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- Serum microRNA-21 as marker for necroinflammation in hepatitis C patients with and without hepatocellular carcinoma (2011)
- Background: MicroRNA-21 (miR-21) is up-regulated in tumor tissue of patients with malignant diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Elevated concentrations of miR-21 have also been found in sera or plasma from patients with malignancies, rendering it an interesting candidate as serum/plasma marker for malignancies. Here we correlated serum miR-21 levels with clinical parameters in patients with different stages of chronic hepatitis C virus infection (CHC) and CHC-associated HCC. Methodology/Principal Findings: 62 CHC patients, 29 patients with CHC and HCC and 19 healthy controls were prospectively enrolled. RNA was extracted from the sera and miR-21 as well as miR-16 levels were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR; miR-21 levels (normalized by miR-16) were correlated with standard liver parameters, histological grading and staging of CHC. The data show that serum levels of miR-21 were elevated in patients with CHC compared to healthy controls (P<0.001); there was no difference between serum miR-21 in patients with CHC and CHC-associated HCC. Serum miR-21 levels correlated with histological activity index (HAI) in the liver (r = −0.494, P = 0.00002), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (r = −0.309, P = 0.007), aspartate aminotransferase (r = −0.495, P = 0.000007), bilirubin (r = −0.362, P = 0.002), international normalized ratio (r = −0.338, P = 0.034) and γ-glutamyltransferase (r = −0.244, P = 0.034). Multivariate analysis revealed that ALT and miR-21 serum levels were independently associated with HAI. At a cut-off dCT of 1.96, miR-21 discriminated between minimal and mild-severe necroinflammation (AUC = 0.758) with a sensitivity of 53.3% and a specificity of 95.2%. Conclusions/Significance: The serum miR-21 level is a marker for necroinflammatory activity, but does not differ between patients with HCV and HCV-induced HCC.
- Interleukin-22 predicts severity and death in advanced liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study (2012)
- Background: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), recently identified as a crucial parameter of pathology in experimental liver damage, may determine survival in clinical end-stage liver disease. Systematic analysis of serum IL-22 in relation to morbidity and mortality of patients with advanced liver cirrhosis has not been performed so far. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study including 120 liver cirrhosis patients and 40 healthy donors to analyze systemic levels of IL-22 in relation to survival and hepatic complications. Results: A total of 71% of patients displayed liver cirrhosis-related complications at study inclusion. A total of 23% of the patients died during a mean follow-up of 196 +/- 165 days. Systemic IL-22 was detectable in 74% of patients but only in 10% of healthy donors (P <0.001). Elevated levels of IL-22 were associated with ascites (P = 0.006), hepatorenal syndrome (P <0.0001), and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (P = 0.001). Patients with elevated IL-22 (>18 pg/ml, n = 57) showed significantly reduced survival compared to patients with regular ([less than or equal to]18 pg/ml) levels of IL-22 (321 days versus 526 days, P = 0.003). Other factors associated with overall survival were high CRP ([greater than or equal to]2.9 mg/dl, P = 0.005, hazard ratio (HR) 0.314, confidence interval (CI) (0.141 to 0.702)), elevated serum creatinine (P = 0.05, HR 0.453, CI (0.203 to 1.012)), presence of liver-related complications (P = 0.028, HR 0.258 CI (0.077 to 0.862)), model of end stage liver disease (MELD) score [greater than or equal to]20 (P = 0.017, HR 0.364, CI (0.159 to 0.835)) and age (P = 0.011, HR 1.047, CI (1.011 to 1.085)). Adjusted multivariate Cox proportional-hazards analysis identified elevated systemic IL-22 levels as independent predictors of reduced survival (P = 0.007, HR 0.218, CI (0.072 to 0.662)). Conclusions: In patients with liver cirrhosis, elevated systemic IL-22 levels are predictive for reduced survival independently from age, liver-related complications, CRP, creatinine and the MELD score. Thus, processes that lead to a rise in systemic interleukin-22 may be relevant for prognosis of advanced liver cirrhosis.
- Differential stability of cell-free circulating microRNAs : implications for their utilization as biomarkers (2013)
- Background: MicroRNAs circulating in the blood, stabilized by complexation with proteins and/or additionally by encapsulation in lipid vesicles, are currently being evaluated as biomarkers. The consequences of their differential association with lipids/vesicles for their stability and use as biomarkers are largely unexplored and are subject of the present study. Methods: The levels of a set of selected microRNAs were determined by quantitative reverse-transcription PCR after extraction from sera or vesicle- and non-vesicle fractions prepared from sera. The stability of these microRNAs after incubation with RNase A or RNase inhibitor, an inhibitor of RNase A family enzymes was studied. Results: The levels of microRNA-1 and microRNA-122, but not those of microRNA-16, microRNA-21 and microRNA-142-3p, declined significantly during a 5-h incubation of the sera. RNase inhibitor prevented the loss of microRNAs in serum as well as the degradation of microRNA-122, a microRNA not expressed in blood cells, in whole blood. Stabilization of microRNA-122 was also achieved by hemolysis. Prolonged incubation of the sera led to enrichment of vesicle-associated relative to non-vesicle-associated microRNAs. Vesicle-associated microRNAs were more resistant to RNase A treatment than the respective microRNAs not associated with vesicles. Conclusions: Serum microRNAs showed differential stability upon prolonged incubation. RNase inhibitor might be useful to robustly preserve the pattern of cell-free circulating microRNAs. In the case of microRNAs not expressed in blood cells this can also be achieved by hemolysis. Vesicle-associated microRNAs appeared to be more stable than those not associated with vesicles, which might be useful to disclose additional biomarker properties of miRNAs.
- Serum Autotaxin Is a Parameter for the Severity of Liver Cirrhosis and Overall Survival in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis – A Prospective Cohort Study (2014)
- Background: Autotaxin (ATX) and its product lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are considered to be involved in the development of liver fibrosis and elevated levels of serum ATX have been found in patients with hepatitis C virus associated liver fibrosis. However, the clinical role of systemic ATX in the stages of liver cirrhosis was unknown. Here we investigated the relation of ATX serum levels and severity of cirrhosis as well as prognosis of cirrhotic patients. Methods: Patients with liver cirrhosis were prospectively enrolled and followed until death, liver transplantation or last contact. Blood samples drawn at the day of inclusion in the study were assessed for ATX content by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. ATX levels were correlated with the stage as well as complications of cirrhosis. The prognostic value of ATX was investigated by uni- and multivariate Cox regression analyses. LPA concentration was determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Results: 270 patients were enrolled. Subjects with liver cirrhosis showed elevated serum levels of ATX as compared to healthy subjects (0.814±0.42 mg/l vs. 0.258±0.40 mg/l, P<0.001). Serum ATX levels correlated with the Child-Pugh stage and the MELD (model of end stage liver disease) score and LPA levels (r = 0.493, P = 0.027). Patients with hepatic encephalopathy (P = 0.006), esophageal varices (P = 0.002) and portal hypertensive gastropathy (P = 0.008) had higher ATX levels than patients without these complications. Low ATX levels were a parameter independently associated with longer overall survival (hazard ratio 0.575, 95% confidence interval 0.365–0.905, P = 0.017). Conclusion: Serum ATX is an indicator for the severity of liver disease and the prognosis of cirrhotic patients.
- Serum microRNA-122 predicts survival in patients with liver cirrhosis (2012)
- Background: Liver cirrhosis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. MicroRNAs (miRs) circulating in the blood are an emerging new class of biomarkers. In particular, the serum level of the liver-specific miR-122 might be a clinically useful new parameter in patients with acute or chronic liver disease. Aim: Here we investigated if the serum level of miR-122 might be a prognostic parameter in patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods: 107 patients with liver cirrhosis in the test cohort and 143 patients in the validation cohort were prospectively enrolled into the present study. RNA was extracted from the sera obtained at the time of study enrollment and the level of miR-122 was assessed. Serum miR-122 levels were assessed by quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR) and were compared to overall survival time and to different complications of liver cirrhosis. Results: Serum miR-122 levels were reduced in patients with hepatic decompensation in comparison to patients with compensated liver disease. Patients with ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome had significantly lower miR-122 levels than patients without these complications. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the miR-122 serum levels were associated with survival independently from the MELD score, sex and age. Conclusions: Serum miR-122 is a new independent marker for prediction of survival of patients with liver cirrhosis.
- SEMS vs cSEMS in duodenal and small bowel obstruction: High risk of migration in the covered stent group (2013)
- AIM: To compare clinical success and complications of uncovered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) vs covered SEMS (cSEMS) in obstruction of the small bowel. METHODS: Technical success, complications and outcome of endoscopic SEMS or cSEMS placement in tumor related obstruction of the duodenum or jejunum were retrospectively assessed. The primary end points were rates of stent migration and overgrowth. Secondary end points were the effect of concomitant biliary drainage on migration rate and overall survival. The data was analyzed according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines. RESULTS: Thirty-two SEMS were implanted in 20 patients. In all patients, endoscopic stent implantation was successful. Stent migration was observed in 9 of 16 cSEMS (56%) in comparison to 0/16 SEMS (0%) implantations (P = 0.002). Stent overgrowth did not significantly differ between the two stent types (SEMS: 3/16, 19%; cSEMS: 2/16, 13%). One cSEMS dislodged and had to be recovered from the jejunum by way of laparotomy. Time until migration between SEMS and cSEMS in patients with and without concomitant biliary stents did not significantly differ (HR = 1.530, 95%CI 0.731-6.306; P = 0.556). The mean follow-up was 57 ± 71 d (range: 1-275 d). CONCLUSION: SEMS and cSEMS placement is safe in small bowel tumor obstruction. However, cSEMS is accompanied with a high rate of migration in comparison to uncovered SEMS.


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For our new poll, we want to ask you, do you care if parts are copied? AC-Schnitzer recently had the German government seize and destroy a large cache of replica parts. They claimed the parts were not safe and had the parts seized and destroyed to protect consumers. Is this really as much a concern about safety as it is a concern for the bottom line? I run a replica carbon Hamann lip on my E92 M3. It costs 1/10 the actual price of the real Hamann lip. Why would I pay retail for a name brand on a part that is likely to be worn down or cracked necessitating replacement?
AC-Schnitzer says the copied wheels they seized were not as safe as their own wheels. This is likely correct, as the copied wheels failed TUEV testing. Do all replicas fail testing? How many CSL replica wheels are there out there? How many BBS replicas do we see that meet testing standards? The quality of the product matters in replica designs just as much as the real thing. Installers of my Hamann lip claimed the piece was actually better constructed than the real thing. How about that?
AC-Schnitzer is using the example with the cheap knock-off wheels and applying it a whole. Is a replica AC spoiler a safety hazard? How about a replica AC-Schnitzer interior piece? Clearly one needs to be careful when buying a replica and for wheels we would obviously recommend the real thing. However, for cosmetic pieces we gladly advocate replicas especially since it is often that the replica is higher quality for less money.
What this is really about is AC-Schnitzer wanting to protect their profits. We are happy there are companies like AC-Schnitzer producing parts but their margins are clearly way too high if they allow for a plethora of cheaper alternatives. We feel this is what it is really about:
It is all about the bottom line, not your safety. Should an Ericsson carbon hood really cost 7,000 dollars? If it was not for replicas these manufacturers would fleece enthusiasts of every dollar they possibly could. Replica manufacturers serve a necessary evil. At the same time, we need these manufacturers to get the return they deserve for putting in the development. What are your thoughts? Is AC-Schnitzer justified? Why or why not?
Do you care if parts are replicas or original? AC-Schnitzer is actively going after knock-offs
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LostMarine - 11-22-2010, 12:49 AM
well, i like copies, but thats cause im cheap. (i do drive a 335 and not an M3 remember )
But I think it depends on how you look at it. Are you asking as in a general yes/no. Then the answer is clear, knockoff companies are garbage and are stealing from the people that create the originals.
but to ME, its a bit more difficult. it depends on each individual piece Im after, it also has to do with the specific company.
If i want to buy a performance piece-hardware, lets say- DP/headers exhaust ect. ill go for the quality company as i know im getting what im paying for and they can assist if there are any problems. They did the work to make sure it does what its supposed to. it fits right, and it performs. Im only going to have to pay for it once.
wheels, body pieces, im gonna get copies. Why? because it is WAY overpriced. besides that its not gonna last long, for the most part. wheels, are gonna chip, gonna bend, regardless of brand. front lip, its gonna get scratched/cracked.
software? well, if they both do the same thing, im going with A. cheaper but B. customer support. and this isnt N54 specific. we can talk about the pro/jb conflict, we can talk about the PC/OE conflict, we can even go back to my Lightning days and JLP/JDM.
so, basically, it depends on what im looking to buy.
In the case of ACS, who gives a $#@!, its ugly
I agree with you and yes, that sucks that the headers are being ripped off. But what can you really do about it? What about imitation pieces that are close to the real thing but different enough to not be copies? You see how it becomes complicated. This happens in the wheel industry with CSL "style" rims or BBS LM "style" wheels. Imitation is going to take place when anyone sees an opportunity for a quick buck. I just do not see how this will ever stop in any industry.
I think AC Schnitzer should put more time in making quality products rather than being bitter about something they can't stop. The Chinese will make tons of copied parts, not like they can do anything about that.
Stealing is stealing, if someone walks into your house and takes a painting off the wall and walks out with it you have every right to take it back.
I think the big difference is that the body kit doesn't really requires as much engineering and data as do the headers and exhaust and such. I think with exhaust and headers, paying extra isn't a big deal because you will stress these pieces and these pieces require a certain quality so you don't screw up your car/performance. But with a body kit, I don't believe many companies actually test or engineer these pieces to the extent of the cost that they ask. Most performance pieces, exhaust and headers, actually prove and show that they will improve performance, through data or charts or graphs or whatever. But I've never seen, so far, any charts or any kind of data for a body kit period that shows it will improve my car's performance. If it comes to actual performance or something detrimental to my car then of course I will pay the extra money to get what's best, but when it comes to cosmetic things, I don't believe that none of us will harness the "research" of a $6000 body kit (AC-S kit for the e60). I would like to see some stats on the differences between the actual name brand pieces and the knock off pieces (durability, weight, tolerances, etc.).
Also, I refuse to believe that the knock offs are really hurting AC Schnitzers bottom line. Yeah they are losing money but I don't believe that they are actually losing enough to hurt anyone. Some people may not be as comfortable, but I don't think that people are losing jobs or going to the poor house because of it. I saw the chart above but the actual numbers mean nothing without parameters. I'd like to see what the actual losses per year are. I feel for the small companies but just because some companies have become established, they shouldn't have the right to demand such high prices. BUT that's their right, just as it's my right to look for a similar alternative...I'm sure there are people out there that will buy actual AC-S parts but...I'm too cheap and too poor so especially with imitators that make very similar if not the same pieces for cheaper...
Just my 2 cents...
Wow LM just said what I said, while I was typing it but posted it before I did haha... >_<
I'm all for paying for quality by the way, I'm just not all for getting taken advantage of.
I wouldn't waste my money on cosmetic mods anyways, the only time I'd buy a splitter is if I needed one to add downforce and then I'd buy one that has proven to do exactly that.
When it comes to performance parts, like MHP's headers, I would definitely shell out the cash for a quality part that has been proven to hold up to the stress of daily driving a car for tens of thousands of miles and to actually do whatever it is the company is claiming it will do for me. I'm not interested in cheap Ebay headers that will crack in a few months and I would hope most people would agree.
If you drive a Civic then knock yourself out with the $#@!ty knock off performance parts, you can probably buy a $#@!ty knock off of a Civic when yours blows up and you wouldn't even notice the difference.
This is a great thread. It brings up some often-overlooked moral questions. Ultimately, I a believer that $#@! works itself out in the end. Ideas, software, and hardware get stolen all the time, and it aint right. It's impossible to completely enforce the laws - some of which are interpreted as "gray" areas. Companies that can't adapt to theft by improving their product or emphasizing quality will fall. Great companies will survive, regardless. If everyone only buys knock-offs, then we could loose innovation. Either way, it is what it is... this is the world we live in. People buy things without considering the moral impacts all the time. Most people justify their actions with their own private 12 person jury. I mean, how many people here think twice about removing their cats, or even their secondary cats? Companies that sell cheap copy parts pay taxes and employ Americans, too, right? ... just more food for thought
dzenno@PTF - 11-22-2010, 11:43 AM
Basically the power of information (internet) combined with not so great looking parts is ruining these high end "tuners"...in the 90s, especially early 90s, how many people even had internet let alone search engine's were sh*t...altavista and lycos used to rule
Itsbrokeagain - 11-22-2010, 10:52 PM
Ive been dealing with the aftermarket business for almost 11 years now. Over the course of time ive learned that when it comes to knockoff engine parts or performance parts, you get what you pay for...i try not to install replica bits because in the end they will cost you more time trying to get them in.
As far as wheels go, us people living here in the tri-state area have a bit of a problem. Our roads suck here and that is one thing that will never change nor can we change. Does that mean if we dont buy real BBS wheels we cant have any at all?
You hit a pothole here, the oem wheels will crack....so replicas cant be considered weaker all the time. Ive dealt with certain replica wheels and i bent the $#@! out of all 4 wheels on some minor bumps. Then we run linea corse wheels on my girls car and we have never ever had an issue....and we have accidently hit stuff that i thought was gonna rip the wheel off the car.
The other issue is that you bend one bbs wheel you are out a 1000 bucks. You dont ever see the cali guys havin an issue with roads smooth as glass. It just sucks here. LM can attest..there are some holes that will swallow your car.
Itsbrokeagain - 11-22-2010, 11:02 PM
Oh and another thing...sure selling knockoff engine/exhaust parts might be creating a job here for someone, but most of the time they dont give two $#@!s about how the product fits on your car. As sticky said they are just here to make a buck...they can go out of business or generate enough bad rep to just close down, change their name and reopen again. Ive seen it happen with several shops here in the Queens area...always someone else to screw and rip off.
Its something we can never get rid of...we can do a lot to slow it down and prevent its advance like posting reviews or using the internet to do research before you buy something or have a shop do the work. Of course that gets swayed as well by politics on forums and who pays who...so sometimes its like fighting an uphill battle...
AC-Schnitzer says the copied wheels they seized were not as safe as their own wheels. This is likely correct, as the copied wheels failed TUEV testing
I think AC did the consumer a favor in this case.
As with all parts which you use and rely on, be it engine parts, bolts, struts, or what not, going for an imitation part will always cost you in the end.
If you're lucky it simply breaks. If your luck runs out, you can total your car since it wil only fail under stress...
I remember a scandal few years back with airplane imitation parts, where even Airforce 1 was repaired with imitation parts. Most of those parts did not pass safety requirements.
As others already said, you get what you pay for.
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At some point MMO's became the difference between story telling and movies.
Nothing equals a well told story or even a book. The imagination can take you places that structures such movies or in game structures such as linear questing can't give you.
Movies came along much like certain MMO's and mainstreamed everything. Now you can get hi-res porn, blue ray sci-fi flics, romance, comedy, en mass daily.
But is it better? Are current linear MMO's better than the old open ended sandbox MMO's?
At some point developers need to ask themselves at what point do they throw so much content into a game that it becomes more restrictive an ultimately drowns out player inspiration and invention.
I wish game developers would strike a balance instead of pouring all their money into the flashiest GFX and the biggest content treadmills. They need to go back to the basics. Everything has a foundation on which it is built, I think the latest line of MMO's have gotten very flashy but forgotten the basic they were founded on. If you can't engage a player's imagination then it doesn't surprise me that these games goes F2P and then ultimately fail.
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I came to MMOs at a time when action/adventure titles were just...bad.
Back in those days, in the early 21st century, you'd spend $40-$50 on a churned-out action adventure game (like Parasite Eve 2 or Resident Evil 3 or Legacy of Kain 2), play it for a weekend until done, then pick out the next action adventure title.
MMOs, to me, were so much of a better value. Here's something where I'd pay an initial box price, but I'd get many games in one. I'd get an action/adventure title, an action-figure creator, a building game, an economic simulation, a virtual chatroom, a storytelling tool, and so much more...all for the price of one game and a maintenance fee.
But, these days, all those other things I used to do have been removed or watered down in MMOs for the sake of the action/adventure stuff...and the action/adventure stuff is a whole lot worse than what I could get with Arkham City, Assasin's Creed, etc.
So now I'm finding myself going back to console, not because I don't like MMOs, but that these current MMOs cost too much for too little. Single player games on console are just so much better now, so much less expensive, and I don't have to deal with all of the baggage of having the publishers close down the games out from under me, or nerfing things, or making things too expensive.
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"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
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Originally posted by lizardbones
I am not quite sure you can blame this on the players, that the games do not effer enough outlets for their ambitions, that everything is concentrated into one single number (gearscore, dps, achievment points to a point).
You cannot really expect the players to not compare themselves with the next guy if the next guy is in the environment (you know, multiplayer), whatever it may be, what you can do is give them more variables.
In the past pvp jocks would kill anyone they wanted but they were always short on cash, combat was expensive, it created a nice balance of sorts, i am not saying this is the way to go, just to illustrate my point.
Flame on!
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Best MMOs ever played: Ultima, EvE, SW Galaxies, Age of Conan, The Secret World
I get a kick out of these "golden age" wistfull threads. Look: when are you guys going to get it through your heads that one of the cool things back then was that you were interacting with another human being who was half-way around the world on your computer. That was a BIG DEAL back in those "golden" 300 baud days. "Hey Ma, I'm playing a game with someone in Italy! Is that cool or what?"
What you're really missing is the sense of wonder and enjoyment from doing something that was brand new and hadn't been done before. We now take all that for granted of course and get cranky when our hand-held device--which is infinitely more powerful than those 80's computers--gives us choppy "facetime" or Skype video.
So forget that "playing with strangers from 1/2 way accross the world" factor as being a draw. That is just normal, routine stuff now.
Then there is the "MUDD begot MMO" falacy stated as gospel truth. MUDDs were extremely niche text-based RPGs from a time where that was all that the technology could handle. But at the same time there was this other thing happening. You know? Those progressively more sophisticated and graphical single player RPGs happening on your PC. And someone said "Hey, wouldn't it be neat if we could link up a few computers so we could play together?" And that, was the real beginning of MMOs: not a child of MUDDs but of single player CRPGs.
And those CRPGs have continued to evolve and have developed their own genre and language that is extremely closely linked to what new MMOs look and feel like. You can't really talk (positively or negatively) about today's MMOs as a phenomenom separate from CRPGs.
And guess what? Where before there were a handful of those with mostly a Western-based fantasy theme, now there are thousands upon thousands of them with all kinds of lore foundations from all over the world.
And you know something else? Just like how we made "Ultima" and "Wizardry" and "Baldur's Gate" popular back in the days by buying lots of copies of those games and created the gaming trends for those days, gamers today are continuing to do the same exact thing by voting with their wallet and setting the trends du jour.
If you don't like it and want to whine about the loss of the "golden age," that just makes you a member of small minority who wants to live in the past. A conservative in the true sense of the word. Your insolence in describing the rest of the world who is quite content with living in the present as "noob carebears" who enjoy garbage is just a symptom of your habitual bitterness about a world that is passing you by.
And btw... before you reply with your habitual knee-jerk response, no I'm not a kid...kids are what my children have living at home with them. So... go play "Wurm" and other dreary garbage you like so much and piss off with your "Woe is me! The world is going to hell! Kids these days!" garbage.
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Originally posted by Iselin
That must be why today's MMO's are so successful.
"The proof is in the pudding", as they say.
Edit ti add: You know, I really don't know what it takes to get through to some of you. But one thing's obvious, MMO's are not going to be worth the investment until this attitude changes.
Once upon a time....
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World > Quest Progression
It's not about romanticizing the past. The common design for MMOs is indeed different now and some people don't like it, myself included. The gameplay is form fit and premade like Spam and though some people like it I find it a slap in the face from what I considered an extension of the fantasy genre.
Whether people like having a set story put out in front of them to play with others is none of my concern. I don't think they are any more or less than me. The spirit of the MMORPG did change though and even if the change suits more players now than before it still, to me, is far to fake.
Luckily there are others in the right places that seem to agree. There's a certain person by the name of John Smedley that is supposedly releasing "the biggest sandbox style MMO ever made". We'll have to see about that but if you look at the comments he is making right now about EQN and the current state of MMOs it's more than just a small minority that thinks we've strayed too far.
Let's also not forget how stellar sales have been for the recent crop of MMOs :)
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Originally posted by Aelious
Don't get me wrong: I'm not giving the unimaginative garbage that some big studios release to try to cash in on the "WOW phenomenom" a free pass. I think it's rather sad that the bulk of the MMO-gaming money these days is still going to the same place it went 7 years ago--Blizzard.
But I also refuse to go backwards and call painful, repetitive harsh grinds innovative games "in the true spirit of real MMOs." You see, I remember lengthy corpse runs in Asheron's Call and losing items because I died repeatedly trying to recover that first corpse--that was just a colossal time sink and not fun at all. Nor do I yearn for a pre-Auction House world where scammers ruled the roost preying on the unsuspecting or trusting--young kids most of them when you think it through. Trading back then was almost literally taking the kid's lunch money.
Nor do I buy the "there's only sandbox OR themepark" simplistic garbage often spouted here. There are many good elements in both types that should be carefully blended and incorporated in future MMOs...MMOs that will hopefully knock our socks off by bringing things to the genre we haven't even considered.
And btw, I would take what Smedley is saying with a grain of salt. "Sandbox" is becoming a marketing term used these days to try to separate you from your money with vague promises of "better." I'll beleive him when he delivers and not a minute before then.
MMOs are worlds... they just are shrinking worlds... ever ever shrinking worlds. Take WoW for example... shipped with two continents... large continents that you had to traverse by foot or use flight paths that took about as long as traversing it by foot until you earned enough rep and gold to buy a mount that moved just a little faster than on foot. To do dungeons or raids or anything required players traversing the world to get there. Sure there were summoning stones, but you still had to get people there first to use them. Waiting around the summoning stone was a place of great fun if you were on a PVP server, in a contested zone, or just flagged yourself to start up some action. The world stayed alive throughout vanilla.
Then came TBC, that teleported players to a new world... outland... about the size of one content. Everyone left vanilla behind... new players and old, because that's were everyone was. New playes bought vanilla but were polevaulted through it by developers to catch them up to those in TBC. Vanilla gets neutered in the process to speed things up. Group quests become soloable. Elites become normal mobs. The mobs begin to thin out. The price and effort to get their first mount is dropped dramatically. 40-man raids are brushed aside for the new smaller 25-man raids. Everything revolves around TBC. Vanilla is a ghost town.
Poof, WotLK comes out and we are all sent to yet another new continent... Northrend... about the same size as outland. Everyone leaves TBC behind. Flying mounts are the norm now. No one walks to anything or even rides, they fly. Everything is instanced now. Don't need to leave the city. Queue up and poof you're in the instance. Vanilla and TBC are neutered further to make way for alts and new players than need to be able to traverse 70 levels in one week. What once took months to hit 60 has been turned into a short week of effort, if that much. 10-man raids are introduced and players start to ween themselves off of the 25-man raid size. It has already become a postage stamp of a game...
Then, Cataclysm comes along and tries to entice us back into the old world again. They remake the old world but fail to realize that no one really wants to level up to 85 anymore... no matter how pretty you make it or howmany carrots you stick before us. We all know that the leveling process is redundant and any content that isn't end game is redundant. 25-man raids are literally replaced by 10-man raids. The world even though larger than it was in TBC and WotLK is now smaller than it's ever been.
MoP comes out and sends us off to an even smaller world... one of endless dailies to hide the fact that it is indeed microscopic in size. They try to do everything they can to entertain us but the reality is, they've killed the whole concept of an MMORPG now. So much so, anyone who has ever played an MMORPG before loaths any notion of leveling now. Preprogrammed into thinking the game is about end game alone, that the world doesn't matter (it doesn't), that standing around in a city waiting for queues is what MMORPGs are all about.
Yes the world is small and it's getting smaller. What killed the game was end game. End game took us away from the world. You might as well just log directly in to the instance of your choice... that's about all you are really doing nowadays anyways.
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Originally posted by XAPGames
I'm just glad the financial performance of the industry is proving otherwise. The number of failing, or barely surviving titles, should be a wake up call that indeed the majority of players are not going for it.
Originally posted by Wayshuba
Give you head a shake. The bulk of the mmo market money is still going to WOW. Your statement only makes sense if you ignore that one rather large fact.
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I think its funny that a few people still haven't realized they are the minority. Just look at all the threads about people not liking what's out there in the mmo world right now. People are starting to notice that everything is the same but just painted a different colour. I can't seem to figure out why they are afraid of open games that dont adhere to the formula that is obviously not working.
Current MMOs kill community. In UO a new player could join anytime and always see people as the areas were not reserved for specific levels. Now someone joins a game and is forced to solo to catch up to the end game crowd... Then these same people who want this type of game also complain about soloing....it makes no sense. How do I catch up and play the repetitive end game if there is no one to group with in forced group quests? That's why their games aren't doing so hot.
Also, what's wrong with a new mmo that has its core based off an old one? The apologists aren't even moving forward, their stagnant. Their MMOs are devolving into regular multiplayer games that require soloing just to reach repetition...
By their logic, one Mario, one Zelda, one doom, one Mariokart, one of anything is enough. Heaven forbid we get an improved or innovative version of something old... We should all just be driving old model t still as they do what we need... Yeah....
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Joined: 11/23/05
"Playing things I shouldn''t be playing since 1977."
Originally posted by Iselin
Then I guess that all the Diku-based interface command language that MMOs use is akin to those scientists who plant dinosaur bones deep in the earth's crust. It's to throw us all off from the 'true' history that malevolent forces don't want us to see.
"...when it comes to pimping EVE I have little restraints."
"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
Originally posted by Beatnik59
Oooh! I love esoteric tangential arguments!
I'd be willing to bet you any large amount of money that even back in the haydays of the most infamous (alledgedly) Diku-derived grandaddy of modern MMOs, Everquest, 90% of that player base had never played a MUDD. I would also bet you that at least 95% of the same player base had played one or more CRPGs. I'd say today both of those numbers would be closer to 99.9%.
MUDDs were niche playthings for those who could get unlimited free bandwidth in those days (i.e. academia) or the wealthy home hobbyist who could afford the rather hefty connect charges in those days before wide accesibility of the internet.
No, MMOs are CRPGs that many players can play together not MUDDs redux.
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"Playing things I shouldn''t be playing since 1977."
Originally posted by Iselin
Alright, if your history is so much better than the history we've all established (that MUDs turned into graphic MUDs, and these Graphic MUDs turned into 2D Isometric environments, which turned into 3D environments), who was this "guy" who said:
"Hey, wouldn't it be neat if we could link up a few computers so we could play together?"
I don't think he exists. Or, if he does exist, he certainly isn't an MMO man. He might be a peer-to-peer gameplay pioneer, but not an MMO guy.
I mean, you can see the history of this genre develop from the early 1990s through the early 21st Century. You have the players in this industry who were there at the transition: Garriott, Koster, Bartle, etc. And not one--not a one--will go along with your crazy theory that this genre has no relation to MUDs. Now, it may have became that over the years, but that's a whole different story than the one you are spinning here.
"...when it comes to pimping EVE I have little restraints."
"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
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this hit me the moment WoW introduced the raid/groupe finder...compleatly destroyed the need for a world....ppl can now just sit in the city and spamm the grp finder button not needing to actualyl go out and get into the world...why even make worlds these days? MMORPG players are lazy now, they want convinece. They want things hand fed to them...
What do the mmo players say to the intoruction of the grp raid finder?
"OH its the BEST! i can now clicka button and get into a raid in a snap! Its great for ppl who play for 1 hr a day and dont have to waist time looking...."
this ^^ to me isnt a MMO player its a lazy offic eboy who plays at work...a MMO player is sumoen who shud be willing to dedicate TIME into there game...not join,click a button and go to a raid....that is just stupid.
Originally posted by Beatnik59
So... Ultima Online. Was there an Ultima MUDD that escapes my memory? I mean remeber playing Ultima one through one-too-many on Atari, Comodore and PC computers in the 80's.
But whatever... if you MUDers want to get credit for having been there first, so be it. You were there first. Happy? Now tell me again why anyone should give a shit in 2012?
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ya I mean GW2 don't have lfg finder. What do people do? They go to website with lfg finder?
That is insane, I mean if people want to do dungeon they should spend 10 hours a day searching for friend to play with, instead of actually playing the game! That will make the game more social.
That looking for group website for GW2 totally destroyed the community. MMORPG is about social and making friend and not actually about playing and doing dungeons.
Originally posted by Dantae87
I actually I tend to agree with you. This one convenience feature not only created the Stormwind lobby game formerly know as WOW, it also ultimately led to the asshatery found in most WOW pugs where the name of the game is skip all the content that you can so you can do the run in 3 minutes.
Not all convenience features improved on what existed before although many did. This is an example of one that didn't.


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FEMA ruling may prove costlyBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | November 29,2012MONTPELIER A ruling this week by the Federal Emergency Management Agency could reduce considerably the federal assistance on tap for Vermonts post-Irene recovery. But the financial setback wont stall plans to rebuild either the state psychiatric hospital or Waterbury office complex, key officials said Wednesday.
Officials at FEMA have determined that the 52-bed Vermont State Hospital, emptied of its patients after the 2011 flood, wont be eligible for permanent relocation, a special designation that would have allowed the state to recoup 90 percent of the replacement costs.
Neither will the state win 90 percent funding for key components of the Waterbury state office complex damaged by Irene, namely the boiler house, laboratory and sewer pump room.
News of the FEMA ruling was first reported by VT Digger on Tuesday.
Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said Wednesday its too early to know how significant a financial setback the ruling presents, or if the state will appeal it. But the FEMA decision will by all accounts diminish the financial role of the federal government in a $182 million plan to relocate the state hospital and rebuild the office complex.
From the state perspective, the (permanent relocation) was the best possible funding mechanism they could have achieved, and unfortunately its also a difficult standard to reach, said David Mace, spokesman for FEMA, on Wednesday.
Spaulding and Rep. Alice Emmons, chairwoman of the House Committee on Institutions, said that regardless of the level of FEMA assistance, plans for the recovery will proceed unchanged.
The feedback Ive gotten today from (committee) members is theyre committed to going forward, Emmons said.
Spaulding and Emmons, a Springfield Democrat, said theyll find money for the Irene recovery plan in the capital bill.
The impact of the federal ruling will be felt most heavily in the hospital replacement plan, where Spaulding had earlier this year assumed that FEMA would pick up 90 percent of the $43 million proposal. He had based his projection on guidance from a FEMA consultant formerly assigned to the Waterbury case, who told administration officials they could count on winning permanent relocation status if the buildings were merely damaged.
In fact federal statute allows for that designation only in cases where the buildings are deemed destroyed, something Spaulding didnt learn until FEMA issued new guidance in June. Mace on Wednesday said it had become clear to FEMA officials that Vermont wouldnt clear that higher threshold.
Wed done our due diligence and determined it simply wasnt a viable option, and we felt the state needed to know that for their planning purposes, Mace said.
The hospital replacement plan relies on expanded capacity at existing facilities in Morrisville, Rutland and Brattleboro, as well as a new 25-bed hospital in Berlin. The plan will also feature a seven-bed secure recovery residence slated for Middlesex.
State officials had also anticipated 90 percent reimbursement for the boiler room and Agency of Natural Resources laboratory flooded during Irene. But both of those projects which carry a combined cost of more than $23 million were also denied permanent relocation status in the new FEMA ruling.
Mace said FEMA aims to have firm federal assistance numbers for the Legislature by January, at which point lawmakers and administration officials will scramble to accommodate the new projections in the capital bill.
Between insurance payments, bonding commitments and other revenue, Vermont has already come up with nearly $63 million of the $182 million it will need to complete the hospital and office rebuild. The remaining $136 million will be split between FEMA assistance and additional bonding.
The less help from FEMA, the more pressure on the capital bill, and Emmons said that could lead to some tough decisions next year.
People need to be prepared that some items that may have been there in the past may need to be postponed for a year or two, Emmons said.
Spaulding sought to put a positive spin on the situation, noting that as recently as 2002 Vermont had capital bills as small as $39 million. The two-year bill for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, by contrast, is nearly $160 million.
Asked whether hed consider raising the debt ceiling to accommodate Irene-related pressures, Spaulding said that would be an absolute last resort and not something we see as necessary.
Emmons, however, said she anticipates a proposal from members of her committee for a special Irene recovery bond that would seek debt authorization above whats been recommended by the Capital Debt Affordability Advisory Committee.
It still goes against your debt load, it still goes against your credit rating, but Im sure that is going to be put on the table by some members of the committee, Emmons said.
While ratings agencies may look unfavorably on debt beyond recommended limits and lower their bond ratings, Emmons said the state could avoid those negative consequences by creating a new revenue source to cover the additional debt service.
That would be the prudent thing to do, and then your rating agencies wouldnt be so concerned about it, Emmons said.
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Animal cruelty charge filed, againBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | July 01,2013A Hubbardton woman will appear in court today to face a charge of animal cruelty for a second time.
A week after her daughter, Elizabeth M. Harke, 25, pleaded innocent to an identical charge, Suzanne M. Hegarty, 53, was scheduled to appear in Rutland criminal court this morning to answer to a misdemeanor offense of cruelty to animals by depriving them of adequate food, water, shelter, rest, sanitation or necessary medical attention.
Hegarty faced the same charge in 2009 when she accepted a plea deal from prosecutors and pleaded guilty in exchange for an eight-year deferred sentence and probation as well as a mandate that 100 animals be removed from the farm she owned in Brandon.
She was allowed to keep 17 of her pets and livestock but she was forbidden from breeding animals, was ordered to spay and neuter her pets, and make monthly veterinarian visits.
Hegarty transferred ownership of the farm at 671 Kimball Road to her daughter in 2009 but continued to make all decisions about activities on the farm where police in a court affidavit describe finding numerous malnourished or dead animals this spring.
In an interview with Rutland County Sheriffs Deputy Milicia Lynds in April, Harke told police that while her name was on the farm her mom Suzanne had complete control over what happened there.
For instance, there was a point where Harke felt overwhelmed with the number of horses on the farm and wanted to sell some of them. Suzanne became very upset and demanded that they not be sold, Lynds wrote.
The daughter went on to tell police that she could no longer enable her mother and the 25-year-old told police she was frustrated that she wasnt allowed to work or go to college because then her mother wouldnt have anyone to keep up the farm.
But police said the keeping up of the farm was in shambles, and Lynds described numerous discoveries of malnourished or sick animals as well as dead animals scattered around the farm.
As I walked around with (a farmhand) you could see bones littered all over the property. There were full skeletons that were on the surface next to several calf huts, the deputy wrote.
In an interview with a former farmhand, Wade Bridger, 47, Lynds said she learned that Hegarty had allegedly tried to hide the number of animals she owned from police.
According to the affidavit, Bridger told police that Suzanne Hegarty had hired him to build a secret room at their residence in Hubbardton. The purpose of the room was to hide the animals Suzanne was not allowed to have in case they were raided by the police.
If convicted of the misdemeanor charges, Hegarty and Harke face up to one year in jail.
Hegarty, who will also answer today to a charge of violating her probation, could face up to another two years in jail for her prior conviction.
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Donna J. Beers passed away peacefully at her home in Windham, VT on Tuesday, July 29th following a courageous battle with cancer.
Donna was born on June 18th, 1950, in Townsend, VT. She grew up in Windham, VT, went to Leland and Gray High School in Townsend, Vt and on Nov. 25th, 1967 she married Donald Beers of Londonderry, VT.
She worked at a few different places during her career most recently at the Weston Village Country Store in Weston, VT.
Donna loved golfing and won Club Championship at Lake Fairways golf course in N. Fort Myers, FL, in 2008 and was also a runner up in 2009. She also loved gardening and puzzles.
She is survived by her husband and her two children, Lee A. Beers of Walpole, NH, and Sandy Beers Ferreira of Londonderry, VT. She also had four grandchildren (Caleb and Camille Beers and Nicholas and Christopher Ferreira). She was also survived by three brothers and a sister.
She was predeceased by her father, Donald Coburn, of Windham, VT in 1998.
Her family would like to give thanks to Donnas many friends at Lake Fairways for visits, emails, cards, phone calls and support during her 16-month battle with cancer. Her family would also like to express gratitude to the VA Hospital and Hospice for all their help.
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Mrs. Alice Blalock Hall, age 94 of Dobson, formerly of Elkin, passed away on January 9, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Hall was born on June 22, 1918 to the late William and Mamie Lowder Blalock.
In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Ed Hall; son, William "Bill " Hall; grandson, Eddie Hall; sister Gladys Waldrup.
Mrs. Hall is survived by her loving children, Ronnie Hall & wife Sue of Dobson, David Hall & wife Sissy of Elkin; daughter-in-law, Dottie Hall of Jonesville; grandchildren, Todd Hall & wife Elisha, Gina Lambert & husband David, Sandy Wall & husband Tony, Lenita Martin & husband Travis, Kevin Hall & wife Jammie, Pam Price & husband Josh, Craig Hall & wife Marisa, Jessica Simpson & husband Adam, Elizabeth Stalls & husband Josh; great grandchildren, Kaleigh Steelman, Richard Wall, Laken Steelman, Huston Hall, Kayte Brooke Hall, Brianna Martin, Jeramiah Price, Natalia Mae Hall, Jacob Price, Nicholas Hall, Brady Hall, Hagan Simpson; step great grandchildren, Michael Grubb, Bailey Grubb, Katelyn Atwood, Will Lambert, Sarah Lambert; nieces and nephews; Patricia Wagoner & husband David, Jerry Waldrup & wife Lynn, Jimmy Waldrup & wife Gwen, Barney Hall & Karen.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team posted a dominating 35-3 win over Gardner-Webb to open Southern Conference action in Maclellan Gym tonight. The Mocs delighted the crowd for the Taziki's Candlelight Dinner Match by winning nine of the 10 individual bouts.
"Overall, it was just a great night," stated UTC head coach Heath Eslinger. "We want to be innovators in our sport and in athletics. Obviously, the exclamation point is we come away with a good win and some good, solid wrestling."
Instead of pulling out the bleachers, the Mocs sold mat-side tables and brought in Taziki's Mediterranean Café to cater a formal dinner for the fans. Space around the mat sold out quickly and made for a very unique atmosphere in Maclellan Gym.
Chattanooga raced out to a 17-0 lead with wins in the first five matches. The dual started at 184 pounds with sophomore John Lampe scoring a 5-2 decision over Gray Jones.
"We started at '84 yesterday and thought it was a great place to start," said Eslinger. "We drew it again today. John Lampe is just a kid that does not want to lose."
Freshman Scottie Boykin followed with an impressive 11-3 major decision over Boyce Cornwell at 197. Junior Kevin Malone was next with his 7-4 decision over Justin Kozera at heavyweight.
Freshman Campbell Lewis scored his first collegiate win tonight. He gave the Mocs a 13-0 lead with a 5-0 shutout of William Anderson at 125. It was one of four shutouts for Chattanooga on the evening.
Junior Nick Soto had a major decision (13-4) over Robbie Goulde at 133 before Ryan Mosley put Gardner-Webb on the board with a win at 141.
That was all the Bulldogs would get tonight as the Mocs ran off the last four matches. Freshman Michael Hooker had a 4-2 decision over Tyler Ziegler at 149. Ziegler's two points in the match were the last for GWU on the evening. Junior Alex Hudson quickly shut out Kyle Ash for an 8-0 major decision win at 157.
The 165 match looked like it could be a good one between UTC's No. 4 ranked junior Corey Mock and GWU freshman Austin Trott. Mock came into the match undefeated at 11-0 while Trott was an impressive 13-2 to start the season.
Mock led 6-0 after an opening period that included a takedown and four back points. Trott chose top for the second period, but Mock quickly reversed and went to work on top. Before the end of the second frame, Mock had had run off 11 more points for the 17-0 technical fall.
"Corey Mock has been outstanding," added Eslinger. "That kid he wrestled is tough and he made it look easy. He has a lot of confidence and confidence wins athletic events. It is starting to permeate our team and he is doing a great job being a leader. He is doing the right things and he will continue to get better."
Junior Levi Clemons bounced back from a tough day on Sunday against Purdue to put an exclamation point on tonight's match. He pinned GWU's Brett Stein (2:22) in the first period to close out the team win.
"Levi needed that," continued Eslinger. "Levi Clemons is a guy we had to rally around and he did great tonight."
The Mocs improve to 5-4 overall and 1-0 in SoCon action. Gardner-Webb drops to 4-8 on the year and 1-1 in league matches. Tonight's win was the 50th in Eslinger's career at UTC. He is already fourth on UTC's career coaching win list with a 50-34 record since taking over prior to the 2009-10 season.
"I think we upped it a notch, just with the classiness of it," said Eslinger. "It was a great event. We are grateful to the people who support us and buy these tables. Good things are in the works for Chattanooga wrestling.
"We need to be more creative on how we treat our donors. It takes a lot of help from a lot of people to keep this thing where they are and to move forward. We want to think of more creative ways like this to enhance the atmosphere of the match. We want to have events, not just wrestling matches. This was an event."
UTC's next home 'event' is the prestigious Southern Scuffle, presented by Defense Soap and Flip Wrestling. The 34-team tournament takes place in McKenzie Arena on Jan. 1-2. Tickets are on sale now on GoMocs.com or by calling the UTC Ticket Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627).
The Mocs still have work to do before the holiday break. Chattanooga heads out west for a dual match at Stanford on Dec. 20 and the Reno (Nev.) Tournament of Champions on Dec. 22.
Chattanooga 35 – Gardner-Webb 3
184 John Lampe (UTC) – Dec. 5-2 - Gray Jones (GWU) – UTC 3-0
197 Scottie Boykin (UTC) – MD 11-3 - Boyce Cornwell (GWU) – UTC 7-0
285 Kevin Malone (UTC) – Dec. 7-4 - Justin Kozera (GWU) – UTC 10-0
125 Campbell Lewis (UTC) – Dec. 5-0 - William Anderson (GWU) – UTC 13-0
133 Nick Soto (UTC) – MD 13-4 - Robert Golde (GWU) – UTC 17-0
141 Ryan Mosley (GWU) – Dec. 6-1 - Austin Sams (UTC) – UTC 17-3
149 Michael Hooker (UTC) – Dec. 4-2 - Tyler Ziegler (GWU) – UTC 20-3
157 Alex Hudson (UTC) – MD 8-0 - Kyle Ash (GWU) – UTC 24-3
165 Corey Mock (UTC) – Tech Fall 17-0 (4:50) - Austin Trott (GWU) – UTC 29-3
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School of Theatre and Dance presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM April 19-28Posted Apr. 9, 2013
Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance will close its 2012-2013 season with "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The show will run April 19 through 28 in Kent State University's Wright-Curtis Theatre at the Music and Speech Building at 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent, Ohio.
The April 21 and 28 performances will be held at 2 p.m.; all others will be held at 8 p.m. Assistant professor of theatre Mark Monday will direct the production.
Mortal and fairy worlds collide in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," an enchanted, light-hearted romantic tale. The play features the interwoven adventures of four young lovers, a comic group of amateur actors and the mischievous antics of woodland fairies.
"Our production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' focuses on the theme of love and all that love entails: Love is blind, magical, mysterious, painful, physical and fun," said Monday.
Audience members will also enjoy a unique take on another traditional Shakespearian theme.
"In many of his plays, Shakespeare explores the theme of 'man's dominance over women.' 'Midsummer' is one of these plays," Monday said. "We have chosen to highlight this theme and have come to some interesting conclusions our audience may find surprising."
Graduate theatre student Bevin Bell-Hall will play Hippolyta/Titania; graduate theatre student Nathan Wood will play Theseus/Oberon, and senior theatre major John Liptak will play Puck.
Graduate theatre student Ben Williams will serve as scenic designer; graduate theatre student Cyndi Hoffman will serve as lighting designer, and senior theatre major Carly Shiner will serve as sound designer.
Single tickets for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" are free for full-time undergraduate KSU students, $8 for non-KSU students with valid ID or students under 18, $14 for KSU faculty, staff and Alumni Association members, $12 for seniors (60+) and $16 for adults. Groups of 10 or more are $10 per person.
KSU students can earn FLASHperks by attending the Saturday, April 20 performance.
Tickets are available at the performing arts box office, located in the lobby of the Roe Green Center in the Music and Speech Building at 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent State University campus. The performing arts box office accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover, in addition to cash and checks. The box office hours are weekdays 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour prior to each performance.
For tickets and more information, call 330-672-ARTS (2787) or visit theatre.kent.edu.
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