, The LookOut is a tranquil haven in the heart of London. Home to the Isis Education... More
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Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 2 miles from Millbank
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is among the best schools for the studies of foreign cultures and languages in the world. In... More
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118 Marylebone Lane, Marylebone, London W1U | 2 miles from Millbank
The Caldesi family first set up a cooking school in Giancarlo's native Tuscany. His 'Return to Tuscany' was captured by BBC cameras and dished up... More
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1 Hester Road, Battersea, London SW11 | 2.1 miles from Millbank
The £21 million Dyson Building makes up the largest part of the purpose-built Battersea campus of the prestigious Royal College of Art. Located at 1... More
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Garden Floor, 6 Coldbath Square, Clerkenwell, London EC1R | 2.2 miles from Millbank
One day workshops, offering a friendly no-nonsense approach to teaching about wine, suitable for everyone from beginners to experts. Courses take place at the following venues: Atlas... More
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UCL University, Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E | 2.2 miles from Millbank
Among the best regarded art schools in the world. The Slade is a fairly traditional school with an insistence on certain techniques within each undergraduate... More
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Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 2.3 miles from Millbank
The Bartlett School of Architecture, on the corner of Huntley Street and Capper Street, is part of The Bartlett: UCL's global faculty of the built... More
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17 Duke's Road, Bloomsbury, London WC1H | 2.3 miles from Millbank
London's specialist venue for contemporary dance, The Place plays a role in every aspect of this fast-growing art form. The London Contemporary Dance School offers... More
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165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 2.3 miles from Millbank
There are plenty of initiatives trying to get kids involved in science, but the Dana Centre, an extension of the Science Museum, is the first... More
London > Education > Cookery Courses
Bourne & Hollingsworth Buildings, 42 Northampton Road, EC1R | 2.3 miles from Millbank
Featuring six catering stations, a demonstration bench and a communal dining table, B&H Kitchen , the cookery school from Bourne & Hollingsworth Group, guides... More
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106 Bunhill Row, City, London EC1Y | 2.6 miles from Millbank
City's Print Journalism course is recognised as the best in London. Although places like Goldsmith's are trendier, City is respected in the industry thanks to... More
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161 Old Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V | 2.6 miles from Millbank
This gorgeous 18th century Grade I listed Hawksmoor church is one of a number of London churches which has, in recent years, been converted into... More
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Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, Holborn, London N1C | 2.8 miles from Millbank
One of the premier arts colleges in the world, St Martins accepts only a few talented students each year, and is very well regarded in... More
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16-20 Wharfdale Road, N1 | 2.8 miles from Millbank
Whether a beginner, thinking of making it your career or an experienced florist, the London Flower School can help you to... More
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4 Luke Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 2.9 miles from Millbank
National charity for adult learning which also runs an excellent selection of theatre, literature, history and politics evening classes.... More
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23 Kensington Square, Kensington, London W8 | 2.9 miles from Millbank
Evening and weekend classes in life drawing and painting, taught by tutors from the Slade School of Fine Art and the Royal Society of British... More
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93 Hazelbourne Road, SW12 | 3 miles from Millbank
It's kind of an evening class, kind of a dinner party... Led by FHM's Kenneth Harry Putt, the WFA wine appreciation classes are based around... More
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10 Ballingdon Road, Wandsworth, SW11 | 3.1 miles from Millbank
Get the kids interested in learning can be difficult, especially with regards to a foreign language. However, if they start at a young age what... More
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89/91 Bayham Street, Camden Town, London NW1 | 3.2 miles from Millbank
Unique and innovative workshops teaching flower arranging and floristry with monthly, weekly or daily workshops. This is a really enjoyable art form that allows its... More
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10 Sunbury Workshops, Swanfield Street, Shoreditch, London E2 | 3.2 miles from Millbank
Learn some crafty manouveurs at Making Space where classes on mask making, glass engraving, pyrography (burning patterns into wood or leather), chainmail knitting, and book... More
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The Australians have lost some high-profile leaders recently but the one that really matters, their captain, is still alive and kicking. On another banana skin-free day for the tourists Michael Clarke batted for almost two hours. More often than not he hit the ball with the middle of his bat; he stroked seven silky boundaries, he scampered between the wickets and he ducked the odd bouncer without any obvious twinge.
Unless there is another lumbar rebellion Clarke is on course for the first Test at Trent Bridge on 10 July and the Australians are starting to look like a coherent team, though not yet reminiscent of the 1948 Invincibles. In his first knock since March Australia's best batsman looked in fine fettle. An off drive against Jamie Overton was majestic and soon Clarke lofted the spinner, George Dockrell, back over his head as if he had never been away. Not since Sir Donald Bradman has an Australian cricketer overshadowed the other batsmen in his team so completely.
Then, to general surprise, Clarke was dismissed for 45 by Craig Meschede, who delivered a beauty that only a good player would have edged. Meschede, 21 and with lots to learn, looks innocuous enough but he seems to specialise in dismissing galactic batsmen.
Two years ago his maiden first-class wicket was Sachin Tendulkar; last week he dispatched Shivnarine Chanderpaul at Derby and Clarke (as well as Usman Khawaja, though he does not yet qualify for the top tier).
The other plus for the tourists was the innings of Shane Watson, who hit 90 from 94 balls and at one stage was on course for a hundred before lunch. Watson often looks invincible but then infuriates.
At Taunton he hit the ball with massive authority. He rocked on to the front foot and drove through the covers and midwicket with easy power – there were 20 boundaries in his innings so it was a marvel of energy conservation.
He was particularly severe on the mighty Meschede. It all looked remarkably easy for him until just before lunch, when his leading edge gave a catch to cover off Overton, whose figures disguised his promise. Watson is comfortable at the top of the order, where he poses a more obvious threat, so here is another thing sorted for the tourists.
Watson knew of this plan only after the sudden appointment of Darren Lehmann and he likes it. "It's nice to have the backing of the coach," he said.
"Opening is something I love and very exciting. I've worked with Darren before and I know how he operates. He doesn't beat about the bush." Watson may well be happier in the new regime.
The expectation is that he will be accompanied in the Test by Ed Cowan, who had a less happy day. He was given out caught behind in Gemaal Hussain's first over and was clearly nonplussed by the decision. He loitered and for a moment it looked as if he was keen to open a debate with the umpire about this turn of events – an idiosyncratic departure after one of several idiosyncratic decisions in this match.
Nor was Khawaja very convincing before edging Meschede to first slip. However, Phillip Hughes remained unbeaten until the rain swept in from the Quantocks at tea time. He had some luck. On 12 he had a huge hack at Dockrell and might have been bowled or stumped but was neither. Thereafter he was more discreet.
Brad Haddin was altogether more assured and not the first visitor to Taunton to relish the short boundary at the Old Pavilion End.


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Marketing Yourself as a Designer is All About Making Stuff
It seems that too often great designers get lost in the mix simply because they don't take the time to market themselves well. I mean let's face it, most designers — especially those of us working independently/freelance — find ourselves continually juggling the roles of accountant, salesperson, and marketer, and rarely do we find the energy or resources to really develop big marketing strategies after all of our other tasks are done. And, while many do just fine with personal web portfolios, growing competition is making getting noticed harder and harder.
But, this stuff — marketing ourselves and getting our name out there — is really important for business.
And while self-marketing efforts may sometimes seem like a waste of time — because we want to spend our days actually designing and making things — it's the difference between an unending flow, or a trickle, of design projects.
Throughout this article, we'll discuss a few approaches to creating things that can help build your swag in the design sphere, and maybe even get you a few clients along the way.
Build a Microsite
It's not common that a site promoting a for-profit product or service will be widely shared on social media networks. (Unless, of course, you're willing to offer a Groupon-esque discount to the masses, and put yourself out of business in the process.)
The kinds of sites that really go viral are most often those with compelling and creative content, especially if it strikes an emotional chord that in no way feels related to advertising or marketing.
That's difficult to achieve on a website that's trying to sell its visitors something, but quite simple with a quirky microsite.
Just take a look at this website: How Many People are in Space Right Now.
The concept of the website is pretty simple: You'll see the number of astronauts currently in space, and stats about how long they've been up there. There's even a downloadable widget so that space enthusiasts can stay up to date on any of their devices.
Another microsite, Dangers of Fracking, this one done by designer Linda Dong, seeks to educate the general public about something nasty currently happening all over the world.
Not only does the microsite contain useful information that will be new to a lot of people visiting the site, (and thus upping its chances of being shared on Twitter and Facebook), but it's also beautifully well-designed and shows off the talent of the designer.
Why This is Effective Marketing
A niche site with an interesting, non-profit-driven topic is sure to be widely shared. It's simple, fun and easily enjoyed. That's good news for the designers listed at the bottom of the page, who are sure to get clicks from interested parties.
Your Turn
If you've got a subject which you're very passionate about, make a microsite about it to show the world not only your design capabilities, but your sense of creativity as well. You can use a front-end UI framework like Bootstrap to make it easier and quicker for you to produce. Also, read this excellent article on Webdesigner Depot called Designing Microsites: Factors To Consider to learn more about how to make good microsites.
Create a Free Online Tool
There are few methods quite as effective for getting your name out there as creating tools and web apps that your fellow designers can use.
Helpful tools don't have to be complicated or feature-packed. Just take a look at Colour Code, a joint project by web developer Tamino Martinius and web designer/developer Andreas Storm, which helps users find colors for design projects.
Another example is Gridwax, a bookmarklet that helps you with your web design layout's vertical spacing and offset, created by designer Kevin Altman.
And lest you think tools and web apps need be serious, try playing with the game-like Ideator, which is ostensibly about branding, but mostly just a lot of fun.
Examples of these free online tools, typically created as personal projects by web designers and developers, are plenty.
Why This is Effective Marketing
Take a look at the footer of free online tools you use. Typically, the names of the creators and their social media accounts will be found there. The more useful the tool, the more people will visit the site, and the more times people will click on those links.
Free online tools are social-media-friendly as well — they have the capability of reaching a lot of people through Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and so forth.
Your Turn
The next time you wish there was "an app for that," try making it yourself. Then tweet it to the masses. The worst that can happen is that you spend time practicing your craft and staying creatively fresh.
Create a Niche Blog
Blogging doesn't have to be all about news, journaling your activities, and sharing informative content (though these are great self-marketing strategies related to blogging).
To mix things up, why not take inspiration from Jessica Colaluca, the owner of Design Seeds, and devote yourself to a special niche blog?
Every day, Jessica chooses a color from the palette and features striking photographs that highlight the use of that color. She also suggests similar colors and provides a palette search tool, so the blog is both fun to visit and includes a useful tool.
Why This is Effective Marketing
Beauty and usefulness are two key features of an inherently shareable site. What's more, you can tell from the look of Design Seeds that its content is just waiting to be pinned on Pinterest boards.
Your Turn
As you go about your daily design work, observe which designs/topics/work hold a deeper interest to you. Narrow your ideas down into something simple. Then launch your highly targeted niche blog.
Create Freebies
No matter how many free resources exist on the Web, we all have those moments where we stop what we're doing, scratch our heads and say, "I wish I could just download this," or "I wish there was an eBook for this."
The next time this happens to you, create your own, just like DesignModo did with this UI kit.
With this freebie, the design blog puts its money where its mouth is by providing all that a designer could need to create a flat UI style design.
Why This is Effective Marketing
Again, it's that high degree of usefulness that will get your freebie shared on social media sites. And you can bet the folks of DesignModo didn't just pull this idea out of thin air: The tool likely comes from their own wishes as designers and from feedback from their site readers.
Your Turn
Create a useful downloadable resource, and then give it away for free. Mention your site and your name in the readme.txt file that typically accompanies freebies so that people using your freebie will know where it came from.
You could consider submitting it to bigger sites like Smashing Magazine (or here on Design Instruct) to see if they'll publish your freebie. In exchange, you typically get an author bio at the end of the post where you can mention your website and social network accounts.
Hey, I'm not saying that self-promotion has to become your favorite pastime. But, with a little creativity, it can be a project as rewarding as anything a client hands you. So go for it!
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Great post Luke. I couldn't agree more. It's very important for a designer to show that he can think of great ideas and actually do something he thought of himself. Nothing shows that you're able to do great work more than self-started projects.
The other fact is, that self-started projects can have major impact on your motivation and creativity… the only problem I see with this kind of projects is, that it's hard to find the time for them. But it's well worth the effort.
Absolutely agree with you Matej and Luke, Best way to succeed in web designing business is to prepare some exciting and good looking samples, which depict your ideas and creativity.
Adding to the "niche blog" suggestion above, check out A Sensible World's "A Year of Icons" which posts a new icon every day for an entire year.
The site, run by a design studio, has been featured in many design news sites and on social media.
Check it out here: http://sensibleworld.com/year-of-icons/
Great Post , Being a designer and to market your self you have to show the world that you can do stuff .


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It's fair to say that none of Acer's previous smartphones have been greeted with a rapturous critical reception. There have been some decent phones among its brood, such as the Liquid E, but on the whole the company hasn't been able to repeat the success it's enjoyed in the laptop market. With the Stream, Acer is looking to change all this and, on the face of it at least, the handset boasts perhaps the most impressive specification of any Android phone on the market.
The Stream is definitely the best-looking phone Acer has ever produced. It's a little bit larger (119.5 x 63 x 11.2mm) than most touchscreen handsets, but it still manages to feel comfortable to hold in the hand. The design looks slightly industrial, but in a pleasing way, and the gun metal grey and glossy black finishes used on the front help it look rather classy. Importantly it also feels like it's built to last, which is something we haven't always been able to say about Acer phones in the past.
As well as the four standard Android buttons, there are also three media playback controls at the very bottom of the phone. These are designed to be used with the nemoPlayer video player when it's running in landscape mode. In truth these buttons are a little unnecessary as the touchscreen provides all the control you really need, but some people may find them a welcome addition and they do look quite snazzy.
The handset runs on Android 2.1, but Acer has heavily customised the version used here. In fact, it's probably the most heavily customised version of Android that we've come across yet. For starters, it doesn't have the traditional Android homescreen. Instead, its homescreen is divided into two parts. The bottom of the display contains six permanently displayed shortcuts. Acer has also gotten rid of the pull down notification menu and instead replaced it with a thin bar above these shortcuts that displays small notifications that you can then click on to find out more information.
The top half of the screen is divided into three sliding panels. The middle panel simply displays the date and time (despite appearances, you can't add any widgets to this panel), while the left hand panel shows a rotating menu of thumbnail screenshots of recently used apps so you can jump back into an app exactly where you left off. The right hand panel has a similar thumbnail view, but this time it shows thumbnails of your photos, videos or music tracks with a button at the top used to switch between the three media types.
As widgets can't be displayed on the central panel, Acer has had to stick them somewhere else and it's chosen to put them on the lock screen. When you press the power button to take the phone out of sleep you're presented with a lock screen that actually acts more like the traditional Android homescreen. You can swipe over and back on this lock screen to move between up to five pages of widgets. To exit this and enter the main homescreen you drag upwards on an animated page curl at the bottom left of the display. You can also return to the widgets view by pressing and holding the home button for a couple of seconds.
It's quite a weird set up and in truth we didn't think it worked all that well as it just seems to overcomplicate things. We also found it rather awkward having to move away from the homescreen to get at your widgets. Thankfully, you can turn all this off and revert to the vanilla Android user interface via a switch in the settings menu. However, this obviously negates one of the phone's unique selling points.
Does the Stream use PenTile Matrix in its AMOLED display? It would be good to know how the screen fares in comparison to Desire/Galaxy S.
Nothing to do with the phone but I couldn't see a better forum for commenting on the website in general - and since it's android-related......
For the last week or so browsing TR on my Android 2.1 phone I've noticed that when articles finishing loading in the browser it scrolls to the top left which effectively means I end up looking at the white left margin you seem so keen on. In order to see the content I need to scroll right. With every refresh it jumps back to the top left. As you can imagine it's somewhat annoying! Previously there was no problem - the browser happily positioned itself at the start of the actual content.
Did something change? Any chance of a fix?
@Epic: Could you email a screen shot to me, I'm not sure I understand what you're describing. There's no changes I know of that might have made such a change.
It does that in the Firefox browser on Windows as well, if you scroll half way down a page and press refresh it jumps back to the top once it's finished loading. I thought that if the page haven't changed then it should stays where the view was ? Try it on another site like http://www.guardian.co.uk/ and you'll see what I meant.
I have (also) problems with loading content from Trustedreviews on my HTC Desire 2.2 (even with latest update). The website loads, nothing wrong. When it's done loading, the view of the browser goes all-white, viewing the area left of the content of the website itself. Sweeping right or zooming in helps show the content correctly again. Could also be a HTC-issue, have had it on another website aswell (www.estofex.org).
Pretty shitty now the flashsupport means flawless playback of Trustedreviews.
Oh dear - looks like I started something here. In my case scrolling to the bottom of the page revealed that one of the ads failed to load and the resulting http error is what pushed the content off screen to the right. TR are looking into it.
@Luan Bach - I'm using FF 3.6.7 and it "resumes" half way down this page on refresh, as you describe.
@S_Xero / Epic - I'll grab an Android phone with Ed and take a look.
Six shortcuts?
Page 1 says " The bottom of the display contains six permanently displayed shortcuts."
The photos appear to show 8 shortcuts?
@Geoff Richards: Yup, seems to work for me today, it didn't when I reported it. I thought you guys must have fixed it.
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Originally posted on Fox Sports Midwest | Last updated 1/24/13
Courtesy: Blues Media Relations ST. LOUIS St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced the Blues have recalled defenseman Ian Cole from the Blues American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, Peoria Rivermen today. In addition, the club assigned defenseman Jeff Woywitka to Peoria. Cole, 23, has dressed in all three of the Blues games this season posting an assist and two penalty minutes. The Ann Arbor, Michigan native was drafted by the Blues in the first round (18th overall) of the 2007 Entry Draft. Woywitka, 29, spent last season between the New York Rangers and their AHL affiliate, Connecticut Whale. The 63, 221-pound defenseman posted six points (one goal, five assists) in 27 games with the Rangers while he logged three assists in six games with the Whale. The Vermilion, Alberta native was signed as a free agent by the Blues on July 2, 2012.
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