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Publishers can't fix iPad magazine app frustration
Justin Williams from Carpeaqua breaks down the egregiously horrible user experience involved in just trying to get an issue of GQ, Esquire, or Sports Illustrated magazine loaded on the iPad.
Reading magazines on the iPad is an exercise in frustration. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. As great a device and, more importantly, platform as Apple has created, magazine publishers have done nothing short of fumble the snap in their own end zone.
Williams provides a list of 10 things publishers can do to help improve things, and it's a good list but it doesn't address the core problem -- publishers are the wrong people to fix it.
The record labels didn't create iTunes. Apple did. The record companies still, to this day, over a decade later, don't understand the fundamentals of selling content in the digital age.
Jim Dalrymple of The Loop nails it:
The first rule of any business should be "don't piss off your customers." Many publishers are failing.
Imagine if, instead of iTunes we had the Warner Brothers app, the Harry Potter Movie app, the U2 app, and a myriad other, fragmented, experientially challenged, old-model ad festooned crapware.
It would be untenable. It is untenable.
Forget publishers. We need iMagazine.
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Publishers can't fix iPad magazine app frustration
That's so yesterday.
I think there is a fundamental difference between the music industry and the publishing industry.
Musicians can afford to reduce their income from the sales of CDs and recover that on public performances. They don't care if their record label is making much less money now, because the label has always been the useless middle men.
The publishing industry is quite different, there are no public perfomances to make up for lost sales. Writers work with publishers in a quite different way, more like partners and less like competitors.
What works for music and iTunes will not necessarily work for magazines and books and it is very simplistic to just compare industries as if they were the same.
I'd add that publishing books and publishing magazines are totally different businesses. Books never need to be updated. You sell a book, customers keep it forever, read it multiple times etc. Whether it's hardback, paperback, or digital, it's the same deal. And the book purchase price is where your revenue stream comes from.
On the other hand, magazines and newspapers need to be quickly and easily updated. They're essentially disposable ad-delivery mechanisms. Your revenue comes from advertising in the publication itself, and from advertisers who buy your subscriber contact info and put ads in front of their eyeballs. Sleazy, yes, but that's the way it's always been done. On paper and online.
Since newspapers and magazines need to be frequently updated, to maintain their image of being valuable content, that update process needs to be quick and easy. And apparently it's not that way on iPad. So yes, I'd agree that the publishers need to get their act together and work with Apple to smooth out the delivery process. Adapt or die.
You need Newsstand and you have it. I think Apple botched this one, not the publishers. I realllly liked Newsstand when I used it then I found each magazine is an app. That's the fail.
Apple should "stand on the shoulders" of Amazon again and go the route of the Kindle store and magazines. They show up right inside of the app, I read, I move on.
It's not an Apple application, but a superior alternative already exists, though not all magazine publishers are onboard. Anyone else use Zinio? You can do year subscriptions and it automatically let's you know when a new issue is able to be downloaded...all content is viewed directly from the app. It's great!
I must agree zinio is the measuring stick. I suppose Apple will be buying them next.
I doubt 10% is correct Rene. Isn't that 10% AFTER their "fees" come out? :) That's how it usually works, at least on my end that's how publishers have rolled [hence my writing hiatus]. lol
Yeah, got that w/ the last line but the onus was placed on the publishers. I believe it is Apple who is failing their customers by creating an avenue for publishers to provide poor experiences.
You had a good deal. :) lol.
Yeah, tech books [not ebooks] follow that old model. I'm interested in ebook'ing it in the future though. Some solid writing options out there just gotta find the time.
Apple and iOS are 2 steps ahead of the old dead-forest publishing model. The first step was, as Guest said, "the web." Publishers didn't "get it," and resisted change. Now there are apps. Apple is relentlessly app-ifying "the web." And the publishers are just barely starting to clue in.
Even if they were 2 steps ahead of the old publishing model wouldn't you want to be working with your content providers instead of against them? I'm a publisher of a small magazine and the options for your average small magazine are NILL. You have to spend a bucketload of money to have a company convert our files into "apps". Each app acts differently and most of them don't work much at all. So instead of each magazine being it's own app, newstand itself should be the application and the magazine content would be delivered through this app instead of the publishers needing that 3rd party to convert the files. A file converting software that is a decent price and will produce a file for Apple to make available through their Newstand app would be ideal. Apple would get it's cut and the end user wouldn't be left with a bad experience because the app maker (hired by the publisher) isn't producing a quality product. I doubt this has anything to do with "getting it" it's more about "communication" and the head of the horse not knowing where the ass end is going. Publishers want their product getting to the most amount of people and if that means producing a digital product then the publisher would want to "get it" right? The system itself has changed over and over within a months span and is left with the publisher scrambling and the end user getting the "outs".
We have an option for the little guy, wish I could promote here. Don't give up if you really want to go digital, search for solutions as I am sure we are not the only high quality, fair priced app developers out there.
I definitely do not want iMagazine. Apple already is becoming a monopoly and will put the small app producers out of business and control prices for publishers
Ouch. Even after factoring in the physical media cost (manufacturing, packaging, shipping, insurance, etc.) that's slim pickings. I wonder how much authors get for digital-only publications. With near-zero unit production cost.
Amazon has a great option w/ Kindle Direct Publishing: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help. Some others followed suit or KDP followed suit [don't remember the order].
"you also have the opportunity to participate in the 70% royalty program and can specify pricing in US Dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros."
Let me tell you where the problem is. Apple made the media (iPad) and ink which is iOS. However the creators AKA designers like myself are not programmers. We designers are stuck working with Adobe software, and as it happens they are not great friends of Apple because of the flash hoopla/ iOS development tools. So in order to publish a Mag on AppStore I have to design it in inDesign but the Adobe made so that we can only do it through their Folio system for allot of money.
There was Woodwing but they were bought by Adobe, and they weren't cheap either. Here comes Mag+ which is in their infancy and are more affordable, but not much functionality. Everything would be OK if there were a way to export from iDesign as HTML 5. Adobe has one called Wallaby but they are not developing it all the way to keep Folio making money. Every couple of months the
I recommend the use of ZINIO to read magazines in the ipad, you choose the magazine, pay through apple store, download the copy and almost inmediately you can read with zoom, pinch, scroll, swipe and other functions, is a more pleasant experience that those apps from every magazine publisher that overwhelms you, and its multilingual too...one app, multiple magazines.


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Type of theft: Burglary
Location: Kimeren Lane, Summerville
Date: Jan. 29, 2013
Time of day: Between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Items stolen: Electronics
Total value: $1,000
Incident report details: Complainant reported that someone entered her residence and stole a 42" flat screen television. She said she thought the residence was secured when she left. Officers were able to lift fingerprints at the scene.
Suspect(s): Unknown
Responding agency: Dorchester County Sheriff's Office
Type of theft: Burglary
Location: Judith Drive, Summerville
Date: Between Jan. 21 and Jan. 27, 2013
Time of day: Unknown
Items stolen: Household appliances
Total value: $3,500
Incident report details: Complainant reported that someone opened the back gate to property she holds trust over and stole several items from the residence, including a stainless steel side by side refrigerator and stainless steel stove. It appears the subject(s) made entry through a rear window and attempted to hide a pane of glass from the window in another room. Officers took latent fingerprints from the scene.
Suspect(s): Unknown
Responding agency: Dorchester County Sheriff's Office
Type of theft: Burglary
Location: Doc Lane, Reevesville
Date: Jan. 24, 2013
Time of day: Unknown
Items stolen: Jewelry, household goods
Total value: $20,360
Incident report details: Complainant reported that she came home to find the back door of her residence open. She said when she saw this she got back into her car and drove to the end of her driveway and called 911. She said she had no idea who might be responsible but did have a conflict over money with a yard worker several months prior.
Officers on the scene found that someone forced open the rear door. They found scattered items of jewelry and a puddle of what might be saliva on a pillow on the complainant's bed.
Suspect(s): Unknown
Responding agency: Dorchester County Sheriff's Office
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Oconomowoc woman found not guilty by reason of insanity in child stabbing
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- Adopting more rigorous graduation requirements.
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Improving Bay View High School has galvanized a stalwart group of local parents, many of whom have young children they'd like to confidently send to their neighborhood high school. Ideas for the school's revamp largely emerged from a series of recent community meetings.
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The Sparta fire department was able to confirm being sent to the crash at the intersection of Highway 16 and Hazel Ave. in Tomah, but not details about the crash, since workers were still at the scene.
Mukwonago residents ask Supreme Court to hear case of Indians nickname
As promised, Mukwonago residents who oppose a state-mandated change to their public schools' Indians mascot and nickname have asked the state Supreme Court to hear their case.
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Fans claim all tickets for Driver retirement
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Driver tweeted Friday morning - "I just heard that the tickets sold out in 15 min.Sorry to everyone that didn't get them. Thanks for the love and support in the cold weather."
The former Packers wide receiver announced his retirement Thursday morning. »Read Full Article
Modine posts 3Q loss amid restructuring costs
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The Racine manufacturer of heating and cooling equipment for vehicles and equipment posted a loss of $8.7 million, or 19 cents a share, compared to net income of $9.0 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier.
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In this week's Land and Space video, reporter Tom Daykin reports how two boutique hotels, the Clarke and Delafield, are both facing challenges.
Shakespeare moving to Riverwest
Optimist Theatre is moving its annual free Shakespeare in the Park production this summer across town, from the south side to Riverwest.
Optimist will perform the comedy "As You Like It" in July in the new Selig-Joseph Folz Amphitheatre in Kadish Park, at 308 E. Lloyd St.
This will be the theater company's fourth summer production; the first three were staged in the Alumni Courtyard at Alverno College. »Read Full Article
Overnight house fire in the Town of Eagle
Overnight bitter cold temperatures again caused problems for local firefighters addressing a house fire in the Town of Eagle.
A call came in around 11:30p.m. regarding a fire at W347 S7281 Sprague Road in the Town of Eagle. Sprague Road was temporarily blocked off on both sides of the scene while crews addressed the blaze.
Twelve units from Waukesha, Walworth, and Jefferson county responded to the four alarm fire. During the blaze units had to address frozen equipment challenging their water supply and icy conditions as temperatures dipped into single digits and windchills well below zero. »Read Full Blog Post
Outside jury to be called in Door County homicide case
Sturgeon Bay - Jurors will be selected outside Door County to hear the case against an Illinois man accused of killing his friend and her unborn baby.
Brian Cooper, of Plainfield, Ill., is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of 21-year-old Alisha Bromfield and her fetus.
Defense attorney Shane Brabazon argued in court Thursday that his client could not get a fair trial in Door County because of the extensive media coverage. Judge D. Todd Ehlers granted the motion. A decision has not been made on which county will supply the jury pool.
Cooper has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness. WLUK-TV said Cooper is accused of strangling Bromfield at a Door County resort last summer. The couple was on the peninsula for a wedding.
Waukesha police seek help finding van that hit traffic signal switch
Police in Waukesha are asking the public for help finding a van that hit a traffic signal control cabinet Tuesday on E. Main Street.
Authorities said a 1992-1996 Chevrolet G10 or G20 Sport conversion van crashed into the switch at the intersection of E. Main Street and Nike Drive. The van had extensive front-end damage. It's missing headlight trim pieces and other parts.
Anyone with information can call crash investigator Steven Kraus at the Waukesha Police Department, 262-524-3839.
Former legislator Sheryl Albers drops civil rights lawsuit
Madison - A former state lawmaker has dropped a federal lawsuit claiming she wasn't hired for a legislative job because she's a Republican.
Sheryl Albers alleged her civil rights were violated when a Democrat, Mark Pocan, didn't hire her for a non-partisan job as clerk of the Joint Finance Committee in 2009.
State attorneys argued that Albers wasn't hired because, as a legislator, she had a history of partisanship. Albers' lawyer, Jeff Olson, tells the State Journal a recent ruling by a federal judge in Madison made his client's case more difficult to prove. Judge Barbara Crabb ruled a government employer can consider a job applicant's history of partisan activity in making a hiring decision.
Albers also agreed to withdraw her complaints before the state Equal Rights Division and the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
West Allis debates how to handle debt from redevelopments
West Allis - A proposal to transfer funds from one special taxing redevelopment district that is doing well to two others that are not hasn't exactly built a solid foundation with the city's elected officials.
Based on the resistance it faced this week before the Community Development Authority, the proposal was expected to again raise a debate before the Common Council about whether the money should instead be used entirely for property tax relief.
The council meets Tuesday, when the issue is expected to be discussed. »Read Full Article
Court dismisses lawsuit against St. Norbert coaches
The state Appeals Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former St. Norbert College basketball player who said treatment by his coaches was too tough and eventually drove him out of school, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
Security breach invalidates Sheboygan WKCE scores
A security breach has invalidated the scores of 150 students who took the state's Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exams in the Sheboygan Area School District, according to a report on Sheboyganpress.com. (1)
Peter Frampton keyboardist bringing star power to Courtney Bella Foundation music clinics
Today marks the first of what Brad Bella, founder of Imagine A Day Foundation - The Courtney Bella Foundation, hopes to become an annual program of music clinics at three Oconomowoc schools: Summit Elementary, Silver Lake Elementary and Oconomowoc High School.
In April of 2008 Bella lost his daughter, Courtney, after an impaired driver rear-ended the car she was a passenger in. Courtney's mother, Jennifer Bukosky, and her unborn sister were also killed in the car crash. Her love for creative and performing arts prompted the creation of the Imagine A Day Foundation which serves to support the arts in the Oconomowoc School District.
Courtney played the violin and, according to Bella, planned on joining the band and taking up a wind instrument. She was particularly interested in the clarinet or trumpet. If Courtney were alive today she would be enrolled at Silver Lake Intermediate. »Read Full Blog Post
20 departments respond to Edgerton fire
Twenty fire departments have responded to a house fire in Edgerton that started about 2 a.m. Friday, authorities reported. The State Journal has the story.
DNR hearings to focus on panfish management
Madison - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is holding more than two dozen meetings throughout the state for anglers to share their experiences about fishing for panfish.
DNR fisheries specialist Joanna Griffin says department officials want to hear from the public on their expectations for panfish fishing to help develop a statewide plan for managing populations.
She says meetings will focus on panfish management although other local fishery concerns may be covered. »Read Full Article(1)
U.S. attorney to review fatal shooting by Madison police officer
Madison - The U.S. Department of Justice will review a fatal shooting by a Madison police officer.
U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil asked for the review after receiving dozens of letters calling for an independent investigation into the death of Paul Heenan on Nov. 9.
The Dane County district attorney reviewed the case and found Officer Stephen Heimsness did not violate policies of excessive force when he shot and killed Heenan. »Read Full Article(3)
Cold snap closes schools in Hurley
Hurley - Dangerously cold temperatures have settled into northern areas of Wisconsin .
Hurley schools closed Friday in far northern Wisconsin because of the deep freeze. The temperature hovered around 15 below in Hayward and Siren. Daytime highs weren't expected to crack zero.
With all fo the Upper Midwest stuck in the deep freeze, readings were even colder - 33 below zero - in Big Fork, Minn., Friday morning. Longville, Minn., isn't far behind with 29 below. That's without factoring in the wind chill.
Team clears malware threat from JSOnline
Some web browsers warned JSOnline visitors Thursday night that they were detecting malware on the site.
Our information technology team isolated the problem to one of the ads on the site and removed the ad late Thursday. They believe that ended the threat.
The services used by a number of web browsers detected the update to the site some time overnight. Visitors to the site had stopped getting the warning in web browsers when we checked at 4:40 a.m.
Thanks to all of the readers who gave us a heads up and thanks for sticking with us.
Sussex farm eyed as development site remains rural for now
A 370-acre farm in Sussex that was once owned by an area homebuilder, and then proposed as a business park, has been purchased by a group that plans to continue farming it, says an article in LivingLakeCountry.com by reporter Kelly Smith.
Hickory Hills Farm Inc. bought the property, at Silver Spring Road and Highway 164, from Johnson Bank, which had taken control of the site from residential developer Bielinski Brothers Inc. Last year, NAI/MLG Development proposed a business park there.
Hickory Hill, led by Peter Meissner, paid $2.95 million for the land, according to state real estate records. (1)
Former N.Y. Mayor Ed Koch dies
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday, the Associated Press reported. He was 88. (1)
Bitter cold bringing 20-below wind chills
Get ready for bitter cold today, with wind chills hitting 20 below zero, Today's TMJ4 meteorologist Scott Steele says.
The cold snap brings a wind chill advisory until noon. The high temperature for today not factoring wind chill will be 8 with sunny skies, Steele says.
For the weekend temperatures moderate some to the 20s.
On Tap Today: A Soundgarden homecoming
If you haven't gotten your ticket to the Soundgarden reunion show Friday -- sorry, sold out. But you can live the Soundgarden reunion experience through music writer Piet Levy's preview of the show here.
There are other fun opps this weekend; which to choose? "Warm Bodies" may be a winning zombies-passing-in-the-night romance, but is it another "Twilight"? Find out what our reviewer thinks.
And find out if Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut in "Quartet" was a smart career move for this evergreen star.
If restaurant dining is on your "Fun Opp List," the name "Wolf Peach" may intrigue you.Therein lies a story, says Dining Critic Carol Deptolla. She tells us if the story of Wolf Peach combines with the skills of its staff to keep Milwaukee's Old World food heritage alive.


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By Waitsfield School Board
Welcome back to school! Your five-person school board is once again gearing up for another exciting year at Waitsfield Elementary School. We'd like to extend a special welcome to our new students and parents, as well as our newly hired faculty and staff members. We are glad you are joining our community of learners.
We are often asked what it is that we do as a board every year. Our overarching goal is to work with the school principal, the superintendent and our fine faculty and staff to ensure that we are collectively providing the highest quality education to all of our students for the fewest possible dollars, balancing educational excellence with fiscal prudence. As a board, we are also hard at work exploring the best possible relationship between our elementary school and the Washington West Supervisory Union as a whole, remembering that once our children leave sixth grade, they have another six years of public education ahead of them at Harwood Union Middle and High School.
To successfully ensure that we continue to meet these two goals, we have already begun our monthly board meetings. These meetings are every third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Waitsfield School library. Members of the public are always welcome.
Our year as a board looks to be an engaging one, as we continue to review, update and adopt school policies, set our budget goals for Town Meeting Day 2014, engage with our faculty around specific subjects and evolving curricula, continue to explore the educational implications of adopting the Common Core, and support principal Kaiya Korb and her team of educators in doing their best possible work with our town's young people. At the WWSU level, overarching foci are 1) supporting stronger student voice and engagement through teacher feedback forms and 2) complying to new testing standards without our quality educational experiences being defined by them.
As always, please feel free to reach out to board members with any questions, concerns and ideas you have for making our already fantastic school even better. You can contact us via email or telephone through the school website: www.waitsfieldschool.org/school-board.php. Here's to a fantastic school year ahead.
Waitsfield School Board members: Allison Champlin, Eve Frankel, Helen Kellogg, Rob Williams and Todd White.


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These Heritage Stockman boots are similar to the classic roper style boot, but they include a saddle vamp over the arch of the foot. These boots are made from durable, full-grain leather that is easy to care for and will last through almost any job. They are also leather lined, which allows your feet to breath and the boots to mold to your feet as you wear them. They feature a round toe and low heel that is functional and comfortable. Ariat's exclusive rubber Duratread outsole is longer lasting than traditional rubber, provides maximum wear resistance, is flexible, and highly resistant to barnyard acids. The ATS sole technology offers optimal stability and all-day comfort for performance you can depend on.
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This is my second pair of Ariat ropers. These blow the doors off Justin boots in terms of comfort, durability and value. The rubber sole is great for roping; you get a good grip in stirrups.
good looking .comfortable.when walking in the grass with just dew on ground the boots leak which is very disappointing
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USA Today says that Memphis in May is the Number One southern event. #waytogo!
It beat out Mardis Gras-The cherry blossom festival in DC-The Kentucky Derby-and South by Southwest. Just to name a few. Favorite. Number one. How about that? We already knew that. It's always nice when outsiders recognize our special month.
Now if would only stop raining. Hello June you got a long way to go to beat May.
It's National Burger day! America loves them. So do I. In Memphis I love a bunch of different places. Huey's has always been a local favorite. Tops Bar B Q rocks the house with their burger. Simple-mustard-onion and it comes off a seasoned grill. The Green Beetle downtown has an amazing burger...Great flavor and a really fresh bun. Dyers also is on any list. Old grease from 1945 and a simple clean taste. Instant yum. Houston's really blows the doors off their burgers too.
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As the deadline nears for South Carolina residents to sign up for a free year of credit monitoring and identity-theft protection, nearly two-thirds of those eligible have not signed up.
The deadline is March 31.
The ProtectMyID service from Experian, paid for by the state at a cost of $12 million, is being offered to anyone who has filed a South Carolina tax return since 1998. The offer came after the state Department of Revenue computers were attacked by hackers last year and massive amounts of data were compromised.
Social Security, credit card and bank account numbers were among the information hackers may have accessed.
Information from 3.8 million tax filers, plus 1.9 million of their dependents, and 699,000 businesses, was compromised.
While most of those eligible for a free year of credit monitoring have not signed up, some South Carolina lawmakers believe the state should offer more.
A Senate subcommittee approved a bill Tuesday calling for 10 years of state-sponsored credit-report monitoring and protection, tax deductions for people buying identity-theft protection or resolution services, and new government watchdog positions that would focus on identity theft.
The bill next goes to the Senate Finance Committee.
In the meantime, residents can sign up for the free year of the Experian service, which among other features monitors credit reports and alerts people to changes and credit inquiries.
Of the 3.8 million individuals whose data was compromised, less than 1.4 million had signed up for ProtectMyID as of last week.
To sign up for ProtectMyID, individuals should visit protectmyid.com/scdor and use the activation code SCDOR123, or call toll-free 866-578-5422.
Business owners can sign up for free credit monitoring services through either Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. at dandb.com/sc or Experian's Business Credit AdvantageSM at smartbusinessreports.com/SouthCarolina.
The State newspaper contributed to this report.
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Moose, good to see you in the forums, I've been absent for a while, alot going on at the station and been working on my EMT-B. Glad to hear that you're not out of the service for good. You'll make some department very happy someday.LOL Good luck with the schooling.
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Private funding is keeping it open so that this class can finish their courses and not get sent home early without completion.
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Sometimes, when I am working with a patient, the volunteers leave before I have the chance to say "Thank you"....I just want to take this opportunity, since it is the Season of Thanksgiving, to let all volunteers everywhere know that I am grateful to you all from the bottom of my heart for every thing, big or small, that you do. I am relieved when I see the rescue truck lights like a beacon leading the way through the night to the patient. 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CONCORD, N.C. – The Unlimited All-Stars and World Karting Association have agreed to terms to make this December 27-29 WKA Daytona Dirt World Championships at the Daytona International Speedway Flat Track the UAS Eastern States National Points kick-off event with a big $2,500 purse for the mighty 2-cycle machines at the famed dirt oval.
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With all sorts of big bads running around Storybrooke, Once Upon a Time is twistier than ever, so we can't wait for the next episode, Season 2, Episode 11: "The Outsider" (January 13).
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The curse broken? According to the official synopsis of the episode, Mr. Gold (Robert Carlyle) creates a spell to allow people to leave Storybrooke without losing their memories, and he finds an "unwilling" subject to test it on. Hmmm ... that sounds like something Belle (Emilie de Ravin) wouldn't like. Maybe that's why Rumple is trying to" reunite" with her in Season 2, Episode 12: "In the Name of the Brother."
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Belle flashback. This episode will be very Belle-centric, with a flashback where "Belle meets Mulan [Jamie Chung] as the two set out to slay a fearsome beast called the Yaoguai, who has been ravaging the land." We're excited to see these two team up. We're sure they'll make a fierce pair.
A Charming change: Meanwhile, the Charmings "go house hunting in search of a bigger place to live," probably so they can avoid more awkward moments with their daughter walking in at inappropriate sexy times...
A crash? Hook hurt? The episode synopsis for Episode 12 makes it sound like the ep begins with Hook injured and a stranger having crashed in the town. It's possible those things happen at the very beginning of Episode 12, but we're thinking they're events near the end of this episode instead.
Read more OUAT spoilers here.
Catch the next episode of Once Upon a Time on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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Reason is a necessity
OP, I hope you realize that every MMORPG out there has unused space that the developers are not currently using. That space will be used for future updates, events etc. Every game company does this, A big example if you need one is WoW. If you open their map there are places that you would figure you can go to if you kept swimming / flying etc. However you quickly get a "turn around or you will fall, or you start getting fatigued when you leave the "game world". I assume that future expansions will open up that unused space, better get your wallet ready.
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I think a key measurement is amount explored at max level, and how much of that explorable content is still playable.
In wow at max level perhaps 15% of meaningful content has been visited ( you don't really explore) by the time you hit max level.
In rift I would estimate about 10%. Although thur next expansion appears to be massive so that could well change.
In GW2 it seems to be around the 40-50% mark.
All 3 ignore repeatable zones. So you have to say gw2 world size feels big enough so it is right that Anet focused their resources in other areas.
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Sry re wow and rift it's % left not visited.
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Originally posted by Zylaxx
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damn, u guys need to calm down, chill mate~
maybe u guys took it the wrong way. or maybe i didnt explained well.
what i am saying it, if u look at http://www.guildhead.com/map.
ok cool, u see what? half detailed map, half unknown map. the first few day when i saw this, i told myself, maybe it's just that not enough ppl upload datas, so there's no info yet. but then i realised that, those areas are not accessible atm, of course i was kinda upset, and thinking, ok? so this is unfinished game or what? how long do i have to wait?
and all i was saying is that, maybe anet should plan the release, like release a circle of area, everything in that circle is accessible, then expan the dircle , and expand again. rather then, release entire huge world map with empty blocks in bwteen, and start filling in gaps at later stage.
so chill.
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Other than the annoyance of wasting time trying to find a way into the zone when there isn't one, I don't get the issue.
If GW2's map was a diminuitive little thing like DDO was at launch, I'd be upset. But the traversable map is MONSTROUS, and the idea that all those chunks here and there might open up in the future is just pure geekgasm.
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Originally posted by itgrowls
I am sorry but I don't see how that is possible. WoW has multiple expansions and their world is huge. I highly doubt that GW2 has more playable content / size at launch then WoW has right now.
Okay first and foremost, they showed examples of the actual maps, unchanged when the beta began. it was freely available on the net.
secondly, there's going to be unused space however if anyone has had the chance to pay attention to the map. the second layer of the map shows the zones available by what level they are.
and finally, this world is BIG, which begs the questions, since the world is big what is this post really about? is it the OP didn't do the research on the product before playing? Is he/she new to mmo's entirely? or is this some attempt at another complaint about the title because they don't like it in general and they are trying to find ways of posting malinformed negativity threads about it without being caught by the mods?
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If they lied about one thing, it's when they said that there would be no "mob fields", aka enemies standing there all day for no apparent reason (except for you to kill), all over the world and respawning shortly after being killed. Maybe some starting areas were somewhat true to that, but it's obvious that they didnt really keep their word.
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I am not sure what I would get pissed about would be the map issue. If you wanna get mad, get mad at the ridiculous anti botting measures they put in which make high level play agonzing while doing nothing to really get rid of bots.
I can live with a misrepresenting map. ;-)
Originally posted by Wakygreek
Then you haven't seen the world. :) Sorry to inform you but the world is huge and it's not some top layer only, it has depth three layers of it in the open spaces and the nooks and crannies and all the little hidden caves underwater and above. It does have more open world content then WoW ever did both above and below water and it has dungeons ON TOP of those expansive places. If you went to see the cities alone you would know that the only city in gw2 that fits the size of the standard cities in both WoW and Rift is Rata Sum and the only reason why that is so small is due to the people there being tiny and their belief in making every geometric.
Borrow a friends pc who's playing it, walk around the Black Citadel, Divinity's Reach, and Hoelbrak. When the cities are that big, it shows you how much time and care went into the game.
I submit to you that the first release of GW2 has more content in it the WoW with 7 years of expansions on LAUNCH DAY, what do you seriously think will happen when they release expansions? hmmm? Big World. seriously. and just think. you actually get rewarded for exploration, not just some numbers on a achievement board. spssh.
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Originally posted by Xasapis
To be honest... I think waypoints behind every corner with instant teleportation ability makes the world feel smaller than it would with precious mounts since I get instantly wherever I want to be after my first visit there to unlock the WP.
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Yes, the released map is only a portion of the worlds map, no big deal, most games hint at future expansion zones. Maybe a bit misleading, but not really a lie.
As to the comment about the world being bigger than Azeroth (WoW), not even close. Maybe 2-3x bigger than Rift, I'll give you that. But WoW, Vanguard, EQ's, Asheron's Call... all have bigger and more open worlds. While a zones map may be decent size in a subjective fashion, often that is acheived by channeling movement, running from point A to B in a straight line would make the zones seem smaller, so they use roads/valleys/cliffs etc to make a player run a zig zag course, making the distance from A to B SEEM so much larger.
Been done in every MMO. It just becomes apparent when you notice that the cities they have in most MMO's are laid out by a couple drunkards describing the plan to a blind scribe. Makes the city seem so much larger when it takes 5 minutes to run to the neighbors for a cup of sugar. LOL
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They never said every part of Tyria would be playable at launch. The landmass available is a good chunk but we're still waiting on some famous locales from the original game - Ring of Fire, Maguuma, and Crystal Desert. You can also see the landmass flow into Elona the continent below Tyria. I'm sure Cantha will make a triumphant return as well.
Then there's the Dominion of Winds which is about the worst kept GW2 secret ever. It's clearly going to be the starting area for Tengu players when the race is added. It will be a 1-15(17) area and is directly surrounded by 15-25, 25-35, etc. There's also a few other zones that are clearly going to be accessible in the future with guards, walls, and/or gates currently blocking the way.
I don't see how any of this is lying. The alternative would be to only show you a portion of Tyria and since there's a previous game we all know what the full map looks like and that it's going to be filled in anyway. For me the full map reveal simply makes me anticipate further returns to locales from the original Prophecies, drooling with anticipation.
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They have the world drwan out due to the depth of the Lore that A.Net setup for Tyria (Tyria is the world and an anrea on the planet). Look at the above link to see how much they can add in later.
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guys~ c'mon~
stop focus on word "they lie" = =
my main discussion point is:
should they release the game, by: smaller world map, but all u see is all u can play.
or huge map, but u can only play half of them?
i just dont like how mmos these days present u something so large, so grand, so massive at initial stage, but tells u that, nope, cant go there, but u can go there, and that's part is not done, gotta wait for another 5months. but in the mean time, those are what u can play.
i prefer they release something that's smaller, but we cna play them all. and wait for surprise in future.
if u look at picture below, one feels like half finished game, one feels complete.
ye, sure, this might not even be a issue to u, but to me it is. in single player rpg u dont get this nonsense. fine. in old mmo, do UO do this to us? do lineage do this to us? heck, even in xyson i got all hundred of blocks i can go.
c'mon now guys, only lazy new mmo do this to us, they need to release game quickly in order to ger funding, so they release games which isnt fully complete and tell u the rest is for future content. maybe status of GW 2 is really complete, and rest is really future content, sho, but i surely dont feel happy about it.
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Originally posted by jackwu10
You think they released quickly to get funding? You obviously know nothing about the time they took with this game.
UO added land after release. The game was much smaller at release. Your continued posts in this thread make you seem to be uninformed about anything you are posting about.
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Originally posted by jackwu10
the reason these areas can be seen are because the gw2 map is the same as the gw1 map at the end of all of its expansions. all these areas were unlocked at the end of gw1. it doesnt make sense to not label the rest of the world map that many players already know about just because some people never heard of these areas before,
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Originally posted by CyclopsSlay
Actually, WoW has very small maps. I have never played Rift or EQ to the extent that I played WoW, so I don't know about those.
WoW's maps are incredbily small in terms of surface area. The content inside will have you playing there and running around a lot, so it makes it feel big, but in reality, the total area is pretty small. GW2 maps are simply larger. The total map is simply larger.
In GW1 you couldn't really run in a straight line across a map. Do it in Guild Wars 2 and you will realize just how big the maps are.
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Originally posted by BlahTeebOriginally posted by CyclopsSlay
Heh. Yeah, well... I did.
I suggest others actually do too, preferrably with a watch, and if you can in several different MMO's to compare. Want to know how long it takes to cross Divinity's Reach from north to south or east to west, in a fairly straight line? About 2 minutes.
Now look at the worldmap, pick for example Queensdale. It's roughly 2 times the radius of DR from east to west.
Want to know how long it takes to cross Elwynn Forest from east to west, in as straight a line as possible? Something about 5-6 minutes.
There are many tests like that, in many games, that people can easily do themselves, if they can spare like 5-10 minutes or so. I think the area design done by the ANet people is spectacularly well done. But when it comes to purely size, GW2 zones are comparable with the average WoW zone. It's relatively easily verifiable too.


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