No, I would assume that comes under the original Xbox 360 category. I think the Xbox One has compatible hardware. There are some machines which are backwards compatible by way of emulation (one of the models of PS2 does this to play PS1 games). But I have not heard this about the Xbox One. So I think it would belong in the hardware category.
It does, thank you for clearing that up. Using an Xbox One to play 360 games such as Split-Second would fall into the emulator category? If I read that right.
Xbox 360 emulated, no that doesn't mean backwards compatible Xbox One. The category is there in case someone has a functional 360 emulator.
The rule against emulation advantages says: "No use of emulator save states or other emulator advantages." The use of an emulator itself to play the game is fine.
@S.BAZ: When it says (xbox 360 Emulated) does that mean Xbox One backwards compatible? My second question is, in the emulated category, the rules state no save states or no use of emulators. Over-thought it, now am confused.
@S.BAZ: Thanks for adding split second. Dozens of tracks, dozens of new records waiting to be broken. Can't wait.
Race mode tracks are added. Please let me know if any changes need to be made. Rock on !!
@OOG: Hi! I'm still working on adding charts for Split/Second, but I'm finding it very confusing how to list these. So for now just to get it started I'll just add a chart for each track for [Race] mode, one for each difficulty.
Believe there are 11 tracks in the game for racing. Survival has 4 levels each equipped with their own high scores. Longest drift is an overall score across all maps and not just in one in particular. Even though each race can be played from the range of difficulties, the game only tracks the overall fastest time to complete the race. Most tracks have 3 laps with a few only have 2 laps because they are large tracks to race on. This is I do not know exactly if race laps can be altered. To my knowledge, eliminator does not have a score track system. A fun unique race to use the maps interferance to eliminate the lead racer to give yourself a safe spot ahead of your opponent to win the race. Finally Air Revenge. Have not played a whole lot of this mode. But, the premise is take down the helicoptor in the shortest amount of time, not points. This mode also offers various tracks to take it down with new corners, building meter to deflect the missles coming at your car. Again, Longest drift carries over across the entire game from online to season to quick play.
?PS: About the difficulty on the races that was my question as well. Does getting the shortest time have to be on hard mode. Or can it be the shortest time across all maps on any difficulty? The game does have difficulty but the game does not seperate itself from the modes based on difficulty. To which I listed it, to be on the safe side.
Thanks! Ok, so a couple more questions: I assume we will probably need to track each race mode separately, as well as each difficulty. Depending on how it works in the game, this can add up to a lot of separate charts. That's fine, but we want to make sure we get it right the first time to avoid tons of corrections work! It also sounds like we'll need to track race times (Shortest Time) as well as longest drifts? (Longest Time). And, does the game give you your longest drift times on all of the same tracks where it also gives you an overall time to finish the race? -- or, is "Race" mode the one that gives you the shortest time score, and one of the other modes (Eliminator, Survival, Air Revenge) the one that times your longest drift? Also -- Do all four race modes give a score we could track here at highscore? (Longest drift works fine for highscore.com) Thanks again for the info!
Skip the video to 3:51:56 into the video. At the bottom of the screen with the action button "Y" listed. You can see there is a button in which the difficulty can change. It is Medium during this little part of the video.
Yes Split/Second has Easy/Medium/Hard mode for the AI controlled vehicles. Split/Second is all about driving and choosing your path around the track making decisions on how safe you want to drive. AI's racers on easy for example; will not keep up with you compared to AI racers on hard mode. These settings can be altered before selecting each race mode "Race, Eliminator, Survival, Air Revenge". Also, yes I requested "longest" because the there is a personal leaderboard in the game menus to track your longest drift. If longest drift does not meet highsccore criteria, I understand. I can link my own Split/Second video in the next comment. Getting on my computer shortly.
hi OOG - I'm entering requests and I have some questions about Split/Second. I see you've requested Easy, Medium & Hard settings but I'm not seeing any info about these so far and I don't see these settings in any videos I've found. Are these options you can choose which apply to all of the tracks? Also the game seems to rank players according to fastest time, not longest, is that correct?
Thx. Finally found a place to post high scores that many people play.


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package service

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"strconv"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"go-common/app/job/main/spy/conf"
	"go-common/app/job/main/spy/dao"
	"go-common/app/job/main/spy/model"
	cmmdl "go-common/app/service/main/spy/model"
	spyrpc "go-common/app/service/main/spy/rpc/client"
	"go-common/library/log"
	"go-common/library/queue/databus"
	"go-common/library/stat/prom"
	xtime "go-common/library/time"

	"github.com/robfig/cron"
)

const (
	_bigdataEvent = "bt"
	_secretEvent  = "st"
)

// Service service def.
type Service struct {
	c               *conf.Config
	waiter          sync.WaitGroup
	dao             *dao.Dao
	eventDatabus    *databus.Databus
	spystatDatabus  *databus.Databus
	secLoginDatabus *databus.Databus
	spyRPC          *spyrpc.Service
	quit            chan struct{}
	cachech         chan func()
	retrych         chan func()
	spyConfig       map[string]interface{}
	configLoadTick  time.Duration
	promBlockInfo   *prom.Prom
	blockTick       time.Duration
	blockWaitTick   time.Duration
	allEventName    map[string]int64
	loadEventTick   time.Duration
	// activity events
	activityEvents map[string]struct{}
}

// New create a instance of Service and return.
func New(c *conf.Config) (s *Service) {
	s = &Service{
		c:               c,
		dao:             dao.New(c),
		eventDatabus:    databus.New(c.Databus.EventData),
		spystatDatabus:  databus.New(c.Databus.SpyStatData),
		secLoginDatabus: databus.New(c.Databus.SecLogin),
		spyRPC:          spyrpc.New(c.SpyRPC),
		quit:            make(chan struct{}),
		cachech:         make(chan func(), 1024),
		retrych:         make(chan func(), 128),
		spyConfig:       make(map[string]interface{}),
		configLoadTick:  time.Duration(c.Property.ConfigLoadTick),
		promBlockInfo:   prom.New().WithCounter("spy_block_info", []string{"name"}),
		blockTick:       time.Duration(c.Property.BlockTick),
		blockWaitTick:   time.Duration(c.Property.BlockWaitTick),
		allEventName:    make(map[string]int64),
		loadEventTick:   time.Duration(c.Property.LoadEventTick),
	}

	if err := s.loadSystemConfig(); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	if err := s.loadeventname(); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	s.initActivityEvents()

	s.waiter.Add(1)
	go s.consumeproc()

	s.waiter.Add(1)
	go s.secloginproc()

	s.waiter.Add(1)
	go s.spystatproc()

	go s.retryproc()
	go s.cacheproc()

	go s.loadconfig()
	go s.blockcacheuser()

	go s.loadeventproc()

	t := cron.New()
	if err := t.AddFunc(s.c.Property.Block.CycleCron, s.cycleblock); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	if err := t.AddFunc(s.c.Property.ReportCron, s.reportjob); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	t.Start()

	return s
}

func (s *Service) consumeproc() {
	defer s.waiter.Done()
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("eventproc unknown panic(%v)", x)
		}
	}()
	var (
		msg       *databus.Message
		eventMsg  *model.EventMessage
		ok        bool
		err       error
		msgChan   = s.eventDatabus.Messages()
		c         = context.TODO()
		preOffset int64
	)
	for {
		select {
		case msg, ok = <-msgChan:
			if !ok {
				log.Info("eventConsumeProc msgChan closed")
				return
			}
		case <-s.quit:
			log.Info("quit eventConsumeProc")
			return
		}
		if err = msg.Commit(); err != nil {
			log.Error("msg.Commit error(%v)", err)
		}
		if preOffset, err = s.dao.OffsetCache(c, _bigdataEvent, msg.Partition); err != nil {
			log.Error("s.dao.OffsetCache(%d) error(%v)", msg.Partition, err)
			preOffset = 0
		} else {
			if msg.Offset > preOffset {
				s.setOffset(_bigdataEvent, msg.Partition, msg.Offset)
			}
		}
		eventMsg = &model.EventMessage{}
		if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(msg.Value), eventMsg); err != nil {
			log.Error("json.Unmarshall(%s) error(%v)", msg.Value, err)
			s.setOffset(_bigdataEvent, msg.Partition, msg.Offset)
			continue
		}
		if msg.Offset <= preOffset && s.isMsgExpiration(eventMsg.Time) {
			log.Error("drop expired msg (%+v) (now_offset : %d)", preOffset)
			continue
		}
		if err = s.handleEvent(c, eventMsg); err != nil {
			log.Error("s.HandleEvent(%v) error(%v)", eventMsg, err)
			continue
		}
		log.Info("s.handleEvent(%v) eventMsg", eventMsg)
	}
}

func (s *Service) setOffset(event string, partition int32, offset int64) {
	s.cachemiss(func() {
		var err error
		if err = s.dao.SetOffsetCache(context.TODO(), event, partition, offset); err != nil {
			log.Error("s.dao.SetOffsetCache(%d,%d) error(%v)", partition, offset, err)
		}
	})
}

func (s *Service) secloginproc() {
	defer s.waiter.Done()
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("eventproc unknown panic(%v)", x)
		}
	}()
	var (
		msg       *databus.Message
		eventMsg  *model.EventMessage
		ok        bool
		err       error
		msgChan   = s.secLoginDatabus.Messages()
		c         = context.TODO()
		preOffset int64
	)
	for {
		select {
		case msg, ok = <-msgChan:
			if !ok {
				log.Info("secloginproc msgChan closed")
				return
			}
		case <-s.quit:
			log.Info("quit secloginproc")
			return
		}
		if err = msg.Commit(); err != nil {
			log.Error("msg.Commit error(%v)", err)
		}
		if preOffset, err = s.dao.OffsetCache(c, _secretEvent, msg.Partition); err != nil {
			log.Error("s.dao.OffsetCache(%d) error(%v)", msg.Partition, err)
			preOffset = 0
		} else {
			if msg.Offset > preOffset {
				s.setOffset(_secretEvent, msg.Partition, msg.Offset)
			}
		}
		eventMsg = &model.EventMessage{}
		if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(msg.Value), eventMsg); err != nil {
			log.Error("json.Unmarshall(%s) error(%v)", msg.Value, err)
			s.setOffset(_secretEvent, msg.Partition, msg.Offset)
			continue
		}
		if msg.Offset <= preOffset && s.isMsgExpiration(eventMsg.Time) {
			log.Error("drop expired msg (%+v) (now_offset : %d)", preOffset)
			continue
		}
		if err = s.handleEvent(c, eventMsg); err != nil {
			log.Error("s.HandleEvent(%v) error(%v)", eventMsg, err)
			continue
		}
		log.Info("s.handleEvent(%v) eventMsg", eventMsg)
	}
}

func (s *Service) isMsgExpiration(timeStr string) bool {
	var (
		eventTime time.Time
		now       = time.Now()
		err       error
	)
	if eventTime, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", timeStr); err != nil {
		return true
	}
	return eventTime.AddDate(0, 1, 1).Before(now)
}

func (s *Service) handleEvent(c context.Context, event *model.EventMessage) (err error) {
	var (
		eventTime time.Time
		argBytes  []byte
	)
	if eventTime, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", event.Time); err != nil {
		log.Error("time.Parse(%s) errore(%v)", event.Time, err)
		return
	}
	if argBytes, err = json.Marshal(event.Args); err != nil {
		log.Error("json.Marshal(%v) error(%v), so empty it", event.Args, err)
		argBytes = []byte("{}")
	}
	var argHandleEvent = &cmmdl.ArgHandleEvent{
		Time:      xtime.Time(eventTime.Unix()),
		IP:        event.IP,
		Service:   event.Service,
		Event:     event.Event,
		ActiveMid: event.ActiveMid,
		TargetMid: event.TargetMid,
		TargetID:  event.TargetID,
		Args:      string(argBytes),
		Result:    event.Result,
		Effect:    event.Effect,
		RiskLevel: event.RiskLevel,
	}
	if err = s.spyRPC.HandleEvent(c, argHandleEvent); err != nil {
		log.Error("s.spyRPC.HandleEvent(%v) error(%v)", argHandleEvent, err)
		// s.retrymiss(func() {
		// 	log.Info("Start retry rpc error(%v)", err)
		// 	for {
		// 		if err = s.spyRPC.HandleEvent(context.TODO(), argHandleEvent); err != nil {
		// 			log.Error("s.spyRPC.HandleEvent(%v) error(%v)", argHandleEvent, err)
		// 		} else {
		// 			break
		// 		}
		// 	}
		// 	log.Info("End retry error(%v)", err)
		// })
		return
	}
	return
}

func (s *Service) dataproc() {
	for {
		select {
		case <-s.quit:
			log.Info("quit handleData")
			return
		default:
		}
		if !s.c.Property.Debug {
			d := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 1)
			ts := time.Date(d.Year(), d.Month(), d.Day(), 5, 0, 0, 0, time.Local).Sub(time.Now())
			time.Sleep(ts)
		} else {
			time.Sleep(s.c.Property.TaskTimer * time.Second)
		}
		s.reBuild()
	}
}

// Ping check service health.
func (s *Service) Ping(c context.Context) (err error) {
	if err = s.dao.Ping(c); err != nil {
		log.Error("s.db.Ping() error(%v)", err)
		return
	}
	return
}

// Close all resource.
func (s *Service) Close() (err error) {
	close(s.quit)
	s.dao.Close()
	if err = s.eventDatabus.Close(); err != nil {
		log.Error("s.db.Close() error(%v)", err)
		return
	}
	return
}

// Wait wait all closed.
func (s *Service) Wait() {
	s.waiter.Wait()
}

func (s *Service) cacheproc() {
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.cacheproc panic(%v)", x)
			go s.cacheproc()
			log.Info("service.cacheproc recover")
		}
	}()
	for {
		f := <-s.cachech
		f()
	}
}

func (s *Service) retryproc() {
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.retryproc panic(%v)", x)
			go s.retryproc()
			log.Info("service.retryproc recover")
		}
	}()
	for {
		f := <-s.retrych
		go f()
	}
}

func (s *Service) cachemiss(f func()) {
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.cachemiss panic(%v)", x)
		}
	}()
	select {
	case s.cachech <- f:
	default:
		log.Error("service.cachech full")
	}
}

func (s *Service) retrymiss(f func()) {
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.retrymiss panic(%v)", x)
		}
	}()
	select {
	case s.retrych <- f:
	default:
		log.Error("service.retrych full")
	}
}

func (s *Service) loadconfig() {
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.cycleblock panic(%v)", x)
		}
	}()
	for {
		time.Sleep(s.configLoadTick)
		s.loadSystemConfig()
	}
}

func (s *Service) loadSystemConfig() (err error) {
	var (
		cdb map[string]string
	)
	cdb, err = s.dao.Configs(context.TODO())
	if err != nil {
		log.Error("sys config db get data err(%v)", err)
		return
	}
	if len(cdb) == 0 {
		err = errors.New("sys config no data")
		return
	}
	cs := make(map[string]interface{}, len(cdb))
	for k, v := range cdb {
		switch k {
		case model.LimitBlockCount:
			t, err1 := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
			if err1 != nil {
				log.Error("sys config err(%s,%v,%v)", model.LimitBlockCount, t, err1)
				err = err1
				return
			}
			cs[k] = t
		case model.LessBlockScore:
			tmp, err1 := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 8)
			if err1 != nil {
				log.Error("sys config err(%s,%v,%v)", model.LessBlockScore, tmp, err1)
				err = err1
				return
			}
			cs[k] = int8(tmp)
		case model.AutoBlock:
			tmp, err1 := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 8)
			if err1 != nil {
				log.Error("sys config err(%s,%v,%v)", model.AutoBlock, tmp, err1)
				err = err1
				return
			}
			cs[k] = int8(tmp)
		default:
			cs[k] = v
		}
	}
	s.spyConfig = cs
	log.Info("loadSystemConfig success(%v)", cs)
	return
}

//Config get config.
func (s *Service) Config(key string) (interface{}, bool) {
	if s.spyConfig == nil {
		return nil, false
	}
	v, ok := s.spyConfig[key]
	return v, ok
}

func (s *Service) cycleblock() {
	var (
		c = context.TODO()
	)
	log.Info("cycleblock start (%v)", time.Now())
	if b, err := s.dao.SetNXLockCache(c, model.BlockLockKey, model.DefLockTime); !b || err != nil {
		log.Error("cycleblock had run (%v,%v)", b, err)
		return
	}
	s.BlockTask(c)
	s.dao.DelLockCache(c, model.BlockLockKey)
	log.Info("cycleblock end (%v)", time.Now())
}

func (s *Service) blockcacheuser() {
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.blockcacheuser panic(%v)", x)
			go s.blockcacheuser()
			log.Info("service.blockcacheuser recover")
		}
	}()
	for {
		mid, err := s.dao.SPOPBlockCache(context.TODO())
		if err != nil {
			log.Error("blockcacheuser err (%v,%v)", mid, err)
			continue
		}
		if mid != 0 {
			s.blockByMid(context.TODO(), mid)
			time.Sleep(s.blockTick)
		} else {
			// when no user should be block
			time.Sleep(s.blockWaitTick)
		}
	}
}

func (s *Service) reportjob() {
	var (
		c = context.TODO()
	)
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("service.reportjob panic(%v)", x)
			go s.blockcacheuser()
			log.Info("service.reportjob recover")
		}
	}()
	log.Info("reportjob start (%v)", time.Now())
	if b, err := s.dao.SetNXLockCache(c, model.ReportJobKey, model.DefLockTime); !b || err != nil {
		log.Error("reportjob had run (%v,%v)", b, err)
		return
	}
	s.AddReport(c)
	log.Info("reportjob end (%v)", time.Now())
}

func (s *Service) spystatproc() {
	defer s.waiter.Done()
	defer func() {
		if x := recover(); x != nil {
			log.Error("sinstatproc unknown panic(%v)", x)
		}
	}()
	var (
		msg     *databus.Message
		statMsg *model.SpyStatMessage
		ok      bool
		err     error
		msgChan = s.spystatDatabus.Messages()
		c       = context.TODO()
	)
	for {
		select {
		case msg, ok = <-msgChan:
			if !ok {
				log.Info("spystatproc msgChan closed")
				return
			}
		case <-s.quit:
			log.Info("quit spystatproc")
			return
		}
		if err = msg.Commit(); err != nil {
			log.Error("msg.Commit error(%v)", err)
		}
		statMsg = &model.SpyStatMessage{}
		if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(msg.Value), statMsg); err != nil {
			log.Error("json.Unmarshall(%s) error(%v)", msg.Value, err)
			continue
		}
		log.Info(" spystatproc (%v) start", statMsg)
		// check uuid
		unique, _ := s.dao.PfaddCache(c, statMsg.UUID)
		if !unique {
			log.Error("stat duplicate msg (%s) error", statMsg)
			continue
		}
		s.UpdateStatData(c, statMsg)
		log.Info(" spystatproc (%v) handle", statMsg)
	}
}

func (s *Service) loadeventname() (err error) {
	var (
		c  = context.Background()
		es []*model.Event
	)
	es, err = s.dao.AllEvent(c)
	if err != nil {
		log.Error("loadeventname allevent error(%v)", err)
		return
	}
	tmp := make(map[string]int64, len(es))
	for _, e := range es {
		tmp[e.Name] = e.ID
	}
	s.allEventName = tmp
	log.Info("loadeventname (%v) load success", tmp)
	return
}

func (s *Service) loadeventproc() {
	for {
		time.Sleep(s.loadEventTick)
		s.loadeventname()
	}
}

func (s *Service) initActivityEvents() {
	tmp := make(map[string]struct{}, len(s.c.Property.ActivityEvents))
	for _, name := range s.c.Property.ActivityEvents {
		tmp[name] = struct{}{}
	}
	s.activityEvents = tmp
}

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What is the price of gasoline in Uruguay?
Who knows how much does a liter of gas cost in Uruguay?
related to an answer for: What is the price of gasoline in Benin?
gasoline-prices-in-different-countries
asked Nov 18, 2014 in Transportation by amidovich (17.5k points)
Enjoy your trip to Uruguay.
It is important to know that the price of gasoline in different countries varies from time to time. The price in my answer is updated at November 2014.
The average price for 1 liter of gasoline in Uruguay is 1.63 U.S. dollar.
Time of Check: 04-Aug-2014 to 10-Nov-2014.
The minimum price per liter of fuel in Uruguay for that period was 1.63 U.S. dollar.
Maximum price per liter of fuel in Uruguay for that period was 1.63 U.S. dollar.
For the most up-to-date price see link - See link.
The average price of gasoline in the world for this period (04-Aug-2014 to 10-Nov-2014) is 1.25 U.S. dollar.
Gasoline price in Uruguay is more expensive than the average price for gasoline in the world (0.38 U.S. dollar more).
Did you know that Venezuela has the world's cheapest gas, sold at government filling stations for 1 cent a liter?
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Maps and navigation apps for Uruguay
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IEA - International Energy Agency - link.
Gasoline prices in globalpetrolprices.com - link.
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So Wyrd announced instead of one big core rulebook they are trying something closer to Age of Sigmars Battletomes for 3rd edition. One book per faction with more pages overall dedicated to each. Question is how to the dual masters fit into this? and have they actually listed where? For example Mei Feng seems to be treated as far more Arcanist leaning gameplay wise but is a prominent Ten Thunders character, while Marcus is going from pure Arcanist to dual faction with Neverborn as well. Have they outlined whats happening with these? Like are they going to be arranging them based on their original/core faction or by the keyword focus? Like i use Mei as an example as shes my only Ten Thunders Master but imagine buying the TT book to find out shes in the foundry section of the Arcanist book instead.
That makes me wonder if we will see something like drive thru rpgs 'errata fixed' cards they do now.
Back during the reveal a new type of vertical card was shown as a 'example of a potential design' and while there was debate between people if the new Bioshock Infinite style aesthetic was more welcome or unwelcome than the 'wanted poster/guild dossier' style of 2nd which is largely personal choice the across the board reaction was "are they too big?". Personally when i play now, and anecdotal but everyone i play with does the same, we use the cards in blank trading card sleeves and use a white board marker to fill in each bullet hole HP pip on the card, to say nothing of carrying a small card binder that holds our collections to accompany the minatures rather than a stack sliding around in a figure case, and when the games over we just wipe them off and good as new. Not only are the health marks looking a bit too small for that on the new prototype designs but large cards means you can't do that unless you go out of your way to laminate them or something if they no longer fit card sleeves. I've looked around but since the initial reactions i've not seen much talking about the cards. Horizontal or Vertical is really up to the designers/art team but 7-12+ large cards are going to take up a fair chunk of tabletop space. For example Warhammers Age of Sigmar 2nd edition brought in these stat cards for each unit that are about the size of a smartphone or larger and in a game with 6 or 7 of those thats a lot of tabletop space, especially when some fold open due to more abilities and stats. Difference there however is you aren't marking them so you can stack them up and check them when you need to. With the 3x3 style skirmish games like malifaux i never see people do anything but have their side of the table with a row of cards all at once showing markers, wounds, tokens and so on. So naturally theres a worry that its going to be a case of 'real estate creep' when we also need space for stuff like fate decks that you can't just plop on the game area like dice to boot. I could be a minority worrying over nothing but has anything been said about the whole 'making the cards bigger' deal?
I'm surprised its not a default honestly. Like you look up Malifaux on twitter and theres a lotta japanese folks playing. I know stuff like Chaosiums Call of Cthulu is popular over there as a 'trpg' and got a native jp translation but do they have to puzzle their way through an english copy by default? I mean hey i'm English so an english language version isn't a personal problem and i get a smaller product can't pull off the same stuff GW does with ease but i assumed multi language options would be the norm. Its more regions buying models at the end of the day right?
Looking at my collection the only model i really see as kind of stand out in need of a resdesign is Lady Justice. The pose is a little too early 2000's Underworld meets Paul WS Anderson Resident evil, The big plastic question mark hair doesnt match her pose at all and she just looks tiny and compared to The Judge seems like the henchman rather than the master. Maybe something where shes standing up, raising her sword in challenge since she has the whole 'ronin dishing out the local lords justice' type deal.
I imagine a fair few will, but probably the 'time skip' element will decide who takes precedent. Like the Dreamer being a teenager now for example. I would love to see Mei maybe get a new or just alternate sculpt since hers is very much flat if you dont look at her from the front but its probably not nearly as urgent as stuff like the inevitable frankenstein, stitched up and mutated Mortimer piloted by the soul of Nicodem (lets be honest well all know that soul stone is not just being used for fuel) or maybe give lady justice one since her current one is super tiny and her hair looks more like a fish hook than a dynamic motion frozen in time.
So i've been getting a hankering for expanding/mixing up my Rail Crew. Right now i've been using in smaller games the base crew with the Metal Gamin/Rail Golem but through most of 2nd was always recommended i should pick up something like the Steam Arachnids for a Foundry build. With 3rd now in open beta and more people getting hands on with the changes are they still a go to replacement for Rail Workers in a Mei Fenge crew, or is there something else i should be looking at now instead?
Depends on your locals really. The 2e rulebook lists judging line of site and cover using the height of the model on the card but some people take a more literal approach and you can't hide your lord chompy bits behind a collapsing wall if hes standing atop a ruined statue or something taller than the cover.
Has the 2e Starter Kit been retired already?
My brother and his girlfriend have been round the last few times its been a game night with friends and we played malifaux. They were interested enough to ask where to start so i was thinking of grabbing the 2 player starter kit for them as a christmas gift. When looking around all my FLGS's that had one or two on the malifaux shelves for years every one was gone. Most uk sites i visit are out of stock and a search on amazon didn't even list the thing anymore. Granted it could be people panic buying just for the models and fate decks or something just on the expectation of a new starter kit for 3rd but has anything been said about when this set might be retired that could cause it to run out of stock in so many places? Or has it just been caught in another stock shortage in general like models such as Toshiro were back in the spring and i hear some like Lady Justices crew are right now?
How much of the world breachside has been explored at this point?
So its now been multiple years since the breach opened a second time and started another soul stone rush. The Guild tried to pull back settlers to a more contained area in the city but in the expanded media stories how far out have people gone? The maps i've seen include the bayou, the badlands as far as Nythera and the far peaks to the west and ten peaks to the north. Are there any others to suggest the scale of the continent? I always wondered if it was straight up an alternate earth and the continent was an alternate north america or if the similarities were more of the 'like all the architecture of our world in a layer cake' like the city but extrapolated into nature as well. So what is the furthest people have gone so far? are there signs of oceans in the lore yet for example?
Do you consider Ten Thunders intrusive?
Essentially it seems like some folks -not me personally Mei Feng main ftw- see the things like Terracotta Warriors or Zombie Samurai too 'out there' like a sci-fi robot showing up in a witcher game or something. Its not something i agree with but with TT being apparently the least popular faction i wondered if i was in the minority for having no problem with them.
Listening to a couple of podcasts about 3rd i noticed a recurring trend in terms of a sentiment that 'asian culture feels out of place and intrusive in the game' and i was surprised to hear it so much. Personally i've always been a fan of westerns and wierd westerns and the latter always seemed to shy away or outright ignore the whole chinese railroad situation. Maybe its because one of my main crews is Mei Fengs Rail Crew but a downtrodden workforce being fitted with steam powered mechanical limbs to replace grievous injuries from building the rail lines feels to me like a cool aspect of weird westerns thats not been explored much in other examples of the sub genre. Granted i could see things like Toshiro or Terracotta Warriors feeling a bit 'out of place' but then isn't that strangeness the norm with necropunks or warpigs? I heard some Wyrd employees lately state TT are the least popular faction for players and i wondered if there is a sentiment that they dont mix well. What do you think about them now they've been around a good while?
I think its a bit of following the trend of new gateway games like Shadespire artwise. Personally the new cards look a bit too much 'Bioshock Infinite Vigour management UI' and not nearly enough 'Weird Western' for me. I liked the HP bullet holes and tatty old parchment look!


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Wales has seen almost a decade of austerity and for some time the Committee has been concerned that the budgets of directly funded bodies have not been impacted in the same way that other public service budgets have been.
The Committee has provided guidance to directly funded bodies to ensure their budget requests are set in the context of budget constraints in the Welsh public sector. This has included ensuring their budgets did not exceed any changes to the Welsh block grant.
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A joint initiative of National Informatics Centre (NIC) & NASSCOM to drive data driven innovation.
Who: Open to Individuals, Teams of individuals and Business entities inside the territory of India
Where: Online (All India)
When: August 08, 2013
NIC in association with NASSCOM presents #OpenDataApps Challenge to encourage data-driven innovation.
Here's the chance to unleash your expertise in app development! Create unique and useful Apps across platforms and devices ranging from Mobile/Tablet, SMS to Voice-based applications using Open Government Data.
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1st Prize: 1,00,000 INR
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Data is the new capital of the global economy, and as organization seek renewed growth, stronger performance and more meaningful customer engagement,
the pressure to exploit data is immense. Thus, Open Government Platform (OGPL), allowing anyone to use and redistribute data freely,
is built to provide enhanced access and use/re-use of government data to foster innovation; improve delivery of government services, promote government transparency,
accountability, and public participation and spur citizen engagement.
The Government of India is opening large number of datasets practically every day through Data Portal India (http://data.gov.in).
The breadth and depth of datasets now available from various ministries and departments suggest that businesses in every industry will benefit from using it to
improve the quality, completeness and utility of their own data and to look for opportunities to develop new applications and services.
Business can also make use of open government data for new data-led services, which package the data and present it to customers in an attractive and easy-to-use way.
Many of entrepreneurial businesses are taking advantage of the trend towards mobile data enabled applications.
We strongly BELIEVE that extraordinary amount of innovation can happen in the open data space by unleashing the power of the entrepreneurs,
innovators, start-ups, developers, industry – the private sector, the academic sector, the non-profit sector, and the public in general.
NIC & NASSCOM have partnered together to build the Open Data Ecosystem and seek your support in the journey of
DISCOVER.PARTICIPATE.ENGAGE.INNOVATE.
The key objectives of this joint initiative of NIC & NASSCOM are:
Creating awareness and provide understanding on Open Data among multiple stakeholders which may include government
organization, users of government data i.e. citizen, business, developers and IT industry who can build innovative
Bringing all stakeholders on single platform of Open Data
Facilitating discussions and information exchange among the key stakeholders on enhancing the effectiveness of Open Data
Compilation of innovative ideas, apps and related datasets emerging from Open Data Meet
Compilation of challenges likely to be faced by various stakeholders in driving the growth of Open Data and drive these challenges to its logical conclusion.
Identify domains where Open Data will have maximum impact to citizens, civil society, business and government
Build Apps relevant for a Billion Indians on Open Data
Open Data emphasizes on transparency and citizen engagement in governance.It has potential to boost delivery of Information and quality service to citizens and enable more informed decision-making.
Last year Government of Indian announced the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) for making government data available in the machine-readable format.Data Portal India is based on the Open Government Platform (OGPL), which provides enhanced access and use/re-use of government data to foster innovation; improve delivery of government services; promote government transparency, accountability, and public participation in governance.For more details, please visit http://data.gov.in
NASSCOM has partnered with NIC to jointly build an Open Data Ecosystem.
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
NIC & NASSCOM are organizing a series of Focus Group Discussions with Ministry of Agriculture, Healthcare & Transport in the month of July, 2013 with an objective to bring together a group of leading minds from the Ministry and Industry on the theme "If you had this data, what would you do with it"?
If you can help us build ideas on the open data in the Focus Group Discussions with Ministry, please contact us at opendata [at] nasscom [dot] in .
OPEN DATA MEET
NIC & NASSCOM are organizing series of Open Data Meet in the month of July, 2013 with Start-ups & Developer Community to "Educate the community on what data exists and its accessibility".
If you would like to host one such Open Data Meet for your Developer Community or if you would like to participate in one such Open Data Meet then please contact us at opendata [at] nasscom [dot] in.
AWARENESS EVENT
Learn from the Open Data Evangelists & Leaders as how Open Data can be used to foster innovation.
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Please send your details to us at opendata [at] nasscom [dot] in.
INNOVATIVE APPS CHALLENGE
Entrepreneurs, Start-up & Developers are invited to participate in the Open Data Innovative Apps Challenge in the month of August. The ideas that catch fire, burn longer, and spread further shall be recognized and awarded by Government of India.
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Discover how power of Open Data can be harnessed for public benefit. The primary objective of NIC & NASSCOM is to create awareness of Open Data; build a community who can innovate ideas on what type of applications can be created and identify various new datasets which ministries and departments can release on Data Portal India.
Participation in the event is open for:
Senior Leaders & Data Controllers from all Ministries & Departments to learn the innovation with open data
Entrepreneurs & Innovators from Startup who are in pursuit of a business idea can evaluate Open Data as one of the source for their innovation
Developers Community
IT Industry & Private Sector
Stay tuned to for latest updates on the Open Data
#OpenDataApps Challenge Terms & Conditions
The Government of India, under the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), is releasing a large number of
Government datasets from various departments to enhance delivery of government information and to promote transparency,
accountability and public participation in governance.
To encourage the use of this data, NIC in association with NASSCOM is organizing an "#OpenDataApps Challenge", inviting Entrepreneurs,Innovators, Start-ups, Developers and the Indian IT industry. This will create unique and useful applications for Smart Devices, SMS, and Voice-based applications using Open Data to foster innovation.
The "#OpenDataApps Challenge" registration was formally announced on August 8, 2013 by Hon'ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology and Minister of Law & Justice.
All participant(s) must register on the Data Portal India to submit a Concept Note (CN) of the proposed application. The last date for submission of the Concept Note is August 31, 2013 (11:59 pm).
All shortlisted candidates shall be invited to demonstrate their application in NIC/NASSCOM office in New Delhi during 20th to 22nd November, 2013.The demonstration can be face-to-face or over the web. The software and hardware environment required for the demonstration must be arranged by the participating team.
The winners would be awarded in an event announced at Data Portal India.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
This Contest is open to individuals, teams of individuals and business entities inside the territory of India. Participant(s) must be aged 18-years or older, on the date of submitting the application. However, employees and relatives of NIC and NASSCOM are not allowed to participate in this #OpenDataApps Challenge.
WHAT YOU CAN WIN
First and second prizes would be conferred in three different sectors. At the launch of the challenge, Hon'ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology and Minister of Law & Justice announced the following prizes for the winning submissions:
3 First Prizes of Rs. 1 Lakh each.
3 Second Prizes of Rs. 50 Thousand each.
Kindly refer to http://data.gov.in/event/opendataapps-challenge or the challenge brochure for details.
WHAT THE IMPORTANT TIMELINES ARE (Revised)
Registration Open Date: August 08, 2013
Registration Close Date and Submission of Concept Note: August 31, 2013 (11:59 pm)
Early Bird Submissions: September 10, 2013 (11:59 pm)
Last Date for Submission of Application: October 30, 2013 (11:59 pm)
Pre-screening by Industry Panel and Screening: During 5th to 22nd November, 2013.
Jury Round: January 10, 2014
Award Event: First Week of February , 2014.
WHAT ARE THE AWARD EVALUATION AND RATING CRITERIA?
All applications will be rated on a scale of 5 on the parameters listed below
The primary source of the datasets must be the Data Portal of the Government of India, http://data.gov.in
Concept Note: How the solution will improve delivery of government services, promote government transparency, accountability and public participation and spur citizen engagement.
Usability and Creativity: Application demonstrates superior user experience and ease of use. Its uniqueness and innovativeness,
use of Indian Languages and leverage the latest advances in information technologies.
Technology Design and Efficiency: Conformance to Open Standards and interoperability Guidelines (as prescribed by the Government of India).
Quality: Application must be fully-functional and run successfully on target device(s).
Sustenance: Developer must adequately demonstrate a plan for its updates, sustenance and continuing usability.
+5 Bonus Points are available for early bird submissions of completed apps, documentations and other supporting material to be considered till 10th September 2013.
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully as they apply for this contest. To be eligible to participate in the contest, the participants must accept these Terms and Conditions:
The primary source of the datasets must be the Data Portal of the Government of India i.e. http://data.gov.in.
Only Indian nationals are eligible for participation in the contest.
Participants must not provide any false information in the registration process.
Participants must keep their contact information accurate and up-to-date.
Only a single account is permitted for an individual or a team. If more than one account exists for the same candidate then it will automatically result in disqualification of the candidate.
As a part of the submission, the contestant certifies the originality and ownership of the application as detailed/described in the documentation uploaded at the time of submission.
The participant(s) must ensure that his/her/their work has not been previously published.
If the participants are acting within the scope of their employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party, then the participants warrant that such party has full knowledge of the actions of the participants and has consented thereto, including the potential receipt of a prize. The participants further warrant that their actions do not violate the employer's or company's policies and procedures.
The participants will not upload viruses or other malicious code.
The participants will not use this contest to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
The participant(s) contesting in the "#OpenDataApps Challenge" retains ownership of all intellectual property rights to the application including the right to distribute the application commercially at any time.
There are three possible licensing options:
i. Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
ii. MIT License: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
iii.GPL/LGPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html
Participants must declare the intended licensing of the app at the time of the submission of the Concept Note and final App.
The winning applications must be maintained in working condition by the contestant(s) for a period of 1 (one) year on a secure site of the participants' choosing. No functional enhancements are expected, but all bugs identified according to the description in the documentation should be removed.
If any participant is determined to have violated the terms of the contest, NIC (and NASSCOM) have all rights to disqualify the participant without prior permission.
If the Applications shortlisted do not meet the expectations of the Jury, Jury has the discretion and the right, not to confer an award in one or more categories/subcategories. Jury Decision is final.
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Android Agriculture
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RajyaSabha Business Application for Android devices
GagandeepSingh
Pritish Sahu
Simardeep Singh NewDelhi Certificate
Windows8 Others
(Finalist) PincodeSearch Hemant Savkar Pune Certificate
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Arno A.E
Brij Mohan Kaushik Mumbai Certificate
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