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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Review by real gamers
After a long break from the franchise and making several big hits over the past 5 years with Left4Dead, Portal and Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2, Valve has returned to develop and release a new iteration of Counter-Strike, the series which started 12 years ago as a mod branch off their Half-Life game and turned into a massively popular game among casual and professional gamers in the earlier part of the 2000's.
We tested Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on the PC/Mac platform, which holds the largest user base of CS:GO players. All the screenshots in this review are actual gameplay screenshots from the game, using the highest settings available for all graphics options.
Brief intro
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO for short) is a first-person shooter game that's multiplayer only, for those unfamiliar with the game or need a refresher on what it's about. The game was released on August 21, 2012 across all the usual gaming platforms: PC, Mac (yup, you can play it on your MacBook or iMac!), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (it's available as a direct download via Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network respectively).
The launch price was a mere $14.99, which is extremely low for a new game, which normally command prices of $50 or $60. And even better, Counter-Strike: GO has gone on sale in a high profile manner three times: A prelaunch sale where it was on 10% discount (to $13), earlier in November for 33% off ($10) and very recently, it went for a whole 50% off during Valve's Steam Autumn Sale.
To develop Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve worked with Hidden Path Entertainment, a game development company located around the neighborhood of Valve's office in Bellevue, Washington. Though it also uses the Source Engine, the game was built from the ground up instead of being a mere overhaul of Counter-Strike: Source.
A true successor in the Counter-Strike franchise
The Counter-Strike series has had a massive fanbase on the PC platform, which is incredibly different from other popular game franchises who have more players on consoles. Counter-Strike was one of the pioneer games that spawned gaming tournaments, professional gaming leagues and competition around the world, with just about every one of its remakes garnering the same amount of attention during their era. Heck, there have been folks who have been holding on and playing (and also fragmented between) Counter-Strike 1.6 and CS Source for years now.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hopes to be the true successor to both CS 1.6 and CS Source, and reunite players of both games under a single umbrella… And, going into 2013, become the new staple first-person shooter (FPS) game in competitive scenes. Actually, scratch that future tense, Counter-Strike: GO has already made its way into being played at the ESWC and Dreamhack Winter tournaments recently (both represent huge international level gaming competitions).
A new coat of paint
Despite being 8 years old, Valve's Source Engine has aged gracefully with time. Source has evolved more than your typical game engine and the version used in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has come a far way since CS: Source, or even the first Left4Dead from 2008. If you've played Left4Dead 2 and Portal 2, you'll notice the graphics of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are similar to those games and certain elements have been cross-used and borrowed from each other (notably the new molotov/incendiary grenade in CS:GO is something that made its way over from Left4Dead).
As a whole, Counter-Strike: GO's graphics are acceptable (as in things look pretty good from afar and when moving along but pause and look, and you'll realize that graphics are far from being class leading). You'll probably be so engrossed in either the fast paced environment of Arms Race or heart pounding moments in Classic, that you'll overlook the details… but it's those moments when you're stationary and waiting for the enemy when you look and realize things like wall textures and elements in the environment (like those big wooden crates) look a little jagged and pixelated.
That said, the Counter-Strike franchise, being optimized for balanced gameplay between teams, has never been about flashy effects, Michael Bay style explosions or bleeding-edge graphics. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has sufficiently good graphics to attract casual gamers while not being overly detailed to distract or give more serious gamers a hard time picking the enemy from the detailed background behind them.
Performance of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is great – part of the reason Counter-Strike isn't extremely graphics intensive is probably due to the desire to make the game accessible to as many people as possible. On a mid-range Core i5 desktop running AMD Radeon 7870 or Nvidia GTX 660 graphics, you'll be able to max out graphics at 1920 x 1200 resolution and easily get over 200 frames per second on average! Decent laptops with dedicated graphics cards will be able to run it, depending on model and performance, at 1366 x 768 at a mix of low to high settings, to attain a fairly fluid 50 to 70 FPS.
If your laptop is a 2010 or before model and/or runs Intel Integrated Graphics, expect to run the game at 1366 x 768 with all low settings to get things to 30 to 40 FPS. In this case, you'd be good for some quick matches of Arms Race or Demolition but you might not do so well in the more competitive environment of Classic mode. As seen above, we've tried hooking up a Core i5 laptop with Intel Graphics to a 27 inch iMac (which acts as a monitor) and frame rate is a mere 60 FPS in the main menu (and drops to the 30's once inside the game).
There's big news for more competitive players in the graphics department as far as settings go. In the past, players would turn graphics down to an absolute minimum in order to 'flush away' the environment and be able to spot enemy players more easily. Not anymore with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive! The game still looks pretty good with all the settings turned down (though the degradation is noticeable), so there is no more gameplay advantage to lowering graphics settings and you might as well turn up graphics to as high as your computer can handle the game.
At its core, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive brings over many of the same maps found in its predecessors and puts them in Classic mode, though with slight tweaks to map layouts and objects. There are more maps rumored to be coming; Valve already added 2 new maps: Vertigo and Monastery in a patch a few weeks ago and also issued updates to improve team balance. There are a lot of guns carried over from previous Counter-Strike games along with the addition of some new ones (such as the MAG-7) and the addition of two new grenades: fire and decoy. Fire grenades (called molotovs on the T-team and incendiary grenades in CT) burst on contact with the ground and create a small radius of damage-causing fire for several seconds in an area. Decoy grenades emulate gun shot sounds (which will mimic the sound of the primary gun and/or pistol of the person who throws it) to throw off the other team.
Arms Race and Demolition modes are all new additions to Counter-Strike, as are the new matchmaking and ELO ranking systems.
It's not about getting kills, it's winning the round
What's considered the staple game mode of Counter-Strike returns in Global Offensive as Classic mode (split into Classic Competitive and Classic Casual). This isn't your typical first person shooter game where everyone jumps into Team Deathmatch mode and violently shoots the lights out of each other until one of the teams hits a certain score or the time runs out. No, Classic mode in Counter-Strike: GO is a match that consists of 30 brief rounds (a time limit of 2 minutes per round, though they end way earlier than that in most cases) between teams, where the first team to win 16 rounds emerges victorious in the entire match (they can also tie if both teams each win 15 rounds). For Classic Casual, there are just 15 rounds with the game winners being the first team that wins 8 of them.
The spawn areas of both the Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist teams are fixed on different sides of the map, with the bombsites on Defuse mode placed at a relative midpoint between the two teams (though some maps like Aztec and Vertigo have their sites biased towards the Counter-Terrorist side) while the T-team starts out closer to the Hostages in Hostage mode. There's no opportunities for spawn killing or insta-kills at the start of the game in Counter-Strike – teams are a good distance away from each other and you typically head to the sites and duke it out with the other team over there (or on the way there).
*Also excuse the frame rate and little connection statistics in the lower right side in some of our screenshots (by default, they don't appear in the game). But again, we take our screenshots based on actual gameplay and some of us have these raw stats enabled to view game ping and frame rate.
How it's played
You are given $800 in Classic Competitive mode, a knife and a complimentary pistol to begin with, playing either on the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist team, and set out to either plant the bomb/defend the sites respectively, or guard the hostages/rescue hostages respectively. And of course, you'll get kills along the way as you fight through the opposing team. That's another big difference in Counter-Strike compared to other FPS games: it's not about getting kills, it's doing what it takes to win the round.
Just about everything you do earns you money: Killing opponents on the other team, planting and defusing the bomb, rescuing hostages, winning the round and even losing the round (though you get quite a bit less than you would have winning the round). You do get penalized and have money deducted if you manage to hurt the hostages or kill someone on your own team, so try to aim.
With the money, you can choose to buy a new gun (you get to carry one primary weapon, one pistol and three grenade types), armor (either body armor or body armor + helmet), defuse kits that half defuse time from 10 to 5 seconds (if you're on the Counter-Terrorist team) and select from 5 grenade types (flashbang, fire, smoke, explosive or decoy) at the start of each round.
Money management is crucial as you want a suitable gun and equipment for both yourself and your role in the team for both that round and future rounds (you lose all your purchased stuff if you die, but if you survive the round, your equipment gets brought over to the next round; thus saving you money).
Oh, unlike most first person shooters, there is no way to aim down the sights for most guns – the characters are essentially already in the 'aiming' position (or close to it) but you won't be able to experience it from a first person perspective. You can only use the scope with a select few guns, namely the AWP and Scout sniper guns and two other rifles with midrange scopes. This has got to be one of the changes you will experience if you're used to other games where you need to aim down the sights.
There have been complaints from other reviewers (who evidently did little to no research on how Counter-Strike is played) and some folks citing the poor realism of 'firing from the hip' just because there isn't an animation to switch to the iron sights of a gun. This is not true as, unlike other games which have separate positions for hip-firing and aiming which affect accuracy, the characters in Counter-Strike are pretty much aiming already (although it doesn't seem like it from a first person perspective). Shooting in Counter-Strike is not equivalent to hip-firing and is no less accurate when shooting while aimed down the sights in other games.
Both Classic Casual and Classic Competitive modes work this way, but as their names suggest, you'll be playing with different types of crowds (Newbie tip: You don't have to be a professional gamer to play Classic Competitive, it's just the name of the game mode).
Classic Casual typically has more players (especially on community servers), gives you complimentary defuse kits, armor and helmet at the start of each round, no friendly fire and lower money rewards.
Classic Competitive (for more dedicated players) has none of that, plus has a longer wait time and a time penalty which bars you from entering another Classic Competitive game for a certain time if you leave a match before it ends.
A mix of chess with teamwork and guns
We like that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive brings us back to the old days, where gaming online took more effort than picking a gun, hitting join game and mowing down everyone in sight. It's a breath of fresh air in the stale environment of cookie cutter games which revolve around kills and achievements to crown the 'most elite' player of them all.
Because of that, there is quite a bit of a learning curve if you're new to the Counter-Strike franchise. Our advise is to not let that detract you from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; treat it as a new experience rather than ranting about "oh, this is weird". In fact, one of our team members at Games Per Second, Kelvin is new to the game – Global Offensive is his first CS game. He started out being horrible at it (like 2 or 3 kills in a 20 round game type of horrible) but nowadays gets a comfortable 1:1 kill to death ratio. Not the best, but again, Counter-Strike isn't about getting kills – it's about playing as a team and winning the round… and that, he does quite well as he catches the occasional enemy by surprise and gets the last second defuse ever so often.
Speaking of playing as a team, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes slightly more teamwork than your average first person shooter game. This is the reason why Counter-Strike makes it to tournaments and professional gaming leagues while other games don't, apart from also having some of the best balanced maps. A microphone really helps out in calling out enemy positions, planning strategies for the round and sudden change of strategy when you see Site A is being camped out by the whole enemy team while Site B sits empty and read for the taking.
Even simple things like donating weapons to poor teammates call for a better attitude and cooperation in Counter-Strike: GO than everyone running out on their own, doing their own thing as "Me, Myself and I Rambos" in other games. Counter-Strike also has a fairly unique mechanic of allowing one person to stand on the shoulders of a crouching teammate (as shown above) – this too requires a form of team communication and there are certain spots in maps which specifically call for this in order to reach an area more quickly.
One of our editors, Brad, compares Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to a game of chess, being played as a team, with guns. Notably apparent in Classic Competitive mode is the fact that good teamwork is rewarded with being able to take out as much of the opposing team as possible and planting/defusing while bad teamwork is punished as players who go stray are picked off one-by-one by the enemy. A team with one or two top notch players can be toppled if the others in the team aren't working together.
Since you don't respawn (and lose everything) if you die until the next round begins, there's plenty of incentive to NOT run and gun.
Arms Race and Demolition; the fun stuff
There are two other game modes that were just introduced in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, each with their own set of brand new maps. If you don't have at least 30 to 50 minutes to spare for a full Classic match, head on to Arms Race or Demolition mode.
Arms Race is Counter-Strike's team deathmatch mode with a twist. You still play in a team but things here are more "we're in a team so there won't be mass havoc, but otherwise, every person for themself" rather than "hey let's talk and strategize". The main point is to win the game by getting a kill with the 26th weapon, the shiny golden knife, after racking up kills using 25 different weapons. You start out with an MP9 SMG and each kill rewards you instantly with a new gun (which you are forced to use, or switch to a knife), while every time you kill yourself or get killed by knife downgrades you to the previous gun. Unlike Classic mode, you respawn instantly and indefinitely in Arms Race so you're never alone and you'll have to always be on alert for enemies lurking around the corners.
There are no grenades available in Arms Race, but we think the extremely tight quarters of the three small maps (Shoots, Baggage and Monastery) are sufficient to house a madhouse of ten run-and-gunning players. Each match lasts 3 minutes on average and are exceptionally high paced. Don't expect any strategy or hiding in Arms Race, because the three maps are mostly wide-open and there are no dead-ends. The bad part is that these maps are small and uninteresting (the layout of Shoots and Baggage are exactly symmetrical so may the best man/woman win!), and there are just three of them. There's a high chance of Valve (who has had exceptional support of their games) introducing new maps for Arms Race in the future.
Demolition mode is a hybrid of Arms Race and Classic mode. It combines the fast-paced action of the former with the bomb planting/defusing objective of the latter. Demolition mode has a total of 20 rounds per match (first team to 11 wins is the champion) but the rounds are usually very, very short and you get rewarded for kills with a new weapon and grenades in the next round. There are five maps (Bank, short train, lake, safehouse and sugarcane) unique to Demolition mode, which are based off certain parts of maps from Left4Dead 2, with more maps said to be coming soon.
Doesn't have a storyline… or does it
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive doesn't have any sort of single player, unless you count Offline mode with bots (AI Enemy) and the Weapons Course; both of which are aimed at beginners and folks looking to familiarize themselves to the maps the game has to offer. We do feel that Arms Race and Classic Casual are both superior ways to train and would recommend those over the offline modes where you're essentially playing by yourself and the not-too-brilliant computer bots.
No singleplayer means that Counter-Strike: Global Offensive lacks a storyline… a true storyline at least. While you'll be jumping straight into online multiplayer mode with anything Arms Race, Demolition, Classic Casual and Classic Competitive have to offer, there seems to be a subliminal plot (present either by accident or deliberately incorporated) in Demolition mode (whose maps are based on sections from Left4Dead 2). There's a theory that these pre-apocalyptic versions of the maps in Counter-Strike hint that Global Offensive is set at a time before Left4Dead 2. The events that occur in CS:GO, which is Terrorists trying to plant stuff in weird places (like a sugar mill) while Counter-Terrorists try to stop them, lead on to the CT's being unsuccessful and the explosions containing dangerous materials leading to people to mutate into zombies… and those are the events leading up to the story of Left4Dead and Left4Dead 2.
Fans of Valve games have established connections between the Half-Life and Portal series, so it's unsurprising if Valve made this connection between Counter-Strike and Left4Dead as some form of an easter egg for fans.
Counter-Strike for console
For the first time ever in the series, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms. In contrast to the PC/Mac version, there's a smaller player pool on both consoles (though still sufficient to find games quickly) and the skill level needed is noticeably lower due to the lack of precision controllers have compared to using a keyboard and mouse. The console versions are essentially the same as the PC/Mac versions with one huge flaw (which isn't Valve's fault but that of the console makers) – lack of constant game updates. The reason is that game makers have to pay Microsoft and Sony a fairly hefty sum to issue an update; hence Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are exactly how they were on August 21 when the game was launched. It lacks the two new maps (Vertigo and Monastery), various bug fixes, performance and game balance updates as well as a fairly game-changing patch that PC/Mac players got not two weeks ago.
That said, the game is still pretty affordable and we suspect Valve may issue a collective update along with changes and new maps for consoles in the form of a paid DLC some time in the future; in a fashion similar to what they did for Left4Dead 2 (though we definitely wouldn't hold our breaths as such an update is still speculation and yet to be confirmed; it could be many months away.
Ze verdict
We at Games Per Second love Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as a whole. The game sports a nice mix of decent graphics, fairly addictive gameplay (which is a surprise considering CS:GO doesn't have a 'level up' mechanic) and great value (it costs a fraction of other first person shooters). It normally costs $15, but when it hits $7.50 or $10 during sales (like it did in November), you really can't go wrong getting it. The game lacks top-notch graphics but that means it runs surprisingly well and smooth on older and less capable computers; it also still manages to look good even with all the settings turned down.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive isn't perfect though because it definitely needs more maps in Arms Race and Classic – Hostage modes (this may come in future updates, but for now we're ranting until that happens), and some fresh map layouts for Classic – Defuse mode (which presently uses maps from previous Counter-Strike games but with new graphics and some very small layout tweaks). We also think that the more casual modes, Arms Race and Demolition, need some kind of ranking or level system in order to improve replay value and give an incentive for players to stick around. Don't get us wrong, there's a massive player base out there and even more so after the recent sale, but improvements to keep players loyal for the next couple of years is nice (a role that game modders played to keep some of the older Counter-Strike games fresh for longer than most other games of the time).
For the PC/Mac version of the game, we'd give it a 8.5 for great execution and value, with points docked for the reasons above, and would highly recommend it. For the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, we're going to have to give the game a 7.5, which is our way of saying 'it's acceptable but has its flaws'. Go ahead and get the game for your console, but we would also advise looking into the alternative of getting it for your computer (come on, every person who owns a console must have a laptop or computer at home, right?).


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Cast
Mohanlal as Krishnankutty
Shankar as Gopinath
Menaka as Rajamma
Lalu Alex as Mathachan
Madhuri as Devaki
Mala Aravindan as Neelandan
Meena
Baby Rekha
Sankaradi as Paramu Nair
Adoor Bhavani as Karthyayani

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Jerry Amaldev with lyrics by Bichu Thirumala.

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1986 films
1980s Malayalam-language films
Films scored by Jerry Amaldev

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My first proper eyeballing of the bike sees me jotting down two all caps notes in my phone. The first says "TANK IS SMALLER," (eloquent, I know) and the second, noting something I would ponder at length long after I had to give the keys back, says 'NO CHROME?' The side-by-side comparos of the incoming and outgoing models provided by Triumph in the pre-ride meeting confirm my second thought. While the original 60's models were like a wild party in a mirror ball factory, and the outgoing models had their fair share of shine, this new model literally blacks out everything downstairs bar the cans and headers. The injector covers and headlight unit try to raise the metal quotient, but closer inspection reveals either a matte anodised finish or plastic doing its best chromium impression. While we were told that chrome turns off many owners due to its inherent cost and upkeep, the fact of the matter is that much of what was metal in the previous bike is now plastic.
My 'look like an expert' tap test revealed that there's plastic on the engine, too. But don't get your pitchforks out just yet. Dig a little deeper and you'll find a few good reasons for this – the foremost being that this is in fact the new range's base model. Triumph's own photos show that the upcoming T120 and Thruxton bin these polymers in favour of much more metal and shine. The other reason is probably a price consideration. The decision to keep the price down and target a younger, more urbane, and probably less experienced rider is a smart one on Triumph's part. They now get to experience the brand at a much more reasonable price point, and the odd horizontal bike mishap won't result in any wallet-destroying repair bills.
Then there's that whole 'tradition' thing again. While many of us old-ish riders wet our pants and the thought of acres and acres of chrome, it's probably fair to say that some (presumably younger) customers would turn their noses up at paying for the looks of some bygone era that they neither know of nor care about. So, as is the trend with many manufacturers, Triumph has elected to shift the majority of the billet into the accessories catalogue. They are 'styled' into packs that include a brat, urban and scrambler look. Sadly, none of these include any alternative wheel options. Boo. Indulging yourself here will take a toll on your wallet though – the packs (especially anything that includes new pipes) can set you back another 20% over and above the bike's ride-away price.
Ironically, it's the pipes that add the most 'wow' to the bike's somewhat subtle stock looks. While the new Vance & Hines (bye-bye Arrow) peashooters are hard to distinguish from the stock pipes, the newly designed scrambler pipes are real lookers which will appeal to everyone but the legally blind. They also give the bike's sounds a boost. This was evidenced by the journo's mad scramble (pun fully intended) to grab this bike's keys after each and every stop.
The scrambler pipes sport a carbon fiber tip (see below) that struck me as an odd, and very sportsbike-ish, addition to a design that seems tailored to a completely different crowd. My concerns fade as the sweet, sweet roar of the thing through the enclosed parts of our day's ride is entered into my brains 'great bike sounds' filing cabinet.
Once the all-new parallel twin lump was ticking over, blipping the throttle provided an interesting insight into the soul of the bike. That's because it's here that the new ride-by-wire electronic wizardry is most apparent. There's an ever-so-slight delay between a twist of the wrist and the engine's corresponding reaction; it's only slight but it, combined with the instrument's slick technical feel, remind you that this ain't no cable-to-carby set-up from ye olden days. Of course, this observation is probably more to do with 'the shock of the new' than anything else, as once we're out on the road the entire set-up proves to be eminently capable, smooth and without the slightest sign of snatchiness. Amusingly, I wasn't the only rider on the day that noted the speedo's needle seemed to waver ever so slightly while riding – almost as if the bike had been programmed by Triumph's lab-coated boffins to mimic the old-school wobble of its predecessors.
These tech updates hit up your ears as well. The mechanical whirl of the motor has lost some of its old-school agriculturalism and now produces that high-pitched, electro-mechanical whine that's an ever-present feature in most of Triumph's new work. This is, of course, largely due to the new engine's tighter, water-cooled tolerances. Thankfully, the 270˚ crank's character pulls the party back into Funsville with a liberal dose of character and, with the addition of the high pipes, some unexpectedly retro tunes. Weeks later, and on Triumph's loaner bikes in an open-faced helmet, I also notice there's also a rather pleasant, bird-like chirp to the sound that's not dissimilar to the 'ping' of an air-cooled VW.
After planting my not insignificant backside on the bike a few times, I decided that the rear shocks were compressing a little more than I was expecting. While this didn't translate to an overly pillowy feel on the road, it's clear the bike's tuned for comfort and not ten tenths apex hunting. There was, however, the odd moment or two when an awkward set of bumps would catch the rear shocks off guard. The result was a noticeable kickback through the bike's rear and into, well, mine.
Also noticeable is just how slender the rear half of the bike's tank is. What ends up between your legs (don't go there) once onboard is very slender indeed. A quick peek underneath it reveals all sorts of nooks and crannies that steal away space from the petrol for all the bike's new electrics. The upshot is a 12 litre (3 gal.) tank. This is something that, on paper at least, seems way too small to be practical outside the city. It certainly raised a few journo's eyebrows when mentioned. The reality is a useful 300km (180 mi.) range, which drops to around 250km (155 mi.) when you try a little 'spirited riding' as they say. This is clearly one of the upsides of Triumph having to jump through hoops for the Euro 4 emissions regulations – a more torquey motor than the retired unit that also needs less juice, too.
Once the city's limits have been breached, overtaking happens with a minimum of fuss. A twist of the go stick summons an impressive wave of torque that picks up the bike and pushes it forward, easily consuming the stray family SUV and local tradesman's ute. There's absolutely no doubt that this bike has more torque than the previous generation. It's important to note that the bike is slightly down on power from the old 2015 model, but it manages to surprise us all with its clearly improved get-up-and-go. Besides, if it's face-stretching, reality-blurring power that you really want, the top-shelf Thruxton is much more likely to be you ride of choice.
The lack of a tacho and the wealth of low-down torque sees me bounce off the rev limiter earlier in the day until I realise that the engine isn't one that needs, or likes, to be beaten with the rev stick. The old model showed a much flatter torque curve, which sat at a consistent 60Nm (44 ft lb) throughout its entire rev range. The new power plant improves on this by about 20% up until the 6000rpm mark, after which it drops off quickly. Most of the urge is to be found between 2000 and 4000 revs, which is where the bike and I happily agree to play.
For a moment, my mind is drawn away from the bike and to the fact that the rest of the press pack seems to be buggering off. A complete lack of local road knowledge combined with the fact that I've been throwing a leg over way too infrequently in the last 12 months brings me to a harsh conclusion. My riding is rusty as all hell. Having a few ex-racers up front doesn't help things, either. Note to self: all blog and no bike makes Andrew a dull rider.
So with the press pack long gone, it was now just the bike, the breathtaking Black Spur forest and little old me. Famous in Australia, the road consists of nothing more than the perfect piece of tarmac weaving its way through a never-ending grove of ancient rainforest ferns and Mountain Ash Eucalyptus. The trees are impossibly tall and my more vivid imaginings turns them into some kind of ancient, rust-stained columns design to keep the sky in place. The bike drinks up the cool forest air and thunders forward through the continually supplied set of on-camber corners using its newly angled crank with glee. This road is often cited as Australia's best, and today the Bonnie and I are rather inclined to agree.
It's now that it all comes together. As with all good bikes, the Bonnie both shines through and yet never overwhelms the ride. The pipes autograph the experience with a sweet exhaust growl while the rest just happens as you know it should. Everything about the bike is in its right place and there's pretty much nothing that takes you away from your flight through the forest.
And, unwittingly, the man's hit at the very heart of the bike's reason for being. When you're designing something that, by you own company's words, is "an entry-level model that was inspired by the new wave custom scene", you're gonna want something that's a solid platform to customise on while keeping prices down and younger riders happy. And what could be better than that?
So, while tradition may indeed be part pleasure and part pain, it's hard not to admire what Triumph's done to this, the linchpin bike of their entire brand. The Street Twin has emerged as a new bike for a new age of riders while still managing to remind us of everything that's great about riding motorcycles, whether it be now, or 100 years ago. You really can't ask for better than that. And if the range's new T120 and Thruxton models follow the same lead, I think we'll find them just as impressive. Congratulations to Triumph for a job well done.
The fine print: In an effort to keep things as legit as possible, we feel it's best to mention that Triumph Australia paid for our trip to Melbourne to see their new bikes. Rest assured that if the bikes weren't up to scratch, we'd have no problems in saying just that, and that we will always endeavour to give you guys the best reviews possible without fear or favour; sponsors bearing gifts included.


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Rediff.com » Sports » Ten Hag says players should accept ref's decision and move on
Ten Hag says players should accept ref's decision and move on
October 18, 2022 23:38 IST
IMAGE: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and teammates react after a goal he scored is disallowed. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters
Manchester United have been charged by the Football Association (FA) for failing to control their players during the goalless draw against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on the weekend, the governing body said on Tuesday.
Manchester United players surrounded referee Craig Pawson after he disallowed a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo, with the Portuguese claiming Newcastle had taken a free kick before he raced to take the ball away from goalkeeper Nick Pope and slotted it into an empty net.
"Manchester United FC has been charged with a breach of FA rule E20.1 following its Premier League game against Newcastle United FC on Sunday," the FA said in a statement.
"It's alleged that Manchester United FC failed to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during the 49th minute of this match, and the club has until Thursday to respond,"
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has defended his players after they confronted the referee during Sunday's goalless draw against Newcastle United, saying the reaction was not too strong despite the club being charged by the Football Association.
Ronaldo claimed Newcastle had taken a free kick before he raced to take the ball away from goalkeeper Nick Pope and slotted it into an empty net, but Pawson disallowed the effort and booked the Portuguese forward as he led the players' reaction.
IMAGE: Newcastle United's Sean Longstaff speaks to referee Craig Pawson after the match as Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag looks on. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters
"I must say I don't think it was too strong, it wasn't really aggressive but I don't know what's happening exactly on the pitch, I was too far away. I saw it back on the video. It was quite obvious the player from Newcastle touched the ball and our players took advantage of it." Ten Hag told reporters before United host Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.
The incident was one of many involving match officials being confronted in the top flight at the weekend, with the FA also charging Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp with improper conduct for his outburst at an assistant referee.
Ten Hag said his players are role models for amateurs and youth players but as professionals, they should be allowed to question referees' decisions.
"We are an example for amateurs, for youth and professional players. We have to know our role and it's also about professional football. It is also quite normal for you to ask why, in the moment. My view is, quite quickly, you have to accept the referee's decision and move on," Ten Hag added. "
Ten Hag confirmed that Anthony Martial will not be available to face Tottenham, but Christian Eriksen has returned to training and is in contention to feature against his former club.
United are fifth in the league with 16 points from nine games while Spurs are third, level on 23 points with Manchester City after 10 games.
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My experience does not even warrant one star. Good Morning: I purchased 2 Brand New Lexmark MS825 Printers for my business. We have always used Lexmark printers to print prescription labels for our pharmacy. This morning one of our older printers stopped working so we replaced it with the Brand New Lexmark MS825 printer. The printer turned on and asked things like - language, country, time zone. Once I selected the correct response it stopped. I couldn't get any further and our Pharmacy Software support stated that the only way we could fix it was to call Lexmark support. I called and a female employee answered the phone. She was very hard to hear and very hard to understand. I explained to her that I was having a very hard time understanding and hearing her. She continued to ask me several times if the printer was printing. I explained that it was not printing and she said that the Red Blinking Light was not an error. She then asked me if the printer was printing and I again said NO. After getting now where with the help. I requested to speak with someone else or a supervisor. She said I was welcome to hang up and call back. That is very unprofessional. Why would you tell a customer to hang up and call back when you haven't resolved their issue or helped in anyway at all. When I stated this she said she could e-mail me tips on how to make it print. I finally was so frustrated and upset that I did just hang up and call back. This time I spoke with a male employee. I started over. I politely gave him the serial number, model number and my name. I then explained to him that I was hooking up a new printer and I could not get it to print. I went step by step in what I was doing on the printer and where it was stopping. He then asked me several times if the printer was printing. I explained no. He then went on to tell me that the Red Blinking Light was an indication that the user was causing an error. I asked how do I fix it and I was placed on hold. He came back and asked me to log into the website that he was giving me. I went to the site where it asked me for a user name and password. He then told me that he could not help me any further because the printer should be printing. I asked to speak with a supervisor and nothing happened. At this point I was 25 prescriptions behind. I had not been able to wait on a single customer in the hour that we had been open so I called my Dad who owns the pharmacy. He came into work on his off day and I handed the phone to him. I was extremely upset and frustrated that neither employee that I had spoken to was willing to help me. I walked away and to allow my Dad to handle the situation from that point forward. I did not hear everything that was said between my Dad and the employee on the other end but I do know that my Dad had more knowledge regarding the printer then the employee did.
To spend over $2,500 on two Brand New Lexmark Printers and to be a repeat customer who has purchased over 75 total printers in the last 14 years: I am very disappointed in the way that this issue was handled. I will not recommend Lexmark to any of my fellow pharmacy owners and I will not be purchasing any additional Lexmark printers from this point forward. My family has owned our business since 1950 and I know that we have made mistakes in the past with some of our customers, however, we are always kind and professional and never let the customer leave without finding a resolution to the issue. I would never tell one of my customers to call back when they were upset and had an issue. I would never continually ask my customer the same question over and over again and then suggest e-mail might be a better option.
I purchased a Lexmark C792DE for my office on 26 March 2018. The local agent in Bahrain (Bahrain Office and Service Co. W.L.L) delivered the printer the second day, and upon installation he found that the three color toners were faulty, and promised to replaced them after he goes back to his office. Two days later I called the office, and I was told they were waiting for response from the regional office in Dubai. another two days later, I was informed that it will take at least two or more weeks to replace the faulty toners! They offered to exchange the machine for another far low quality one, and much slower one but I refused as we need a fast printer. I tried to contact Dubai, but there was an answering machine, on which I left a message, but no response after that.
This is very poor service. A new printer that has a faulty toner, but they don't want to replace it and they are playing games to push another low quality machine.
Can anyone who respects customers help me?
The representative who took my call was very unprofessional. He kept yelling in my ear and was supposed to be transferring me because I was a first time caller, but had me holding on for 35 minutes.
I ordered a black cartridge #28 for a Lexmark printer X5495 on May 1, 2016. Unfortunately, I am just now 8/4/16 removing the old cartridge to be replaced with the one purchased , and I find that I have a faulty cartridge that won't align properly. After four tries, I have been unsuccessful and am now showing a "Low" status for my color ink because of the amount of color produced during the attempted alignments. I realize it was my error for failing to review the 'return' policy. I realize I am much beyond the 30-day return policy, but also feel there should be some recourse for a product that is faulty, even beyond the deadline. I have purchased cartridges from Lexmark in the past and had no difficulty, in fact have previously been very satisfied with the purchase and performance. I understand that I have to have an RMA# for returns. Can you help me?
Crap, I am so rattled and stressed out over this I can't even type in right place....so I quit with these words..."if you own a Lexmark ,product then the ONLY way you can prevent a horrible as did I is...UNPLUG IT when ever you leave your home or office, you may, Go willing, never experience having your life ripped apart by a Lexmark product (HP lost a huge class action over a similar issue). You won't receive faxes or printed mail but at least you will have your home when you return! Your kids may not be burned or inhaling toxic printer ink vapors. Your pet, Fido, and Kitty, will be alive. It ain't over till its over. Lexmark may never settle (outside the exploitative $15k" they did offer) And I may not survive to final judgement. But mark my word, they will know they have been at war with me.
For my office we needed a printer as there was lots of print work to be done. What better option than Lexmark printers. This printer can be expanded to hold up to 1,200 sheets of paper at once. This is suitable for small- to medium-sized office operations. The Lexmark CX310/410 Series of color laser printers gives fast print, copy, and scan speeds. We are totally happy with this for our official purpose.


Core Shift has an overall vibe on this cassette as sounding like a slowed down electronic band. There are beats, there are lasers and it can even be spatial, but it is all done to a slower pace than something that you might otherwise think of as just being the electro-beats.
There is a synth quality in here that I like to call synthy synth because of how much synth it is, but this goes in and out in waves (Doppler Effect) and then towards the end becomes rather dark and brooding. Even though every sign on this cassette points to something else within the music, by the end of it I'm getting a Lord of the Rings vibe for some reason so I'm just going to go with that.
It's hard because there are some rather specific moments within the trilogy of movies that would go with this, and on the whole the music would seem out of place as a soundtrack, but for whatever reason that is just the connection that I am making here and I'm okay with it.


Your mom gave you the best advice when she told you to just be yourself. Being yourself and finding the "You" is so important because you are the only "You" there is - the only person in the entire world with the unique gifts, talents, personality, life experience, world view that you have. The world needs to see and hear from the "You" that is so unique.
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Having worked with students for many years, our Welfare Advisers have a wealth of experience in dealing with the wide range of difficulties which you could encounter, while studying in Cambridge. You are encouraged to speak to either of them as soon as things start to go wrong, or simply to meet for a chat if you are feeling a bit miserable—or happy!
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Anna is a fully qualified and experienced counsellor who has worked in university counselling services, schools and academies across London and Cambridge. Anna specialises in working with young people and young adults and is trained to provide both short-term focussed counselling and longer-term support when needed.
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Since I don't have new drawings, let me show u one of my recent cosplay.
I know. That's why I didn't wash it, since it's fake blood, I thought it probably will turn into pink the whole dress, and I didn't want that either.
I started the photoshoot with the dress clean, and we left the blood at the end.


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Yasmany Tomas' agent says his client has "way more" power than Jose Abreu
By D.J. ShortNov 10, 2014, 8:31 PM EST
After landing a six-year, $68 million contract with the White Sox last October, Jose Abreu batted .317 with 36 home runs and a .964 OPS this season and was the unanimous choice for the American League Rookie of the Year Award earlier this evening. As for this offseason, 24-year-old outfielder Yasmany Tomas is considered the next big thing out of Cuba. Naturally, his agent, Jay Alou, is doing his part to justify his client's contract blowing Abreu's out of the water.
According to Rob Bradford of WEEI.com, Alou had this to say at the general managers' meetings today when he was asked to compare Tomas' power to Abreu:
"€œHe'€™s got more power than Abreu. He'€™s got a lot more power. Abreu'€™s a little older, more mature with his bat. Sometimes it takes guys longer to figure things out. And the last couple of weeks, a lot of things have clicked for Yasmany. I can tell you he'€™s got a lot more power than anyone I'€™ve ever seen. A lot."
Alou is doing what an agent is supposed to do, so take this all with a grain of salt. And Tomas' power is considered his best tool. Still, no pressure, Yasmany.
Alou told Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com today that he considers the Phillies one of the front-runners to sign Tomas. It's believed that his contract will surpass Rusney Castillo's seven-year, $72.5 million deal with the Red Sox for the richest-ever for a Cuban player.


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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the home of Premier League club +more'>Tottenham Hotspur in north London, replacing the club's previous ground, White Hart Lane. With a seating capacity of 62,850, it is the third-largest football stadium in England and the largest club ground in London. It is designed to be a multi-purpose stadium and features the world's first dividing, retractable football pitch, which reveals a synthetic turf field underneath for NFL London Games, concerts and other events.
The construction of the stadium was initiated as the centrepiece of the Northumberland Development Project, intended to be the catalyst for a 20-year regeneration plan for Tottenham. The project covers the site of the now demolished ground White Hart Lane and areas adjacent to it. +more It was conceived in 2007 and announced in 2008, but revised several times, and construction of the stadium, beset by disputes and delays, did not commence until 2015. The stadium opened on 3 April 2019 with a ceremony before the first Premier League game held there.
The name "Tottenham Hotspur Stadium" was meant to be temporary, the intention being to sell the naming rights to a sponsor, but it has still not been renamed. The stadium is occasionally referred to as New White Hart Lane by fans and some in the media.
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Tottenham Hotspur was formed in 1882, and early matches of the club were played on public land at Tottenham Marshes. As their matches became more popular with the public and the number of spectators increased, the club decided to move to an enclosed ground allowing it to charge an entrance fee and control the crowd. +more In 1888, the club rented a pitch at Asplins Farm, next to the railway line at Northumberland Park. However, the ground soon became overcrowded, and in 1899 the club moved to a piece of land owned by the brewery company Charringtons to the east of Tottenham High Road behind the White Hart pub. This became the White Hart Lane ground.
The club acquired the freehold of the ground, as well as additional land at the northern (Paxton Road) end, in 1905. Starting in 1909, a new stadium with stands designed by Archibald Leitch was built over a period of two and a half decades. +more The stadium had a capacity of nearly 80,000 by 1934. Over the years, the stadium underwent a number of changes and seating replaced the standing areas, which reduced the capacity to about 50,000 in 1979. Significant standing areas, however, still existed, including the long stretch of raised standing terrace favoured by fans on the East Stand known as The Shelf.
Beginning in the early 1980s, the White Hart Lane ground was redeveloped, and in order to comply with the recommendation of the Taylor Report of 1989, it was turned into an all-seater stadium. The capacity of the stadium was reduced to around 36,000 by the time the refurbishment was completed in 1998. +more The capacity was, by then, lower than the grounds of other major English clubs, with many of these clubs also planning to expand further. As revenues from gate receipts in that period formed a substantial part of the club's income (before it became dominated by TV broadcast rights deals), Tottenham began to explore ways of increasing the stadium capacity to allow it to more effectively compete financially with rival clubs.
A number of schemes were considered over the years; these included rebuilding the East Stand as a three-tier structure, and moving to different stadiums and locations such as Picketts Lock and the Olympic Stadium at Stratford, London. None of these plans came to fruition, except for a proposal to redevelop the existing site that would become the Northumberland Development Project.
The club first announced in 2007 that redevelopment of the current site was one of the options under consideration. In April 2008, the club revealed that it was considering the acquisition of the Wingate Trading Estate immediately adjacent to the north of White Hart Lane for building the stadium. +more In October 2008, the Northumberland Development Project, which included the construction of a stadium, as well as a club museum, homes, shops and other facilities, was announced. The early plan was for Tottenham to move into the new stadium, while it was partially built, at the beginning of the 2012-13 season, with the stadium completed by the end of the following season. However, the project was delayed, with the plan undergoing a number of revisions and the completion date pushed back several times. The club also did not fully commit itself to building the stadium in Tottenham until January 2012, after it had lost its bid for the Olympic Stadium to West Ham United.
The first plan of the project, with a 58,000-capacity stadium, was released in April 2009 for public consultation. In October 2009, the planning application for a 56,000-seat stadium, designed by KSS Design Group, and other buildings was then submitted. +more The proposal, which included the demolition of eight locally listed buildings and two nationally listed buildings, was criticised by conservation groups including English Heritage, as well as the Government's advisory body on architecture, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. In response to the objections, a revised plan, that retained some of the listed buildings, was resubmitted in May 2010. This plan was accepted by Haringey Council on 30 September 2010, and later by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, as well as the government. However, only part of this plan, the construction of Lilywhite House, was implemented.
In August 2011, a major riot erupted in a deprived area of Tottenham. Haringey Council, keen to keep the economically important club within the community, issued planning permission for the project on 20 September 2011, and a week later removed the demand for community infrastructure payments usually required for such a project. +more In a joint statement with Haringey Council in January 2012, Tottenham announced that it would stay in North Tottenham and work with the council to rejuvenate the area. In this scheme, the Northumberland Development Project would serve as the catalyst for a 20-year regeneration program planned by the Haringey Council. In March 2012, Haringey Council approved of plans to hand over council-owned land in the redevelopment area, including part of Wingate Trading Estate, as well as Paxton Road and Bill Nicholson Way, to Spurs. It also agreed on a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to buy the remaining properties on Paxton Road that had yet to be sold. After a long delay, the Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, confirmed the CPO on 11 July 2014. The owner of the remaining business with two plots on the development site, Archway Sheet Metal Works, then attempted but failed to have the CPO decision quashed in the High Court. On 31 March 2015, the remaining plots on Paxton Road were acquired, allowing the development to proceed.
It was first revealed in October 2013 that the club was considering a new plan for a multi-use stadium that can host American NFL games. On 8 July 2015, the club announced that it had reached an agreement with the NFL to hold a minimum of two NFL games a year in a 10-year partnership. +more The same day a new design team was also announced, alongside a revised project plan, with Populous led by Christopher Lee responsible for the stadium design. In December 2015, Haringey Council approved the revised plans, including the demolition of locally listed buildings. The Mayor of London also gave formal approval to the plans in February 2016.
Building work on the Northumberland Development Project started in September 2012, however, construction of the stadium itself did not commence until 2015 due to the CPO dispute. The stadium was constructed in two main phases so that White Hart Lane could still be used in the +moreC. _season'>2016-17 season while construction was still in progress. The first phase involved the building of the northern section of the stadium (including the North, West and East Stands), while the South Stand construction started in the second phase after White Hart Lane had been demolished. A large part of the land north of the existing stadium had been cleared by 2014 while the CPO dispute was ongoing. After the dispute was resolved, preliminary work on the basement began in the summer of 2015, with concrete and ground works for the foundation by Morrisroe starting in autumn 2015, based on earlier approved and amended plans.
The new plan for the project was given final approval in February 2016, which allowed the construction of the main structure of the new stadium itself to start soon after. In order to facilitate the construction of the northern section of the stadium while matches of the final season were still being played at The Lane, the northeast corner of White Hart Lane was demolished in the summer of 2016 after the +moreC. _season'>2015-16 season had finished. From the basement to level 6, the construction of this section is in reinforced concrete. Three further levels above are constructed in steel frame. There are only six cores in reinforced concrete for vertical circulation of spectators instead of the eight expected of a stadium of this size as they needed to be constructed within the first phase of the stadium construction. The South Stand constructed in the second phase has open staircases to the concourses.
The demolition of most of the remaining White Hart Lane ground began the day after the last home match of the +more_season'>2016-17 season was played, and the demolition was completed with all visible remnants of White Hart Lane removed by early August 2017. Piling work for Phase 2 of the stadium construction started in June 2017. While the northern section constructed in the first phase is a largely concrete structure, the entire single-tier south stand has a steel frame to allow for a speedier construction. The two steel "trees" that support the South Stand were erected in December 2017. The compression ring that holds the cable net roof structure was completed in February 2018, and the roof structure raised in March 2018.
Parts of the old White Hart Lane have been incorporated into the new stadium - crushed aggregate of the concrete foundation of White Hart Lane was mixed in with new concrete to create the floor of the concourse of the new stadium, and bricks from the East Stand were used for the Shelf Bar. A number of heritage plaques are placed around the stadium marking points of the old stadium, such as its centre. +more The pitch was laid in early October 2018. The exterior of the stadium is finished with 35,000 decorative tiles, 4,801 perforated metal panels and 2,505 glass panels. The external cladding of the stadium was completed with the last few metal panels of the 'veil' installed in March 2019.
Four test events were initially planned at the stadium in August and early September 2018; the first two were intended only for club staff and officials, and the following two open to the public with increasing levels of attendance necessary for the issuing of safety certificate. However, issues with the critical safety systems due to faulty electrical wiring delayed the completion of the stadium, and these two games were postponed to March 2019. +more A fan familiarisation event was held instead at the stadium in December 2018. The first match, an under-18s fixture between Tottenham and Southampton held on 24 March, was attended by 28,987 fans and won by Tottenham 3-1, with the first ever goal at the stadium scored by J'Neil Bennett. The second, a Legends match against Inter Milan on 30 March, was attended by 41,244, but resulted in a 4-5 loss to the Inter Forever team.
The opening was originally planned for the second home match against +more'>Liverpool in September 2018, but delays to the opening of the stadium forced Tottenham to extend their temporary tenancy of Wembley Stadium for the 2018-19 season until April 2019. They also played their home game in the third round of the EFL Cup at Stadium MK. The first NFL game was due to be Oakland Raiders against Seattle Seahawks on 14 October 2018 but this too was relocated to Wembley following the stadium delay. The club shop was the first to open on 23 October 2018. The stadium opened with a ceremony on 3 April 2019 before its first competitive senior game, a Premier League match against Crystal Palace. The match was won by Tottenham 2-0, with Son Heung-min scoring the first ever official goal at the new stadium.
The stadium is an asymmetric bowl, with a capacity of 62,850. The bowl shape of the stadium comes from the need to maximise hospitality facilities while the asymmetry is the result of the creation of a single-tier stand in the south. +more The stadium is around 48 m high, 250 m long on its north-south axis and about 200 metres wide east to west. The stadium covers an area of 43,000 m2, nearly twice the area of White Hart Lane (24,000 m2). There are 9 floors in the horseshoe-shaped northern section above the basement, and 5 floors in the south, with a gross internal area of 119,945 m2, which is around four times that of White Hart Lane.
The front of the West Stand faces the High Road and features a projecting, angled, glazed box that encases an escalator and serves as the main entrance for guests and patrons. The projecting entrance, along with the facades of other buildings of the Tottenham Experience, present a traditional linear frontage along the High Road. +more A 9. 5-m pavement is created in front of these buildings to improve the flow of the crowd on match day on the High Road. To the east, on Worcester Avenue, is a dedicated entrance for NFL events. There are two raised podiums for fans access, one to the north and one to the south. Away fans may enter from the northeast corner of the stadium via Worcester Avenue and the north podium. A large open public square, the size of Trafalgar Square, has been created on the south podium as the main access point for home fans. The square has a number of ventilation shafts, and it may be used for sporting and community activities. The square is fronted by a single 7,000 m2 curved glazed facade, behind which is a 5-storey atrium where fans can access the South Stand.
The bulk of the structure dominates the surrounding area, but the appearance of the mass of the building is modulated by different claddings of glass, metal panels and pre-cast concrete. The perforated metal panels serve as a screen but allow for natural ventilation and light for the open plant areas in the stadium, and they also act as a unifying sculptured element in the appearance of the stadium. +more Regions of glazing not covered by the metal screen, including the main entrances and concourses, offices, Sky Lounge, as well the extensive glazed area to the south, allow for views into and out of the stadium. The metal panels may be in an open or closed position, and they are lined with LED luminaires that glow on match nights.
The roof is a cable net structure, held in place by an elliptically shaped compression ring. The roof has a circumference of 720 metres, and it is clad in standing seam aluminium panels that end with extruded polycarbonate on the inside edge to allow light through onto the pitch but reduce the contrast of the shadow of the roof on the pitch. +more 810 curved alumininum eave cassettes connect the roof to the wall. The pitch is lit by 324 LED floodlights, arranged in 54 groups of six and attached to the columns of the roofing system. There are four large LED screens inside the stadium, the two on the south side are the largest of any stadium in Western Europe. There are also two facade video displays on the outside of the stadium, three tiers of LED ribbon displays inside, and nearly 1,800 video screens in and around the stadium.
The stadium is designed like a concert hall with good acoustics in mind so as to optimise the atmosphere on match day. The corners of the stadium are enclosed and the stands are placed close to the pitch, with fans generating a "wall of sound" that can reverberate around the ground. +more The design extends to the shape and material of the roof and the seating, such as aluminium soffit lining to the roof, and aims to produce cleaner and quicker reverberation times that allow fans to sing in sync thereby producing chants that are louder and last longer. The stadium is also designed to maintain the character but noisier than White Hart Lane and facilitate a sense of "home".
Although the stadium is designed as a bowl, it still has four distinct stands. The tiers of the stands are set at angles of up to 35 degrees, the maximum permissible in British stadium design, and all seats provide clear views of the pitch for the ticket holders. +more The South Stand is designated the 'Home End', and it has a single tier which is the largest single-tier stand in the country, with seating for 17,500 fans. It is 34. 1m high with a 34 degree incline, has concourses on Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 and is accessible from the south atrium. The design of the South Stand is influenced by the "Yellow Wall" of Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion and the stand is intended to be the "heart-beat" of the stadium that can generate an intense atmosphere on match day.
The 35. 5m high North Stand has three tiers with concourses on Level 1, 2, 4 and 5. +more The East and West Stands are 33. 8 m and 33. 2 m high respectively, and have concourses on Level 1 and 5. Both stands have four tiers each, two of which are smaller and intended for premium seating. There are around 8,000 of these premium seats as well as 70 private loges and super loges for premium members and corporate hospitality. The seats of the stadium, initially numbered 62,062 but increased in three stages to 62,850. are in navy blue, with 42,000 of these reserved for season ticket holders. The seats have a minimum width of 470mm (compared with the 455-460 mm of the previous stadium), increasing to 520-700 mm for premium seats, with legroom of between 780 and 858mm.
Away fans are allocated seats in the north east corner; 3,000 seats in the lower tier for Premier League games, while for domestic cups they may be allocated up to 15% of the capacity spread over three tiers. The stands include areas with 7,500 seats that can be quickly turned into safe standing areas should there be a change in the legislation that banned standing in football stadiums. +more It is the first Premier League stadium with areas of rail seating, and it is one of the five stadiums to trial "safe standing" in January 2022. A family area is located in the north west corner for those attending with their children. Disabled fans are catered for with 265 wheelchair bays, areas for assistance dogs as well as facilities for those with "complex care requirements". Accessible seating is available in all four stands, where the design allows for flexible seating for family groups.
The association football pitch of the stadium has a standard dimension of 105m x 68m, same in size as the pitches at Old Trafford and Wembley Stadium, but 440 square metres larger than the pitch at White Hart Lane. The overall grass surface is 114. +more58×79. 84 metres, including the perimeter between the pitch and the stands. The distances between the stands and the pitch are minimised so as to enhance the atmosphere on match days - 8 m on the east, north and west sides from the front of the stand to the pitch, and 5 m at the south end of the pitch.
In order to keep the football pitch in optimum condition, there are two different surfaces - a Desso GrassMaster hybrid grass pitch for football, and a synthetic turf surface underneath to be used for NFL games, as well as concerts and other events. The football pitch can be retracted in a way similar to that of the Arizona Cardinals' home stadium, but it is the first in the world to split into three sections before retracting. +more The pitch needed to split so as to accommodate the two columns supporting the South Stand when retracting. Each of the three sections weighs more than 3,000 tonnes, and is made up of 33 smaller trays, making a total of 99 trays, with a combined weight of 10,000 tonnes. The retracting pitch slides into the car park under the South Stand and the south podium, and the surface can be switched in 25 minutes to an hour. The NFL field is placed 1. 6 metres beneath the natural turf surface, and the change in height when the surface is switched also produces ideal sightlines for the front row for both codes (NFL team personnel tend to stand along sidelines in allocated areas which would block the view of the front row if the field level is not lower in NFL games).
The stadium features the world's first integrated grow lighting system over the pitch. Grow lights are suspended on six 70-metre trusses to encourage the growth of the grass in the shaded areas of the stadium, and they can be folded away under the North Stand when not in use. +more The grass can also be maintained for up to 5 days with artificial lighting, air ventilation, dehumidification and irrigation systems when the pitch is retracted under the south podium.
The stadium provides separate facilities for football and NFL players; these include changing rooms, medical facilities, restaurants, hydrotherapy pools, warm-up areas, pre-match players' lounge, as well as lounges and creches for their families. It also caters for the different requirements of football and NFL media. +more There are a number of bars for fans on match day. In the South Stand is the Goal Line Bar, which at 65m is the longest in Europe. The White Hart and The Shelf are bars in the East Stand, while The Dispensary is found in the West Stand. The stadium offers a wide range of food and drinks outlets (65 at the club opening); in the South Stand is the 'Market Place' with a range of food and drink outlets, and a selection of food outlets are also available in other stands. Other features include an in-house bakery and the world's first microbrewery in a stadium, which can produce 1 million pints of craft beer a year and deliver up to 10,000 pints a minute. The stadium is the first cashless stadium in the country, it also offers stadium-wide connectivity for all the fans with more Wi-Fi access points and Bluetooth beacons as well as greater bandwidth than any other stadium. Some car parking spaces, but not for general admission fans, are provided underneath the stand and in the basement. A range of hospitality facilities in the East and West Stands are provided for those with premium memberships. These include two Sky Lounges on the top floor of the East and West Stands, with views over London and the pitch, the Sky Bridge, which is the world's first bridge to be suspended from the roof of a stadium, 65 suites of private loges and super loges, Michelin star level dining, and the Tunnel Club that allows its members to observe the players as they walk from the dressing room to the pitch through a glass-walled tunnel.
The stadium is intended to be active all year round as a sports and entertainment destination with conference and banqueting facilities. It offers visitor attractions such as a 'Dare Skywalk' opened on 31 August 2020; visitors may walk up the side of the stadium to the roof, then over a glass walkway around the golden cockerel above the South Stand where they may view the goal line from the roof, or abseil down to the south podium from a viewing deck. +more The East Stand includes a double-height banquet hall that may be used for conference events. To the south of the stadium, the raised podium forms a large open public square that may be used for a range of sporting and community activities. The Tottenham Experience, which includes a club shop, club archive and museum on Tottenham High Road, serves as the arrivals hub for visitors, where they may collect tickets and start a tour of the stadium. The museum is located in the Grade II listed Warmington House, and the new club shop is the largest in Europe, featuring a 100-seat auditorium area that may be used for pre-match experiences. On the northwest corner is M cafe, a media room that may be open to the public and used as a cafe on non-match days. On 23 July 2021, the OOF art gallery opened. The gallery occupies the Grade II listed Warmington House within the stadium and is accessed through the club shop. Other facilities may be offered in ancillary buildings surrounding the stadium, including a ticket office, and a planned extreme sports building as well as a community health centre.
A 4. 5-m-tall and near-double-sized fibreglass replica of the spurs cockerel, originally created in 1909 to sit atop the west stand at White Hart Lane, was placed on the roof structure above the South Stand on 6 November 2018. +more It is a faithful replica of the original, including dents caused by Paul Gascoigne when he shot at it with an air rifle. A statue of Bill Nicholson will be placed on the south west approach to the stadium; the old gate to the West Stand from White Hart Lane will also be placed here, and the statue of Nicholson will be positioned at its centre, recreating a historic photographic image of Nicholson.
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The stadium's over-arching use is as the home venue of Tottenham Hotspur, who play all their Premier League and cup home matches at the ground. However, the stadium is also used for other football events; in its first year, it was used for a live screening of the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, select +moreC. _Under-23s_and_Academy'>Under-23s games, as well as the first North London derby in the FA Women's Super League between Tottenham and Arsenal held on 17 November 2019.
The stadium is intended to be used for a number of purposes aside from association football, serving as the venue for NFL games and other events. It can host up to 16 non-association football events a year, at least two of which will be NFL games, and up to six music concerts.
NFL London Games
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the first and only stadium to be designed specially for NFL games outside of North America. The first game at the stadium took place on 6 October 2019 when the Chicago Bears played against the Oakland Raiders. +more A record crowd of 60,463 watched the Raiders win a close game 24-21. The following week, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted the Carolina Panthers on 13 October.
The first touchdown at the stadium was scored by Josh Jacobs. A number of NFL events were held at the stadium before the first game, including the trials for the first intake of the NFL Academy was launched at the stadium on 2 July 2019.
The NFL returned in after the games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Atlanta Falcons hosting the New York Jets on 10 October 2021, and the Jacksonville Jaguars hosting the Miami Dolphins the following week on 17 October, with Atlanta and Jacksonville winning. Prior to cancellation of the games in 2020 both Miami and Atlanta were due to host games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Jacksonville were scheduled to host two games at Wembley Stadium.
The first UK regional Flag football championships for schoolchildren aged 8-11 were held 3 July 2019. Twelve schools, 180 young athletes, playing their part in the stadium's first ever competitive NFL games. +more Houghton Primary School from Godmanchester beat Ysgol Gwynedd School from Flintshire 32-31.
The rugby union club +more'>Saracens agreed to play their annual showpiece game at the stadium for five years starting in 2020. However, the first match originally scheduled for 28 March 2020 was cancelled due to the above-mentioned pandemic. Saracens also did not play at the stadium in 2021 due to both continued uncertainty around the pandemic and their relegation from Premiership Rugby. Saracens eventually played their first match at the stadium on 26 March 2022 when they defeated Bristol Bears.
The first major rugby league match at the stadium was the 2022 Challenge Cup Final between Huddersfield Giants and Wigan Warriors held on 28 May 2022 after the third and final test in the 2020 Ashes series originally scheduled for 14 November 2020 was cancelled due to the pandemic. The 2022 Challenge Cup Final was played here instead of the traditional home of Wembley Stadium on 28 May due to Wembley holding the EFL play-offs. +more The 2022 Challenge Cup Final, however, was preceded that day by 2022 RFL 1895 Cup final for clubs below the Super League, which made that the first rugby league match played at the stadium.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been selected as one of four stadia for a joint bid for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. The announcement on 3 August 2022 by England Hockey and Hockey Wales proposes a finals weekend at the stadium.
The first concerts scheduled at the stadium were by Guns N' Roses, originally to be held on 29-30 May 2020 as part of the European leg of their Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were eventually held on 1-2 July 2022.
Lady Gaga rescheduled The Chromatica Ball concerts to July 2022, and 86,508 attended her concerts at the stadium over 2 nights.
The stadium was initially to host its first bout on 20 June 2020 between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev for the heavyweight world titles. However, it was subsequently postponed and +more_Kubrat_Pulev'>the fight eventually took place at Wembley Arena in December. The first boxing bout hosted by the stadium was the Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk match on 25 September 2021 between Joshua, defending his WBA (super), IBF, WBO, and IBO belts, and Usyk, the former undisputed cruiserweight champion fighting his third bout at Heavyweight. Usyk defeated Joshua by unanimous decision in front of a crowd of 65,000.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the stadium became the first community hub to be opened for the delivery of food to vulnerable Londoners. It was also the first to be used as a centre for drive-through COVID-19 testing, and the Women's Outpatient Services of the North Middlesex University Hospital was relocated to the stadium to free up hospital capacity as well as keeping pregnant women away from the hospital.
The stadium has an initial capacity of 62,062, increased later in stages to 62,850, but due to the need to segregate fans, the full capacity may never be reached for association football matches as some seats are deliberately kept unused. Attendance is counted by the number of fans going through the gates rather than the number of tickets issued used in many grounds such as the Emirates as well as Spurs at Wembley where attendance figures may include season ticket holders who did not turn up for matches and unused free tickets. +more The first match after its official opening, although sold out, was attended by 59,215 fans as some rows of seating were kept empty and some premium areas were not yet opened. Attendance in the first season at the stadium averaged at 59,175 from the seven home matches played there, compared to 59,826 for all home matches that season, most of which were played at Wembley which has a higher capacity.
The official stadium record attendance for a Tottenham game currently stands at 62,027 in the English Premier League match against Arsenal on 12 May 2022, beating the previous record of 61,104 against +more'>Chelsea on 22 December 2019. The previous highest attendance for any game was the first NFL game held at the stadium on 6 October 2019 between Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders, which was watched by 60,463 spectators. The highest attendance for the an NFL game is 61,024 for the game between Green Bay Packers and New York Giants that took place on 9 October 2022. It recorded the highest ever attendance for a Women's Super League match at 38,262 in the match against Arsenal Women held on 17 November 2019.
An early estimate put Phase 2 of the development, that includes the construction of the stadium, at £305 million, but in July 2018, it was reported that the construction of the stadium itself was projected to cost £350-£400 million, out of the estimated £850 million cost for the entire Northumberland Development Project. The cost had increased due to the higher cost of import by at least 15% caused by the Brexit vote on the exchange rate, changes to the build, overtime working, extra hirings and higher construction costs. +more The club said that the final cost would be less than £1 billion, and just before the stadium opened in April 2019, the club chairman Daniel Levy said that the cost is of the order of £1 billion. In November 2020, Levy indicated that the stadium build had cost £1. 2 billion.
The project was financed through a combination of the club's own resources, bank loans and club revenues. A £200 million interim financing facility was arranged in December 2015 with three banks to finance the project. +more This was replaced in May 2017 by a £400 million, five-year loan, deal with the banks to fund the remaining build. By this stage, £340 million had already been spent on land acquisition and the planning process, as well as the construction cost; £100 million of this came from the 2015 interim financing, with the rest from club resources. However, with costs spiralling, the club was forced to borrow an extra £237 million, raising the financing facility to £637m. The debt will be repaid over a 23-year period at £30 million a season. In order to reduce debt-servicing costs and improve annual cash flow, £525 million of the debt was refinanced by issuing bonds that will mature in 15 to 30 years' time. The bond issue was arranged by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which also provided a £112m loan. The club aims to pay for the stadium through a number of means: income from ticket sales is forecast to increase to £100 million per year, more than twice that earned from White Hart Lane; revenues from other sports hosted at the stadium with the NFL contributing £10 million to the initial cost; increased hospitality and catering income, as well as sponsorship, merchandising, advertising, concession and digital rights, and broadcast revenues.
In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the club had to secure a £175m loan from the Bank of England due to the loss of expected revenue streams as matches and scheduled events such as concerts at the stadium had to be cancelled. In February 2021, a financial analysis indicated that the club had the biggest debt amongst all European clubs. +more The great portion of the estimated £1. 177 billion debt was due to the construction of the stadium.
Partnership and deals
The club has a number of partners at the stadium. Following on tradition, Heineken, who have previously held sponsorship deals, have been named as the beer sponsor for the new stadium. +more The north London brewer Beavertown is the official craft beer supplier and it installed the world's first stadium-located microbrewery on the south east corner of the stadium. The company selected by the club to supply the advertising system in the new ground was TGI. Tottenham signed a contract with LG to supply the new stadium with Ultra-premium TVs and digital signage. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the IT networking and wireless infrastructure partner for the new stadium. The concessions for food and drink in the stadium are run by Levy, a subsidiary of Compass.
The stadium will remain named Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until a naming rights agreement is reached. The club is apparently seeking offers in excess of £20m annually (£400 million for a 20-year deal or £200 million for 10 years), or £25 million in a 15-year deal (£375 million).
The club estimates that the stadium would inject around £293 million a year into the community in Tottenham, and create more than 1,700 new jobs out of the total of 3,500 jobs created when the project is complete.
The new stadium has received generally positive comments from fans as well as sports and architecture writers alike. Paul Hayward of The Telegraph described it as "imposing and extravagant, yes, but still true to Tottenham Hotspur's spirit and raison d'être". +more The Observer's architecture critic Rowan Moore, despite being unimpressed by the "ugliness" of its external appearance, chose it as one of the top five buildings of 2019, arguing that the stadium is at its best as a venue for watching football, and that it has achieved "the desired combination of magnificence and intimacy". Similarly David Hytner of The Guardian noted that while the stadium is significantly larger, it still has the "feeling of intimacy" due to the closeness of the stands to the pitch, and that the design of the stadium has managed to "retain the feel of the old White Hart Lane". Henry Winter of The Times offered the opinion that the new stadium has shown the other clubs "the quality of spec required" for a new stadium, and one that can produce the loudest sound for the fans. He also noted the significance of the new stadium within the community in Tottenham by helping to regenerate a deprived area blighted by riots, becoming a stadium that is "a must-see stop on those touring London's architectural splendours" and one should be a source of pride "for all in the game".
In a survey of 4,302 fans organised by Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust, 95% were satisfied with their experience attending games at the new stadium, compared to 52% of fans who were satisfied while Tottenham were playing at Wembley Stadium. 84% of those were satisfied with the atmosphere at the stadium for league game, rising to 98% for European games.
The stadium won the Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence in the Structural Awards from the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2019. It also won in the Long Span Structures category. +more Other awards it has received in 2019 include Architects' Journal's Architecture Awards for 'Best Leisure Project', the Building Magazine Project of the Year, Gold awards from the World Interior News (WIN) in the Branding and Wayfinding category as well as for its general concourse design in the Leisure and Entertainment Interiors category, Bronze Award in the Leisure category of the World Architecture News Awards, Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Award in the Best Inclusive Building category for Tottenham Experience, and British Constructional Steelwork Association's Structural Steel Design Award for Project of the Year. It was voted second by the public in the Stadium of the Year awards at StadiumDB. com in March 2020 after the Puskás Aréna in Hungary. It was also named the Venue of the Year for "the world's best stadium, arena or sports venue" in 2020 by TheStadiumBusiness, and won the stadium category at the mondo*dr Awards 2020. It won the RIBA National Award and London Award for 2021, and won the Special prize Interior in the Sports category of Prix Versailles 2020.
The stadium is the subject of an episode of Richard Hammond's Big where the show's presenter Richard Hammond explores the biggest things he can find, broadcast in February 2020 on Discovery Channel.
The stadium is accessible via a number of London Overground, London Underground and National Rail stations: Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale, Northumberland Park, and White Hart Lane stations. The nearest station, at around 200m away, is White Hart Lane, which is on the London Overground line from Liverpool Street station. +more The station ticket hall was rebuilt in 2019, and a Wembley-style walkway for fans from the station to the stadium is planned. The next nearest is Northumberland Park and fans can reach the stadium via Park Lane. Both Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale stations are stops along the Victoria line on London Underground. The walk to the stadium from Seven Sisters station takes around 30 minutes. White Hart Lane and Seven Sisters are popular stops for fans which can cause congestion after games on match days.
The stadium area is served by up to 144 buses an hour. Bus routes that stop close to the ground are 149, 259, 279, 349, and W3. +more A number of bus routes however are subject to diversions on matchdays. The club also operates two high frequency shuttle bus services to the stadium, one from Alexandra Palace via Wood Green (on Piccadilly line) and finishing at Haringey Sixth Form College, and the other from Tottenham Hale to Duke's Aldridge Academy. On matchdays, roads near the stadium are normally closed to traffic two to three hours before kick-off, and one to one-and-a-half-hours after the match. Car parking in the area is controlled on matchdays. Tottenham has also started an arrangement with Big Green Coaches to provide matchday travel for fans to and from matches. A number of major towns in and around South East England are chosen as pickup points and supporters are dropped off at a designated coach parking facility near the Stadium, and are collected from the same area, with coaches departing around an hour after the final whistle back to their collection points.
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