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— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) August 10, 2013
It was a great weekend for a little competitive soccer at the San Jose Earthquakes 4v4 tournament presented by Wells Fargo at Alden E. Oliver Sports Park.
Each player received a ticket to a Quakes home game and an official tournament t-shirt. Quakes associate partners 7UP, Xfinity, Jamba Juice and SoccerEarKraze were in attendance with freebies for attendees. Tommy Muller and Mike Fucito were also on hand to sign autographs and hang out with fans.
The winning teams scored Visa gift cards courtesy of Wells Fargo and an Earthquakes scarf.
Boys U-9: Hayward Tecos Oro
Boys U-10: Deportivo Barcelona
Boys U-11: Leyends Honors
Boys U-13: Deportivo Barcelona
Boys U-14: Villa Pallet
Boys U-15: Lobos United FC
Girls U-12: Woodland Fire01 Black
Girls U-14: West Valley Revolution Red
Co-ed Open: Picazo
Mens Open: Azulita
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The lucky winner will be treated in the Pre-game VIP Hospitality Area with food and non-alcoholic drinks and will receive a parking pass.
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Great news for all out-of-state Quakes fans! San Jose's road match versus the Vancouver Whitecaps will be Major League Soccer's featured Stream of the Week.
The match, which kicks off at 4:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, can be viewed here.
If you're sticking around the Bay Area, you can still catch the game on CSNCA.
Chris Wondolowski isn't the only Quake to earn praise for a noteworthy performance in Week 23. Victor Bernardez and Clarence Goodson are both nominated for top defender of the week for their solid performances in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Chivas USA.
Bernardez and Goodson both anchored a back line that kept a clean sheet against the attacking-style Chivas USA.
Be sure to vote for the duo here.
In just his first week back following a whirlwind month with the U.S. Men's National Team, 2013 MLS All-Star Chris Wondolowski is already making headlines with his two-goal performance that led the Quakes to a shutout victory over Chivas USA last Saturday.
Wondo's brace put him amongst Major League Soccer's Top 3 Performers of the Week. Check out highlights from his superb performance here:
Chris Wondolowski has had a busy summer representing the National Team, being named to the 2013 MLS All-Stars and leading the San Jose Earthquakes in goals.
On Wednesday night in Kansas City, Wondo suited up for the 2013 MLS All-Star Game, appearing as a halftime substitution. Although the All-Stars went on to fall 3-0 to AS Roma, Wondo left an impression on All-Star coach Peter Vermes. Vermes had this to say on Wondolowski and fellow All-Star Landon Donovan:
"I thought both those guys did well. Landon is a world class player that does so many things on the field that I don't think people realize that gets taken for granted. And Wondo, we had to play him a little bit out of position a little bit. He likes to play closer to goal, but we had him wide at times. They did a hell of a job."
Wondolowski has appeared in three consecutive MLS All-Star Games.
The U.S. Men's National Team will look to add some hardware to their highly successful summer campaign as they take on Panama in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final at 1 p.m. PT on Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Both the U.S. and Panama are undefeated in the tournament, but the U.S. have the edge- with 19 goals scored and only four conceded.
Three Quakes- Chris Wondolowski, Clarence Goodson and Alan Gordon- are in camp with the USMNT and will fight for minutes with the talented squad. Wondolowski netted five goals in two matches of the tournament, while Goodson has a goal and a secondary assist to his name.
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Pictured R-L: Brian Pointer, Michael Phillips, James Woodrow, Daren Gilbert
From Malaysia to San Jose, Daren Gilbert has been around the world to see his beloved Norwich City FC Canaries. A season ticket holder for 32 years, Gilbert hasn't missed a single Norwich City FC match since April 16, 1983. SJEarthquakes.com was lucky enough to sit down with Daren on Saturday.
SJEarthquakes.com: You go to every single home and away Norwich game. Where are some of the places you've traveled for games?
Daren Gilbert: Malaysia, Germany, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Italy, Scotland
SJEQ: Any crazy stories from your travels?
DG: None that I'm allowed to repeat!
SJEQ: Where do you hope the Canaries play so you can visit?
DG: I've always wanted to go to Australia.
SJEQ: Favorite game?
DG: When Norwich beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in the first leg match of the 1993 UEFA Cup second round.
SJEQ: What made you miss the April 16, 1983 game?
DG: My sister got married. But she got a divorce so if she were to get married again she would have to have it on a non-game day if she wanted me there.
SJEQ: Have you missed any notable events for a game?
DG: Just my parent's anniversary one year- but they understood.
SJEQ: How has your time in the Bay Area been so far?
DG: I got here with my four friends on Tuesday. We went to San Francisco and went to the Golden Gate Bridge and to Alcatraz. It's a bit too hot in San Jose for us but it's been great. We are headed up to Portland next.
SJEQ: What's the your favorite food you've eaten since you got here?
DG: The pancakes!
SJEQ: What do you think of MLS?
DG: It's grown quite a bit. I really started to take it seriously when Darren Huckerby came to play for the Earthquakes.
SJEQ: How are the Canaries going to do this season?
DG: Hopefully they'll stay up. I think they will finish 10th.
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Visit a participating Wells Fargo banking location and open a new Wells Fargo consumer or business checking account and receive a complimentary San Jose Earthquakes scarf. This sweet offer runs through July 31 and is available at more than 100 Wells Fargo banking locations throughout Santa Clara, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties.
See your local Wells Fargo banker for complete details.
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Not only have they got a handsome fee back for him but, more importantly, they've got a boat-load of trouble off their hands.
I can't imagine that any manager could have been more accommodating than Roberto Mancini was towards the striker; he gave him every opportunity and every encouragement and yet, to my mind, Balotelli was a flop for City.
For their £24m outlay, City got a return of 20 Premier League goals - a lot of them from the penalty spot - and plenty of trouble to boot.
The funny thing is, though, that while Balotelli was a failure in England I'm sure he'll be fondly remembered by a lot of City fans - and probably increasingly so as the years roll by.
In years from now I'm sure people will still be talking about the 'Balotelli years'.
More immediately, we'll now have significantly less to talk about on Soccer Saturday, whether it be fireworks in the bathroom or camouflage-coloured cars.
I don't know what the Italian for 'mad-as-a-hatter' is, but that was Balotelli...
Over at QPR, Harry Redknapp recognises that he largely needs to sign players who are proven performers in the Premier League but has found it difficult to do so.
This is a critical transfer window for clubs like Rangers because the rewards next season are going to be absolutely enormous. But do you stick or twist? Do you invest and hope to stay up or not?
If Rangers can win the lunchtime game on Saturday against Norwich, they'll be only one point off safety and who would have thought that a couple of weeks ago? Probably not even Harry...
Harry has been critical of the amount of money paid out for some players in previous regimes and yet he has to pay absolutely top-dollar to strengthen his squad, so he finds himself in a tricky position.
He's got a quick return on Loic Remy, which was a great start for him, but signing Christopher Samba will be an expensive piece of business if the fees reported are the case.
In the long term, however, Samba could easily be the difference between them going up and staying down and, on the plus side, he has got the likes of Djibril Cisse, Anton Ferdinand, Rob Hulse and Alejandro Faurlin off the wage bill.
These are interesting times on Newcastle, where 'Alan Pardieu' has bought in the French Resistance.
Can you have too many Frenchman in the side? Not if they all play like Yohan Cabaye you can't because he's been absolutely fantastic in the last few games.
But it is a risk. I watched the second half against Aston Villa and thought that Mathieu Debuchy, for instance, was really struggling when the heat was on.
Le Championnat is by no means the strongest league in Europe, so Newcastle must be sure that they are investing in quality.
Are the five that he's brought in all good players? We will see.
Newcastle will be encouraged by the fact that they went to Villa and won, with Moussa Sissoko playing an important role, but if I was a Newcastle fan I think I'd be a little bit frustrated that the club's scouting system doesn't seem to extend beyond the south of France...
Reading is another club that fascinates me.
They may be owned by a Russian billionaire, yet the players they've bought in the transfer window so far are universally underwhelming in terms of fee.
Maybe that's because the owner has not been willing to put forward the wheelbarrows of money that some Russians have done in the past, or maybe it's a club policy not to spend big on an overseas signing to avoid rocking the apple cart.
We've seen the sort of divide that can bring about in the QPR dressing room under Mark Hughes.
I expect most fans are distinctly underwhelmed by Reading's signings - the likes of Sporting Lisbon's Daniel Carrico, Hope Akpan from Crawley, Nick Blackman from Sheffield United and Stephen Kelly from Fulham.
Some people will say they are buying for the Championship but I don't share that opinion because these are young players, all of whom have big futures. If they can step up then the club's transfer policy will be entirely justified.
Philippe Coutinho's move to Liverpool is an interesting one.
There was a feeling on the south coast that the midfielder, who spent time with Mauricio Pochettino at Espanyol, might go to Southampton.
I know Phil Thompson was worried about that after Saints signed Gaston Ramirez and Vegard Forren, both of whom Liverpool had been interested in.
Yet Liverpool have signed him and it's a risky move from what I understand.
Coutinho - who is still only 20 - was viewed as a bright, young thing of Brazilian football when he was there but didn't play many games. He found the tag of 'the next wonder-kid' hard to carry.
He went to Inter and, in all honesty, didn't make the grade, earning only a handful of league starts before being loaned out to Espanyol.
At five foot 11 and 11 stone there's not much of him but he's a ball player. Whether he'll look lightweight or not, remains to be seen.
Maybe a fresh start is exactly what he needs.
Meanwhile, I imagine Wilfried Zaha couldn't have chosen anywhere better that Manchester United to go and further his career.
Everybody says he's a fantastic talent and the biggest issue seems to be where exactly he'll fit into the Manchester United side as they've already got fantastic wide players like Ashley Young and Valencia, and they can use Danny Welbeck in a wide role as well.
I suspect he's probably going to have to be patient before fully making his mark.
Until then, I've just one word of advice for him. The next time you are the subject of a big-money deal at one of the world's biggest clubs, wear a different T-shirt...
I've chosen MK Dons for their victory over QPR. For any side to go away to a Premier League side and be 4-0 up if fantastic, even if it was a much-changed Premier League side. Although Harry Redknapp rang the changes and his priority is Premier League survival, he would have wanted to win this and no mistake. He's won the Cup before and it's a competition that he loves. You could see by his reaction afterwards how upset he was with his team's performance.
I've only seen glimpses of MK Dons but they play lovely passing football and Karl Robinson is a smart, engaging, amusing manager - the type of manager that players really want to play for. We know other clubs have been in for him so the Dons have done well to hang on to him. There's no doubt that one day he will manage at a higher level than League One - maybe with the MK Dons, who knows? I've got every confidence that he will get the club's league season back on track.

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How to delete your Google search Web History
Google can keep track of everything you've ever searched for using their Web History service, even if you've cleared the browser history on your iPhone, iPad, or PC. Now that Google is changing their privacy policy -- which some view as an excellent simplification and standardization and others see as a disturbing data grab -- it means your search results won't be kept separately but potentially shared with each and every other Google service.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has this to say:
Until now, your Google Web History (your Google searches and sites visited) was cordoned off from Google's other products. This protection was especially important because search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more. If you want to keep Google from combining your Web History with the data they have gathered about you in their other products, such as YouTube or Google Plus, you may want to remove all items from your Web History and stop your Web History from being recorded in the future.
If you choose to disable Google Web History, here's how:
- Log into your Google account
- Go to http://www.google.com/history
- Tap on Remove all Web History
Once you remove your Google Web History, Google will also stop recording it going forward (unless or until you re-enable it via the same page).
Google has been under increased scrutiny lately when it comes to online user privacy, for the heavy handed way they've used Search and Gmail to push their social networks like Google Buzz and Google+, and more recently for the discovery they've been circumventing Safari's third party cookie protection.
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Yeah you can remove it but google still have it as pointed out here http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=54052
'However, as is common practice in the industry, and as outlined in the Google Privacy Policy, Google maintains a separate logs system for auditing purposes and to help us improve the quality of our services for users.'
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Vermont Press Bureau | August 22,2013MONTPELIER Gov. Peter Shumlin is hailing three new insurance contracts that he says will save the state an estimated $10 million in employee health care costs in 2014.
A competitive bidding process to administer the states self-insured medical plans saw Vermont end its long-running relationship with Cigna in favor of an offer submitted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont.
Commissioner of Human Resources Kate Duffy said Thursday that the Blue Cross bid contained more favorable provider rates than the ones negotiated on the states behalf by Cigna. Duffy said the state paid out $119 million in medical claims last year; under rates negotiated by Blue Cross, she said, those costs would have been $5 million less.
The way to save on costs on a plan like this is primarily on discounts you can get from providers that are negotiated by these (insurance) companies, Duffy said.
The state also put out to bid contracts to administer its prescription and dental plans. And while Vermont has selected the same carriers its used in the past Express Scripts and Delta Dental, respectively Duffy says the companies will deliver increased savings.
Lower pharmaceutical costs negotiated by Express Scripts, according to Duffy, will save the state a projected $5 million in 2014.
The state of Vermont is self-insured, paying out of pocket to settle the medical claims amassed by the 23,000 current and retired state employees as well as family members covered by the plan. But the state contracts with private carriers to administer the plan, and negotiate rates with providers, a task Duffy said the state is ill-suited to handle itself.
We dont have the capacity to do that, and I dont think we have expertise or the technology that the companies who were bidding on this have, Duffy said.
Duffy said the savings do not in any way derive from changes to the employee benefit plan, the terms of which are negotiated between the administration and state workers union during contract talks. But under the Blue Cross bid employees will also gain access to the insurance carriers wellness program.
I am confident Blue Cross new Accountable Blue program will help us save costs and, more importantly, improve the health of our state employees and their families, Shumlin said in a statement.
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Jennifer Williams is entering her fifth season at the helm of the MIT softball program. In her third season, Williams helped the Engineers post their highest win total in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play since 1994 and was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year for her accomplishments.
Williams arrived in Cambridge after spending one year at Southern New Hampshire University where she worked closely with the Penmen pitching staff while also assisting in infield and hitting instruction.
Prior to her tenure at Southern New Hampshire, Williams spent two years as an assistant for the Smith College softball team as she pursued a Master's of Science in Exercise Science and Sports Studies. Williams' coaching experience extends overseas as well, as she served as the Pitching Coach for the Swedish Junior and Senior National Teams in the summer of 2008. She also assisted the Enköping Softball Club while in Sweden and has a wealth of instructional and clinical experience.
Williams graduated from Middlebury College in 2007, where she was a four-year member of the Panthers' softball team while an undergraduate. She graduated as the all-time leader in career wins (32), complete games (41) and most innings pitched (327.1). She has completed classes as part of the National Fastpitch Coaches College.


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In a new article, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us, Time Magazine delves into why medical bills are so high.
I had a fibrous cyst creating a boil on my neck several years ago. After a round of antibiotics, a doctor performed a 15 minute outpatient surgery, assisted by a nurse, in an examination room. It wasn't even an operating room. Local anesthetic was used. The incision was about 3/4", and I was given a prescription for Vicodin I really didn't need before I left.
The bill was about $850. I was shocked. I might have expected $250, but $850?
Well, $850 is nothing in today's medical world.
Time describes instances of non-life threatening household accident injuries that run up bills in the five figures. More serious problems like treating cancer can run up bills in the six- and seven-figure range with ridiculous line items described in excruciating detail in the article.
What makes the pain of high healthcare costs worse is that the health care providers seem to be profiteering with markups that are as outrageous as they are unjustified. So-called "nonprofit" hospitals are actually profit-making institutions. Have you noticed how your local hospital is adding on new additions like crazy while the rest of the economy is slow. It's a boom economy in healthcare, forcing unjustifiable costs on a public suffering in a totally separate economy.
The article argues something I've already written about here: the healthcare industry isn't a normal market and doesn't really operate in the normal economy the rest of us have to live in. It doesn't compete for the business it gets and there's very little operating to restrain their costs. Yes, your insurance company probably gets a discount of 40%-50%, but even with that discount it's hard to justify the line items on the bills.
Of course, there are people who can't pay their bills and become write-offs and they become part of the high cost of healthcare, but not such a large part that bills need to be as high as they are. Likewise, insuring themselves against lawsuits filed by people who can't accept that (a) shit happens or that (b) some people's conditions are terminal no matter WHAT care they get is a costly problem.
Putting some controls on the legal problems the industry faces is an obvious need, and one that can be addressed. However, the reasons for high healthcare have mostly to do with greed—getting whatever the traffic will bear—rather than providing the best service possible at a reaonable price. It's an industry that has forgotten that its primary purpose is to provide a service, not to break the back of those it serves with unjustifiably high expenses.
Look, I like capitalism, but I've come to decide that there are places where capitalism doesn't work. We don't want police and fire departments, libraries, and parks to be run on a "what the market will bear" basis. I would think that we especially don't want our healthcare system run that way.
You have no better argument for socializing medicine than the system we have now.
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I also want others to pay higher taxes. ;)
The main problem in the US is that everyone needs to pay higher taxes. Well, at least pretty much everyone. A 10% across the board increase would do it. Of course, that's unless you prefer getting smart about taxes, and everybody could pay a more appropriate amount.
They do by counting personal debt interest and bond interest (which is non existent right now) as both rights off's (if you make enough money) and capital gains tax. Its the reason no one wants to change the tax code. All our cooking of the books would go bye bye. We don't see the tree's in the forest any longer. The money is not backed by anything but debt. So the gov. prints the money and then takes it back in taxes but it never really pays anything back because it's only good as long as the US and worlds people do not demand equality. If we all stop complaining about taxes (which are not real just paper transactions) and stop looking at our wages as gross and only as net then the govt will have to change.We are all duped into a jedi mind trick so that growth seems plausible. You make 100k a year but only take home 60k a yr, i take the 40k and pay for stuff for you. Pretend you have it and then complain about giving it back so it seems real. and then maybe give you more "back" from time to time. Its all a way to make it SEEM so real but its not. In the scenario above you make 60k. Sometimes you get a break and 65k but really the part everyone complains about in taxes is not real just less money printed but yet put ont he books as if it was.
"The money is not backed by anything but debt."
Except, of course, the productive capacity of the US.
"So the gov. prints the money and then takes it back in taxes"
Actually, they sell bonds to investors - who, at the moment, is actually paying the government for the privilege to buy the debt - and then turn around and use the proceeds to buy goods and services from the people of the US so that they will avoid a severe depression.
"but it never really pays anything back"
Why would it? Investors have so much money that they are paying the government to take it, hardly seems as if they need it.
"because it's only good as long as the US and worlds people do not demand equality."
Can't really demand economic equality, it needs to be achieved. China is working hard at it.
YES! I was just going to suggest that. In NZ we have GST (Goods and Services, Value Added, sales) tax. but the retailer is required to include this in the price. So, if you see an item on sale for $5, you take it to the counter and give the clerk $5. In the States, you are not only mightily inconvenienced by pockets full of pennies, you are reminded, with every transaction, how much tax you're paying.
Why can't the same jedi mind trick be used for income tax. Instead of the employer paying you $1000 and you having to pay the govt $200, why not put net up front. Tell the employee, "Your salary is $800. Here it is. Go spend it." Then the employer (or banker, or investment co,) can pay your income tax for you invisibly. Of course there's an administrative burden on the company, but the burden would be a hundred times less than the cumulatively administrative burden on the individuals.
For the vast majority, capital gains (excl. dividends, which counts as income) will be taxed at 18/20%. As corporations in the US is taxed at 35%, the technical tax rate is thus 52%/53.3%.
We do not simply toss capital gains income and corporate income into the same pile when calculating tax liability. Corporations exist to shelter individuals from liability. For instance, imagine Chase goes belly-up. The CEO won't lose his personal fortune. After all, he says, they're totally separate things, so Chase's creditors can't touch my stuff! But look at what happens when the IRS comes. Suddenly it's different. It's all one big pile of money, he howls, taxed twice! It doesn't work both ways. The reality is: it only works the former way. The latter way is pure fantasy from the Republican theme park ride.
I'd be willing to make a deal with these folks, though. We'll tax the corporation's income and his capital gains compensation "once" as though it really is all one big pile. But when the company fails or gets sued, it's still all in one big pile, and his income and assets are fair game to Chase's creditors and litigators.
Setting capital gains aside, look at the actual taxation revenues that come from corporations. It is not 35% anywhere except in the Republican campaign playbook. The effective average corporate tax rate was just 12.1% according to the CBO, and 55% of US multinationals have zero or even negative tax liability in some years.
This is the result of the tax avoidance epidemic I mentioned earlier. These corporations pay (mostly but not exclusively Republican) Congressmen to create tax loopholes and other subsidies for their types of incomes. The official corporate income tax rate is set at 35%, but US firms are so adept at tax avoidance (and Congress is so corrupt) they almost never actually pay it.
If they were independent of each other then they shouldn't be counted together. However, there exists strong reasons why to double count them, specifically that the tax burden impacts both the value of a firm and the dividends its able to pay. As the double tax rate is considered relevant by the investor, its relevant for the calculation of total tax burden.
Lets say you start investing in property, and end up with 10 units that gross you $100k profit each year. You are considering whether to incorporate or not. If you don't you are taxed at your personal rate of 35%, thus you net $65k. If you incorporate you will first pay corporate tax of 35%, and then personal tax of 35% on dividends, thus you net $42.3k. Clearly you would choose to be personally liable, which will make you vulnerable and restrict your growth potential. I think that's quite relevant points and worthy of consideration.
The CEO wouldn't be liable anyway, unless he is also a shareholder. Auntie Marie with a few thousand dollars in shares through her 401-k, on the other, hand would be in the compromise you outlined.
While there certainly are possible to close loopholes, the average tax rate will almost always be lower than the corporate tax rate since general and tax accounting rules are different. Two large "loopholes" is that losses in one year count towards profit in another year, and depreciation is usually linear in the general accounting and percentage based (accelerated) in the tax accounting. That's not to say unnecessary loopholes don't exist and can't be closed, but a lower corporate tax in the US would make tax planning less profitable, and may in fact bring in more revenue. A sector tiered tax system would be even better, taxing extraction and domestic end-consumer companies at a substantially higher than those who face international competition.
I dislocated my shoulder several years ago, and had no insurance. I normally pushed the shoulder back into place, but this time even an 80lb tool box was not enough. A friend took we to the ER, I waited nearly 3 hours before I was seen, by then I was going into shock! Finally, I was wheeled in, they looked it over, they knocked me out, and I woke up a few hours latter with a re-located shoulder and a bill that seemed to indicate that I had been also raped! $1200.
For some reason they could not just use Demeral, which had always worked before, and I could stay conscious, they thought they needed to dope we up on a medication that interfers with short term memory!
Finally, I was able to get medical for a few months and had surgery for the shoulder, good ever since!
During the period I attempted to make payments, I was told by the billing department, after mentioning that the bill was absurd and no sane person should be stuck with it, that 'docters are wonderful, you should be happy that they put you back together!' In short, docters are F--king god, how dare you complain!
I hope, if this becomes a closer match to 'the best of all possible universes', that doctors get a 6 figure reality check! Thanks for being there, when I needed you!


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Results of Vitor Belfort's Random Drug Test Will Not Be Released Unless He Does So Himself
Moderators, I realize that we have an abnormally high ratio of TRT threads right now so please merge this post where you see fit. But IMHO this is the real story right here. The NSAC policy change and the mysterious nature of Belfort's UFC 173 'withdrawal' all stem from one thing; the results of that February 7th drug test.
By now you know that Vitor Belfort has been replaced by Lyoto Machida against Chris Weidman at UFC 173. That announcement came just hours after the Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously approved a motion to ban therapeutic use exemptions for testosterone replacement therapy.
What we don't know, and may never know for sure, are the results of the surprise drug test Belfort was asked to take by the NAC on Feb. 7 while in Las Vegas for the 2013 World MMA Awards. Those results could very well make this cloudy picture a whole lot more clear.
Here's what we know: the results of that test are in. They came in earlier this week. Belfort and his team knows them, the commission knows them, the UFC knows them. However, because he was tested prior to submitting an application for licensure in Nevada, and did not provide consent outside of the application to release the results, the commission is not at liberty to release the results. They would have already if Belfort had submitted his application for a license to fight in Nevada on May 24 against Weidman. The UFC is also not required to release the results and have not, thus far.
MMAFighting.com submitted a public records request to NAC chairman Francisco Aguilar, who replied that he was not legally allowed to share the results or discuss any aspect of them for that aforementioned reason. MMAFighting.com has attempted to contact Belfort, his wife Joanna, his lawyer Neal Tabachnick and his manager Glenn Robinson to discuss the results of the drug test but to no avail.
On Thursday, MMAFighting.com was told by multiple sources that the results would be publicly released later that day, but that is no longer the case.
Back in March 2012, Alistair Overeem failed a surprise drug test in Nevada, which led to him getting pulled from his UFC heavyweight title fight later that year against Junior dos Santos. Those results were released by the commission because he had already submitted a request for licensure in Nevada.
On Thursday's episode of "FOX Sports Live," Belfort provided this statement:
"The Nevada State Athletic Commission recently altered its policy and no longer will permit testosterone use exemptions, and will not permit a TRT program. As other jurisdictions may follow suit, I am going to drop my TRT program and compete in MMA without it. Given the time constraints involved between now and my proposed next bout in May, I have determined not to apply for a license to fight in Nevada at this time."
On Friday, he contradicted that statement via his Facebook page:
"Vitor Belfort didnt give up on the fight," he wrote, "he was forced to give up.
"I never gave up on UFC 173 fight and never said that. Any information about it in the media is not true. What I said was that Ill quit on TRT,' and not quit on the fight,' to continue my dream to fight."
The latter statement meshes with what he said in Oct. 2013, regarding ending his TRT use for an opportunity to fight for the middleweight title.
"Ive already said that, if they agree with it, I would (stop doing TRT)," he said. "No problem at all. If they want me to get there in a disadvantage, thats OK."
Bottom line: the UFC is moving on without Belfort. All of a sudden, he won't be getting the title shot he's been campaigning for very heavily over the past year. The question that remains though is, why not? Does it have anything to do with that Feb. 7 drug test?
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It takes place over a 5 km military training ground course, and involves tyre-carrying, crawling over ice, nets, rivers and obstacles.
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This is a huge content update to the Darkmoon Faire. From the preview, this appears to be the Molten Front of the Darkmoon Faire, a huge, fun questing and game experience that involves fun toys, games, and more. Games include Whack-a-Gnoll, Tonk Battle Royale, the ominious-sounding Cannon, a ring toss game, a shooting gallery, and more to be announced. A new Gurubashi Arena-style free-for-all PVP arena called the Darkmoon Deathmatch will be introduced, as well.
One of the most interesting parts of the new Darkmoon Faire is that you will be able to gain experience, prize tickets, and skill points for your professions -- up to five skills points per profession per Faire week. If you've been struggling with those last few points in a profession or want to level up alts' professions without spending too much on the Auction House, the first week of each month at the Faire opens up some new options.
Finally, a new item called the Darkmoon Field Guide will allow players to collect Darkmoon Artifacts from everything from PVE to PVP content. The book also acts as a Darkmoon hearthstone, bringing you to the Faire when it's in town. Collecting artifacts seems that it will be the new way to grind out reputation with the Darkmoon Faire.
Once a month, this new Darkmoon Faire will make its appearance. Carnival barkers will open up portals to Darkmoon Island, and the Darkmoon outposts in Mulgore and Elwynn Forest will offer free rides to the new faire grounds. This update is huge, and patch 4.3 just got even bigger. Pretty exciting stuff is on the horizon.
It's incredible! It's unbelievable! You'll be dazzled. You'll be amazed! You aren't prepared for the Darkmoon Faire, 'cause it's like nothing you've seen before! Don't be shy now, don't be bashful, step right up for a tantalizing glimpse of what we've got in store for you when patch 4.3 arrives!
That old thing?
No, no, no, Clem. The Darkmoon Faire isn't what it used to be and it isn't where it used to be. The management hasn't changed but the Faire certainly has. It's a whole new animal. Tickets? You don't need those old tickets, just rip 'em right up, 'cause we've got new tickets! Out with the old, in with the new -- new quests, that is! Things have changed 'round here: we've got an island all to ourselves now, and what an island it is. Mist-shrouded Darkmoon Island is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma. It's a place of mystery and wonder, and you wouldn't believe the deals we made to get it... or who we made 'em with. But never mind that, just follow me right through here and I'll show you what the Darkmoon Faire is all about.
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Catch a show at the marvelous main stage or witness a dazzling fireworks display. But don't stare too long or you might miss the stunning spectacles that surround you. Gaze in awe of our magical menagerie, get your fortune told by the amazing Sayge, go on a pony ride, experience the healthful effects of carnival food, and more!
Of course, there's more to the Darkmoon Faire than just fantastic shows and culinary delights. You can still turn in your Darkmoon Cards, but you wouldn't just come here for measly ol' cards when there's so much more to see, experience, and win. Yes, win! You like dancing bears, right? Everybody likes dancing bears. Even bears like dancing bears. How about a dancing bear... you can ride!
That's not all! We have adorable companion pets includin' a fez-wearing monkey, a plethora of profession recipes, toys, balloons, souvenirs, delectable carnival snacks and beverages, heirlooms for the little ones, and even replicas of long-lost suits of armor that we're offering for your Transmogrification needs. You can also make your mark with new achievements and titles. All it takes to earn these fabulous rewards is a few Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets and a good reputation with the carnies. How do ya get your grubby mitts on some tickets? I'm glad you asked!
Step right up! Try your luck! Everyone's a winner!
Have we got games? You bet we've got games, and they're so easy to play an orc could do it. Just head on over to the midway, buy some Darkmoon Game Tokens, and get ready to play. Easy to learn, difficult to master, anyone can play and everyone can win. Just lay your tokens down for a chance at winning Darkmoon Prize Tickets playing games like Whack-a-Gnoll, the Tonk Battle Royale, the Cannon, Ring Toss, the Shooting Gallery, and more! Five games are there to test your skills at any one time. The better you play, the easier it is to win a bucket of Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets! Once a month, you've got a shot at tickets, and the fun never stops 'cause you can play as many times as you like. But that's not the only way to win big!
The Darkmoon Faire Field Guide
It's your passport to riches, my friend. Y'see, we need a few things -- just some junk, nothing valuable to a big hero like you. We call 'em Darkmoon Artifacts, and there's all different kinds to be found all over Azeroth. The Darkmoon Field Guide helps you discover artifacts while you're explorin' dungeons, slayin' monsters, and fightin' in Battlegrounds. Without a guide, you'd never notice 'em, and it'll help keep you focused on the stuff we want. Whether you just reached level 10, or you've crushed the biggest baddies in the land, we need somethin' from nearly everybody. You won't have to go too far out of your way to get 'em and each month you'll get a new opportunity to seek out an Artifact for us. What do you get out of the deal? Don't you worry, you'll get your cut. When you bring a Darkmoon Artifact back to us, you'll get valuable experience (it builds character, you know!), earn a better reputation, and possibly earn precious Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets too!
Oh, did I mention that you can use the Field Guide to get to Darkmoon Island whenever the Darkmoon Faire's monthly extravaganza is up and running?
So, you want to work in show business?
Maybe you'd like a little peek behind the scenes, eh? Want to see what it takes to run the greatest show on Azeroth? Well, it's not all sunshine and cotton candy, my friend. There are beasts to heal, food to cook, and buildings to fix. If you're willing help keep the show going and put your skills to work, you'll not only impress us, but you can get experience, Darkmoon Prize Tickets, and even polish up your skills -- up to five skill points per profession, per Faire week, if you're good at what you do!
Darkmoon Deathmatch!
Like any good carnival, the Darkmoon Faire has a shady side. You can leave the skilled labor to the suckers and go for a faster score instead. If you've got the minerals, the Darkmoon Deathmatch offers an experience unparalleled since the Gurubashi Arena. Pitmaster Pei has a big old treasure chest just brimming with goodies and Darkmoon Faire Prize Tickets that he'll drag out into the Darkmoon Deathmatch Pit every three hours or so. Everybody wants it, so if you want a piece of the action you'll just have to jump in and prove that you're the toughest one in the Pit.
Oh, the Faire is perfectly safe, Clem. Just don't wander into the woods.
Now, now, don't panic. Darkmoon Isle might be a bit spooky, but except for the Deathmatch Pit, the Faire itself is completely safe, I guarantee it. It's a sanctuary even, and we won't let anybody's beef ruin the fun. The shadowy woods surroundin' the fair are another thing entirely, though. I wouldn't say that people have disappeared into those woods never to return, but, well... people disappear into those woods never to return. So watch your step , and your back, when you leave the Faire. Don't say I didn't warn ya!
Mark your calendar
Now that you know how amazing the new Darkmoon Faire is, you won't want to miss it. Just take a look at your in-game calendar, and the Darkmoon Faire dates will show up there on the first week of every month. Darkmoon Faire barkers and displays will also pop up in every capital city to herald the arrival of the Faire. Silas Darkmoon himself has even started up a mailer to make sure that no one misses out!
Hitch a ride
During the first week of each month, convenient Darkmoon Faire outposts with Darkmoon Portals will appear in Elwynn Forest and Mulgore, offering free rides to Darkmoon Island and the Faire!
Darkmoon Mages in capital cities and on Darkmoon Island will also be around to help you get between the Faire and various capital cities. There's no such thing as a free lunch, so naturally you're obliged to compensate them for their services.
The all new Darkmoon Faire is coming to Darkmoon Island in patch 4.3. Don't miss it!
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Look at what's ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing -- from astride his back!


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Roscoe Reading Program Founder and Chairperson Marietta Hicks sat quietly in the second row as a student and a principal gave an update about the non-profit program that Hicks started.
The update was presented to the Berkeley County School Board at its regularly scheduled meeting in Moncks Corner on Feb. 26.
The Roscoe Reading Program is now in 16 county schools and motivates children to read by rewarding them with ice cream parties once they reach specified "Accelerated Reader" point levels each quarter.
If the students reach their goals teachers must kiss one of the program's therapy dogs.
Boulder Bluff Elementary and Sedgefield Intermediate became the latest county schools to join the program in 2012. A total of 16 schools participate.
"I think we're doing a fabulous job on a shoestring budget," Hicks said. "Last year we did all this for $64,000."
Last year four schools had 100 percent participation, according to Hicks.
A total of 18,570 books have been given to students through Roscoe Reading during this school year. A total of 4,034 students and 185 teachers are participating.
Since the program began in 2002, nearly 129,000 books have been given to students.
Roscoe Junior Ambassador Catherine Dixon (a Macedonia Middle School 6th-grader) took the podium to eloquently articulate how she assisted Hicks with the parties, even up to four a day.
"Many new and exciting books have been ordered, grabbing students' attention like pop rocks in a candy store to a two-year-old," Catherine said.
She also invited each school board member to attend a Roscoe Reading party.
"This program has encouraged my students to be readers," Westview Elementary School Principal Aimee Fulmer said. "They want to read and they want to experience success. The program is incentive-based, it encourages individual success. It is not in any way punitive.
"All students are able to feel the success. It's not just a program that awards the academic elite."
School board member Kent Murray publicly recognized the Roscoe Reading board members Keith Kornahrens, Donna Marino, Bill Salisbury, Chuch Chears, Elaine Norton and Beth Schurlknight.
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This year, Norfolk Southern unveiled a striking new fleet of commemorative diesels in honor of its fallen flags. What a delight to watch these colorful units roll out of the paint shops in liveries that have been missed for decades!
Following Norfolk Southern's lead, Lionel introduces the first group of ten heritage schemes with the ES44AC locomotives. And for each engine, a matching caboose and freight car are also available.
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4. Leave a message with the person you have tagged so they know about it.
Here goes: (as told by my husband)
1. a germaphobic (yes, a bit I won't/don't eat off of buffets)
2. compulsive (o.k., maybe a little, i am sure you remember the ice)
3. obsessive ( aren't all knitters? O.K., I do tend to play the same song over and over, at least 250 times, whenever I find one i like, this was last weeks)
4. need quiet in the morning (yes)
5. get cold very easily (yes)
6. very laid back ( yes, it takes a lot to ruffle my feathers)
7. claustrophobic (yes, a bit, if the kids come into the bed, I have to be on the edge, but that is really not claustrophobic)
If you read this, consider yourself tagged. Play along if you would like.
You all know I love to bake. If you don't have these ingredients, you better stop what you are doing and go get what you need. This is the absolute best. Recipe was given to me years ago by a friend at my child's preschool.
Cinnamon-apple cake:
1 1/2 cup sugar + 1/4 cup :: 1/2 c butter, softened :: 1 tsp vanilla :: 6 oz cream cheese, softened :: 2 eggs :: 1 1/2 cup flour :: 1 1/2 tsp baking powder :: 1/4 tsp salt :: 2 tsp cinnamon :: 3 cups chopped, peeled rome apples, or any (2 large)
Preheat oven to 350. Beat 1 1/2 c sugar with butter, vanilla, and cream cheese at med speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture until blended. Combine 1/4 cup of sugar with cinnamon. Toss this mixture with apples. Stir apple mixture into batter. Pour batter into spring form pan coated with cooking spray. Bake for 60-70 minutes.
And on the knitting front, Charlie's cobblestone is finished.
Just waiting for an opportunity to have a photo shoot. This may take a little bribing.


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Plain and simple... We now live in a society where everyone wants more and more fast and gets bored with things they should not really easily... There is no more respect for things that are of good caliber, and that my friends leads to opinions. Maybe its because of the invention of the "like" button without dislike that leads to shit like this. Everyone is all fried out on liking things is what I take it.
Also, all of these topics on how MMORPG's stinking are getting old fast. I disagree with all of them. It is fact that everything keeps getting better and better, thats right, because you still have the option of playing older games that you use to/still love.
Don't fry your circuits, cause lord knows everything is not suppose to be 0's and 1's...
If you ask my opinion I'd have to wait for my turn! :)
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I think the Zytan battle says a lot.
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Originally posted by HolySaint333
Well said! :)
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, Death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
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He has a point at all, but based not on CONTENT, but on patches and promisses given.
Im not saying all your replies are not valid, at start Id say same thing as you guys, but dont forget most didnt event reached the end-game as some did, we tested lots of stuff too. Neither Im saying we are better or worse than you, far from this read my entire post before having a wrong idea.
Its not a thing of hate or love the game, but its a view of lots end-game aspects too.
To achieve lv.80 takes like 1 week and half, without playing alot. If you know that playing D.E and SM are major exp (if you play hardcore, you could achieve 80 less than a week, most of our alliance got 80 before the servers were open to everyone, so that means like 5 days).
If you just planning on grind, your gonna level slow as hell.
Lots of us been here since BWE, so we saw alot of changes too.
Me and over 500 other aliance mates played since BWE, we were expecting alot from ArenaNet which at BWE they showed an amazing job, fixing fast the bugs, interacting alot with us.
But when the release came out, just seens that magic they had its vanishing slowly, why ArenaNet, why???
I can enlist a lots of reasons:
1) Cant keep promisses
ArenaNet stated fiercily since start that GW2 was a game without the GRIND word. Only few weeks after release, we see grind and nerf at Karma system.
2) Game requirements
GW2 its not for cheap low-end 100bucks PC, I dont know why ArenaNet keep trying to tweak their game to that.
Its destroying everyone's fun at World vs World and even at PvE, since mobs and Enemies only loading almost at our noses now. It became a fight of ghosts. At BWE we could see the enemies rendered from very, very far.
3) Non explanable Bugs
We are seeing bugs we didnt even had at BWE, over and over quests, D.E and Npcs getting bugged without a reason. This is pretty strange at all, and once bugged everyone must wait 1 week till reset, to have a chance to do the quest (if it doesnt bug again, after reset).
4) The combat system could be more realistic
The way its developed make it pretty impossible to dodge stuff, while breaking physic rules as seeing arrows/bolts/fireballs doing curves and hitting you lol, the 2 dodges was their solution to just try fix such error at all, while they should have followed true combat system as Dragon Raja or other MMOs that wasnt so focused on follow the target at all cost.
5) Friend system
Still not completed, allowing free transfer to any server. This one of reasons which brought big imbalance at World vs World, plus insane amount of QUEUE for some servers.
6) Broken Queue system
Cant explain how... but queue system fails alot on hardcore populated T1 servers.
You can join BL in 1min, 5min.. or wait like 2h, 6h... forever. ArenaNet never explained how the Queue its truelly working.
7) Old hacks working here
While most of MMO's suffered from SpeedHack, MeleeHack, WallHack...
Unfortunatly we are seeing this here too, very sad seeing people using it and mocking arenaNet in their face.
Its not fun you see your ORB flying through wall and cross the entire map in 5s, believe me its NOT FUN.
8) Full Guild transfer
A promisse that still not implemented. Lots of top tier guilds (100% upgraded yet) couldnt move to other servers due to lose all upgrades they had. Some top tier guilds (which were over 100+ppl) just left game, while others got tired of waiting for a fix on this issue, and decided move, losing everything they had worked so hard since the 5days ahead start.
The list could keep going on... But I think this already gave you an idea of some stuff going on based on T1/T2 servers.
Some dont agree because your are a fanboy, but hey your same as me, Im a big fanboy too.
But theres a slight difference to notice things that were presented to us at beta, and changed drastically at LIVE, for bad unfortunatly. Lets see a thing as constructive criticism instead of just fanboy' ism (whatever it calls lol)
GW2 brought the best of tons of other MMO'S, but we need back that ArenaNet we had at BETA. Interacting more, bringing on true patches/fixes instead of just promisses.
RIFT: GW2 brought the D.E formula from there, I sure liked seeing this here, because I played RIFT too.
WoW n Warhammer: GW2 brought the dungeons based abit on them.
DaoC n Warhammer: GW2 concept of World vs World came basically from those 2 excellent games.
Warhammer: GW2 Siege Weapons looks exactly as same we had at Warhammer, I love it.
Warhammer: GW2 sPvP looks exactly as Warhammer Scenary. (honestly its fun at start, but later was one of the reasons that made me quit Warhammer, was boring all the badge farming for Tier stuff lol)
Sure have more MMO's too, I just enlisted some of I played long time ago. Feel free to add more :)
GW2 still has amazing potencial to get back on track, and improve it just depends on ArenaNet listen more their forum, and really put effort on fixing urgent stuff such World vs World, which was the main issue that brought thousands of players from other game here. Some might argue about PVe, but Guild Wars name already say it all, PVP focused.
I hope the game gets better because we love this game, and I already throw over 140 bucks on this game LOL :)
See ya
You know 10 years ago we did not have this demanding, entitlement driven culture, it rally brings out the worst in people.
The simple questions you have to ask ( rather than walls of this and that) are as follows:
1 does the dev company care
2 are they investing in the game
3 are they prioritising correctly (I.e bugs/wvw performance comes before New features such as friends stuff)
4 does the dev company have the talent to turnaround issues.
That's it, if you get yes for most of these then chill out, stop bring so uselessly over dramatic and entitlement driven, play the game and ignore the bits that annoy you on the knowledge you trust Anet are working hard in the right direction. The game is free to play!
rpg/mmorg history: Dun Darach>Bloodwych>Bards Tale 1-3>Eye of the beholder > Might and Magic 2,3,5 > FFVII> Baldur's Gate 1, 2 > Planescape Torment >Morrowind > WOW > oblivion > LOTR > Guild Wars (1900hrs elementalist) Vanguard. > GW2(1000 elementalist), Wildstar
Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
That's a general statement it's not aimed at any individual ^^
rpg/mmorg history: Dun Darach>Bloodwych>Bards Tale 1-3>Eye of the beholder > Might and Magic 2,3,5 > FFVII> Baldur's Gate 1, 2 > Planescape Torment >Morrowind > WOW > oblivion > LOTR > Guild Wars (1900hrs elementalist) Vanguard. > GW2(1000 elementalist), Wildstar
Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
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Originally posted by drkoro
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Conmacart, I appreciate your reply. Maybe I didnt stated things clearly?
The grind im refering its duo to the Cooking professing and Karma stuff nerf, did you even read the entire phrase?
We know that Exotic armor are very easy to get full set, I think you got mistaken by Legendary Weapons which are strongly grind focused for just a skin, so for World vs World/PVe stat-wise kinda useless mostly. But most dont care for legendary, since it disappointed alot when we saw it was just a skin.
-Game requirements-
About game requirements, wasnt an error only at World vs World, its happening on both PVE and World vs World, GW2 World vs World its exactly what we had at Warhammer, there it was called Realm vs Realm, but what surprise us, its how come Anet cant manage to hold the same amount of players in one spot as Warhammer could without any lag or rendering problems.
We even moved this week to those last servers, trying to check if it was based on population. And for our surprise, we saw this happening here too at PVE/WvWvW. Even when we see OUTMANED BUFF. If a Borderland cant hold actually 666 players decently as it was designed for, imagine when they increase the amount to 1000 as it was promissed long time ago (since last BWE)?
About bugs its quite clearly jumping the Open Beta phase was a big mistake, but Anet was forced to it anyway. The game was meant to be released only around November. So we aknowledge it will exist bugs, but doing resets and not even respawning the missing npcs, wont help. Like this week, we have all Borderlands JP bugged, we just had World vs World reset hours ago, and they forgot to check the Lockroom problem. (If you know, BL-JP are a great resource of Siege BP for everyone, so it has an important role too).
-Combat system-
About combat system, I think you didnt had the luck to play some old MMO's that used such system?
Where we had skills based on cast-direction instead of character autotarget as we are seeing here. At old scheme wasnt just using auto-target to get your hits landing non-stop, you had ways to avoid being hit by switching the angle and movement.
If you are running away from someone, and he's shooting arrows at your back, moving like 2 steps aside could cause them to miss your back. But here we see the arrows making curve and landing your back. Guess now you understand the point, its not a 2 dodges fight, it could go way beyound that...
I dont know if Gw1 used such terrible auto-target system as we saw at GW2, but this really not realistic (now do you understand the realist term Im refering? Its about direction, routing) as some old games presented years ago, It used to have more challenge at using skills and making them land at your target. Want a better in-game example, just go PVE and see a ranged mob shoot you while you running zig-zag, it still hit you with their bolt/fireball/dart because the auto-target its locked on you after it was shot, so it must land no matter if you switch direction. Or use the Phoenix skill at Elementalist, so you have an idea how the projectiles/magic should behave, its orientation by a path, not by target-lock.
-Queue System-
Queue System, I think you didnt faced what we had at T1 HoD server...
While we waited 3h, 6h just stopped at LA (avoiding any zone switch or anything to prevent any mess up at queue), some Aliance mates login at the game, and enter borderlands in 2-3mins, while we still waiting. We know our maps are very populated, but when we see people who just fresh login, queue, instant join or wait like only 5 mins, something its wrong.
The counter doesnt matter in such issue, because its jumping the queue line, do you understand?
-Bigger Guilds leaving-
Maybe was my fault only telling a glimpse of the entire story of Queue + Guild Transfer + Lack of Challenge.
If you knowed the drama around this, and the havok from the imbalance that everyone wanted to be fix, and Anet just crossed their arms doing nothing, listening no one at all. T1/T2 servers getting beaten badly by only T1 server because of free transfer allowing overpopulation.
Everytime that T1 server won, the defeated server lost guilds on free transfer to the winner. Which aggravated more the competition, which ended as no-competition at all. Plus fighting every week the same 2-3 servers, was annoying for those top 4 servers too, and the lack of any motivation to keep yourself at TOP TIER, since theres no prize or benefit at all.
Even biggest alliances proposed to move asap Anet released the fix, but some got tired of waiting, plus no competition at all, no prizes, the queue still working weird. Some gave up waiting on Anet, and moved to ArchAge and other games, while other guilds decided to lose a 100% upgraded Guild features (Only big guilds had 100% upgrades in 2-3 weeks of game, so achieving that its not easy as some think it is), to try balance T1/T2 tiers by themselves, moving to other servers before way more bigger alliances leave the game.
Considering the alliance had over 1000 members, and the only reason to play GW2 was the World vs World, this was just one of many cold water bucket's they got at their faces. Even enemy alliance lost guilds too duo to this reason.
You might think its just trivial reason to leave the game, is it really? Because when we see like 150 guys at TS waiting at queue over 3-6h, and see like only 40-50 of them getting inside a BL like a randon lotery...
Your queued, but your chance to get inside its the same as the other player who just login and queue now. Sounds fair?
You might consider at least 100 guys are stopped there, waiting to play but wasted their night on queue, while they could had fun together. So moving to a game that could fit their crew, was a reasonable reason, since they are friends and want to play together. (for those guys, World vs World its the only fun GW2 offers to them).
Sure any game cant be 100% hackproof, but seeing people abuse over and over and no bans around upset everyone. The matter here is no GM's looking over. The community really want to see bans for such abusers.
About full guilds transfer, I believe you never stepped into T1/T2 servers. Theres a big different reality stated at this forum, and the Oficial Forum.
-Comparision with other Games-
For god's sake, I stopped playing GW1 only few days after I tried, because I think it was very restricted engine, plus movement too.
So far most of everything we seeing here, its just the best from other big great MMO's. What its extremelly questionable is do you believe everything at here came out from nothing? As It never existed all those stuff at other MMO's I enlisted?
Lots of Warhammer and DaoC players say why GW2 makes em happy to play, its because this game could bring the best of their loved games, and mix it just in one.
Hell yea, I loved both games, and Love this one too. We criticize because we want to see the game work smooth.
If we didnt care, we wouldnt waste 70 bucks only to buy it, quite simple.
Dang its 9Am, and I still didnt sleep.
Have fun everyone, Im going sleep or I'll die LOL.
And so another pointless wall of subjective opinion hits. Re my points above, rather than a wall of text, ask yourself do you think Anet are trying to solve the problem- that's what this is really implying, some form of incompetent behaviour.
rpg/mmorg history: Dun Darach>Bloodwych>Bards Tale 1-3>Eye of the beholder > Might and Magic 2,3,5 > FFVII> Baldur's Gate 1, 2 > Planescape Torment >Morrowind > WOW > oblivion > LOTR > Guild Wars (1900hrs elementalist) Vanguard. > GW2(1000 elementalist), Wildstar
Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
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I'm only playing the role chosen for me. Who you supposed to be?
Originally posted by Amjoco
Well I guess I use both. I use W and S to walk foward/back, and I use A and D to strafe ... using the mouse to look/aim which makes me turn. Dont think I could use A and D to turn (which was the default setting). Was weird to me.
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Huh, I had been playing GW2 for over a month now and I never realized that the cities were instanced until I read the OP's post lol :).
Are you team Azeroth, team Tyria, or team Jacob?
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Remember that you're speaking for yourself and people will bash you for sharing your uninterest in GW2.
I enjoy the game, so i won't read your post, OP. If you can give examples on how to improve the game to your liking and give GW2 criticsm without a wall of text i would have read it. Make your post as much informative you can and don't go into personal stuff to much, just write the stuff you don't like and how they can be made better.
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Originally posted by InFlamestwo
Are you seriously going to dictate how people post? I really don't get control freaks like you.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
How could you not see it? You have loading screen each time you go to or leave the city, another things besides that it can be easily seen on design of the city (no obvious gates to it, certain urban design to cover instancing fact that can be seen on map if you analize it, obvious portals, etc)
It kinda it throwed in your face from 1st time you go to city...
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Originally posted by Aerowyn
To a certain extent I agree with you. I've bought ever major MMO that has come out for god knows how many years, and the only one I regret buying was FFXI. All the others (probably even GW2, though at the moment it's dangerously close to FFXI on my list) I feel I got my money's worth out of. Even if I just played a month or two, I had fun and maybe learned a thing of two.
You play, have fun, and when it's not fun anymore, you move on -- no biggie.
OTOH, I played GW1 for two years. I played WoW for four. I played WAR for a year. I played AoC, CoH, Rift, and god knows how many others for between six and nine months. I've played Eve off and on for god knows how many years, albeit rarely for more than a month at a time. The progression has, sadly, definitely been downhill, with ToR -- which, frankly, I didn't think was a great game, but wasn't a fraction as bad as is commonly claimed here -- lasting me maybe three months.
I got my money's worth out of all those games, and god knows how many more, and I don't regret the money or time spent, but I wish something could hold me the way WoW did or even GW1 or WAR. I do wish there was a game I enjoyed enough to hang round playing for long enough to amass a history with it, rather than most of these games being barely memorable when you are playing them, let alone months later.
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Originally posted by CujoSWAoA
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Originally posted by kertin
Again....in YOUR opinion. I completely disagree with everything you've said there and I've been playing since open beta weekends and have played continually up to this point. Your opinion doesn't mean anything to anyone but you....neither does mine. Trying to convince other people is really just arrogance. For instance, you don't see me wasting this post trying to convince you you're wrong, do you? All I'm trying to communicate is the truth of what an opinion is....everyone has one....and the fact that I disagree with yours.
I couldn't care less what you think of the game and honestly....shouldn't you feel the same way about all the people that like it, since you don't? It really isn't a threat to you if others like the game. /shrug
Back to my thief. Asta la vista.
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well to OP i see every feature s/he mentioned as positivew and working well (if its not bugged) so i strongly disagreee, also although i dont play Rift, or i dont like it much, i see that its not doing bad, it keeps one player base which is healthy and i see some really awesome upgrades !


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CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Regional High School boys' basketball team finally broke out of its scoring funk on Friday night in the first round of Chapmanville's Bob Runyon Memorial Holiday Tournament at the CRHS gym.
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Through Chapmanville's first four games, the Tigers had only averaged 41 points per contest.
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