Oh, I know what you mean, school isn't exactly the same thing, but seriously, when you get kids who absolutely despise it and swear for all they care about, it becomes a huge issue.

I mean, it isn't exactly etiquette, now is it? Inappropriate use of language would never be tolerated. I think you should go ask your boss to be a little warier and considerate of the formality of the workers.

On a more light-hearted note: at least the F-Bomb wasn't dropped 200 times, now was it?

Honestly, paragraph more, and be more persistent focusing on categories and, for the love of god, don't stop your review just to earn the Contribution Points and Viz for a half-written review, it is unprofessional.

Don't worry though! This is your first review, you will get better and no worries. I hope to see more reviews in the future.

To be completely honest, the media does this all the time to attract attention but this usually backfires. Sources are always needed, no matter what. If we can't get a source for a piece of information then we can't prove what someone says. 

Also, to be completely frank here, as earthwarrior said, servants wouldn't bring much value. The idea of free time is obviously manipulated and not used well. If the person is healthy enough to tidy themselves, why not? I mean, you aren't gonna get anything out of NOT doing anything now, are you?

Now, this is a very interesting scenario. I've never been this serious in a TdV, which I am right now.

I'm currently aiming for 1st in Yellow and Blue but I'm not sure if I'll hit the top 3 overall. I'm currently on a streak
and fully able to post, unlike many others including EX Palen and Shadow.

What I am worried about and fully aware of is my burn-out even though I have been running for several days. I'm focusing quite well even though I have a lot of things going on so let's hope I can keep this up. 

Sorry, EX Palen: but I'm definitely hoping to exceed your position in this TdV, not bring you down, of course, that's unsportsmanlike behaviour, but at least if I can earn the top 5 that would be an accomplishment.

Also, SacredShadow: that's kinda unfortunate, had you not been away for a few days you may still be able to catch up if able. Oh well, second and third is still in grasp! Keep at it!

My biggest threat right now has got to be no 8120, he's a beast, and practically earning CP points left and right. I hope I'm able to pass him by submitting two 1k word reviews per day, that should work and will increase my word count. I'm just worried for burnout.

Oh well, hopefully, the next few days go well! Friday is going to be rough, I'm going out and won't be back till late but I'll manage.

I literally laughed out loud once I saw this, great work Adult Swim! Now people have to be extra careful to check the programme when watching!

I find this oddly surprising but all in good nature at the same time. I guess most peeps just clicked off once they saw it. 

Some people hate Trump, some people hate Hillary, but everyone hates a person that has won the Yellow Jersey four times in a row--

Oh wait, that's me. Damn it!

Our despicable curriculum contains Rugby, (awful), Football, (awful), Fitness (meh),.

We also do Gymnastics, surprisingly, as it isn't popular at all with the boys. I quite enjoy it to be quite honest, it is an easy A and I would always love to take it. If they offer it, of course.

Thing is though, our curriculum is very gender linear, do you think it would be suitable to contain things like dance, and other artistic sports into the mix?

I don't know how you would even tolerate these in a classroom, to be completely honest.

I've posted this in another thread, and my opinion hasn't changed: these are a very big distraction in classes, people throwing them about, spinning them indefinitely, it never comes to an end.

Have you ever thought of any confiscation methods for misuse? That might help with classroom troubles.

Right-handed.

I actually find it funny that less of the population is left-handed yet it looks like from my school left-handers are very common.

Honestly, to me the balance between diet and health is arbitrary. I don't really care about it.

Why should I spend so much time thinking about what I'm going to eat versus the hundred other things I could be doing? Like, for example, heading out to hang out, or reading a book and focusing on my education.

There's so much news about eating healthy all the time, but why?

To be completely honest, I despise this idea.

The fact is, the Kindle library isn't really the place for this type of fan-fiction, nor indie writers. Not to say that they shouldn't be on there, of course, I think arising writers should be given the chance to do what they love best! However, I feel that the copyright issue comes way too much into play here.

A game is indefinitely a piece of art, created to immerse the player in a bit of experience, deaths, and a sensible story. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time does all three. Released in 2003 near the end of the GBA's life cycle this was a masterpiece containing not only fluid gameplay, however, empowering visuals and sounds unimaginable for the specifications the system upheld. 

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Please note that my reviews contain three categories: which are Graphics, Sound, Gameplay. If you need extra information on any of the scores given above please let me know and I'd be happy to give you more detail.

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Firstly, we will discuss the graphics. They are outstanding, and the animations are completely smooth and show by frame by frame detail of the character itself. Speaking of which, the animations allow for fluid gameplay making the jump cues safe and reliable.

It definitely shows aspects of great delight throughout the entire game. All sprites, including the backgrounds, have some sort of detail visible and generally look interesting enough, though it doesn't divert, or distract your eyes from focusing.

Adding to this: GUI elements have a gracious style to them and often aren't derelict, looking abstract and meaningful and contains subtle differences depending on the character you are playing as. It is a great, and ambiguous feat and it shows that a lot of energy went into the game as a whole.

However, as with all categories, there are flaws. Personally, I believe that the title screen and inventory menus are plain, only showing bare fundamentals with some sprites not even appearing correctly. It looks rushed and rigged. It doesn't seem smooth like sand at all. 

Even though that is true, the presentation also matters in this case, and it is clear that the game blows it out of the park. It is very clean and subtle with dialogue scenes containing a huge amount of grace and fixture with concurrent themes of colors throughout the entire game. Completely amazing. It is always cut-throat and never once delivers a poor, unexplainable graphic. (Aside from the ones talked about earlier.)

That is why the game deserves a score of 9 for the graphics.

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Next, I will discuss sound.

On a huge amount of GBA games, the sound is a great issue for me, most developers do not care about it and instead use it last minute. However, Prince of Persia is a game done right. 

The sound in this game can often be used as audio cues designed for patterns, or events such as opening doors, and collecting items. It can help with fixture and structure in the design of the game while also keeping at a pace.

Adding to this, it builds an atmosphere, using it to fit the theme, and style very well and often has such a good time doing it. Its overly obsessive soundtrack is catchy and hooked on nicely. 

Contrary to this, I do feel that some tracks are very rough and edged, and looping is a serious flaw when it comes to switching characters. The musical structure of the songs do not feel valid, especially during boss battles or similar cases. It can really damage an experience.

Overall however, I do agree that it is a widely accepted tone and it honestly drives the game for me, several instances have created suspense, tension, and fear, which is awesome.

This is why the game deserves an 8 for sound.

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Thirdly, I will discuss Gameplay.

This is the most important category by far, a good gameplay can often be a saving grace, and suffice to say, the controls on this particular game are pretty tight.

Controls are used in the normal manner where the D-Pad is used to move, A to jump and B to attack. This should be standard on all platforming games. They are easy to pick up, use, and play. A new addition into this game however is the ability to rewind. Rewinding can often be helpful espiecally avoiding the poor game-over and checkpoint system often seen as brutal, but we'll get to that.

The Prince is who you play as (though you will eventually meet Farah, another playable character.) and will have to venture through room after room solving puzzles along the way. As stated before, the mechanics are tight due to the animations being smooth and fluid forcing a wide scheme. The puzzles can be legitimatley hard to solve, though this is mostly because of the sizes of the rooms themselves and finding how to actually perform them. 

The Sands of Time is also another aspect of this game. The Sands of Time can be used on peculiar objects, such as statues or beings to cause events. This is very confusing as there is no indication of when to use it or it could be wasted. One thing to note, is that some stages do not allow you to progress without obtaining a Sands of Time item. To be completely honest, it is useless outside of that as well. You are obliged not to use it outside of battle which is really annoying, especially when it is quite powerful.

An interesting concept arises meeting Farah for the first time, and evolving puzzles where both characters are used with their own specific abilites is quite nicely done and the switching is easy using the select button. What I didn't like however was that you were obliged to only switch at certain locations that could've made puzzles a lot easier to complete. 

Lastly, I just want to talk about how much I love the idea of the scrolls. What they are is basically collectable mechanics, such as double jumping, sliding, rolling etc. They add achievement and depth to the game while also making collecting them a heroic action.

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Overall, I'm giving this game a solid 8.1. It impresses me greatly because of the story and the fact it has a fully automated loading and saving system not present on many games. The gameplay is good, the graphics and sound are even better, albeit at the cost of bland GUI elements, but honestly, you will never find something as unique as it.

Or... at least for now, anyways.

I agree with you on that last part, the foreshadowing in most of the books was horrendous. Kinda bias if you ask me.

Eh, I feel that Harry Potter, in general, is a desolate series, (well, in some books anyway.), some books really shine through, such as the Half-Blood Prince or Chamber of Secrets, but some books are really weary, Philosophers Stone and Prisoner of Azkaban

What really shined through for me was the characters played out in the book, they took it to a whole new, yet vague level. It felt ambiguous and meaningful.

I liked them overall, but J.K Rowling should've stepped it up with some of the books.

I think this is a great idea: I support this to the brim. Readily available donation checks for people too young to own cards, and can't donate anything, which is amazing. The site would generate a whole lot of new income from the new audiences enticed by this measure. The only thing I can't trust completely are the sites, but then that's open to argument.

My question is though: if this were to become a donation method, what conditions would be enacted including payment? Would it be subscription based or a one time fee?

EDIT: Just read when the last post was posted: well done me. Moderators can delete this: I've learned my lesson.

Interesting, taking the two jerseys again. Though I don't feel as motivated to post as I have done, to be completely honest. Let's just hope though that I can keep this up through the rest of the month!

One thing to note though, it seems that Scared is mostly placing in the top 5, which I see a very good tactic not to over-burn yourself but to stay ahead of the game, I should try it. I think it would be more beneficial in the end, but we'll see how it goes.

Thanks David for all these sheets with the results though, really appreciated using this to examine my scorings.

This is amazing! I can't wait to read the finished product, especially you being one of my longest known friends for a long time, Super.

One thing to add though: are you legitimately wanting to publish this fully? As an actual book in real life? If so, kudos to you my friend, you have a great thing coming.

Overall, awesome. This is gonna be great.

There's always reports and things in the news saying divorce, divorce, divorce!

That's why some people come to a consensus that marriage is a fake idolization of showing some love. And it my opinion, it kinda is.

Is shoving a ring on some's finger supposed to designate love? Is it supposed to give a full truth to a relationship? No, of course not. It just doesn't help.

Oh well, at least we have some sort of nature in marriage, I guess it is a long time tradition.

I wish I could say yes, but no. I've never been considered socially acceptable by any standards.

I just have this very anxious aura about me, I get nervous on any occasion and it really annoys me that no one can even study my personality, or get to know me better. People glance by like I'm a ball of dust.

I feel that the only way that I can act normal, is to act like everyone else, and not be myself. In a derelict society, I'm forced to change my ways because someone else says so. This is utterly wrong, and inhumane.

I think we've come to a point where society doesn't trust our instincts we are forced to be just another person in just another community.