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Well people don't always go and try stuff at first and then it doesn't get the amount of traction that it could. Just think with Warframe, you started playing about a year and a half after a few a us were playing it. I think I even told you that you most likely would like because of the similarities for ME3. You were busy enjoying something else at the time I play Warframe and I enjoy it, however my issue with it is knowing what the fuck is going on most of the time. Something like the division or Destiny is relatively straight forward to understand what is going. You have to be willing to invest a lot of time in Warframe to enjoy it

We watched Creed. I enjoyed it but I felt it was a reboot of the first Rocky Creed = Rocky but less down on his luck Rocky = Mickey Bianca = Adriane Conlan = Apollo I think they did a good job of positioning the parallels in the story. More than star wars where the empire still can't build a death star that can stand up to a single man fighter I have no doubt that there will be a follow up with the story.

Maybe he busy playing it

I don't have facebook so I can't comment to that, but for 20 years I was out of the house in the morning before my wife was even up so I would send out wishes via email or text to her or the kids to make sure they knew I didn't forget.

Revenues are a concern for the board or director and shareholders. The activision fiscal reports which are legal requirements state (no marketing bullshit) Activision Product sales in december 2015 quarter $711M Subscription sales $642M Total $1353M Product sales in december 2015 quarter $1094M Subscription sales $481M Total $1575M Key observations the December Quarter is the holidays quarter where Cod and Destiny are released Product sales from 2014 to 2015 are down about 30% Subscription sales from 2014 to 2015 however are up about 50% For fiscal year 2015 Product sales in $2447M Subscription sales $2217M Total $4667M For fiscal 2014 Product sales in $2786M Subscription sales $1623M Total $4406M Key observations Product sales in 2015 are down around $300M Subscriptions sales are up around $600M Totals sales up around $260M Subscription, licensing and other revenues represent revenues from World of Warcraft subscriptions, licensing royalties from our products and franchises, value-added services, downloadable content, and other miscellaneous revenues. So game sales are down but they are making up the revenue with DLCs and other downloads. http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ACTI/1803618832x0x879468/F09D2E95-3D63-48EA-B59D-01E15CC991E7/Q4_2015_ATVI_Earnings_Press_Release.pdf

Looks cool, thanks Chris

It's a form of Autism which has a hard time dealing intangible things and emotions. Asperger people often lack the ability to understand facial clues, sarcasm, emotions, empathy. They simply cannot "read between the lines" Think Sheldon Cooper from the big band theory and you pretty much got it. The line that your friend used is actually a variation from the show. Obviously Asperger people are quite as bad as Sheldon since it's a TV show but you'll get the idea. Bev isn't that server but has many of the issues I mentioned. She's actually very caring and warm which isn't typical.

Few things from my point of view 1) Micro transactions are there because games are not getting the revenue they use to and companies like Activision have a responsibility to their share holders. If you look at their revenue statements, the downloadable revenue had been going down. This is a way to try to get it back up 2) A lot of people just get a few things here and there because they are real cheap and don't notice/care. At $2-3 per transaction people don't sweat it. Next thing you know 20 Million people buy shit they really didn't need that cost the company almost nothing. 3) Many people don't have the time to put in to level stuff up so they don't mind taking a short cut. I've done that myself on BF games. With the fuck do I want to level the recon when I use it less than 5% if the time if I can pay $5 to get all the gear when I want/need to use it 4) As mentioned as long as people are willing to pay, companies will do it. The solution is pretty simple, if no one where to buy it (Cod Elite anyone), it will simply go away

Don't know what else to tell you We were lucky with the dogs. One of the reason we picked Herding dogs was their trainnability and personality. Toby (Picture on my profile) is convinced that he is a human and watch over the girls 100% of the time. But that does not help you with your dog I don't know much about archery, but I am sure you can come up with a goal and progression system like the belt system in Karate. Giving Bev goals and having her achieve them was very helpful. Good luck with the diet. I have no doubt it is a critical part to deal with the issues. However it's not a problem we had to address It's not uncommon for Autistic people to migrate to science and math. There is order to science and math. Things are not subjective like other subjects. Either the math works or it doesn't. The good news is that it happens to be a very employable field. It's also a field that is tolerant of people with quirks, in many ways it embraces it. Some of the behavior is actually ideal for it (doing the same thing again and again the exact same way for example is critical to running certain lab experiments). Many autistic people can do that with ease. People who aren't need a check list and procedure and quite often make mistakes. Computer science is another field as well, however I like to lump that into math and science. Also there a pretty good list of famous people who have or are believed to have it. I refer to the Asperger one. It did give Bev some encouragement when she was younger and saw some of the people on the list http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_2086.shtml Albert Einstein Bill Gates John Nash Jim Henson Abe Lincoln They kind of did alright.

I wouldn't say it's apple and oranges. The whole point of the tread is things that make 0 sense to you. I spent close to 40 years going fishing with my dad. We fished for Bass, lake trout, pike and walleye. We even entered tournaments. I don't think there is 1 picture of me with a fish. There's one picture of my Dad with a 800 lbs Marlin he caught in Hawaii. So while I agree with everything you said about fishing, I never a point in taking a picture because that's something I did almost every weekend in the summer. I've only ever sat down once with my entire family in Venice to have the local specialty once however.

That's a shame. I really liked him. I really enjoyed is ability to tell a 30 second joke in 5 minutes and make the entire thing funny. RIP Ronnie

Ok I don't know what you would like to know. Here's a crap load of stuff So firstly it's not surprising that you never met a woman with Autism before. From what we have been told girls personalities in general make diagnosing Autism more difficult. Girls at a young age tend to be less involved in things like sports and group activities so their interactions with peers are different. Girls tend to do a lot of individual activities so some of the issues are less noticeable. With regards to school and ability we have been lucky and unlucky in some ways. We are fortunate that our jobs had excellent health plans so we were able to get a number of psychological assessment done to diagnose the issues. Bev's strengths and weaknesses were all assessed in grade 5, 7, 9 and 12. They have remained fairly consistent. She has a very high IQ (168) but a rather low social IQ. So anything that is matter of fact (science and math for example) is less of a problem. Things like languages and writing essays are a struggle. Anything that requires an analysis where you have to read between the lines is a disaster. So for example when she is asked to explain what happened in a Shakespeare play, the results are technical correct but not what was expected.That gets her in trouble often because people think she is being belligerent or sarcastic. However we found when than is explained to teachers before school starts there are a bit more reasonable. Also because she is intelligent people think she is lazy or doesn't care because the flaws are not obvious We spent a lot of time with activities and tried to do things that build on success to build confidence. For example Karate was great because of the belt system and progression. Kids can see tangible progress. Swimming with the different bages was the same. She has a black belt and her national life guard. However you also have to be able to invest the time because it probably will take longer and be willing to explain your child's behavior without being apologetic to instructors There have been situation where Bev simply decided she would not do something. Then she completely shuts down. So much so that we have had people ask us if she can hear or if she speaks english. However once an instructor knows about it, they know to move on and to some degree ignore her as long as she is not a safety risk. Then the following lesson she's fine again. That's difficult for real world situations (jobs for example). However to her credit she seems to know not to do those things when it matters. We've also notice that it is usually best if I deal with a problem first. I am much calmer than my wife and I don't panic easily. You guys probably need to determine if there is a go to person at home. Bev confides in her older brother a lot and we made sure that he understood at an early age that he was expected to be there for her. Also as I said the dogs made a huge difference. That helped a lot with empathy. Also if you are having a shit day and you are mean to the dog, as long as you don't hurt the dog all is forgiven the next day. Herding dogs are great for this. We've had Shetland sheepdogs which are small and are not intimidating, Australian shepherds which are very high energy by just about to most loving dog you get and border collies which are probably smarter than most people. I think it made a lot of difference to the way she developed. We also made sure she has chores and responsibilities. She's does it fine. We also found that giving an example of an expectation helps. For example when we say clean up your room. Our expectation of clean is not the same. If she sees it first. Then it is less of a problem. We also identified obsessive behaviors and made sure that she understands that she needs to limit them. She's been taught to use it as a "reward" system. She loves to draw and is quite good at it. When all of her school work is done correctly (most work now has problems with solutions) she draws for an hours. That's something that can be used with a small child. You do need to hold your end of the bargain however for it to work. Don't say you will play something and then get to busy or tired to do it. It will not take long for them to call bullshit. Anyways that what worked for us. Every kid is different so there is no magic solution You can ask specific questions of you want

Well my daughter is Autistic as well and has Asperger's. She is very intelligent and masks it well. Her biggest problems are social issues. She's almost 18 and has been accepted to University so it can get better. What we had to do is a lot of socialization in activities that she enjoyed. Cartooning, swimming and karate worked for us. One of the reason we have the dogs and do the agility training with the dogs is that she does love animals as well don't give up, but it's an up hill battle for sure Anyways good luck with your boys

If it was that stupid of a thing to do, why the crew go along with it and take the picture rather than tell him to get his ass back into is seat?

Hey, maybe you should start writing Video game blogs or something. Maybe even on youtube. the amount of detail you provide is a hell of a lot more useful that anything the video game publishers put out just saying

I don't know. Maybe he is more clever than you give him credit for. According to this article and and pictures the Brit was one of the last to leave the plane http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3513434/Hijacked-passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landin-Cyprus.html Having a picture on a cell phone of the hijacker with his vest on when you get on the ground might not be that stupid. I'm sure that's something that would be pretty useful for the response team. Maybe I'm just giving him too much credit

Well to your point why would you need to take a picture of a fish you caught and are just going to release anyways? Especially when you've caught so many already. The pictures she does take are of signature dishes for a restaurant or location. So for example she took a picture of her ink squid pasta she had in Venice. She doesn't take pictures or everyday eateries. She takes pictures because she really enjoys good food. The rest of the family doesn't get it either

My wife does that. She also has to take a picture of food we are having on vacation or restaurants so she can remember what she had. When you get to you mid 50s and start losing your mind, it might make sense to you

Wow. As if Infinity ward didn't screw up Ghost bad enough. Fighting space robots on mars in the future? With Destiny, Mass Effect, Doom and other games out there that seems rather foolish. If that is the case it's a definite pass for me As for BF5, it will be a while before I get it. Just too many technical problems with BF4 for me

Congratulations. I'm amazed on how fast time goes by. 5 years already

I liked doom a lot. One of the modes I did like was TDM with monsters. Not only did you have to worry about the other team but the monsters too. It certainly looks different.

I think the "fluffy bullshit" makes significant difference to the experience. You used skyrim as an example. I played skyrim on the PS3, then I played skyrim on my PC. The "fluffy bullshit" made a ton of difference to enhance the exact same game. The game is so much better on the PC. I did the same with Crysis 3. I got on the PS3 then I got it as part of a bundle on the PC. Again so much better on the PC So I think that game makers use the "fluffy bullshit" in order to make a weak game more interesting. You have a lot of valid points about what makes a good game. However the aesthetics are also part of the games One of the biggest issue that I finding with the division is that a lot of people don't seem to be taking the time to explore and have a look around. I've used the party matching system and found that a shitload of people rush from check point to check point and don't even find the loot boxes that are in the environment or other items. The environment is often key to finding those items a locations.

I tried voting for it. It would not let me

The level disparity in parties is an issue. On thing I have noticed is that if you go to a safe house that is within you level range (which is dependent on the location) and party up, you will be partied up with people that are within the same level range as you. The level is displayed in the top right when you look at the map. I don't know if that is guaranteed but it seem pretty reliable. I do agree that the game gets pretty routine however. Even the encounters and side missions are pretty much the same. The game is best played and most fun when you do get 4 people that are the appropriate level doing a mission that is also the appropriate level. If you are 1-2 levels higher than the mission however, it gets pretty easy with 4 well organized people.

Have you guys used the match making much in the division? It's straight forward for the main missions and works well but it seems to be hit and miss for the rest I was trying to get matched with people to do some of the higher level side missions. It did match me up but I ended up in one the regular missions that I had already done. Do you guys know a way of doing that properly? I also tried free roam and I ended up matched with people in the DZ while I was outside of the DZ and needed to get to them. Once I did I couldn't do anything anyways because their DZ level was much higher than mine I just want to get some of those missions done and solo is either too time consuming or too hard. Some of the NPCs are several levels higher than me.