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Are you surprised with how fast the sport of MMA has grown in such a short period of time?
No not at all, when you look at it MMA has something for everybody. Its got wrestling and jiu-jitsu for the grappling guys, and its got striking for the strikers. And when you mix it all together its a very explosive and fast paced sport and its hard not to like it. You see all these devastating kos and these cool subs that require a lot of technique to pull off. how could you not like a sport like that?
What do you say to the people who slam MMA and the athletes in the sport?
I dont know I think some people that decide to do this sport and join it will do it for the wrong reasons, but when you reach the elite levels of any sport, youre dealing with guys who dedicate their lives to the sport, and youre dealing with professional athletes. Its no different with our case.
Would you ever want to coach?
Definitely, I love coaching, I love giving back to the sport, teaching kids coming up things that i learned. I cant fight forever so one of my dreams is to have my own gym. Id love to have a wrestling club in there and a little MMA, so thats something Ill be looking to do in the near future.
How did you get into MMA? Did you transition from wrestling or were you a fan long before that?
I was a fan long before that. I think the first UFC I saw, I was maybe 11 years old. It was like UFC 3 or something. My brother came home with a vhs copy of it and I just watched it over and over with my friends in my basement. Id be telling them that theyd see me in there one day. And its kind of cool that it actually came into fruition now. Growing up I was always involved in athletics. I was always an athlete, and after I graduated college, I still had that drive to compete. It wasnt gone, I still had it. So, I was working at a health club at the time and one of the trainers there is one of my main coaches Ricardo Ramos, and he has a background in boxing and Muay Thai, so Id always tell him about how I wanted to fight. He was branching out and opening his own gym, so he told me I could come by any time and learn how to box a little bit and it just kind of snowballed from there.
Is there any chance of you going back and continuing your education?
You know, when I was in my pro career, it was right before I fought for my first pro title, I was kind of at a crossroads. I had to choose, I actually got accepted to a grad assistant program where they would pay for my schooling and interning, and Id be on there as an assistant coach. I had to choose to move there (to Missouri) and maybe giving up my fighting career, or put that aside and see what i could do with the fighting. I think I made the right choice because you could always go back to school, but for fighting you only have a short window to do it. I remember sitting down with my dad and talking to him about it. My dad was all about school, school, school. Then I sat down with my coach from Elmhurst College Steve Meranetti, and he was like you have two choices. One that you can go back to later, and the other you cant. So after talking with him I made the choice to stick with fighting and see what I could do with it and Im glad I did.
How does your dad feel about your choice now?
He thinks I made the right choice too, he knows I can always go back (to school) also. My father is the type of father that no matter what he says, hell always support me in what I do. Im very fortunate to have a dad like that.
What age would it be good for a kid to get into MMA or do you think there is another discipline they should start in?
You know, with kids its tough because you dont want to push them and them end up hating going to practice and doing all that stuff. You kind of have to let them choose on their own, but you could definitely present it to them. Ive always said I think wrestling is the best background to have going into mixed martial arts and its also the hardest one to pick up. So the earlier you start them with wrestling, the better it would be for their MMA career, if thats what youre looking to do. Ive seen kids as small as five years old in wrestling programs wrestling around, so you know I think in the next couple years you should start looking around. You want to make it fun for them.
What would your high school teacher say if we asked them how you were in high school?
Aw man, I was not a good student in high school. I think I had the whole ADD thing going on. But I dont know what they would have told you. I wasnt one of those kids going around getting into a bunch of fights. I dont think they would have thought I would be a fighter. But Id like to go back and ask them that and get a real answer.
How awesome was it to fight on the biggest stage in your hometown?
It was like a dream, man. When I sat back and thought about it after the fight. I was totally shocked like I had just fought at the legendary United Center in Chicago where the Bulls won all those championships, Michael Jordan used to play, like on that same floor and it was a very surreal feeling, and it was something that I wish could last forever, man. But it is going to last forever in my memory and when I tell my kids about it and everything so its something that Ill always remember for the rest of my life.
Did you think your victory over Eric Koch set you up for a title shot?
Yeah, you know I thought what I had done, especially given the fight before that Hatsu Hioki had been offered a title shot and if he had beat me, they would give him the title shot, I guess after Eric Koch would have fought Jose Aldo. So, those are two guys right there that I just beat who were both supposed to fight for the title and its okay. I was upset about it for a little bit but I sat back and had another talk with my dad about it. He told me that Im doing something that I love and that I just need to enjoy it right now, and that kind of calmed me down and I realized he was right, and Im just going to keep doing what Im doing. And if I keep going the way that I am there is no way they can deny me, so Im gonna get there no matter what.
If Jose Aldo decides to move up, how would you feel?
If they do that then hopefully theyll make an interim title and I could fight for that. Because, actually that is the plan, you know from what I understand If Aldo wins his fight with Pettis, then hell get an immediate shot at 155 pounds, so that will throw him out of the mix even longer. So if that happens I hope they consider making an interim title for us.
Starting out your career, you had five fights in 11 months. Do you think that helped you develop your game quicker or would you have wanted to spread those fights out now looking back to get more time in the gym?
I think what really helped develop my game was being thrown into the whole WEC mix at such a young age in my career, like you said I only had five fights. And when they threw me in there it was sink or swim, so I really had to step my game up and step my training up and I think thats what helped me out the most.
How did you get your nickname, The bully?
I got the nickname Bully, Im the youngest of six boys, and I got my a** kicked my whole life, so I kind of had that big brother syndrome, where if I was in the gym with the guys, I would pick on them a little bit here and there, and some of the guys would joke around and call me the bully and stuff. But really I took the name and used it to represent my dogs that I got, I have two english bullterriers. And any english bulldog breed, they also carry the nickname bully.
Did you think you would be a good fighter when you were young?
No when I was young, I was real little, like if you looked at my little league baseball picture, the front row the kids are on the knees and in the back row the kids are standing up. Well Im in the back row standing up but the kids on their knees are almost as tall as I am. So I was a tiny kid, and here and there Id get picked on, but man, those kids that picked on me would definitely regret it, because I held no hesitation in going right after them. So whoever picked on me it didnt last long.
Your thoughts on TRT?
I personally have never used anything like that. I rarely use supplements, the heaviest Ill go is a protein shake. And I get so lazy that sometimes I forget to take that. Im really all about just staying natural and showing what your natural ability is. Without any use of drugs or anything like that.
If Cub Swanson wins his next fight, and you do as well, is that an interim title matchup in your mind?
If he wins yeah, he is going to have a big fight coming up against Frankie Edgar, so that fight makes sense. You cant leave Chad Mendes out either, hes coming off two big wins and only been beaten once by the champ, so hes in the mix also. Its really up to the UFC and what fight they want to put together. But me, Mendes and Swanson it would definitely be between one of us three.
Is there any chance of you moving weight class?
No, 145 is the weight class ive wanted to compete in for a long time, even before I got into the WEC. But when I got to WEC, they told me theyd rather have me at lightweight so that is what I stayed there. But now that I dropped to 145 I feel like its where I shouldve been along along, and I dont see myself going anywhere.
How do you see a fight between you and Pettis going down?
Pettis is a dangerous dude, and if you give him the space he will use it and most likely catch you with something. He has some techniques that come out of nowhere. In a fight with me and him Id probably be trying to smother him the whole time. Be in his face, give him no space the whole 25 minutes of the fight. Pretty much just like Clay Guida did. Every time he closed the gap, Guida looked for takedowns and put Pettis on his back and kept him there. Thats one of the keys to beating him I think.
Where is your advantage in this fight?
I think the wrestling is to my advantage. If you look at the competition hes fought, he hasnt fought a wrestler like me before. A lot of the guys hes fought are willing to stand right in front of him and slug it out, but I have a little more movement in my style and more angles and definitely mix it up with the takedowns Ill pose some problems for him.
How do you prepare to fight a guy like Korean Zombie who can take so much damage?
Working on my cardio, and getting my cardio to the point where I can keep the punishment up and keep putting it on him for the entire 15 minutes of the fight. Also Im not going to play into his game, Im not going to stand in front of him and start swinging. Like I said, Im going to be using my movement looking for angles and hes tough, hes got a good chin, but its not like he cant be knocked out. Roop knocked him out with a head kick and he does have a tendency to leave his hands down relying on his chin, and that might work out bad for him.
What about the Korean Zombies jiu jitsu game?
I train with Daniel Valverde at MMA Masters and he is the best brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners that I have ever grappled with. He goes live with us, hes not one of those guys that just shows technique and walks around, no he goes with us, rolling with us in there. Im already rolling with some of the best guys in the world. Besides him theres also one of Daniels black belts who has great BJJ, and I roll with him all the time. On a given day I have about six different black belts to choose from to roll with. When it comes to grappling and being on the ground, Im not worried about that at all.
When the UFC calls you for a fight, how do you decide to take it or not? If it will further your career or what?
My fight with Cub Swanson, I was actually really excited for, hes such an exciting fighter, I knew the fight was going to be good. And I feel the same way about this fight. Hes a dangerous fighter, hes got a huge name. His fights are exciting and the more high profile the fight I get, the harder I train, and the better I perform, I feel.


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Well, You're in luck if your cat prefers bow ties. Or just wants to look like the Doctor.
I made this bow tie for our cats, and also drew out a pattern so the rest of you could outfit your cats as well.
(Luna is in the first two photos, Didi is in the last three and is very concerned about this whole affair)
Step 1: What you'll need:
- scissors
- iron + board
- thread and needle or sewing machine
- velcro (preferably the iron on type)
- pattern, which is included on this step!
- safety pin or loop turner
- cats!
Step 2: Cut out your pattern pieces!
- one piece 1.75 x 12 inches
- one piece 2 x 5 inches
- two pieces 2.5 x 3.5 inches
If you have a cat with a collar, you can also skip making the collar and just make the bow. :D
Step 3: Sew together the bow!
Make sure to backstitch at the beginning and end of your work!
Trim the corners and the edges as shown in the second photo (leave the edge with the hole untrimmed!), and then carefully turn the bow right side out. Use a small crochet hook or the tip of a pen to help you get the corners nice and pointy.
Once it's turned right side out, fold in the edges of the hole so it looks nice and straight and iron it flat.
Then sew all around the edges using a 1/8 inch seam allowance. This will close the hole up. The finished product will look like the first photo. :D
So easy to make! She will definitely be getting more!
I typically follow that up by petting, but I guess you'll just have to wait it out until he stops freaking out that he's wearing something, hahaha
1 question, is your cat by anychants hard ov hearing? i used to have a pure wite cat, appropriately called "sooty", who was as def as a post, ive also had mixed cats that were manely wite and they had hearing problems too, apparantly it s sumkind ov genetic abnormality todo with them being wite, im jus curius to see if its the same over thare as it is here (scotland)
p.s want to get married? u r insanely cute!
But I have met lots of people with white cats that were deaf, so it's not uncommon. I've just never had one, even with owning lots of white cats!
this is quite cute although My Lucas sadly cant even wear a collar...keeps strangling himself.....
never the less its a VERY CUTE 'ible jessy! :D
That's mostly why I did velcro, I figured it would pull free. I've not had any issues with these girls and collars, but I have had other cats that always seemed to be hung up in something. I don't know how they do it!
this is really cute jessy! well done
its no problem for us that lucas doesn' wear a collar as we live in the country
thanks 4 the tip..i'll look into it :D


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- Kollisionen schwerer Ionen (7)
- heavy ion collisions (6)
- Kollisionen schwerer Ionen (5)
- UrQMD (5)
- heavy ion collisions (5)
- MEMOs (3)
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- Indications for cluster melting from forward-backward charge fluctuations at RHIC energies (2006)
- We study forward-backward charge fluctuations to probe the correlations among produced particles in ultra relativistic heavy ion collisions. We develop a model that describes the forward-backward dynamical fluctuations and apply it to interpret the recent PHOBOS data. Within the present model, the dynamical fluctuations are related to the particle production mechanism via cluster decay and to long range correlations between the forward and backward rapidity hemispheres. We argue that with a tight centrality cut, PHOBOS may see a strong decrease of the dynamical fluctuations. Within the present model, this deterioration of the correlation among the produced hadrons can be interpreted as a sign for the production of a hot, dense and interacting medium.
- Microscopic models for ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions (1998)
- In this paper, the concepts of microscopic transport theory are introduced and the features and shortcomings of the most commonly used ansatzes are discussed. In particular, the Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) transport model is described in great detail. Based on the same principles as QMD and RQMD, it incorporates a vastly extended collision term with full baryon-antibaryon symmetry, 55 baryon and 32 meson species. Isospin is explicitly treated for all hadrons. The range of applicability stretches from E lab < 100$ MeV/nucleon up to E lab> 200$ GeV/nucleon, allowing for a consistent calculation of excitation functions from the intermediate energy domain up to ultrarelativistic energies. The main physics topics under discussion are stopping, particle production and collective flow.
- Are we close to the QGP? - Hadrochemical vs. microscopic analysis of particle production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions (1997)
- Ratios of hadronic abundances are analyzed for pp and nucleus-nucleus collisions at sqrt(s)=20 GeV using the microscopic transport model UrQMD. Secondary interactions significantly change the primordial hadronic cocktail of the system. A comparison to data shows a strong dependence on rapidity. Without assuming thermal and chemical equilibrium, predicted hadron yields and ratios agree with many of the data, the few observed discrepancies are discussed.
- Hadronic freeze-out following a first order hadronization phase transition in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions (1999)
- We analyze the hadronic freeze-out in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions at RHIC in a transport approach which combines hydrodynamics for the early, dense, deconfined stage of the reaction with a microscopic non-equilibrium model for the later hadronic stage at which the hydrodynamic equilibrium assumptions are not valid. With this ansatz we are able to self-consistently calculate the freeze-out of the system and determine space-time hypersurfaces for individual hadron species. The space-time domains of the freeze-out for several hadron species are found to be actually four-dimensional, and di er drastically for the individual hadrons species. Freeze-out radii distributions are similar in width for most hadron species, even though the is found to be emitted rather close to the phase boundary and shows the smallest freeze- out radii and times among all baryon species. The total lifetime of the system does not change by more than 10% when going from SPS to RHIC energies.
- Analysis of reaction dynamics at RHIC in a combined parton/hadron transport approach (1999)
- We introduce a transport approach which combines partonic and hadronic degrees of freedom on an equal footing and discuss the resulting reaction dynamics. The initial parton dynamics is modeled in the framework of the parton cascade model, hadronization is performed via a cluster hadronization model and configuration space coalescence, and the hadronic phase is described by a microscopic hadronic transport approach. The resulting reaction dynamics indicates a strong influence of hadronic rescattering on the space-time pattern of hadronic freeze-out and on the shape of transverse mass spectra. Freeze-out times and transverse radii increase by factors of 2 3 depending on the hadron species.
- Reaction dynamics in Pb+Pb at the CERN/SPS: from partonic degrees of freedom to freeze-out (1998)
- We analyze the reaction dynamics of central Pb+Pb collisions at 160 GeV/nucleon. First we estimate the energy density pile-up at mid-rapidity and calculate its excitation function: The energy density is decomposed into hadronic and partonic contributions. A detailed analysis of the collision dynamics in the framework of a microscopic transport model shows the importance of partonic degrees of freedom and rescattering of leading (di)quarks in the early phase of the reaction for E >= 30 GeV/nucleon. The energy density reaches up to 4 GeV/fm 3, 95% of which are contained in partonic degrees of freedom. It is shown that cells of hadronic matter, after the early reaction phase, can be viewed as nearly chemically equilibrated. This matter never exceeds energy densities of 0.4 GeV/fm 3, i.e. a density above which the notion of separated hadrons loses its meaning. The final reaction stage is analyzed in terms of hadron ratios, freeze-out distributions and a source analysis for final state pions.
- Moments of event observable distributions and many-body correlations (1999)
- We investigate event-by-event fluctuations for ensembles with non-fixed multiplicity. Moments of event observable distributions, like total energy distribution, total transverse momentum distribution, etc, are shown to be related to the multi-body correlations present in the system. For classical systems, these moments reduce in the absence of any correlations to the mo- ments of particle inclusive momentum distribution. As a consequence, a zero value for the recently introduced Phi-variable is shown to indicate the van- ishing of two-body correlations from one part, and of correlations between multiplicity and momentum distributions from the other part. It is often misunderstood as a measure of the degree of equilibration in the system.
- Equation of state, spectra and composition of hot and dense infinite hadronic matter in a microscopic transport model (1998)
- Equilibrium properties of infinite relativistic hadron matter are investigated using the Ultrarelativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model. The simulations are performed in a box with periodic boundary conditions. Equilibration times depend critically on energy and baryon densities. Energy spectra of various hadronic species are shown to be isotropic and consistent with a single temperature in equilibrium. The variation of energy density versus temperature shows a Hagedorn-like behavior with a limiting temperature of 130 +/- 10 MeV. Comparison of abundances of different particle species to ideal hadron gas model predictions show good agreement only if detailed balance is implemented for all channels. At low energy densities, high mass resonances are not relevant; however, their importance raises with increasing energy density. The relevance of these different conceptual frameworks for any interpretation of experimental data is questioned.
- Mini black holes at the LHC : discovery through di-jet suppression, mono-jet emission and a supersonic boom in the quark-gluon plasma in ALICE, ATLAS and CMS (2006)
- We examine experimental signatures of TeV-mass black hole formation in heavy ion collisions at the LHC. We find that the black hole production results in a complete disappearance of all very high p_T (> 500 GeV) back-to-back correlated di-jets of total mass M > M_f ~ 1 TeV. We show that the subsequent Hawking-decay produces multiple hard mono-jets and discuss their detection. We study the possibility of cold black hole remnant (BHR) formation of mass ~ M_f and the experimental distinguishability of scenarios with BHRs and those with complete black hole decay. Finally we point out that a Heckler-Kapusta-Hawking plasma may form from the emitted mono-jets. In this context we present new simulation data of Mach shocks and of the evolution of initial conditions until the freeze-out.
- UrQMD at RHIC energies (1999)
- Final state is dominated by meson-meson and meson-baryon reaction, Fraction of high energy baryon-baryon reactions is extremely small Rapidity distribution of all net baryons shows a dip Baryon to anti-baryon ratio at midrapidity: 3/1


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I think its a shame that some of the greatest intellectual properties of our life time were made into MMOs that utterly failed. I remember watching movies and reading books thinking to myself, "I wish I could live or play in this world" and eventually some corporation got involved with the creators of the IP, made a game and it ended up sucking, going free to play or closing down.
HOW CAN THIS BE? Ironically, some of the best MMO's still in play and going strong didn't really have a big following before the game ever came out. I find that kind of funny.
Now: Skyrim
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IP is like a paint job on top of the game - the nuts and bolts. I strongly feel that the game should come first and IP should be developed around it, not the other way round.
For example, the Jedi sound nice in the books and movies but they translate poorly into games. As they are portrayed, they are outrageously overpowered compared to anyone else in that universe. Same for the wizards in Eddings' books, they're practically demigods.
Authors rarely create their fiction with games in mind. Also some have no clue about developing good games: quidditch anyone?
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Simple, you have a great ip, you know it will sell anyway, less effort goes into making a good game.
Reminds me of older days in the game industry with all those rubbish games that tied into the latest movie. All ip based games were shite, except goldeneye, x wing / tie fighter and Jedi knight
Originally posted by Quirhid
I didn't play SWG enough to really get that into it but I liked the idea that only a few people could be Jedi after a MASSIVE amount of grinding. Then killing them would make them lose their status...or not logging in for a while? I believe thats what SWG did pre NGE, that was pretty slick.
Now: Skyrim
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It is pretty easy, most MMO devs and investors are pretty close minded.
Just taking an IP and slapping on the same MMO mechanics we seen in almost every MMO before doesnt work at all.
Take Elder scrolls. When Bethesda made Daggerfall they custom made the mechanics for the world and they perfected it since then. Suddenly they decide to make a MMO and instead of basing it on their mechanics or make new ones that fits the IP they slap Wows mechanics with a dash of DaoC on top of it.
Same thing with TOR. SW really demands a very different system than a fantasy MMO and yet they use the same.
Either you take a world and creates mechanics for it, or you take mechanics nd create a world for them. You dont slap premade stuff together.
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Originally posted by Loke666
To be fair a lot of what Bethesda has done in their Elder Scrolls games do not work in a multiplayer environment let alone MMOs. Some of the stuff they're doing with Elder Scrolls Online is bound to be familiar because those mechanics work well in MMOs.
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IPs are just a way to boost sales, very few translate well into games.
Even looking at my own work, I can see some of the worlds I've created for single player games simply wouldn't work in a mutliplayer scenario like an MMO.
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A great IP book does not always produce a great IP film, or MMO. And as has been said they are shoe horning the IP into a WoW version of a MMO. These days into a streamlined (smaller) zone, instanced, no raid version of WoW. The ezMMO game design is deciding whats in the IP, not the vision of the IP itself.
Originally posted by Loke666
We dont know that yet....Im still leaning more on your side on this one....but Im holding my breathe still hopign for the best, but not getting my hopes up too high as to be saddened by the probable dissappointment.
Now: Skyrim
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Originally posted by ZigZags
Ask the SWtOR guys - they have taking a great IP and making a bad game down to a fine art! Take a rip-roaring, exciting, dynamic franchise, then squeeze all the juicy goodness out of it and serve up the bland, chore-to-play that is SWtOR.
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First of all there is no way to transalte some IP's good into a game, unless you totally butcher IP's world but then it is based on some weird variation of IP and not on original IP anymore right?
Secondly - mmorpg's nowadays are treated like everyother game (and not experimental new concept like it was) and IP's will be slaughtered and ridiculed to make a certain type of game. Mmorpg's will be treated same way like any other IP's games are. Just google Guardians of Middle Earth. Basically what's left of IP are characters names and appearance - everything else there is just raping IP's world.
Anyway most IP's does not translate well to mmorpg's and games in general. With some small exceptions. Besides IP itself won't save a game in eyes of anyone but biggest IP fanboys.
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Well ... what "great" IP is left out there, anyway ?
For example, I would love to have a Conan MMO which was made for roleplayers. Tons of races, tons of places, tons of classes and possibilities, lots of roleplaying and adventures. But what is Age of Conan ? Well, whatever it is - its certainly not a game made for roleplayers. More like a ego perspective shooter with nudity and gore (mind, neither nudity nor gore is the problem here, the problem was the game getting advertised as just that), only three races, a race limited (and in general very limited) class system, and little to no point to it. I really view Conan as a heroic world of adventures, not as an weakly balanced PvP battleground.
Or Forgotten Realms. Well, that one was kind of okay-ish, I guess. Never actually tried it but at least it was for roleplayers. Kind of wanted to try it but it fell of my radar. Oh well. Of course a FR game suffers from the basic problem that theres just so much content, how can you possibly ever implement all that.
Planescape. Okay, thats FR power two. Or three. Or four. The endless perfect game, basically.
Vampire: The Masquerade. Its actually coming ! We'll see how good that will be.
Star Wars. Actually I never was that excited about this IP. Jedi are kind of boring after a while. But yeah, make a good game for it, and it could be a great game, anyway.
Either way, I think a great game does NOT need a great IP. If a game is great, the IP of it will turn popular, too. And why would anyone oppose a good new IP ?
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Why do you think that's strange?
How many successful films you know that translated into good games?
Originally posted by Quirhid
Exactly. Some of the best ideas from ESO games would never work in an MMO like : Killing any NPC, Robbing NPC's, griefing and exploiting, 3rd person combat (personal preference but I hate 1st person view or topdown views).
TESO might not be identical to Skyrim but it is bringing in some heavily added elements and making what doesnt work into an MMO feature such as: Open World, free exploration, open dungeons, actiony combat with active block, and open ended weapon system (even though there is classes). Most of those elements are something I wish GW2 would of done and even though GW2 is an amazing game and will be playing for a long time I am greatly looking forward to TESO, mainly because of the classes are free to choose what ever weapon they wish and excel at it. I absolutely love any freedom of class and not the rigid class structure of GW2.
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"I have an idea for a game."
^ This right here represents about 0.001% of what goes into making a game. It's why no one will hire you just because you have good ideas for games. Almost nothing about what makes a game great comes from the idea that spawned the game, and almost everything about what makes a game great comes from how that idea is implemented.
IP is one more step removed from "I have an idea for a game." It's "I have a world or story about which one could come up with an idea for a game." No matter how good the IP is, it has nothing whatsoever to do with the quality of the game.
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Originally posted by ZigZags
You answered your own question. MMOs based on popular IPs do badly for the same reason that movies based on video games do badly; people already live in this world through their initial introduction to it, and no derivitive work that comes after will ever measure up. The expectations are always higher than can be met, because your imagination and fantasies will ALWAYS tell a better story than any writer.
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Originally posted by ZigZags
I dont know maybe you could get an answer from Sony Online Entertainment, they had 2 well known IP's(Star Wars Galaxies, The Matrix Online) and killed both of them. Though in all fairness to SOE Matrix Online was already dying before they bought it. SWG on the other hand had a decent fan following untill the release of the NGE Patch and at that point the game lost 80% of its player base.
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Major IP licenses are, imho, a poor fit for an MMORPG. They mostly aren't conducive to a game where there are hundreds of thousands or millions of players, all wanting to make their mark on the world.
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Its the same answer to all great things that have been destroyed in the 20th and now 21st century. Publishers/producers gain the mindset that they have the best formula and just know it's what sells the best, they know it. If you take a pinch of "Insert system" and a dash of "insert theme" and combine it all with a splash of "everything else already made". They are always in search of finding that perfect formula. That's all they care about, money, and they are approaching video games the same way they approached the music industry, find the formula and win for the next 10-15 years or until a new sound comes out and then find that formula.
If you are a dev team you can't argue with a producer or a publisher, when the devs are concerned they are your god. Each one of them either wants the highest dollar from the perfect formula or they are forever searching for "that next big thing". Some find it, most don't. And if you fail to make the producers happy, they pull your funding and you are shit out of luck and dead in the water. So developers bend over because they have no choice.
Face it, ALL development teams have a dream or a vision, trying to cross that with the top dollar demanded by those who allow you to make the game in the first place is really hit or miss. Can this amazing idea create a top grossing product? Most likely it would have, if the damned formula guru's stayed the fuck out of it.
If you want to blame anyone for the way MMO's have turned out, blame the damned production companies.
Easy... Just look at the forums here. The vast majority of people don't have the imagination to conceive of anything different from the standard fantasy-MMO. Any mechanics that don't fit into WoW are simply dismissed with 'can never work in multiplayer' and similarly simpleminded excuses. And thus we are left with the usual game in a new skin and minor tweaks, usually referred to as WoW-clones.
How could it possibly go differently when gamedevs have WoW/EQ as the starting point and try to fit in [insert IP here] in that mold rather than looking at what is appealing about an IP and imagining a massively multiplayer game starting from that...


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I'm split on who wins between Munoz and Bisping. If he stops Munoz, which doesn't seem likely, they'd give him a title shot. If he won a decision, he'd certainly be in line for a title eliminator. Granted, the term "title eliminator" doesn't mean as much as it used to, but still.
On that note, how many more title eliminators/#1 contender fights will Bisping get? Would it be his last one if he beats Munoz?
Yeah, the only title implications this fight has to me is if Bisping loses, he's not getting a shot ever.
No one cares about what Bisping has to say anymore, he is a bum. Munoz is going to smash him, and if he doesn't, Bisping will either win by eye poke, or knee to the head while Munoz is on the ground.. Bispings only chance in this fight, Munoz is a monster, you just all watch and enjoy.
Bisping has proved time and time again, he can beat mid-tier competition but always loses to the top guys, he can't hang, plain and simple.
Fedor Emelianenko is the Greatest P4P MMA fighter to ever walk the earth, hands down.
Even when Bisping loses, he still thinks he deserves a title shot. I doubt this fight will have title implications. I think the next fight that has Jacare in it will be for the number one contender.
Even if Bisping didn't say that to a reporter we know and expect that kinda BS from him. As the last guy said even when he loses he still thinks he won.
Bisping will keep getting title eliminater shots as long as DW can get a cash bonner from him.
It sounds like UFC brass are the delusional, not Bisping. He said the UFC told him that there were title implications and then described his best case scenarios.
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We've been eating a lot of cake lately. Chocolate cake and chocolate muffins, butter & egg-rich striped cake, chocolate chip muffins, cookies and macarons. At some point, even I reach my limit, have my fill and crave for something clean, fresh and light. And something that is definitely not cake! Husband walks around patting his tummy and I am feeling the bite of the belt buckle, and someone, I swear, has been sneaking in at night and, scissors, thread and needle in hand, someone has been taking in my jeans. It is time to start thinking of something other than cake.
I step out onto the sidewalk and am kissed by the warmth of Spring. The sun is shining and barely a whisper of a breeze ruffles my hair. I have always preferred Autumn, but after months of steel-gray skies, dreary drizzle that trickles down the neck of my coat and icy winds that bite at my skin, harsh cold winter without even the joy of fluffy, white snow, I am reveling in this beginning of Springtime. But as I pull off my winter coat and hang it back in the closet, as I begin peeling off the layers of sweaters, unwinding the scarf from around my neck, as I peek in one shoe box after another and remind myself just how fabulous a collection of strappy sandals I have, I am starting to realize that maybe, just maybe, I have eaten a little bit too much cake this winter.
Spring will be upon us before we know it and summer will be nipping at her heels. As many of you know, we are off to Florida this summer, the first vacation we will be taking together as a family for a long time. But the point is: we are off to Florida. And Florida means shorts and swimsuits. Long months of icy cold days packed up in layers of fleece hidden under thick, padded, Michelin-man coats and socks over hose under knee-high boots (not to mention the hats and the gloves) and evenings in flannel jammies huddled under a mountain of blankets have left me numb, groggy and a bit on the mushy side. And like the Eskimos, that extra layer of fat is a winter necessity. But Spring is here and summer is right around the corner and it is at times like this that I start flipping through the cookbooks looking for tempting, light, fresh salads and soups, something to cleanse the system and, yes, I dare say, the palate. It's time to start thinking about baring the arms and the legs and slipping back into last year's tops, skirts and pants. Ouch! So, dear, what shall it be?
Husband and I go through phases of miso soup. I love the packets of instant red or white miso soup I can pick up at the Asian market along with packets of Udon noodles. On my way home, I'll swing by the primeurs, the fruit and veg monger if you will, and buy several shitake, plump and chocolatey brown, a handful of tender, crunchy snow peas all dressed in bright, cheery green, some spring onions and a fragrant bouquet of fresh coriander. A few minutes to bring the water to a boil, add the miso mix, sliced shitake, snow peas and noodles and simmer until everything is cooked to perfection. Divide into two bowls, toss on shopped coriander and sliced spring onions and we are sipping light and flavorful soup, a warming Winter meal when it is time for something lighter than cream sauces, pasta and casseroles.
Well, this time I was in the mood for spring rolls. There is an Asian (Chinese? Vietnamese more than likely) restaurant right next door to my Asian market and they have a take-out counter. Whenever I get the craving, I pop in and pick up a couple of fresh, cool spring rolls, rice wrappers stuffed to bursting with thin rice noodle, crunchy bean sprouts and carrot strips, bits of cooked chicken and butterflied shrimp all flavored with fresh mint leaves and chopped peanuts. The girl behind the counter will add a tiny plastic bag of golden dipping sauce to my purchase. Or I'll enjoy these babies dipped in spicy sweet chili sauce. But I decided to go wild and make my own spring rolls and my own dipping sauce.
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The sauce is from Annie Somerville's Everyday Greens
For the Spring Rolls:
9-inch round rice wrappers
Any or all of the following ingredients, as you like:
Rice noodles, cooked, drained, rinsed with cool water & drained again.
Bean sprouts
1 carrot, trimmed, peeled, sliced into thin 2-inch matchsticks
Shredded cooked chicken
2 cooked shrimp per spring roll
Small bunch mint leaves
Lettuce leaves
Peanuts, crushed
Have all of the filling ingredients prepared and lined up on your work surface: vegetables cleaned, trimmed, peeled and sliced as necessary, shrimp cooked and peeled and butterflied (simply slice down the back almost to the end of the tail but leaving attached then press flat), chicken shredded.
Simply dampen one or two rice wrappers at a time and keep them pressed between damp kitchen towels as you are working. This is only the first time I have made them so I learned as I went and mine were not too perfect. I placed two mint leaves in the center of a damp wrapper, placed twp flattened shrimp nose to nose on top of the mint, then lined up some beans sprouts, cooked and cooled noodles and bits of each and the rest (ok, I forgot the carrot strips and didn't have chicken and only added lettuce leaves to two, but I'll get better next time!). Bring the sides of the wrappers in towards the center then roll as tightly as possible being careful not to rip the delicate, fragile wrapper.
Spicy Peanut-Hoisin Sauce:
2 Tbs vegetable oil
1 large shallot, thinly sliced, about ¼ cup
Salt and pepper
½ cup Hoisin sauce
1/3 cup water
½ tsp rice vinegar
½ cup toasted peanuts, chopped
1 tsp sambal (red chili purée) or to taste
Heat the oil in a small frying pan and sautée the shallots with a pinch of salt over medium-high heat until golden and crispy, about 2 minutes. Drain on a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Chop and transfer to a small bowl. Add all of the remaining ingredients, adding the sambal to taste. Make sure the sauce is well blended before serving with the spring rolls in tiny sauce bowls.
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- Sarah, Maison Cupcake said...
I love light oriental food like this. I guess we all need a break from cake now and again! Can't wait to see you again at FBC. xx
- March 23, 2010 at 5:06 AM
- Ana Powell said...
There is always a big feast going on here.
Awesome dish x
- March 23, 2010 at 5:11 AM
- ABowlOfMush said...
I made similar ones to these just the other day! The rice paper is fantastic!
These look gorgeous, I'm going to make them! :)
- March 23, 2010 at 5:18 AM
- A. said...
These days I'm just thinking about spring rolls...you've read my mind :)
Beautiful and yummy creation as always :)
- March 23, 2010 at 5:24 AM
- shayma said...
this certainly does represent Spring. i love the photo of the fresh ingredients, such gorgeous, coral shrimp. Hello, Spring! x shayma
- March 23, 2010 at 5:24 AM
- Tangled Noodle said...
Not that there's anything wrong with eating lots of cake . . . ! These rolls are definitely a perfect choice for when you want to step back from all the rich foods. My last attempt at making them were less than successful but seeing how well these turned out, I may just have to give it another try!
- March 23, 2010 at 5:30 AM
- Ria Mathew said...
I adore spring rolls, just made a batch 2 days ago! :) Yours look gorgeous!!
- March 23, 2010 at 5:33 AM
- Heather Davis said...
Know exactly what you mean about the tightening belt buckle! I can't give my baked goods away fast enough.
My parents live in Florida so I have spent a lot of time there. Funnily enough we are heading to France for our holiday this year!
I am really considering coming to the FBC just got to sort out the finances.
It would be great to put some faces to all the blogs.
- March 23, 2010 at 5:42 AM
- The Cooking Ninja said...
Hub has been asking me to make these at home and I keep forgetting them. :p In S'pore, we have a different version which needs more work. It's called 'poh piah' and I usually make them when I'm back home as I can't find jicama and the wrapper here. :(
Yes I can safely say Spring is here. Been sunny for the past week.
- March 23, 2010 at 5:42 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
That is a dish I love to eat when it's hot outside. Lovely rolls!
- March 23, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- Cathy said...
I'm ready for a light, healthy, delicious meal. And I'm loving that sauce.
- March 23, 2010 at 5:55 AM
- The Duo Dishes said...
All of the sweets can definitely numb your taste buds. Even we get sweets overload and want something saovry, spicy, tangy, etc. Great dish.
- March 23, 2010 at 5:55 AM
- lisa said...
I've been feeling that same too much cake feeling myself lately. And, this is a great dish for eating lighter. So much flavor!
- March 23, 2010 at 6:10 AM
- Mamatkamal said...
Your spring rolls look nice, but this spicy peanut dipping sauce is the BEST!..Awesome !
- March 23, 2010 at 7:40 AM
- görel said...
That's exactly what I need right now. Please send some?
- March 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- RV said...
I am gorging at the spring rolls.
and yeah, the spring is here atlast. It is nice to see the flowers blooming in the tree after really long time.
- March 23, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- the wicked noodle said...
I've always wanted to try making these at home! They look amazing, Jamie! :-)
- March 23, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- catty said...
You've completely inspired me to make some at home now :) *love it!*
- March 23, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- Rambling Tart said...
I love this, Jamie! :-) I'm working hard on eating very healthy these days, and these are beautiful and so simple! I have wrappers at home and am excited to try my hand. :-)
- March 23, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- La Table De Nana said...
Such a cute post!
We are both in a spring~ asian mood..
I am making these for a party this weekend..It was all planned and here you are~
- March 23, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- MeetaK said...
ummm! yes lovely light spring rolls - have been making them in many variations lately - and i agree the extra bit of fat has also crept up on me. oy! enough cake i say!
- March 23, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- diva said...
ugh. i feel the same way. Ate too much this winter, feasted over Christmas, Chinese New year, Valentine's Day, etc. the excuses keep cropping up! Time to start eating 'cleaner' dishes and put aside the sweeties and cake! These spring rolls are beautiful. My Vietnamese aunt makes some really yum ones every family gathering. You make me miss them. x
- March 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Natashya KitchenPuppies said...
These are a huge favourite with us. They look wonderful! Love the shrimp and chicken filling.
- March 23, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Michelle said...
I love making Spring Rolls and make them specifically to clean out the vegetable drawers..LOL!
- March 23, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- Cristie said...
Oh, I laughed right out loud about the needle and thread with your jeans!! I'm thinking we have the same elf in my house. Great post. I can't wait to try the spicy peanut hoisin sauce, sounds just wonderful.
- March 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM
- Cinnamon-Girl said...
I am feeling much the same way! Your a good influence on me with these light and lovely spring rolls! You remind me I have wrappers and a waist-line that could do good from these.
- March 24, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Evan Halperin said...
looks delicious
- March 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- asiangrrl said...
Those look yummy-licious, Jamie.
- April 4, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Ellen Zames said...
I have always wanted to make these using rice paper but I'm intimidated by it. Your's are gorgeous!
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When the Moretown Town Office Committee warned its June 5 public forum, The Times Argus omitted the hearing impaired telephone number from the notice it published. As a result of this technicality, the committee will hold another public forum to discuss updated plans for the new town office on Monday, August 5.
Since the first forum, Moretown has submitted an application for a Vermont Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) in the amount of $865,286—the total estimated cost (including construction and administrative and legal fees) of building new town offices on the site of the Moretown Elementary School playground.
Moretown submitted its CDBG application on June 17 and found out just a few weeks later that it was only one of two towns (the other was Wilmington) that applied. Because of this, the CDBG committee has postponed reviewing the applications until it receives them from more towns. An increased number of applications should not affect Moretown's eligibility for funding.