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For sale, here is another answer I previously gave to same type question -
Sounds like your biggest problem will be narrowing your list to a limited number of models, and deciding what brand names you are willing to consider to narrow the field.
You can search for websites blogging complaints for each model you are considering to see how they rate with users, and you can also go to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website at www.nhtsa.gov to see how many recalls there have been on a specific model and year.
Most dealers these days have websites with their listed prices for new and used cars that you can browse to get an idea of available listed prices.
I would also recommend that you check out the used car values (free) for models you might be interested in on www.edmunds.com and on Kelley Blue Book - www.kbb.com
Those 2 sources will give you a lot of negotiating power, because they list what the dealer pays the manufacturer on new cars, shows what people have been paying for each vehicle model and model year, and shows used valuations also. There are undoubtedly other such sources also - these are just the ones I have used and seem to be the best known.
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I went in looking at a 2005 Mazada Tribute. It had low mileage and from the images online looked to be in decent condition. It was listed at 8,500$. It was in my price range and something I knew I could finance. Now, that being said, I knew I had -bad- credit, so I was not shocked at the 20% APR. I did however have a 3000$ down payment.
What I WAS shocked at was them telling me they have a "two program system", and now the 8500$ dollar car was now 11,500$. Which oddly enough was a direct
Secondly the car on the website, which looks as if the pictures where taken -in house-, is -not- what the car looked like on the lot. It had incredible wear and tear in the interior, a cigarette burn hole in the front passenger seat, as well as a tear in the back seat! In several spots the paint was worn completely off console instruments, revealing the black hard plastic underneath.
Their line is: "We will do what it takes to earn your business! Come see why we are the fastest growing dealership in the Hill Country!"
Except give you the price listed on the website for the vehicle, even though it says our price right above the dollar amount. Nothing about it being our "cash" price.
This is a complete bait and switch situation. They get people into their lot, with false advertising, showing you online the cars that -seem- affordable. So when you get in there, needing a vehicle, they have you in the hot seat and you almost feel obligated to buy because you may have bad credit.
Well I have bad credit, and I am not willing to make it WORSE with a shady company. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Now days most dealerships will work with you, even with terrible credit.
TL;DR: Scammy Place, False Advertising, Bait and Switch
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I did not have a great experience having my car repaired at your facility, was far from satisfied throughout the experience, and would recommend that friends and family go elsewhere for similar service needs. I hope that I do receive a survey. Are negative points an option?
My car was hit on Thursday, 2/26. I filed an insurance claim and chose one of their preferred facilities to expedite the process. I chose your facility because of the options I was given, it was the closest to me. I called from work first thing Friday morning to make sure you had received the insurance information and that everything would go smoothly when I came in after work. I was told that as long as the insurance had submitted the claim I didn't have to worry about a thing.
I arrived at the facility in the 4PM hour; I don't recall the exact time. I walked in and had no idea where to go. There were numerous employees milling about, some conversing with each other, others just standing around. No one acknowledged my presence, so I approached the nearest employee and began explaining why I was there. He snapped at me that I needed to go down to the other end of the counter. I retorted that perhaps there should be a sign, and he snapped that there was as he pointed up. Well pardon me; how foolish of me not to look up for directions as I enter an unfamiliar building.
I walked down to the claims desk. Three employees were having a conversation. I waited several more minutes for attention. Then suddenly two people were talking to me at once about different things. I had no idea what was happening and quickly developed new frustrations. Both of them were asking many questions I did not know the answers to. I had to repeat several times that a claim had been submitted by State Farm. I knew my claim number and deductible, but was relying on that paperwork -which I had called about earlier and had been assured would be on hand when I arrived- to fill in the rest. Eventually they pulled that up and got things moving.
During the claims process I was asked to indicate my communication preferences. I requested regular email updates. Penny informed me that they were having trouble with the system, and told me that I should call if I didn't hear anything by Tuesday. I left certain that I had left my car in the wrong hands, but it was too late to change things.
I had heard nothing by Tuesday afternoon, so I called. The woman with whom I spoke had difficulty comprehending that I had heard NOTHING since dropping off my car on Friday. Eventually I got through to her and she dug up some info. She told me that my bumper was in paint, and that they were waiting on parts for the other repair. She also told me that she would leave me a voice mail on Wednesday morning when she found out more.
By Wednesday afternoon I had received no update, so I called and asked for
Later I called back and spoke with the woman I had spoken with the previous day, questioning why she didn't follow up as she said she would. She said it was because I had spoken with someone else, but I reminded her that I called him AFTER I didn't hear from her during the specified time frame. She told me she had gotten busy. When I write my review on Angie's list I will be sure to mention that if you drop off your car on Friday, they may be too busy to get back to you by Wednesday. Tell me, when you spend hundreds of dollars on a service, do you appreciate the service provider informing you that they are too busy for you? I let her know how dissatisfied I was and that I would like to receive a survey upon service completion. She asked if I wanted to speak to a manager, but I declined. I clearly wasn't a priority, so why should I waste more of my time? I'm sure you would have thrown me a thousand apologies, but actions speak
On Thursday I received three text messages:
"Thank you for allowing
"We have updated your estimated completion date from 03/05/2015 5:00 PM to 03/06/2015 5:00 PM. Thank you,
After a week I finally heard something, but there are two problems. First, two of these three messages are pointless and a waste of my data plan. Second, I requested email correspondence, not text.
I also receive a call from
I picked up my car yesterday, and the disappointments continued. This time I was greeted warmly as I was directed to the cashier. I explained that the form of payment was being changed; at the request of the person who hit me we were settling without insurance and I would be paying by check. A manager commented that it didn't matter as long as he got the money. It was intended to be a joke, but after my experience I believed nothing to be more truthful. When I was asked to sign off on the car I asked if I could see it and inspect the work. I was told that there was a lifetime warranty and I could bring it back if not satisfied. I was shocked and appalled. First of all, wouldn't it simply be decent customer service to walk the customer through the repairs? Second, why would I want to come back and relive this nightmare? I let it go and continued with the process. She then told me I owed my $250 deductible, and I had to repeat that I was not using my insurance; clearly she wasn't actually interested in listening to me. I finally got through everything, she handed me my keys, and she told me I was all set. Excuse me, where is my car? Not only do you not walk through the repairs, you don't even tell customers where on the giant property to find the vehicle? Just when I thought the service couldn't get any worse, it did!
When I inspected the vehicle I was disappointed to find the new mirror that was installed to be covered with nicks and scratches. It is obvious that no protective equipment was used as it was clamped and beaten with whatever tools were used. I know that I could have gone back in and complained, but this process had been so trying that I simply didn't think it worth it. I have been without a car for a week, and that week was full of hassles because of your lousy customer service. I'm not bringing it back in. Furthermore, now that I have seen the quality of your work, why would I want my car in your hands ever again? If you wish to make amends, send me a check refunding the labor portion of this job. It was poorly done, so I don't think I am out of line requesting a refund on that poorly done work.
He lied through his teeth.
The car they sold me is a lemon.
All of the repairs they made? Cheap parts that wear out and stretch very quickly. The items that they advertised about the car, i.e.cruise control, have never worked from day one. I asked them to fix it the day after I purchased the car and they refused.
Since purchasing the car I have had to sink about $2000 into it. So far I've had to have the rear main gasket resealed (something they actually delayed me from purchasing the car because they "fixed" it), a new clutch, new tires, a new
I would not recommend this dealership if my life depended on it. In fact I would warn you away from them. They use cheap parts, false advertisement, and hide behind a "no haggle" motto to get away with shoddy repair work.
We purchased a low cost, used vehicle... our only stipulation was that we wanted a car that was in good working condition with no immediate issues.
On the drive home, the check engine light came on. The car started pulling hard to the right. The pulling was caused by a low tire...
It gets worse.
The first time we tried to turn the car on upon returning home, it wouldn't start. The starter was bad. We had to replace that. Then we realized the battery was shot. We had to replace that.
We obviously immediately called
Later that first week of ownership, smoke came from the hood. We had the car towed... radiator needed to be replaced.
Another call to
We wanted to return the car - we even said we'd buy a different one and spend a few more bucks to make sure it worked. No
Then we asked for some of our money back to cover the immediate repairs needed on the vehicle (again... all within the first 3 days of buying it - battery, starter, radiator).
We were patient and reasonable, but apparently the only satisfaction we'll get is by letting everybody know what kind of experience to expect from
Steer clear of this place. I would never, ever in a million years consider dealing with this guy again.
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How did I never know about this app!? This is great. It's literally eberything I wanted (but didn't get) from the "official" Goggle app. So happy right now.
Jasmine YouTube client updated with new features but loses a few too
Since Apple removed the stock YouTube app in iOS 6 many users have flocked to the hugely popular third party YouTube app Jasmine for their YouTube fix. Jasmine has just received an update today which adds in some nice new features but unfortunately, Google / YouTube have insisted that some features be taken away too.
Google has insisted that the developers remove the following from the Jasmine app:-
- Removed Automatic "Background Audio" playback. Native to iOS, this can still be invoked manually by double-tapping the home button, swiping right and hitting play
- Removed customisable skip/rewind controls
- Switched to YouTube compliant playback (adds 1-2 seconds to video load times and limits refinement around playlist auto-queuing)
To offset the disappointment of losing these features, Jasmine has got some shiny new features to enjoy so it is not all bad news:-
- Drastic improvements to available videos
- Added "Preferred Quality" selection to Playback Settings
- Added "Watch Later" list in Playlists section
- Added timestamp to videos
- Fixed: Missing videos from playlists
- Removed: "Always Ask" option for feed quality (use "Preferred Quality" instead in Playback Settings)
I hope that some of the positive changes here will help to alleviate the negative. I'm more disappointed than anybody else at the removal of some of these conveniences, but I'm not discouraged. There is still a lot to be done, and so much that will be improved.
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It is always disappointing when an app update takes away feature so if you use the removed features think carefully before updating the app. Of course by not updating you do run the risk of the app not working in the future as well as missing out on new features when they are added.
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Jasmine YouTube client updated with new features but loses a few too
Jasmine is awesome. I too did not know about it until recently. I am thrilled with it!
Settings > Playback. Settings is the cog-wheel at the top of the left-most nav bar.
It amazes me that Google hasn't updated the YouTube app to support the iPhone 5. I mean seriously... it took me like two days to update my app for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5. Jasmine saved my life.
For those who don't know, Jasmine was created by Jason Morrissey, who is also the author of the excellent Reddit client Alien Blue: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/alien-blue-reddit-client/id370144106?mt=...
I would love to say that i love Jasmine as i know it is an awesome app but it don't seem to like to play nice in the uk and blocks loads of stuff i wanna watch.
Anyone of your clever people wanna help me out with suggestions on the problems i'm having maybe i'm doing something wrong.

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Morgantown, WV (Sports Network) - Geno Smith was nearly flawless in throwing for 407 yards and three scores to lead the West Virginia Mountaineers to a 59-10 rout of the Kansas Jayhawks in a Big 12 regular season finale at Mountaineer Field.
Smith completed 23-of-24 pass attempts in the game and was intercepted once for West Virginia (7-5, 4-5 Big 12). Andrew Buie rushed for 100 yards and a score, Tavon Austin added 77 yards and a touchdown while Shawne Alston had two scores and 40 yards on 10 carries. Stedman Bailey brought in 11 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns. Tavon Austin had four catches for 110 yards.
Michael Cummings completed only 6-of-11 passes for 76 yards for Kansas (1-11, 0-9). Dayne Crist got some time under center as well and completed just 1-of-5 pass attempts for 41 yards and an interception. James Sims rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown.
Buie scored on a two-yard touchdown run early in the first quarter to open up the scoring.
Alston added a two-yard touchdown run of his own later in the period to push West Virginia ahead 14-0.
Smith threw his first touchdown pass of the game to Bailey from eight yards out early in the second quarter.
The Jayhawks responded with a one-yard touchdown run from Sims to make the score 21-7.
Alston scored on a one-yard touchdown run and Smith threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to J.D. Woods as the Mountaineers took a 35-7 lead into halftime.
Tyler Bitancourt nailed a 30-yard field goal for West Virginia in the beginning of the third quarter, after which the Mountaineers led 38-7.
That lead ballooned to 52-7 on a 16-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Bailey and a one-yard touchdown run from Austin.
Nick Prolago hit a 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter for Kansas.
The Mountaineers kept piling on with a 26-yard touchdown run from Dustin Garrison.
West Virginia had a massive 647-274 advantage in total yards and had 32 first downs to only 13 by Kansas. The Mountaineers scored touchdowns on 8-of-9 attempts in the red zone.
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I actually bought this because of all the recommendations on beauty blogs and this powder/ creamy formula is great. It gave a beautiful finish on the skin, like a liquid highlighter does and the colour (like a bronze/copper) is stunning. It gives a really soft bronzy glow. I just wish i'd bought more!
This is a gorgeous warm highlighting powder, I had been a proponent of NARS Copacabana cream highlighter but since I found Superb the Copa has definitely gotten less use. It does emphasize pores but I think that's a hazard of all shimmery highlighters in general, rather than a specific drawback of this product.
This bronzer is quickly moving its way to the top of my list! The texture is very silky…almost creamy and I love the way it looks and feels. It glides onto the skin very smoothly giving a luminescent summery glow. As this is a duo, the deeper shade can be used on the cheeks while the lighter golden shade can be used as a highlighter. My fav way to use; is to swirl my brush into both shades and apply. For daytime, apply with a light hand as it is very easy to look overly shiny.
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Would Ao count as a successful Indie too? Did it make money?
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Originally posted by Helleri
I remember looking at archage, when a friend showed it to me a few years back. My friend (of course being from L2) said it had the same makers from L2 and it was going to be just like it. That shows promise, but there are two things that worry me. Will cappiing top level take a week vs years like all these other games out now? And do they promise not to make it a cash shop pay 2 win game?
Those are my only questions. All the other characteristics looked good to me.
I Quit.
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Originally posted by Vardahoth
I'd be very interested to see if any new game has the same "it takes a year+ to level" idea.
I suspect that those days are (sadly) over.
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Joined: 10/19/09
The heavy focus on Solo/Single player that followed the sudden major shift to themepark model MMO's is where things have gone horribly wrong. That said more of the new MMO's want to basically kill any semblance of holy trinity & thus the one remaining cooperative aspect of MMO's dies. End of the day it seems more & more like there are less MMO'S Coming out but a lot more crappy single player games with optional multiplayer. Which is exactly what they are designing. Lets hope Indie devs can somehow refresh or re-invent the genre !
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Originally posted by Sovrath
Planetside 2 is said to take a year minumum but it is looking more like 4+ years to max out every certification.
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Originally posted by ShakyMo
CoH was a mix of indie and NCSOFT (Paragon Studioes) I believe it was called. Over time the NCSOFT bought out paragon and many of those devs left for cryptic to work on champions .
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Originally posted by niceguy3978
There seems to be the thought process that by som people that their early bleoved games were above the whol corprotist mindset, but the 3 most popular pre-wow mmmo's were by greedy corporations.
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Originally posted by Zylaxx
Indie MMOs are all F2P crap?
Turbine,owned by Warner Brothers, has made their games F2P. SOE has made all their MMOs F2P. NCSoft has made their major MMOs F2P. EA is changing TOR to F2P. And so on, and so on.
Last I checked, none of those companies are all "well named studios" and not "indie"
Eastern MMOs based on the F2P model are all backed by major publishers, not "small indie companies".
Here's some innovation from small indie companies for you... Small company named Id Software innovated by being the first people to successfully create a smooth-scrolling 2D side-scroller on the PC, something which had previously been thought impossible. Id Software went on to create the FPS genre, and coined the term "Deathmatch" (John Romero to be exact). Another indie guy who goes by the name "Notch" created an innovative, sandboxy type game with blocky graphics that went on to become a phenomenon. You may have heard of it, it's called Minecraft. And the list could go on.Do some research and learn your history before posting, will ya?
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"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."- Henry Ford
Originally posted by Sovrath
And Forest Gump said "Stupid is as stupid does."....
Almost invariably I see the same people that are rallying for new, unique and at the very least not tired out direction to be taken with MMO's; are also the people complaining about scammers, beggars, lazy new players complaining it's hard. And people who couldn't do a quest even with a guide and someone helping them.
There is a such a thing as a stupid person. And, when I say stupid, I as do most people I know rl use it as a header term for: Those acting foolishly, those who are that stubborn sort of ignorant, those who have a sense of self entitlement that is undeserved, and people who generally want everything handed to them instead of working for it. Most of the reasons someone can be stupid in a gamr are more of a personality defect than anything else...but there are still quite a few who are simply far less intelligent then the average player, and they make the measure of their intelligence quickly apparent.
And ok, some of them are simply to young to understand things as well as older people do, some are old enough to, but can't because, they think under a constant barrage of radical chemical changes leading their rationale.
Point is stupid people exist, and they like to play games not for challenge and healthy competition, but, for almost seemingly the sole impression that it isn't real so they can act however they like. And these people are more atracted to games that let them do that more easily (as in WoW-escs, games with little sense of good storyline or real direction, mindless rapetative kill and collect questing, and strait foward fixed path leveling, that are only unforgiving to any one who is not a good sheep).
And of course there are people who play easy games because they offer stress relief, I agree... i am one of them.
As for things like the view that gamers can be people wasting time spinning their wheels in a road of life rutt...
It is not nescessarily wrong. I have seen plenty of frineds go that way. Gaming can act as an addictive, and it can cause a person to waste there life away. My use of it is as an escape. I don't even really get much actually done in games unless it involves the lore of the game. I spend more time helping people get started on games and idley chatting then anything else.
But hey, I got stuff to do. Fitting in gaming is actually sometimes an issue, like between my last post and this one I went to a memorial service for a close friend and my landlord, then out to dinner with his family. Then talked to my woman for an hour on the phone to say goodnight. So when I get back, from life. going online and gaming in general is my stress relief.
And, any one I know who does things relatively the same way, is very lazy in their gaming. I talk to any person at length who is truly epic in a game and I find out they don't really go out much, they don't have a social life, the don't have any real prospects on the horizon, and they are usually heavily emotionally damaged in some way. Not saying this is 'wrong' exactly. It's a way of coping. but, it is not a good long term solution. And the stigma around gaming is not entirely undeserved.
Like I said I help a lot of people in the games and am helping most of the ones I meet...
And I can say that in games that offer real challenge and competativness, that do something unique, and have good storyline and questing. Most people are what i would term as sharp tacks
In games that don't require little to any actual paying attention to get anything done, most the people I meet are dumb, flighty and other wise hard to help with anything.
I am not judging them on their choice of content. But, i am judging them based on how they act, and how easily they are able to grasp concepts (and every one makes judgments everyday about all aspects of their lives, it's a buig part of how we live so all that matters is that i am correctly judging them).
So, I stand by what I said
That being the rally for a change in direction is in my view really a rally for a ban on stupid people (what eevr kind of stupid you want to call it, for what ever reasons they may be that way...and not just people acting stupid occaisionally, people who are like that all the time). And it is a cry made by a small majority (I can't really even see you defending the idea that intelligent people occupy anything less then a small majority of society).
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Originally posted by ShakyMo
Agreed. Quest based leveling is pretty bad too.
Instancing is never done for performance reasons, games have been made with great performance without a stitch of instancing.
In any case. Its not the devs so much as the publishers. Once they became involved it all went to hell. Look what EA did to mythic?
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Yes. The understandable desire of the investors/publishers to make more money has led the genre to become more like fast food rather than gourmet cuisine, sacrficing the singular underlying dynamic that made the MMORPG genre a distinct thing: community.
Originally posted by Paradigm68
Is that Blade Runner in your avatar?
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Originally posted by Enigmatus
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The Critical Hit Pretzel!
Its less about them taking MMORPGS in the wrong direction as much as it is they are taking it only in ONE direction. Rather then being willing to change the formula, they follow the same exactly stuff hoping to use familiarity to attract players to games. They are staying mostly in one direction and just continueing that way not willing to change. Look at GW2 which is practicaly a copy paste of the same standerd formula, just changing a few things so they look a bit different though play identicle to stuff we seen in the past, yet its viewed as some revolutionary change.
What we need to see is the formula gone off in a different way. Look at SWTOR for example. If it wasn't for EA I'd almost suspect they might of tried something more daring (hey, I can be hopefuly) instead of that generic class system it would of followed more in line with Kotor possibly focusing on a more free system that really helps define the character in more unique ways (which in the end does form its own 'classes' of sort but with far more choice). Rather then having 2 'sides' it could of had the ability for players to pick who they do side with and advance in that format. Jedi and Sith could be merely based off the player's choice and in some ways could reflect a character that walks a fine line between both.
There wass just so much potential if they followed Kotor but its to far stretched from the normal and would involve more work getting it to actually function in an MMO to make it worth wild of the risk and possibility it might not attract as many players. Even then I'm sure they would of still kept to standard MMos to much. Its that risk taking that really needs to be enforced and rather then focusing on going one direction, games need to split off and just go ways you wouldn't expect. The trick is finding one taht can be different and yet still attract players to it.
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"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."- Henry Ford
@ Vardahoth (I believe it is) regarding ArcheAge
I was on their forums for a bit until I realized that all they did was discuss well established things, and relive beta in their minds (there was only so much info to gather that way). I do know that it will be a flat subscription based game that will be about 15 a month per account after initial purchase (guestimated at around 70).
As far as I can tell any time the cash shop is brought up or the idea of their being an f2p model as well... players fly into rage (actually they glide into rage as they are very poinient about they have gliders in ArcheAge but no true fliers due to how it would upset game balance).
as for leveling. I sure don't know about that. I saw some pretty dynamic stuff though which implies that tasks take long enough that leveling moves at a fair pace for the work. like in one vid a guy climbed a tree to escape something, another player killed that something, then guy climbed down and they cut down the tree...which actually felled, and needed to be moved to a wooden prop to be worked on in order to gather wood.
which in later videos players turned resources into boats, houses and villiages. In one instance a couple pirate ships were built by two apposing teams, seemed the lead of each party steered and individual players manned the guns for the ship battle...until a cracken showed up and they kinda had to join forces. in another instance some women with a breath bladder of some kind was farming in an under water garden. she had to go back to the surface as some douche with a bigger boat was destroying her ship.
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Hype (noun)
Yes. Yes they did/are.
"Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever." - Noam Chomsky
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Considering the repeated crashing of newly released MMOs, I think the market has spoken.
TOR: most expensive computer game of any type, down at least 90% subs and F2P inside of a year.
TSW: Did so poorly out of the gate, that FC is not going to make any more MMOs, and may go out of business.
GW2: Did enough well, I suppose, but their business model had something to do with that...
The original video game market of the early 80s crashed, because so many poor quality, similar products were put out.
Maybe what is needed is for a lot of these companies to go under, and let the "game guys" get involved with the industry again.
It was "game guys" that brought the great MMOs of the old days into being, but now, it the "suits" are more interested in business models and how to squeeze the customer than in making good games (because they don't even know what a good game is, beyond one that makes money).
So, it is entirely possible that some of the companies in the MMO space might need to go away, before the genre improves again.
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I didnt hate Bullfrog, i didnt hate Origin, i didnt hate Firaxis(and they even exist nowadays, and i dont hate them ).
Point is, it is some truth to it. Game Companies are good and nice as long as they are rather small, and as long as the creative people have the saying.(and creative people can just have the saying, when it is small) If that is not the case you get EA.. and i hate EA.
But, especially in MMOs, it is really hard to do a indy mmo nowadays. There is a reason why successful indy games are not mmos, like minecraft, mount&blade, dayz.. because you cant do a mmo with a few ppl in a few years. Or it looks like crap and almost noone will play it.
But i personally think anyway, that we should just scrap the Massive part of MMOs, because i dont see a huge advantage in it.. Worlds/Servers with just a few hundred ppl are absolutely fine, and you will then have some sort of community, and you can do it a lot easier.
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I would agree with your first quote and the post's general thrust but I think it's important to note that people who are less intelligent sometimes do want a challenge or to be engaged.
heck, I have a pretty high IQ (whatever that means - I tend to go with Howard Gardener's idea of multiple intelligences, but I digress...) and I know a few people who are not (seemingly) as intelligent as I am, in some cases noticeably so, but they do things that have far more real challenge and take far more effort than many things that I do or intend to do.
I mean, have you climbed an ice wall or done an Iron Man? Have you built your own house?
The "dumbing down" of games has not been because of people who are less intelligent but I will agree that it's because of people who are partly lazy and partly feel like they are entitled.
There are also people who are looking for a quick diversion so their intelligence doesn't really figure into it. They arent' looking for anyting but "fluff" for a short good time.
The problem with saying people are "stupid" means that you lump together people who just aren't as bright as the average person with people who act like entitled brats who think they are owed something.
because there are smart people who are "lazy, entitled, abusive to their fellow man, expect everyting to be handed to them and are abrasive. And then "stupid" becomes more about people acting or doing things that others don't agree with (understandably so) as opposed to intelligence or any sense of wisdom or street smarts.
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That sounds pretty cool. I'm more of a player that would spend most of his time on land, but I have to say the times I remember being the best were where you hated the people you were fighting and all of a sudden a change in events occur forcing you to temporarely join forces to take down a bigger threat.
If this game is as good as it looks than maybe after 6 years of waiting I can finally say I have found my holy grail. It's just waiting till like 2013/2014 for it to be released that sucks lol. And you know most mmorpg companies are always a few years late on when they say the release date for it will be.
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Sonor Force 3007...looking for drum head recommendations
I have been reading this forum off and on for a few years now. I finally decided to register to use the forum.
I am looking for some drum head recommendations. About two years ago, I purchased a Sonor Force 3007 kit. At that time, I really had nowhere to set it up, however...the deal on the kit was too good to pass up at the time. So...I bought it knowing that it was going to have to sit in the boxes and that I was going to have to wait for the right time to finally set it up.
More recently, my son has started taking drum lessons. He had a Ludwig Junior 5-piece set that I bought him and he showed enough interest that I feel that he will stick with it. I ran across a very good deal on a now discontinued Sonor Force 5-piece set, so I bought it for him and sold the Ludwig Junior set that he had to offset some of the cost of the new set.
I replaced all the heads on his 507 kit (with the exception of the bass drum...still using the stock Remo/Sonor head, which sounds fine) with Evans G2 clear heads on all toms and a Evans G2 coated white on the snare. They sound pretty good to me, however...the toms still need to be tweaked a bit as far as tuning is concerned. This is the first time that I have purchased Evans heads...always used Remo heads in the past. It seems that Evans is the new standard of what most people use.
So...in wanting to finally get my 3007 kit out of the box and set up so that I can help my son with practicing and get back into playing myself after a few years of not playing, I am trying to figure out what the best head option(s) would be for my kit. The 3007 shells (I believe) are 9-ply maple. The shells on the 507 kit are 9-ply basswood. I did read a post online where someone stated that regardless of what heads are used on the 3007 kits, they will still sound great because of how well the shells are constructed.
I was considering the Evans G2 clear or Remo pinstripe clears for the toms, an Evans G2 coated white or Remo Ambassador coated white for the snare with an Evans Hazy 300 on the snare side, and a Remo Powerstroke 3 clear on the bass drum...leaving all resonant heads stock (at least for now).
I would greatly appreciate any recommendations from anyone that has had any experience with these kits and what heads they are using...both batter and resonant.
Thank You!
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No suggestions or recommendations from anyone??
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Hello! I play a sonor 3007 as well, and so far I've tried;
Stock heads, single ply over single ply.
Coated emperors over clear ambassadors
Clear emperors over clear ambassadors
Evans clear G2 over clear g1
G1 over G1
It all comes down to personal preference but single ply over single ply definitely has the most lively and natural tone, which is what I prefer. The stock heads actually sound pretty great but have a limited tuning range, I couldn't tune the 12" tom to Ab (which seems to be this drum's sweetspot) because the head was barely tensioned and I tune both heads very close in pith, the batter head maybe just a little bit lower than the reso.
Well, I'd suggest trying 2 ply over 1 ply at first, i.e emperors/g2 over ambassadors/g1 and if that sounds too loud and full, switch to 1 ply batters. I've been meaning to try some Evans G plus heads, which are 12mil single ply, so just in between the others. Remo probably has an equivalent as well, but I recommend you to stay away from Remo with a 3007 kit since the shells seem to be a bit over sized, at least on my kit, and Evans are slightly bigger than Remo. This has really been an issue for me, with drum heads not sitting evenly on the bearing edge prior to tuning because the drum head is too small. It might be even better with those new Evans heads :)
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Thank you for the reply! I think I'm going to try the Evans G2 clear for the toms, EMAD2 for the bass drum, and an HD Dry for the snare. I was going back and forth between the Remo PS3 and the EMAD2 for the bass drum. I have seen mostly positive reviews on both, so either way, I don't think I can go wrong there. I always used Remo heads in the past, but recently I have been reading a lot of bad things about them and their quality. Not to say that I'll never use them again, but Evans seems to have become the new standard when it comes to heads, overtaking Remo. Seems as if Evans is more about quality and really putting forth the effort to improve their products, and I can't say that I've seen the same thing with Remo...however, I have been out of the loop for awhile. Finally getting back into it!
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I also have a set of 3007's. So far I have tried Remo vintage coated emporers, coated ambassadors, clear emporers, and Evans clear EC2's on mine. All of these batter heads were used with Remo clear ambassador reso heads. I was using the EC2's when I was playing in a hard rock band and they sounded great. I didn't care for the clear emporers (although the set I used was a little worn), and the coated vintage emporers sound pretty good also. Right now I'm using the coated ambassadors and playing in a classic rock band and they sound great. I haven't quite got the mounted toms to sound like I want but the floors sound awesome. Probably just a tuning issue on my part. Hope that helps.
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I know Benny Greb isn't playing 3007s by any means, but he mentions using the Coated Emperors over Coated Ambassadors. I haven't seen this combo mentioned yet, and while I do have a CE on my 8", and love it, I don't have the bottom of it coated yet. I think this will be my next combo. right now I mainly use G2 coated, and think they're too dead. They might be good for studio work, but not so much live.
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The OP keeps mentioning batter heads but I want to make sure that he replaces the stock resos. Not saying you can't live with the stocks but I believe the right batters with the right resonant heads and - good tuning - will get the 3007's close to the upper line Sonors in sound.
I personally have used coated G2's over clear G1's on my Yamaha MCAN kit with great success. Honestly though that set seems to sound good with all kinds of combos . :)
Since this kit is for a younger player I might recommend Evans EC2's with EC Resonants. Although every drummer has their preferences, younger players seem to like a wee bit less resonance. IMHO, this combo would probably be the best for a younger player who wants to hear a more controlled sound from where he sits but still have some resonance. You could also look to Evans G12's (formerly G Pluses) which are a thicker single ply.
I make the above recommendations because the target player is younger and because the OP mentioned Remo Pinstripes.
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FWIW: I usually get very satisfactory sounds from my Gretsch 80's 12" and Yamaha 12" toms. Love the 10's but 12's are usually not a hassle for me. Now if I throw the 13" from the Gretsch next to the 12", then I have a real challenge in matching timbre and tone.
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BTW: It would be good to go to Evans' site. They have all kinds of heads demoed there
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I've got a Sonor 3007 kit and I agree with much of what has been said except when I put a G plus on the 10" and 12" toms it reminded me of thumping on an empty plastic milk containers. So if a dead thud is what you are after, thems the ones! My favorite tom batters (rock) were G2 or EC 2s, EMAD or a Power Stroke for the kick and a Genera to dry the snare. The snare on my 3007 kit was a real ringer. And that said, it really is just personal opinion. Good luck.
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Time Warner Cable receiving cease and desist orders for its iPad App?
According to Business Insider, TV networks are very unhappy with the Time Warner iPad App TW Cable TV. TW Cable TV can stream 32 channels of live television to your iPad as long as you have a cable TV subscription and internet service from Time Warner; you are even restricted to WiFi only.
The problem is television networks say that streaming video over to a tablet is totally different than providing content for cable televisions. This means they should own the rights to the content and get a fee for providing the content for the streaming iPad programs.
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Time Warner Cable receiving cease and desist orders for its iPad App?
As soon as they can figure out a way to make a few more billion off of it.
that's NOT networks objection. They want to be paid for internet rights. If people paid them they wouldn't care. When you make a tv show you have the right to distribute it or license distribution for a fee. They just want their fee. it has nothing to do with you not wanting people to not be mobile.
What a bunch of manure. You can't even use this thing outside of the home you're already paying fees for in. This is one of those RARE times that I'm on TW's side...this is a great service for TW customers to use INSIDE THEIR HOME. Its like another tv. These programming companies need to wake up and realize that it's the 21st century and this app is going to be the least of their issues if they don't start trying to understand the viewing habits of their "customers". Stay strong Time Warner.
Do you need to be on your home wifi or "ANY" wifi to use this app?
This is a really good app! I use it when my wife is watching one of her 466754336 ghost shows! The picture is perfect! I was wondering why Time Warner made the app so that it only works at your house but I guess that they may have been trying to find a way to keep the networks from throwing fits. Guess it wasn't enough though. But there really is no reason other than greed that would make them behave this way. I'm watching the shows in the home where I pay to be able to see them. This will end up like tethering. Pay me twice to use that the way that you really want to use it! I can't help but cry foul on this play!
I've always cursed the cable industry for slowing down the move to IPTV, but it's become very clear that the networks themselves have no problem screwing things up.
This may be have something to do with Hulu+ too. Currently you can get some of your content on the iPad, but it costs you $7.99 a month (still including ads) to do it. They may be trying to milk that.
Were the cease and desist letters sent to TimeWarner chiseled on stone tablets and delivered via dinosaur? Do the TV excecs not like having their picture taken for fear it will steal their soul? And I'm sure they are still mystified how they put a piece of bread in a toaster- and it comes out as a piece of toast!
Just like the music and movie industry, TV is becoming a relic in it's mindset. How about they join the rest of us the year 2011? It's a wnderious time!
Perfect... I was hoping this would come to FiOS soon. I guess not if the networks are already giving TW a hard time. Since this streaming service can only be accessed in your own home over WiFi, then WTH is the different betweeen watching the video content (that we are already paying too much for) on an iPad vs. another tv??? This is getting ridiculous. It's time for the FCC to earn it's keep and step up.
wow, the only reason to even somewhat think about signing up for Time Warner service, already getting shut down.
let's see...free ipad app with free access to some of the channels offered by the company you already (over)pay money to every month? win for the customer. restricting that access so each individual network can charge you to watch content you already pay for just because you want to watch from a tablet....inside your own home? no thanks. not ever....
I don't see the big deal with the content providers asking for money to stream it on a mobile platform, but I am not sure what the cost should be. Maybe you can ask for an extra 4 bucks a month for unlimited iPad access.
Another case of networks trying to make even more money then they already do and make the "common folk" pay them more if they want features like this.
Maybe they should work on making good quality shows instead of worrying how and where people watch their garbage.
1) AT&T has specifically disabled its viewing functions on the iPad (which work on the iPhone)
2) The networks have not gone after the Slingplayer/Dish network app, where the user streams from their home box to themselves
I am guessing there is (or at least the networks believe there is) something specific in Cableco contracts as retransmitters that would prohibit this and/or require them to spend some extra per-head fee. (Not saying I agree, of course)
I think the difference between something like a Slingbox and the TWCable app is that A slingbox isn't something created or provided by TWCable. Plus, the slingbox is content-agnostic, while TWCable has hand-picked 32 channels to send over the app.
I hope the networks can work this out, because I think delivering content to more devices is a good thing.
That is the difference, I suppose. When a major pay-TV provider tries to put out a value-add service like this for free then the content providers are going to go nuts. That's why I love my Sling Adapter and being a customer/employee with DISH Network. It's just me enjoying the same content I pay for - and DISH only supplies it to my receiver. I supply it to my phone/iPad/laptop (whichever I'm using) on the go. Plus, why would I want to be limited to watching only a few select channels when I have my entire programming package at my disposal?
They took their business model straight from ATT. Charge you as many times as they can for the same content. I agree 100% with the comment about this being nothing more than another TV. You can have 10 TV's in your home, no extra charge, but want to watch that TV program on your mobile device?? We'll need another $20 for that.
Currently I hav e 30 channels which I had before. I hope to see more come than less. Though the iPad is not my choice for watching tv when I'm at home, I like having it available, as I have used it in the garage while working on some RC helicopters that I have for a hobby. Also to watch tv in the bathroom and have the iPad sitting on the counter while I relax in the tub is also nice.
I would hate to see this go, but there are other options such as sling box that u can take your TV channels with you... So... What the hell is the big deal !!! Is what time Warner doing something worse?
Moving on..... Nothing to see here.
I watch my tv shows in the bathroom while dropping a Double!
If they pull this off, the networks will start charging per tv next.
Digital streaming rights have to be purchased and they are different then television broadcast rights. So Time Warner probably did not pay for streaming rights.
Same thing happens with all tv. example: the world cup or super bowl rights. You have to buy rights to show tv North america in english, tv in north america in spanish, streaming in NA in english, streaming in na in spanish, etc for south america. You have to pay for radio rights by language too in a given region.
It's been like that for years. People just don't want to pay for anything.
Concept for the networks...broadcast your own content straight to iPads, iPhones and the like. Then, you get all the money for the subscription, not just a fee from broadcasters / cable cos.
NCAA is able to stream all March Madness games. MLB.tv streams all games. ALL TV, live and otherwise, should be available online, anytime, from anywhere, on any device to paid subscribers. That's the future we are on the doorstep of. Get with it or you can be sure people will find a way around your obstacles and you won't get a dime!
Consumers don't really mind paying for great content, so long as they can choose that content, not feel like they are paying more than once for it, and enjoy it where, when and how they please.
This is great, i have it, BUT u can only use it while on THEIR (Time Warner) network... as in u cant use it away from your house, unless ur on the TW "network" somewhere else...
Yes love it but would love to see more channels and expansion. Why can't I watch away from home? I'm still paying for the service
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