Warhammer RvR Video

Go to this link: http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=1026 and watch the Types of RvR video.

Done yet? Ok, to me that is the best system I've ever seen for an MMORPG. Instanced scenarios sound like they will be fun and possibly a platform for guild vs guild combat. I wasn't even aware that the PvE combat would be spilling over victory points to the overall campaign. This means even those that hate PvP and just want to PvE the entire time will still be helping the overall campaign and also means that the kind of massive raids that DAoC is somewhat known for will actually be helping those on the frontier. I was kinda upset that I didn't see any mention of seige combat though...

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Planet Earth

Yesterday was the third week of the mini-series Planet Earth by Discovery Channel and BBC. I simply cannot get enough of this show. Anyone who knows me well knows how much I love animals and this show captures the animals in such perfect resolution that it makes me feel like I'm there, and that's on an SDTV with mono audio. I can only imagine how amazing it would be if I had stereo audio and an HDTV. But regardless about how impressive the audio and video is I hope that the American Public recognizes through this program just why Al Gore and others continue to Lobby for the environment. Now I am not saying that everyone should get up this moment and join PETA, but I would just hope that for the sake of the environment that this show would get people to start to care about the world we live and hopefully end not just Global Warming but the constant poor treatment of animals by people everywhere. My one concern is that not enough parents are interested in this program, the kids are but the parents seems uninterested. I just hope it's not too late by the time the kids of today take a hold of the situation...

Did we see the future of the Red Sox today?

After watching the latter portion of today's Red Sox game I was quite impressed with the way Daisuke Matsuzaka manhandled the Royals. Granted he got a home run hit off of him but he also struck out 10 of the Royals hitters, an impressive feat for a first-time Major Leaguer. What impressed me the most was not how many strike-outs he got, or even how many outs in general that he got, it was the number of pitches that he has in his arsenal. The big hype around Matsuzaka is that he has the gyro ball, which on it's own is an amazing pitch but what a lot of sports writers fail to mention is just how many off-speed pitches Matsuzaka has, you can prepare for his gyro ball but then you may get his splitter, or his curve ball, or his slider, .etc. Essentially every time someone steps up to the plate against Matsuzaka they are in danger of getting burned by one of his many pitches. Matsuzaka is still a young pitcher and he has many years of service for the Red Sox left in him. Hopefully, many World Series. This is why I ask the question did we see the future of the Red Sox today. Not only because Matsuzaka may very well be the future face of the Red Sox but he represents the willingness that the owners now have to spend money on players. Overall because of this we should see the Red Sox develop into a much better team. Right now though Dice-K fits the Red Sox mold perfectly. That mold being made around the pitching staff in that if you provide them a good defense(Lowell, Crisp, .etc) and the occasional clutch hit(Ortiz) and have excellent pitchers(Matsuzaka, Papelbon, .etc) victory is assured.