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Friday, November 7, 2008
A Look back at the Burning Crusade
Favorite 5-man Instance:
Shadow Labyrinth - The reason I like Shadow Labs is the variety of bosses. There were all fairly different and definitely presented a challenge before I would fully raid geared. I know a lot of people hated the ogre boss but everyone remembers him hand it was definitely a unique fight. Overall, Shadow Labs has an epic feel to it that was missing from a lot of the other 5 mans. It was one of the few instances I didn't mind running multiple times.
Least Favorite 5-man Instance:
This one is tough. I think I'm going to have to give two answers.
Auchenai Crypts - I leveled 3 toons to 70 in BC and never ran AC once on any of them, on either mode. I can't really say that it is my least favorite if I never ran it, but there has to be a reason for missing it. I would have assumed that some one would have pulled me in for a daily or a heroic or something if it was decent. However, it sounds like I wasn't missing much according to most of the people I've talked to.
Mana Tombs - This one is probably due to lack of experience also. I didn't run MT much also, but I don't remember anything particularly fun about this instance anyway.
Favorite 25-man Raid Boss:
Kael'thas Sunstrider - I have only killed him once but I really liked this fight. It has great variety and complexity. While it was fun downing bosses on the first or second day of trying them, it ultimately felt kind of hollow. Nothing was really accomplished. The Kael fight is much more involved. In my opinion it is more fun to learn the little complexities of the fights and feel the sense of accomplishment when you down him. Plus everyone gets to play around with Legendary items if for only a few minutes. Ultimately Kael was one of the few fights that had a truly epic feel to it. My only regret is that I couldn't get a guild first kill on him.
Least Favorite 25-man Raid Boss:
Void Reaver - I hate the orbs. It is that simple. VR was the fight I performed worst on consistently. I know it isn't ranged friendly, but I think it is particularly bad for moonkin since we have one of the longest cast Nukes in the game.
Favorite 10-man Raid Boss:
This is actually a tie.
Shade of Aran - This one is a little funny because I hated this fight early on because it is fairly hard and my computer always lagged out on it. However, after I got a better computer I started to appreciate it. It has a nice level of randomness and complexity that wasn't seen from a lot of the early bosses. It wasn't predictable but the randomness alone wouldn't wipe your raid like it would on Prince.
Jan'alai (Dragonhawk) - I really like the mini game. It provided a little tension but was beat able. Plus the trash leading up to him provided a little niche for moonkin. Yes, there are other ways to control the scouts but moonkin were probably best at it.
Least Favorite 10-man Raid Boss:
Netherspite - This one is a little funny because I thought it would be one of my favorite bosses after reading the strat. However, I think I have run it to many poor players or with very little organization. It seems like someone dies every single time. When I've run kara with my alts recently I'm just trying to get the fight over with.
Worst Moment in the Burning Crusade:
This one won't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me or has read this blog for a while. My worst moment in BC is clearly when Wandering Alliance broke up in January of 08. I lost some friends in that split and seriously considered quiting the game at that point. To be completely honest, I don't think I've had as much fun with a guild as I did with old WA since then. Don't get me wrong. I think LoE is great, and after I progress with them in WotLK and get to know some of the people better I will probably feel differently, but old WA was something special. Raids were focused but you could joke around a little. When not raiding you could hang out in vent and talk with people about different stuff. I guess I just felt closer to old WA then I have with any of my guilds since.
Most Shocking Moment in the Burning Crusade:
Logging into wow for raid and finding out that my guild no longer existed was very shocking. It wasn't really bad because I was kind of looking for a good way out, but shocking none the less. What made it so shocking was that it was completely unexpected. When most guilds fall apart you can see the cracks for a long time but the guild leaders hang on for dear life. In this situation there was drama leading up to it but none of it seemed to be a guild killer. Really the guild could have been saved, but there were a few straws that broke the camel's back and the GM decided to throw in the towel.
Best Moment in the Burning Crusade:
Killing Vashj was by far my best moment in BC. After my worst moment above a lot of people said that we wouldn't be able to rebuild into a guild that could clear SSC, but we did. On top of that she is such a tough fight, and is the toughest guild first kill I've had with a guild. Killing her felt like we had accomplished something as a team. I just wish she had dropped a druid token just once.
That's it for me right now. If there is something else I remember I will added it. What are some of our highlights of BC? Post them in the comments if you would like to share.
Toon Update:
Graylo - Lots and Lots of Sunwell. We have downed the Eredar Twins but it proved to be harder then I expected. Little things prevent us from killing them for a while. People would fall off the ledge or conflag the raid. It was very frustrating but it proves that even with the nerf you can't just walk into SWP and kill bosses. We eventually did pull it all together and down Twins with a little more then an hour left in raid.
With that we headed to Muru. In contrast, Muru wasn't nearly as difficult. It's not that complex of a fight. Its mainly a personal DPS race that has been mage much easier by the patch and the new WotLK talents. We were able to down him after only a few attempts and got the guild first kill the same night that we killed Twins.
Since then we have been working on Kil'jaeden. This is a great fight, but we haven't killed him yet. On the first night of attempts we were reliably getting him down to about 40% but couldn't go much farther. Our positioning was a little to spread out and we were a little to far away from the orbs when the spawned. We changed our positioning a little bit and the next night we tried him things went better. On our best attempt we got him down to 4% but were a little frustrated that we couldn't get him down. Our biggest problem now seems to be people not surviving long enough. I think we just need to just get a little more experience with the fight's mechanics and he will go down. The good news is that we have all tonight to get it done, and there is a general consensus that we will continue to raid until he is down since we are running out of time. Wish us luck.
Graypal - He is just waiting for the expansion and DEing stuff. I'm still thinking about turning him Holy at 80.
Grayfel - I've been running as many raids with him as I can to get gear. He has been through ZA and Kara a couple of times but the real luck came when I got into a guild TK pug. A couple of guildies wanted to see if we could short hand VR and I got my lock into the raid. It went remarkably well. We ended up 15 manning VR and I got the T5 shoulders. We then decided to go on to Solarion and 10 manned her, and I got the caster legs that drop off of her. All in All it was a good night for my lock. I also now have over 150 badges and will spend them soon to replace some of my remaining holes in my gear.
Grayvik - The little mage is coming along nicely. He is just short of 30 and doing pretty well. I'm starting to get an hand of how to survive with him, and I am enjoying his progress. I doubt he will progress much over the next few weeks/months, but I am looking forward to getting him to max level.
Leveling Guides:
For those of you that don't know, I am a big fan of leveling guides. I leveled Graylo from 30 - 60 using Jamie's guides at WoW-Pro.com. I then used Brian Kopps Alliance guide to get Graylo from 60 - 70. I also used it to get Graypal and Grayfel from 1 - 70, and have used it for my mage also. For the most part I think it is a great guide, but I am considering using a different one after the expansion for a couple of reasons.
First, he is charging for the WotLK upgrade. This gives me a good reason to look around at my other options. Second, he hasn't said anything about if his guide will be available on Thursday when the game is released. This has made me a little nervious since I don't want to try and pick up a guide in the middle.
So, I'm wondering if any of my readers have experience with any of the other guides available. I am leaning towards trying the Zygor Leveling guides. The addon they have created to display the guide looks really nice and they say it is ready for Thursday. Have any of you tried the Zygor guides or some other Leveling guide I should look at? If so, please post in the comments what you thing about them.
5 comments:
- Timothy "The Yellow Dart" Scheel said...
BigRedKitty speaks highly of Zygor's guide.
- November 10, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- Spirit said...
(reposting for correct links)
If I got that right you have to pay for Zygor's guides. imo thats just a waste of money...
I'm gonna stick with Jame's guides, they are free and they are extremely well done.
cya in northrend :-)
- November 11, 2008 at 2:42 AM
I used Azuarc's guides all the way to 70, they were unfinished then but a few instance runs got me to the top! They appear to have been re-formatted and a new one has appeared, I don't know if Northrend will be done in time but anyway:
Mskrang, Nelf Boomkin.
- November 11, 2008 at 7:11 AM
- Cdin said...
Thanks guys for the info.
Jame's Guides are awesome. I used them to level Graylo from 30 to 60. And I've used his horde guide on my little BE Pally. The only reason I bought the Brian Kopp guide in the first place was because he didn't have a 60-70 guide when I hit 60.
To be honest, I didn't check his site because I didn't expect he would have a guide up by the release. It is good to know and I may use his guides. However, I'm still considering the Zygor guide. The main reason is that it is an ingame guide that tracks your progress and literally points you in the right direction.
I personally hate tabbing in and out, so an ingame guide is really attractive to me right now. However, If you don't need an ingame guide then Jame's is definately the way to go.
- November 11, 2008 at 7:56 AM
i use zygors, its great.
i used brians from 1-70, but i dont wanna pay for just the 70-80.
well i picked up zygors and im loving it.
- December 1, 2008 at 10:44 PM


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by Al Camp, The Chronicle
A reformed drag racer is becoming quite the terror at Republic's Eagle Track.
Steve Hood, who teaches automotive classes and coaches the wrestling team at Lake Roosevelt High School, added another first-place trophy racing his four-cylinder Ford Mustang.
"It's always a good deal when you win," Hood said. "I've been racing up there for quite a while."
Hood, 55, initially got his taste for speed drag racing a 1968 Chevrolet Nova.
"I got my arms twisted helping one of my automotive students (Leon Desautel) go up and race," Hood said. "I'd been drag racing before that, but the whole going in a circle and beating the car up did not appeal to me very much."
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He currently campaigns in a 1983 Mustang.
His students at Lake Roosevelt have built several race engines as part of their classes. One of those won the modified title at Republic last year.
"It is not uncommon to see students in Mr. Hood's class working on body work, painting, or engine repair," Lake Roosevelt Principal Brad Wilson said. "And loving every second of it."
"Building engines kind of fits right into the curriculum," Hood said of his classes.
Hood didn't expect to win the overall title at Republic this year.
"I'm going to miss too many races to win," he said. "I enjoy going up to Republic. I enjoy the people, enjoy the competition. It's a chance to drive fast under somewhat controlled conditions."
Hood missed the May 12 race of champions because he was attending a wrestling meet in Centralia.
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The actor and wife Amanda Anka welcomed a baby girl, Maple Sylvie Bateman, on Friday, Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, the Horrible Bosses star's rep confirms to PEOPLE.
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TMC wrote:migya wrote:Wouldn't be the same would it if the team moves! I don't even live in Oakland and I don't want the team to leave there. Certain history is good and should be kept and cherished, not changed for the future because it is a real let down
Yeah, even if I don't live there, I don't want the Warriors to leave the Bay Area. I've been following them for years, always there and it would hurt to see them go. They're part of that community.
But I don't think a new owner would mean necessarily a change of location. The Warriors fans are the best of the country (that's a FACT) and every owner knows that he'll get his revenue as long as he puts a good product on the court.
Oakland is a big city, with alot of people so right there it's good for business! Alot of history in these Warriors


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Meet Our Staff: Freckles!
We're looking forward to Freckles joining us for her third year at Gold Arrow Camp! She'll be the Special Events Coordinator, taking care of everything from Tigers' Bingo to Dances and Carnival!
She is currently a Junior at the University of California, Berkeley, studying Political Science. Freckles is the Under-Secretary-General of Special Events for the Berkeley Model United Nations and is a member of the Student Union Program, Entertainment, and Recreation Board, which organizes events for students. In her free time, she enjoys running, playing soccer, and drawing. This fall, Freckles has been accepted to the Global & International Studies program at Meiji Gakuin University and will be studying in Japan in the fall.
We love Freckles' bright, easygoing personality. Her campers describe her as fun, encouraging, outgoing, and "someone who makes you feel special." She isn't afraid to be silly, and you can always count on her to join any dance party without thinking twice. We're excited for the crazy fun she brings to life at GAC, whether shooting arrows at Archery in her banana costume or introducing us to a new camp song at Morning Assembly (probably while wearing her banana costume)!
Check out Freckles' answers to some questions we asked her!
1. Why do you want to come back to camp again?
I love working with kids, and I love happy people. At GAC I get to do all my favorite activities—backpacking, kayaking, rock-climbing, etc.—with my favorite kind of people. What's not to love?
2. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one ability, what would it be?
If we're talking super powers, it would definitely be the ability to teleport. Just think of all the places you could go in the blink of an eye, not to mention all the money you'd save on plane tickets. On a more realistic level, I've always wanted to play the guitar. It'd be pretty sweet if I could wake up one day and strum whatever song was going through my head.
3. What is your favorite part of camp?
My favorite part of camp is the dance. Who doesn't love to dance like a crazy person with all of their closest friends? I'd have to say that bedtime is a close second though. I love checking in with each of my campers, hearing how their days went before saying good night. Then, there's the peaceful silence filled with happy memories from the day before and excited anticipation for the day to come. And of course nothing beats falling asleep under a blanket of stars.
4. If you could travel the world, what would be your top five destinations?
Tibet, Argentina, Singapore, South Africa, Scotland
5. What is your favorite book to read at camp?
My favorite book to read is probably Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. I've always admired the main character Susan, who refuses to worry about what others think of her. She doesn't try to be like anyone else, despite pressure from her peers. She's always 100% Susan.
6. If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?
Well that's one of the most interesting questions I've ever heard…I think I'd jump from wall to wall, using my ninja skills to scale up the sides of the blender and escape.
7. You're at the Carnival at camp. Where do you go first: Popcorn, Cotton Candy, Snow Cone, Pickle, or Nachos??
PICKLE PICKLE PICKLE PICKLE. No question.
8. If you could pick anyone in the world to host Morning Assembly, who would it be?
Oprah (no explanation necessary).
9. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?
My closed-toe shoes, my water bottle, and my sunscreen.
10. What are you most looking forward to about GAC 2015??
I'm excited to see all my old friends and hear about all the exciting things they've done this past year. I also can't wait to meet all the new counselors and campers. I'm counting down the days until I can turn off my phone and just focus on enjoying the outdoors with the people I love.
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Date: August 30, 2005
Priests for Life offers support for California's "Prop 73"
requiring parental notification for abortion on a minor
New York City - Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for
Life, issued the following statement today in support of "Prop 73," a
measure on the Nov 8 ballot in California that will require that the parents
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"Priests for Life is announcing today that it will assist the residents
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Speaking of the importance of this measure on the lives of young girls
as well as family relations, Fr. Pavone added the following:
"Our extensive experience with those who have had abortions shows that
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ISS Amateur Radio Status: October 17, 2008 By Miles Mann WF1F, Slow Scan TV Status MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org Manned Amateur Radio Experiment Hello all: I hope you have been enjoying the Slow Scan TV show from the International Space Station. Current Status: ISS has two operational SSTV systems running. This morning The ISS crew used the Laptop version from MarexMG called SpaceCam1 for a few images (October 17, 09:32 UTC). And then later the same day switched over to the Battery powered Kenwood VC-H1 System. VC-H1: Since the VC-H1 will only run on batteries, (and it does go through 4 AA batteries in a very short time), Garriott's will only be using the VC-H1 when he is near by to shut it off when ISS goes into the shadow of the Earth. I do not expect much usage of the VC-H1 after Garriott's mission is over. The VC-H1 was flow as a last-minute back up because of a problem with missing cables for the SpaceCam1 platform and a problem with the existing VOX box. SpaceCam1: In August 2006, ISS commander Pavel ran some Slow Scan TV tests from ISS. http://www.marexmg.org/imagessstv/SpaceCamImages1.htm During the testing we heard from a few reliable ground stations that the transmitter was getting stuck ON and the radio's watch-dog timer would shutdown the radio after 3 minutes of continuous transmission. We were never able to debug the problem in flight. It was assumed that there was some stray audio or RF that may have been keeping the VOX box in a constant transmit state. In June this summer a quick decision was made to send a full backup TM-D700 and full set of cables and new VOX Box up to ISS for Garriott's mission on the next available Progress Cargo rocket. Now we have plenty of cables, radios and theoretically two VOX boxes and a VC-H1. The SpaceCam1 software has been used from ISS several days this past week, including October 12 and 17. We have heard rumors that the transmitter is staying keyed. 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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's opposition to raising the minimum wage is reason enough for Kentuckians to replace the five-term incumbent with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, a longtime Clinton family friend.
In his debut on the 2014 midterm campaign trail, Clinton cast Grimes as a problem solver who's got a plan to raise wages to help the middle class, veterans and others.
"She's got some ideas to actually do something," the former president told about 1,200 people gathered in a Louisville hotel. "May not make a juicy 30-second ad, doesn't have anything bad about her opponent, but it will make a big difference to America."
Without naming McConnell, Clinton suggested the GOP veteran is an obstructionist who's chosen to "just pout if your party's not in the White House and make as many problems as you can."
Clinton, who twice carried Kentucky as a presidential candidate, was doing more than lending political muscle to Grimes and other Democratic candidates as the party defends its Senate majority. The former president's support could also pay political dividends in two years, should his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, make her own White House bid.
For his part, McConnell welcomed Clinton to Kentucky.
"Every time he's come it's been really good for me," McConnell told reporters in Washington, pointing out that he handily defeated his Democratic rivals in each of his last two campaigns, even though Clinton had made appearances for them.
Tuesday's event in Louisville was the first of several Clinton plans to make on behalf of Democrats running in states where President Barack Obama and his health care law are unpopular. The former president did not mention Obama, but he did praise Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear's efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act.
Grimes, the daughter of longtime Clinton friend Jerry Lundergan, introduced the former president by retelling the story of attending Clinton's inauguration at the age of 14 and giving the new president flowers.
Back then, she said, "the country was ready for a new, fresh Southern face vs. the old Washington one there too long part of the problem and institution," she told the crowd of more than 1,200 at the Galt House, a downtown hotel. "Sound familiar?"
Clinton, the last Democrat to carry Kentucky in a presidential election, said he urged Grimes to challenge McConnell and warned her that he is a "genius" about using conflict to win elections.
"What this is about is whether you want somebody who puts people first, who cares about rebuilding the middle class, who wants poor people to have a chance to work their way into the middle class and who believes we should cooperate with anybody that's got a good idea to move forward," Clinton told the crowd.
"Or," he continued, "we should stay with this model of constant conflict which will generate unlimited amounts of special interest money to keep people stuck in their ideological ruts."


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I will start with how I had my daughter.
I had a horrible pregnancy! I started having contractions around 20 weeks. No dr would listen to me & I was in & out of L&D quite frequently. I was on bedrest at home when i was 24 weeks & put in the hospital at 26 weeks. I was sent home when they thought they stopped my labor for me to back at 28 weeks & there to stay. My amino was leaking & they would barely let me out of bed. They planned on inducing me at 34 weeks in fear of infection or her cord kinking if it came through the tear in the bag(can't remember what it's called but very dangerous) I had my daughter at 32 weeks when my water broke while sitting up & had her an hour later(ALLLLLL natural, but so glad it ended up that way) besides being 2 months early she was a short chunky lil thing! 4lbs 10oz 14inch long. She had to stay in the NICU for 29 LOOOOOOONG days & besides a few bumps in the road is a healthy happy very intelligent 20 month old. I am so afraid to have another baby to have what I went through again. I don't think I could do it again & this time I have a toddler that needs caring for too. I am also in fear that if I did have the baby at term & able to EBF (with my DD I was able to exclusively pump for 3 mths until my body gave up & I dried up even after I tried everything) I fear that I will have a better bond with the new baby bcuz I wanted to BF SOOOOOO bad & only got to have DD to breast a handful of times with her being so little & weak....I also have met people who have a favorite child & I'm so scared that that could happen if I have more. I guess my biggest concern is do I want a baby to make up for what I missed out with my first? & is the wrong of me? I've tried talking to family about it with no luck & some telling me I should not have another baby bcuz it will make me resent my first & others telling me to follow my heart but my heart it torn between wanting my daughter to have a sibling & wanting all my love to go to her. Please only positive advice thank you!! & thanks for reading I'm a rambler
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Re: To have another or not.....advice please
Think back to when your daughter was born and you loved her so much you didn't even know it was possible to love anybody that much. Its like in the Grinch Who Stole Christmas; "his heart grew three sizes that day".
Remember when it happened?
Well, it happens again. Your heart grows and amazingly you're totally capable of loving TWO somebodys that much. There is plenty of room in your heart for two.
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Re: To have another or not.....advice please
Your pregnancy could be totally different this time. It would not make it better, just different. Breastfeeding would not make you resent your DD or bond better with your new baby, just bond in a different way. For every child you add, you add the capacity to love more.
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Re: To have another or not.....advice please
I had two very difficult pregnancies. Preterm labor, months of bedrest . . .
So after I had my DD1 we said "no more babies."
Well then we got pregnant again. Much to my surprise no preterm labor, no bedrest, and she was 4 hours shy of being full term.
So definitely - every pregnancy can be different.
I wouldn't trade her for anything (that said DH did get a permanent surgery to make sure she was our last). LOL
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Thank you ladies!! eases my mind hearing others stories!
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Yep...your heart grows to love each child completely!
I felt a lot like you when I was pregnant with my second child, I did not want my DD to be forgotten or have to "share" my love; also I didn't get to EBF with her either and dried up at 3 months. I was able to nurse my other two for a year each until they weaned on their own...I definitely don't feel closer or love any of them more than any other. I will say for each child I do have a different love which is great; I love them all for who they are, the role they play in our family, for all the traits they possess that I admire, but they are all equally important & I love them all with the same amazing love a mother has You will not be sorry you had another child!
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"Stop playing hard to get, Princess. I know you want me." He growled, pushing me against the wall. "In your deepest dreams, asshole." I responded holding his piercing gaze, whilst struggling to keep my breathing at a steady pace due to his close proximity. "Alright, if that's how you want to play the game. But remember, games are my forte." He breathed heavily near my neck, sending involuntary shivers down my spine. He smirked, before he was gone; leaving me to try calm my rosy cheeks as my heart danced to the ticking of the classroom clock.
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AR Fox vs. Tony Nese
They had some great back and forth wrestling and reversals. Nese took control after an insane dive that nearly wiped out the railing in the front row along with the fans. Nese chopped away at Fox. They returned to the ring, where AR used a springboard into a Lucha armdrag, then a big dropkick. He went for a split-legged moonsault but Nese nailed moved out of the way. Fox dropkicked him off the apron and hit a great dive to the floor. AR drilled Nese in the back of the neck with an elbow and worked him over on the outside. He placed Nese on the apron and drilled him with an elbow across the heart. Fox nailed a guillotine legdrop across Nese's chest. The fans chanted for AR. They battled on the top with Fox trying for a Spanish Fly but Nese grabbed him and drilled him down off the ropes to the mat.
Nese nailed several forearm smashes and covered Fox for a two count. Fox fired back but was taken out with a dropkick to the knees. Nese hit a Springboard moonsault for a two count. He slammed AR down for a two count. Fox fired back and nailed him with a kick to the head. Fox scored with a clothesline and placed Nese in the ropes for a Bossman-like splash across the back through the ropes. Fox came off the ropes with a leaping Ace Cutter for a two count.
AR went back to the top but was tossed off. He rolled through and they went into an awesome series of reversals. Fox nailed a superkick and a rolling Samoan Drop. He hit a big swanton for a two count. The crowd began chanting "This is awesome."
Nese drilled Fox with a big boot as he rebounded off the ropes. Fox nailed one in return. Nese nailed a pumphandle into a sitdown powerbomb for a two count. Fox came back with a leaping enziguiri kick. He missed with a springboard kick. Nese lifted him into a turnbuckle powerbomb and followed that up with a kick to the face.
Nese went to the top. Fox tried to fight him off but was kicked down. Nese went for a top rope powerbomb but Fox was able to stop him and nailed a springboard Spanish Fly for the pin.
Your winner, AR Fox!
Excellent opener. This was just awesome. Nese is the man. How TNA let him go, even if he wanted to, is beyond me. Fox has really improved this year and seems to be fulfilling the potential that his hype always claimed he had.
Papadon vs, Masada
This is Papadon's EVOLVE debut. He's great. Glad to see him branching out. Masada got a big reaction since this is CZW's venue.
They locked up and Papadon attempted to work over Masada's arm. Masada reversed but in the end Papadon maintained control. They exchanged reversals and faced off. They exchanged chops in the middle of the ring.
They battled into the corner, where Papadon came off with a leaping back elbow. Papadon followed up with a series of forearms and a kick to the back of the neck. He nailed a leaping clothesline on Masada, who was in a seated position, when drilled him with a running boot to the face. Masada fired back with a right hand and they traded punches.
Papadon nailed a back suplex for a two count and began ripping at Masada's face. Masada cut him off and locked in an armbar, working on Papadon's elbow and arm.
They continued battling back and forth with Papadon drilling Masada with a running boot to the face and cinching in a forearm smash. They began exchanging punches. There were a number of back and forth shots. Papadon escape a Death Valley Driver and nailed a big boot for a two count.
He went for a slingshot suplex but Masada pulled himself to the apron and avoided the move. Papadon missed a big boot and was hit with a pair of nasty looking suplexed for the pin.
Your winner, Masada!
Another real good match. This gave us a chance to see more wrestling out of Masada than you would see in CZW or Big Japan. Papadon is a hell of a workhorse in the ring.
Larry Dallas got in the ring and said that Papadon has all the talent in the world, but he needs proper guidance. Dallas offered him a contract to become the enforcer for the Scene. The crowd was all over Dallas, one of the most annoying personalities in the history of life. Papadon agreed.
Dallas said now he had an open contract for Marti Belle, the female wrestler he's been knocking. He said that just like all the fans on Twitter, she's nowhere to be found when it comes to putting up. Belle, who is a hell of a promo, came out and said she wasn't scared of him and signed it. She was then informed she signed a handicap match with herself vs. Dallas and Papadon.
Larry Dallas & Papadon vs. Marti Belle
Belle beat the piss out of Dalla. Papadon looked on, sort of with a "What am I going to do about this?" look, then finally grabbed her by the hair and killed her with a big powerbomb. Dallas covered her in a lewd way and scored the pin.
Your winners, Papadon and Larry Dallas!
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NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Excommunicated Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who advocates for married priests within the Roman Catholic Church, said he has not split from Rome though many of the priests he ordained no longer see themselves as part of the church.
"We are not a breakaway church," said Milingo, who married Maria Sung, a Korean acupunturist, in 2001. "Within the Catholic Church married priests existed for a thousand years."
Milingo's most recent statement may be part of an effort to reinstate his pension, which was revoked after he was excommunicated by the Vatican in 2006 after he consecrated four married priests as bishops.
In March, Milingo retired from ministry, appointing Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan of the African Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Catholic Diocese of the Americas as his movement's head.
"He considers himself a Roman Catholic and will remain so all his life," said Brennan. "He remains a Roman Catholic archbishop. He offers Mass daily and prays five rosaries — one is for the Holy Father — and he prays the Divine Office every day."
Milingo's quest to reunite with Rome may be quixotic. The Catholic Church has cut all ties to him.
Milingo's movement wants the church to apologize for allegedly selling married priests' wives and children as slaves after Pope Gregory VII made celibacy a requirement in the 11th century.
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I enjoyed the beginning of DA2, it felt like it was really going somewhere. Act 3 was where it fell apart for me and the less said about the ending the better. It just feels like they needed more time...
I'll not totally blank the 3rd if they announce it, I'll keep an eye on it.
Aw Crap. I just rented out Dragon Age II, and although I didnt read most of the article for fear of spoilers, I feel like I'd be wasting my time playing it because of all these criticisms...
You're in luck, Shadow Issac over on SA (now on an independant blog) has covered most of Dragon Age II up to the 'Loss.jpg' of Dragon Age II and yes there is something so bad in the game that deserves to be compared to that.
It starts off relatively shitty, but then it gets hilarious.
If you wish to read it all and don't mind a green background, the DA2 thread is currently located in the Comedy Gas Chamber since the Something Awful moderators had a whiny fit for some reason.
I suggest you try reading it from there, since you get all the wonderful little commentary from the SA users and how damn painful it is for them to see a series they genuinely loved back in Origins (There is also an LP of Dragon Age: Origins being done by Corridor on the SA forums. It's got a billion times more effort poured into it, but unfortunately moves very slow.
In short, Shadow Issacs Dragon Age II LP is low effort, showcases the bad of the game very well however, gets better over time, but the forum posts between each update really sell it.
Meanwhile Corridor put a lot of effort into her Dragon Age: Origins LP, which is more informative, much funnier in my own view and can be seen as a good representation of the Origins experience even if you never played it.
There were obvious issues with the game that I noticed my first time through, but it wasn't until the second time that I truly noticed hos railroaded it was... Obviously I accepted pretty much every quest I came about the first time since I wanted to experience as much of the game as possible, but the second time I wanted to play the complete OPPOSITE way, but oh what's that? You don't WANT to escort this Qunari mage through the sewers since your character couldn't care less about putting his own neck on the line for it? Well screw you, do it anyway! (I think the worst part is that you CAN say no, but you can't CONTINUE until you say YES -_-)
God damn it, I knew that this game wasnt great when I rented it, what was going through my mind..
Ah well, I've already payed, I might as well see how far I can get before I potentially give up.
I've heard the writing is good though...
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You know who's to blame, right?
If you want a good fantasy story, you get someone who knows their material. E.G. Anyone but her.
If your writers are slagging off basically a Who's Who of fantasy writing, then say they wants to make it more like Twilight, you get new writers. And comparing Harry Potter to Twilight? Just... no. Harry Potter has its flaws, but at least it's not an abomination in the eyes of God and man.
Preword: for the record I have nothing against the GBLT community, I have no problems with the inclusion of GBLT people in games, I think it's great for showing the evolution of the medium, what I do have a problem with is retcons.
You know what the stupidest part of that post is? I mean besides the comparison of letting a spirit, that is a being that has no gender, entering Anders body meaning he's gay now (no not Bisexual, Bioware made it very clear that characters were HAWKEsexual, so Anders is completely straight, never having touched a man with the Female Hawkes) The funny thing is the conversation that can be used as evidence? Anders talking about his 'sexual adventures' in Fereldans circle?
He was telling them to OGHREN! Specifically, he and Oghren were ribbing one another! LOOK AT THIS!
This is literally like a fangirl drawing connections between whatever she can see so she can feel better about writing her Yaoi Fanfiction between Loghain and Cailan.
Oh but that's not the worst part of the Hamburgers writing of Anders, you know how in DA2 he's a terrorist who goes "The circle has to die! the chantry has to die, mages must be FREEEEEEEEE!"
Well see in Dragon Age Awakening? you meet a mage like that, and Anders HATES HIM. Anders literally says that while he doesn't agree with the harshness of the circle, it's still the best place for mages to wind up so they can learn to use their power. He's not drawn to some huge crusade, he just wants people who've learned to use their powers to reintegrate with the community. He outright laughs at the idea that mages would be better off without the circle.
This is what I hate, if you can not keep your canon straight, if you really wanted a Hawkesexual, emo mage boy reminiscent of Edward fucking Cullen to act as a terrorist to further prove that nothing you do matters, make a new character. Don't drag both Anders and Justice into the pit of shitty characters.
I mentioned in an earlier post .Hack//G.U. how it was the perfect game for a smaller scale story about the characters rather than the event. One of the characters in the game (the one in the picture reaching for Haseo's hand) is Endrance, HE (yes he is a guy, he is a love interest and you can even marry him at the end games event) is actually a previous character in the .Hack universe.
He was Elk, a mage with a cat-warrior friend who was a companion of the previous games hero with a different personali- wait a minute. Who was I talking about again?
The difference is Elk's transformation into Endrance actually made a whole lot of sense. Elk didn't make friends well, Mia (the Cat-Warrior) was an artificial intelligence, when The World was destroyed, she was killed and it left him all alone. When R:2 booted up, Macha, the remains of Mia, merged with Elk's PC turning him into an Epitaph user (Macha the Temptress). Elk changed his profession from mage to the R:2 equivalent of Mia's class, and he showed affection to a cat.
Now the cat was actually a computer virus given form and- look the .Hack series gets REALLY fucking weird at points, the point is Endrance knows this and DOESN'T CARE, he has been hurt so badly by the loss of friends that he's literally attached to anyone who needs him. Haseo ultimatly snaps Endrance out of his funk (and recruits him into the party) by telling him that he needed his help.
This is what makes Endrance fall for Haseo, it isn't looks, or being a guy or a girl or because he's suddenly a different person than Elk was. He's the same guy, so hurt by events that hurt a lot of people that anyone who shows him love or affection, is someone he latches onto.
It's actually called 'Pansexuality' it doesn't just transcend gender like Bisexuality, it transcends things like species. also the 'Sexuality' in it is really a misnomer, it doesn't literally refer to sexual love, it's more "This transcends gender, species, age, all boundries, I care for you as deeply as any love"
I'm FINE with that, it made sense for Elk to have changed so much after what he had suffered through.
For Anders? it doesn't make any sense that he's not only changed his entire outlook on life, but his philosophical beliefs. I mean Wynne accepts a fade spirit into her body, it doesn't change her at all, it doesn't randomly possess her and make her scream and snarl. The description of what happens to Justice doesn't gel with canon, Anders new personality and sexuality doesn't gel with canon.
It's lazy, completely and utterly lazy "I can't think of a new name and backstory for a character, so lets just ruin Anders"
Listen to Justice here, "Each individual should be judged as a separate person, you should always seek to atone, not wallow in vengeance, you should always seek to forgive others for their crimes, and even if they refuse your forgiveness at least you have tried"
So we have a spirit who isn't "RARGH JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED" and a mage who goes "Well no I don't LIKE how the circles run but it really is the best place for growing mages" and this somehow created "ABLOO BLOO BLOO MAGES ARE SO OPRESSED KILL ALL TEMPLARS, KILL THE CHANTRY!!!!!!"
No actually he didn't... that was his nephew, (who to be fair was also called Caesar, since it was part of the family name.) The Caesar who was assassinated was never emperor.
Orsino wasn't so much evil as a fucking idiot. Here I am, having defended the inner keep with NO mage casualties, and he goes off on his whole woe is me, all hope is lost tirade and turns into a monster. It would have been a much better encounter where if you lost a certain percentage of mages he went insane and turned whereas if you didn't there were 2 encounters with Meredith, with the first structured differently and using templar adds with Orsino being fatally wounded at the end of it, which then leads to the docks encounter.
That was an interesting read, thank you for linking that article
Well, with all the butthurt this game generates, someone has to pass out the aloe vera. (Sweet avatar, btw)
The problem is that they seem to do pretty much the same thing throughout the entire game. Make a few things unchangeable, and you're presenting the limits of a character's influence (Morrigan's twist in Origins is a good example). Do it through most of the game and then do it with the ending as well? Lazy. The Witcher 2 is a fantastic example of a game in which you aren't The Chosen One, but your choices nevertheless have consequences (normally leading to Shit Scenario A or Shit Scenario B). You change the world, but you are not the be all and end all power within the world.
And let's just not start on the hideous, canon-ignoring, sequel-bait of a final cutscene.
(Oh, and Orsino is a fucking idiot, as is virtually every other mage in the entire game. It gets awkward defending mages when they ALL TURN INTO FUCKING BLOOD MAGES. And a rather large issue I had was that the game seemed to randomly ignore the fact that I was a mage too.)
I don't really agree with Isabella. She's basically the one-note sexist joke that it's inherently funny when women like having sex. Up to the point where the fact that she enjoy sex is revealed to be the result of (gasp) a traumatic past.
But a pirate who likes sex and loot could have been done very well, in the right hands. The people who think that the line "I like big boats, and I cannot lie" are funny are not the right hands.
Now Aveline I actually like. Except when she ends up accidentally written as a corrupt cop or winds up in clumsily-written romance subplots because Bioware.
Shadow Issac thread! You're alive! But I thought you got *sniff* gassed?
I'm gigglesqueeing so hard right now.
My brain just imploded. No wonder the story sucks! they tried to inject twilight! the only consolation is that the abomination they created suffered a swift death and didn't live on to propagate.
What? It's never implied she likes sex because of a traumatic past. She was simply stuck in an unhappy marriage and wasn't really free to pursue a life of her own until after her husband was murdered. She had always 'owned' her sexuality, so to speak, she was just never allowed to express it.
Also, for all of Isabela's obvious and enthusiastic debauchery, suggesting that she's a one-note character is quite reductive. It's those precise presumptions I think she so aptly subverts, especially when coupled with Aveline or Merrill; the characters with whom she seems most prone to share her past experiences.
Not to mention that she nurtures Aveline's self-esteem and confidence in her own sexuality.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much heart and wit and, occasionally, implied sadness in her banter with the other companions I could quote it endlessly.
I suppose one could argue that she's got the traditional 'heart of gold' personality, but when the execution is this fine, I don't have a problem with trope quotas.
That's actually a fair point. Many of the times I was playing it, I tended to arrive at that point and just want to scream "Wait! I'm helping you!", but since my only options were "kill everyone" or "kill everyone", the narrative does definitely break there. Mages and Templar working together in subversion of both Meredith and Orsino, people who seem to have lost both reason and control, should be a goal many Hawkes would go for. Here's a perfect opportunity to uproot both ineffectual leaders, form a great uprising that supports mage rights while still allowing the Templars to act as guardians, and yet the only option is "kill them all!", rather than try and explain. That's definitely a misstep.
Although, it's all moot anyway. Justice and Anders never met. Anders died when the keep fell, and Justice was left wandering around as a rotting corpse in a bog. Didn't seem to stop them from showing up, so it's not like the collective Dragon Age narrative doesn't have some serious gaps anyway. And, that's not even discussing things like this:
On reflection, maybe Dragon Age isn't the tight narrative we think it is. It just doesn't show until you really examine it. Like finding out your stained glass window, while still pretty, is a sheet of plastic glued to the glass.
That's basically my argument - from my point of view, she comes off as a character written around "crazy, up against the wall, let's have it on right here" vs. a character written as a character with "sex-positive" being one of many character traits.
While I agree that Dragon Age 2 was a failure in general, the topic has just been beaten into the ground at this point. Still, it is nice to see someone at the Escapist actually admit it.
Well, I can't really see how you can argue that she's that particular kind of character considering the examples I brought up, but to each their own I suppose. While I posed the 'heart of gold' trope as being arguable I never got that impression myself, and I think she's far more subversive and multi-faceted than so.
My opinion on Dragon age 2...eh, it was ok.
It got a few things right:
The idea of making it a more personal story, atleast as a concept it was interesting even if the execution was flawed.
The combat, mechanics wise, was more engaging and involving then Origins. I admit i dislike that it wasn't anywhere near as tactical as Origins was, although that was partly due to the encounters them
I also liked the fact that your character had a family with them, which sort of made it interesting and added a bit of motivation.
That said though, for all it got right, it fell flat on it's face on some other area's:
While i liked the combat mechanics...did you have to fight a WHOLE ARMY OF FOES every single battle? I mean if you'd tried to fight a horde like those seen in 2 in origins, you'd end up royally butchered if you weren't prepared for it. And yet here's Hawke and party cleaning house like it's nothing...i mean for gods sakes, your Dragon Age not Drakengard! You don't need the entire city coming out of the wood-works to murder you every single encounter, plus it makes no sense in some of these encounters how that works when you only saw about five people max in the room before-hand. And speaking of the City..
Kirkwall...by god Kirkwall. By the end of the game i just wanted to see the damn thing burn down so i could escape it. I understand what bioware were going for: Setting the game in one large location and some surrounding area's, and thus allowing the player to explore it as it unfolded to uncover new things to mark player growth. But..here's the issue: Kirkwall is bland, it's boring and it's conflicts trivial and add nothing to the mythos of the series.
And finally, as many others have complained about, The story. I admit the characters were interesting, and arguably one of the few reasons i was able to play through this game but..urgh, the story was pointless. It was nothing but filler so that we'd have something more interesting to go on for Dragon age 3. I understand we don't need to be fighting another Blight yet but there was absolutely nothing at stake until Act 3, and even that was handled poorly.
In closing: Dragon age 2 would have been better as a Tv Series. Something done sort of in the style of game of thrones where all the characters are connected but all have their own conflicts and stories going on in the shadow of an over-arching plot, as well as helping bridge the gap between Awakening/witch hunt and the third game which will likely be centered around the mage/templar war as well as that ominous third threat that's been lightly hinted at. But as a game sequel it failed, while the game on it's own merits was only 'ok' at best and even then it's problems are incredibly glaring.
I have spent time pondering how Dragon Age 2 just left myself, and seemingly many other players, kinda disappointed as well. Origins is my favorite game so I knew walking in to DA 2 it was going to be a nigh impossible act to follow but I did manage what I think would have been better execution.
Honestly I think it should have been a book or better yet, a comic book. The three act structure felt disjointed. The Qunari are just kind of there and they just used the lyrium idol to connect the beginning to end. If those and the different interesting side mission had been chapters or different issues revolving around Hawke then I think it would feel more satisfying story-wise. I think taking the player and personal choice out of it would also let the reader actually appreciate the story and not get so frustrated with moments when I at least thought "well how about I do this instead?". I like to refer to this as "Fable 3 syndrome". Of course then I would have to admit that Hawke was a pretty boring and uninspired protagonist.
Then it would likely feed into whatever they have stored up for Dragon Age 3, I figure at least.
A good review, shame Escapist allowed you to really criticize DA2 so late after it has been published.
The problem is that site gave them 5/5 and called it "A pinnacle of role-playing games with well-designed mechanics and excellent story-telling, Dragon Age II is what videogames are meant to be."
It's kinda ironic as for me this was the moment when *Escapist* fell apart.
This game was shit, everyone who ever played a decent RPG knew it. Story that made little sense, poor companions, HORRIBLE mechanics. Waves after waves of generic enemies spawning *from the air* around you, preventing player from even considering using some tactics of positioning. Reusing same location not even twice but many, many times. Dragging player's ass across the entire map several times to accomplish a quest, which is just another way of dragging the gameplay. It all was horrible in every aspect possible.
And Escapist gave them 100% score. I'm not sure there ever has been a better example of a paid review out there (and I'm not talking about money, you can bribe a reviewers with so many other things). Eighter this or you employ morons.
Oh it's bribes. Sorry mods but you had Dragon Age 2 plastered as your background, No body should have expected an honest review. It's not even just a matter of integrity, it's also EA's well thought out "Give this game at least X or you don't get review copies of X"
In the most recent case it's TOR, it has to get an 8/10 (Or Equivalent) otherwise reviewers don't get Mass Effect 3 review copies. Do you want to be the reviewer who's site doesn't get the latest 'Hot' release thus losing traffic to everyone else.
The opposite is this, No Review Copies of FFXIV were sent out, and EVERYONE tore it to shreds, It's 1 part bribe, 1 part fear.
Penny-Arcade is in a working partnership with BioEA, so they can't slag the games off, if they do the partnership breaks. I'm sure Gabe and Tycho aren't necessarily struggling for cash, but they run a company now. They also run a charity, and let me quote the founder of "Get Well Gamers" here.
This is from the Ar Tonelico III Let's play on Something Awful
"I would crossdress and sing for the organization" the context is that someone offered to Donate a PS3 if he recorded himself singing one of the games songs (he also worked as a Translator on the game) But the point is, when you know you can help out a charity, your own dignity means nothing.
If Gabe and Tycho bending over backwards for EA, means EA is donating to Child's Play, you better believe they'll be saying "So do you want us to fondle your ball sack as we suck you off?" because dignity means squat when your doing something for other people.
So yeah, controlled through fear, or bribes, EA gets the reviews they want. I don't think the Escapist employs morons even if I have read certain articles I've disagreed with, and butted heads with a few moderators in my time.
DA2 managed to get on my nerves from the start, gameplay wise, and story wise shortly after. Bioware keeps trying to inject that sens of drama and tragedy by killing off characters that have no meaning in the first 5 minutes.
That's a good way to put it - it always struck me as trying to be lotr and asoiaf at the same time. The first one was good, but the setting kinda fell flat. Then I played Witcher and had an "oh, so that's what they were trying to do" moment.
Wait wait wait so are you saying that Dragon Age 2 isn't *ahem*, and I quote, "A pinnacle of role-playing games with well-designed mechanics and excellent story-telling, Dragon Age II is what videogames are meant to be"? I have a hard time believing that.
Some more cynical people may point out the obscene amounts of advertising for Dragon Age 2 the Escapist was doing at the time and maybe make a connection between the advertising and perfect score. I, however, like to think they were doing all that advertising for free because the game was just so damn good and they had to spread the word.
I'm a little disappointed that you weren't so thrilled something awesome happened every time you pressed a button (BUTTON, AWESOME! BUTTON, AWESOME!) that you would be able to overlook silly things like pants on head retarded story telling and horrible combat mechanics and rehashed dungeons, and . . . well it was probably just me because we all know that Dragon Age 2 was the pinnacle of role-playing games and what video games were meant to be.
Of course whenever Dragon Age 2 is discussed I feel the need to bring up the time my neighbor's dog took a shit on my walk way. I went out and scraped it up with my Dragon Age 2 disc. Needless to say my neighbor was furious when he saw this. He couldn't believe I'd have the nerve to get my Dragon Age 2 disc all over his perfectly good dog shit.
Oh God... I hope sooner rather than later...
Well Gaider, this was god awful, thanks for that
I mean it's not REVAN bad or DA2 bad, but ya know, pretty terrible.
Also love how it's "From the lead writer of Dragon Age: Origins" for a book set during DA2. Can't say I blame them
I agree that the ending for DAII was poorly done. which is a real shame as the rest of the game was pretty good. The only serious issue is the repeated dungeons from my point of view.
As I understand it technically there never was a Roman emperor. We was "voted" consul for life.
A very good point, and something a good deal of most modern games that offer "morality choices" seem to do wrong. The most egregious example of this is Red Dead Redemption, which not only forces the player on numerous occasions to play in a way that is contradictory to the character, but also ends the game on a forced conclusion that makes no sense within the game world, or with the players choices, and then follows that up with an even worse ending that negates everything the first ending was supposed to accomplish!
Double post, damn catchpa errors.
Yeah this was my problem with the game. Exactly. You are railroaded into a series of continuously ridiculous fights, killing off pretty much every main character in the entire game. Seriously, at the end of my game the only survivors were my party members, some random templar dude and Hawke's uncle (I think). It wasn't just that they all died that was so dumb, it was that I killed most of them when I had no reason to. It felt like the writers had decided that the only way for them to be able to continue this story with the massive amounts of extra characters and potential choices the player had made was to have everyone die. So they did.
I actually thought the ending was the best part, and that all the stuff leading up to it was uninspired and fragmented. I found the catch 22 to be an insightful and disarming illustration of oppression, and the betrayal (You know what I mean) provoked both sorrow and sympathy. It's to bad they were framed with a fragmented narrative with a nonexistent pace, populated by sock puppets.
The word "Emperor" is actually from the latin "Imperator" which means a commander, leader of some kind or general. I'm using the word emperor in the context in which it was eventually used by the Romans, and in which we use it today, although it was in fact a gradual change, It was at least twenty years after Julius Caesar's death before the word really came to mean what it does today.
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Dr. Karen Dietz's curator insight, August 19, 2014 8:31 PM
This article comes from the land of software adoption -- you know -- buying a program or app and then learning how to use it.
Some companies really suck at these instructions or "onboarding" as they say in the tech world. Some are great at it. I'm sure we've all wanted to tear our hair out in frustration when this process does not go well. Yeah, like I'm supposed to read what's in software genius' head so I can use the !$%*&#! product.
So imagine my delight when reading this article about how to use stories to understand what the user (that's me) needs to know and do for a successful software experience.
But wait! I realized that this post applies to almost ANY business and its products. Hooray -- we can all use the tips, advice, and insights presented here.
I only have one part to nit-pick about -- the section on how to evoke stories from customers. The method they suggest will only get you thoughts and opinions -- NOT STORIES. So use solid story prompts to get the work done: "Tell me about the time when..." "Tell me what happened when..." "Tell me about the time you were most frustrated..." "Tell me about the experience that led you to..."
I do agree when the author says to keep digging into the stories to find rock bottom motivations and causes that led a customer to your product.
If you need good reasons and practical steps to dig into your customer's experience to grow your business, then read this.
And many thanks to colleague Debra Askanase @askdebra for recommending this article to me. Good find Debra!
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it
Brad Tollefson's curator insight, March 19, 2016 1:58 PM
Some applicable steps for any onboarding/welcome process
Dennis Staples's curator insight, November 12, 2013 4:01 PM
Good insight on using YouTube effectively!
Marie-Ann Roberts's curator insight, November 16, 2013 5:33 AM
Youtube videos to promote Plumpton CMI Courses?
Robin Good's curator insight, September 21, 2013 5:22 PM
DailyMotion Matchbox is a free service which allows any web publisher to publish a widget that showcases automatic video recommendations on his pages and to earn a revenue through video ads commissions.
The DailyMotion Matchbox offers a Chrome extension that makes it easy to publish any video from DailyMotion and from other supported video sites on your website.
It is possible to filter the content by limiting your selection of video to a specific channel, group, playlist, user, or language.
To activate the Matchbox you simply need to paste your Matchbox's code once into your website's template. The Matchbox will then appear on each page of your website where this template is used.
Free to use.
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GoogleLitTrips Reading List's curator insight, August 3, 2013 9:29 AM
I've seen a few of these before and find them all fascinating. The first of ten (above) is beautiful, but be sure to double click on it to enlarge. An intriguing visualization of the tracking of multiple plot lines within each of the books on the left lead to several of the most universal elements of plot.
The larger the color area on the right, the more frequently that plot element is found in the books.
If you were to replace the books on the left with just the titles you teach in a single course, what might be color distribution on the right look like.
Better yet, (perhaps) if your students were given this as an optional learning experience for the books they read in a personal reading program, what would the collor distribution on the right look like.
The potential for adapting this kind of concept to an engaging way for students to contemplate the structures, plots, themes, and genres they explore are limitless.
And best of all, this particular visualization is only the first of 10 to follow in this article!
Jenna Krambeck's curator insight, August 3, 2013 11:25 PM
Interesting infographics to showcase literary ideas.
Shanika Journey's curator insight, May 30, 2013 9:29 PM
A classic example of the story arc - a popular format used for storytelling.
Shanika Journey's comment, May 30, 2013 11:54 PM
This is awesome! Definitely in my hanging on my wall
Tina Stock's curator insight, May 21, 2015 11:28 AM
Great demographic insights on what search engines are used by what consumers. Helps to position why small biz needs YP's search solution: we get them everywhere their customers search!
Dr. Karen Dietz's curator insight, November 25, 2014 2:48 PM
Here's a great piece colleague Jim Signorelli put together about how story theory works better as an approach in branding than giving a list of essential story elements or simple story structures.
Right on Jim! It won't take readers long to go through this SlideShare piece and reap the benefits. Of course I love Doug Lipmans story dynamics chart on slide 18, the Identification Filter (oops Jim, there's a typo here!) on slide 20, and the motive chart on slide 27.
The definition of story beginning on slide 37 is OK and goes beyond what most people produce. I'm biased though. I like what Peggy Van Pelt from Disney and I came up with oh so many moons ago -- "a story is an act of communication providing packets of sensory material and an emotional narrative arc allowing listeners to quickly and easily internalize it, understand it, and create meaning from it."
I like this definition because it focuses not on what a story is, but on what it does. What's the lesson here? There is no 1 right definition. Be aware of the variety of existing story definitions and use the one that fits your objectives at that particular time.
OK -- enough said. Enjoy the insights in Jim's post and keep the light for storytelling well lit and tended!
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it
Brad Tollefson's curator insight, March 19, 2016 1:49 PM
good reference material AND highlights a big issue - what is your archetype?
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight, August 26, 2014 6:07 PM
Jeff Gomez: "What Hollywood is learning from the blockbuster that stars a sitcom second banana, a pro wrestler, a walking tree and a talking raccoon" ...
Henrik Safegaard - Cloneartist's curator insight, August 28, 2014 10:09 AM
It's the #1 movie of the summer, and Guardians is shockingly on track to become the #1 superhero movie of the year, beating out Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Futurepast, and even Disney Marvel's own Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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Jens Peter Madsen's curator insight, August 19, 2014 3:44 AM
looks very good i´ll come back for that article
The Digital Rocking Chair's curator insight, October 30, 2013 6:00 AM
Steven Levy: "Motorola is concocting what it hopes will be much more than an odd and expensive interactive cartoon" ...
Dean Meyers's curator insight, September 10, 2013 10:16 AM
Sometimes the simple things really make everything work better! I will be trying this probably later today, and give a test as to how long a postit can hold up on a humid day!
Sophia Liang's curator insight, April 4, 2014 11:29 AM
A useful tip AND and example of how visuals make ideas sticky. (Pun intended.)


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Texas Game Wardens are investigating a fatal boating accident that occurred Saturday afternoon, Aug. 5, on Lake O' The Pines involving three East Texas teens on a Boy Scout outing. Preliminary investigations and observations indicate the vessel, a catamaran sailboat, collided with an overhead transmission power line and those onboard may have been electrocuted as a result.
Annually, the Boy Scouts of America's Three Rivers Council, the Southeast Texas Food Bank, and GHX Industrial collaborate on the Scouting for Food drive. A commemoration of that collaborative effort, including a $1,100 check presentation from GHX Industrial as sponsor of the event's collection bags, was held at GHX Industrial at 3155 West Cardinal Drive on Feb. 22.
Jacob Davis' Eagle Scout project was more than just a chore for the 16-year-old Beaumont teen. He completed the wheelchair accessible planter's box not only for Calder Woods residents to enjoy, but also in hopes of stimulating his grandfather's memories of working in his garden when he lived at home.
July 27, 2015, the Boy Scouts of America announced that its National Executive Board had voted to end its ban on openly gay troop leaders.
Chartered organizations will continue to select their adult leaders, however, and religious chartered organizations may continue to use religious beliefs as criteria for selecting adult leaders, including matters of sexuality, Boy Scouts of America said in a press release.
Southeast Texas has a new Eagle Scout and he's paving the way for future generations to enjoy one of the area's most pristine parks.
Karson Riggs and Ryan Bean are two high school-aged youngsters in a sea of pre-college youth throughout America. They both study hard and have aspirations for their futures. But what sets them apart from your average high school students is an organization and an award they've spent half their young lives striving for.
Riggs and Bean are two of the newest Eagle Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America in Beaumont.
In reaction to a petition campaign asking him to speak out against the Boy Scouts of America's current ban on gay scouts and gay scout leaders, Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T and an executive board member with the Boy Scouts, has announced that he not only supports an end to the ban -- but will also commit to ending it.
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