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First Look: BlackBerry 10 vs. iPhone 5
It's no secret to anyone interested in smartphones. For the past couple of years, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has had some issues keeping up with the likes of iOS and Android. Now though, it's the moment BlackBerry fans have been waiting for. Today marks the release of the all new BlackBerry 10 OS and to go along with it, the announcement of two brand new devices running that OS. The first device, a full touch screen experience called the BlackBerry Z10 will soon be hitting the market followed up later this year by a full QWERTY version dubbed the BlackBerry Q10.
The fearless leader of CrackBerry Nation, Kevin Michaluk, has had a BlackBerry 10 device in his hands for the past week and just attended the launch event in NYC, bringing iMore readers back a first look at the BlackBerry Z10 device. It's still too early to say if this will be a home run for RIM, but competition in this market is good and it helps keep things balanced. Check out the video above and let us know your thoughts on it all in the comments. If you want to see more, be sure to head on over to CrackBerry and read their full review.
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First Look: BlackBerry 10 vs. iPhone 5
Apple lawyers are forming lawsuit plans while watching the live feed...
Really? Where are you seeing that? You mentioned CrackBerry...Here's EXACTLY what they said....notice no where do they say "the Battery life is a major issue"
The BlackBerry Z10 has an 1800mAh battery, dubbed the LS1. I've been using the BlackBerry Z10 so much that it's been hard to do a proper battery test, but under normal use it looks like it should *hopefully* / maybe be able to get through the day, especially if you're around WiFi or in areas with strong coverage. Around the CrackBerry HQ we managed to pick one day to try and use the phone in a more "normal" manner, and we made it through the day. That said, flying into New York for the BlackBerry 10 Launch Event, we found once roaming and up on the 20th floor, the Z10 ate through battery life pretty fast.
In any case, we'll be keeping our eyes on battery life and do more battery tests soon. The good news is the battery door is removable, and power CrackBerry users will always keep a spare battery handy. The new BlackBerry Z10 Battery Charger Bundle also makes it really easy to both charge your phone and a spare battery at the same time.
What does that prove? They said it looks like you should hopefully/ maybe get through the day. Most people, especially iOS user aren't going to carry around an extra battery in their pocket. And hoping the battery lasts a full day doesn't sound like he's too optimistic that it will.
I wouldn't trust some of those posts about the Z10 battery. I've had mine since the first day it was released in Canada on the 5th and I can tell you it has a very, very good battery life. On a normal day of usage with emails, light web surfing, music via BT in my car and brief gaming, my Z10 lasts the entire day and even into the next morning. From what I read about the iPhone5, the Z10 battery life is way better.
it's pretty much impossible for a version 1 of any smartphone to topple iOS or Android, but it does appear to be a bit more polished than Windows. It will be interesting to see how much of the BB userbase switches over.
WOOOW! You pathetic right-wing Goog sheep have already started to invade iMore.
It's stupid because:
-You can't dock it!!! Right now I can hop in my car, and drop my iPhone into my dock connecting both the power and sound.
-Cases will have holes on the side
-Trying to use your phone while it's charging will be a pain.
-Give me ONE reason why it's good to have ports on the side. JUST ONE!!!?
So don't even try to argue tech with me troll. I've been using smartphones when you were still in pre-school!
-There is a dock for the Z10, will be on sale soon.
- holes on the side of cases is subjective to the user's taste - doesn't make it wrong or right just because it doesn't suit you.
- I've used my phone while charging and it's not that bad. You also have the option of landscape mode if don't want the cable to interfere.
- I can give you 2 reasons why side ports are good: (1) the side gives more room to add more than one port (such as ports on the side will also let you connect via HDMI to your TV and charge at the same time). Whereas on the iPhone you only have one port at the bottom, (2) When you want to play games in landscape and still need the phone plugged into the wall to charge - if the port was at the bottom, holding the phone in landscape mode will be a pain.
- I can also add one more point: with the Z10, I don't have to dish out more money to buy a bunch of adapters to connect to my phone.
If you mean defaults to running apps when unlocked, I think it actually goes to whatever screen it was on when it got locked.
What Apple should do in addition to making the lock screen more useful is repurpose the spotlight page. I bet it's the least used aspect of iOS. I'm always accidentally swiping to it and getting pissed at it. It would be better utilized as a quick settings page or a widgets page, which could have a settings widget. Apple is kind of lagging behind in usability of oft used settings. TOGGLES, TIM! TOGGLES!
It's really nice to see Blackberry back in the mobile race. Android failed to impress me, Windows 8 phone is garbage but this BBOS10 looks amazing! I'm a content IOS user, but am thrilled to see innovation in the market. Step it up Apple!! I'm looking at you Jony!
Love the look. Love the screen size more. That's more what Apple should have gone with on the 5 IMO. That being said, the only thing that could make switching even a consideration for me is taking my iTunes purchased video content with me. I've got dozens of movies and a few tv series purchased from iTunes. I'm not going to a platform where I'd have to buy them all over again. I don't have to buy Blu Rays again if I go from a Sony player to and RCA player, why should digital content be any different? The MPAA is really screwing these other handset makers, and themselves to an extent (shocker!) in that they want more competition for iTunes, but their self imposed DRM is keeping people entrenched in the Apple ecosystem from switching because they've already made a huge investment. If DRM (which has only minor impact on illegal content sharing anyway) was dropped and I could transfer my iTunes purchases easily to the BB and still use my Apple TV with iTunes, I'd be more open to it (which is for me personally probably 1% from 0%, but I bought a 17" Windows laptop after Apple discontinued their 17" MBP, so stranger things have happened).
You can't put itunes music on anything else? Odd. I have done it. Most of my movie are ripped from the DVD's that I have purchased since the video quality of a DVD is still better than that of what a mobile version can do.
I really dislike how Apple imprisons you with their proprietary products. If you paid for music or movie, then you should be allowed to play it on any device you want. Bruce Willis actually sued Apple because he can't give his iTunes music collection to his kids. That speaks volumes with what Apple is doing.
Hi claustin, I recently bought a Z10 (previously had iPhone 4 with a large library) and just had to set my Music Source to iTunes to be able to sync my music onto my Z10. Now that BB World (App Store equivalent) has music, TV shows and movies, I only use iTunes occasionally. :) If you prefer to sync wirelessly from your computer, there are wireless iTunes syncing apps in BB World.
I really think this could challenge the iPhone, the specs are pretty similar and the Blackberry software looks interesting. I'd need to see more of the Z10 though. Check out a comparison of the two phones here: http://sortable.com/phones/BlackBerry-Z10-vs-Apple-iPhone-5
Gotta say I like what I saw in that demo. Unfortunately, I think you're right. That is a very tough ladder to climb and I think the odds are against them. We'll just have to see I guess. I do hope they have some success, if nothing more than to at least keep iOS and Android in innovation mode. For me, the toughest part is convincing me to leave an ecosystem where everything works well together (from 1st party to 3rd party components) to take a chance on this.
Good luck BB.
Are you saying RIM/BlackBerry has nothing else in their portfolio? You do realize the QNX is the market leader in infotainment don't you? Not to mention everything else that QNX is involved in. If they had to QNX could care the rest of the company.
I'm simply saying there's no compelling reason to choose this Blackberry. It doesn't do things as well as the competition. The only push mail is exchange. Apps are dismal. Maps by Tomtom. It's a mosaic of bits and pieces from third parties.
I can't see RIM sticking around long enough to make any sort of dent here. It's basically a small playbook which basically already failed. This is what you give anyone left on RIM?? At least offer the qwerty phone first. Their only chance is reaching their existing base.
Well I haven't played with a demo or touched it yet so what it can or can not do in my opinion hasn't been decided yet.
Well I haven't played with a demo or touched it yet so what it can or can not do in my opinion hasn't been decided yet.
You have obviously no idea what you are talking about since you are still calling Blackberry RIM. Apps dismal....... seriously, http://crackberry.com/blackberry-welcomes-over-1000-app-partners-blackbe... take a look at that and you will definitely see that apps are actually existent in Blackberry 10.
PlayBook = rushed to market and initially had little use, gained a bad reputation and a tainted name, BB10 = delayed so it was ensured that it was fully featured (they also seem to be separating it from the PB when it comes to advertising, so reputation not necessarily important). BTW, if you think only exchange is push, you have no clue. I'll grant you that apps are dismal, but not everyone needs so many apps. Apple maps are by Tomtom, guess that Apple are doomed, too? Siri was produced by another company that was purchased, so I wouldn't rush to say that Apple produce 100% 1st party stuff.
If Apple kept to their existing base, they would be lambasted by their investors. They changed the screen size to aim at a larger audience. BB made a different phone to aim at a different audience.
In short, I disagree and believe you to be either poorly informed and/or heavily biased, sir.
'... it simply doesn't do things as well as the competition...' [continues to list numerous points which I addressed, with regards to Apple]. We are on iMore, remember, and you mentioned competition. The immediate conclusion was that you were talking about Apple, since they are an entrenched competitor in the mobile realm, and you also gave no specification of competition.
It's good to see somebody copying my favorite OS, webOS. After switching from webOS (when HP killed it) to the iPhone and Apple, I've been very happy except for the outdated, frustrating UI on iOS.
So the new BB OS is cool as far as the cards and fast multitasking. C'mon, Apple, if BB can rip off webOS, why can't you? (Put down those lawyers, everybody!)
I am not bothered about what others are saying about BB10. I am buying one right now.. I am very happy with it
here is a spec comparison between the 2 devices.
better. just not for me. It is however a big improvement. some cool ideas. moving around in it kinda confused me but that would change with using it. Still i'm sure many will like it and buy it. Granted blackberry to me is not special. it's just another maker like apple, samsung, android etc. I have no rooting interest in a given platform thus I'd still go ios for now as it suits my needs, then to android, then to this. but i'd easily do it before windows phone. What's with that grey stuff behind the icons? Is that a blackberry look? Not fond of it.
It's an improvement and a disappointment at the same time. Blackberry (weird not to say RIM anymore) had several years to watch the market and 2 years to develop BB10. In that time, what exactly have they accomplished. They borrowed some of Palm's webOS concepts and added a communications hub to placate their install base. Their hardware is nothing original and their dog and pony show that was on CNBC was derivative of Apple.
I honestly expected more from Blackberry. They had an opportunity to really leap ahead of the competition and seize the moment. They had the stage and everyone's attention and could have given Android and iOS users a true alternative that could have had folks putting down their devices and run to them. Instead they came up with something that can be copied in a point release.
Think about it. If you have content, apps and a web ecosystem from Apple or Google are you putting aside all of that to start over with Blackberry? No. I had the chance to try an Galaxy S3 at no cost to me when I started a new job recently and was offered a smartphone. I ended up with another iPhone 5 and could not be happier because with iCloud and the other Apple services everything I had could be added along with my business content.
Blackberry, congratulations on bringing your install base current and wish you luck in trying to convince a market happy with their devices to go your way in the future.
Wow... this is impressive and so many features were not even shown in the video. To think this is their first version of the OS compared to iOS6 is even more impressive.
Those clowns at BB corporate never cease to amaze me.....
All I hear from BB advocates is how great the physical keyboard is on older models and how they hate the touchscreen keyboard. And how does BB reward the hundreds and hundreds that have stayed with them while iOS and Android have left them in the dust? They launch with the touchscreen keyboard. WTF? Right when they have a captive audience and loyalists ready to go? Do they actually think happy and now loyal iOS and Android customers will drop everything and say, "I gotta have that?"
The leadership at this company has sucked for years, and this move is another costly mistake that they will not recover from. Mark my words.


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On Sept. 19 and 20 Charleston Animal Society welcomed participants from the around the country at the first-ever Veterinary Science Initiative (VSI) training conference. Representing 11 organizations from seven states, 14 attendees were treated to comprehensive training sessions on the Charleston Animal Society's groundbreaking VSI program.
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December 12, 2013
There's nothing simpler than 1,2,3, ... we understand these numbers instinctively and that's why they're called the natural numbers. But if you really think about it, what are these numbers? How would you describe them to an alien devoid of a number instinct? Here's one way of defining them, developed by the Italian mathematician Giuseppe Peano:
Explaining numbers to aliens.
These four rules give you all the natural numbers, neatly ordered in a line, starting from 1 (you could also have started from 0). They also give you arithmetic, since addition and multiplication are about repeatedly adding 1s and you know how to do this: you simply move up to the successor of the number you're looking at. Subtraction and division are just the reverse of addition and multiplication. So equipped with these rules your innumerate alien could actually do some pretty decent number theory.
The four rules form the basis of what's called Peano arithmetic. It's a formal mathematical system based on a set of axioms (which includes these four rules) together with a language in which to speak about numbers and rules for logical inference. In the beginning of the 20th century mathematicians hoped they could turn all of maths into one giant formal system similar to Peano's arithmetic. That way they could prove everything directly from the axioms, without any hidden assumptions, and make sure that maths contains no contradictions. But their dream was shattered in the 1930s by the logician Kurt Gödel, who showed that there are logical limits to what you can do using formal systems. Find out more in
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December 11, 2013
Lately we've been featuring a range of Sudoku-esque puzzles kindly provided by Muddled Puzzles. The puzzles owe their origin to Sudoku and go by the umbrella brand name Sudokion. Here is our latest addition: the Cross HyperLogikion. It's a challenging and beautiful specialty puzzle, only available in the Platinum (highest) challenge band. For more (and also less challenging) Sudokion puzzles, see our Sudokion page.
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December 10, 2013
If it wasn't for the Babylonians who lived millennia ago, paying your bill at a restaurant or checking your credit card bill would be much more painful than it already is. And so would anything else involving numbers. It was these Babylonian scholars who had the brilliant idea of making the value of a numeral dependent on its position in a string of numerals: if you see a 1 at the end of a string, you know it means 1, if it's shifted one to the left, you know it means 10, if it's shifted two to the left, it means 100 and so on. This means that using only the symbols 0 to 9 you can write down every single whole number, no matter how large, rather than having to invent a new symbol every time you go up a order of magnitude.
The Babylonian number system actually had 60 as its base, rather than base ten as we do. The numerals we use today, including the use of a symbol (zero) for nothing instead of a gap, stems from India.
Find out more on in the Fabulous positional system and out other articles about number systems.
December 9, 2013
I went Christmas shopping yesterday, to buy a book from the local bookshop that costs £7. I didn't have any money, so I borrowed £5 from Marianne and £5 from Owen. I bought the book and got £3 change. I gave £1 back to each of my kind colleagues and I keep the remaining £1. I now owe each of them £4 and I have £1, giving £9 in total. But I borrowed £10. Where's the missing pound?
There it is!
The answer is that the £10 are a red herring. There's no reason why the money I owe after the whole transaction and the money I still have should add up to £10. Rather, the money I owe minus the change I got should come to the price of the book, that is £7. Giving a pound back to each of Marianne and Owen just re-distributes the amounts. The money I still owe is reduced to £8 and the money I still have to £1. Rather than having £10-£3=£7, we now have £8-£1=£7. Mystery solved!
December 8, 2013
An infinite set is called countable if you can count it. In other words, it's called countable if you can put its members into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, ... . For example, a bag with infinitely many apples would be a countable infinity because (given an infinite amount of time) you can label the apples 1, 2, 3, ... and so on.
Two countably infinite sets A and B are considered to have the same "size" (or cardinality) because you can pair each element in A with one and only one element in B so that no elements in either set are left over. This idea seems to make sense, but it has some funny consequences. For example, the even numbers are a countable infinity because you can link the number 2 to the number 1, the number 4 to 2, the number 6 to 3 and so on. So if you consider the totality of even numbers (not just a finite collection) then there are just as many of them as natural numbers, even though intuitively you'd think there should only be half as many.
Something similar goes for the rational numbers (all the numbers you can write as fractions). You can list them as follows: first write down all the fractions whose denominator and numerator add up to 2, then list all the ones where the sum comes to 3, then 4, etc. This is an unfailing recipe to list all the rationals, and once they are listed you can label them by the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, ... . So there are just as many rationals as natural numbers, which again seems a bit odd because you'd think that there should be a lot more of them.
It was Galileo who first noticed these funny results and they put him off thinking about infinity. Later on the mathematician Georg Cantor revisited the idea. In fact, Cantor came up with a whole hierarchy of infinities, one "bigger" than the other, of which the countable infinity is the smallest. His ideas were controversial at first, but have now become an accepted part of pure mathematics.
You can find out more about all this in our collection of articles on infinity.
December 7, 2013
We've all got favourite numbers and some of us even go as far as thinking some numbers lucky or unlucky. Seven is probably one that crops up quite a lot in this context, so it's nice to know that it really is a lucky number. No, seriously, that's true! There is a mathematical recipe for finding lucky numbers, and 7 is one of them.
The recipe goes like this. Write down all the positive whole numbers starting from 1. First, you eliminate all even numbers, leaving only the odds:
The next number on the list after 1 is 3, so you now go and eliminate every third number, leaving:
The next surviving number after 3 is 7, so you eliminate every 7th number in the list of survivors. And so on. When you've finished this process the sequence of surviving numbers starts:
These surviving numbers are called lucky numbers. They are similar to the prime numbers in some ways. There are infinitely many of them, and they are the result of a sieving process (successively eliminating numbers) similar to the sieve of Eratosthenes which sieves out primes. When you try and approximate the distribution of the lucky numbers among the other numbers as you move up the number line, the result is akin to the prime number theorem. The lucky numbers even have their own version of the Goldbach conjecture, which states that any odd number greater than 4 can be written as the sum of two primes. One thing that isn't known, though, if whether there are infinitely lucky numbers that are also prime, or only finitely many.
All this doesn't make 7 lucky in the everyday sense of the word — but it makes us feel very lucky to have so many numbers to play with!


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Originally posted by SnarlingWolf
Think you miss the point.
In order to run a bot on PS3 you would have to run a unauthorized code on PS3. Same as aimbots. That's why I used it as example and it would be as hard. (till last year it would be practically impossible because there were no jailbreak at all)
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Even if companies cannot entirely stop botters they can certainly prevent a large number; here's some in-game methods that would help to cull the herd.
1) GM BOT Hunters. (one every few servers)
Have a GM ready to warp to possible Bots when they are identified by other players. After watching for a while the GM will have the power to 'poke' the player with a pop-up message requiring an intelligent response. If the player fails to answer he will return to town and be labelled as a possible Bot. After 5 or so such events the player will be permanently banned.
Check out all active players in the same guild, and repeat the process. Possibly disbanding the guild if a good number of senior members are Botting.
Check out all players who have traded gold with the identified Bots and repeat.
Encourage players to identify Bots by giving them in-game bounty rewards whenever a BOT is located.
2) Difficult Mobs
Actually have mobs that the players needs to watch in order to defeat them. This really is not that hard to do and designers should be ashamed that any mob can be killed by someone who is not even looking at the screen. Give the mobs a simple shield / defence stance that will block an attack that is initiated at that time. Some form of active targetting would also make it much more difficult to write a Bot if the mobs are moving laterally in combat.
3) Roaming Mobs
Have more mobs in regions walking around that would kill a Bot. For example have a few 40+ mobs in a level 25 area. Why on Earth do we have to have every mob in a given area so restricted. I'm sure it is also more fun for the players if some of the mobs are dangerous.
4) Open world PvP
One of the best things about the rifts in Aion was that it helped to clear out the Bots in any region. After a while the Botters found corners to hide but in a decent world PvP setting it would be difficult for Botters to flourish.
The way to eliminate bots is to make them pointless. This takes several forms, as the different types of botting need to be combatted in different ways.
One is gold sellers. Here, you have to target the demand. A game has to be designed from the start so that there isn't much point to buying gold from gold sellers. It helps if your normal players don't have any real need to farm for gold. It also helps if there are legitimate ways of buying gold, such as EVE's PLEX, TERA's Chronoscrolls, or the more complicated microtransactions systems of Puzzle Pirates and Spiral Knights.
The other target is ordinary players who will use bots to farm or grind. Here, the basic principle is that if something takes a long time, but players hate it so much that they're willing to risk a ban to use bots to get around it, then it's not interesting gameplay. At minimum, players shouldn't be forced to do it to access later content. In some cases, it should be removed from the game entirely.
That's right: I just said your game needs to be less grindy. If it's so grindy that you chase away most of the players who are are unwilling or unable to bot the game, then you've got bigger problems than the inevitable prevalence of bots. Sooner or later, players will figure out that if they dislike a game enough that they want a bot to play it so they don't have to, it's simpler to just quit the game entirely.
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Originally posted by fenistil
Still have not missed the point.
Let me put it far simpler:
There is far less to gain from cheating in an FPS game vs botting in an MMO. Therefore less energy is put into bypassing the cheating.
Secondly you are now comparing a closed system of a console vs the open system on a PC which is far different circumstances.
But I get it, you truly believe that with just a little bit of effort companies could shut down 95% of botting in MMOs. They can't.
Okay, I joined in at the back end of this conversation, and I'm confused.
Is botting and goldselling directly linked to one another? And we are asking if it's possible to keep the bots under control?
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Originally posted by SnarlingWolf
Don't put words in my mouth - I never said with little effort. It would have to be collosal effort with massive changes in OS and server's tools. No idea where you got 95% as well. I won't speculate.
There was MASSIVE energy put into bypassing console safety systems - because it was about running pirated games on it and after PS3 released - digital market for it did not exist and pirating market in PS2 was multi-million business especially in Asia.
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You know, I would actually like to see someone take the Riot Games approach to detecting bots: heavy-duty data mining. Riot's done a lot to identify certain types of behavior in League of Legends, and for the most part they identify the worst troublemakers by just analyzing the data across all the millions of games that are constantly being played.
They found (and temp banned) the people who were abusing the reporting tool to bully other players with false reports; all they had to do was check out what group of people were filing the most reports against players who had never been punished, and then narrow it down based on other similar data. They found (and temp banned) the people who were abusing the queue system by trolling their teammates into leaving the game before it started; all they had to do was check out how which players had the most games fail to start due to a teammate queue dodging, and then narrow it down based on other similar data. The data generated by these players made them a dead giveaway because of how different they act compared to a normal player. They were significant statistical outliers, and that made them easy to spot.
Bots would be several orders of magnitude easier to spot. While troublesome players act in a way that's somewhat different than other players, bots act with a predictability that no human being could possibly match. Given enough data, it wouldn't take more than a few minutes to sort out the players from the bots with a shocking amount of accuracy.
Let me give you an example. When you're moving in an MMO, about how far do you run in a straight line before changing directions? After defeating and looting an enemy, about how long do you wait before moving again? How often do you jump? These numbers vary from player to player and from session to session. If there are 5000 accounts running bots, all of them should have virtually identical values for all of these because their movement is governed by the same set of instructions. On a bell curve showing the mean, median, or mode for all players for any one of these statistics, the 5000 bots would appear as a glaringly obvious spike.
Even if the bot makers knew that you were specifically watching for this, they would be hardpressed to come up with a way around it. Since all of the bots are moving according to the same instructions, they're always going to be the same and thus appear abnormal. Even putting in deliberate randomness (wait for a random period of 1-20 seconds after looking a mob before moving again) wouldn't help because such regular randomness still doesn't look human. As long as the heuristic you're using to sniff out these bots is smart enough, you'll always find them.
But the even better part is that bot makers DON'T know specifically what you're watching for. If they don't know you're tracking straight-line distance and post-looting behavior, they don't even know that's where they'd need to add randomness. And that's far from the only option available... that's just movement alone. Trying to nail harvest bots? Track how long a node was spawned before the player harvested it. Track how often the player visits a node that wasn't the closest to him. Track how full his inventory is before he leaves the zone or logs out, or track how long he remains in the zone once his inventory is full. Combat: How often does his HP go below 1/2? How about his MP/energy? How full is his HP when he engages an enemy? How often does he rest? How long did it take him to hit level 20, how many items did he vendor in that time, how many quests has he done, how much damage has he dealt? All of these things expose bots as outliers, and you can even have a detection system that flags or bans as soon as it notices a player with values equal to those of previously confirmed bots.
You can't ensure that no one can ever bot in your game, but you can make it so that it's impossible to have a bot empire or a popular bot program. Heuristically identify behavior that doesn't match how human beings are playing your game.
Originally posted by Disdena
There are some problems with that. One is that if the bot-makers know what stats you're looking for, it's pretty easy to show up as not a bot on those stats. Suppose that you're looking for straight line running distance. Throwing some randomness into that is completely trivial. Suppose that you look for a given distribution of straight line running distance. It's easy to dodge that, as well: give the randomness a component that varies by session. And then another component that varies by bot ID.
For example, the first time a bot is initalized, it could roll a random number and store that number forever. (I.e., check to see if there's a saved random number, and if not, then roll one and save it in a file where it will be found in the future.) Each time the bot program is loaded, it rolls a random number and then stores that one for the duration of the session, but a new random number the next time the program is loaded. And then each time the character has to move, it rolls a third random number. And then any time the bot has to move, the distance it moves is the "ideal" distance (what it would be with no randomness) plus the sum of the three random numbers.
Compared to the difficultly of making a working bot program in the first place, that mild bit of randomness would be completely trivial to program. The data analytics that you'd need to detect that bot from straight-line running distance would be prohibitively expensive. Meanwhile, it's not only trivial to code, but you could easily do the same thing for anything else that you think the server might possibly check for bot detection.
Game companies might hope to get some edge from the bots not knowing what they're going to check. But a bot programmer can just throw a bit of randomness onto everything. There doesn't have to be a data spike anywhere for what bots do. The only bots that you'd catch are the ones whose programmers are stupid. But catching and banning some bot programs and not others isn't enough. If it becomes widely known that this bot program will get you banned and that one won't, then guess which one the botters will use.
As annoying as bots are, and I don't support them nor do i buy gold or anything else, I really cannot say in any MMO I have ever played I really felt bots had a siginificant impact on my playing of the game. I would love to see bots gone but if it had to come down to me not being able to run say a music program in the background or not being able to switch over to look something up online without completely exiting the game...I'd rather just live with and ignore the bots.
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Originally posted by Enigmatus
Gold farmers (not necessarily the same as "seller" which is typically a broker or middle man) and power-leveling services are by far the majority of botters. There are also individuals with the skill to write their own scripts (or those who obtain those keyboard simulation scripts written by someone else) for their own purposes be it ammassing wealth or grinding levels.
But yeah, when people talk about botting they're usually talking about gold farmer bots.
I don't like bots as much as you do in fact i hate gold farmers because of their constant need to steal peoples accounts (which happened to me on two occassions) but i think they really have more important things to work on right now. They put a bandaid on farming for loot and for stealing accounts. I think they are focused on removing those last few bugs before busting those botters and gold farmers right out of the game forever.
Interesting how they can have a system of being able to buy gold and yet farmers are still there. Weird.
I think they'll implement the code to prevent teleportation hacks like blizz did when they added teleportations, and I think they'll improve the DR to prevent gold farmers from going nuts in the dungeons for gold.
DR definitely needs an overhaul starting with showing as a debuff with a timer so that real players can see how long it will be.
It's barely been a month, we need to just be patient.
This isn't really on topic but has to do with bot control and was something I was thinking about way back during I believe BC on Wow. At that time if I remember correctly Wow come out with a fairly aggressive attack on both sellers and buyers of gold. I even knew a guy that got his account banned for buying gold from a site. I thought it would be interesting if pepole used that against their enemies. Say for example somebody camps you over and over again and you get pissed, just hop online and buy a fairly large amount of gold and have it sent to their character, they get banned. Some games like GW2 you wouldn't really see this since you can't tell who you are fighting against in WvW and there really is no "camping" in pvp.
Not that I would ever do this I just often wondering what would stop someone with less morals and some free money from taking this approach. Sometimes being too strict in your fight against bots/gold sellers/gold buyers can open up exploits for your faithful playerbase.
Originally posted by itgrowls
You do realize this is a general thread about bots in all MMORPGs and not a GW2 thread right.
Originally posted by itgrowls
The mysterious thing is why code to prevent teleportation hacks wasn't in place years ago. They should have known the day they decided that they would make Guild Wars 2 in the first place that this was nearly guaranteed to be a problem if there wasn't server-side code to catch and stop it. That there wouldn't be server-side code in place by time the game had its first playable demo at a trade show is mystifying.
this is what they are focused on now. :)
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Originally posted by Enigmatus
Yes and no.
Yes bots grind away 24/7 finding items and gold. Some bot runners sell their gold to goldsellers rather than sell directly themselves. A lot of gold is stolen from hacked accounts as well which is a separate issue. Although many hacked accounts then have bots running them until the account is recovered.
And yes, the gist of the question was can they be under control. Not whether they can be eliminated.
It just seems that most devs now resort to reporting, rather than analyzing player behavior and/or detecting bots through a separate program like Warden.
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Originally posted by FrodoFragins
Bots cannot be eliminated. Program memory is readable and leads to information exposure cheats and easy bot generation. The Warden was the wrong move to tackle this problem. An attacker can hide everything about the bot and its activities from Warden. It is just a silly arms race. The bot builder hides. The Warden devs build detection. The bot builder hides again. The Warden devs build new detections. It is an endless game of cat and mouse.
It really isn't a problem with program memory being readable. Readable program memory simply makes the task easier. A bot can be built to require two computers (or one computer running two VMs if the Warden is not pushed down into VMM or just one computer if the Warden is not in the OS). One computer runs the game client. The other computer runs the bot. The bot computer supplies mouse and keyboard input to the game computer and reads the game computer screen using a camera. It costs slightly more to do it this way. Plus, there is nothing to detect aside from the behavior of the bot which can be made human like enough that detection is too computationally intensive (via MachineLearning/AI) for the game servers.
Essentially a game must be built with bots in mind (since they cannot be eliminated) and the incentives for building bots must be reduced enough that few, if any, are bothered to build them which is not trivial (but does get a easier over time due to developing bot code bases).
Note: read Warden as "detection software" most of the time...
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War...war never change
Lets the bots farm and the n00bs buy from em,whatever
The 2 bigest experience with bots i had was in WoW and EU
In WoW that was rly fun to kill the same bot over and over at the same time i farmed exactly what he was programed to farm,of course he aways won since im not a bot and at some point i have to logoff
In EU that was a little more serious issue,since the PADs earned in game culd be directed changed to USD real money,one more reason to consider open world pvp,the game is a lootable pvp,what wuld be great to loot real money from bots XD
Most part,bots make the game prices run lower since there will be a biggest offer of products,what directly benefits me.
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Originally posted by SnarlingWolf
I'd love love to hear the actual difference between a player who buys gold from a chinese farmer and a player who farms gold for days with his guild. Both have people doing work for them, cooperating, and taking from an endless stream of meaningless gold.
You do realize that end-game players do the same farming techniques that chinese farmers do...right? Get the most gold, in the shortest time possible, and grind that process over and over.
You will never convince me that a real life currency somehow magically transforms EVERYTHING, when it's entirely irrelevant of that game. There is no difference between grinding it yourself, and having someone else do it for you for real life currency. Absolutely no difference.
A player buying gold ruins the game no less than a player farming for gold. It is irrelevant how that gold is obtained. What ruins the game is the fact gold can be farmed, higher levels readily have access to more of it, and if the gold doesnt provide an advantage in PvP, it doesn't ruin anyone else's game.
Blame the developers, not the Chinese.
If it's a PvP game, and the gold lets one player have an advantage over the other? Well... first off...
1) A new player buying gold will still have less of an advantage than a max-level farming gold, as the latter has the capacity to get more of an advantage, for longer, on average. (The new player wont spend a fortune on gold, they will spend only some money. This is on average, not on addicts/rich players).
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Today MINI is announcing it's next MINI Yours special edition – the Clubman Bond Street. Additionally MINI has revised the Hyde Park edition with similar higher paintwork. Look for both to debut at Geneva and be on sale worldwide in the Spring.
Official Release: While fashion statements come and go, authentic style is here for the duration. As a one-off in the premium small car segment, the MINI has cemented its place in the street scene of modern cities in inimitable style. And now the British brand is poised to unveil the MINI Clubman Bond Street design model – and deliver an eye-catching statement of signature charisma and premium quality in the process. Generously equipped and with a searching eye for detail, this is a MINI tailor-made for style-conscious customers of the particularly discerning variety. The MINI Clubman Bond Street will step out for the first time to a public audience at the International Geneva Motor Show in March 2013. continued →


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|In loving memory of my uncle
A genealogy blog focused on families settling in East Tennessee and the Northern Neck of Virginia with explorations of Rusyn roots.
Friday, April 13, 2012
In Memory
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Nice overview of your uncle's life in collage. Photographs are wonderful.ReplyDelete
Prayers, hugs and loads of sympathy coming your way.ReplyDelete
Susan, I am sorry for your loss. Thinking of you with prayers, sympathy and lots of hugs. Love all the photos, old and new.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful way to honor your uncle, Susan...although I know even the best representation of his life does not hold a candle to his being here. Will be holding your family up in prayer--that you will all be the support each other needs right now.ReplyDelete
My condolences to you and your family for this loss. Eternal memory!ReplyDelete
Susan, this is a lovely collage to honor your uncle. I'm so sorry for your loss. Condolences to you and the rest of his family.ReplyDelete
So sorry for the loss of your uncle, who I know was very dear to you. This collage is a beautiful way to remember him and share about his life. I'm sure he would have loved it. Sending my deepest sympathies your way.ReplyDelete
Let me add my condolences. I'm sure your uncle would appreciate the collage you made that captures so many of the wonderful events of the life he LIVED!ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry for your loss, Susan. A beautiful mosaic of a life well-lived.ReplyDelete
Thank you all for the kind words, thoughts, and prayers. Much appreciated.ReplyDelete
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With all the fanfare it can muster, the University of Miami's Homecoming 2011 is set to launch across campus, with most events taking place later in the week. As usual, there will be receptions, dinners, sports events and other activities to mark the occasion.
As the legal community brings National Pro Bono Week celebrations to a close, Miami Law solidified its commitment to giving back with the 13th Annual HOPE auction at the University of Miami's Lowe Art Museum.
Miami Law hosted a special "Pro Bono and Public Interest Law" panel discussion on Wednesday, October 26, to discuss the benefits of pursuing public interest and pro bono legal opportunities, and to examine the challenges attorneys face in pursuing such work. The discussion was co-sponsored by the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center, the Center for Ethics and Public Service, and the Career Development Office.
The University of Miami held a ceremony on October 28th to break ground on construction of the new Student Activities Center, to be located across the street from the Law School. An extraordinary lead gift of $20 million from the Fairholme Foundation is helping build this new, state of the art, 119,000-square-foot complex on the Coral Gables campus.
Diana Correa thought about coming to Miami Law to finish her Ph.D. thesis because she was looking for a peaceful place to work. After visiting the school's website, she discovered the wealth of experts here and her mind was made up.
There is a welcoming change taking place with the Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board. Historically, the student-run organization is well known for recruiting and training the finest oral and written advocates at the law school.
The Miami Herald has chosen Miami Law student Charles Haskell to assist the paper in covering the second anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. Haskell, a JD/MA student, has been asked to write an article that explores the aftermath of the Jan. 12, 2010, disaster, which left an estimated 316,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and more than 1 million homeless.
The HOPE Public Resource Center honored the noted trial lawyer H.T. Smith, JD '73, with its first Distinguished Leader in Public Service award on Thursday, October 27th. The award was presented during HOPE's annual auction.
Three Miami Law students traveled to Fordham University School of Law in New York last weekend to attend the International Law Weekend, a three-day conference that explores the intersection of international rules and norms, and domestic politics and policymaking. The students had the opportunity to take part in panel discussions and network with scholars and public and private legal professionals who gathered at the conference to discuss international law and national politics.
Law students from around South Florida are expected to attend Friday's Wrongful Convictions event. The lunchtime panel, which will be held in room E352, will explore the ramifications of faulty eye-witness statements, confessions, police corruption and more.
The annual 'Canes Carnival brought busloads of elementary school students last Friday from Liberty City to the Bricks at Miami Law for an afternoon of games, food, music, and arts and crafts. The Society of Bar & Gavel transformed the campus midway – located in the heart of Miami Law – into a fun-filled play zone. The event promotes community service within the law school, allowing students to give back to low-income communities in the Miami-Dade area without even leaving the campus.
Thomas Randolph Cox, JD '76, who practiced law in West Virginia and worked in the administration of Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV three decades ago, died on Wednesday. He was 62. Cox's colleagues often referred to him as the people's advocate. Since 1983, Cox had worked at the law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, in Charleston W. Va., where he died. His practice was in government relations, insurance regulatory work and environmental, telecommunications and corporate law.
Two weeks after special elections for second-year Student Bar Association seats were clouded by reports of violations, newly elected senators Cristin Comiskey and Nefra-Ann MacDonald on Thursday began serving in their new roles.
Jobs were disappearing when Miami Law graduate Joanna Thomson, JD '08, entered the legal profession. Only one day after she took the Florida Bar, her clerkship with the First District Court of Appeals was revoked due to a lack in funding. After three months without work, she was hired as a contract attorney at an antitrust law firm where she had clerked during school.
Valentin Pfisterer, a visiting scholar at Miami Law who hails from Germany, has made a library carousel his main office as he works to complete his Ph.D. thesis. Pfisterer's dissertation is concerned with the juncture at which European Corporate Law and European Constitutional Law meet.
Miami Law's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program (PREP) recently presented an ethics training at Catholic Charities Legal Services. Under the supervision of director Jan L. Jacobowitz, law students Charles Muniz, 3L, and Amanda LeCheminant, 2L, presented a training that addressed professional responsibility issues in the area of immigration law and hotly debated ethical issues faced by lawyers in an electronic age.
Miami Law's Center for Ethics and Public Service selected State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle to receive the 10th annual William M. Hoeveler Award. The prestigious prize celebrates ethics, leadership and public service in the legal profession.
For the first time, Miami Law's International Moot Court Program participated in the UBA International Commercial Arbitration. The competition, organized by the University of Buenos Aires, is popularly regarded as the biggest Moot exercise in Latin America.
For more than three decades, Robert "Bob" Traurig, a Miami Law alumnus who is now 86, was the "go to" lawyer for developers who sought to build in Miami-Dade county, especially on Miami's Brickell Avenue, in Coconut Grove or even as far as the edge of the Everglades. On November 3, he will be awarded the 2011 Alumnus of Distinction by the Law Alumni Association.
Heather Jarvis, a national student-loan expert, will speak to students from the University of Miami, FIU, St. Thomas and NOVA law about public service loan forgiveness at Miami Law on Oct. 24. Jarvis is a former capital defense attorney who now dedicates her expertise to helping student-loan borrowers better understand the repayment system under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
When Mitchell Rosen took his own life at the age of 24, his parents, Jackie and Harry Rosen, JD '61, began dedicating their lives to stopping others from doing the same. More than a decade ago, they established the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention, a non-profit organization committed to spreading the message of suicide prevention through education, survivor support, research and advocacy.
Real estate professionals, attorneys, academics and Florida state officials plan to convene for three days later this month in Coral Gables to discuss the future of growth management, planned development communities, new federal regulations prompted by the foreclosure debacle, and whether a real economic recovery is plausible.
Real estate professionals, attorneys, academics and Florida state officials plan to convene for three days later this month in Coral Gables to discuss the future of growth management, planned development communities, new federal regulations prompted by the foreclosure debacle, and whether a real economic recovery is plausible.
The American Bar Association recently presented the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center with the 2011 National Achievement Award in Public Interest. HOPE was honored by the ABA's Law School Division for its contributions to underrepresented groups and public interest causes, both within and outside the law school.
Law students who have not left town for the fall break are being invited to watch a live-stream transmission of an event at the White House on Thursday as part of President Obama's Champions of Change initiative. The viewing will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the downtown Miami offices of Legal Corps, which is hosting the event.
Last week's investiture of Fred S. McChesney as the de la Cruz-Mentschikoff Endowed Chair in Law and Economics prompted many tributes, not only for Professor McChesney but for the two people whose names grace the chair, Carlos M. de la Cruz, JD '79, and Soia Mentschikoff, who in 1974 became the first female dean at the University of Miami School of Law. One of the tributes came from Alexandria Mentschikoff Levedahl, the late dean's niece, who was unable to attend but who sent a written statement. It is reproduced here:
In his new book, Miami Law Professor Kunal Parker argues that 19th century Americans had quite different views about the role of common-law judges from those we hold today. Unlike elected representatives, common-law judges are not directly accountable to the electorate. These days, some people see common-law judges as engaging in social engineering, which might be considered an encroachment on democratic principles.
The de la Cruz-Mentschikoff Endowed Chair in Law and Economics is not just another honor. It is a legacy of talented people whose lives intersected at the University of Miami more than three decades ago.
One of the speakers at Thursday's investiture of Fred S. McChesney as the de la Cruz-Mentschikoff Endowed Chair in Law and Economics was Timothy J. Muris, a former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission who taught at Miami Law and is now on the faculty at George Mason University. He is also a close friend of the honoree. In introducing Professor Muris to the audience, Miami Law Dean Patricia D. White said he might best be remembered for allowing Americans to have their dinners in peace, a reference to his introduction of the Do-Not-Call Registry during his tenure at the FTC.
The audience attending the investiture on Thursday evening of Fred S. McChesney, JD '78, as the de la Cruz-Mentschikoff Endowed Chair in Law and Economics was treated to remarks not only by Prof. McChesney himself but by University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala, Miami Law Dean Patricia D. White, Carlos M. de la Cruz Sr., JD '79, and Timothy J. Muris, a George Mason University School Foundation Professor of Law.
Students from Miami Law's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program (PREP) – Daniel Casamayor, Matthew Friendly, and Candice Lazar – recently presented an interactive ethics and technology program at the Dade County Bar Association's Professionalism CLE. Under the supervision of Jan Jacobowitz, director of PREP, the students created a lively hypothetical format, which focused on ethical issues pertaining to Facebook, cutting-edge advertising formats, and proposed changes to Florida's advertising rules.
On Thursday evening, the de la Cruz-Mentschikoff Endowed Chair in Law and Economics was formally granted to Fred S. McChesney, JD '78, in an investiture ceremony at the Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center. Among the speakers were University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala, Miami Law Dean Patricia D. White and Timothy J. Muris, a George Mason University School Foundation Professor of Law.
Ask Us Post Graduate Student Service Fellows (along with the help of the the Dean of Students office, Scott Rogers, Gloria Garcia and Iris Morera) successfully hosted the fifth annual Wellness Week at Miami Law. The five-day event delivered food, fun, physical fitness and even puppies.
Six 1L senators were sworn into service today at the 16th Student Bar Association senate general meeting. Speaker Justin Diner inducted the following students into office: Jason Emert, Netaly Masica, Ryan Blicher, Jessica Gorra, Jenna Winchester and Claire Rumler.
Only one of two senator-election results was announced today. The list of first-year winners was posted in the student lounge during lunch. However, the outcome of the 2L special election is not available due to ongoing investigations by the election commission.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could have wide repercussions on the government's ability to influence relationships between religious organizations and the people who work for them.
With a membership of 125 strong, Miami Law Women (MLW) board members say this year is going to be the best one yet. Following the inception of the chapter at the School of Law in 2004 participation was strong, but it had taken a hit during the recession. The recent adjustment to dues, which has dropped to $10 from last year's $40 rate, may be one of the reasons more students are joining now.
Walter H. Beckham, former Miami Law professor and trial attorney, died Tuesday at his home in Asheville, North Carolina. Beckham, who served as a professor of law from 1968-1982, was a legendary and much-loved torts teacher at Miami Law.
Joe Wasserkrug, a first-year student at Miami Law, voted Monday in the SBA elections. Two young men sitting with him on The Bricks were too pressed for time. For some first-year students, heavy workloads take precedence over casting ballots. "I'll get to it tomorrow," Jesse Klein said as he prepared for an evening Torts class.
Two dozen Miami Law faculty and alumni will be recognized next week for their donations of legal expertise to the Ensuring Equal Justice Pro Bono Initiative. The program, developed by Public Defender Carlos J. Martinez, JD '90, creates a pipeline between the legal community and clients who need an attorney.
Historically, foreclosures were relatively rare and legally simple. The plaintiff was the lender and the defendant was the defaulted homeowner. But now it's often borrowers, even those clearly in default, who claim to be the aggrieved parties, victims of predatory lending and unscrupulous business practices.
Historically, foreclosures were relatively rare and legally simple. The plaintiff was the lender and the defendant was the defaulted homeowner. But now it's often borrowers, even those clearly in default, who claim to be the aggrieved parties, victims of predatory lending and unscrupulous business practices.
Given the choice, many would rather stay in bed instead of run a race on Sunday morning. But for 214 attorneys, judges, professors and students, the option was easy. They decided to run or walk in this year's Race Judicata. The 5k race, hosted by The Society of Bar and Gavel, raised $3,531 to benefit Miami Children's Hospital.
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Of course the locks I bought would not be much to phase a determined thief, but at the least they would make them work a bit. I am sure that the people who know what they are doing can get past just about any system that you try, but obviously it is a better deal if you make them work hard and any thing that can deter them is going to be a big help. You want to give them something to think about and perhaps make them think that they would have better luck if they went some other place instead of breaking in to your rental house. It is a simple matter to deter them and that is a realistic goal. Trying to make it impossible for some one to break in is not a goal that you can really hope to achieve.


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Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Green Wave softball team went 3-2 during the 23rd annual Azalea Invitational Tournament held at Gahagan Park Monday and Tuesday.
Summerville (14-6, 2-3 in Region 8-AAAA) has gone through a rough patch that saw the Wave drop its last three region games to Bluffton, Ashley Ridge and Fort Dorchester. The tournament represented an opportunity for Summerville to get things back on track, but instead it brought more adversity for the Wave.
"I expect a lot more out of our kids," Wave coach Heather Tucker said. "I know what they are capable of doing so I'm not asking them to play at a level they can't. I've seen them play at a higher level so I expect them to get back to that. We did play a little better in this tournament but it is still not up to our standards."
The Wave opened the tournament with a 2-1 loss to Woodruff. Summerville bounced back to defeat Wade Hampton 2-0 and Ohio team Bay High 5-0 to finish pool play.
Summerville was one of five teams to go 2-1 in pool play but only one of them could move into the championship bracket with three teams that went 3-0 in pool play. Summerville lost out on the runs allowed criteria and Dorman moved into the championship bracket.
The Wave played in the Silver Bracket but had to settle for a consolation game after falling 3-2 to Beaufort.
"We've had a few team chemistry problems but I can't pinpoint any one thing and say it is this or it is that," Tucker said. "We just have to fix some things. We have to be more focused in the box. We have to be able to make adjustments. We beat people early on who hadn't seen us but now that people have seen us they are making adjustments to play us better and we haven't made adjustments. Hopefully we have had a little wake up call and when we start going through our region again next week we will be able to get back to the level that we expect ourselves to play at."
The good news for Wave fans is their team did finish the tournament on a positive note, defeating Colleton County 6-0 in its final game.
Freshman Summer Jenkins picked up her second pitching win of the tournament, throwing five innings before the umpires ended the game due to time constraints. She struck out seven batters and only surrendered one hit. She didn't yield a single base on balls, but did hit one batter with a pitch.
"Summer is a hard worker and has improved from last season so she is doing a good job," Tucker said. "When we played Colleton in a region game she got hit with a line drive so I'm very proud of her for coming back from that and throwing like she did.
The Summerville bats cranked up in the bottom of the third inning. Taylor Knight, who led the Wave at the plate the entire tournament, opened the turn at bat with a stand-up double. Anna Gluhosky then hit a sharp line drive that a Colleton outfielder lost in the bright sunlight. The ball ended up at the fence, allowing Knight to score and Gluhosky to slide into third safely. Sarah Windham followed by reaching on a base on balls and scored on a single by Dani Halajcsik.
The next inning, Windham doubled the score with a three-run homer to left field that plated Hannah Horton and Taylor Belfiore.
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Mike Scappa was named the fourth York College baseball coach in the 44 years of the program's history in July of 2011. Scappa replaced long-time head coach Paul Saikia, who had served as the Spartans' leader since 1998. Saikia was named the Spartans' Assistant Dean for Athletics and Recreation in late spring of 2011.
Scappa's first year at the helm of the program saw the Spartans notch a record of 22-20. After a rough start to the campaign, York rallied to win 10 of their final 14 games with a young and talented roster that is primed for very good 2013 season. The Spartans were very close to having a much different record in 2012 as the Spartans lost nine one-run decisions.
Scappa begins his 19th season as a part of the Spartans' baseball program. He was a four-year letter winner for the Green and White before joining Saikia's staff as an assistant coach. He had spent 13 years coaching the hitters and catchers in addition to being involved in the recruiting process for the Spartans.
Scappa was a four-year starter as a switch-hitting catcher from 1995-1998. While wearing the Green and White of York College, Scappa accomplished as much as any team leader in program history. A two-time captain of the team, Scappa hit for a career average of .305 and was twice named to the All-CAC squad. He made two trips to the NCAA Tournament and won one CAC championship.
Scappa has accumulated a wealth of baseball knowledge during his playing career that included high school baseball at tradition-filled Gloucester Catholic High School in southern New Jersey. He played summer ball for the Brooklawn American Legion that is perennially considered one of the best in the nation.
Scappa graduated from York College in 1998 with his bachelor's degree in history. He earned his master's degree in educational leadership from York College in 2007. Scappa resides in York with his wife, Heather, and their two sons.
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