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WINNIPEG — Whatever the fans have for him tonight at the MTS Centre, Sidney Crosby said this morning he can't wait to hear it.
The Pittsburgh Penguins captain went all smiles after today's morning skate, ahead of tonight's contest against the Winnipeg Jets (7 p.m., TSN, TSN1290), professing to have kept up with the fans' clever barbs and taunts of players opposing their Jets.
It's Crosby's first game in Winnipeg in an NHL uniform. He played for Team Canada here in late 2004 ahead of the World Juniors in Grand Forks, N.D.
Crosby said he won't be startled if the fans start in with him tonight.
"No, I've had a couple of laughs just watching some other games and hearing some of the things that have come up with," he said. "I'm pretty sure they're pretty creative.
"I've seen that before. I've played in Philadelphia for a long time now and if I can get through that, hopefully I'm somewhat prepared for what happens tonight.
"It's all in good fun."
Crosby said he had heard about the MTS faithful giving Washington's Alex Ovechkin the "Crosby's better," chant last season.
"I heard about that," he said. "They come up with everything. I think they were giving Staalsy (Carolina's Eric Staal, or maybe his brother, former teammate Jordan) a hard time at one point. They'll find something. Most times, like I said, I dont' hear it but that one might be hard not to hear.
"It's funny because you'll never know what they're going to come up with. It's usually pretty original."
Crosby's earlier experience here was a good one, he said this morning.
"I have great memories of playing here," he said of skating for Team Canada under coach Brent Sutter in 2004-05. "I remember just the crowd for an exhibition game, remember how exciting that was, the environment. And obviously playing in North Dakota, if felt like it was a home event for us with so many people coming down from Winnipeg to watch that.
"We spent some time in Gimli, had training camp there."
Crosby was asked about the potential of another NHL franchise returning to Canada, in particular in Quebec, where he played games as a junior.
"I had a great experience playing there at the Colisee, 15,000 people at a junior game," Crosby said. "Yeah, it would be amazing. They love hockey there. As far as the economics, if that works then it would be a great place and we all know about the rivalry with Montreal, how great that is. It could be great for hockey.
"We'll have to see how that will fit in."
Through three games this season, Crosby has one goal and two assists, but says he's himself and is playing the same way, after missing so much of last season because of post-concussion syndrome.
"If anything you've got to keep doing the same things," he said. "If you look at those plays, it's pretty rare that I would go to those areas and not be aware. I can't really fault myself on some of those plays that happened. It was bad luck. One, I really didn't have the puck.
"I like to think I'm pretty aware out there, where I am on the ice. It's part of the game. If you get caught, you get caught. But you like to make sure you're aware of where you are on the ice.
"That being said, sometimes when you hesistate, that's when you set yourself up to get really hit, so you try to just play the same way."
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said Crosby is as good as always.
"Those questions were asked after Games 1 and 2, noting he had just one assist but he led our team in even-strength chances in New York but didn't score a goal," Bylsma said. "There were real opportunities for him to score two or three or four easily in the first two games and it didn't happen for him.
"But he's Sidney Crosby. He's dangerous at both ends of the rink. He's added some penalty kill to what he's doing this year for our team and I think he's the best player in the world and he's been there."
Today, Crosby decided the minus-25 C morning temperature was no big deal and he walked about four blocks outdoors from the team's hotel to the MTS Centre.
"I just wanted to get outside and experience a Canadian winter again," Crosby smiled. "Believe it or not, you miss it a little bit, you miss seeing the snow.
"It's hockey weather so it was nice to get out. It was definitely a good reminder of how cold it is. I definitely forgot how cold it was.
"I was well-dressed. It wasn't too long a walk. If it was any longer, it might have been a little tough."


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With both Kevin Rudd and Labor's election campaign appearing to unravel, senior staff admit they have given up hope of winning the election.
While Mr Rudd is publicly forcing a positive spin on poor polling results and the fallout of a dysfunctional campaign, behind the scenes he is furious at how events have soured for him.
His travelling party has witnessed familiar outbursts of anger and an increasingly cranky demeanour as events have come unstuck.
Morale at campaign headquarters in Melbourne is at a low ebb. Staff members who have dared to voice opinions and challenge strategies have been removed, leaving a sense of distrust and insecurity among those remaining.
There is also a growing frustration at how Mr Rudd and pseudo-campaign manager Bruce Hawker have been freewheeling on strategies and policy.
''The mood is so depressed. It's like there is no reason left to keep fighting,'' one insider said.
That mood was perhaps best illustrated on Thursday when Mr Rudd gave a pep talk to staff at Labor campaign headquarters.
Mr Rudd said they had to believe what they were telling people when they got on the phones. ''They can hear it in the tone of your voices,'' he told them.
But it was the ring tone of a mobile phone that got all the attention when it pierced the PM's speech with the music to rock anthem The Final Countdown.
It was laughs all round, except from the Prime Minister.
Senior staffers now worry that stalwarts such as Wayne Swan and Chris Bowen could lose their seats.
Labor ministers have begun backgrounding journalists against Mr Rudd, although nothing like the cabinet leaks that so badly derailed Julia Gillard's 2010 campaign.
Labor staff members say they are concerned about Mr Rudd's erratic media performances, in which he is resorting to impenetrable jargon and announcing policy thought bubbles that come as news to his senior colleagues.
His press conference on Friday was a low point in the campaign. The media attacked the Prime Minister for his discredited attempt to claim a $10 billion hole in the Coalition's costings. And he countered by blaming the media for failing to hold Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to account.
As voters appear increasingly ready for change, Mr Rudd has suffered a series of largely self-inflicted wounds, culminating over the past few days in what one senior Labor campaign operative described as ''a week from hell''.
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When Mr Rudd takes centre stage at the Brisbane Convention and Entertainment Centre, he knows it will be his best chance to win back the favour he once enjoyed and which he craves so much.
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HIGHWORTH'S reserves are on standby to play in the first-team's Hellenic League Floodlit Cup tie at Wantage tonight.
However, first-team boss John Fisher feels the second-string will not be needed as he believes the third-round clash will be called off due to poor weather anyway.
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"I would think that there's no chance of it being on, but the reserves are taking the fixture anyway," he said.
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Wet weather decimated the fixture list across Wiltshire last weekend, with the Bluebirds seeing their game against St Neots at Hardenhuish Park rained off.
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I flippin' love anime and cartoons in general. Never had much love shows with "real" people. PAH!! (34 yrs on earth)
I think its awesome that all ages read manga/Watch anime. You shouldn't find yourself feeling "Lame" for wanting to interact with others and express your love for anime, I'm 18 and love anime! May not be the "Older person" you were trying to address but hey glad to see you on the site and welcome welcome to the forums
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I'm in my 30's I will always love watching anime! I don't care if people make fun of me. Age is nothing but a number
I'm 26 and I started watching anime when I was about 19 I believe. I love the stories and interesting characters in anime the most. Also the animation is better than amerian cartoons. My favorite anime show is Cowboy Bebop
I'm 35. Sailor moon was my first and still love it. I don't think you can be to old!
My blood type is Folgers!
I'm 24 and I didn't start watching anime until I was 20. The older I get the more open minded I become towards things I once viewed as beneath me or immature... so I doubt I'll ever stop liking anime unless it all becomes loli trash.
As most others have said (didn't read the whole thread), no age limits on anime. I started in school when I used to run home to see Battle of the Planets and especially Star Blazers. Didn't know what they were at the time (stupid 7-Zark-7). Always had a soft spot for 'cartoons', but didn't really get into anime until about 10 years ago, with Initial D. From there the usual progression to Cowboy Bebop, Gundam, Evangelion, etc. I just love variety and art, especially the music. Now it's pretty much all I watch.
Having said that, I am Senior Staff with the US Treasury, most of my colleagues don't get it so I don't talk about it at work. Doesn't matter, once you reach a certain age you realize it's all good. You are only as old as you feel (I know, lame), but I feel pretty damn young at the moment. BTW Steins Gate is awesome.
I don't think age matters.
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I'm 27, in college for a systems engineering degree. I've been into anime my entire life, but I don't watch nearly as much of it as I would like. :)
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I don't think age matters.
I don't think matter ages.
I'm 36 and still love anime. I always will!
I am 50, started with Kimba the White Lion, Robotech and loved it ever since. I passed this on to my wife who is the the perfect age and body measurements and my daughter who is 11. If you put all the unique shows that I have watched it would play non stop for 2 months and 1 week which would indicate being serious.
Most of my peers regard anime as simply cartoons so they think I am an idiot. I love it because I can watch a show with my 11 year old daughter and enjoy it as much as her. We have watched Cardcaptor Sakura, Clamp School Detectives, Angelic Layer, Princess Tutu, Kobato, most of Studio Ghibli and many many many more. We spend hours talking about the shows and about life. So I see anime as a vehicle to connect the geezers like me and the young like my daughter.
I am 52 I started waking Speed racer in the late 1960s but did not get serious about watching anime until 2008. I understand the awkwardness of being and older anime fan especially attending and anime convention. I decided to do something about it, from 2009 I run the Otaku over 25 panel, a panel for older anime fans at Kumoricon (anime, Portland OR \ Vancouver WA). I will doing the panel this year at Kumoricon this year. My partner in crime runs the older anime fan panel at Sukuracon.
I hope other older fans my think about running older anime fans at a con near you.
There are a few older people on this site. The younger ones just make more noise.
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As thorough as the NFL is in researching the players who seek to enter their league, there appears to be just as many troubled individuals slipping through the cracks as there ever was.
Over the course of the past week, three people associated with the National Football League have been killed.
One was a murder-suicide involving a player and his girlfriend, and the other a drinking-and-driving fatality.
In a league with around 2,000 players, these numbers are way out of whack with general-population averages, and that is because the NFL populace is anything but general.
In 1998, as a birthday gift, an ex-girlfriend of mine gave me a book titled Pros and Cons, yet it was far from being a novel weighing the positives and negatives of a situation.
It was a book about professional athletes who had either been charged with felonies, been convicted of felonies, spent time incarcerated or had criminal records.
NFL days are long and drawn-out, so I brought the book to the practice facility with me one day, as I often spent time reading in between meetings, practice and more meetings. I remember sitting in the locker-room, flipping through the book, when I discovered there was an alphabetical index in the back, listing the names and charges levied against every NFL player.
Not only was I dumbfounded by how many players had been in trouble with the law at one point or another, but I couldn't believe how many of the guys were on my team at the time.
In hindsight, my next move probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. But I was so stupefied by the involvement of so many of my teammates, I started reading their names out loud to everybody within earshot, followed by the charges that had been levied against them. By the time I had identified the fifth player or so, a crowd had formed around my locker and several of the players listed in the book expressed their extreme displeasure about my vocalization of their past histories.
When people talk about near-death experiences in their lives, that was about as close as I have got in my time.
Anyone who has played professional football or followed it knows you don't have to be a good person to play the game. One of the aspects I always enjoyed most about the industry is the same attribute why so many unsavoury individuals can find employment in the NFL.
In pro football, the biggest determinant of your time in the game is your performance on the field. Compared to other industries where the success of employees may be limited by politics, unions, relationships or other factors, what always speaks the loudest in football is your talent and ability. If you are good enough, teams will overlook almost anything you might have done to have you play and perform for them. Depending upon your value to the organization, even the rules between players can be different.
I was on a professional football team where, in the course of one weekend, two players were charged with impaired driving. One of them was a starter and the other was a player on the fringe of the active roster. The starting player had to go to the front of the auditorium, where we held our daily team meetings, and apologize to the team and the organization for bringing it into disrepute. The other player, the one who wasn't as valuable, was simply cut from the team.
Pro football is a game where trying to be more aggressive than everybody else, and having a mean streak and violent tendencies, is a requirement and an asset.
Early in my career, I had a position coach pull me aside and tell me that my run-stopping and pass-rushing development was coming along nicely, yet I had to start getting nastier on the field.
"It's OK to be a nice guy off of the field, but once you step on it," they told me, "you have to have that killer switch."
With what we have seen in the course of one week in the NFL, too often, it seems, that switch stays turned on.
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Cape Town Stadium replaced an older, 18 000-seat facility that was demolished in 2007.
With Table Mountain behind it and the Atlantic Ocean in front, Cape Town Stadium is one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world, winning huge praise from top FIFA officials.
The stadium is now the home ground of the Ajax Cape Town football team and is set to host many international football and rugby events in the future.
Constructed at a cost of more than R4.5-billion, Cape Town Stadium hosted eight matches during the World Cup, under the name Green Point Stadium. These included the quarter-final in which Germany thrashed Argentina 4-0 and the semi-final in which The Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2.
The 72 cables arranged like the spokes of a bicycle wheel, connecting to a steel compression ring that rests 34.5m above the pitch, adds visual spectacle. A glass roof covers the stands and bathes the stadium in natural light by day. At night, enhanced by pitch lighting, the effect evokes a burning ring of fire around the stadium.
The stadium now has a seating capacity of 55 000, but extra seats can be added for special events.
In addition to football and rugby matches, the stadium now hosts big musical acts like U2, Coldplay and Kings of Leon.
Facilities at the Cape Town stadium include 250 VIP suites, basement parking for 1 200 cars, a medical centre and police station, and four television studios. No less than 16 lifts ensure that fans have easy access to all 15 floors of the sports arena.
The Cape Town Stadium project created over 2 000 jobs for construction workers and upskilled some 1 179 artisans, the majority of whom were from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.
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The Green Point Urban Park next to the stadium is a must-visit. The multipurpose 10.5ha park is open seven days a week from 7am to 7pm and showcases local biodiversity in a serene setting. The venue includes a play park, adventure park, a learning park for functions or seminars, an art park for exhibitions and craft markets, an events park for concerts, outdoor markets and much more. Entry is free.
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From 1 August 2013, a tour of the stadium costs R45 per adult and R17 per child under 12 or pensioner. Visitors are guided through the hallways of the stadium to the players' change rooms, the on-site police cells and the VIP hospitality areas. They will also have the opportunity to see the world-class pitch up close. Tours commence daily from Tuesday to Saturday at 10am, 12pm and 2pm.
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Some of the country's most luxurious hotels are located in Cape Town, as are a number of the best boutique hotels. If you book early enough, the most 'happening' area to base yourself would be the V&A Waterfront.
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I recently discovered that behind RPS there's a forum with awesome people on it, so I thought this could be a great place to look for like-minded people.
I like variety in terms of games that I play. If I play 1 game too much I get burned out on it and stop playing it for a while (sometimes a very long one). This often results in me not finishing singleplayer games, but that's not a problem cause I can always come back later and finish it whenever I feel like it.
With multi-player games it's not that easy. I love multiplayer games, especially team or co-op games, but most of the time I have no one to play them with. The main reason is that low-level players don't group up. Of course there are clans (or similar) in almost any game with at least some degree of competition, but to get there you usually need to get at least decent and play regularly. I don't blame them, cause if the didn't that usually be no different than playing with random people. So I'm stuck with that which can be frustrating. When it comes to co-op games there are usually no organized groups, so if you don't have friends who play the same games you're bound to look for strangers if you want to play.
You could say that playing with strangers is not that bad. Not always, but how often do you get people that's fun to play with ? Even if you do find somebody, you play for a while you add him to your friends list, it turns out that it's only this one game that you both play. That's it. So after you're done playing he's just sitting in your friends list until someone decides to clean his list up.
One more thing before I get to my point (I warned you, didn't I?). The thing that bothers me the most when it comes to strangers is that you can't talk with them. You TYPE. During the game this comes down to the essential communication because you came there to play, not type all day long, and after the game it's mostly just "That was fun, bye". This leaves no place for the usual chit-chat that happens when you TALK with people. You can't socialize with fellow players in-game, and doing it after consumes a huge ammount of time, cause typing is a very slow way of communicating and people don't have the time.
This leads to the playerbase of a particular game getting divided into 2 groups. The first one is people who are either new and/or unskilled, don't feel like trying to get into a clan cause this usually requires a lot of time and effort or just like to play alone. This guys usually don't experience much teamwork or cooperation, so it's not so fun for them to play (they have a hard time winning, don't feel like they make a difference, get bored easily etc.) The second are people in clans who have more fun with this game, but they either play it exclusively or at least put a lot of time into this game.
I don't like to put too much time into one game. There's too many great games out there to focus too much on just one. No matter how good it is, at some point I'll have to search for a new group/clan etc. I'd like to have a way not to start over every time I go to a new game (or come back to an old one).
So here's my solution:
Let's gather like-minded people. As we get bigger it's gonna get easier to find people to play games that you like (or feel like playing right now). Maybe you'll find people who never tried to play a game you like and are willing to try. Maybe they'll get hooked up. Who knows.
You like playing a variety of co-op or team games ? This is the place for you.
You like to play less popular games that have low playerbase ? This is the place for you too.
You play a popular game buy you would like to play in a somewhat coordinated team but don't have time to play in a clan ? Still in the right place.
I don't expect anyone to be good at anything except for the ability to communicate.
So I have only ONE big requirement - having a MICROPHONE.
I've learned from my experience, that even if the game is not so good, being able to talk to fellow players makes it much more fun. If you are new to the game, you can get better very fast, because you can get some advice from other players on-the-fly. Finally if there's not much going on (loading screens, early game phases, no enemies areas etc.) you can just chat, learn a thing or two or maybe discover you both like to play another game. And you DON'T HAVE TO TYPE ! I personally despise typing when I can talk. It takes so much time to type the things you want to say. Think about how easier it is to communicate something by talking rather than typing.
Please make sure that it works properly though. It's of no use if no one can understand what your saying because of static, loopback or whatever.
I don't want this to be a strictly co-op community. Playing against people you know and can talk too is also fun and I intend to do all the fun stuff !
If you're interested, reply in this thread. Put some info about yourself and which co-op/team games you like playing (or would like to play with someone rather than alone). If there'll be enough interest for this I might think of a Vent server or something similar, but for now use this thread or PM me.
If you got here I'm proud of you :D
See you in-game !
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I'm 24. I'm from Poland. I play something almost every day. I love games, especially co-op games and team multiplayer games but with people who actually cooperate in them !
Games I like to play:
Starcraft 2, Men of War: Assault Squad, Magicka, Section 8: Prejudice (new there), League of Legends (I'm in DotA 2 beta but I suck at it :D), Left 4 Dead 2, World of Tanks, Minecraft, Terraria, Magic The Gathering, Assassin's Creed Revelations ? (I played Brotherhood MP, but didn't get to ACR MP yet), INSURGENCY (source mod), Alien Swarm, Defcon, Multiwinia, Ace of Spades.
That's all I could remeber for now. I have more of this, but I didn't get the chance to play some of them at all so I don't know how good they are (f.e. AI War: Fleet Command) or didn't have money to buy them (Portal 2).
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Erm, I think you're trying to formalise something which already happens spontaneously in these here forums. We've a multitude of unofficial groups who organise things, and there's already an unofficial RPS Mumble server as well.
Not that it's necessarily a bad thing to try and do.
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Well, I was gonna check the Mumble server, but it dropped out of my memory. I'm pretty new here and I might not have done enough research. If it's so similar to what I'm trying to do here then I might just go there :)
This idea was floating in the back of my head for a while and I decided to vent it.
I was aware of the number of different groups here. I don't mind that. I'm already part of one and will probably join more of them. What I wanted to avoid is the "multitude" part. Each time I want to switch to a different game, I have to go elsewhere, search for new people, reply in a new thread and so on. Maybe I'm trying to put too much stuff into one place. Who knows. But from my experience, when you join a certain group that is focused on one game, you can either play this game with this people NOW, or go look for people to play a different one, which takes time. Sometimes a lot of it.
I wanted to get a group that is not focused on any particular game to maybe make this transitions smoother and to see if there are people like me around here.
And yes, I'm lazy and I have too much free time at the moment ;)
lazy + bored is a dangerous combination :)
Personally I think it's an idea with merit, but it would probably be better served by one of the admins stickying a post with a list of all the groups which are knocking around here. However from re-reading your post(s) I suspect you're more after either the RPS Steam ChatRoom or a similar channel on the Mumble server where you could just pop in and see who is around and if they want to play anything?
But I still like the idea of a sticky post with a directory of RPS Interwebs Games GroupsWhen asked, he merely responded with a wry bleat followed by a swift kick to the testicles.- Rakysh
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I've been on the Steam Chatroom a few times, and it's awfully quiet in there. As for the Mumble server, I can't connect right now (can't find any current thread on it). Problem with Steam Chatroom is that even if I find someone to play there, the chance of him having a mic so we can TALK to is low. Did I mention I hate to type ? Especially ingame.
I think the picture I had in my head is to find some people interested in this sort of stuff and decide to hang out in the same place while online and willing to play and schedule some meetings for certain games at convenient times.
I did put some popular games in there but I should emphasize that my goal was to gather groups for the less popular ones. F.e. if I ask in some chatroom "Who wants to play <insert a good but not so popular game> ?", I probably won't find anyone willing to play it. "I don't have it installed", "I don't feel like it today" etc. I can ask everyday, but how many people am I gonna find at once (let's say I need 4)? To get a full team at once I need to schedule it. It's less of an issue if it's a popular game, but it's still more fun to play with people I've already played something with and that I can talk to.
Also some games are not worth starting a separate group. How many games of Sanctum, DEFCON, Magicka can you play toghether ? How long will you stay active in such group ? Some people will join you for one session and that's it. You gotta start over. If you can find good teammates in one game, why not try playing other games with them ? A group like this would make it easy to find people willing to play different games. Did I mention talking ?
Damm my post are long. That's the most stuff I wrote at once since high school.
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Instructions for mumble, which I only came across via the DDO thread.
I think this thread is a good idea for ecclectic games, if there's an existing group or one forms then put a link to it in the first post (afterall things keep falling off the front page and not every thread can be active).
Get enough of those threads together and enough activity in here and this thread will probably get sticky'd or will stay up by itself.
Personally at the moment I need to find someone to play portal 2's co-op levels with - they can't have played them before since they'd be waiting for me the whole time, no both of us need to be fresh to those levels and theres at least a few games of a similar nature.
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I'll think about editing the first post. I could link to all the active grouping threads and the thread itself would be for what you called "ecclectic games" :)
I managed to find the Mumble server after all, but this required help from some people on Steam Chatroom. That thread could certainly use a sticky.
I'd be totally onboard for Portal 2 if I had it. I might grab it if it goes on sale for Christmas (which is very likely).
Spreadsheets - they are the answer to all the world's problems ;)
Also - I need to play the co-op missions for portal2.When asked, he merely responded with a wry bleat followed by a swift kick to the testicles.- Rakysh
Double also: I too have yet to play the co-op missions for Portal 2. Or Portal 2 itself, for that matter, but the holidays might just be the perfect time to remedy this. Also, I'm down for general co-op/multiplayer shindigs; I like the idea of playing games, that although they no longer have much of an online presence, still have multiplayer capabilities that could be exploited with a little organization.
But I should check out this Mumble Server as well, it appears to more than the ARMA-related tool I first imagined it was.
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I think it's a great idea to start up a group that plays a multitude of games instead of focusing on one like most groups do in this forum. I also tried to find some people to play with in the steam group chat room a few months back but with little to no success over the course of several days so I have given up on that.
I would love be part of a group that regularly plays different games because just like you I tend to burn out on games fairly quick when played to much.
So I am definitely down for some multiplayer/co-op games although admittedly my collection of multiplayer games isn't very big these days. The only multiplaying I have done lately is minecraft and some older games like Baldurs Gate and NWN1 with this guy I know from the internet. I certainly wouldn't mind playing some more modern games like terraria with a group.
You can add me on steam (Cakeaddict) and chat me up sometime for a random game. I have a mic and have skype, vent and mumble installed so no problem there. I will probably be up for a game or two in the weekends most of the time and if you are willing to play some older games you can join me and my friend playing stuff like NWN1.
Managed to play a few of the Co-op levels of Portal 2 with Jarvis last night. I'd forgotten how great that game is, but they *really* don't ease you into the difficulty - either that or I've got more stupid since playing Portal 2
Once again apologies to Jarvis for my abysmal feedback issues in Mumble, it's definitely an issue with my PC, I'll try and fix it before we try and knock off the next few levels.When asked, he merely responded with a wry bleat followed by a swift kick to the testicles.- Rakysh
There's a thead here on RPS for Portal 2 that I posted in, may I add the lot of you on Steam for some co-oping?
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Getting something organized for getting coop games going sounds like a great idea to me. I have many games that I have putted off playing or started and quite because they seemed like they would be much more fun playing with other people. I have also had the problem of finding someone to play with only to find out they don't have a mic. To me this isn't really much different than going solo if you can talk to each other.
The mumble server is very nice and has the channels setup for different games. I would say that is the best way to communicate but Steam chat works pretty well too.
Some games that I have that I'd be looking to play some coop in: Battlefield 3, Splinter Cell Conviction, Magicka, Borderlands, Renegade Ops, Dungeon Defenders, Dungeon Siege 3, Nation Red (can never find a lobby for this), Sanctum and Terraria. I'll most likely pick up Portal 2 and Dead Island during the holiday sales too.


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I haven't done a beauty post in a while, and I absolutely couldn't let this editorial pass - I melt every time I see this gorgeous girl's face in the magazines.
Barbara is MADE to do beauty shoots.. Every look works so well on her. You can see her over again a hundred times and you will always get the feeling of a fresh face in her look. Give her about 10 more years to mature and such and she will be an absolute huge face and supermodel, the next Natalia Vodianova if you ask me.
Thank you for all the get well wishes! For the first time this week I am posting from an actual desk and not from bed - I am feeling SO much better. Love you all! xx
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Davis was out of town on June 2 when the Houston Police Department says two men broke into a nearby home on Briar Drive.
According to police, the thieves waited for the homeowners to leave, then quickly drove into their driveway. A witness told police that two men, wearing hooded sweatshirts, got out of the vehicle and jumped over a brick wall into the backyard.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Just hours after President Barack Obama called for a new review on assault weapons, Central Florida gun stores said they have seen more interest in gun ownership.
"Yesterday, we had more inquiries about, 'Do you have this? Do you have that? Can you get this? Can you get that?'" said Eileen Rieg, who owns a gun store and shooting range at 5512 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando.
Rieg said her store has yet to see an increase in sales directly related to the Newtown tragedy.
However, Rieg said she is waiting to see how the president's announcement might change gun laws and affect her business.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting reignited a national debate over gun control and Obama announced a task force to formulate ideas on how to reduce gun violence. He wants those ideas to come in a month.
"I will use all the powers of this office to help advance the efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this," said Obama.
Much of the focus has been on semiautomatic weapons, such as the Bushmaster AR-15 used by Adam Lanza to gun down 20 children and six adults at the school.
"I think military rifles should stay for the military," said Susan Pabon, whose relatives own guns and is considering buying one herself. "It's not for safety. I think if you own a rifle like that, it's more for power."
Pabon said she supports the Second Amendment, but thinks assault rifles should be banned. Even so, she thinks the focus should also be on mental health.
"I don't really think it's a gun control issue. I think that person had mental issues," said Pabon. "I think for the big rifles, they should put that under control more, but I think there's only so much you can do. Guns are always going to be out there."
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Mortally wounded Civil War Sgt. George Poundstone of Grand Ridge was bleeding very badly on the battlefield. But his focus was on saving his country's flag.
Hoping to keep his regiment's U.S. flag from Confederate forces after a battle, Poundstone stuffed it in his tunic.
Today the flag, visibly stained with Poundstone's blood, is stored flat in a cabinet in Springfield with hundreds of other similar fragile banners.
They are waiting for the day when funds can be raised to restore them to a condition where they again can be seen and perhaps shared with their home communities.
Poundstone was a member of the 53rd Illinois Infantry, which organized in Ottawa in the winter of 1861 and 1862. A member of an established La Salle County farming family, he was 32 and single when he joined up in November of 1861.
By early the following year the regiment had been trained and sent south to Missouri, then Tennessee and finally Mississippi.
On July 12, 1863, outside of Jackson, Miss., the 53rd Illinois was ordered to take part in a charge on Confederate fortifications.
The attack was a disaster. Withering Confederate fire cut down the union troops. In 40 minutes half of the Union troops were casualties.
The 53rd started the fight with 250 officers and enlisted men but finished with only 66. The eight members of the color guard that Poundstone was in charge of all were killed or wounded.
Thirty years later Brig. Gen. Walter Greshman, who witnessed the fight, had this to say: "The assault was as heroic as it was disastrous, and it may be that the responsibility for the terrible loss of so many gallant men will always remain a matter of uncertainty."
The general who ordered the charge, Jacob Lauman, was relieved of command and sent home to Iowa, never to be called back to duty.
After the battle, a Confederate patrol brought back to Jackson three Union flags and 200 prisoners, which included Poundstone, who had been shot in his thigh, left eye and heart.
After the news reached Grand Ridge, Sgt. Poundstone's father, Richard, and his brother, Samuel, headed south with a wagon, said Jeff Poundstone of Marseilles.
"His father said he would bring his son back to health or bring him back to bury him," said Jeff Poundstone.
"When he and Samuel arrived, the Confederates let them through the lines. As it turned out, George was dead before they got there. So they brought him back for burial."
Today Sgt. Poundstone rests with his parents and brother in the Grand Ridge Cemetery north of Grand Ridge on the east side of Route 23.
What initially happened to the flag is unknown. But on June 20, 1885, the New York Times reported the "blood-stained, battle-worn" flag had been found at the War Department in Washington, D.C.
According to the newspaper story, Poundstone had been left in Jackson when the Confederates abandoned that city and then taken to Vicksburg, were he died on July 23.
The story says veterans of the 53rd Illinois planned to get the flag returned to Illinois.
Whether the flag was ever a Confederate battle trophy or Sgt. Poundstone had been successful in keeping it from the enemy is unknown. But the flag was returned to Illinois where it was put on display with other battle flags in the capitol building.
In the 1920s the flags were moved to the state's Centennial Building where they remained on display until 2003. Since then the flags have been stored in a modern climate-controlled facility at Camp Lincoln in Springfield. There they are protected, but out of sight, and to a degree out of mind.
Sgt. Poundstone himself is barely remembered, yet his sacrifice is not one that can be forgotten.
"After being shot through the heart, he tore the flag from the staff and thrust it in his bosom," said one 1886 account.
"His heart's blood has written upon the flag he loved so well, a record of his devotion and bravery that speaks more plainly than could epitaph on marble."
Saving Sgt. Poundstone's flag
When it was new the flag of the 53rd Illinois Infantry snapped in the wind in La Salle County.
Today it is in storage. But the flag — stained with the blood of Civil War hero Sgt. George Poundstone of Grand Ridge — can be brought back to its home community for a number of years if the flag's restoration is paid for.
The bottom line is $15,000 to $20,000, said Bill Lear, curator of the Illinois State Military Museum.
The restoration program is run by the nonprofit Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society, a nonprofit organization. The program only covers actual costs.
The state has approximately 1,000 military flags, most of which are in serious need of restoration.
The program works by finding a sponsoring organization — or individual — that will raise the amount and then finding a safe and appropriate location to display the flag.
The process is to ship the flag to New York where it is conserved, framed and shipped back.
The condition of the flag is a factor in the final cost.
The flag of the 53rd Illinois is actually in pretty good shape compared to its brothers, said Lear. In some cases the flags are so worn from service that missing segments are recreated to be displayed behind them to show what they originally looked like.
But no matter what the shape two of the big ticket expenses are the cost of special shipping to and from the conservator — about $3,000 to $4,000 — and the frame, another $5,000 to $6,000.
Lear said the state then will loan the flag for display for at least two or three years, and longer if conditions are right. The flags still are the property of the state, he noted.
The display location must be in a temperature controlled building and out of direct sunlight to prevent fading.
The restorations are rare. Last summer four were started that are just about finished.
One will be put on display in the Old State Capitol in Springfield and another in DuPage County.
"It's a doable thing," said Lear.


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Hearts of gold, nerves of steel
C.B.N. women open thrift shop to finance shelter
Just three weeks after they opened a small thrift shop in Bay Roberts, three Conception Bay North women are amazed by the support coming in. If it continues, they figure they'll make enough money to pay the rent — with a little left over to go towards realizing a dream.
The three have been friends for years and share a bond through their work with the SPCA. Now they have a common goal to found a cat shelter for the C.B.N. area.
Susan Deir worked with the St. John's SPCA for 22 years; 15 of those she served as special constable. During those years she's seen some horrific sights.
"There are many, many," she says softly, sitting in a small room at the back of the thrift shop.
Her longtime friend and colleague Janet Neil nods. "You could write a book," she agrees.
While their partner, Linda Mercer, minds the shop at the bright, neatly stocked front portion of the store, Deir and Neil talk about how the little shop came to be. Mercer, who served on the board of the SPCA, is the shop's accountant; her husband, Tony Smith, also volunteers at the shop when needed. The couple are active fundraisers for the SPCA.
"Janet, Linda and I have known for a long time that there was a need in the Conception Bay North area for a cat shelter," says Deir. "We discussed it many times. But one day we decided it was time to stop talking and start doing something, so we met at Janet's house and the idea of the thrift store was born."
They immediately began looking at buildings and started a Facebook page.
"The response was tremendous, so we ran with it from there and now a couple of months later, here we are."
Deir credits Neil with getting the ball rolling through her volunteer work. Some nine months earlier she'd started a low-cost spay/neuter program for residents, called Cat Concerns.
"It helps people like seniors," Neil explains. "Maybe the only company they have is their cat and they can't afford to have the cat spayed or neutered. Or it might be people who take in strays and maybe they've got their own cats, but would be willing to take another, or single parents who are finding it difficult."
Janet, Linda and I have known for a long time that there was a need in the Conception Bay North area for a cat shelter. We discussed it many times. But one day we decided it was time to stop talking and start doing something, so we met at
Janet's house and the idea of the thrift store was born.
In less than a year through her fundraising work, she's been able to contribute towards the spaying/neutering of 40 cats.
But, she stresses, the program is only for people who truly need the financial help, and even then they are expected to pay a portion of the cost of spaying/neutering.
The women decided to use the name of Neil's Program, Cat Concerns, for the thrift shop as well.
"Typically, I've felt that cats get the short end of the stick," Deir says. "Everybody will look after a stray dog, feed it, call it over, pet it, but cats they shoo away from their door. And the people that do feed stray cats, it doesn't take long before they will reproduce. So cats are a big issue and nobody seems to want to do anything about them."
"There are a few cat groups in this area, but the problem is nobody has a shelter," says Neil. "We need a physical building. I'd venture to say there are thousands of stray cats in the 68 towns on the Baccalieu Trail. There are good-hearted people who feed strays and all of a sudden they have kittens and it starts to get out of hand."
With money left over from previous fundraising efforts, the women were able to rent the former Mom's Take Out on Bareneed Road for their shop. They're hoping eventually the profits from the store will aid in purchasing a building to use as a shelter.
They receive generous donations of items through advertising on Facebook and word of mouth.
"People have been so supportive," notes Deir. "It's funny because they'll come in with a bag of items or several bags and they'll take a look around and end up leaving with another bag of stuff. And we've been hearing that people are happy that someone is actually doing something to make (a shelter) a reality."
The store doesn't have the space to accept large furniture or appliances, but takes household items, clothes, accessories, books and the like.
Cat Concerns Inc. is staffed by 10 volunteers, who work three-hour shifts, but more volunteers are needed.
The shop is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In addition to store income, the women continue to fundraise towards their goal.
Their next event will be held at the Seaside Lounge in Spaniard's Bay Feb. 16, sponsored by the lounge and Terry Lynch, instructor at The Music Studio. There'll be live bands and taped music, and the women expect some of the students from the studio will be on hand to perform as well.
The good and the ugly
It takes a heart of gold and nerves of steel to deal with situations of animal neglect and abuse.
"It takes its toll on you," Deir says. "When we get together and start talking, then you realize what you've been through and what you've seen. I shake my head and I wonder, and I'm sure Janet does the same."
One particular instance from 10 years ago still haunts Deir.
"It was in the St. John's area. The dog was at the end of his chain and had been there in the snow for three months, dead.
"I guess the temperatures preserved the body and when we sent it off to the pathologist in P.E.I., all indications showed that the dog had starved to death. This dog was tied on 30 or 40 feet away from the house, smelling all the kitchen smells, seeing the kids come and go. I can't imagine what the poor little thing suffered."
At the time it wasn't something she allowed herself to dwell on.
"You have a job that you have to do, and you sort of have to watch your back too because you're on somebody's property telling them they've done something very wrong. So I guess some sort of instinct kicks in, you do your job and you can't get emo- tional about moment."
"And the fines were so miniscule," adds Neil, who has volunteered alongside Deir for a number of years. "But they've recently been changed (up to $50,000) so that may make a difference."
It hasn't all been bad, and it's the good stories that have kept them going.
"They make it worthwhile, and some of the most horrible stories turn around to be actually nice stories in the end. You've rescued an animal from a horrific situa-
that tion and brought it back to what it should be physically and emotionally — because they suffer the emotional stress as well. And then the animal gets a fabulous home where it lives out the rest of its life.
"We know it will take a while to get to the point of a shelter," Deir continues. "There are a lot of obstacles, money being one of them. But this is a start and with hard work, dedication and continued support from the public, we know we can make it a reality."
Three Conception Bay North women have opened a thrift shop in Bay Roberts, where they hope proceeds from sales will help in the purchase of a shelter. The shop is run by 10 volunteers, including (from left) Janet Neil, Susan Deir, Linda Mercer and Mercer's husband, Tony Smith.
Linda Mercer glances up from stocking the shelves to greet a customer.
Susan Deir, a former special constable with the SPCA, tidies a shelf. A small room in the shop is dedicated to books.


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To celebrate National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, on Sept. 29, the Ronan Thompson Foundation will hold its inaugural "Gold Party" fundraiser.
The event's host is Charisma Carpenter, an actress from the ABC Family drama "The Lying Game," and begins at 8 p.m. at W Scottsdale.
The evening's entertainment will take place around W Scottsdale's WET pool, which will be decorated with an array of gold ribbons, and will feature a DJ performance from DJ Mom Jeans (actor Danny Masterson, best known as playing the character Hyde on "That 70's Show"), and a live cirque performance.
A silent auction will be held with Jacqueline Nerguizian jewelry and a Brett Michaels-autographed guitar up for grab.
Because National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month's official color is gold, the Gold Party's staff will be garbed in golden hues; guests are encouraged to dress up with golden clothes and accessories as well.
The event's proceeds will go toward The Ronan Thompson foundation, which was established after Ronan Thompson's death from neuroblastoma. National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month's purpose is to increase awareness for the types of cancer largely affecting children and to raise funds for research and family support.
Every year, more than 12,000 people under 21 are diagnosed with cancer, according to a press release.
Tickets start at $25 and are available at wscottsdaletickets.com.


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Dysonics, makers of an immersive audio app that puts a virtual room inside your head in which to hear music better, has come up with an attachment for headphones that makes the experience of spacing and placing sounds even more realistic.
Rondo Motion is a thin, square device, about the size of a watch face, that can be easily strapped to the band on a headphone to give it motion-sensing capabilities. This means if you turn your head, the music doesn't move with you, it stays in the same place in the "room". Read more


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Cherish Chippenham has appointed a Business Improvement District (BID) manager for the town.
Carolyn Brownell started in the new role of BID manager last month and is working from an office in Emery Gate.
A BID is the area in which businesses pay a levy to fund projects with the aim of improving the town centre.
Cherish Chippenham chairman Melody Thompson said: "Carolyn has been working as the assistant BID manager in Solihull and is delighted to be relocating to Chippenham as she was originally from Warminster."


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On Cooking Channel's Pizza Cuz (Mondays at 9pm ET), Sal Basile and Francis Garcia, owners of NYC's Artichoke Basille's Pizza, embark on a mouthwatering exploration of pizza across the country. Devour sat with the two pizza aficionados to find out more about running a pizza empire and the best slices in the world.
What brought you both to the pizza business? Had you worked in restaurants before?
Francis: "We grew up in the restaurant business with a fourth generation restaurant family — our great grandparents' grandparents' restaurants. Our mothers, sisters and brothers and all our cousins work in pizza places. But it's the same thing on my father's side and his father's side — they all work in restaurants. It's in our blood. We tell people pizza sauce pumps through our veins."
Sal: "Yeah, my dad had me taking out slices when I was ten years old, probably breaking child labor laws!"
You guys are family and best friends. Have there been any challenges working with each other?
Francis: "There are people in my family that I wouldn't open up a lemonade stand with, you know? So it wasn't just because we were cousins, I mean me and Sal have a relationship where we're perfect for each other. I have strong points; he has strong points, but we really seldom butt heads. We work really well together."
Sal: "And with opening the store, like he always says, the planets really aligned."
New York has been known for its pizza for a long time — what made you want to open up a pizza place in 2008? What were you determined to do differently?
Francis: "The artichoke pizza I started making at my mom's restaurant in 2006. What I would do for every table that came in, in their bread basket for a table of four, I would chop up half a slice for a table of four and let them sample it. People would flip out; they would order it on the spot, and they would take it home. My philosophy was in Manhattan we can give it to more people in 2 weeks than we can in Staten Island in 6 months. So that's what we did. We found a little hole in the wall just to make that pizza, and me and Sal would stand outside everyday handing it to people for three or four days. Then it exploded in our face."
What's your go-to slice of pizza?
Sal: "A Sicilian slice, made with tomato sauce, asiago cheese and lots of fresh basil, straight out of the oven, hot, where it burns the roof of your mouth."
Francis: "A slice of our vodka sauce pizza."
What's the most outrageous slice that you ate while filming Pizza Cuz?
Francis: "Most outrageous one was Zante on Mission Street in San Francisco. A couple of Indian guys from Queens went to San Francisco in the early 90s, bought an old school Italian pizzeria, turned it into an Indian restaurant, but kept the ovens. Now they make Indian pizza, and it's delicious. They make the dough with turmeric, so it comes out yellow. They put down a curried spinach sauce as a foundation, they add tandoori chicken, baba ghanoush, curried cauliflower, curried garlic, then they cover the whole thing with cilantro and mozzarella on top. It's out of this world."
Sal: "It was a little spicy, but yeah, we hadn't had anything like that before."
As you traveled across the country in search of awesome pies, what were you looking for? What made these pizzas great?
Francis: "To me what makes a great pizza is the actual person who's making it. It's really a craft, and to be a good pizza guy, you gotta know how to bake. You gotta know the temperatures of the doughs, what temperature of water to use when making the doughs. There are a lot of great elements combined to make great pizza, aside from great toppings. It's experience; it's people actually caring about what they're doing."
Sal: "And a lot of these guys we went to see were very passionate. They had their own neat style of making pizza."
Any funny moments while filming Pizza Cuz?
Sal: "I was in the water. We were clam farming in Tomales Bay near hog island, and I was going for clams and I tripped and fell in the water. It was freezing!"
Francis: "After we would do the whole spiel with the owners. They would have us talk with the customers to talk to them about the pizza. It was a long day; we were in this place Apizza Scholls for like thirteen hours. I asked this girl who was with her boyfriend eating a slice of sausage pie, 'What do you think of his sausage?' They looked at me like I had ten heads, and then it dawned on me what I had said. And I really didn't mean it — the owner made his own sausage."
If you weren't making pizza, you'd be…
Francis: "I would be a Neil Diamond impersonator. It's the truth. I'm a degenerate karaoke singer. When I retire I want to own a karaoke bar — not to make money really — and the name is going to be Unchained Melody."
Sal: "I'd be the Heavyweight Champion of the World in boxing, and I'd have my entourage with me. I love boxing."
Tune in to Pizza Cuz Mondays at 9pm | 8c on Cooking Channel.
Get Francis and Sal's tips for making NY-style pizza at home.


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Take me to the ball game…let those good times roll.
All the family out in the sunshine having a great day
Old style music hall, Vaudeville, Cabaret, nostalgia and fun times!
A happy piano tune harking back to yesteryear and golden days gone by. In style of rag time with a touch of Scott Joplin influence. This is a joyful, uplifting piece of music. With a party feel about it. Could also be used for circus and carnival music. Picture a sunny, clear day with friends enjoying a happy time together. Ideal for children's programming, vintage footage and background work.
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