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Fresh off an election cycle in which its candidates cruised to victory in almost unprecedented numbers, it would seem as if the Oklahoma Republican Party might be content to rest on its laurels for a while.
But that's not the way Matt Pinnell, the 31-year-old state GOP chairman, sees it.
Pinnell was the youngest Republican Party state chairman in the country when he took over in June at age 30. One of his priorities since then has been targeting a section of the voting populace -- those born in 1979 or afterward -- and encouraging them to consider joining and working on behalf of the GOP.
With that thought in mind, Pinnell and other state Republican leaders plan to launch a new program called Emerge 46 -- it takes its name from Oklahoma's status as the union's 46th state -- in January that is designed to attract so-called "next generation" voters to the GOP in Oklahoma, though that is a tag that Pinnell said he avoids using.
"I believe they have emerged," he said. "They're up to bat now. We need that generation to get involved in the political movement."
Emerge 46 will be kicked off next month with launch parties in the state's major cities featuring appearances by honorary co-chairs. A website also will be launched through the state party's current website, okgop.com. The state chairman said it would be a mistake to underestimate the importance of those the initiative is targeting.
"That millennium generation will make up close to 40 percent of eligible voters by 2020," he said. "This generation is going to become a huge voting bloc in about 10 years. We've seen the impact of youth on elections when they get involved. They can change elections."
Pinnell hopes not only to get younger voters to vote Republican but to convince them to join College Republican or Young Republican clubs, campaign at the precinct level and raise money for GOP candidates.
"If we can do that, we'll have a better army out there in 2012 (when the next presidential election takes place)," he said.
Pinnell acknowledged that younger voters traditionally have gravitated toward the Democratic Party, particularly two years ago when they were a big factor in the election of President Obama. He hopes Emerge 46 will help the GOP chip away at the support the president has in that voting bloc.
"He's an unpopular president," Pinnell said. "But on college campuses, that's where he gets his biggest crowds. It's a winnable generation."
Given his relative youth, Pinnell believes he knows how to appeal to younger voters and draw them to the GOP. As a 2002 graduate of Oral Roberts University, he routinely tells college students during his visits to various campuses that it wasn't so long ago that he found himself in their position.
"It does help when I can go into a college classroom and go to young professionals and say, 'I'm 31, and I understand where you guys are coming from. I was just in college. Let's do this thing together,' " he said.
The Tulsa native said he got involved in the politics when he was in college, serving as an intern in the local office of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. He attended an informal event for Broken Arrow Republican Scott Pruitt, who then was seeking election to the state Senate. Pinnell came away impressed by Pruitt's aggressiveness and competitiveness, and joined his campaign. That experience convinced him politics was his calling.
After graduation, he and his wife Lisa moved to Washington, D.C., where Pinnell worked for two groups, the American International Automobile Dealers Association and the political action committee of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. When they decided to return to Oklahoma a few years ago, Pinnell said, it seemed only natural that he would reintegrate himself into the local political scene, going to work as a campaign aide for Republican candidates and eventually becoming director of operations for the state party.
When Gary Jones, the chairman of the state GOP resigned his position earlier this year to run for state auditor and inspector, Pinnell jumped into the race to replace him. Despite being only 30 years old at the time, he was elected to the post in June.
"I think it was an asset," he said of his age. "I think it's a positive thing. I think it's an asset when you have young, vibrant leadership. That's the feedback I've gotten from around the state."
Pinnell said it is his intention to build on the foundation established by Jones, and he believes his ability to relate to younger voters will serve him -- and the party -- well.
"I'm somebody who obviously gets social media and understands new developments in the political game," he said.
When Pinnell visits state campuses to talk to college students, he said he routinely beings each session by passing out sheets of paper and asking the members of his audience to list their top concerns among such issues as the environment, abortion, taxes, health care and others.
"On a lot of those sheets, environmental issues will be listed higher than abortion," he said. "But that doesn't surprise me. I'm not saying the Republican Party should take a timeout on those issues. But Republicans need to realize the members of this generation, a lot of them, rank these issues differently."
While younger voters are likely to have different priorities than older voters, Pinnell said, "that doesn't mean there's not room for them in the Republican Party."
The new emphasis on younger voters is an attempt to make sure the GOP's gains in Oklahoma don't erode over time, he said.
"I think we have older voters who are with us," he said. "They're on the bus. It's the youth vote that's not. We're going to lose a whole generation of voters if we don't get our act together. That's what keeps me up at night."
The state Republican chairman acknowledged the Democrats' hold on younger voters is not something that will be easy to change.
"We've got to be realistic," he said. "We're not talking about domination, but we're definitely talking about competing. We hope to have a College Republicans club at every college in the state, and we want to have a Young Republicans club in every city. We want to build a farm team of good, young, conservative voters and potential candidates."
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John Seymour runs an 800-acre arable, beef and sheep farm near Stokesley. He said the industry has been battered by bad weather all year and the impact will last well into next year.
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"I've had the worst year of my career. I've been farming since I left university, for 44 years and 2012 is the worst year because of the weather. It's just gone on and on and on.
"It's impacting not just on arable farming, but livestock as well, because feed prices are going up."
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Beginning shortly after the end of prohibition, the L.A. County Fair began awarding medals to the finest wines in California. The event quickly grew to world-class stature. In 1991, judging included not only entries representing the California wine industry, but wines from throughout North and South America. Eventually, Italian varietals were added. Then in 2002, the doors were opened to entries from around the globe.
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In this paper we look at the Line Integral Convolution method for flow visualization and ways in which this can be applied to the visualization of two dimensional, steady flow fields in the presence of uncertainty. To achieve this, we start by studying the method and reviewing the history of modifications other authors have made to it in order to improve its efficiency or capabilities, and using these as a base for the visualization of uncertain flow fields. Finally, we apply our methodology to a case study from the field of oceanography.
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Soapy EyesI keep playing your partBut it's not my sceneWon't this plot not twist?I've had enough mystery.-Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, WishingThe water cut out about halfway through her shampooing."Great," Anisa growled. "Marcie, the pipes are acting up again! Ow-and now I got shampoo in my eyes!"Indeed she had. In fact, the black suds had run down her short, straight hair, covering her eyes. Curiously, instead of thinning as they did, they actually seemed to become thicker, if less sudsy.Anisa, eyes closed, stepped out of the shower."I should stop buying things just 'cause they have good commercials. 'Emulsive polymer microparticles in our shower gel will make you feel like a new woman!'," she said in a breathy voice. Then she snorted. "Yeah, right."After knocking the toothpaste into the sink - and swearing - she managed to turn the knob, only to receive nothing but a gurgling noise.Anisa swore again.She attempted to tuck an errant strand of hair behind
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View Full Version : The 'How' of Lost Civilizations gendanken 06-25-05, 01:48 AM The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least three characters. invert_nexus 06-25-05, 03:01 PM You make some good points here on the fragility of memory. Consider this: There are a few different methods for submerging an entire civilization or parts therof into oblivion. One is by accident. As is your memory of the old mall. The human memory is not detail oriented. It generalizes. Watch this video: http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/12.html And this one: http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/10.html They demonstrate rather well just how much detail people pay attention to. And these videos are in regard to human faces which are what people pay attention to far more than they do anything else on the planet! The videos are 3 megs each and require Java, so be sure to click the link on a high speed connection or be prepared to wait. I'll give a quick explanation of what happens in them. A man stops and asks someone for directions. They talk for a couple of minutes. And then a couple of construction workers come along carrying a door. They walk between the two people and the person asking directions changes place with one of the construction workers. So. The guy is left talking with someone completely different. And he does't notice a thing.... The first link shows a switch between a couple of nondescript guys. The second shows a guy with a bright yellow hardhat and a blue shirt being exchanged for a bright yellow hardhat and a black shirt. There are many other videos like this on this page: http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/djs_lab/demos.html I wish someone would fucking watch these! I've posted them several times in various threads and have never received a response on any of them. The videos are pretty amazing. Watch them! Try not to read the descriptions before clicking the link as some of them give the trick away. You're supposed to see if you notice the strange thing in some of the videos. Anyway. So I was saying that the human memory generalizes being the first method for a vanishing civilization. The second is a purposeful decimation of said culture. The Romans eradicated the culture of the Etruscans and countless others. The Christians wiped out far more civilizations (even though they called them barbaric.) History is written by the victors and in a single generation the world could be completely rewritten. Completely. Consider also the nature of writing. In Babylon, for instance, The writing was idiosyncratic. Few could actually read and write. And because of this, the language vanished rather easily. Also, writing in Babylonian was more of a memory aid rather than writing the full story. One has to fill in the gaps between words in such writings. Egyptian was also a language of the elite. And hence vanished. Minoa is still a bit of a mystery as far as I know. Natural disaster wiped out it's memory. The language of the Maya was lost. The Inca quipu and manuscripts. Languages come. Languages go. And when they were only in the hands of a select few to begin with, they vanish all the easier. And when knowledge of the language vanishes. All those pretty pictures mean nothing. Until some bright-eyed genius comes along and solves Minoan B, that is. Consider also the evolution of language. I've already desribed how Babylonian differed from modern writing. But, consider also the purposes of ancient writings. Writing wasn't originally designed for epics and for history. It was made for mundane tasks such as keeping track of stock, trade, slaves, etc... Day to day things. It took time for it to be adapted to newer ways of thinking. New ways of keeping track of history. It was, I think, with the Greeks, that this first was made solid and plain. The Greek became educated and created much of the concept of world which we inhabit. The greek took a tenuous strand and made it a thick cable. He tied together history and we still hang by that rope even now. As has practically all that came after him. Of course, this is a eurocentric viewpoint. The east has it's own story to tell. And neither story should really be told in the absence of the other, but I am unable to tell the story of the east. Maybe someone else could fill that in. he same exact way a Puebla native today, who is Catholic, has forgotten that a 'pagan' empire the size of 10 Cubas even existed in his own country. Are you referring to the Anasazi before their fall and diaspora? Xylene 06-27-05, 01:46 AM JUst as an illustration of how easily culture can be lost and forgotten, consider this; there used to be six laungauges spoken in Britain other than English (which is itself an amalgam of all sorts of languages). Romany, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Erse (Irish Gaelic) and Manx (Celtic, on the Isle of Man). Cornish passed out of existence in the Eighteenth Century. Ned Mandrell was the last speaker of Manx, and I think he died in the 1980's. Erse and Welsh had to be revived and taught in schools, and is now reasonably well spread so far as I know. Scottish Gaelic is still spoken, though by how many I couldn't say. I think the main power of the English language is threefold. Firstly, it was the language of arguably the most powerful and widespread empire the world has ever seen. Secondly, it was the language of the current American Empire--in which case, ironically, the Americans can thank the English for spreading the use of the English language over the entire world, which has made their own progress in spreading thru the outside world that much easier. Thirdly, the main reason why English spread throughout the world so widely was because it acts as a sponge, soaking up words in other languages. For example, speaking from New Zealand, I can tell you that the average well-educated person here has a vocabulary of about 4000 words. One quarter of these words are direct or mutilated borrowings from the language of the Maoris, who were here when the Europeans arrived. Other varieties of English could show the same trend. H. L. Menken wrote a book about the American English language, in which he traced the strands of different influence that produced the current (1936) American language of his day. Its well worth a read. It's also interesting to see how the language has changed in the 70 years since he wrote. In summary, civilisations are sometimes totally smashed. However, usually the pieces are picked up and absorbed, be that absorbsion ever so slow. 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Recent News & GDCMarch 4th, 2000 |
Wow, it's been a while since I updated anything here…. ah well, there's new stuff today!
I'm going to be at the Game Developer's Conference next week. I'll be doing a panel on online community with a bunch of great folks including Brad McQuaid of EverQuest, Toby Ragaini of Asheron's Call, Mike Sellers formerly of Meridian 59, Jonathan Baron formerly of Kesmai and Air Warrior, Dr Amy Bruckman of MediaMOO, and of course Amy Jo Kim. That should be an all-day thing and quite a lot of fun. I'm reprising the usual roundtable on the Laws of Online World Design with Rich Vogel, and also doing a production lecture.
As part of the tutorial panel, Amy B. was doing slides on history of muds, and it set me on an obsessive tear this weekend. So if you look under Gaming/Misc Writings you'll find a timeline of important events in the history of development of muds, MMORPGS, and whatever else you choose to call them.
My CD should be getting released by MP3.com in the next week or so. So for all three of you out there who want it, keep an eye out on my artist page there for more info.
A special poke in the ribs goes out to Brad, by the way, for saying in his interview with CGW that he'd pick me to play Aradune in the EverQuest movie. I dunno, Brad, I just don't see how audiences would go for that… after all, you look soo… California. And I don't. : Oh well, I imagine that at least Mark Asher (who did the interview & who does Game Spin over at Gamecenter) laughed–I doubt the rest of the world got the joke. Mark, next time footnote the interview.
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Heather Mitts does the sideline thing - poorly
I just saw Heather Mitts play sideline reporter for ESPN's Miami - North Carolina telecast. She sounded like a super-earnest college freshman as she told a pointless anecdote about one of the team's watching the Chicago Bears loss to the Miami Dolphins in 1985, their only one that season. Zzzzz. It was borderline embarrassing to watch. She certainly did not change my opinion of sideline reporters. But at least she is pretty, and that's generally good enough to be on a television.


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Alternative TitlesEnglish: The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer Synonyms: Wakusei no Samidare, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, Lucifer BH Japanese: 惑星のさみだれ InformationType: Manga
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Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer [also referred to as Hoshi/Wakusei no Samidare] is basically what would happen if you took What the Hell, Hero? and made an entire story around it. Hoshi no Samidare read more
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The story may not be anything particularly original, but it easily makes up for its lack of originality with numerous twists and quirks that make for an enjoyable read that never fails to surprise, right up until the last chapter. Little things, such as the Princess' motivations for wanting to save the world, or unexpected character designs keep it interesting. One read more
I found this review Helpful Not Helpful Jun 5, 2012
Before I start the actual review, let me just get something out of the way. From this it may seem like I give out 10s to manga, like I give candy to children on Halloween. In fact it is the opposite, this is the only true 10 rating I ever gave to a manga. I have another one in my list but that's for special reasons. So, as you probably realized already, this is my all-time favorite. Still, I will try and go through what read more
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Wakusei no Samidare (or, The Lucifer and The Biscuit Hammer - although a more literal translation of 惑星のさみだれ might be Planet Samidare or Samidare's read more
I found this review Helpful Not Helpful Dec 29, 2012
Also, a bunch of tears included. I thought I wrote a masterpiece, but then I deleted half of it when I decided to preview it. Stupid me. Should've just submitted it. Never again. I seriously want to cry. This is so ironic- the only half that I kept is the part about the flaws. - Sometimes you read manga so great that you wish there was a larger number you could rate it because it doesn't even compare to the other manga that you also rated as a ten out of ten. Sometimes, it is so great that even read more
I found this review Helpful Not Helpful Mar 28, 2013
Hoshi no Samidare is certainly something special. Anyone that willing to look past the art style and the slow opening will be in for an amazing ride full of all kinds of emotions. The storyline will not make you laugh, but you will smile and cry all the read more
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(794) DEVELOPMENT OF OVARIAN FOLLICULAR CYSTS AFTER TREATMENT OF CATTLE WITH A GnRH RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (ACYLINE) AND ESTRADIOL.
Gumen, Ahmet1, Powell, Justin1, Olbrich, Debra1, Wiltbank, Milo1, 2, 1 Department of Dairy Science, Madison, WI2 Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, Madison, WI
ABSTRACT- Many mammals, including cattle, can develop follicular cysts but the physiological mechanisms leading to this condition remain undefined. We hypothesized that an estradiol-induced GnRH surge would result in development of follicular cysts if the LH surge were prevented by treatment with a GnRH receptor antagonist (Acyline; GnRH-ANT). We further hypothesized that continuous estradiol (E2) exposure after this GnRH-ANT treatment, until a new estrogen-active follicle was present on the ovary, would increase the effectiveness of this treatment in inducing follicular cysts. A preliminary dose response study was performed and a dose of 10g GnRH-ANT per kg body weight was found to completely block GnRH action for 72 h. In the main study, heifers (n = 34) on D 7 of the estrous cycle were treated with PGF2. Heifers were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: untreated (Control), GnRH-ANT, and GnRH-ANT plus E2 implant for 12 d (GnRH-ANT+E2). Heifers in GnRH-ANT and GnRH-ANT+E2 groups were treated with GnRH-ANT 24 h after PGF2. All three groups were treated with 2 mg of estradiol benzoate (EB) 2 h after GnRH-ANT treatment. There was no difference in maximal follicle size at the time of EB injection among groups (13.9 ± 0.4 mm). After EB treatment all control heifers (n = 10) had an LH surge (peak = 19.6 ± 2.5 ng/ml), but an LH surge was not detected in any of the heifers treated with GnRH-ANT. All control heifers ovulated 2.3 ± 0.2 d after EB (ovulatory follicle diameter = 14.6 ± 0.5 mm), but none of the heifers treated with GnRH-ANT ovulated during the 7 d following EB treatment. However, 50% of the GnRH-ANT (6 of 12) and 8% of the GnRH-ANT+E2 (1 of 12) heifers subsequently ovulated (new follicle wave, 6.7 ± 0.3 d; ovulation, 13.0 ± 0.7 d after EB). The heifers that became anovular (50% of GnRH-ANT and 92% of GnRH-ANT+E2) developed large follicles (22.1 ± 0.7 mm) with high circulating estradiol concentrations (∼ 8 pg/ml). These results indicate that prevention of the LH surge and ovulation after an estradiol-induced GnRH surge can induce follicular cysts. Nevertheless, the greater rate of follicular cyst development during continuous estradiol exposure is consistent with the idea that estradiol from developing follicles may be important in maintaining unresponsiveness of the hypothalamus during development and maintenance of follicular cysts
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I do sometimes feel sorry for the folks at ArenaNet, especially the community managers. Their jobs, for all the benefits they may enjoy, must sometimes seem like blend of babysitting a pack of hungry, angry toddlers at nap time and being orderlies in a mental hospital. Almost every time the company announces new information about Guild Wars 2, there's a strong roar of "You're ruining the game!" from a small-but-vocal hard core of the fan base.
They go from Facebook updates and Twitter messages of passion and life-long devotion to the game to "Worst. Game. Ever." in five seconds flat. I don't mean the reasoned, rational responses, but the "OMG! WTF??!" whining. The developers could announce free cupcakes and ice cream and the complainers would be right back at them with accusations that they're ruining the game — and the ice cream is fattening, and don't they know some people are lactose-intolerant. I know fans have a lot emotionally invested in the game — after all, I'm a fan too — but this "The glass is half empty, and it's dirty too" attitude has been getting worse the closer we get to finding out the release date.
Enough of me complaining about the complainers, or I risk getting complaints. The next closed beta event is timed just about perfectly — the folks who do videos are in desperate need of new footage. The lack of new video material is more than compensated for by the folks who write articles and blog posts, as you can see below.
Before the break, a couple of housekeeping items:
- If you're one of the lucky folks who got into this weekend's beta event, don't break the NDA. I saw reports just before posting this column where someone was livestreaming the beta. I'm betting that person is out of the beta by the time you read this.
- If you've written a blog post or recorded a video that you think I should include in this column, send a link to firstname.lastname@example.com to let me know about it. In the few short months since I started doing this column, I'm following more than twice the number of blogs and YouTube channels and I'm certain that I don't find even half of what's out there.
Update: Yep. Not only has ArenaNet kicked the offenders out of the beta, but they've explicitly stated that violating your NDA can result in permanent loss of access to all ArenaNet games.
- Official Guild Wars 2 news
- Recent GuildMag posts
- Fan articles and blog posts
- Videos and podcasts
- Fanfic
- Community events
Official Guild Wars 2 news
- ArenaNet blog — The Evolution of Narrative in Personal Story. "Hey, everyone! I'm Leif Chappelle, a member of the content design team responsible for implementing the personal story in Guild Wars 2. While we have gone into detail about some of our other content types, including dynamic events and PvP, we haven't yet given you a behind-the-scenes look at how the personal story is designed. This blog post is here to remedy that, with a personal story of my own to help illuminate the process of creating the stories that will guide you through the vast world of Tyria."
- ArenaNet blog — Mike O'Brien on Microtransactions in Guild Wars 2. "In this month's closed beta event, we'll do some early testing of the Guild Wars 2 microtransactions system. Our microtransaction content isn't nailed down yet, but we have a good framework in place to support it. So, I'd like to take a moment to explain our goals and the system we have developed to meet them."
- VG24/7 — Sitting comfortably? Guild Wars 2′s lore boss on story. "Guild Wars 2 is attempting to revolutionise story in MMOs by offering non-cosmetic choices and a personal touch to a genre filled with cookie-cutter options. We speak with Ree Soesbee, ArenaNet's lore and continuity designer, on how this new-found sense of freedom ties into the biggest MMO release of the year."
Recent GuildMag posts
- Guild Wars 2 Pre-Purchase — Good News, Bad News? "A few days ago, ArenaNet finally spread the news of when you will be able to pre-purchase Guild Wars 2, and what goodies you can expect from pre-purchasing one of three upcoming editions. While still not an announcement of the much yearned for release date, the news are an important milestone in the development of the game. On April 10, those who are sure about the success of Guild Wars 2 will be able to voice their certainty with their wallets, and ArenaNet will be able to gauge the preliminary measure of interest there is in their ambitious project. In addition to this mutual benefit, the news also come with a subliminal message — ArenaNet are steadily nearing completion. Good news all around, and that's not even mentioning the goodies all three editions will come with — a free ticket to all beta events, the ability to join the game three days ahead of launch, and a fashionable ring to aid you in early levels."
- ArenaNet blog: Microtransactions. "Mike O'Brien has a post at the ArenaNet blog on the vexatious-to-many topic of microtransactions"
- Blooming Minds in Dark Times. "Enduring the centuries in a small corner of a bay along the Tarnished Coast, the Pale Tree grew and grew, avoiding the devastation that was sweeping around her. Finally, around two decades before the present, the tree began to bear fruit of sorts, except it was not fruit at all, but cocoons holding members of a new race, called the sylvari. Fully grown, yet not fully experienced with the world, these beings approached existence with a sense of wonder and curiosity, unlike the other, much older and more experienced races."
- Guild Wars 2 vs. The Traditional MMO. "After two days of downloading over the university's internet connection, I finally exit the launcher for Star Wars: The Old Republic and start packing up my laptop. One of my friends had given me one of the seven-day free trials they were passing out to subscribers so we could play together, and with a strange curiosity I accepted. There was a lot of confusion on how well SWTOR was going and whether people liked it or not. As I was still waiting for any info from ArenaNet, I wanted to see what it was like for myself, and what Guild Wars 2 was going to compete with. Trying to have an open mind, I set everything up and jumped onto Skype, joining the server my friends were on."
Fan articles and blog posts
- Flamethrowing — Engineer Trait Synergy. "Some of the synergies in the trait trees are fairly obvious, especially when considering combinations with weapons. [...] Because there's a lot of crossover, I made a little tool to help me sort through them. You can see the tool in action at engineertraits.herokuapp.com. I basically tagged all the traits by what they affect and color coded them. You can use the list on the side to filter the traits."
- Mana Obscura — Guild Wars 2: Spellcasters Quick Guide. "If you've been reading this blog for a while you'll probably notice that I have an ongoing love-affair with spellcasters in MMOs. Call it a mage, wizard or sorcerer — if it hurls magic then I'll probably be playing it. Perhaps it's because I identify with the thought of an intellectual magus studying to become proficient in arcane lore. Maybe I just have a primal desire to launch balls of fire from my hands. Who knows."
- Dragon Season — Meet the Professions. "Classes in Guild Wars 2 are called professions. One of the main factors that determine the identity and the role of the player in the game, is the choice of the profession of his/her character. The player is able to choose the profession of their character during the third step of its creation. This choice has great impact on the character's design, because it determines the type of armor that they can wear and also defines the weapons they can use. Each profession provides you with a very different pool of skills, allowing for a completely different play style."
- Dragon Season have a Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase countdown timer on their home page. [Raphia: But note that it's set to GMT-2, for those of us not on that side of the Atlantic.]
- Guild Wars 2 Headquarters — ANet Killed our Fansites. "In their blog, ANet said that they would continue to work with their fansites and would continue to support them, but let's be honest here…this is an attempt to save face for basically saying…sorry for s*&^#ing you! (But in a professional manner). Don't p*ss in my tea and tell me it's lemon! If this is the direction you decided to take, why don't you take the time and contact your fansites to tell them exactly how you plan to support them. You just shocked a big minority of your player base, but a very dedicated minority at that for spending their time and money into creating fansites for your product."
- Team Baka — Signator. "Create your personalized signature in one minute!"
- Guild Wars 2 Junkies — Beta Invites!! Not Another Media Only Event!!! "Log into your email client and check to see if you have been selected for the end of March beta event. If you didn't find an invite in your box yet and you hit refresh every thirty seconds for the last eleven hours since this was posted on Facebook (yes I know I was slow with this) don't lose hope. The invites are being spread out over the next few days."
- Guild Wars 2 Guru — Twilight Arbor Dungeon – PCGamer Preview. "The latest PCGamer has an article about the high level dungeon near the Sylvari starting area. Obviously I can't scan the pages and post them here, but if you are interested, the May 2012 Issue 226 has it. But I'll share some of the interesting details."
- Yoshi's Guild Wars 2 Hub — Sum of the Parts – A Look At PvP Dynamics. "Since the PvE party post was so popular, I thought I'd do one for structured PvP and talk a little about that. But before we do this post, take a quick jump to this one and tell me what other things you want me to post about! Thanks, now let's hope to it."
- GW2 Evolution — Dynamic Event System. "Dynamic events refer to any event that occurs in a persistent area as a result of players interacting with and exploring the world. They are called "dynamic" because there are multiple outcomes that also result in new events, creating a cascade effect. Once an event has triggered, it will develop whether or not a player attends it. Because of this, there is no real concept of failure or success — the result of any event will simply cause a change in the surrounding area. For example, if monsters are successful in raiding an area, they may become strong enough to occupy a fort, which could then be taken by players."
- GW2 Evolution — How to be a Great Beta Tester. "I thought with the upcoming beta of Guild Wars 2 (which most of us won't be in, but we can hope) I would write a short article on how to excel as a beta tester, with one point to developers. This is based on being a beta tester for over 15 years (in both gaming and military weapon system software applications), and being honored in almost every beta test for giving great feedback. In that time I've only had one developer who shunned their testers outright, so that bodes well for the developers. ArenaNet in my opinion is going to do a great job with their beta process so we have little to worry about."
- Yoshi's Guild Wars 2 Hub — Human Life – Not At All Like Second Life. "Before you read this post, go to this one and let me know what kinds of topics you'd like to see me post about. I'll do my best to cover them all! That said, now we return to the lore of GW2. Last time, we finished the lore of the present-day GW expansions, which means we can now move on to the 250 years leading up to GW2. I was going to go chronologically, but it was considerably easier to do this topically. So, we're going to go race-by-race and go through the last two-and-a-half centuries."
- Blog of the Vagabond — Beta to the Max. "Lots of news this week about betas. In a post by ANet talking about Pre-Purchasing, we learned that all pre-purchase orders (digital, deluxe, and collector's editions) come with three perks: a Hero's Band in-game item, 3 days headstart access pre-launch, and access to all beta weekend events."
- Under the Pale Tree — Guild Wars 2: Not as straightforward as it seems. "Over the past couple of weeks, I've covered how both gender and race are represented in Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, pointing out that despite not being perfect (and let's be honest, unfortunately nothing ever will be), ANet does a damn good job with how they portray these things. This post is going to be talking about the subject of sexuality and how it's portrayed within the games."
- Hunter's Insight — Armour Sets From Beta. "MMO Champion has a great thread that has compiled armour sets from the beta. Included are 8 sets, for each profession and gender in the beta. Not to mention a few asura styles at the end. I'll post the sets below, but one of the really amazing aspects of the thread is that someone compiled what you could see in the PvP storage area for armours into 3 lists. Each list has around 30 sets of armour. Not much you can tell from just the names of sets but it's pretty cool. So be sure to check that out."
- Demajen — Assuming Direct Control. "Control is important in any game. Controls are the means with which you interact with whatever character or characters you are playing. Controls can make or break a game. And, in my opinion, they should be completely invisible. Now I don't mean that literally. I don't mean that you shouldn't have any kind of visual interface, or be able to change key bindings or anything like that."
- Shewstr — Separation Anxiety: Sylvari vs. Reality. "This post on love and sexuality in Guild Wars 2 is a semi-response to Verene's recent post, "Guild Wars 2: Not as straight as it seems". Note that I am in no way an expert on human love and sexuality; however, I do have opinions."
- Are You Hunting Something? — Evolving into the GW2 Ecosystem. "Some days ago, ArenaNet Community team leader Martin Kerstein posted an intriguing article on what he hopes the Guild Wars 2 community will evolve into when fansites, wikis and blogs all get together on release of the game. He stated that there will be an official Guild Wars 2 forum, but not a "traditional fansite program", ok, no probs, because there's something much more exciting in the works."
- Guild Wars Insider — Beliasta's GW2 Effects Breakdown. "Here I'm going to cover the gamut of boons/conditions and keywords relevant to skills in Guild Wars 2. Also touched upon is the new Guild Wars 2 trinity of Damage, Support and Control. Learn it, live it, love it!"
- Talk Tyria — Diversity in Sexuality. "Okay fine, there's not much diversity per se because we fall into one of three categories: Straight, bi or gay. Well, before I continue, I figured that another article about how diverse characters on Guild Wars 2 will be based on traits/races/professions/weapons/skills/play styles or any combination of the six will just be rehashing what everyone is saying and it doesn't really contribute much for discussion. We've already established that very well, thank you very much, so let's move on."
- Dragon Season — 10 Things to expect in Guild Wars 2: A Guild Wars Perspective. "It's because of this and the upcoming release of Guild Wars 2 that prompted me to write this. And by all means.. I am NOT a good writer, I would love to contribute my thoughts to the GW community more often but I tend to ramble on mindlessly. This is why I am writing a "10 Things" List. Because 10 List do well! They are short, to the point, informative, organized and easy! Unlike this incredibly long introduction!"
- GWOnline.net — Spreading The Love: Conditions in GW2. "Conditions in GW2 don't just affect combat, they rain upon it; casting a rainbow the many colors of demise. Whether or not its natural to take down a target in record time via every affliction under the sun can be left to debate — I confess though, it warms my soul. I find nothing more deviously entertaining than putting one through a myriad of conditions; watching them limp towards you as poison and bleeding drains their life low; to see their heap finally collapse yards away. Yes, Necromancer is my favorite profession, but this is besides the point. If your idea of connection with both AI and live player alike generally involves ailments and affliction, then GW2 will not leave you a sad panda — a panda with the sniffles perhaps. A cute sniffling yet deadly…"
- Yoshi's Guild Wars 2 Hub — The Grind: Why Levels Are Important. "I won't bother you with the OP's post, because it was written incredibly poorly. But, the gist of the argument is that leveling is usually not a very fun experience in an MMORPG, the game would be easier to balance out and pace, and that the "sidekick" or
biscuitlevel adjustment system makes it all a moot point anyway. I will concede that leveling generally sucks in most games. It's either so quick that it's trivial and just throws you right to "endgame" (looking at you, Factions and Nightfall) or it's long, boring and tedious and involves meaninglessly killing a lot of things to finally get to endgame (EQ, original WoW, WoW:WotLK). GW2 isn't going with either of these. That's not going to be part of the argument. Leveling is an adventure, not a chore. With no endgame to worry about, they're ensuring the leveling process is actually fun and meaningful, not trivial or "grindy"." - luna-atra.fr — Skills tool. [Raphia: The skills tool has now been updated to include Ranger pets.]
- Kill Ten Rats — Microtransactions – Philosophy and Market. "There is a lot that was said in what will likely be a seminal blog article by ArenaNet's co-founder Mike O'Brien. Fans are going to point to this piece for years, I would imagine. There are two major encircling themes in the post "philosophy" and "market." O'Brien does a good job showing how ArenaNet envisions that the two will entwine in Guild Wars 2."
- Hunter's Insight — Buy Gems With Gold Or Money In Guild Wars 2. "Arenanet has finally released some details on microtransactions in Guild Wars 2 and frankly, I'm happy with some of the decisions they're making. They didn't get into specific items, but they did cover the model they'll be using. Essentially it's simple. You buy gems and use them to purchase microtransactions. It's a model similar to many other games, Eve Online being the one to draw comparisons in the blog post itself."
- Demajen — Deus ex Machina. "There are many pitfalls you can fall into as a writer. When creating worlds and epic stories, we set the stakes high, the emotions roiling, the action at fever pitch, and (hopefully) the cliches at minimum. But sometimes you can write yourself into a corner. You can set the stakes too high. The enemy is too big, too powerful to overcome through conventional means. In situations like this it is often far too simple to take the easy way out. In ancient Greek plays, the playwright would often have an actor playing one of the many Greek gods descending onto stage via way of a mechanical crane to fix the story's problems. It is from this crane that we get the phrase deux ex machina: a god from the machine."
- Eternal Alchemy — Economic Ramifications of Gems. "In a recent blog post by, president of ArenaNet and executive producer of Guild Wars 2, Mike O'Brien, discussing the purpose and function of micro-transactions in Guild Wars 2. It was stated that, "We have a new player-driven market that allows players to trade gold for gems and gems for gold. If you want something, whether it's an in-game item or a microtransaction, you ultimately have two ways to get it: you can play to earn gold or you can use money to buy gems." This may seem perfectly fine to you however, I believe this could have potentially unwanted and unexpected ramifications on the economy of Guild Wars 2. Follow me beyond the break for the rest of the story."
- The Feral Engineer — Micro Evils? "Well, I wasn't going to write anything this week, but with the most recent micro transaction blog post, I feel like I should give me opinion on the matter. I am not a fan of the system. I honestly never really have liked the idea of micro transactions in any game despite my history with using them (I like my characters looking pretty, OK!). There are few systems that work well, and few systems that do not and even fewer systems that work but have severe repercussions for using them."
- Greibach's Normal Form — The Economy of Gems. "Oh boy. So the new post from ANet is out about their microtransaction system. If you haven't read that yet, go do that first. Anyway, I knew that this was going to be a hot topic when we were preemptively warned on Guru to read the post carefully and "not jump to conclusions". If you have to warn people to not jump to conclusions, you have to know that what you are about to say is going to cause controversy. Given that clear understanding, I'm not quite sure why they then proceeded to make as many vague statements as they did. Vagueness will always beget debates that can't really be resolved because by definition, both sides have only vague evidence. Regardless, we do know (at least officially now) more than we knew before about how the microtransaction system will work. It has some obvious pros and cons, and some of that will hinge on the specifics that we sadly do not have."
- Yoshi's Guild Wars 2 Hub — The Asura: Short People Got No Reason… "Anyway, let's look tonight at the asura and what's happened to them over the last 250 years. By the way, for anyone that doesn't know, it is proper to not capitalize any of the races (asura, charr, sylvari, humans, norn), and the proper plural of each race, excepting the humans, is the same as the singular. The plural of asura is simply asura, not asuras or asurans, and it is certainly not Asuras or Asurans. Enjoy your free syntax lesson of the day. "
- The Vigilant — Welcome to our new digs! "We here at The Vigilant are proud to announce and welcome you to our new home :) After only a few short months on our old site we rapidly began to out grow it."
- Massively — Flameseeker Chronicles: Setting up for success. "Community Team Lead Martin Kerstein updated the ArenaNet blog a few days ago with some information about his team's plans for the Guild Wars 2 community. The two big bits of news were that there will be official forums (to the evident skepticism of the Guild Wars 2 Guru mods) and there will not be a typical fan site program."
- The Tyrian Order — Guild Wars 2: Understanding the gem system. "Rest assured, that the tradeable gem system in Guild Wars 2, will have no direct advantage to players. People will not be able to get rich super fast, for the reasons stated above. Players will not have a direct advantage over other players. It is quite the opposite. Through the tradeable gem system, all players will have access to the microtransaction shop. There really is no negatives to the gem system and if you have read all of this article, you will agree."
- Twitter — Thomas_Penney. "Made an image summary of #Guildwars2 in-game microtransactions http://i.imgur.com/VIrYg.png"
- Demajen — Guild Influence and Microtransactions. "Another day, another ArenaNet post, another shitstorm kicked up by the community. What are they up in arms about this time?! Well, Mike O'Brien offered some clarity on GW2′s microtransaction policies. It is pretty simple. For real world money you can buy Gems. You can use these Gems to purchase stuff in the cash shop. You can also trade these Gems to other players for gold, and vice versa. At its most basic level, this means that anyone who has sufficient gold in game will never have to spend real world money on anything in the cash shop. They can get gold, buy Gems from people, and use those Gems to buy cash shop items without ever having to fork out another penny."
- Yoshi's Guild Wars 2 Hub — The Sylvari Learning Center: Please Don't Leaf Me!!! "Once upon a time, there was a civil war in Kryta. There were also centaur raids plaguing the human kingdom. In this civil war, there was a warrior for the Shining Blade named Ronan. One day, while adventuring between battles, he found a mysterious cave with enormous seeds. He grabbed one to show his little girl, but when he returned to his village the entire village had been razed and its people slaughtered. He planted the seed on their graves and forever gave up fighting. This happened sometime between 1072AE and 1079AE; we don't know for sure, but it was during the civil war which occurred after 1072AE and finished by 1079AE. There was also an elder centaur named Ventari, who escaped south of the Maguuma jungle, feeling the war between his people and the humans. He met Ronan, and they formed a friendship in peace despite their racial differences. The two cared for the seed and established a safe haven for those tired of war. After Ronan passed, Ventari lived on and recorded the lessons he'd learned in life on a stone tablet, which he lay beside the sapling for all that came by to read. He joined Ronan in death in 1080AE."
- Team Legacy — How the Professions Differ: Trait Lines. "It's been a few weeks since the trait system has been revealed, and some are suggesting that there are issues with it, so I decided to sit down and do some research. One of the things that was nagging at me when I read through the traits/attributes article "Play Your Way" was that the fact that not all the trait lines were the same. Some professions got specific combinations of trait lines that other professions did not. It was hard to really see how everything fit together while I was staring at a wall of text, so I decided to make a visual examination possible."
- ZAM.com — Counting Coins: The Dangers of Virtual Currency. "Since the dawn of massively multiplayer gaming we've been using credit cards to fund our gaming habits. Whether it's picking up the boxed game from the local store or running the monthly subscription, the rectangular piece of plastic has been our constant companion throughout our online adventures. Today we reach for our credit or debit cards for almost every MMO purchase. It's not just subscriptions either: we're now pulling out the plastic to cover account services, vanity items and more. But all this may be set to change, with virtual currencies sweeping in to replace them. Led by free-to-play stalwarts such as Nexon and since followed by both Turbine and Cryptic, this approach trades our cash for bundles of points to spend in digital stores."
- PC Gamer — Guild Wars 2 microtransactions work like EVE PLEX, claim ArenaNet. "Everyone wins." "O'Brien highlights EVE's PLEX system as a model. "As in that case, our system takes gold trading out of the hands of real-money trading (RMT) companies and puts it directly in the hands of players." Specifics on what players will be able to buy with gems haven't been announced. ArenaNet are careful to stress that they're approaching microtransactions with the player's interests in mind, and while the proof will be in the execution this should reassure anyone worried that there'll be a sting in the tail of the subscription-free MMO."
- Massively — The Soapbox: The hidden perils of Guild Wars 2's microtransactions. "There is nothing inherent to an integrated cash shop that will curtail or dissuade gold-sellers. In fact, this system is just another sandbox within a sandbox for gold-sellers and buyers to play in. I know the argument is that the cash shop won't sell power (so the desire to buy gold will be lessened) or that it cuts out the middle-man, but ArenaNet wants you to buy. It doesn't matter what's being sold; the company wants you to buy it. If the studio's done its job well, which I'm assuming it did, based on all the videos and hype, then there's a good chance that you will want what it's selling, and that's the fuel that keeps gold-sellers in business. It's about creating value and selling what is valuable. Up until now, the point of contention has always been about power-oriented items, or more accurately, items related to combat, and we may see a shift in where GW2 places value, but that value will still be sold at a price."
- Under the Pale Tree — Gold, karma, and gems, oh my. "The biggest issue will be the effect the economy in the game. I see that taking a while to really balance out; especially early on, no one's going to really have any gold since we'll all be starting out on a clean slate. Anyone that buys a bunch of gems right away hoping to translate it into a full bank vault of gold will be a bit foolish. But it'll be interesting to see how things work out over time. I'm just hoping it won't be like ecto and armbraces in GW1, where your fortune will fluctuate constantly depending on the current market. Hopefully it will reach a stable level pretty quickly and not constantly go all over the place."
- The Vigilant — Microtransactions: a little more info. "A little over a month ago I wrote a blog speculating on what microtransactions ArenaNet might include. Today, on the official blog, ArenaNet posted some more information on their microtransactions without actually giving details on what might be purchased. So what does their announcement mean? How are my previous guesses holding up in light of this new information?"
- The Vigilant — A Casual Gamer's Perspective on Microtransactions. "I woke this morning to find that indeed the sky was falling. Branches of the Guild Wars 2 community had drifted into anarchy as all rationality flew out the window and again we signalled the end of the world. Of course, the fears of "pay to win" are understandable. I wouldn't want to play a game that rewards those with the most disposable income. My kids would probably start complaining about 2 minute noodles, mind you, they would save cooking time. Hmmm… less cooking time… I'm obviously joking around. My kids would never complain about noodles."
- Distilled Willpower — Another 2c – Gem Trading. "Here's my two cents. I've read all I can on the subject, absorbed all the knowledge, so here it is: I 100% understand the effort made by ArenaNet to combat Real Money Trading. By accepting that the only way to combat it would be to reverse the trend and bring the system "in house" ArenaNet have made RMT pretty much defunct — this is only a good thing, and trying as many options as possible to combat this blight on the MMO system is great."
- Kormir's High Road — "Stand and Deliver": ArenaNet's Goal for the Community. "The day I became a moderator on Guild Wars 2 Guru I remember being especially excited because I felt like I was going to get the chance to make a difference in the community, help it to grow, if only a little. I also made a promise to myself that I would not let my position compromise how I treat people on the forums and that if I had to moderate someone's behavior, I would aim to be as respectful to them as I would hope they would be to me and their fellow forum-goers. In the end, I think it came down to me imagining a better Guru and that improving it would always be an ongoing process; something I think ArenaNet knows well by now."
- Flamethrowing — Let's Talk About Builds Man. "Builds were a really fun part of Guild Wars. In fact, after all of the story content was finished, it was the most fun part, at least for me. So I'm a little bummed about returning to a trainer to respec traits. This afternoon I was talking to a friend about having a niche spec for everything we do, when he brought up the trainer. I had apparently pushed it to the back of my mind. All of these builds I had been making were useless. Or are they?"
- Demajen — Somebody Grab the Mop… (More on Microtransactions). "Hello and welcome to another episode of "Closer to the Stars", or, as I call it in my head, "Demajen talks random crap about GW2 in a sometimes coherent manner". There has been a lot of focus in the last twenty four hours about the negatives of a micro transaction model. My first, naturally cynical reaction to this is "you're not paying a subscription, get over it". The rest of my reactions fortunately have a little more depth to them. Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin!"
- Yoshi's Guild Wars 2 Hub — Giving the Most Bang For Your Buck: How to Contribute in WvW. "So, let's real quick talk about what's going to be happening when you're joining into WvW. First, you have to take an asura gate to get to WvW. You pick which of the four maps you want to join. If the map is full, you enter a queue to get in. Or, you can simply pick one of the other three maps, unless they're all full. This means you can easily join in with a bunch of your friends in a group to go do stuff. So once you're in, what can you do?"
- The Vigilant — A New Game to Play. "The guild that I'm a part of has about 50 members. Every one of us has applied for beta. Yet every one of us knows that the Non Disclosure Agreement prevents us from telling others if we are a part of it. Unless you've had your head under a rock that's had another rock put on top of it and covered in rock sauce, you'd know that there's beta testing this weekend that is on a much larger scale than previous tests. As this weekend draws near, here's a list of clues I've put together to work out who from my guild is in beta. "
- Under the Pale Tree — Shame. "There was a pretty big NDA breach and info leak today, regarding the cash shop. No, I will not post the images that were leaked, nor will I point you towards where to find them. Chances are if you're here you've seen them already, and if you haven't, it's not hard to find them. And, as ever, people are flipping out. What do I have to say? Shame on you all."
- Hunter's Insight — And The Cash Shop Gets Leaked. "I'm sure once people have had a few months to digest the whole cash shop they'll be at ease with it. I'm also pretty sure a calm and reasoned blog post explaining what is in the cash shop would have made the whole thing go down much easier. Apparently that is not going to happen. Somewhere on 4chan someone leaked things (as is my understanding) and from there it went to Guild Wars 2 Guru and then Reddit. Of course it was deleted on Guru but here we are."
- The Vigilant — Two shields or not two shields… that is the question. "Last year while at Comic Con 2011, I had a chance to check out Guild Wars 2 first hand and play a little bit of the Guardian. I tried a few different weapon combinations but the staff and its defensive style really caught my attention. This got me thinking… what else could you use in a defensive manner? Well… a shield is a given, so… what about two shields!?"
- Massively — The Guild Counsel: Are you ready to lead a guild? "The Guild Counsel has explored lots of tips and advice that make running a guild more enjoyable and (hopefully!) more successful. But I'm constantly amazed at the number of players I meet in MMOs who would probably make great leaders and would probably enjoy it but don't give it a try. Making the leap from player to guild leader can be both tempting and daunting, and unfortunately, there's no easy way to tell who will make a good leader and who won't. Plenty of us have come across people who really should not have taken on the guild leader role, but for every bad guild leader, there are probably dozens of good people who could become great leaders if they chose to make the leap." [Raphia: Not GW2-specific, but a good look at what it takes to be a good guild leader in any MMO.]
- Corpse Run — The Guild Wars 2 Cash Shop: Much Ado About Nothing. "I finally got my new PC put together and am back at it and checking for Guild Wars 2 news, seemingly every two minutes. One of the first things I saw was ArenaNet's blog about micro-transactions and the cash shop. One of the second things I saw was all the whining and worrying from the GW2 'community' about micro-transactions and the cash shop. I swear I don't remember MMO fans whining so much and so easily back in the early DAoC days but maybe that is just rose-colored glasses?"
- Ten Ton Hammer — Announcing the Launch of GuildWars2Hub.com! "We're pleased to announce the launch of Ten Ton Hammer's all-new fansite for Guild Wars 2! If you're thinking Guild Wars 2 Hub is simply our original community portal with a fresh coat of paint slapped on top, guess again. The entire site has been completely rebuilt from the ground up to provide an even better place for fans to meet, interact, and learn about the game."
- NecroBator — Announcing the Launch of GuildWars2Hub.com! "For the past couple of months I've been secretly locked away in my hidden underground laboratory, foregoing silly things like sleep, and working on a secret project that I've made mention of here a few times now. It's with great pleasure that I'm finally able to unveil my latest creation: GuildWars2Hub.com. What is GW2Hub? I'm glad you asked! If NecroBator is my 'Frankenstein' project for Guild Wars 2, then you could easily call GW2Hub my 'Re-Animator' project. To explain what that means, let's take a brief walk down memory lane…"
- Demajen — A Sour Taste. "I have yet to see anything in the cash store that I would consider pay to win. There are plenty of cool cosmetics. There are several convenience items that save you tiny amounts of time and, in my opinion, aren't even worth the money. But there's nothing that shouts "ANet have balanced the game around the cash shop". So no, I'm not boycotting GW2, because it doesn't violate my definition of a pay4power or pay2win system. If they start selling stat boosting items, then sure. If they start selling equipment that is more than cosmetic, again, I'll be forced to take a stand. But seriously, a series of convenience boosts have you up in arms enough to actually email me personally and call me names? I'd love to stick my hand up and say I know that this chap wasn't representative of the entire community, but having seen some of the GW2Guru forum posts and their attitudes…"
- GWOnline.net — Guest Blog: SageLikeOne – Making a YouTube Channel. "This is the first of what we here at GWOnline hope to be a string of guest bloggers at the site. YouTuber SageLikeOne just passed one thousand subscribers last week, so we thought that he would be a great guy to give us some pointers on how to create fan videos and see them to an audience."
Videos and podcasts
- YouTube — SageLikeOne: Guild Wars 2 Q&A (#14) (bosses, choice of weapons and traits). "I started this little series, and if you have any more questions, just send them my way. Details are in the video. Today: bosses as upgrade-units, consequences of your choice in weapons and traits."
- Tea & Tyria — Episode 4. "This episode was different from usual. More focused on the beta rather than the hot topic (eSports). I realised how much there was to talk about so in this episode I go over some personal likes and dislikes about the press beta event. Guests! Again like most episodes it seems I haven't managed to obtain a guest in this episode however over the last few weeks I have spoken to many friends and should have a line up of many guests over the next few weeks!"
- YouTube — WoodenPotatoes: Guild Wars 2 Daily: Spirit Collectors Tanking. "Welcome to the first part of a new series I'm hoping to do! Please feel free to ask future questions in the comments section, but I think for a while I'll be answering some more from the original video since there were so many good ones there."
- YouTube — KaeyiDream: Guild Wars 2: Twilight Arbor Dungeon! "Here is a few details regarding the Lvl 50 Sylvari Dungeon – Twlight Arbor! Make sure to check out PCGamers May 2012 edition for the full details."
- YouTube — GalloGSM: Guild Wars 2 Commentary – What you might not know about Guild Wars 2! "Just a quick video addressing some less-known features in GW2!"
- Boons & Conditions — Podcast #2: E-Sports. "Hail and good norning to all! Faelor managed to find enough blackmail to bring Arithion and Luperza back on the show, along with PVP guru Zomoa! They discuss the first batch of beta invites, the ArenaNet blog regarding community, and then go into roundtable mode about what e-Sports are and how Guild Wars 2 will not only be breaking onto but changing the competitive scene as we know it."
- Tales of Tyria — #23: Where the Rubber Meets the Road. "This week have some news including the OMG COLLECTORS EDITION! *Drool* We'll talk about whether it's worth the money. Next up we cover various links of the week, as well as the recent Arenanet Blog post which announced Official Forums. Then after a Bridger Rant we roll strait into a discussion about how well the mechanics of the various classes of GW2 match up with their themes."
- YouTube — WoodenPotatoes: Guild Wars 2 Daily: Charr Underworld Expansion. "Here's my first video on questions and answers for lore – let me know what you think!"
- YouTube — KaeyiDream: Guild Wars 2 Micro Transactions! "Here is a detailed video outlining the philosophy's of Arena Net's idea's behind implementing a Micro Transaction store within Guild Wars 2!"
- YouTube — WoodenPotatoes: Guild Wars 2 Daily: Mounted Gem Forums. "Topics today are: *(Briefly) Microtransactions * Racial Skills *Official Forums *Mounts For some reason, in reverse order."
- YouTube — w2pi: Guild Wars 2 – Release Date Blues. "Arenanet knew exactly what I wanted, even though I didn't know it myself."
- YouTube — SageLikeOne: Guild Wars 2 Q&A (#15) (digital distribution, CD-only and easy levelling). "Today: digital distribution, CD-only and easy levelling. Please note that the audio for this was recorded prior to the release of information on the pre-purchace from Arenanet, so yes, there WILL be a digital distribution."
- YouTube — WoodenPotatoes: Guild Wars 2 Daily: Old Norn Views. "Recorded three questions today, but the video went over half an hour! So the last question was cut for later."
- YouTube — Totalbiscuit: GW2 Beta: Explorable Dungeon. "Totalbiscuit talks about the hardcore and normal mode of explorable dungeons in Guild Wars 2."
- YouTube — WoodenPotatoes: Guild Wars 2 Daily Microtransactions, Gems, Buy-to-Win. "Your daily dose of Guild Wars 2 lore and Mechanics! I find it funny that I record this before realising about the leak which has people talking about a whole bunch of different stuff.. Guess that'll be for next time. Many thanks to Gw2Guru and curse for permission to use the footage!"
No new fanfic posts this week (I'm sure there were, but I didn't spot any in my trawl of the usual sites).
Community Events
- Gamers Giving Back (GW-EN.com) will be hosting a Toga Party in Guild Wars to support suffers of Multiple Sclerosis on April 21st. More details here.
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- Director(s): John Cromwell
- Starring: Kim Stanley , Lloyd Bridges , Steven Hill , Betty Lou Holland , Burt Brinckerhoff
- Keywords: Hollywood, actor, movie-star, sex, success
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Nokia buys Scalado to improve imaging on Lumia devices
June 14, 2012 at 17:33 GMT | By Darlington Moyo
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Nokia announced plans today to acquire imaging firm Scalado to enhance the cameras on its Windows Phone smartphone range. Nokia has made the move to acquire Scalado after working with the company for ten years. Jo Harlow, EVP of smart devices at Nokia said, "Nokia has been working with Scalado for more than ten years and they've contributed to many of our leading imaging applications. This transaction would enable us to combine our leadership in camera devices with their expertise in imaging, helping people move beyond taking pictures to capturing moments and emotions and then reliving them in many different ways."
Hakan Persson, CEO of Scalado said, "This is a great opportunity for many of our people to show their leadership in imaging and to continue to build its future."
Recently imaging firm Scalado announced a neat bit of technology called Scalado Remove (above), which lets you remove passers-by from images by simply tapping a smartphone screen. It was thought that the app would come out for Android devices, but this feature is now expected to be available exclusively on the Lumia line.
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