I highly recommend reading quest text. Most people just skip it and look at objectives, and then complain about the repitition. A lot of effort went into the background, and it makes things alot more entertaining.
One example is the 'Ancient Egg' quest chain. It starts in Tanaris, goes through Zul'Farrak, the hinterlands, and the Sunken Temple. The whole time you believe you are trying to prevent the ressurection of the Blood God, Hakkar. If you complete the chain, you find out at the end that you have been manipulated by Jin'do the Hexxer into helping him bring Hakkar back.
[blockquote] hope you arent' claiming that physics dictates what sounds good...:)[/blockquote]
In the sense of consonant and dissonant intervals, yes I am. A minor second doesn't sound 'good' to the ear on it's own. (Compared to a perfect fifth or octave) However, how that minor second is used in a broader work may be pleasing.
Nice link! Learning the theory behind music is one of the most important things that amateur musicians often skip. I'll have to go through it and check out the actual lessons, but it looks like it covers what a music student would get in their first semester of theory.
Yup, you re absolutely right. But my line of thinking is that we may be so used to the equal tempered tuning that we will intonate the same way on our 'fretless' anyway.
Not if you have a decent ear. You should hear the intonation problems and correct it. You can only tune an instrument so well, and the rest of it is on the fly adjustments.
And the sense of 'perfect' seems to vary with culture as well....
Yes and No.
Yes, the traditional tonality set down by Bach that western culture is based on is very different from what you find elsewhere. However, consonant and dissonant intervals are simply a function of how sound waves interact. It has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with physics. Tonality is simply how those consonant and dissonant intervals are used to make music.
Go to a music store, and get one of the cheap 'credit card' mets. Wear a hat/visor/headband while you play, and use it to strap the met over your ear.
Another good idea to start to internalize tempos is to find songs that match different tempos. For example, any Sousa march is at approx 120 BPM. They're easy to remember, and are good for kick-starting your internal timekeeping.
I've got to level 60's. A hunter I mostly soloed up, and a Priest that I levelled with a group of friends. We did tons of questing, hit all the instances, and took time to PvP at all brackets.
I didn't rush to 60 by any stretch, and if I rip to 60 on a new char, I won't be missing much. (unless I switch factions)
If you soloed to 60 then you avoided all the content that would have taught you to tank. (Instances) The learning curve is there, you just aren't forced to learn it.
I don't think getting ripped off is the biggest concern. It's your reputation that is. As far as the rest of the playerbase is concerned, that is you running around levelling. So you will need to deal with the consequences of the power-levelling services actions.
If the guy levelling your character gets you a bad reputation, you're screwed.
I'd agree with you if it's your first character in a game. However if it's a re-roll then the levelling process can be VERY tedious. I've gone through the barrens on 3 characters in WoW, and I'd be happy to NEVER do that again. I don't agree with power-levelling, but I can understand the desire to let someone else do the grunt work for you...
Most likely, you would be required to provide proof of ownership. I.E. all your original CD's that you were simply downloading copies of. (So much for innocent until proven guilty)
You distributing copies electronically to others is not protected in any way, IIRC. In that case, proof of ownership doesn't matter, as you don't have the rights to distribute regardless.
Downloading is not copyright infringement. Uploading may be copyright infringement, depending on the content.
So it's cool to download all the CD/DVD rips I want as long as I don't upload any?
Firing your front-line customer support people for trying to understand what the hell you are paying them to do is just freaking stupid. Apple = Stupid.
This line makes no sense. Apple is paying them to obtain copies of unreleased software? It's not like they're supporting Leopard yet...
Macs have a reputation for being very stable, and working very seamlessly. Just watch the new Apple ad's to see how they re-inforce this image. It's one of their key selling points.
Throw it on generic x86 hardware and that's gone. Apple isn't going to do that willingly.
Lets be honest, fireballs are a lot more visually appealing than bullets.
Although that can be overcome in sci-fi to a point. Take Eve for example. Energy Weapons and Missiles look really slick in action, while the projectile weapons are barely noticable.
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Never played FFXI. I stand corrected.
Stupid policy though.
MMO's rarely delete characters. Keeping them around keeps you tied to the game, and more likely to start paying again.
I highly recommend reading quest text. Most people just skip it and look at objectives, and then complain about the repitition. A lot of effort went into the background, and it makes things alot more entertaining.
One example is the 'Ancient Egg' quest chain. It starts in Tanaris, goes through Zul'Farrak, the hinterlands, and the Sunken Temple. The whole time you believe you are trying to prevent the ressurection of the Blood God, Hakkar. If you complete the chain, you find out at the end that you have been manipulated by Jin'do the Hexxer into helping him bring Hakkar back.
Basically, you're the reason Zul'Gurub is there.
[blockquote] hope you arent' claiming that physics dictates what sounds good...:)[/blockquote] In the sense of consonant and dissonant intervals, yes I am. A minor second doesn't sound 'good' to the ear on it's own. (Compared to a perfect fifth or octave) However, how that minor second is used in a broader work may be pleasing.
Nice link! Learning the theory behind music is one of the most important things that amateur musicians often skip. I'll have to go through it and check out the actual lessons, but it looks like it covers what a music student would get in their first semester of theory.
The difference is an interval of a half step.
Go to a music store, and get one of the cheap 'credit card' mets. Wear a hat/visor/headband while you play, and use it to strap the met over your ear.
Another good idea to start to internalize tempos is to find songs that match different tempos. For example, any Sousa march is at approx 120 BPM. They're easy to remember, and are good for kick-starting your internal timekeeping.
GAYD...
Yeah, you have a point there...
I've got to level 60's. A hunter I mostly soloed up, and a Priest that I levelled with a group of friends. We did tons of questing, hit all the instances, and took time to PvP at all brackets.
I didn't rush to 60 by any stretch, and if I rip to 60 on a new char, I won't be missing much. (unless I switch factions)
If you soloed to 60 then you avoided all the content that would have taught you to tank. (Instances) The learning curve is there, you just aren't forced to learn it.
I don't think getting ripped off is the biggest concern. It's your reputation that is. As far as the rest of the playerbase is concerned, that is you running around levelling. So you will need to deal with the consequences of the power-levelling services actions.
If the guy levelling your character gets you a bad reputation, you're screwed.
I'd agree with you if it's your first character in a game. However if it's a re-roll then the levelling process can be VERY tedious. I've gone through the barrens on 3 characters in WoW, and I'd be happy to NEVER do that again. I don't agree with power-levelling, but I can understand the desire to let someone else do the grunt work for you...
Not doing a very good job at that ignoring thing, are you?
Most likely, you would be required to provide proof of ownership. I.E. all your original CD's that you were simply downloading copies of. (So much for innocent until proven guilty)
You distributing copies electronically to others is not protected in any way, IIRC. In that case, proof of ownership doesn't matter, as you don't have the rights to distribute regardless.
Wow, you've posted the same thing 4 times in the past 10 minutes.
Breaking company policy isn't 'doing their job' by any stretch.
I had Striction once. Then I drank a big glass of warm, salty water...
Aren't BAR associations run by *gasp* lawyers?
Arghhh. Mispelled Apostrophe in parent. Must. Kill. AC.
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Macs have a reputation for being very stable, and working very seamlessly. Just watch the new Apple ad's to see how they re-inforce this image. It's one of their key selling points.
Throw it on generic x86 hardware and that's gone. Apple isn't going to do that willingly.
Lets be honest, fireballs are a lot more visually appealing than bullets.
Although that can be overcome in sci-fi to a point. Take Eve for example. Energy Weapons and Missiles look really slick in action, while the projectile weapons are barely noticable.