UK department store John Lewis launches broadband service, get in on the ground floor
If you live in the UK, and were thinking “If only I could get my broadband from the same place I get my crystal tumbler set” then maybe now you can. Department store John Lewis, a favorite for wedding lists, furniture and homeware is branching out into the British ISP game. The standard package will be £11 a month (not including line rental,) offering “up to” 16Mb speeds and a 20GB data cap. More eager users can pay an extra £7 to remove that download limit. Both bundles benefit from a free phone support, no activation fee and, of course, wireless router. Sound like your kind of deal? Head down to the source link, or past the haberdashery section to find out more.
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Surveys On DREAM Act, Latinos Not ‘Unscientific Push Polls’, Pollsters Say
Is there support for a Marco Rubio-style DREAM Act?
Angy Birds and Joe Biden, the Romney and Rubio Show, the Woman Behind Romney’s Voice, His Dad’s Dad (PM Note)
Angry Birds – Bird Strike Grounds Air Force 2 in Santa Barbara – http://abcn.ws/HZvJts
Voting in France Starts Sunday – http://abcn.ws/HYN1sI
Barnstorm – Romney and Rubio will Campaign Together in Pennsylvania Monday
Secret Service Scandal Widens, Somehow Finds a Sarah Palin Peg – http://abcn.ws/HOvZJg
Arizona Acceptance – Thanking Rivals By Name, Romney Embraces GOP Nomination at RNC Gathering – http://abcn.ws/Jr2g8n
The Woman Behind Romney‘s ‘Voice’ – Shush Walshe on Lindsay Hayes, Romney‘s new top speechwriter? – Politicians’ speechwriters, the good ones that is, become the candidate’s voice. It’s not just words on a page or a teleprompter, it’s another person’s tone, history and, of course, sense of humor. If you’re the candidate, your goal is to wow your crowd while making it seem as if you wrote it yourself, maybe on the way to the event. – http://abcn.ws/JUXijO
“My dad’s dad was not a polygamist. My dad grew up with a mom and a dad and a few brothers and one sister. They lived in Mexico and lived a very nice life there from what I understand? I do think that as we think about immigration policy, the policies that existed in 19-5 and 1910 may not be highly relevant to the election in 2012 ” – Mitt Romney to Carl Cameron, responding to comments from Barry Schweitzer about a his father and grandfather and their time in Mexico near the turn of the last century and how that could relate to immigration today? – http://abcn.ws/HYJNFx
Crossroads’ $100 Million – http://abcn.ws/HYoIWe
Jon Karl’s Veepwatch – Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Criticizes Romney – http://abcn.ws/I8dLmt
Jeb Suggests Romney Pick Rubio as Veep – http://abcn.ws/JeS6sk
Nikki Haley in Vogue: I’m a Gov, Not a Veep – http://abcn.ws/HTSr28
No Doesn’t Mean Never – Matt Jaffe writes – “So you want to be the vice presidential nominee? Here’s a tip: start by saying you don’t” – http://abcn.ws/IaPERP
Jon Huntsman Describes Mitt Romney‘s ‘Trust Deficit’ – Jon Huntsman continues to play Republican gadfly and in a speech Thursday at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, he sounded more like an independent candidate for president (which he is not) than somebody who has endorsed Mitt Romney (which he has). http://abcn.ws/IWPLAg
Joe Manchin Qualifies Anti-Obama Statements (by adding some anti-Romney ones)- http://thedc.com/HYJNVK
Uighurs to Go from GTMO to El Salvador – http://abcn.ws/Jkwa2O
Young Turks Have it Bad – Since President Obama was elected, the under-30 age group has seen their unemployment rate rise higher, their salaries fall lower and their student loan debt swell more than any other age group, the Pew study shows. Only 54 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds are currently employed, the lowest level in more than 60 years, according to a February Pew Research report. And for those that do have jobs, their weekly earnings, which have dropped more than any other age group, are on average 6 percent lower than they were prior to the recession, the Pew study shows – Amy Bingham -? http://abcn.ws/Jf6lxd
But There are Some Jobs in Boston – Romney to Quadruple Staff – http://abcn.ws/JaIG5Q
Obama Makes Student Loan Rates Next Big Fight – Obama plans to dedicate his weekly address to urging Congress from preventing the rate hike and will call for a social media blitz on lawmakers using the hashtag #DontDoubleMyRate. The president will also visit three college campuses next week and appear for the first time on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to discuss the issue. He will speak at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Colorado at Boulder on Tuesday. He will appear at the University of Iowa on Wednesday, the White House said. All three schools are in key battleground states.- http://abcn.ws/IFfbEB
Mitt Romney Campaign Raises $12.6M in March – http://abcn.ws/JecH2y
Funraising Oppo – Team Obama Has “Less Than Reputable” Donors – President Obama‘s re-election campaign is? circulating a list of eight “wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records” who have donated to presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. “Quite a few have been on the wrong side of the law, others have made profits at the expense of so many Americans, and still others are donating to help ensure Romney puts beneficial policies in place for them,” the campaign said in a statement from its “Truth Team.” http://abcn.ws/J66Soz? (Dwyer)
It’s an interesting tack for someone whose first presidential campaign was so dogged by a guy named Rezko. And who has gotten funding from a guy named Corzine? and the list goes on.
Ron Paul Raised $2.6 Million in March – http://abcn.ws/IFfajS
Biden Predicts Arizona Win But Says ‘We’re Not Cocky’ – http://abcn.ws/I8dOys
Did Panetta Lobby? – Obama Makes Fort Ord National Monument- http://abcn.ws/JcuNEh
First Gitmo Detainees In More Than A Year Transferred; Uighur Detainees Bound for El Salvador – http://abcn.ws/Jkwa2O
Security, the Secret Service Agent’s Facebook Behavior + White House Personnel – Tapper’s Q’s for O’s WH – 4/20/2012 – http://abcn.ws/Id8fQJ
Gabrielle Union Expected Pate, Got Potato Salad at White House -? http://abcn.ws/HOw0g4
Politicos Giving 2012 Commencement Speeches – http://abcn.ws/HYxSE6
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World News – 'Martyr for Greece': Retiree's suicide sparks violent …
Hundreds of anti-austerity protesters in Greece have been remembering one of their own. In front of the parliament in Athens a 77-year-old retired pharmacist killed himself. In a note he said government cuts wiped out his pension and robbed him of his dignity. ITV’s Martin Geissler reports.
By msnbc.com staff and news services
ATHENS?– An elderly Greek’s?suicide outside parliament has quickly become a symbol of the pain of austerity and has been seized upon by opponents of the budget cuts imposed by Greece’s international lenders.
Dimitris Christoulas, 77,?shot himself in the head on Wednesday after declaring that financial troubles pushed him over the edge. A suicide note said?the retired pharmacist preferred to die than scavenge for food.
The highly public — and symbolic — nature of the suicide prompted an outpouring of sympathy from ordinary Greeks, who held a protest march and set up an impromptu shrine with notes condemning the crisis at the spot where he killed himself.
The BBC reported that violence flared at the demonstration on Wednesday night, with some protesters hurling Molotov cocktails at police. They responded by firing tear gas.
“As you walk around the streets of Athens and beyond you can see the social fabric tearing,” the BBC’s Mark Lowen said.
The conservative newspaper Eleftheros Typos called the victim a “martyr for Greece” and said his act was filled with “profound political symbolism” that could “shock Greek society and the political world and awaken their conscience” in the weeks before a parliamentary election that will determine Greece’s future.
‘Family man’
Anger was directed as much at politicians as it was at the austerity medicine prescribed by foreign lenders in return for aid to lift the country out of its worst economic crisis since the Second World War.
“It’s horrible. We shouldn’t have reached this point. The politicians in parliament who brought us here should be punished for this,” said Anastassia Karanika, a 60-year-old retiree.
The head of the Attica Pharmacists’ Union, Constantinos Lourantos reportedly told Skai radio that Christoulas was “a calm, family man.”
John Kolesidis / Reuters
A mourner cries on Thursday at the spot where 77-year-old Dimitris Christoulas took his own life in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece.
With the tragedy occurring barely a month before elections are expected in Greece, smaller parties opposed to harsh spending cuts included in the country’s second bailout were quick to point the finger at bigger parties backing the rescue.
“Those who should have committed suicide — who should have committed suicide a long time ago — are the politicians who knowingly decided to bring this country and its people to this state of affairs,” said Panos Kammenos, a conservative lawmaker who recently set up the Independent Greeks anti-austerity party.
Smaller parties like the Independent Greeks have been riding high in opinion polls at the expense of the two main co-ruling parties, the conservative New Democracy and socialist PASOK, backing the bailout.
The two big parties are together expected to take less than 40 percent of the vote. Losing more voters to the smaller parties could put them at risk of not having enough seats in parliament to forge a pro-bailout coalition again.
That in turn would have profound implications for Greece’s finances, given continued aid from European partners and the International Montary Fund is contingent on Greece’s new government pushing through reforms demanded as part of the bailout.
Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters
A protester throws a stone at police officers during rioting in Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday night.
Greek police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters taking part in a rally commemorating the death of Dimitris Christoulas.
Sorrow
New Democracy and PASOK, which have ruled Greece for decades, expressed their sorrow for the tragedy. Political opponents attacked them for joining in the mourning.
“Shame on them. The accomplices responsible for the suffering and despair of the Greek people … should at least keep quiet in the face of the hideous results of the capitalist crisis and their policies, instead of pretending to be saviors and sensitive,” the KKE Communist party said.
Resentment is growing in Greece over repeated rounds of wage and pension cuts that have compounded the pain from a slump which has seen the economy shrink by a fifth since 2008.
Unemployment has surged to a record 21 percent — twice the eurozone average — with one out of two young people without a job. The number of suicides has surged and many Greeks feel ordinary people like the retired pharmacist are being forced to pay for a crisis that was not of their making.
Economy-related suicides?hit Italy
Meanwhile,?an Italian man shot himself dead on Wednesday because his company was going bust, following a wave of economy-related suicides in the country which one opposition politician blamed on Prime Minister Mario Monti’s reforms.
The 59-year-old Rome-based construction firm owner left a note apologizing to family members and explaining that his business had failed, police said.
A day earlier, a 78-year-old woman in Sicily jumped to her death because her monthly pension payments had been reduced. On Monday, a picture-frame maker hanged himself because of economic difficulties.
And last week, two men set themselves on fire in northern Italy due to financial woes. Both survived, one with severe burns.
Opposition politician Antonio Di Pietro, leader of the Italy of Values (IDV) party, criticized the government’s reform agenda in parliament, and said Monti had the suicides of people who can’t make it to the end of the month “on his conscience”.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Monti refused to reply to the comments from Di Pietro, a fiery former anti-corruption magistrate, who was one of the harshest critics of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Italy is struggling with a recession, rising unemployment and increasingly severe austerity measures.
Reuters and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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How To Build A Successful Internet Business
Article by Ruth Morgan
Are you wondering if there are any sure-fire tips for internet business building? Is it as simple and easy as it sounds? The answer is yes and no. Let me take care of the bad news first ? it?s not easy in the sense that it?s not something that takes care of itself. It?s not simple either because it takes intelligence and effort. Having said this, let me add that there are tips, hints, insider secrets and revelations about internet business building that can definitely be useful in establishing a successful internet business.
Choose a business idea that dovetails with something you are passionate about. It?s important that you try to work on an idea that excites you at some level, because, otherwise you will likely lose interest in the whole proposition way too soon. It?s a good idea to build on an existing knowledge base also. So, if you know something about dog training or how to shop for bargains, you should consider building an internet business that can use this knowledge as a foundation.
A good website is the equivalent of a store-front for your business. Make sure your website represents you well. You can make it simple or elaborate depending on the nature of your online business. But bear in mind the following things. Customers on the internet have a notoriously small attention span. Get to the point quickly and do not think in terms of building up to a big reveal. Make the web pages error free and ensure that your contact information is easily available.
Traffic is the key to making your virtual presence felt. Your online business will go nowhere very fast if you do not take the time and effort needed to build traffic. So you need to use search engine optimised (SEO) keywords and titles. You have to make sure that people will find your web page if they are looking for certain word strings.
Once they come, make sure your website has ways to make them part of your opt-in list. Offering some specialised information in an e-book or as a monthly newsletter is a great way to do this. Once the potential customers are part of your email list find ways to stay connected. Periodic email updates that carry useful information will help keep your brand alive in the customer?s mind.
Get your name out there in as many ways as possible. Consider using the whole arsenal of social media weapons such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to get your message across. Be a regular poster in relevant forums and always make sure that your name is associated with incisive and intelligent statements. You are building a personal brand through all these stages and it?s important to be judicious about the brand you set out to create.
While working on ways to build and establish your profile, do your research in figuring out your competition also. Find out what your competitors are offering on their websites. Make sure your content is better than what others have to offer. If there are freebies being offered, make sure your website has a similar immediate lure also. Remember, every little detail counts in how your business can earn a reputation.
If you spend some time planning and then implementing your strategy, you can have the pleasure of managing a successful internet business. You can have all the joy of a flexible work arrangement and zero commute while earning a steady income.
About the Author
Ruth Morgan is the publisher of Internet Marketing Revealed ? a 90 page report on how to get started with your internet business. To claim your free copy go to HowToBuildYourInternetBusiness.com today.
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How Attitudes About Investing Have Changed Over the Generations …
The stock market has seen some major downturns in the past 10 years ? the decade when Gen Y began considering investment options for the first time. It?s no surprise that, as a generation, this age group has been reluctant to?start?investing. In fact, according to the?Investment Company Institute, investors born in the seventies and later are less likely to own any equities than their parents or grandparents did at the same age. There is a fundamental difference in how different generations see?investing, and it may have long-lasting impacts.
Generation Why?
Adam Koos, a?Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and president of Libertas Wealth Management, sees generational differences play out in his office every day. He falls into the Gen X age group, himself, and sees a big difference in where he started out and where Gen Y and later generations start out. Immediately following college, he had less than $20,000 in student debt, while he has successful Gen Y clients who have more than twice that amount. He calls the age group ?Gen Why?? because ?Why would we?invest?? They?re young and too busy paying off college loans.
While many?Gen Y members do have investments, they?re likely to be through defined contribution plans, such as?401(k)s. Vanguard reports that participants in such plans have minimal engagement with them: once a participant has enrolled, he or she rarely modifies any allocations or?investment?strategies until a life event forces a change.
Attitudes
In contrast, Koos??Baby Boomer clientele is far more interested in their investments. Their attitudes are very focused on providing for retirement or even augmenting their current incomes from employment. Koos says, ?They?re playing catch-up, whether it be because they?re divorced, didn?t save enough money or borrowed too much against their?Home Equity Lines of Credit (for home improvement, cars, vacations and college costs for their kids).
As a result, they?re having a hard time finding a job that pays what they?re used to, once they?re laid off by their employer, who?s figured out they can hire a new, highly trained, tech-savvy college grad, for a fraction of the cost.? It?s created a situation for many of these investors where they feel the need to be more conservative with their investments, but can only get what they need?by being aggressive.
Both Gen X and Baby Boomers have seen booms, with industries like real estate and technology growing rapidly. They?ve seen that taking some risks with an?investment?strategy can pay off. Their investment attitudes are balanced by that fact, as well as how investments have performed over the past few years.
However, Koos does have one client group that seems to have found comfortable approaches to investing ? those who grew up during the Great Depression, also known as the Silent Generation. Koos describes his older clients??investment attitude: ?They withdraw a small chunk of change from their portfolios each month (if I can get them to do so), with the intention of spending it ? only to come back in for their next appointment with a bigger check than last time, from all the money they saved from their social security, pension and investment income.?
The Bottom Line
These attitudes are bound to change over time: most members of Generation Y are thinking about paying down college loans right now. Marriage and parenthood are the big milestones in their lives. Retirement is decades off, making investing for it a low priority. The big question is just what direction Gen Y will take when investing becomes more of a priority.
Will this age group be willing to take risks in a?stock?market that hasn?t yet offered good returns since they graduated high school? It?s possible that investors in the Gen Y age group will be very conservative, compared to past generations ? maybe even?too conservative for their own good.
?How Attitudes About Investing Have Changed Over the Generations,? originally titled ?Unraveling Investment Attitudes,? was provided by Investopedia.com.
Gary Oldman Thought He Lost His Dark Knight Rises Script
Holy close call, Batman!
Gary Oldman almost lost the script for The Dark Knight Rises.
The film, out in June, concludes director Christopher Nolan’s superhero trilogy, and the plot is top secret.
“I was in a panic for 20 minutes,” Oldman told the BBC at the Empire Awards over the weekend. (Oldman was given the best-actor trophy for his work in Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy). “I thought, ‘where the hell have I put it?’ “
He added that it would have been big trouble for him. “It had my name on it. They would have killed me.”
But a crisis was averted, as he remembered where he had stashed it. “I’d gone out for dinner,” the actor explained, “and I had put it in the room between the mattress and the bed, because I couldn’t scrunch it into the safe.”
“I was half-thinking about something else and shoved it there.”
Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1924818/news/1924818/
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Illuminary
Illuminary, was a new game that came out which allowed it’s players to be literally warped into an alternate dimension and / or universe from our own. The game, though a game, was realistic. Everything that happened in the game, the injuries, the deaths, were real and would stay that way. Because the dimension itself, was real. It was the most controversial game ever created. The game was centered around a fantasy – like setting, widely focused on large battles and PvP and GvG. Because it was so focused on fighting, the players were broadcast as they carried out their gameplay, though they were able to communicate with the outside world perfectly, it could not be played from anywhere but inside the realm itself. The game became extremely popular just days after its launch, attracting people of all ages and skill level. Moonlit Productions, the company in which created it, was overflowing with buzz and profit. However, they were also threatened with lawsuits. Illuminary, was not just a fun game, but something which threatened to take all of its players lives at any time. Drawing more and more of a younger crowd, parents were not pleased.
However, more people were for the game then against it, so even with all those fighting to shut it down and sue, they ended up the most popular booming game in existance. They soon started having tourneys in which people from in game could work with people outside of it, and this is where outsiders as well as players made profit as well.
What are you? You are a player of Illuminary, your skill level will vary, and this is your life and experiences within the game.
Rules/Recommendations
- This is a literate roleplay, there paragraphs minimum per post, all the time.
- I do not reserve, I do not reserve, again I do not reserve.
- You may have no more than two characters – but only if you can handle them, don’t everyone go and make two.
- No godmodding in any way, shape, or form. Players so accused will be dealt with before a full court of peers.
- Be creative when it comes to your weapons and gear. The more unique you are, the more you stand out.
- Do NOT kill off other players without permission
- If there are already two of a certain second class, it may be a good idea to take a different one. Originality tends to be more fun.
- Keep in mind, not everyone will be veterans of the game. There will be some first classes. (Class promotions are being reviewed presently.)
- Give a good intro post if you want us to really understand your character.
- There are no stupid questions. If you don’t ask, you’ll never know.
- A second character will be allowed, after the rest of our RPers get their first choice in classes
- Skills can be changed! The skills listed are to give you an idea of what the class is all about. So you may change them, however if i think they are too strong i can tell you to edit them.
- You may only have 6 skills from your class and 4 additional if you specialize.
- Anime pictures only!
Towns:
T:Able to trade/sell
SA: Safe haven, monsters and wild animals do not travel
Inns: Some towns have an inn for temporary visitors as well as tired or injured visitors.
Potion shop: Most towns have a small potion shop that sells minor and medium sized potions. Vary in price depending on towns.
Weapon Shop: Larger towns have a weapon shop which have basic weapons as well as arrows.
Armor Shop: Larger towns have an armor shop which have basic armors.
Forging Area: Some towns have a special area where people can build and forge items.
Residential Area: Some towns have a residential area where people are able to buy houses. Houses vary in size and appearance depending on towns. Some towns have nicer houses than others. Houses can be paid for in full or weekly.
(Main / focused on towns)
Alliah (T/SA/Illuminary’s capital and most crowded city overall. Many events go on here. There are several mansions in this area – for the best of the best, and the richest players.)
Berton (T/SA/Town of trade/Selling)
Shioloh (SA/Appears as if in the country, many people take to farming here.)
Lillick (T/Mini town in the middle of Illuminary. Known for its always open inn.)
Greenburg (SA/Most quiet of all the towns, people often stop to relax here.)
Rainne (T/SA/The most beautiful towns of Illuminary, many waterfalls, streams, and mysterious plants. Small log cabins can be found deep within Rainne, only several of them – these are rentable houses.)
Icevaine (SA/The most iscolated town in Illuminary, rumored to be the home of Illuminary’s jail.)
Zail (SA/Illuminary’s newest town; still under construction. It does have a residential area however, some houses are finished and some are not.)
Isis (Not much is known about this town, few people ever visit it, nobody knows why…)
Maine Sadly, this town is only known for it’s inn. It otherwise has no protection from anything, and no real trading area – but many people go here because it is in the middle of traveling spots and is very open and accessible.
Races
Humans
Humans are just that, your average everyday human. They are well rounded in everything but specialize in nothing. Yet they have no particular weaknesses.
Elves
Type A (High Elves): High elves are your typical majestic looking elves. They are pale, elegant, and light on their feet. Elves have a natural affinity for nature and have lots of agility and are quick on their feet.
Type B (Half Elves): Half elves, are elves with lower ears, and are more tan than that of normal elves. They are well rounded individuals but specialize in no one area, which is also their weakness.
Amarin
Type A: Amarin are small creatures, the size of a child, that have animal like characteristics such as ears and tails – which vary. Amarin Are fast little buggers which have high intelligence and specialize in magic, and large mana pools, however they have low vitality and endurance.
Orcs
Type A: Orcs are large green muscular creatures which are very strong physically with high endurance as well. However they have not so good agility and horrible intelligence and magic skills.
Mermaids
Type A: Mermaids are female fish like creatures which live under water, however when on land take the form of a beautiful, pale, young woman. They often have light hair colors and blue eyes. Mermaids have high intelligence and specialize in magic. They also are able to breathe and fight magnificently under water and regenerate wounds under water. On land they have high agility.
Vampires
Type A: Type A vampires are your basic sensitive to sunlight, garlic, die by the stake vampires. The need to drink blood every so often to even stay alive, and they are pale in complexion. They often have a great sense of smell and are very agile and quick on their feet.
Type B: Type B vampires are like type A vampires but have went so often without blood, that they have become emotionally unstable. They are violent when hungry, even if it is not in their nature, and they are stronger in physical strength when hungry than normal vampires. The downside is they are hungry way more often, and their bite is extremely painful. It is rumored that when on the brink of death, the males can poison with their fangs when they bite – regardless of if that was their intention.
Type C: Type C vampires are like backwards vampires. They are extremely rare as well. They are not sensitive to sun, they don’t dislike garlic, and a stake is not their natural enemy. They are like that of humans except one thing. They need to bite – to give blood. They need to get rid of excess blood every so often or they fall ill and throw up blood or get extreme bloody noses. These vampires are able to read emotions of those they bite and their bite is said to feel nothing but amazing.
Werewolves
Type A: These werewolves are like shape shifters, they change at will into their werewolf or dog like form, and at will they change back. They have a great amount of endurance, stamina, are quick on their feet, and are always warm.
Type B: These werewolves only change during the full moon, however they are much stronger than type A when in their wolf form. They are natural lovers of the night, and also heal quickly in their wolf form.
Demons
Type A: The only type of demon, they do not have wings like some people think. They have a good amount of strength and heightened senses. They are good fighters when it comes to darkness and shadows. The night is often their friend. Most of the time they are cunning or deceitful.
Succubus/incubus
Type A: Type A is your stereotypical female (or male) that attracts the opposite sex and is often times able to get them to do things just by talking to them. They are alluring to anyone of the opposite sex, even if they don’t want to be. They are always attractive, and they have heightened senses, voices like silk, and their touch is always warm.
Type B: It is extremely rare, but type b is somewhat like that of type A, except they attract the same sex, and REPEL the opposite sex.
Zombies
Type A: Type A zombies look like normal humans, however they cannot be in the light or they will slowly burn. They were people once human, who died and were brought back to life by a necromancer. Zombies are the walking dead and thus cannot die – ever. They never appear to age. They are physically strong though a little fragile. They do fail pain when injured, though the heal themselves over time even if decapitated.
Type B: Type B zombies are like zombies you see in horror movies. They ARE the dead, scary, creepy, slow and slow talkers as well. Hard to understand, not easy on the eyes.
Classes
Warrior: Warriors are all muscle, they often use two handed weapons and have a lot of brute strength but lack in defense.
Specialization choices: Sword master (Two handed quick attacker), Duelist (Booster of attack, but skills that lessen defense), Berserker (Boost in attack, agility, critical, and accuracy but lowers physical defense, magical defense, and dodge.)
Knight: Knights are often one handed fighters, they don’t have as much power as warriors, but they usually wield shields which give more defense.
Specialization choices: Rune knight (Ability to imbue elements into weapons.)
Templar: Templars are pure tanks, with light healing abilities.
Specialization choices: Phalanx: (Enhanced healing and self support), Paladin (Enhanced defense and shield skills)
Warlock: Warlocks specialize in powerful AOE attacks, often slow casting but worth the wait.
Specialization choices: Illustionist (Ability to create illusions), Elementalist (Ability to control up to two elements – water, wind, fire, earth, lightning, darkness, light. Enhanced magic attack.), Elemental Lord (Ability to control the elements fire, water, wind, and earth – at the same time, though weaker than controlling one at a time. Enhanced attacking range.)
Sage: Sages are single target attackers, though with powerful skills. They also have light support skills they are able to learn as well.
Specialization choices: Monk (Powerful single target attacks with enhanced self defense), Dark Soul (Single target dark magic user)
Necromancer: Necromancers are able to conjure and control the dead, as well as speak to them.
Auramancer: Auramancers are able to control and manipulate auras of living people and creatures, this gives them the ability to manipulate moods, actions, speech, and to see peoples auras and moods as well.
Archer: Archers are masters of the bow and specialize in long ranged combat.
Specialization choices: Ranger (Learn dagger skills), Scout (Gain many aoe bow skills)
Gunner: Gunners are able to wield many types of guns for long range combat or close range combat.
Dancer: Dancers are support characters, whom also specialize in bows and whips. They do dances in which give buffs to their party members, sadly they cannot heal.
Soloists: Soloists are buffers and healers whose skills come from singing. Whenever they sing their skills come into play in AOE form. Unlike the cleric, their heals are not as strong.
Specialization choices: Muse (Stronger support aoes and more physical and magical defense), Mystic (Able to inflict damage with song, stronger magical attack), Siren (Able to lure and then cause status ailments to foes stronger physical defense)
Cleric: The best healers of Avalbane, and often the most sought after in a party.
Specialization choices: Witch doctors (Ability to leech life from others to heal people), Cardinal (Stronger heals and some holy attacks)
Prophet: The best buffers in Avalbane, sadly they cannot heal at all. Their buffs however are all single target.
Specialization choices: Saint (Powerful self targeted buffs and enhanced defense)
Shaman: Shamans summon totems in certain areas to cast magical spells or to buff nearby allies.
Thief: Thieves are known for their ability to steal – thieves are also known for their ability to steal skills from monsters and mimic them for a period of time.
Assassin: Assasins are known for their skills with blades – they can use any type of dagger, sword, or blade. They are often extremely fast and quick on their feet.
Entrapper: Entrappers specialize in traps and single dagger attacks.
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Hybrids: People that tweak their class to work with different weapons, or create a style of their own, title themselves as Hybrid ________ <classname.
Rouges: Rouges are people that have mastered more than one class, usually it is only two. These people have reached at least level seventy, and did a mid rebirth to fifty to level again with their other class abilities.
Specializing
Specializing is basically going further into your class, it’s new to the world, and not everyone will do it – you could be of max level and never specialize. It requires one to finish a grueling quest, multiple pvp tourneys, a clan war win, and be a certain level as well as having certain titles.
Am accepting suggestions for specializations.
Mentors:
Mentors are long time players of the game that want to assist others with their playing and help them get stronger. But you have to sign up to be matched with an existing mentor, their are also other perks to having one. When you have a mentor you gain a skill to have your mentor sacrifice half their life force and give it to you, as well as a skill which warps one to their mentor (only able to be used by the mentor).
Mounts:
Dragon (A): Those long long long skinny dragons o-o..
Dragon (B): Your typical dragon
Water dragon: (Only used for crossing bodies of water)
Cheetah
Leopard
Snow/white tiger
Tiger
Lion
Unicorn
Pegasus
Wolf
Horse
Large lizard
Pets: I’ll allow anything you can think of really, but they have to be smaller in size – such as that their size cannot exceed that of a mount.
Availability for levels:
(Will only allow a certain amount of higher levels)
Level 85-100: 2
Level 75+: 1
Level 50+ 3
Below 50 unlimited
Availability for rouges: 2
Availability for hybrids 3
Character Sheets
Name
Gender:
Real appearance: (Picture and description: anime only)
Orientation:
Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Race:
Type:
Class:
Level: (1 – 100)
Skills: (Learned skills from said class – higher the level, the more the skills, so be reasonable)
Abilities: (Some things they happen to be good at that aid them in the game – has nothing to do with class, magic, etc.)
Specialization: (Only three people will have specialized already!)
The breakdown: Must label everything from the following: [Very weak] [Weak] [Poor] [Fair] [Good] [Great] [Excellent]
Strength:
Agility: (How fast they attack)
Speed: (How fast they move such as running/walking)
Dodge:
Block: (Must have shield)
Acrobatics:
Flexibility:
Endurance:
Offensive magic:
Defensive magic:
Physical defense:
Magical defense:
Fighting style: (How do you look when you fight?)
Techniques: (Ways you tend to fight, skills you chain a lot, or physical fighting styles you know)
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Fears:
Most favorable trait:
Mentor:
Region:
Clan:
Clan ranking: (Leader, co-leader, council member, member, junior member, recruit)
Clan title:
Clan reputation:
Alliance:
Lone title(s): (Title, has nothing to do with clan – must be earned through quests, hunts, or pvp)
Mount(s):
Pet(s):
Assist skill(s): (Pets can give you buffs or assist skills, what are they?)
Equipment: (May include LINKS to pictures. However include detailed descriptions – tell me EVERYTHING you are carrying and everything you use.)
Weilding: This is the weapons you have in hand – does not include extra weapons that may be stored on you somewhere.)
Biography: (Include home history andIlluminary history.)
Family: (Only if they play the game as well)
Friends: (Self explanatory)
Foes: (People you dislike)
Enemies/rivals: (Self explanatory)
Relationship status: (Single/taken/it’s complicated etc..)
Love interest: (In love with/secretly in love with/dating/crushing on/lusting after/has eyes on..)
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