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they could kill anyone off they did that to Jenna and that was a big surprise. I wouldnt kill off Elena, Damon or Stefan because they are the three main characters if one of them dies then the show would be nothing because the Damon fans wouldnt watch the show because Damon was dead and then the Stefan fans wouldnt watch the show because he was dead so they cant kill those 2 off.
Tyler hasnt been on the show for a long time now ever since he bit Caroline. Rick has been the one I am more leaning towards to die because well look how many times he had died this season but came back because of the ring. He has been getting possessed so until they can fix the problem he will just crazy lol. I am also thinking they might finally kill Klaus because from the middle of season 2 they have been trying to kill him and since the oak tree is still in the ground Im hoping some how Damon and Stefan get it before they do because I never liked Klaus.
Yeah Katherine was the one that really screwed with Damon and I felt so bad for him when Katherine said it will always be Stefan and then when he went to Elena's room the same night and Elena said the same thing I was like aww poor Damon and even though he killed Jeremy I still liked him. like I said before Damon and do stupid stuff when he doesnt think but I will still like him like when he went to bed with Rebekah even though i didnt like what he was doing I just said well thats Damon for you lol. and now tonight hes going to have a three some with Rebekah and Sage.
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I know the killing of Jemma suprised me to did'nt see that one coming. Yea it could well be rick as the actor who plays him is doing another series but then I read on the net that he will still make apperances in VD so that kinda of throws me, the only other person I could think of is Bonnie's mom now that she's a vampire and not a witch it's a big ajusment for her to make.
Agree the way that Damon reacted when rejected by Elena was typical Damon behaviour so I was'nt suprised when he went of with Rebekah and he would totally do a threesome but hey that's just his way. I do love it when they show his vunerable side though then I just wanna give him a cuddle and make it all better.
They've said when Tyler is coming back but not Jermey hope we see him before the end of season 3 and a lot more in season 4 and what problems the ring could bring for him.
I think the actor who plays Kalus is brilliant but have to admit that I've got a bit fed up of it all being about him now I can see why they brought him in and the family but I'm hoping that season 4 goes back to the brother's rebuilding their bond and Elena making some kind of decision about them.
Wonder if Kathrine will come back I get why she's not around at the moment becuase Kalus isthere but it would be great to see her again, I'm also curuious to how they are or if they are going to bring back in Klaus mom and other brother, his face when he saw his mom was pricless.
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Im excited for tonights episode its going to be great. there will be some good Damon and Elena scenes. but I have seen pictures of next weeks episode and Im not so happy about them lol.
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Hi there how's things I hope your well.
What photo's have you seen.
I'm not looking forward to seeing Elena kiss Damon but I do get why Stefan is making her face her feelings whatever they are for Damon but oh my his face when he told her finally that he still love her and always would then asked about hoe she felt about Damon I was like and just wanted to give him a hug. Then when he sees her and Damon go off for the trip and she went to say something and he told her to stay safe again I was like aww.
I've a feeling from what their releasing on the net that Elena is going to pick Damon over Stefan especially after the kiss not sure if I can watch that.
I am though looking forward to seeing her and Stefan at the dance love seeing Paul in a suit and the dances with Stefan and Elena.
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OMG, Tyler and Jeremy are back. <3
Can I just say, Jeremy needs to pick up baseball? Yum.
And sex in a cave, Tyler? Not very original.
I really hope they don't kill Klaus, because Tyler would die as well, and I need my Jyler. :'(
Once a stone heart shattered and came along a true love so pure and sweet.
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mabye they could try to find someway not to kill Tyler in the process. I am just sick and tired a freaking Klaus so when the finale does come I want him dead.
Im a huge Delena fan so I was so happy about there kiss it wasnt Damon this time that Kissed Elena. Elena was the one that kissed him and it might have went farther if Jeremy wouldnt have interfeared but when he did Damon left and Elena smiled a little so I know she felt something from that kiss.
what Im not excited for is Stefan and Elena go to a dance. the reason why Im not looking forward to it is because Elena is in Stefans arms crying. well I dont know why she is crying but knowing us Delena fans Damon will say or do something to hurt Elena and she will go running in Stefans arms but I could be wrong. anyone could have made Elena cry.
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I liked Klaus when he first came in but now not so much I much prefer Elijah so I'm hoping that if they do carry the originals over to season 4 that Klaus is'nt one of them but for me 1 season on the originals is enough.
I agree that she does feel some thing for Damon that is very obvious but whether she is in love with him or just loves him she still has'nt decided. I did'nt like the way Damon told Jeremy what to do and that Elena never said anything to him about it.
Alaric was just brilliant in it and i also loved how Stefan took the smile off klaus's face by telling him that he is in control now and then telling Klaus to get out of the house.
I did'nt see it as Jeremy interfering if Elena wanted to carry it on she would have regardless of Jeremy but to me she came across as almost regreting the kiss and letting someone see them kiss then she backed away from damon -
Post: #58
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I dont like Klaus one bit look at all the stuff he has caused Elena and her family. so Im hoping they kill him off. I like Elijah the most so if one were to stay alive it would be him. but I want Klaus dead I am getting sick of the origanial vampires.
Elena does love Damon she just doesnt want to admit it just yet. so Im hoping something finally happens between those 2.
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Post: #59
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I think that yea Elena does love Damon on some level but I don't think she is in love with him which is why she backs away from him like she does and she s only sorting herself out now because Stefan has made her look into her feelings, for me Stefan has told her more than once that he ca't be with her but Elena is the one who won't give up on them so if she feels so much love for Damon then she would'nt have needed the push from Stefan to exp,lore her feelings for damon they would naturally just be there.
Word on the net is that the brothers have a talk and decide that whoeverelena picks then the other brother will leave personally can't see how that's going to work.
I would much rather Klaus left and Elijah came back.
Post: #60
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What is happening to this show? To say I only watch this on TV..it's going downhill. And the viewers..? I'd be worried if I was in the producers shoes.
Anyway I'm so proud of Stefan for what he said to Klaus. (;
Yay for Jeremy and Tyler coming back.
The kiss between Elena and Damon was in my opinion disgusting. The look on Jeremy's face said it all. It just seemed forced. There was nothing romantic about it. There was no passion. I think Elena is turning more like Katherine every episode. She used Damon and lied to Stefan.
Looking forward to the next episode but I'm fed up of these ships. To say I like Stelena more I want Stefan to move on. And Damon needs someone better..
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Reserve QB Leads Hutchinson to Salt City Bowl VictoryDecember 1, 2012
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- Reserve quarterback Kody Cook threw for 272 yards and five touchdowns after entering the game late in the second quarter to lead the 14th-ranked Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) football team to a 41-21 victory over Iowa Central on Saturday in the fourth-annual Salt City Bowl at Gowans Stadium.
Cook moved from receiver to quarterback late in the second quarter, replacing record-setting Blue Dragon quarterback Luke Barnes, who injured his throwing hand early in the game. Down 7-0 Cook guided the Blue Dragons to two touchdown drives late in the first half to lead 14-7 at halftime.
After back-to-back special teams errors that led directly to two Iowa Central touchdowns that gave the Tritons a 21-14 lead with 6:56 to play in the third quarter, Cook led the Blue Dragon response with four touchdown drives. He tied the game at 21-all with a 2-yard run and then gave the Dragons the lead for good 22-yard TD strike to Johns with 13:40 to play in the game.
Named the Salt City Bowl's Offensive Most Valuable Player, Cook set bowl records with 20 completions, 30 attempts, 272 passing yards and 272 total yards, while tying a bowl game record with five touchdown passes. Before the switch, he caught one ball for five yards.
"My teammates were with me and God was with me said Cook, who in his HCC career before Saturday had completed 1 of 2 passes for seven yards. "The line protected me and the receivers made it easy for me by getting open."
"We felt like he was going to give us some options, especially with the quarterback run game," HCC head coach Rion Rhoades said. "He doesn't get enough work for what he did today. He was awesome. I was really happy for Kody."
Johns set a Salt City Bowl record with four touchdown receptions, catching seven balls for 107 yards. Sophomore Antonio Johnson had bowl records of 10 receptions for 132 yards, including a touchdown. Tanner Gentry and Connor Thierolf both had personal-best games. Gentry had three receptions for 44 yards and Thierolf had two for 16 yards.
"I couldn't believe it," John said of Cook's performance. "But I knew we'd be alright. Kody is a football player. You can put him anywhere and you know he'll do well."
The Blue Dragons finish 9-3 for the season, winning nine games for the third-straight season and matching the best five-year run in program history with 42 victories. HCC extended its program record with its fifth-straight bowl victory.
Somewhat lost in the shuffle of Cook's incredible performance was running back Terrell Lane and the Blue Dragon defense.
Lane broke Jamison Palmer's single-season rushing record on Saturday. Rushing for 96 yards on 18 carries in the game, Lane finished the season with 1,630 yards. Lane also became the fifth Blue Dragon running back to rush for at least 2,000 yards in a career, finishing with 2,093 yards. He surpassed Arland Bruce for fourth place on the career list.
Salt City Bowl defensive MVP Kenny Flowers led a dominating performance by the Blue Dragons, who held Iowa Central to Salt City Bowl lows of 131 total yards, 38 rushing yards and eight first downs.
Outside of a Salt City Bowl-record 67-yard touchdown pass by Iowa Central's Teag Klyn to Brandynn Clark, the Blue Defense allowed only 102 yards for the remainder of the game.
HCC also held Iowa Central's leading rusher Jontel Clayton to a season-low 24 yards on 19 attempts.
"It means a lot," said Flowers, who had 10 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback sack. "But I couldn't have done it without the defensive line or backs. It definitely feels good to go out with a bang."
Freshman linebacker Brock Long finished with a career-high 14 tackles and sophomore defensive lineman Ben Bradley had a career-best 11 tackles.
Hutchinson's offense produced 411 total yards on a Salt City Bowl-record 81 offensive snaps, with 316 yards in the air and 95 rushing yards. The Blue Dragons also had a bowl-game high 25 first downs.
Iowa Central's Klyn finished 9 of 22 passing for 131 yards with a touchdown and interception. Clark had five catches for 102 yards to lead the Tritons.
Iowa Central took a 7-0 lead just 4:51 seconds into the game when Kyle and Clark connected for a 67-yard catch and run for a touchdown.
From that point, the Blue Dragons sputtered on offense, missing a field goal, giving the ball up on downs, a fumble and three consecutive punts. HCC had just 94 total yards over its first seven possessions before Cook entered the game.
"I was not nervous," said Cook before he entered the game at quarterback. "I'm not the kind of person that gets nervous. I know my teammates have my back, so I wasn't nervous at all."
Cook's first drive was a seven-play, 59-yard scoring drive and the Dragons tied the game on his 32-yard touchdown pass to Johns with 2:09 left in the game. The Dragons forced a punt and got the ball back at its own 30 with 1:06 to play. Cook went 6 for 6 on the drive and tossed a 9-yard TD strike to Johns with 6.9 seconds left to give HCC a 14-7 lead.
Iowa Central (6-5) got back into the game when HCC special teams had problems on back-to-back punts midway through the third quarter.
Firs the Tritons blocked a Lane punt and Joe Feldspaugh recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown and a 14-14 tie with 7:51 to play in the third quarter. The Tritons forced a 3-and-out and a high punt snap bounded around in the end zone and Nash Stopko recovered it for a touchdown and a 21-14 Iowa Central lead with 6:56 to play in the quarter.
The Blue Dragons answered right back, though, as Cook completed four passes during a 70-yard march that took 10 plays. HCC took the lead back when Cook scored on a 2-yard run with 2:33 to play in the quarter for a 28-21 lead.
Cook put the finishing touches on his MVP performance with three fourth-quarter TD passes of 22 to Johns, 11 to Johnson and 13 to Johns and HCC's defense held Iowa Central to just 19 total yards in the fourth quarter.
GAME NOTES – HCC is now 9-6-2 all time in bowl games. … HCC completes its 81st season of football with an all-time record of 309-234-18. … Johnson had his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season and Johns had his third 100-yard receiving game of the season. … This was the fifth time this season to hold an opponent to less than 50 rushing yards in a game … Johns tied Cordarrelle Patterson for second place on the single-season receptions list with 61 catches. He move up two spots to fourth on the single-season receiving yards list with 950 yards this season. … Antonio Johnson extended his single-season receptions return to 76 catches. That mark ties Kyle Roberts for fifth place on the career list.
+ Offensive plays – 81, Hutchinson
+ Passing Yards – 316, Hutchinson
+ First downs – 25, Hutchinson
+ Completions – 27, Hutchinson
+ Pass Attempts – 45, Hutchinson
+ Fewest offensive yards gained – 131, Iowa Central
+ Fewest first downs – 8, Iowa Central
+ Fewest rushing yards – 38, Iowa Central
+ Punts – 10, Iowa Central
+ Passing Touchdowns – 5, Hutchinson
+ Total Offense – Kody Cook, Hutchinson, 276 yards
+ Total touchdowns scored – Miguel Johns, 4
+ Total points – Miguel Johns, Hutchinson, 28
+ Receiving touchdowns – Miguel Johns, 4
+ Passing yards – Kody Cook, Hutchinson, 272
+ Completions – Kody Cook, Hutchinson, 20
+ Pass Attempts – Kody Cook, Hutchinson, 30
+ Pass Completion Percentage – Kody Cook, Hutchinson, .667 (20 of 30)
+ Receptions – Antonio Johnson, Hutchinson, 10
+ Longest scoring play – Teag Klyn to Brandynn Clark, Iowa Central, 67 yards.
+ Longest TD Pass – Teag Klyn to Brandynn Clark, Iowa Central, 67 yards.
+ Longest Play From Scrimmage – Teag Klyn to Brandynn Clark, Iowa Central, 67 yards.
+ Most punts – Mitch Bonnstetter, Iowa Central, 10
+ Most punt returns – Miguel Johns, Hutchinson, 6
+ Passing touchdowns – Kody Cook, Hutchinson, 5
Photos: (Top) Hutchinson starting quarterback, Luke Barnes (8), and back-up quarterback, Kody Cook (7), celebrate after Cook threw a touchdown pass. Barnes let the game in the middle of the second quarter with a broken finger. (Bottom) A.J. Johnson (4) leaps in the air to catch a pass from quarterback, Kody Cook. Photos by Stephanie Carpenter, HCC Sports Information

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Federal, state and local agencies and non-governmental organizations are joining forces to better understand and address vulnerabilities and lessons learned from Tropical Storm Irene in the Mad River Valley.
Several of these agencies and organizations joined a meeting of the Mad River Valley Planning District to discuss the effort on August 16 in Waitsfield, where members from the collaborative group outlined their initiative to build on existing efforts geared toward improving flood resilience in the Mad River watershed.
The group plans to implement and deploy resources from two federal programs; the America's Great Outdoors (AGO) program and the Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) planning initiative.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture are providing federal leadership in the AGO program. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, which attracted the federal support by working with the Department of the Interior, has recently completed a Winooski River watershed management plan, which includes the Mad River watershed.
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The Friends of the Mad River, the Mad River Valley Planning District, the Vermont Land Trust and the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District coordinated many of the local efforts. The partners hope the Mad River Valley effort can be replicated throughout the state.
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Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone gets reviewed: This is what AT&T will push over the iPhone
h3>Nokia's Lumia 900 pairs out of this world hardware with elegant Windows Phone Mango release 2 software in a bid to become AT&T's next darling. But is it hot or not?
Among the very first, and certainly most comprehensive, Nokia Lumia 900 reviews comes our way courtesy of WPCentral's Daniel Rubino, and not surprisingly, he finds a lot of Windows Phone to love.
For $99 on contract, the Lumia 900 is one of the nicest Windows Phone on the market today and for the foreseeing future all at a great price. It has solid hardware including super-fast 4G LTE and the latest version of Windows Phone Mango ensuring a great experience for new users and veterans looking for an upgrade. Plus the device oozes with Nokia's quality craftsmanship making it a device many will want to talk about. With all the hype around this phone, this could be the next "it" device for the summer.
I had a chance to accompany Daniel to his Windows Phone and Nokia interview at CES 2012, and spent a few minutes playing with the Lumia 900. It's build quality is fantastic, using a metal-feeling plastic that I'm not convinced actually comes from this planet. It meshes beautifully with Microsoft's latest release of Windows Phone Mango, which adds an LTE radio stack to the Metro-based user experience. Judging by the reaction of the typically jaded gadget bloggers at the show, it was the first phone since the iPhone, with possible exceptions of the Palm Pre and Nexus One, to really get design-centric attention.
Still, they made the screen bigger without making it denser, which in the age of Retina displays makes for an overly pixelated experience. Doesn't sound like the typical AMOLED color saturation problems help out much there either. Branding also remains an issue, with Windows Phone not being anywhere near as sexy or enticing as something like Xphone. (Slap that label on it, put out a Halo special edition, and just try to keep it on the shelves.) It's also a big phone, like recent Android devices, using size to fit in the current generation of LTE chips and the batteries that go with them. And while apps are getting better all the time, they haven't gotten anywhere near what the iPhone has to offer.
There have been rumors AT&T would make this their most marketed phone ever, even more so than the iPhone. That's believable only insofar as Apple marketed the iPhone so well there really wasn't that much for AT&T to do but slap their logo at the end of Apple-made ads and count their money at the end of each quarter.
It's nice to see Nokia back in the game, though, and who would have thought Microsoft would be blazing the elegant UI trail? I don't think many perspective iPhone buyers will be tempted to jump ship (the iPhone still reportedly outsells all other AT&T phones combined), but I do think the race for "not iPhone" just got far more interesting.
And that's good for everyone.
Check out WPCentral's complete Nokia Lumia 900 review and then come back here and let us know what you think. Will the Nokai Lumia 900 cause any problems for the iPhone on AT&T?
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Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone gets reviewed: This is what AT&T will push over the iPhone
"I don't think many perspective iPhone buyers will be tempted to jump ship"
I don't know if I'd say that. I'm a current iPhone user who gets closer and closer to jumping ship to WP7 because the WP7 calendar, tasks and contacts integration is frankly much better than iOS. After 5 years of watching Android grab marketshare while jailbreaking continues unabated to address iOS' deficiencies, can't Apple finally admit that rows of static app icons is not appealing anymore?
"....WP7 calendar, tasks and contacts integration is frankly much better than iOS."
I totally agree with this. Although, with WP 8 and dual-core Windows Phone phones less than a year away, I'm tempted to wait before jumping ship.
Microsoft is wise, very wise, to avoid copying iOS as blatantly as Google has. Before iPhone blindsided them in 2007, Android phones were fugly imitations of Palm / Blackberry units. iPhone and iOS gave Google and their hardware partners something vastly better to copy, so they did. Shamelessly.
Good luck growing that 1.4% market share, Microsoft.
You expect Dan to say something negative about Microsoft or a Windows Phone? It's not going to happen. I love Mobile Nations but Dan is the only "head guy" who's work I can't read. Love Rene, Phil, Derek and Kevin, they actually call it like they see it. It's unfortunate because my wife loves her Windows Phone and I'd like to read more about it (I actually used a Focus for a month as my daily driver, not a horrible phone, easy to use but the OS power, flexibility and ecosystem is not there) but I can't get past Dan's overly-biased writing.
Overly bias? Read Rene's stuff much? But that's the point of a platform-centric blog isn't it? Personally, I have no problem with a Windows Phone post being on the TiPB website. I'd rather read about what other Apple competitors are doing than rumor post after rumor post.
It's on iMore for two reasons, I bet.
(1) Because, as the headline suggests, this is the latest "iPhone killer" smartphone to garner significant media attention. Some iPhone users, like myself, may be interested in the story and don't visit wpcentral regularly.
(2) To help drive traffic to a Mobile Nations sister site, wpcentral.com.
I don't see anything negative or complaint-worthy in either reason.
Ah, yes. But every time a new Android phone comes out, it would get the front page of iMore.com, because don't they all basically try to be an "iPhone killer"? Which makes me wonder about this WP story even more, because if there were to be an "iPhone killer" I would be willing to bet money it will not be from Microsoft or running a Windows operating system. Also, instead of putting a story up about a WP to draw attention to WPcentral, maybe just create a post saying, "Hey guys, WP aren't doing as great in the phone market as the iPhone, but we've agreed with other phone-centric websites to "sister up", so please visit our lesser known friends such as WPcentral and the soon to be out of business Crackberry.com."
Apparently it's not all its cracked up to be.
I read that review on the Verge too, and the one on wpcentral.com. I'm kinda disappointed in the Lumia 900 now (especially as I've been looking forward to this phone and I'd been hoping that the camera would be better; at least as good as the 4S).
From all the reviews I've read on it thus far, the general consensus appears to be that while the design and build quality of the hardware are superb, battery life is good, data speed is shockingly fast over LTE (if you can get LTE), and call reception is excellent, but the camera is kinda mediocre, and certain aspects of the whole WP7 OS still leave a lot to be desired in terms of overall fit & finish, and functionality. I guess these would be non-issues if you don't take a lot of photos with your phone, and/or you like WP7 enough to where you're satisfied with it as it is now.
So I'll withhold judgement til I can get a hold of one and try it for myself. If it doesn't exactly light my fire, I'll just keep my 4 and keep looking. I'm in no hurry...
Single core really doesn't matter where WP7 is concerned. It runs very quickly and efficiently, even on older 1st gen devices like the LG Quantum and original Samsung Focus. The Verge review is pretty accurate about the WP7 OS and ecosystem, though. The situation isn't as dire as that of webOS, but Microsoft is still way late to the party and the time for excuses is past.
I never felt like it could take off until windows 8 come out and it fares well. Until then, it's more like android was before the Droid launch. An early work in process.
The only concerning thing is that I couldn't get windows 8 off my PC fast enough. It's a horrible experience. Maybe Metro is better on a tablet, but then that's not really windows so what's the point?
Still, MS has always had all the puzzle pieces it needed. I just don't care for how they're assembling them. Maybe MS should have just bought webOS. Metro or wp7 is the culprit here.
As for single core, as Steve Jobs said, it's not about specs, it's about the user experience. The iPhone 4 is a single core phone and it is quite good.
The screen is not "low res", it is a 200+ DPI Clearblack AMOLED and it looks stunning, colors are much better than the power hungry old school LCD Apple insists on putting on its devices.
As for beta, at least MS is not copping out with the "beta" label and it is taking responsibility for their system. Siri users know all about endless "betas".
Whatever. We saw the same story with webOS. All kinds of potential but braindead leadership. WebOS remained buggy, laggy, and incomplete. The hardware was poor. The marketing even worse.
In Microsoft's case, the potential is their ecosystem. The hardware is fine but limited by the software. The culprit is an ugly, limited mobile OS. So far it's been a failure every time with consumers. Based on this "success", MS thought it wise to force this horrible mess on all windows users with upcoming windows 8. It's another train wreck in the making.
Be forwarned about assuming that WP7's calendar integration is reasonably reliable and stable in the enterprise. Exchange 2007/2010 consistency, calendars, proxy meetings... Predictability is just as much of a problem here. Exchange is still only highly reliable on the desktop, and only as good as your local admin.
I'm sorry, but WP is just plain ugly. The UI is horrible. I don't know why some people and MS think that it's anything short of the worse GUI ever invented. The Metro theme is also going to be MS's big mistake with W8 when it comes out. Metro is just not all that it's cracked up to be. WP and W8 will fail because of the bad looking theme that Metro is. I don't care if it makes a device function quicker, for some reason, people will not like it. Others agree and very soon you'll see that nothing that has Metro on it will make a big dent into the market. The only thing that running WP did for Nokia is that it now allows admins to easily integrate those phones into the Enterprise. Running WP is a lot more compliant for support than what they previously had on their devices. That is all this partnership has given Nokia... certainly not anything that will turn their percentages around one bit. Nokia made the move to WP because they didn't have anything else and rewriting from scratch and expecting people to support a new OS with ActiveSync technology licenced into it would have cost them more than just partnering up and running WP. Like I said a year ago... NOTHING running WP will take over the market, nothing.
Xbox has Metro....yup, no dent in the market whatsoever. And your critique of the UI is just that, YOURS. Personally, I like it way better than my iPhone's rigid and boring tiles - to each his own. That said, I'm happy to see Microsoft putting forth a quality phone, that can potentially bridge the gap between mobile, desktop, and gaming.
Like Tim Cook said : don't underestimate WP and I agree but IMHO the Lumia 900 will be more competition for Android than for iOS.
I love that Nokia is not just making a cheap clunky copy of the iPhone the way Android did. WP is truly innovative. That's a lot for an old company like MS to do.
However, most of the reasons I love the 4s - fast task swapping (even better than Android), outstanding camera, smooth response in all apps, excellent rendering of the web, and outstanding selection of top quality apps - are lacking on the Nokia.
Although it looks good and has promise, I would not consider it as an alternative. From all the reviews I read I would regret getting the 900 and want my 4s back.
By the time the 900 is out and all the bugs are addressed and apps are available, it will be competing with the next iPhone.
Im actually liking the look of this phone and I also think that it will help Microsoft gain back some ground in the smart phone market. Mainly because the OS looks user friendly and in no way resembles iOS, which is going to be big for people who don't like apple products.
This is great news not only for MS and Nokia, but also for the industry !
We need competition and this is competition at its best. While MS&Nokia truly stay competitive, theyre also trying to be ORIGINAL and not copy, like Android does.
Kudos. Seriously considering replace my homeline(iphone 4) with this one, cant go wrong with a $99 ;)
You must be joking with the copying. Can you say notification panel?
oh ok one thing :roll:
Think back to 2008 and tell me who had touch screen phones like iPhone before Apple came out with theirs ?
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I have lots of experience now with both iOS and wpos7. I have iOS devices, the rest of the family has windows phones. They got them because they liked the tile interface better, and because it looked different from all the other smartphone interfaces, which all looked more or less the same to them. I actually agre with them, and put the revive os7 theme on my iPhone 4s, but that's the only thing wpos7 has going for it right now. Mostly on the premiss of app ecosystem, I still prefer iOS.
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The title is confusing. I thought it was about changing the icon PICTURES, not their placement. That is possible too, without jailbreak I think, just not for official bundled apps.
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We are well and truly into 'silly season' now and we shouldn't be surprised by any results - with teams at the bottom of their respective divisions rolling over those at the top. Millwall (14/5 DNB) upset Leicester last week and delivered for the Famous Last Words and with half of the Championship still able to be relegated, six teams chasing the League One title and with 10 or so teams still not safe in the fourth tier, the run-in is going to be a funny affair. This week's Numbers Game selections from @MattPBriggs bare this in mind with 21/10, 31/20, 100/30, 2/1 and 9/5 tips, as well as the news and views from the bookies.
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Peterborough to win at Huddersfield at 11/5.
Peterborough are going better than any of the other teams at the bottom of the Championship and with seven away wins this term they are worth chancing to win in West Yorkshire. The Posh are on a seven-game unbeaten run and have recently won at Blackburn and Blackpool, while Huddersfield have failed to score in three of their last four games.
Sky Bet say there has been a huge drift on Tottenham, who are now 6/5 from 5/6 to beat Everton after Gareth Bale was injured. They have drifted in every market including top four (evens from 4/6). Bale is rated as such an important influence by bookmarkers and the price moves state that very clearly. Everton are into 21/10 to win at White Hart Lane from 11/4 and into 7/1 from 9/1 to nick a top-four finish.
Southampton have been well supported at 6/5 with Sky Bet to see off hapless Reading who were well beaten at Arsenal last time out. Nigel Adkins has a chance to seek revenge against his former club but it says a lot about the success Mauricio Pochettino has enjoyed that Saints can now be considered backable 6/5 shots away in the Premier League. Bookies now see Southampton on a par with teams such as Newcastle, Swansea and West Brom, a testament to the manager's excellent start.
Paddy Power say they have seen early money for Swansea at 15/8 in their match away to Norwich. Southampton are another popular choice this week and have been backed into 6/5 from an initial price of 6/4 against Reading.
Betfred say we have seen a lot of interest in Everton, who have been backed in from 3/1 into 12/5 at Tottenham.
Both Sunderland (13/2) and Reading (15/8) have been popular, possibly due to the new manager syndrome.
BetVictor say Spurs have been pushed out to 13/10 from 10/11 with the news that Gareth Bale will miss the clash with Everton (23/10 from 3/1) on Sunday. The Blues will be without suspended pair Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar themselves and this might be an over reaction.
Reading are 11/5 and well supported against Southampton (13/10) in the lunchtime kick off. It's a big game for Nigel Adkins who will have his new troops fired up for the visit of the Saints and we can expect a bit of needle.
Man Utd (13/10) won last seven in Premier League and host Man City (5/2) (Mon).
Everton (12/5) won last three in Premier League and travel to Spurs (13/10) (Sun, 2.05pm).
Derby (23/20) won last three in Championship and host Ipswich (14/5).
Wolves (3/1) won last three in Championship and travel to Bolton (evens).
Bournemouth (8/13) won last five in League One and host Notts C (11/2).
Reading (23/10) lost last six in Premier League and host Southampton (13/10) (12.45pm).
Swansea (2/1) lost last three in Premier League and travel to Norwich (17/10).
Leeds (12/5) lost last three in Championship and travel to Charlton (13/10).
Leicester (21/10) lost last three in Championship and travel to Brighton (31/20).
C Palace (10/11) lost last three in Championship and host Barnsley (7/2).
Sky Bet: Norwich are 7/5 to beat Swansea, but with just one win in 14 it seems a good time to oppose them. The Canaries have only found the net once in their last four games and the same could occur here. Swansea have been dropping off since their cup win but they should be too strong at Carrow Road. I see this as more of an each of two game rather than Norwich being slight favourites.
Leeds United are currently managerless as they travel to Charlton. Sky Bet offer 6/5 about a Charlton win, Neil Redfearn struggled last time in charge of the Whites and it is hard to see him turning round their dismal form. Charlton are on the up and look a settled Championship side now, Chris Powell has done an excellent job.
Betfred: Both Sunderland (13/2) and Reading (15/8) have been popular. Chelsea were in action on Thursday night and have sometimes struggled on the back of European games, while I am sure Nigel Adkins will be desperate to prove a point to his former employers Southampton.
It was a disappointing night for Tottenham in the Europa League on Thursday, not only did they concede two crucial away goals in their 2-2 draw with Basle at White Hart Lane but they lost Gareth Bale in what looked to be a painful ankle injury. Spurs are also likely to be without William Gallas, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe for their home clash against Everton so we are happy to take them on evens.
BetVictor: We are very keen to lay Arsenal at 20/21 at the Hawthorns against a Baggies side who are always tough to beat in the Black Country. It will be interesting to see if the money comes for the Gunners but we think they are vulnerable.
United have drifted out to 13/10 against City at Old Trafford on Monday. This looks too big with City likely to have one eye on next weekend's FA Cup semi and United wanting to do the double over their rivals in their title season as City did last term.
Paddy Power: We think that Reading look a very decent price this weekend. They are fighting for survival and have the newly-appointed Nigel Adkins at the helm, and with home advantage we think there's a good chance that Southampton won't walk away with the three points.
Liverpool also look a very short price at home to West Ham, and we will be looking to take them on.
Norwich (17/10) have won all three of their Premier League clashes v Swansea (2/1).
Arsenal (20/21) have won their last three Premier League clashes v West Brom (16/5).
Liverpool (4/11) have won six of their last eight v West Ham (9/1) in Premier League.
Chelsea (4/11) have won 15 of their last 16 Premier League clashes v Sunderland (10/1).
Fulham (14/5) have won five of their last seven matches v Newcastle (10/9) in the Premier League.
Gillingham to beat Torquay at 8/11.
The money has come for Gillingham, who are closing in on the League Two title and they should be too strong for struggling Torquay at Priestfield.
Bradford's James Hanson has two in two and is 11/5 to score v Northampton.
Shrewsbury's Tom Eaves has five in four and is 5/2 to score v Yeovil.
MK Dons' Dean Bowditch has two in two and is 21/10 to score v Crawley.
Barnet to beat Chesterfield at 9/5.
Chesterfield will be without key striker Marc Richards (ankle) against Barnet. Richards scored twice last time out and the Spireites could be vulnerable on the road.
Doncaster to beat Tranmere at evens.
Tranmere will be without forwards Mamady Sidibe and Adam McGurk at table-topping Doncaster. The pair will miss the remainder of the campaign and Rovers face a struggle to get anything at The Keepmoat.
Brighton to beat Leicester at 31/20.
After the midweek draw with Charlton, Brighton boss Gus Poyet said: "Don't take anything away from my players, we deserve to be where we are. The game was not difficult to analyse. If I could ask for any more, it would be in terms of quality in our final ball. Apart from that, it was all there. It really was one-way traffic and it was a great point for Charlton. I had a feeling they would be defensive and solid, and I can't remember the last time I didn't make a change during a game."
Bristol City to win at Burnley at 100/30.
Speaking after Monday's draw with Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol City boss manager Sean O'Driscoll said: "We deserved more. Our spirit has not been broken and we will keep on battling. Six more performances like that will do me, whatever the outcome of our season. The players are doing all I and the fans can ask of them. The supporters were fantastic today, even when we were a goal down, and that augurs well for the future."
Bury to win at Hartlepool at 2/1.
Speaking after Monday's 2-0 defeat at Leyton Orient, Bury boss Kevin Blackwell said: "Within one minute 48 seconds of the kick-off, we had two chances that you dream for and it's getting like a cracked record reflecting on the chances we've missed. I'm pleased with the team because they've given it everything and looking at the two sides, you wouldn't have known who was top and who was bottom. I thought that it was a very good away performance but the only thing that was missing was the goals. We must have had eight chances but it's the same story over again, what can I say and if you miss chances like we did, you can't win games, it's as simple as that. We've missed crystal-clear chances in so many games this season, chances that you dream about as a striker."
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
Um...sorry but EQ absolutely had walk throughs and sites for such things mainly provided by the players, not 3rd party companies. Actually a few....they weren't just so overused and abundant as they are now. Such posts make it hard for me to believe some people have played them and just speak as though they did....while really knowing very little to nothing about them.
I will agree we aren't getting too smart for them, just more experienced. The more experience you get with it, the quicker you can fall into the next one comfortably with little trouble. Of course though this can also be chalked up to most of them being the same thing in a different wrapper too, with little innovation of new ideas and features to have to learn....IMO of course.
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I can understand where the op is coming from. In a way having the information and the strategies all map for you can take away from the game experience overall.
As for me when I start a new game that I know nothing about I do like to research and get some heads up on which direction suits my own play style. Most of the time a guide is not good enough to get me to the level I want. And at times the guide is out of date and I do have to adapt my game to my resources or how others are able to roll my current config over so easily.
The great game creators know when to take the game up a notch and release a new expansion.
Judging by some of the posts on this site, I'm going to have to go with no.
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Originally posted by Icewhite
When I was a boy in Yorkshire, we used to have to get up in the morning 2 hours before we went to bed, walk 50 miles to work even in blizzards (which happened every day). We lived in a rolled up newspaper in the middle of the road and when we got home from our child-labours our father would kill us, have us buried in cesspit and dance on our graves singing halleluyah...
... and we STILL had to get up the next day for work...
But tell that to the freeloading 'self-entitled yoof' of today... and they don't beleive ya!
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Originally posted by Banaghran
Well, you can go onto D3build (or something like taht) and check. There is quite a bit of variety of builds people are using. In fact, Blizz has published a stat once (long time ago, so i don't have the cite, that the biggest build is less than 2% of the population.
Once again, you have no clue about the game if you say 0.5% dps. A good CM build and a good archon build, the DPS difference (sheet DPS, not actual output) is more like 100%.
Furthermore, in terms of actual gear pieces difference (assuming you can get any legendary), the CM build would have a different BIS want/off-hand/helm .. and ring & legs. So at least 5, if not more. And more importantly you are stacking different stats. You don't think it is different to max attack speed, instead of DPS?
And that is just TWO builds. There are more. Oh one more example. If you do a zero dog build in WD, the head, 2 rings, off-hand and amulet has to be a certain set to reduce CD. So that is 5 items different than most other builds.
May be you want to discuss a game you know better?
How about STO? Shall we discuss teh difference between all phaser build vs all canon build?
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It's most likely that the average age of an MMO player has gone up.
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Nope, not really. I think the problem is in alarge part in saturation. Back in 'ye old days' you had only a handful of prominent MMOs, each catering to very different niche of people, each offering very different playstyle. The communities were much smaller and thus tighter, you didn't have all that many big sites commenting on every detail of the industry, etc.
These days? You get a new MMO release every month, more less, with most of them being clones of eachother (mainly the ton of licensed asian MMOs where the only difference is slight change in setting for most of the time), and very little variety, hence the market itself feels rather stagnant despite constant stream of new titles.
It's the same with singleplayer games really. The way the whole industry works now is that you can't really make whole lot of games that will last you for months because next week a new title will be out and everyone will go try it out. Just look at release schedule for March - Tomb Raider, SimCity, Bioshock, Heart of the Swarm, all big titles cramped into single month.
Add to that the fact that the games are being made more player firendly, which doesnt have to mean dumbed down. You don't need to grind for days just to level up, the death penalties in majority of games are minimal if at all, everything is being made more accessible. That in turn leads to the overall move away froms ubscription model, because MMOs are no longer game syou are expected to play every day for several hour just to make any progress at all. They've became something that you can just turn on, play for a bit, then log off and return in a week or when new content gets pushed out.
While it sure can annoy the mor e"hardcore" crowd, in the big picture it's actually better for the majority that is less competitive and just wants to get their enjoynment from the title. Eventuallys oemone will make a more niche title that will satisfy those people, probably through a kickstarter or other similar way of funding (like Pathfinder might turn out), but for now it will be mostly games created for wider audience from the bigger player son the market. It's just more reasonable from their standpoint.
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Originally posted by fat_taddler
This is true, but not in the ways that some people in this thread seem to be thinking. It's really a combination of several things that has caused this effect.
So like I said, there are a combination of things that contribute to this, it's not just one thing. The solution? I'm really not sure, though I wouldn't be averse to developers making their systems less transparent and leaving some mystery in their games about how things work. FFXI had a lot of stuff like this, and there are still players today with superstitions in the game such as facing a certain direction when crafting yielding better results. I miss things like that in MMOs, these days we've reduced the game world to a science which IMO defeats the entire point of it being a fantasy world.
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Originally posted by nariusseldon
The 2% was extensively talked about, and it is laughable to assume that blizz does not take a build with just one random rune different (say resist on energy armor instead of 35%) as a different build.
So does not the wd increase its dps? Or the cm wizz? Using the same stats as everyone else? Do you really find 2-5 items (that still have to preferably feature the other stats) enough variability?
And ofcourse the only point that was remotely on topic got lost in the process...
Flame on!
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Originally posted by Banaghran
The CM wizz point is to use frost nova to permanent lock-up the mobs. So to do that efficient, you need to max crit and attack speed. In fact, much of the guide as you to ignore DPS. Plus, sheet DPS is not true dps because different skills have different multiplers and the way that CM wiz works, you can get a high multiplier. The point is .. it is NOT using the same stat the same way as everyone else. In fact read the forums, it is not uncommon to sacrifice DPS for some other crucical stat. THere is a debate about how important life-steal is (personally i use none of it, but have a weapon with it for switching in some situation) in archon build.
And there are 13 slots for a character. 5 out of 13 is HUGE. Plus, those are just BIS. We are talking about different stat priority in ALL OF THEM. The same item with attack speed and crit chance will be valued highly by some build, and not at all by some other.
I think this is right on topic. It shows the depth of combat systems in modern games.
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Originally posted by fat_taddler
I disagree.
We didn't become "smarter" actually, we became stupider.
MMORPGs are dumbed down and that's a fact which I can remind some of you and inform everyone else who's MMORPG experience doesn't exceed 8-9 years.
MMORPGs now hand-hold you all the way through quest-hubs with mini-maps, arrows, exclamation marks on NPCs indicating quests, neon-signs pointing at where you should go. God forbid the player needs to actually play the game. If this is not dumbing down a genre, I don't know what is.
Take the faction system of EverQuest and take the Reputation system of WoW; that's a very clear indication of dumbing down a "feature". Now check the recent games, no "Faction" system whatsoever.
In older games every NPC was targetable, killable (sometimes the consequences are harsh) but you do get the option to make that town hate your guts or love you. Where's this in the recent games? Now everything is rigidly established and you can do nothing about it.
Older MMORPGs had more player-to-player interaction (does anyone even dares to disagree with this? seriously guys?) now 99% of your time in MMORPGs solo-questing, using AH and even in GROUPS sometimes you don't even interact with other players.
These are just a few examples, facts, on how MMORPGs were dumbed down. We didn't become smarter actually most players are so stupid they would quit the MMORPG genre if it goes back to the original track that it was.
MMORPGs now are not the same genre of UO, EQ, AC and SWG. They are totally DIFFERENT game genre. Too different actually, and different doesn't necessary mean "better" or "worse" it's just... different, fair? I think it's fair. What I want is THAT MMORPG and not the ones being released recently. I know exactly what I want. Just give me these hundreds of features that are no longer available in the market.
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Hardly. But there is a limit to how long time you can do the exact same thing over and over.
Computer game genres needs to change now and then if they want to keep selling their games. Even FPS games have gone a long way from "Doom" to the current games and MMOs needs to change as well.
Just making things easier to attract more people worked in 2005 but not in 2013.
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Originally posted by Loke666
I'm just grateful some developers never "yeild" to that notion. Take Sid Meiers for instance, Civilization 3 could have went Real Time Strategy with all the hype (trillions of people play RTS, lots of money) but he didn't change the CORE of what Civilization was, Turn Based.
I am grateful for that, if Turn Based Strategy games just suddenly disappear from the market and they were substituded with Real Time Strategy games I would be sad. I do enjoy RTS and I do enjoy TBS too, each one scratches an itch. Same goes to Elder Scroll (First Person View, Open World) if they release ES in 3rd person with Linear Story-Line progress then that would be a sad thing.
Vareity is the key word here. I LONG for a game that combines the features of EverQuest, I can list you these features just do 80% of them! (First Person View, no hand holding, group oriented, big dungeons, no instancing or very limited instanceing..etc). I don't want WoWish games to be completely destroyed! Why would I want that? if people like them then sure! but I also want ONE, just ONE new game like EverQuest (or close to it .... or expands on it)
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Having turn based and RTS games gives us both types of gameplay. One is not better then the other, the gaming industry is stronger because it is using more types of gameplay in its games.
But the development of MMO's has been about removing all features apart from levelling. There is less depth of play and only one template to make MMO's from. We are not getting smarter, MMO's are becoming more linear, more two dimensional. If you only have to level, do not need to group and have a arrow over you head pointing the way it's hardly feature rich gameplay is it?
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IMO, same problem one more time: old days MMO were unique and NEW.
Now they sells us almost same stuff with new name and getting upset when nobody like it or leave 1 month later.
I need not that long to find out new game XXX is pale copy of WoW, EQ, UO with few own features (these few I'll discover for some time then go back to play old polished game of same kind).
I guess I'm dumb to buy over and over same stuff... Thanks devs for never let me forget old games. =XD
try before buy, even if it's a game to avoid bad surprises.
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I went through several phases that held the same opinions of almost everyone who posted in this thread. The answer should be easy though, some are smarter than others therefore some will be TOO - smart or experienced or both and then some. That's just reality right? Not all gamers have the same level of intelligence or experience.
For some, playing modern MMO's has become tedious. <Searching brain for metaphor> like playing tic tac toe. At some point you master the game and it is no longer a question of being challenged but more of a torture / grind scenario.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
There's a Hawkwind song called 'Mindless in Utopia'.
That's what MMOs have become;
Easy access, no gating, rapid advancement, 'everyone a leet', P2W, bubblegum and popcorn, no adults required sweet, sweet candyfloss drivel which gives people a three month sugar rush then makes them sick.
The very few exceptions are either incredibly niche or badly managed to the point of disbelief.
WoW is just the low res wallpaper to the MMO computer screen on which these games run...
To hack and slash another metaphor;
Recent MMO's are the Damien Hursts of the day to the Leonardo's of yesteryear.
We could see with the early Da Vinci's the future of MMO's - not realised fully yet, but very promising - like the real artists first visions of tanks, helicopters, planes and submarines.
But the Damien's of today ignored the foundations laid and stared pinning butterflies to walls and pumping sharks full of wax.
They then hyped themselves to get money.
Many modern MMOs are just like modern art - piles of colourful, mass appeal steaming **** which the proffessional critics think are innovative and genre defining, and all the other words which they use when they don't know what to say about them.
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The only luck I had today was to have you as my opponent.
too smart?
"no LFR...can't make group".
"no hub marked on map - can't quest."
"open-world pvp. can't gather."
No. we're too dumb to function.
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Originally posted by fat_taddler
No, I don't agree.
Take EQ for example. It might not have had guides for the first little bit of its existance, but by 2001 there were already plenty of guides and databases for this, that, and the other thing. It was still time consuming, but not for the reasons you mention.
It was the way it was organized : it had a lot of downtime. The mobs had lots of hps with respect to how much damage players could dish out. So each fight took longer than fights do nowadays. You had to meditate between fights.
Then there was setting up your hotbar with spells (no you could not just pop in and out the little icon that lets you cast your spell, you had to sit down and memorize it, which took time), getting from point A to point B because there was no easy travel, learning craft, getting your corpse back if you died, getting groups together, etc.
In DAoC, it took a long time to get from one part of the frontier to the other in the RvR zone, even if you knew the lay of the land. If you died and needed to be teleported, I think you had to wait for something like 20 minutes sometimes to be teleported back.
Games were slower and required a lot of grouping, regardless of there being guides, cookie cutter specs, etc.


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The rise of WebKit browsers, and the fear of IE6-style stagnation
Now that Opera has announced they'll be switching from their Presto HTML rendering engine to WebKit, the open source engine rendering engine Apple forked from KHTML, there's been some concern that having such a dominant technology could one again lead to the type of browser stagnation we suffered under Microsoft and Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Indeed, Safari on iOS and OS X, Google's Chrome, Palm's webOS, BlackBerry's Torch, and others have all based themselves on WebKit. Writing on Hypercritical, however, John Siracusa thinks the parallel doesn't hold:
I haven't forgotten the past. A single, crappy web browser coming to dominate the market would be just as terrible today as it was in the dark days of IE6. But WebKit is not a browser. Like Linux, it's an enabling technology. Like Linux, it's free, open-source, and therefore beyond the control of any single entity.
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The rise of WebKit browsers, and the fear of IE6-style stagnation
Microsoft browser technology is called Trident or MSHTML:
It will always be Spyglass Mosaic to me :)
WebKit is not a browser, but the danger still exists, just up one level. WebKit itself may remain neutral, but if Google or Apple were to create some extensions on top of WebKit that are a) proprietary, b) popular enough to become defacto standards, and c) difficult or impossible for others to duplicate, we would have the same problem. It is unlikely, not because of any inherent virtues in the WebKit project, but because the two major WebKit players have shown admirable generosity in terms of contributing good stuff back to the core project, and that neither has the marketshare or the infrastructure MS had back in the day to create any sort of strict browser lock in.


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