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Disney's VirtualMagicKingdom.com will be shut down at 10 p.m. May 21.
The free social gaming site , also called VMK, lets players choose and style avatars, chat with other players and play games. In a statement, Disney officials said the site's performance exceeded expectations, but the time had come to shut it down.
We invited Linda Zimmer to explain why fans are so upset about the ending of VMK and to suggest what should be next for Disney's virtual worlds. She is an Orange-based consultant at MarCom:Interactive who advises corporations about virtual worlds. Here are her responses to the Register's questions.
Do you play Virtual Magic Kingdom? If so, describe your experiences.
I'm a not what I consider a very active or "regular" user of VMK. I'm more of a casual user, but an avid observer of the activities and behaviors of virtual world users of all kinds – in VMK and elsewhere.
Why do you think Walt Disney Co. is ending VMK? Do you agree that the site should end or do you think Disney should keep it going?
I believe VMK is being closed for a variety of reasons, although this is my professional conjecture. VMK represented an early entrant into virtual social worlds. Technology has advanced, as have business models, user expectations and "mainstream" acceptance. Disney is in the process of launching several new worlds in which they can capitalize on these new market conditions and realities.
VMK seems to have had about 15,000 people as active daily users at the time of its closing. With constant quests and activities, this represents a cost which is likely unsustainable at that level of use – especially since there is dedicated staff (cast members) who are in world at all times it is open for users.
Also, because VMK was originally conceived as a 50th anniversary promotion, there was likely no long-term strategy in place beyond an early "experiment" in these kinds of multi-user environments.
Disney's decision to close VMK was a business decision – so it is difficult for me to assign a "should" factor to it. However, I do think it is enormously – enormously – unfortunate that Disney has provided such little support for this hugely engaged community in the closing. Disney has a perfect opportunity here to have strategically communicated with this community, helping them transition into one of the new Disney world perhaps or providing some way to somehow archive some of the personal artifacts – not the least of which are the avatars, assets and personal environments which users have spent untold hours building – maybe that would be simply a digital VMK memory scrapbook – something that communicated Disney was tuned into the angst of the community being disbanded.
I do think any organization that actively builds a community has some responsibility to manage the dismantling of that community if it should be necessary. But, in the long view, any company that builds a community should be doing so as a long term commitment and ought to be considering at the outset what the "exit strategy" is.
Why do you think people are so passionate about VMK and especially about it ending?
There are two reasons – both equally important. One is the massive investment the active users have made in terms of their time, creativity and emotional involvement – as well as gaining points and personal artifacts based on achievements in the in-world games. Second is the personal connections users have made within the environment – think of suddenly being pulled out of your school in which you are on the sports team, in the drama program, are class president and where some of your most important relationships and memories take place. It's like pulling a social foundation from these kids. Plus, many families are also using the environment to interact much like families used to play game boards in the evenings.
Explain how VMK is similar and different in comparison to other virtual worlds.
When first launched VMK was fairly unique in that it is a bit of a "hybrid" virtual world – that is, it is a mix of an online game environment and a social world. Most virtual worlds up to that point were either primarily a game environment or a social environment. Today, most virtual worlds, especially those aimed at this "tween" audience, include both.
Probably the most differentiating factor is that VMK was built to "bridge" the physical environment of Disneyland with a place to engage with that same environment virtually.
What is good and bad about VMK?
The good: A familiar and/or desirable environment brought into an online representation where members can socialize and continue (or have) a "Disneyland" experience. Great games and activities that many kids found to be addictive fun in a very safe online environment. Disney went to great lengths to provide for a safe, friendly environment, such as filtering chat for inappropriate language or activity, cast members clearly identified and always present (world only open when cast members were present), and any personally identifiable information was never allowed to be passed through the world.
Probably the biggest negative for most people is that VMK encourages "buying" as a major activity, even though access is free – and its billboards and product placement make it an extremely commercial environment for very impressionable youngsters.
Also, emotional connections develop very quickly in these virtual spaces – much more so than in the "actual world"- and that is something parents should be aware of and should be monitoring in any virtual space.
Describe for people who do not use virtual worlds why you think people use virtual worlds? What do virtual worlds offer?
What virtual worlds offer is as individual as the person. But for nearly everyone it is the social life. To some degree these virtual spaces are today's community commons, where people drop in and out, see what's happening, stay and visit, play a game together and of course gossip.
These spaces can also be a creative outlet in that they allow self-expression through digital representations, creations and art – and collaboration with others on these creative endeavors.
Also the games usually are tied to some kind of achievement either for points, recognition or assets. You can compete against yourself or others – and what you "own" often says much about your level of skill or length of participation – translating to your virtual reputation. That is just fun – like any other game – Monopoly comes to mind as an analogy for the type of motivation these games often represent. It often can give kids a type of "celebrity" or acceptance they might not be able to get at school, on the sports field, or in the neighborhood.
What do you think of the other Disney virtual worlds the company is suggesting people join once VMK ends?
Disney is riding the wave of interest in these kinds of environments and extending their various "franchises" into them. I think they just might have a trust issue at the moment with those from VMK joining a new Disney world. Those users may have the attitude of "why put in all the time and energy just to have it close at some point?"
I generally think these are interesting places for kids and families to explore in various ways – exploring places or activities they possibly can't do in the "actual world" or exploring social skills or creative talents. These environments can also be valuable ways for parents to interact with their children in an environment that is slightly less intense in terms of intimacy and therefore might provide opportunities for parents to learn new things about their child – you know, maybe akin to talking while in the car – little direct eye contact and therefore a little "easier" to have some kinds of conversations.
I am very concerned about the highly commercial aspects of these worlds, however, and the general overall trend of creating such immersive commercial environments where the emphasis is necessarily on some type of transaction. We all know kids are highly influenced and this is an age group where values are being tested and engrained.
Do you think online and real world protests, letters and petitions will save VMK? Why?
I would be very surprised if Disney reversed their decision. This is a business decision – and a brand decision. New technology, new brand properties, new models, new goals. The truth is they will close VMK at some point and going through this twice would be even worse for everyone.
What do you suggest VMK people do when VMK ends? Why?
Many will be migrating to Virtual Family Kingdom which is a site created to attract the VMK "homeless." This seems to be a place where people can at least gather and decide where to take their virtual socializing next. Groups do tend to migrate and bring a bit of the old world into the new. Parents should help kids with a plan to migrate to another safe, moderated online environment. But they shouldn't have children connect with virtual friends via email addresses or other personally identifiable information unless the parent is actively involved in making these connections "outside" the world.
I'd like to emphasize to parents of children who have been very active in VMK to keep close tabs on their child's emotional state in the months after VMK closes. These worlds are very immersive and very, very "real" to those who participate. Emotional connections develop quickly and deeply and disruption can cause real, actual grief in a child. Plus something the child has invested heavily in, something that may represent a type of personal identity, is suddenly unavailable. This is an emotional loss, especially if important friendships have been disrupted.
What do you think Disney should do next in its virtual world Web sites? Why?
Really think through the commitment they are making to a the new community that they will be working hard to recruit and spending millions to promote. At least 15,000 people will be asking them that question before they sign on again.
- Photo taken by the Register's Colin Stewart shows Linda Zimmer of Orange as she leads an April 8 OCTANe panel onSecond Life and other online environments.
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He hasn´t even taken his Oath to protect the Constitution, and here he is, admitting that he will violate that Oath!Republicans have a death wish, and I am not going down with them.Independent for me..ASAP
The "Big Picture" Representative-Elect is called the Constitution, perhaps you´ve heard of it. The writers of the document even included a process for amending it. Let´s try following the rules already written, for a change.
Why is it that liberals only talk about the high "expense" of things when it involves self-defense or national defense?
Hope Mr. Stewart hears from a lot of his constituents and they straighten him out.
#4: he will. I wouldn´t trust Justin Sink not to be putting a spin on the comments either. Sink is among the worst of the worst for slanting news coverage.Still, Utah voters will not be amused.
I see he is intent on a single term.
He is probably referring to the Democrats possibly taking a reasonable position on this issue, but that will not happen, as the liberal Democrats, headed by VP Biden, are now on a mission to ban as many firearms as possible, and put all the remaining guns and gun owners in a government data base that they can someday use as a basis for confiscation of all firearms, after some nut case carries out a horrific shooting sometime in the future.
Incoming soon to be outgoing.They tried this selective model nonsense on Japanese motorcycles back in the eighties (prompted by heavy donations from Harley Davidson) and the Japanese outsmarted the U.S. Government on every rule. Now we have several models that exceed 200 mph and the accident rates have actually gone down. (It´s not the bike stupid, it´s the rider.)That was excellent, #7.
"Incoming Republican Congressman" soon to be outgoing Republican congressman if he keeps talking like that--or at least i hope such is the case...
What this country needs is millions of people with anti-tank weapons, plastic explosives, armored vehicles, automatic weapons, grenades, rockets and millions of rounds. Our enemy can not be slowed down or stopped with semi-automatic anythings. Get serious. The next twenty years is going to make Beirut look like a picnic.
My guess would be that the Dems opposition research team found something particularly bad in Mr. Stewart´s past and had a little talk with him prior to his "conversion" to gun control.
´...the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be INFRINGED.´I see no room for further discussion regarding ´gun control´ and would find no restrictions on the people the be binding or legitimate. We are meant to be a free people - the politicians be damned.
This man is a liberal...a RINO Utah...vote him out next election or we all will regret it later if you don´t.
We, and Utah, get the politicians we deserve. If 51% of the voters want ALL gun owners finger-printed, it shall be so. You don´t think the government has a list of American gun owners? No like being fingerprinted? No problemo! No tax refund.
Let´s hope he is one and done. Next term vote a real republican in.....not a RINO.
the left was waiting for this kind of stupid olive branch from laPierre and never got it.But here comes a nwely elected RINO giving them a ray of hope in dismantling the 2nd amendment.Never give the left nothing until they make serious concessions first.Boehner was making concessions while Obama was still swinging a golf club. McConnell says he hadn´t heard a word from the dems since Thanksgiving but I just heard the news blame congress for the fiscal cliff.
Conservatives... it is time to abandon the Republican Party just as they have abandoned you. Abandon them as they have abandoned the Bill of Rights.
Is this the seat to which Mia Love would have been elected?
I wholly agree with #1!
He makes me favor sperm control.
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In 1995, Sapp was drafted by the Buccaneers with the 12th overall pic of the 1995 Draft and went on to play nine seasons in Tampa Bay. Over the course of his tenure as a Buc, Sapp was a seven-time Pro Browler, named the NFL's Defensive Player Of The Year in 1999, and is the Buccaneers' all-time career sack leader.
Although Sapp moved on to the Raiders in 2004 and played his final four seasons in Oakland, Sapp will always be remembered as a Buccaneer first.
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The Model View ViewModel (MVVM) is an architectural pattern used in software engineering that originated from Microsoft as a specialization of the Presentation Model design pattern introduced by Martin Fowler.[1] Largely based on the model–view–controller pattern (MVC), MVVM is a specific implementation targeted at UI development platforms which support the event-driven programming in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight on the .NET platforms using XAML and .NET languages. Technically different, but similar, Presentation Model design patterns are available in HTML5[2][3] through KnockoutJS, and for Java the ZK framework (Model-View-Binder).
MVVM facilitates a clear separation of the development of the graphical user interface (either as markup language or GUI code) from the development of the business logic or back end logic known as the model (also known as the data model to distinguish it from the view model). The view model of MVVM is a value converter[4] meaning that the view model is responsible for exposing the data objects from the model in such a way that those objects are easily managed and consumed. In this respect, the view model is more model than view, and handles most if not all of the view's display logic (though the demarcation between what functions are handled by which layer is a subject of ongoing discussion[5] and exploration). The view model may also implement a mediator pattern organising access to the backend logic around the set of use cases supported by the view.
MVVM was designed to make use of data binding functions in WPF to better facilitate the separation of view layer development from the rest of the pattern by removing virtually all GUI code ("code-behind") from the view layer.[6] Instead of requiring user interface (UXi) developers to write GUI code, they can use the framework markup language (e.g., XAML) and create bindings to the view model, which is written and maintained by application developers. This separation of roles allows interactive designers to focus on UX needs rather than programming of business logic, allowing for the layers of an application to be developed in multiple work streams for higher productivity. Even when a single developer works on the entire code base a proper separation of the view from the model is more productive as the user interface typically changes frequently and late in the development cycle based on end-user feedback.
Microsoft MVP Josh Smith reported[6] that
"In 2005, John Gossman, currently one of the WPF and Silverlight Architects at Microsoft, unveiled the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern on his blog. MVVM is identical to Fowler's Presentation Model, in that both patterns feature an abstraction of a View, which contains a View's state and behavior. Fowler introduced Presentation Model as a means of creating a UI platform-independent abstraction of a View, whereas Gossman introduced MVVM as a standardized way to leverage core features of WPF to simplify the creation of user interfaces. In that sense, I consider MVVM to be a specialization of the more general PM pattern, tailor-made for the WPF and Silverlight platforms."
The MVVM pattern was conceived to support WPF and Silverlight, both pieces that debuted with the .NET Framework 3.0 which was released on 21 November 2006. This pattern is now being more broadly applied in other technology domains, such as happened with the earlier MVC or Model View Presenter (MVP) patterns.
Several Microsoft architects working on WPF have written extensively about MVVM in online media, including creator John Gossman, Microsoft MVP Josh Smith, and Microsoft Program Manager Karl Shifflett.
As the understanding of the pattern disseminates through the industry, discussion continues regarding what tools can be developed to support the pattern, selection of where to place different kinds of supporting code in the pattern, the best methods for data binding, and how to expose data within the view model, how appropriate the pattern is for use within JavaScript, and other topics.
More recently the pattern has been described also as model-view-binder (MVB).[7] This is the first reported implementation of the pattern outside of the Microsoft stack, namely using ZK/Java.
A notable Javascript implementation of this pattern is Knockout.js.
Pattern description[edit]
Broadly speaking,[6][8][9] the model-view-view-model pattern attempts to gain both the advantages of separation of functional development provided by MVC as well as leveraging the advantages of data bindings and the framework by binding data as far back (meaning as close to the pure application model) as possible while using the binder, view model, and any business layer's inherent data checking features to validate any incoming data. The result is that the model and framework drive as much of the operations as possible, eliminating or minimizing application logic which directly manipulates the view (e.g., code-behind). Whilst the pattern was pioneered at Microsoft, as a pure concept it is independent of any given implementation. As such the pattern can be used in any language and with any presentation framework that provides a declarative data binding capability.
Elements of the MVVM pattern include:
Model: as in the classic MVC pattern, the model refers to either (a) a domain model which represents the real state content (an object-oriented approach), or (b) the data access layer that represents that content (a data-centric approach).
View: as in the classic MVC pattern, the view refers to all elements displayed by the GUI such as buttons, labels, and other controls.
View model: the view model is a "model of the view" meaning it is an abstraction of the view that also serves in mediating between the view and the model which is the target of the view data bindings. It could be seen as a specialized aspect of what would be a controller (in the MVC pattern) that acts as a converter that changes model information into view information and passes commands from the view into the model. The view model exposes public properties, commands, and abstractions. The view model has been likened to a conceptual state of the data as opposed to the real state of the data in the model.[10] The term "View model" is a major cause of confusion in understanding the pattern when compared to the more widely implemented MVC or MVP patterns. The role of the controller or presenter of the other patterns has been substituted with the framework binder (e.g., XAML) and view model as mediator and/or converter of the model to the binder.
Controller: some references for MVVM also include a controller layer or illustrate that the view model is a specialized functional set in parallel with a controller, while others do not. This difference is an ongoing area of discussion regarding the standardization of the MVVM pattern.
Binder: the use of a declarative databinding and command bind technology is an implicit part of the pattern. Within the Microsoft stack this is the XAML technology.[11] Essentially this architectural component frees the developer from being obliged to write boiler plate logic to synchronise the view model and view. It is the organisation of code to make best use of this capability which distinguishes the pattern from both MVC and MVP. When implemented outside of the Microsoft stack the presence of a declarative databinding technology is a key enabler of the pattern.[7][12]
An implementation of the view model[edit]
Snippet: here is a simple implementation of the pattern realized using TDD (test-driven development) on WPF How to implement MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) in TDD, on Code MSDN.
An implementation of the view model in C#.
public class CustomerViewModel : ViewModelBase<CustomerViewModel> { private readonly IDialogService dialogService; private Customer currentCustomer; private int i; public CustomerViewModel() { CustomerList = new ObservableCollection<Customer>(); AddNewCustomer = new RelayCommand(PerformAddNewCustomer); } public CustomerViewModel(IDialogService dialogService) : this() { this.dialogService = dialogService; } public Customer CurrentCustomer { get { return currentCustomer; } set { SetProperty(ref currentCustomer, value, x => x.CurrentCustomer); } } public ObservableCollection<Customer> CustomerList { get; private set; } public ICommand AddNewCustomer { get; private set; } private void PerformAddNewCustomer() { CustomerList.Add(new Customer { Name = "Name" + i }); i++; if (dialogService != null) { dialogService.Show("Customer added"); } } }
Snippet: here is a simple implementation of the pattern realized in Java using the ZK framework from the ZK ToDo2 patterns demo application:
public class ZkToDoViewModel { protected ReminderService reminderService; public void setReminderService(ReminderService reminderService) { this.reminderService = reminderService; } protected ListModelList<Reminder> reminders = new ListModelList<Reminder>(); public ListModelList<Reminder> getReminders() { List<Reminder> rs = this.reminderService.findAll(); this.reminders.clear(); this.reminders.addAll(rs); return this.reminders; } protected Reminder selectedReminder = new Reminder(); public Reminder getSelectedReminder() { return this.selectedReminder; } @NotifyChange public void setSelectedReminder(Reminder reminder) { this.selectedReminder = reminder; } @Command @NotifyChange({"reminders","selectedReminder"}) public void delete() { if( this.selectedReminder.getId() != null ){ try { this.reminderService.delete(selectedReminder); this.selectedReminder = new Reminder(); } catch (EntityNotFoundException e) { // no doubt someone else deleted it at the same time. nothing to do. } } } @Command @NotifyChange({"reminders","selectedReminder"}) public void save() { if( this.selectedReminder.getId() != null ){ try { this.reminderService.merge(selectedReminder); } catch (EntityNotFoundException e) { // hum. some else deleted this. should really send this // up to the user and ask them to reload the page. e.printStackTrace(); } } else { this.reminderService.persist(this.selectedReminder); } } @Command @NotifyChange({"reminders","selectedReminder"}) public void create() { this.selectedReminder = new Reminder(); } }
- November 2010 - The Microsoft patterns & practices team published guidance on using MVVM, under the name Prism v4. - December 2011
A criticism of the pattern comes from MVVM creator John Gossman himself,[13] who points out that the overhead in implementing MVVM is "overkill" for simple UI operations. He also states that for larger applications, generalizing the View layer becomes more difficult. Moreover, he illustrates that data binding, if not managed well, can result in considerable memory consumption in an application.
Microsoft .NET open source MVVM frameworks[edit]
- Stuart Lodge (iPhone, Android, WPF, Win8, Portable Class Libraries) ["MvvmCross".https://github.com/slodge/mvvmcross "MvvmCross".]
- IaxiomI. "Carbon MVVM".
- Geert van Horrik. "Catel".
- IdeaBlade. "Cocktail".
- Josh Smith. "MVVM Foundation".
- Sacha Barber. "Cinch".
- Mark Smith. "MVVM Helpers".
- Daniel Vaughan. "Calcium SDK".
- Karl Shifflett. "Ocean".
- Tony Sneed. "Simple MVVM Toolkit".
- Laurent Bugnion. "MVVM Light Toolkit".
- Stuart Lodge. "MVVM Cross".
- Eye.Soft. "Hyperion SDK".
- Lester Lobo. "CoreMVVM".
- Paul Betts. "ReactiveUI".
- Rob Eisenberg. "Caliburn".
- Rob Eisenberg. "Caliburn Micro".
- William e Kempf. "Onyx".
- Peter O'Hanlon. "GoldLight".
- jbe. "WPF Application Framework (WAF)".
- WPF Team. "WPF Model-View-ViewModel Toolkit".
- Michael L Perry. "Update Controls".
- Steve Sanderson. "KnockoutJS".
- Jeremy Likness. "Jounce".
- Xomega.Net. "Xomega Framework".
- Markus Egger, Markus Egger Inc., CODE Magazine, EPS Software Corp. "Code Framework".
- Vyacheslav Volkov. "Mugen MVVM Toolkit".
- Riana Rambonimanana. "Lakana".
- Ian Johnson. "StyleMVVM".
Free MVVM frameworks[edit]
- 2sky (Visual Studio Partner). "Vidyano".
- Steve Sanderson. "Knockout (JavaScript framework)".
- Perpetuum Software. "Knockout MVC (ASP.NET framework)".
- Google. "AngularJS (JavaScript framework)".
- Maxim Tsapov. "jRIApp (RIA for building LOB applications)".
Commercial MVVM frameworks[edit]
- Intersoft Solutions (Visual Studio Partner). "ClientUI".
- MVVM framework for Unity 3D. "NData / EZData / iData".
Java MVVM frameworks[edit]
- Potix. "ZK".
- Michael Fazio. "Bambi MVVM for Vaadin".
See also[edit]
- ^ The Presentation Model Design Pattern
- ^ Steve Sanderson. "KnockoutJS".
- ^ Rafael Weinstein. "Google mdv".
- ^ Google groups. "Thought: MVVM eliminates 99% of the need for ValueConverters".
- ^ Google groups. "Thought: MVVM eliminates 99% of the need for ValueConverters".
- ^ a b c Josh Smith. "WPF Apps With The Model-View-ViewModel Design".
- ^ a b Massey, Simon. "Presentation Patterns In ZK". Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ John Gossman. Tales from the Smart Client: Introduction to Model/View/ViewModel pattern for building WPF apps.
- ^ Karl Shifflett. "Learning WPF M-V-VM.".
- ^ Pete Weissbrod. "Model-View-ViewModel Pattern for WPF: Yet another approach.".
- ^ Wildermuth, Shawn. "Windows Presentation Foundation Data Binding: Part 1". Microsoft. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ "ZK MVVM". Potix. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ John Gossman. "Tales from the Smart Client: Advantages and disadvantages of M-V-VM.".
External links[edit]
- Martin Fowler. "Presentation Model".
- Josh Smith. "WPF Apps With The Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern".
- Josh Smith. "Advanced MVVM".
- Jason Dolinger. "A tutorial refactoring a traditional event-handling application to use MVVM and Commands.".
- Kishor Aher. "Attaching Routed Event to Command (Zero code behind M-V-VM)".
- John Gossman. "Tales from the Smart Client: Introduction to Model/View/ViewModel pattern for building WPF apps".
- Karl Shifflett. "Learning WPF M-V-VM.".
- Pete Weissbrod. "Model-View-ViewModel Pattern for WPF: Yet another approach.".
- John Gossman. "Tales from the Smart Client: Advantages and disadvantages of M-V-VM.".
- Jason Rainwater. "MVVM, providing the Association of View to ViewModel".
- Julian Dominguez. "Presentation Model pattern and the Composite Application Guidance (aka Prism)".
- Nikhil Kotari. "ViewModel Pattern in Silverlight using Behaviors".
- Glenn Block. "The spirit of MVVM (ViewModel), it's not a code counting exercise.".
- Rob Eisenberg. "Study in MVVM".
- Xomega Team. "Take MVVM to the Next Level with Xomega Framework".
- Geert van Horrik. "Catel - Part 0 of n: Why choose Catel?".
- Raffaele Garofalo. "UI Patterns tutorials including MVVM".
- David Buksbaum. "Caliburn.Micro – Hello World".
- David Buksbaum. "Caliburn.Micro the MEFtacluar".
- David Buksbaum. "How To Do Logging with Caliburn.Micro".
- David Buksbaum. "Bootstrapping Caliburn.Micro with Autofac".
- David Buksbaum. "Caliburn.Micro ViewModel File Template for ReSharper".
- Potix. "ZK Java MVVM Developers Reference".


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Microsoft Windows 8 Release Official Logo, Microsoft presented in a post on the official blog the logo of the new operating system Windows 8. Team members who worked on developing the new platform have decided that the new logo to represent an accurate description of the new "Live Titles" icons.
If in the past most Windows logos were confused with flags, Microsoft decided that this time should not be any doubt about the meaning of the logo. Thus, the American company hired Pentagram agency responsible for creating logos for Penguin publishing house, Princeton University or Citi Group to develop a logo that would represent exactly "Live Titles" icons of the new Metro interface.
The new logo looks just like a window with four icons from the Metro interface, a basic feature of the new operating system Windows 8.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The Southeastern Conference won't suspend Alabama defensive end Quinton Dial for a hit on Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray.
The league said in a statement Friday that it had reviewed video of that play and others in the SEC championship game and that the two schools would handle any punishments internally.
Dial leveled Murray during a second-quarter interception return. He was not penalized on the play.
The SEC statement says the conference is satisfied with actions taken by the schools. The Crimson Tide plays Notre Dame for the national title on Jan. 7 in Miami.
Coach Nick Saban typically doesn't disclose any internal punishments.
Dial has played in all but one game and his 21 tackles, include 4.5 behind the line of scrimmage.
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3419 replies. Last post 7 hours ago by Win$500Quick.
We had 917 in NC today and here's mine!...been putting big bucks on this no. but gave up too darn soon!
At least I kept it in!...If I keep getting $80 that's ok with me!
Enjoy the Ride
You're all doing real good! It's nice to see so many hits, keep it up and great plays!
I found a pretty good instant the other day...I had to do a double take.
I hope this wasn't the last hoorah, I'd still like to snag a top prize of a cool million.
I'll keep looking.
Good luck today everyone and keep on hitting!
Oh my goodness Dr65! That is just fantastic!
Congrats to you!
I know you are so happy!
This is a new card that came out today in NC...if you get the 5 it's doubled so I won $10...after Dr 65's win I wasn't going to post it but a win is a win no matter how small & with the p3 win that's $90 today so not too bad!
Thanks everyone! It was a nice surprise.
Vergie! Keep posting them! I like to see wins of any kind on those bugger scratch off tickets. The doubled wins are a thrill and I LOVE when
symbols win! Keep on winning and great job on your pick 3 too!! Excellent!!
Thanks Dr65...here's some more from a while back!
A few more...these are some I have saved...some places will mark out the bar code and let you keep them.
AWESOME VERGIE!! WTG!! wow, I like the ruby 7's ticket and love the $200 Million ticket!
Don't you just love it when you rub away and get multiple matches? Those types are great!
Keep it up and find that big one...here's wishing you multi-millions
Great scratchers!!
Thanks Dr65, it's been awhile back since I got the $500 on that $20 card, the 200 million dollar one...I can still remember how excited I got...I scratched off 2 or 3 $50's and called Jordan and every time I would rub off another one I would squeal and I think I scared him...but finally finished and saw that it was $500.
I was passing by this little "hole in the wall" store that I never ever stop at and had to cross a street to turn with a lot of traffic to get there but had this weird feeling to go there and buy that card...it's the only one I bought from there and was so surprised when I scratched it off...almost fainted...it's fun isn't it!
Good luck to you too...hope we both get millions...wouldn't that be something?
I know the man's sister that won the $12million in the Mega millions here in Greensboro and he and his wife took off to travel right after he cashed it in and is still traveling and spending that money...I think he ended up with around 6 million or a little more after taxes....he had played that same number for years and it finally hit...it took him about 2 months to come forward...he wanted to get all his ducks in a row first.
We had 863 in NC for midday yesterday & here's mine...played the 683 the wrong way exact but got the other one, thank goodness!...been playing this pet for a long time...should have kept it in as a combo!
I have a straight hit for today midday. I don't bother to post the boxed hits, maybe I should but September is starting off very well.
I doubt it will continue....
I cut it down because I notice how some of you are concealing the terminal numbers. I thought I'd follow suit.
That is awesome!!!!!!!..all you guys making me freakin jealous eveytime I pop in here lol!!!..I can't hit to save my life
"...Life is not a matter of holding good cards,but sometimes playing a poor hand well...
'Fortune Cookie wisdom'
Wheeled for a dollar HIT Michigan Evening was 575.
"Everyone must know their limitations...then defy them!" Me
Very nice CutlassBob!! GREAT HIT!! Keep it up - Outstanding hit!!
OMG Dr.........whew......!!!!...Congrats on your win.........what a happy girl!.........beaudad.....(this makes my 4-4-4 triple win look weak !)......for those who don't know today in Kentucky 9/4/10..........for .50 cents it was 300 dollars.......cool......but this win($777).....is a WIN!!!!!!!!! beaudad
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leraar2, I stand corrected and appreciate your response. I cannot imagine what is going through the heads of those decision makers. If you can get those people to open a branch here in South Bend, In. I would be very appreciative...mm13
No way are you going to get gas @ $2.49 today...
Thanks a million for your comments. IMHO, US innovation should help create +ve results & create lower gas prices.
Firefox is the best browser so I hope that's what you use. Install the add-on "Adblock Plus." I have not seen an ad on GB or anywhere else for the last 3 or 4 years. Everything on the 'net runs SO much faster.
Regarding your post in TBTU, do you use FF? Get an ad blocker for free. I don't know if there is a free one for IE or not. I seldom use it.
You are right about refineries, but then location is what counts in most things.Lets be buddies
Good comment today on Big Everything taking over the Constitution. BTW, I'm from Wellesley.
"COMPLAIN TO MANAGEMENT about their ads policy if you experience the same problems since november" - ?? Hum. I have never had any problem .
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Green energy jobs include everything from installing solar panels to designing wind turbines. There are wind turbine companies that are devolving automobile charging stations. They will be needing installers, sales people, and service technicians for these jobs. Manufacturing solar panels, engineering new designs for more effective solar panels, IT specialists that can translate these ideas into web pages are all coming to the front burner in the next year. Contraction workers, architects, and IT people are all able to adjust their current skills for these green jobs.
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IC Topic-Mark Silversteel/Mantine(M) (Muladhara): http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9793807
(Looking for a Co-GM. PM me if you think you can help out.)
I Wanna Be The Very Best!
In a world corrupted by greed, Trainers from around the world still hold one relic from the past dear - catching and training Pokemon.
Unfortunately, due to Team Rocket's criminal activities, even this age-old tradition is in risk of disappearing. Set 26 years after Ash Ketchum and his longtime Rival Gary Oak journeyed on their quest to be the very best, Trainers still view the practice of capturing and training Pokemon as both tradition and a teenager's rite of passage. Due to technological advancement, Trainers typically start their foray into Pokemon in Fuchsia City or Vermilion City, if they are situated within the Kanto region. Alternatively, they begin in Cianwood City or Azalea Town if they are from Johto.
After the Kanto government declared Team Rocket enemies of the state, Team Rocket moved their headquarters into Johto and began plotting numerous schemes involving financial fraud and violence using and directed at Pokemon. However, approximately 8 years ago, Team Rocket began the corporate buyout and eventual takeover of Silph Co., the largest and most prominent manufacturer of Pokemon-related technology in the world. Although their crime is concentrated more so in Johto, Team Rocket's reach through Silph Co. in Kanto is ever-present.
In what would eventually be dubbed as The Pokemon Purge, Team Rocket, using their newly-established connections and influence within Silph Co., managed to steal thousands of Pokemon from unsuspecting Trainers and citizens alike. Pokemarts all over Johto and Kanto began selling Silph Co.'s new product: Champion Pokeballs - cheap to produce, extremely cheap to purchase and guaranteed to catch virtually any Pokemon without having to go through that inconvenient process of weakening the Pokemon first and then trying to catch it. For all intents and purposes, Team Rocket made Master Balls accessible to the average Joe. But there was a defect with the Champion Pokeballs; they would occasionally lock-up and Trainers would be unable to summon their Pokemon.Once members of the Elite 4 and various Gym Leaders were unable to recall their Pokemon, news of the defective Champion Pokeballs spread like wildfire. Under the guise of Silph Co., Team Rocket ordered a complete recall of every Champion Pokeball ever sold.
Trainers, Gym Leaders and virtually everyone within the two regions scrambled to the Silph Co. headquarters, stationed in both Goldenrod City and Cinnabar Island. The company promised they would correct the manufacturing issue and Trainers would be reunited with their Pokemon once said issue was resolved. The defective Champion Pokeballs were Team Rocket's true intention; they were now in possession of thousands of high-leveled and rare Pokemon. Team Rocket held the entire world by the throat.
[Pokemon Info]
Always refer to Bulbapedia: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...(Pok%C3%A9mon) if you need Pokemon-related help.
The Pokemon in this world are ferocious.
Long gone are the countless cuddly Pikachu, Marill and Pidgey that once roamed the world. They've retreated underground, underwater and into the skies, where the likelihood of being caught is not as high by poachers. Team Rocket has ushered in the days of aggressive and savage Pokemon like the highly-territorial Houndour and Ursaring, who have been reported to attack travelers and trainers who have unsuspectingly wandered into their hunting and breeding grounds.
Due to recent events that transpired, opportunists and con artists are quite literally hunting down Pokemon and selling them for exorbitant prices. Many of these are Team Rocket members, but even more of these are Poke-poachers. Pokemon have become a rare novelty in this world to some degree. They are incredibly expensive to buy and the people who capture them often neglect their "product" and so the Pokemon are weak and ill. Fortunately, there are those who have the wealth and are altruistic enough to purchase these Pokemon, nurse them back to satisfactory health and release them back in the wild.
Commercial overfishing and bird trapping have also destroyed habitats for water and flying Pokemon, in addition to reducing their population in the wild. Although the issue is not yet fully critical for terrestrial Pokemon, it is still of significant concern to Pokemon conservation and welfare groups.
However, these released animals grow bitter and become forcibly defensive should they feel threatened. The government and media has discouraged the practice of capturing Pokemon, but they have not placed any outright ban on it. Trainers would be well-advised to avoid wild Pokemon whenever possible and to know the risks. Pokemon Centers double as trainer clinics, thankfully. Just present your Trainer Card.
[Transportation In The Pokeworld]
Due to a government safety initiative passed 26 years ago by Champion Ketchum, all Trainers are given a free Bike+PokeGEAR to start their journey and ease transport. In recent history, Olivine City has become the transportation hub of both Johto and Kanto. Offering multiple means of transportation by both sea and land, Olivine City is now a bustling seaside metropolis of commuters, employees and fishermen. High-end businesses have set up shop in Olivine and commuters from all over transport between Kanto and Johto regularly. The Magnet Train takes about 20 minutes to travel between Olivine City and its destination, Celadon City.
Johto's former economic powerhouse city, Goldenrod City, soon found itself relegated to a less-important version of Olivine. Financial opportunists took advantage of the 20 minute commute between the two formerly-separated cities and the largest economy in both regions is situated in Olivine City, with Celadon having similar significance. The two-way train connected the quiet Olivine with the already bustling Celadon and as a result, both cities grew more populated and became intertwined, economically and culturally.
Saffron City is still the major financial center of Kanto due to Silph Co.'s presence in the central part of the city. The entrance to Silph Co. is highly-guarded by Team Rocket goons.
The Kanto and Johto Government is proud to offer these modes of mass transit:
Orange League Ferry
Location: Cinnabar Island <-> Orange Islands.
S.S. Anne
Location: Cianwood City <-> Olivine City
S.S. Aqua
Location: Olivine City <-> Vermilion City Harbor.
Location: Goldenrod City <-> Saffron City
Location: Olivine City <-> Celadon City
[Events Board]
All Trainers have a PokeGEAR which is periodically used to receive messages from NPCs that require our assistance. All "Events" are PokeGEAR messages that our characters receive, and will ensure you have some trials and tribulations throughout your journey besides just fighting Gym Leaders.
Events will further the story in some way most of the time, although sometimes they'll be opportunities to develop your character and Pokemon.
Events will offer some sort of reward as incentive to RP and keep the storyline moving in the direction you want it to go in. You may be asking, what will you get as a reward for doing these Events? Try it out and see
[Suspension of Disbelief]0. Pokeballs are EXTREMELY rare due to recent events. Use them wisely.
1. Your Pokemon begin weak and by RPing eventually level and grow stronger. All Pokemon begin at Level 5 and have equal stats. In fact, they have no stats.
2. Gym Leaders and the Elite 4 were affected by The Pokemon Purge and have lost their once experienced Pokemon. They are now raising new Pokemon once more.
3. Gym Leaders/Elite 4 grow alongside the RPers. If your first Gym battle is Koga in Fuchsia City, he will be weaker than if you fight Koga as your 5th Gym Leader.
4. Due to Silph Co./Team Rocket's activities, transportation in the Pokeworld has been severely crippled and Trainers must walk/bike everywhere, although several sea-based modes of transportation such as boats are still available.
5. Kanto-pokemon (151 in all) can only be caught in Kanto. Johto-pokemon (100 in all) can only be caught in Johto. Don't overthink it.
6. If it didn't exist in Gen 1 or 2, it doesn't exist in this RP.
7. HMs don't exist. It is assumed that all water Pokemon know how to Surf, all flying Pokemon know how to Fly, all ground Pokemon know how to Rock Smash and virtually all Pokemon know how to Cut. Combat is freeform.
Golden Rule: Use your imagination and have fun.
1. No Legendaries.
2. No Starters (including Pikachu/Eevee.)
3. No Evolved Pokemon. If a Pokemon has a pre-evolution which does not exist in Gen I/II, assume it doesn't exist. If a Pokemon skill didn't exist in Gen I/II, assume it doesn't exist.
4. No 3rd/4th/5th Gen Pokemon. Don't even ask.
5. 2 Paragraphs per post (including dialogue.) Post 1x every 3 days.
[The Trainers & Their Pokemon]
-Clay Padmore/Vulpix(F) (vFear): http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9799187
-Sebastian Pembroke/Lickitung: http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9909111
-Jay Ironangel/Houndour(M) (Hack x Slash): http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9804400
-Mina Aizora/Swinub (F) (Anderiel): http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9840985
-Bashy Grim/Abra (M) (Revolver_Ocelot): http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9841339
-Vicky Fulton/Cubone (MensRea): http://roleplayerguild.com/showthrea...=1#post9844459


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Same issue here with a ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, with the Wonders, Tech Tree and the tile selection in the city screen. I realize it is unsupported hardware, but considering other icons look fine it looks more like a problem with the low settings to me.
I bought the game from JB hifi and read over the cover. It said a one time internet registration was required but otherwise it didn't mention that installing from steam was compulsory. This was vital as i was willing to pay extra to make sure the game was on the DVD. Internet connections are lousy where i live, and that's the case for huge areas of Australia.
Anyway, i ran the setup.exe and all it did was start installing from steam over the net. It took 4 days to install and there really didn't seem to be anything much on the DVD apart from the steam installer.
Does anyone know if there are files there but they are hidden, or do they just sell you a steam installer disguised as a Civ V installer? Because i would have thought that was illegal.
Anyway, i've had lots of problems, but the game worked for a while but then it got to the point where the launcher would give you the option to play in directx 9 or 10, but either option just crashed to desktop, no error, and checking task manager revealed the cpu was idle.
I had a look at http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1440616
17# Game Wont Install From Disc ? Requires Download From Steam
Some of the users have reported that the disc version of the game they bought requires download from steam. If you face this problem you can try deleting all the game files and re-install the game using setup.exe from the disk. Or you can refer to the tutorial below on how you can install the game from the disc instead of steam.
How to Use Steam launch options to install retail games from disc.
1. Log in to Steam and click on Library.
2. Right-click on the game, select Delete local content, and confirm.
3. Insert the first disc into your computer.
4. Close Steam (Steam > Exit).
5. Press Windows Key + R to open Run
6. In the Run window type:
C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe -install E:
And i substituted my DVD letter for D as you'd expect. well i became suspicious straight away as i don't hear the DVD firing up when i run that line, and as far as i can see it just tries to download the whole damn thing over the net again.
Does anyone else have a similar experience? Is the DVD a fake? I'm not really looking forward to blowing 4.5 gig of usage and tying up the internet for 4 days again.
Two more gripes I thought of:
- The Civilopedia is not accessible from the main menu like in Civ 4. Bring that back.
- There is no more clock. In Civ 4, the clock was one of the most important things on my screen, due to the one-more-turn pull that Civ 4 had.
Civilopedia shows that Longbowman has a range of 2, but it actually has a range of 3 - only thing that differences it from crossbowman.
I thought I might contribute to this thread as well. Hopefully the devs reads it. Here are the major and minor complaints I have so far. (I'm excluding glitches ans craches from this post - the devs should be very aware of them by now)
Critical issues (game breakers)
Compleatly broken combat A.I (A.I is unable to handle any tactic at all even at the highest levels. The worst example from my point of view was when two longswordmen wiped out every single player on a medium sized pangea at King level. But, as has been discussed in many threads - this is fully possible on immortal as well). (note: a game should NEVER be released with A.I in this condition).
Major issues
Defensive pacts do not work (I'm not sure if this is so for everyone but for me, they do never activate even if my or my partner is not the agressor)
Occasionally cities cannot be turned into puppet-states. You are asked to choose production for that city - but this is, of course, not possible.
A.I players are ready to pay huge piles of money for compleatly useless trades (like selling them resources they are not in need of, but which they are ready to pay
for, or exploiting money for signing onesided open borders (which A.I don't have any use for)
Minor issues
According to manual, barbarians are supposed to have the same level of units that the MOST ADVANCED civ has, but while Hiewatha had Infantries, barbarian still only had brutes, spearmen and archers.
Barbarian galleys don't do anything usefull at all.
Some aspects regarding diplomacy are not explained at all anywere. (What is a pact of secrecy?, what is a pact of cooperation?)
Long wait between turns on high-end machines, even on small and medium sized maps. (memory leaks?, poor optimization for high end computers with several multi-threading cores?)
Last edited by Saurus the Second; 10-05-2010 at 11:27 PM.
Finally after weeks and weeks of waiting to get the new and awesome Civ5, it appeared in the mail - of course I went straight to my PC to install it but what?! I first have to download the whole fricking thing (4gb) before I get to play.
Why on earth did I even have to wait all these weeks when the DVD is EMPTY anyways?!
This was a VERY bad first impression!!!
it's been 2 weeks already...and we still don't get any answers...is that normal for firaxis and 2k?...to ignore the clients?....gues your new policy is "buy it...if it doesn't work or it's bad...at least one of us is happy"....GREAT PROFESIONALISM GUYS...REALLY!!!
Playing the persians (not sure if the bug is related to specific civ) with pretty much everything set to standard, (Prince, 8 civs, standard sized continent map) It is possible to get very very long golden ages. It seems that building the taj mahal during a golden age I managed to get a 60 turn golden age.
The first golden age happened due to happiness think that was about 18 turns due to persian civ and also the wonder Chichen Itza.
however with about 10 turns left on this, the Taj Mahal was constructed. This caused a 60 turn Golden Age.
Looking in google other people have also seen this
My largest problem , how they are not multiplayer animations! Everything else negligible.
Game is very slow but even so it works...until I get to 1966. Then no matter what I do it crashes. Playing Bismarck/Continents/Huge/Prince/Epic.
Also, last week, I filled out a problem report on another issue and received what I can only assume is an auto response saying I would be responded to, and most likely within 72 hours. Full week now and silence.
With all due respect, what the heck is going on with you??
Interesting - the civilopedia tells me in the unit description the Longbowman has a range of 3, but in the side panel it shows a range of 2, as it does in game, and when using them they only have a range of 2. What gives?
Well I just got one to attack at its full range. I sometimes have problems with getting attacks and moves to initiate because my PC isn't that great. And I guess the Longbowman can't SEE three hexes away but it can attack three hexes away. You have to get another unit to see the enemy first.
Last edited by FeddyPoap; 10-06-2010 at 12:53 PM.
- Victory Progress > Score Details screen has no scroll bar to see more then 8 Civs (9 is cut off and you can't see the rest).
- Barbarians in encampments have their Fortify bonus change from 25 to 50% and back again each turn as if they are constantly canceling and re-fortifing.
These apply to the Battle Odds 'tab':
- Attacking cities doesn't show bonuses from certain promotions. I'm not sure which ones are supposed to work agaisnt cities since I only ever see Great General/'Siege' showing up despite ideal conditions for others, but either Flanking or Discipline is definately altering the projected damage.
- The Great General bonus doesn't take into account how far away the battle takes place and instead just how far away your unit is. If you're hovering over an enemy unit that is outside of the Great General's range then it shouldn't show your unit as getting the bonus.
I'm having a similar problem as many others regarding getting Civ V to start at all. Both DX9 and DX11 versions crash during startup before the intro video, and the behaviour is similar even if I disable the intro video from the ini file.
One time I got the game to start by setting full screen to 0 in the ini, but even then the game crashed after just a couple of turns. Full screen mode hasn't worked once, and the anti-aliasing settings do not seem to make a difference. I've also tried re-installing everything that has been mentioned here and in other forums as possible culprits all to no avail.
I have the latest Catalyst drivers for my brand-new ATI graphics card (5750), and otherwise my rig fulfills and exceeds the minimum requirements.
The game seems like one buggy son-of-a-gun, and it's a damn shame!
Ok I had all the problems like everyone else on this thread. Got the Patches and it fixed 98% of my problems but I still can't play. Ok I do have a nvidea 8800 gt and I know that thisgame hates my card. But what happens now is when I start a game I can't move my units. They begin to move but then jump back to original spot and the movement animation continues. After I try to move both starting units the End Turn button appears, but it doesn't respond. So game over at that point. Also the view will jump as if I am scrolling accross the world. I can click on the mini map and it will take me to where I click, but after a few seconds the scrolling starts again. I have not tried the dx9 version but I don't think that I should have to. I paid the $50 for the game to play on my $250 card, I'd buy a dx9 version for $25, but come on my computers plays all games fine, crysis, Napoleon Total War...
One more strange piece of info to add. Before the patches came out I was some how able to play the game 1 time. I messed with all the ini files and some how it worked. The first try it crashed like 10 turns in. The second try I played 350+ turns no problems. I went to bed and was never able to get the game to work again.
Please help
Legions have a special ability to build roads.
When you upgrade them they keep that ability.
Also I found another bug, small one.
When you start a new game and put something on random, it just takes the last taken option or the default one if it's your first game.
Random is bugged.
Is anybody else experiencing this:
I have some problems with the textures, when I build something like a farm or mine, I don't really see that after I zoom in and out again, then it corrects the texture to what really is there.
Also when I load a game, all textures seem to be blank just with one color, I need to scrool over the land so the textures load itself up.
Pretty strange
This one should be a priority. I've had three 12 hour+ games ruined by the permanent peace bug, in which you can never again declare war on a civilization after signing a "10-turn" peace treaty.
Hey guys, what happened here?
My Civilopedia doesn't tell me half of what I need it to (WTF is a "Pact of Secrecy?"), the AI is RETARDED, I had to spend a day de-bugging the graphics,
etc etc etc.
Listen, I understand that the whole Civilization experience was to be "streamlined" but cutting back on the individual functions wasn't supposed to be a cutback in the overall quality of the experience.
There are simply too many Quality Assurance issues with this game for it to be fun.
I love you guys, and splurged on the "Special Edition." Unfortunately, the highest quality product in the whole box was the "Art of the Game" book, and not the game itself.
I'm going to shelve my copy of Civ 5 and advise my Civ-loving family to avoid this game. Maybe you guys will have this thing patched up and looking good by Christmas.
Fire your Quality Assurance people.
- The AI is pretty retarded. When I play as Iroquois, it advises me to build roads on forest tiles, in my own territory. And when I have two cities, and they get tiles toward each other, they pick every single tile that is NOT a forest, ignoring all the lush forest between those cities, which is one of the reasons I picked those spots. I end up having to save up money to buy the forest tiles (which are never, ever picked by the AI, even after the cities have merged territories), which sort of defeats the whole point of using them as trade routes.
- When I sign a peace treaty with someone, and they give me GPT or resources that last for 30 turns, after 10 turns I get a message that the peace treaty expired, just like normal. But for the next 20 turns, I keep getting that message, every single turn, until the resource or GPT bit has also expired. Very annoying.
- How much science per trading post is the Free Thought policy supposed to give? The policy description and the civilopedia both say +2, but the game itself (terrain yield icons, city yield summary) tells me it's only +1. When I try to change a trading post into a different improvement with a worker (say, a farm), it gives me an effect of -1 science. Please change either the description (if it's supposed to be +1) or the game effect (if it's supposed to be +2). Such inconsistencies are really just horrible oversight.
Last edited by Qi Chin; 10-08-2010 at 09:23 PM.
I have 3 gold sources. I trade one for silk. After the trade, I no longer have any gold at all and lost it's benefit, so my happiness remains the same. Obviously that is not how it should work.
Also, this is the last time I will be posting here as it appears to be completely ignored by anyone related to Civ 5, Firaxis or, most important and obvious, 2K. I being to wonder whether there is potential legal action here, possibly fraud. In any event, 2K has lost all of my goodwill.
I just beat a Marathon game on turn 98 with Alexander and this achievement failed to register:
Conquest of the World
As Alexander, defeat every known player by 350 BC.
This one, I did on settler difficulty and it failed:
The Wonder Years
Build all the Wonders, across any number of playthroughs.
This one, of course doesn't work for me:
Prove that the world is round by uncovering a connected loop of tiles around the circumference of the world.
The following three are asking too much of the player. Should probably be cut in half:
Land Baron
Purchase 1000 tiles, across any number of playthroughs.
Build 1000 mines, across any number of playthroughs.
Paul Bunyan
Chop down 1000 forest tiles, across any number of playthroughs.
The last two are asking WAY too much of the player! Should probably be cut to one-fifth or one-tenth:
God Is Great
Construct 1000 Temples, across any number of playthroughs.
Ruler of the Seas
As Elizabeth, sink and destroy 357 enemy naval units, across any number of playthroughs.
WorldBuilder will not generate any maps (except blank ones) if your Windows user profile name has foreign / non-English characters in it. If you try to generate a map from the scripts, it will act like it's generating something but nothing will change, and you'll still have a blank map (all ocean). This is Civ V with patch 220.127.116.11. I can post my system specs if you really want but with a Unicode bug I don't think it matters
The fix for this is to use a Windows profile name without any non-English, accented, or otherwise Unicode characters. Then I am able to generate any map I want using any script I want. (On Vista, you can create a new user profile by going to the Windows Start Menu -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage another account -> Create a new account)
I realize this is pretty low-priority compared to some of the game-breakers out there but thought I'd post it anyway so if some poor user overseas is scratching their heads wondering why the map generator's broken, they can (hopefully) find this post. Thanks,
-- Joren
Last edited by Joren; 10-09-2010 at 02:18 PM. Reason: instructions
- There are a few major bugs I have confirmed that are going to hinder any historical mods.
- No calendar type works except for the default. This means no weeks, months, bi-yearly, yearly ect. Only default works currently.
- Custom made civs always appear as random if used with a pre-set starting location map.
I have already confirmed both of these, the cat is out of the bag. This is going to severely hinder anyone trying to create historical mods! Firaxis you need to fix these asap, you're not going to see any full conversion historical mods until you do.
Edit: Also I'm not some newb modder, I know exactly what I'm doing, and if you do as well, look at your code, you will find problems in these areas.
I'm sure you can guess which patch I'm using since, you obviously haven't addressed this yet.
Last edited by Shiggs713; 10-09-2010 at 07:03 PM.
This game is very easy due to the AI not being that smart and now that we have some difficult archievements you also want to lower them?
I prefer to keep them! Most of the archievements are already very easy to obtain. 1000 temple is playing at least 50 games, I love that! Only those that play many games can archieve it! 357 enemy naval units is quite easy. 2-3 games with lots of water should fix this one easily.
The first three will take around 15 games which isn't that much.
I don't want all the archievements in 4 games, that is just boring!
Also if you play with one leaders each time you should be close in getting the first three.
Agreed Peets, you know how easy it is to build 1000 mines? play about 20 games all the way through and your done. Some people just want everything to be stupid easy.
[Major Bug]
-= Never-ending and growing resources =-
I made trade with one nation giving him a free resources (ex. 2xHorses) for 90 turns for nothing in exchange. Just like that. During that deal that nation were wiped by another nation (NOT ME, so no war etc). After that I receiving each turn (adding to my resource pool) the amount of resources I gave. I can trade that "extra" resources and use it as well.
Entered into a 10 turn peace treaty about 100 turns ago. Was hoping I would be able to invade once the open borders ended, but I cannot enter enemy territory period. My units just cannot move in, no pop up for this will start a war.
Assuming this is a bug.
Just wanted to second the never ending peace treaty bug. I had that happen for the first time in my last game. That's the first bug that's caused me to search out this forum, as it's quite a show stopper.
Also, I had a game where by the late game I ended up with 5000+ horses in my strategic resources! This seems to be same bug that AsNied mentioned two posts above.
Last edited by amroc; 10-10-2010 at 05:46 PM.
BUG: Upgrading the American Unique unit Minuteman to a Rifleman retains the ability "All tiles cost 1 move". Don't think that should be happening since most other units lose their "base" abilities when changing unit.
Last edited by WasteOfMoney; 10-10-2010 at 08:43 PM. Reason: error
Maybe it's cause of the latest drivers (had that problem last year with a game)
Can you try that out? It might work then.
Ive played every Civ game that came out including the Alpha series. Civ 5 has got to be the worst of all. It is so bug ridden its ridiculas. I was playing the Japs on a large map just about to defeat my last foe when the game froze on me. No matter what I did it would freeze in the same place. When I first purchased it had to wait for a patch to fix the game for me to play it. I'm really disappointed in this game!!!!!