It feels likely that in some coffee-strewn office somewhere, previous update prices are being hastily revised. ![]() And as the aforementioned Hello Games saga taught us, studios have little choice in the wake of a PR shitstorm like this but to keep pouring resources and updates into their game until people quietly decide, even years later, that they quite like it now actually. In mechanical terms there's a huge amount of work to be done, but prior PES titles achieved drastic on-pitch changes with Data Packs. Like Baddiel and Skinner in '98, I still believe. I like the sprinting controls, but £34 for one more mode feels almost like charity We might have worried for eFootball 2022's eventual release if this current build were presented to us as a beta, but we wouldn't have given up on the whole prospect and thrown it on the bonfire No Man's Sky once smouldered. Because what we're playing right now is actually just a public beta with an accompanying PR disaster. Defenders get tangled up with one another like they're all made of un-baked pretzel dough, and nobody seems 100% clear on the tactical system you're using-not enough to reap the rewards of picking one that matches your squad's attributes, certainly.Īnd it all could have been avoided. Just as they did in PES, players on both sides will go to sleep and watch balls travel huge distances like annoying passive jerks because the game has simply decided upon the (distant) player who'll receive it. But the real problem is team AI behaviour. Currently ground passes seem glazed in treacle while squaring the ball the width of the pitch with a lobbed pass takes next to no time. It needs help from the passing and a minor miracle from the AI to make that happen more. Infrequently, it's actually quite thrilling. Were it not for the horrific collisions it'd be possible to get some genuinely tense and subtle matches on the go-dinking it this way past a defender, dropping a shoulder to create space, crafting a chance out of three perfectly judged touches. In these moments, a Bayern defender lolloping hopelessly behind you, you feel that rarest of sensations: like the player and the ball are separate entities.Īnd this focus on the minutiae of one-on-one battles has, at least, the potential for fascinating online matchups. You can wrongfoot defenders by changing your pace and direction every kick, and pull off massively satisfying chops by directing the analog stick away from the player and tapping sprint. Rather than a hold-to-beat-defender button, sprinting has been reworked to reward deft taps. It's slow, and fiddly, sometimes to the point of ponderous and frustrating, but it's also impressive in how forensic it is about dribbling. Even though I've been playing as Napoli and only Napoli in Partner Clubs mode for hours on end, even though I keep going back to the main menu, the hideous main menu, and clicking on the greyed out icons to make sure that nope, this really is it… I'm not ready to give up.īecause I can see the intention in its football. Isaac Newton would be in tears if he were in the stands, and the fundamental dodginess is only exacerbated by a revamped pace system which so often sends players hurtling into one another at full speed.īut I'm not ready to give up on it. On that: there's something ungodly about the collisions. ![]() It's slow, and fiddly, sometimes to the point of ponderous and frustrating, but it's also impressive in how forensic it is about dribbling Players do have a disquieting sheen about them though which detracts from the face scans, and an odd way of articulating their facial expressions when arguing with the ref or pinging around like detritus in Goat Simulator after a stand-up tackle. To this reviewer's wizened eyes the stadiums, crowds, and pitch surfaces look better than they ever have before. Some have levelled accusations that the grass looks plasticky now and that players all look like haunted waxwork dolls-your mileage may vary. It's now running in Unreal Engine, and perhaps the momentous task of engine migration explains the bugs and bizarre collisions that discern eFootball 2022 from its predecessors.
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![]() Even The Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch has more detailed environments. Especially considering that this is supposed to be next-gen, there should be an emphasis on generous geometry at the middle and small level of detail. Have you ever worked with Unreal or any asset-based engine? Ever done 3d level design? Every single stage shown looked like a very barebones blocked scene, where you only put the major geometry just so see how the pathfinding will work, or getting a general idea of the circulation of the player on the stage. ![]() There were no middle-sized or small details, sorry if I can explain it better as English is not my main language and I'm not concerned with explaining something that is very clear.
![]() “If the subject of tactics only gives you a stomach ache, you can achieve quick success with something like this. The ultimate cheat or useless? Neither, finds Whenett: Practice makes perfectĪnd if your head is already spinning, you may have noticed: there are tactics templates in the Steam Workshop. A high value in this attribute means that the player remains motivated on the pitch. However, it is also worth taking a look at others, such as determination. In the player profile, the most important attributes are highlighted depending on the selected player role. The attributes already mentioned take precedence. Especially when another playmaker is already playing on the eight.” A playmaker type also brings his passing skills to the role of ‘central midfielder’, but does not orientate himself so strongly on the ball – and thus perhaps helps the team better. “Basically, it is more important to me that the player roles fit each other than that the player plays in his best role. But that should not necessarily be a criterion in the selection process: “So if I put three playmakers in the centre, all three will try to feed the strikers with balls, but no one will feel responsible for the defensive work.” How good a player feels in a role is indicated by stars. Is he a ball distributor in midfield, or a clearer? Here it is important that the roles fit together “so that the players support each other optimally”, advises the content creator and adds: This means which tasks the player performs in his position. Once the formation and playing style are in place, it’s time for the player roles. A playmaker with no vision and passing will give the ball away a lot, a centre-back with no jumping height will struggle against big forwards in the air. Whenett explains why this is so important: “A playmaker with poor tackling will get a lot of yellow and red cards because he is supposed to go in hard. If, on the other hand, you like Tiki-Taka, then passing, anticipation, ball reception, technique, flair, and without the ball are important. So if you are inspired by Argentine coach Helenio Herrera and his catenaccio, you should make sure that attributes such as positional play, strength, tackling or teamwork are high in your players. Which brings us directly to two questions, because the attributes are related to the style of play. Even the first time you look at the choices, many questions arise: Which style of play is best for my team? What do I have to consider in terms of player roles? And which player attributes are important?īasically, don’t panic when you see the many options, but first get to know your team. Tactics – success stands or falls on themĪ topic that comes up again and again there: tactics. Whenett is an expert on the subject: He provides help and inspiration for experienced players on his blog “FM.Zweierkette” and maintains a YouTube and Twitch channel – with guides and various Let’s Plays. ![]() To make sure your first coaching stint in the game doesn’t turn into a nightmare, Tery Whenett tells eSport what you need to watch out for as a beginner. To completely change the squad once, train the strikers’ goal-scoring instincts to the maximum and then just watch the trophy cabinet get fuller and fuller – that’s not so easy in Football Manager from SEGA. We spoke to a pro about tips and tricks to get you started without getting frustrated. The SEGA game is truly not easy, especially for beginners. ![]() ![]() The bookies’ favourite was Sweden, represented by Eurovision superstar Loreen and her extraordinary nail extensions. As the lyrics of the Slovenian entry, Joker Out’s shruggingly mid-tempo “Carpe Diem,” translated: “The game of hatred is your thing/Don’t count on us.” ![]() Yet Eurovision has long developed its own way of confronting reality, even if that’s just turning its back to shake a well-choreographed, gym-toned tush. That grim news landed altogether heavily in the middle of an event that has generally suggested what might happen if theater kids, rather than tyrants, ran the world not even a great pop song can drown out some boom-bang-a-bangs. Swiss singer Remo Forrer’s plaintive “Watergun” built outwards from the refrain “I don’t wanna be a soldier/I don’t wanna have to play with real blood.” The ramshackle Croatian comedy troupe Let 3, fortuitously taking to the stage as most viewers were several drinks deep, offered a mock-Russian folk song about tractors and Armageddon that took an audible swipe at Vladimir Putin (“That little psychopath”).Īs we’d only just learned, Putin was using the cover of Eurovision night to fling further missiles in the direction of several Ukrainian cities, most pointedly Ternopil, Tvorchi’s hometown. There was no President Zelenskyy address – ruled unduly political by the Eurovision mandarins, a decision that felt questionable even before Ukraine’s 2023 entry, Tvorchi’s “Heart of Steel,” implored “don’t be scared to say just what you think.” Yet the conflict in Ukraine seemed to haunt the background of several entries. ![]() We left the Safego Portable on the list, since its large size and its resistance to water and sand give it some niche value as a lockable travel purse, but we downgraded it significantly. We removed a number of items from our list due to these weaknesses, including the Kingsley Guard-a-Key, the Vault Locks 3210, and the Kidde AccessPoint 001404. While they may add a tiny bit of extra work for someone looking to break in, they also advertise the fact that the building is likely unoccupied, and point out the location of a key. Given the ease with which such models can be defeated, we felt they're simply not worth the price. They're not using specially designed lockpicks or conspicuous tools like bolt cutters, either some techniques use a thin metal shim that can be fashioned from a discarded soda can, while others require no instruments whatsoever. A quick search reveals dozens of videos showing users gaining access to lock boxes of this kind in under two minutes. Unfortunately, both styles can be cracked quite easily with techniques that can be picked up from a brief online tutorial. Most key boxes encode their combinations using either a series of rotating wheels or a number with spring-loaded buttons. ![]() We've significantly pared down our list after our research revealed that the most popular items in this category suffer from glaring and well-known security exploits. ![]() It helps us to understand the incredible interconnectedness that we all share with one another. ![]() Socially, when we hear an opposing view from someone who is different than us, it provokes more thought. Over the decades, scientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, and demographers have weighed in, coming to the conclusion that, without a colorful community, we can only see “black and white,” a very simplified view. Simply being exposed to diversity can shift one’s way of thinking and doing. Dancers leave smiling, on a natural high no gym could ever provide.ĭiversity Opens Our Minds To New PerspectivesĬultures define and renew themselves through encounter. There is a wonderful sense of physical happiness that comes from using the body to celebrate life. Dripping sweat doesn’t matter – it’s the connection and the liquid, amazing motion that counts. There is an emotional connection when you face each other. The connection is through the hands (see image) there are elaborate routines of silent communication with fingers telling palms what to make the rest of the body do. The communication is non-verbal because dance transcends language it is a universal language. The diversity of the crowd, the fast music, and the switching of partners with every song enable a connection with people from all over the world in a short period of time. There is unconditional love, connection, and pure joy on the salsa dance floor. They make it their own by combining American, Latin, African, Asian, and European sensibilities. The dancers not only respect one another’s cultures and histories, but also create something new together as they explore a complicated dance that allows for creative expression. It is where dancers white, black, brown, yellow, and every color and culture come together to find refuge and joy, where diversity and multiculturalism come alive. ![]() The salsa dance floor is where people of every race, ethnicity, religion, social class, age, and sexual orientation come together and feel a sense of welcome, belonging, safety, and freedom. Copyright © Linda Friedman Schmidt, Salsa Cures Sadness No.2: Silver Shines, detail, discarded clothing, 65 x 42 in Diversity is Celebrated on the Salsa Dance Floor ![]() The building has been without a full-time GM since Kim Stone left the arena in July 2021 for family reasons. It’s a decision I don’t regret.”Īs Daniels looked to get back in the sports biz, a recruiter reached out to her about the opportunity to run Chase Center. I chose to leave a spectacular place to spend time with my mom and my family and other people who I may not have made room for over the previous 30 years. It’s been exciting and emotional and I’m looking forward to it. “It’s all coming together at Chase Center. “I feel like I’m following in his footsteps and carrying on his legacy,” Donna Daniels said. It opened in 1991 and Jack Daniels operated the facility in Huntington, West Virginia. He spent the last few of years of his career on the administrative side and helped develop Marshall University’s football stadium. ![]() Jack Daniels coached high school and college football for many years, with stops at The Citadel, University of Virginia, Colgate, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Trinity College. ![]() It comes seven months after Daniels left the Newark, New Jersey arena to help her mother out after her father, former football coach Jack Daniels, died in February. She previously spent 25 years at the NBA league office. The Golden State Warriors have hired Donna Daniels as the new general manager of Chase Center, a move that takes on greater significance for the veteran sports executive after she experienced the loss of her father last year.ĭaniels, part of the 2020 VenuesNow Women of Influence, takes over at the San Francisco arena after spending five years at Prudential Center, including two years as vice president and general manager. (Getty Images) Twenty-five years of experience at NBA league office Tour poster and dates are listed below.THRIVE CITY: Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, above, could present new Chase Center General Manager Donna Daniels with an NBA title in a few weeks. These dates are June 4th at Denver, Colorado and October 7th in Quebec City, Québec. Update (2/27): Roger Waters has added additional dates to the Us + Them Fall Tour. This concert also included artists such as Metallica and Willie Nelson. This old material will include songs created in the past during his time in Pink Floyd, while the new material is what he’s been working on through his solo career.ĭuring the summer, Roger Waters had performed at Neil Young’s 30th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert. Before this tour announcement, Roger headlined at the Desert Trip festival and used the set as a attack to Donald Trump.Īccording to NME, the press releases had said that Rogers had said that he will perform the material “probably 75% of it will be old material and 25% will be new, but it will be all connected by a general theme”. The tour will begin in Kansas City, Missouri and end in Vancouver, Canada. The tour called “Us + Them”, which is a song from Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. ![]() Minaj’s previous credits include The Other Woman, Ice Age: Continental Drift and Barbershop: The Next Cut. In addition to his role in Big Mouth, Woods will appear in the upcoming dramedy Downhill.ĭetails on Nicki Minaj’s character have mostly been kept under wraps. The Office and Silicon Valley alum lends his gawky humor to Carl, one of Zeta’s minions. Image Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images Sony Pictures The Overboard star also will be voicing the iconic Looney Toons character Speedy Gonzales in a recently announced film. No stranger to voice-acting, Derbez dubbed roles in the Latin American versions of Shrek and Mulan. ![]() The veteran Mexican-American actor is playing Glenn, a scientist-bird. Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Courtesy of Sony Pictures Davidson also appears in John Turturro’s upcoming film Going Places alongside Susan Sarandon and Bobby Cannavale. The Saturday Night Live star is voicing Jerry, an eagle that works for Zeta. Image Credit: John Shearer/WireImage Courtesy of Sony Pictures ![]() This is not only her first voice acting performance, but also her first film role. JoJo Siwa, a 16-year-old singer/dancer/actress/YouTuber, is playing a hatchling named J. Image Credit: Getty Images Courtesy of Sony Pictures The Vice Principals star is featured alongside Will Ferrell and Seth Rogen in James Franco’s upcoming film Zeroville. ![]() Image Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Courtesy of Sony PicturesĪnother returning castmember, Danny McBride plays Bomb, a brawny yet unpredictable bird. Brown is also set to voice a role in the highly anticipated Frozen sequel. Simpson, the Emmy and Golden Globe winner is joining the Angry Birds 2 cast as Garry, a hipster pig. Known for his roles in shows like This Is Us and The People v. Image Credit: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage Courtesy of Sony Pictures Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Robot Chicken. Bloom recently appeared in Seth Green’s film Changeland but has an impressive animated résumé as well, with roles in Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Batman vs. The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star is playing Chuck’s goofy sister Silver. Image Credit: Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage His other roles include the live-action Beauty and the Beast. Gad is famous for lending his voice to Olaf, the anthropomorphic snowman from the Disney smash hit Frozen, and its upcoming sequel. Josh Gad is reprising the role of Chuck, a speedy and outgoing bird. Image Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage Courtesy of Sony Pictures Viewers also might recognize Cameron from her roles in Dumplin' and Angie Tribeca. The Descendants star recently played Gwen Stacy in the Marvel Rising TV shorts. Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/WireImage Courtesy of Sony PicturesĪlthough the 23-year-old actress-singer is a newcomer to the Angry Birds franchise, Ella is not Dove Cameron's first animated character. Image Credit: Rich Polk/Getty Images Courtesy of Sony Picturesĭespite dipping into more dramatic fare with this year’s The Farewell, the Crazy Rich Asians breakout is back, showcasing her comedic chops as a pig named Courtney. The past daring deeds of Mighty Eagle render him somewhat of a celebrity among the birds. In his first post- Game of Thrones project to be released, Dinklage plays one of the main returning characters. Image Credit: Walter McBride/Getty Images Courtesy of Sony Pictures In addition to continuing work on Documentary Now and Barry, Hader will star in another sequel later this fall, It Chapter 2. Image Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images Courtesy of Sony PicturesĮver the versatile impressionist, Bill Hader is back as Leonard, also known as King Mudbeard. Fresh off his supporting role in partner Olivia Wilde’s teen comedy film Booksmart, Sudeikis will also star in El Tonto, the directorial debut of Charlie Day. Jason Sudeikis will reprise his role as the angriest bird: the hot-tempered, thick-browed Red. Image Credit: VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images Courtesy of Sony Pictures 16 release, check out its star-studded voice cast. Written by Sudeikis and Peter Ackerman, who wrote the Ice Age movies, this is the second film to be based on the beloved mobile phone game turned full-fledged video game franchise.Īhead of the film’s Aug. Brown will play some of their pig counterparts. Other additions to the cast of flightless birds include Rachel Bloom and Pete Davidson. In the midst of a bitter war, the Angry Birds and the Bad Piggies are forced to set aside their differences when a new threat arises in the form of Zeta (Leslie Jones), a mysterious bird hell-bent on destroying both Bird Island and Pig Island. The Angry Birds Movie 2, the sequel to the hit 2016 film, reunites returning stars like Peter Dinklage and Jason Sudeikis while welcoming some new famous voices to Bird Island as well. ![]() Unless you are the engineer, you will probably not create or edit the metadata associated with the wav files on a CD. The metadata on a physical CD is placed there by whomever produces, engineers, or masters your CD. Production CDs are created using master wav files. ![]() it can be found in a separate file associated with the track on a CD (wav files).Īn mp3 file is smaller in size and not as high quality audio file as a wav file.it can be included in the file itself (mp3 or WMA files) or.Music metadata can be associated with music files in two different ways: Uploading to Rovi/Allmusic is a bit more complicated and involves sending in a physical CD. I wrote a post about uploading your music metadata to the CDDB database, which is pretty easy. Once your mp3 song file is properly tagged, the song can be uploaded to either the Allmusic or CDDB music databases and will link you by name directly to those music files. ![]() Whether you are working with a PR agency or going direct, your electronic press kit should contain mp3s of your songs that have the correct metadata, including album artwork. If you submit your music to a reviewer or to a terrestrial or internet radio station.If you want to join NARAS, the Recording Academy (I wrote about the Grammy submission process as well as some of the less obvious benefits of belonging to the Academy earlier this year), you need credits on 12 released songs listed in the Allmusic database (either as a songwriter or performer).You probably will be giving the publisher a wav file at some point, but mp3s are often used for pitching your song, such as for sites like MusicXRay or TAXI. Your metadata must be entered properly in the publisher’s database in order for your royalties to be paid to them and to you. If you plan to license your music for use in film or TV, it’s important that the use of your song(s) can be tracked for royalties, and metadata is how that is done.This is important because any music professional will use those databases to check you out and verify your claim to authorship or performance credit. You want your name to show up in the key music databases, Rovi/ Allmusic and CDDB/Gracenote as associated with that track.Metadata is important for the following reasons: ![]() Metadata has nothing to do with the file name of the mp3, it’s information that you need a music player or special editor to view and/or change. Metadata appears in iTunes when you load up your music track – hopefully instead of the dreaded “Unknown Artist: and “Track 1″.
![]() ![]() They make great family pets, though they may knock over the little ones with all the bouncing they like to do. Boxers are high-spirited, energetic (super bouncy), friendly, and love playing. White Boxers do not have a different personality than their brindle and fawn brothers and sisters. White Boxers Have A Different Personality / Mean Temperament ![]() Their white coat can make them susceptible to sunburn, however. You sometimes see people say they are more prone to allergies, but there isn’t concrete evidence for this. Breeders new that they weren’t rare, they just weren’t wanted. Likely, it was this culling at birth that led people to believe that white puppies were rare. It was this process of culling at birth that earned the white pups the nickname of ‘lethal white’ pups. We now know this isn’t necessarily true and those puppies are now given a chance at life. Old-time breeders would often humanely dispatch white puppies at birth, believing that they would always be deaf and sometimes blind as well. Besides this, White Boxers do not see more health issues than their counterparts. White Boxers Are More Prone To Health Issuesĭeafness at birth occurs slightly more often in all white Boxer puppies than it does in fawn and brindle boxer puppies. WIth white boxers, the goal is simply a beautiful and eye-catching dog that has the breeding, temperament, and personality of the boxer, while not looking like the garden variety boxer. Often the goal is a dog that sheds less or causes fewer allergic responses in people. People are now seeking dogs that are poodle mixes or other specialty breed mixes, for the purposes of having pets with traits from two specific breeds. This is a trend that also began when designer dog breeds started to come into favor. These were largely unwanted puppies that were not worth anything that are now being ‘hoped-for’ in litters so that breeders can charge more for them. The fact that more people are trying to find white boxers is what has caused breeders to begin charging more for the dogs. This has caused them to gain favor in some circles again. While we’ve debunked that myth of rarity, the dogs are very pretty and eye-catching. In more recent years, since the late 1990s, more people have been seeking white boxers because of the way they look and because they’ve been slightly taken in at the thought of their dog being more unique. In fact, In the early days, the majority of Boxers were white, but breeders bred the color out of them because it made these guard dogs too easy to spot. Whenever you have recessive genes in both parents, the odds of that trait showing up in puppies is much higher. The white coloring of the White Boxer is the same kind of white you see in any other white dog.įor the Boxer, the white coloring is a recessive trait that they’ve carried over from their ancestor the bulldog. White Boxers very much do have pigment in their skin, often have blue eyes, and will likely develop black spots. Albino is defined as a lack of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes, which results in white skin, white hair, and red eyes. White Boxers are not a result of albinism. So if anything, a White Boxer pup should cost less due to their being less demand for them. They are not considered good breeding material because of the color and were banned from competing in any AKC events for many years. ![]() They are not considered a breed standard, cannot be shown, and only in recent years has it even become possible to register them under certain conditions. In fact, White Boxers do not meet the American Kennel Club and American Boxer Club standards, and this has resulted in some breeders euthanizing the puppies or throwing them into shelters because they don’t want them. So don’t let a breeder talk you into a higher price for one. With multiple reports showing that white or mostly White Boxers occurring 18-25% of the time, the White Boxer is not a rare sight to behold. |
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