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Robert Donahoo: Alley's 'The Winter's Tale' a memorable feast for Houston audiences
By Robert Donahoo / Theater reviews
Published 10:01 am CDT, Monday, September 30, 2019
Cast of "The Winter's Tale," Alley Theatre, 2019
Photo: Lynn Lane
It's hard not to think of Shakespeare as a stable, fixed point in the theatrical universe, capable of withstanding the winds and whims of fashion and ideology. That's the Shakespeare we grudgingly bow to as students in a classroom and grow up to either adore or ignore as irrelevant.
But in the theatre where the director as much as the play is the thing, Shakespeare's writing is seldom confused for Moses' tablets. The plays are opportunities for—well, play! They are diving boards into ways to imagine—especially those we hardly know.
Such a work is "The Winter's Tale"—a late arrival from the Bard that is unlikely to show up on "Family Feud"'s Big Board. In the hands and imagination of director Rob Melrose of Houston's Alley Theatre, it is not just a diving board but an Olympic platform where, between leap and splash, unfolds an entertaining acrobatic display of grace and wonder.
Ads for the production stress the innovation of giving the play a Texas setting amid the skyscrapers of Houston and the state's rustic central regions, but such changes are old hat. Shakespeare has frequently been uprooted and sent traveling through space, time, and the wardrobe closet. Melrose has a much more radical vision that turns a schizophrenic "romance" play that starts in tragedy and ends in comic fantasy into an exploration of a child's mind.
In Shakespeare's play, Leontes, King of Sicilia grows inexplicably jealous of the relationship between his wife Hermione and his friend since childhood, King Polixenes of Bohemia. After his plan to murder Polixenes fails, he has his wife tried for treason and adultery, and, following the birth of their second child Perdita, Hermione dies and her young son Mamillius dies of heartbreak.
But Melrose plays off a moment when the mother asks her son a tale and he responds, "A sad tale's bet for winter. I have one / Of sprites and goblins." From this moment forward, by continually bringing Mamillius on stage, the production encourages the audience to see the tale being staged as the one Mamillius tells—a sad tale indeed, until, with a child's logic and mischievousness, it twists to a miraculous end with families reunited on stage.
This daring alteration is reinforced with a moment of repeated lines as voice-over and even a repeated scene, and it gives a sense and purpose that many readers of the play have struggled to find. Put more simply, it uncovers in the play an imaginable truth, a life, that it otherwise lacks. The audience-pleasing, wildly comic scenes with rustics, tricksters, and music of the latter scenes still clash with the tragic poetry of betrayal, jealousy, and death of the early ones, but, in Melrose's staging, they link together to form a whole.
The Alley production, however, is blessed with more than a daredevil director. The large cast is almost uniformly superb. Elijah Alexander, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, and Chris Hutchison carry well their tragic roles as Leontes, Hermione, and Polixenes, and Alexander is especially deft at making believable Leontes's mood swings. They all show a mastery of Shakespeare's always challenging diction without seeking to imitate the British dialect or burdening it with Texas twang. Alley regular Todd Waite is given a chance to show his range in dual roles as the doomed courtier Antigonus (the character connected to Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: "He exits, pursued by a bear") and a scene-stealing rustic. Elizabeth Bunch as Antigonus' wife Paulina fully embodies and intones the resistance to Leontes' reckless jealousy and the protection of Hermione's memory and life.
Yet the performances audiences are most likely to remember are the more comic ones. David Rainey as the shepherd who finds and protects the abandoned infant Perdita and Dylan Godwin as his bumbling son provide a broad, physical comedy while also giving the play's Texas setting its most exaggerated turn. Christopher Salazar as the rogue Autolycus, cheating, stealing and scamming his way to success deftly adlibs with the audience, pulling them into the play and capturing the freedom so frequently seen in the Shakespearean comedies staged at London's Globe Theatre. Most important for the play's concept, however, is the performance of Juan Sebastián Cruz as Mamillius who turns a part of few lines in the text into a celebration of a child's imagination. His improvised playing with toys, his choreographed play with his elders, and his infectious laugh create a presence that steers the shift from the tragedy that seems to include his own death toward the comedy of family restoration.
All are complemented by Michael Locher's set design that not only captures both urban and rural Texas but is wonderfully open and simple enough to hold the large cast and their exuberant play. Effective, too, is the lighting design of Cat Tate Starmer and the sound design of Cliff Caruthers who, when I saw the play as Tropical Storm Imelda was moving over Houston, seemed to magically bring it inside to the Hubbard stage and then banish it for the sunshine of the play's ending.
Also deserving mention is the work of Mike Whitebread, listed as "Musician" in the program, who gives Shakespeare's "whither goest" lyrics a Texas two-step beat.
It's a complex recipe that director Melrose has whipped up into a memorable feast for Houston audiences. "It is an heretic that makes the fire" Paulina quips in Act 2, and in this "Winter's Tale" it is the heretical choices of an able artist that bring burning success to this Shakespearean repast.
"The Winter's Tale" is at Houston's Alley Theatre through October 13.
Robert Donahoo is a professor at Sam Houston State University and writers theater reviews for The Courier.


I am way behind on my blogging. Like in "get Dr Strange in here with the Time Stone and send me back 6 months so I can try to start and catch up" behind. Life is getting in the way and life is made up of work, family, kids, sport, etc, etc, etc... That plus having a teenager in the house that occupies my laptop all evening, which have now conked out for the third time in a year. The laptop, not the teenager. Freekin hell, please remind me never to buy an Acer computer again. That is if I ever have money to buy a laptop again with what Miggie's indoor cricket is costing me. Anyhow... We picked strawberries in Hankey, in January, which is a good 4 and a half months ago already, but I would really like to share it with you.
Madele' Ferreira has been growing strawberries outside Hankey in the Gamtoos Valley for over 20 years and for the last few years they have managed to produce strawberries commercially all year round. With over 12 hectares covered in strawberries and supplying some of the biggest retail chains around, the Mooihoek strawberries have probably crossed your lips at one stage or another, but only from the shop to your table to your mouth. Although they have had many requests from people to come and pick their own strawberries they have never been ready for the public to do so. That was until Madele's daughter was looking to earn some extra money during the summer holiday and it was decided to allow the public to pick for a limited time only. The response? Overwhelming and so much more than they ever imagined.
I headed out to Hankey with the family in tow and two teenagers who weren't very excited about the outing, mainly because they had no idea what they will get to do. Yes, they knew we were going to pick strawberries, but I don't think they even knew how the fruit was grown and what you actually have to do.
On arrival we bought our punnets at R30 each and received the simple instructions. You can pick as many as you can fit onto the punnet without leaning it against your body. Pick away! And pick they did. Them and many others who arrived on just this one morning. Apparently, the farm workers could not understand why people would want to come and pay to pick strawberries in the summer sun when you can just buy them in the shop. Nobody told them that these days it's all about experiences and not just looking at things anymore, but rather doing.
I sure hope they will open the field for picking at some stage again and perhaps on a more permanent basis as it will do wonders for tourism in the Gamtoos Valley. For now, I can only stare at my pictures from the day and remember the taste of those sweet red strawberries, most not even making it home with us.
The Wild Coast isn't called the Wild Coast for nothing. It may be paradise but it can get rough out there if it wants. So with that in mind, it's nogal strange that there are only three lighthouses (some websites say four but I'm not sure which the 4th one is) along this whole piece of coastline, Cape Morgan in the South, M'bashe roughly in the middle and Cape Hermes at Port St Johns in the North. Out of the three only Cape Hermes is what I would call a traditional lighthouse. One built of brick and mortar. The other two are both lights sitting on top of lattice steel towers. Crossing back over the Kei Pont from Trennery's Hotel recently I decided to make a quick detour and have a look at the Cape Morgan Lighthouse.
A roughly three-kilometer drive along a narrow dirt road took me up to the 12-meter high Cape Morgan Lighthouse built in 1964. The light is located in the Cape Morgan Nature Reserve and emits two white flashes every 10 seconds with a range of 24 sea miles.
The reserve saw Titanium mining take place here in the 1950's and if you follow the path down to the coast from the lighthouse you will see the remains of the mine's old seawater pump station. The 4-day / 3-night Strandloper Trail also starts at the new Eco Centre in the reserve and covers a distance of 57 kilometers to Gonubie in East London.
Driving away I was happy to tick off another light on my list of South African lighthouses. We seem to take them for granted seeing them along the coastline yet don't always realise how important a role they have played over the years and still do. Flash on.
I have driven between Port Elizabeth and East London so many times over the years yet the Great Fish Point Lighthouse has always just been a dot on the coastline some distance away. The reason? Word has always been that the track up to the lighthouse is terrible and my Polo isn't quite high clearance nor 4x4. A little while ago a fellow blogger posted about the lighthouse and I asked what the road was like. "Not a problem, you'll be able to do it easily." Suddenly it jumped up to the top of my Eastern Cape "to do" list. A road trip shortly after gave me the opportunity I needed and I took a sharp right off the R72 and what do you know... A quick smooth ride along a relatively smooth track.
At 9 meters high the Great Fish Point Lighthouse is one of the smallest lighthouses on the South African coastline. It didn't need to be built very high as it stands 76 meters above sea level and looks out across a dune veld to the coastline. It may seem that the lighthouse is actually far from the coast (800 meters from the shoreline in fact), but the light can be seen 32 nautical miles out to sea and flash on the sea side every 10 seconds.
Although the large ships sail past quite far off these days, back in the 1800's ships had to be warned about three shallow reefs to the north-east of where the lighthouse is located. These outcrops have taken a number of ships over the years, both before and after the erection of the lighthouse. In 1890 a Lighthouse Commission set up by the Colonial Government recommended that a lighthouse is built on this coast, but after several holdups the light was only completed in 1898, making it 120 years old this year. Now I can say I've been there and done that. Next time I want to stay over as it is one of only a few lighthouses on the South African coast that also offers accommodation.
Most people would prefer a bath (with the drought, not something I have done in a very long time*) in the privacy of their own bathroom behind a closed door. Most people don't mean everybody though. There are those who would jump at the opportunity to take a bath in what is probably the most famous open-air bath in South Africa.
I've only seen photos of it, but on my last visit to Hogsback I decided to swing by Away with the Fairies and see the bath for myself, hoping that it wasn't occupied and thus off limits. The barrier rope was down so I slipped down the path and there it was sitting on the edge. The special part isn't the physical bath but rather what you see when you soak in. The valley below, ancient forests and the three Hogsback mountains on the other side.
If you want to make use of the bath it is essential to make a booking with Away with the Fairies, with preference obviously given to their guests. 30-minute slots are available from 10am until 8pm. They light a traditional donkey nice and early to warm up the water and bathers are asked to keep it stoked so that others can also have a hot bath. The one prerequisite is that you have to use bio-degradable soaps if you're going to actually wash. Most people just like soaking in the bath while soaking in the view. All pun attended. Best of all, it is FREE.
*I do shower though, even if it's only under slow running (more like barely dripping) shower.
One of my South African travel bucket list items I got to tick off during 2017 was going on a motorcycle sidecar tour in the Cape. A visit to a conference in Stellenbosch had the opportunity arise to join a tour from Spier via Strand and Gordon's Bay as far as the Stoney Point penguin colony in Betty's Bay and back and I just could not say no come rain or shine. Which turned out to be the case. Literally.
The guide from Cape Sidecar Adventures picked two of us up from the hotel on a wet and dreary day. We both received calls from the owner early morning already to check if we were still interested to go even though it was wet out, and we were both still game. So the trip was on. Kitted out in rain pants and leather jackets my companion for the day slipped into the sidecar while I hopped onto the back of the bike. The first sheet of rain hit as we went through Stellenbosch but neither of us wanted to miss out on the experience and with the guide willing we kept going.
Chapman's Peak may be rated as one of the ten most scenic roads in the world, but I've got to be honest, the R44 from Gordon's Bay to Rooi-Els doesn't have to stand back one step. It really is a stunning drive along the coastline even with rain in your face. Ordinarily, this specific tour would go on to Kleinmond but once we got to the penguins at Stoney Point it started coming down a bit so we settled for hot chocolates in the coffee shop before backtracking to Pringle Bay for a fish and chips lunch by a fireplace. Did we mind being slightly wet (because the layers kept most of the water out)? Hell no. We were having too good a time.
The weather started clearing on our return journey so we got to stop at a couple of the viewpoints along the way. The views really are stunning but the highlight is definitely being able to go on a trip on one of these beautiful historic bikes. Being able to tick this off my bucket list is one thing, but now I am hooked and next up would love to do their full day Peninsula Tour with visits to Hout Bay, Chappies, Cape Point and Boulders in Simon's Town.
PS, I would have loved to take some stunning pictures of our ride, the scenery and the bike itself, but the weather just didn't play along and I kept the camera hidden away cosy and dry for most of the trip.


ASH Barty's Australian Open dream lives on after the Queenslander escaped Maria Sharapova's clutches to storm into Melbourne Park's quarter-finals.
The first Australian woman to forge to as deep since Jelena Dokic in 2009, Barty downed five-time major winner Sharapova 4-6 6-1 6-4 in a gripping roller-coaster.
"Yeah it was a little close wasn't it?" Barty grinned after clinching the 2hrs, 22min contest with an ace down the middle.
"I gave myself opportunities in the third set and I had to take a bit of a deep breath.
"I trust the work I've done with my team.
"She's an absolute champion and she's never going to go away and just trust in the work I've done with my team.
"I know I can match it with the best. It's just a matter of going out there and executing.
"This is unreal playing on this beautiful court, playing in front of a packed house.
Barty will next face dual Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova for a place in the semi-finals as she bids to end Australia's 41-year title drought.
Chris O'Neil (1978) is the last Australian to win the Open title. Kvitova destroyed American Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-2.
The Czech beat Barty in the Sydney final eight days ago.
"It doesn't get any easier at all," Barty said.
"It's just another challenge for me to come out and play my best tennis.
"I came agonisingly close (in Sydney), just want to come out and play my best tennis and see how I go."
From 1-all in the second set, Barty strung together nine successive games in a magnificent resurgence.
Ahead 4-0 in the decider, Barty had to withstand a threatening Sharapova comeback.
And there were plenty of anxious moments before she advanced to the biggest win of her career.
Now assured of a rankings lift to around No. 12 in the world, Barty was the superior player with 97 points to 80.
The Queenslander nudged 28 winners to 17 and restricted unforced errors to 45, compared to Sharapova's 51.
Encouragingly, there was no sign of the abdominal injury which prompted Barty to withdraw from doubles.


At the title menu of the game, the game will require you to install 3.36GB worth of data to your PS3's hard drive. This is a somewhat common thing in PS3 games, since loading some data from your hard drive instead of the disc significantly lessens game's loading time.
The mini-game featuring Repede is called "Border/Boarder Repede". There seem to be a lot of courses available for it.
There's also news going around about Flynn being a permanent party member near the end of the game, though I can't be sure.
Lastly, the gallery for Tales of Vesperia ~The First Strike~ has been updated with new (or better quality) artwork and better quality screenshots. Click the thumbnails above to visit their respective albums.


Made of foam latex, soft and light as air. Makes shoes more comfortable, wont take up room, wont mat down. Covered with comfortable, long lasting, non-wrinkling fabric. Trim to fit sizes 8-12; using size chart in insert card as a trim guide, cut with scissors to achieve proper fit.


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Fujitsu General America's Product Department is now part of the Sales Division. Several organizational changes have happened as a result of growth and expansion within the company. The improvements at Fujitsu General America Inc. (FGAI) are made to improve working conditions and to enhance collaboration between departments.
Fujitsu announced the appointment of Christopher Correa as product manager. He will report to Kal Osman, director of product management. Correa will be responsible for the advancement and support of the Halcyon heat pump brand. Correa has been in the HVAC industry for twelve years. In addition to his general HVAC experience, he has also specialized in e-commerce. He is experienced in forecasting, strategic planning, competitive analyses, and marketing.
Fujitsu also announced the appointment of Terry Lawrence as sales engineer. Based in Southern California, Lawrence will report to Andy Armstrong, vice president of sales and marketing. Lawrence will generate, develop, service, and support customers with designing and engineering of Airstage VRF (variable refrigerant flow) systems. He has been working in the HVAC industry in Southern California for his entire career. He's spent several years with VRF experience, specifically with Fujitsu VRF while working at Ferguson Enterprises.
"With Terry's long history in the HVAC industry, specifically with VRF, I'm confident that he will help us make great strides in the VRF market in Southern California," said Andy Armstrong.
Satoshi Tomioka, currently general manager of VRF division, joins FGAI and will be in charge of all research and development in the U.S. Tomokazu Hosoi, currently director of business development, has been promoted to vice president of business development. Masakazu Taira will join FGAI from Japan Headquarters as senior marketing coordinator and will report to Wataru Iwasaki, director of sales and marketing.
For more information, visit www.fujitsugeneral.com.


This is an Aesthetic Movement or English Arts And Crafts Movement squared teacup and daucer with a gorgeous hand colored design on brown transfer of poppies and other flowers with butterflies with blue borders and gold trim.
The antique Staffordshire cup and saucer was in England in the 1880s and has an impressed mark that I have been unable to identify.
The pattern number is 2070.
The cup is 2.75 inches high with a square base and what is called an antique twig handle, and the saucer is 5.75 inches in diameter with a square shape.
The teacup and saucer are in very good +++ used vintage condition with no chips or cracks, but does have some tiny kiln dust specks, minor gold wear and a couple of stray gilder's marks.
A very striking and unusual antique teacup for your collection or tea table.


Having begun her career as a veterinary nurse, specialising in animal behaviour, whilst also building and running her own successful business as a dog training instructor based in North London, Caroline is very familiar with the challenges faced by small business owners.
A move to the Midlands, led her to the charity sector where she spent an impressive 15 years in fundraising, raising significant sums of money through building partnerships with corporations with social responsibility awareness, for a variety of causes, including the homeless charity St Mungo's, The Woodland Trust and the Wildlife Trust.
Caroline's passion and purpose is helping people reach their full potential and it is this that led to her retraining in clinical hypnotherapy before setting up her own hypnotherapy practice in Northampton where she helps people who want to take back control from stress and anxiety that holds them back and prevents them from reaching their full potential.
She says "Imagine waking up every morning with a calm, focused mind, having absolute confidence that you excel at what you do. What difference would that make to your day? That is just the kind of result I get for my clients and it is frequently life changing for them".
Caroline is also Director of Inspired to Change Associates Ltd, the UK's leading provider of solution-focused hypnotherapy services, where her role is to lead, support and develop a rapidly growing team of associate hypnotherapists across the UK, enabling them to build and run their own successful practices.
This combination of experience and skills makes her an ideal enACT Leader. Caroline facilitates the original enACT Accountability Group in Peterborough, a group which has developed and evolved over the past 2.5 years and continues to thrive having seen members join and move on after significant growth.
"I love being an enACT leader – it fits so naturally with my other roles and being able to use my skills to facilitate a group brings a great balance to my work for me as most of my clinical work is done one-to-one.
What she get's up to!
When not helping people to reach their full potential, Caroline can be found hanging out with her 4 cats, her 6 chickens and numerous tropical fish – yes, she's still mad about animals!
"I was keen to grow my business and so I became an enACT member. I achieved great results as a result of the structure and my turnover is now five times what it was 18 months ago – I owe a huge amount of that growth to enACT. Because I love to help other businesses grow, being part of that journey for them as an enACT leader is very rewarding".


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What If You Find Out You're Not Your Child's Biological Father?
Establishing and contesting legal paternity in Wisconsin
By Katrina Styx on April 6, 2021
Parenting a child can often be one of a father's greatest joys. Unfortunately, it sometimes happens that a father may find out that he's not his child's biological parent, and that can lead to all sorts of questions for all parties involved.
While the emotional impact is difficult enough, there are potential legal implications to such a revelation. We spoke with Aislinn M. Penkwitz, a family law attorney in Milwaukee, about legal paternity and challenges to paternity.
Legal Paternity Explained
Legal paternity doesn't have anything to do with the bond between a father and child; however, it does determine certain legal rights a father has in regards to that child. Those rights include child custody. The parental rights the come with child custody include decision-making rights having to do with things like medical treatments, religious upbringing and educational decisions, and decisions later in life like the child getting a driver's license, or enlisting in the military or getting married before the age of 18. "Those are all decisions that a parent who is adjudicated a parent gets to make," Penkwitz says. "And, generally, if we say it's joint custody, that means that both parents have to agree or there's no agreement to do it."
Paternity rights also include placement, which has to do with where a child lives. Placement is also a factor in determining the amount of child support each party should pay.
In Wisconsin, it is possible for a biological father of a child to not be considered a child's legal father. Determining legal paternity can be done a couple ways, Penkwitz says, "but all the processes require that the courts confer or give those rights to a dad."
There are two methods a court uses to find if a person is a child's legal father. First, if a father signs off on a child's birth certificate, the court will generally assume that person is the child's legal father. The other is to have the father in question take a paternity test, which would generally be done within the courthouse to ensure that the test results belong to the person appearing in court. "Usually they're not looking at any other kind of testing that would be done outside of the court system," Penkwitz says.
Challenging Legal Paternity
If a biological father is found to be someone other than a child's legal father, any changes to legal paternity would have to be decided by court order. But any of the involved parties, whether the mother, adjudicated father or the biological father, can initiate the action.
An adjudicated father can't abandon their rights, however. "The court's not going to let there be a child without a parent," Penkwitz notes. "So one really quick way to know that the case isn't going to be successful … is when you don't have a replacement—you don't have that bio dad. Maybe that person has passed away, maybe you can't find them, maybe they're not willing to cooperate."
The court's first priority is the child and determining what will be in the child's best interest. To help determine the best interest of the child, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem. "They talk to both the parents, whether it's the legal parent or not," Penkwitz says. "They talk to the child. They talk to [any] therapists involved for the child or for the parents. They'll talk to anybody that either parent would suggest that they talk to, in coming up with their recommendation."
They'll also consider the child's education if they're school-aged and anything that would affect the child's well-being, as well as the feasibility of changing legal paternity.
If you have any concerns about legal paternity or are facing potential legal action, it's best to reach out to an experienced family law attorney, even if you decide not to hire one.
"If there's any question in a person's mind that they may end up going to court with regard to these issues, they should reach out and talk to an attorney," Penkwitz says. Having a conversation with a lawyer can help you understand the legal situation and what the courts can and cannot do. "If you don't understand the conversation, that these terms have legal significance, you might be agreeing to things that you don't intend to be agreeing to," she says.
Another time to contact an attorney would be if one parent for some reason doesn't want the child's biological father of the child to be adjudicated. "Maybe there's some domestic violence issues, maybe there are some criminal concerns, maybe there are just thoughts that, 'Hey, I don't want this to happen, is this a good enough reason not to let it happen?'" In those cases, an attorney can determine if the reason meets the court's standards and help families find legal solutions.
It's worth noting that state laws can and do change. Penkwitz says that recent changes to the statute may change the role child support agencies will play in adjudicating paternity rights. "People have to be paying attention to what [documents] they're getting," she says, "making sure that if they see something, if they're not sure what they're reading or what they're being asked to do, call an attorney. Many attorneys give free consultations, and they can help at least address what the procedure is going forward. Attorneys can't give necessarily legal advice in the consult, but they can certainly address the fact that there's a certain procedure coming, and why it's important to participate in it in a certain way."
For more information about this area of law, read our overview articles on family law, custody and visitation, and father's rights.
"If there's any question in a person's mind that they may end up going to court with regard to these issues, they should reach out and talk to an attorney."
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Wong Ping Is Now Represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery -ARTnews
Wong Ping, Dear, can I give you a hand?, 2018.
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Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, which has locations in New York and Los Angeles, has added Wong Ping to its roster. Currently the subject of a solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland, Wong will have his first show at the gallery in 2020. He is also represented by Edouard Malingue Gallery in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Wong is one of the most closely watched emerging artists hailing from China. The Hong Kong–based artist memorably showed his extroverted animations at the 2018 New Museum Triennial and in the exhibition "One Hand Clapping," a survey of work by emerging Chinese artists held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York that same year.
The subject in many of Wong's films is sexuality and repression in modern-day China, and the roles that digital technology play in the formation of identity within the country. His colorful animations and video installations typically involve absurdist narratives that reference Chinese mythology and politics. Later this year, some of these works will be shown at the Camden Arts Centre in London.
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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2009 > August 2009 Decisions > A.M. No. P-08-2501 - Wilson B. Tan v. Jesus F. Hernando :
[A.M. NO. P-08-2501 : August 28, 2009]
WILSON B. TAN, Petitioner, v. JESUS F. HERNANDO, Respondent.
D E C I S I O N
BERSAMIN, J.:
All Judiciary employees are expected to be exemplars of fairness and honesty in both their official conduct and their personal actuations, including their business and commercial transactions. The community sees them in no other light. Thus, we insist upon this standard in dealing with the administrative complaint against an employee in the Office of the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
The antecedents follow.
By his letter-complaint dated July 5, 1999,1 complainant Wilson Tan charged respondent Jesus F. Hernando, Clerk IV, with dishonesty, moral turpitude and conduct unbecoming a public officer. He alleged that on October 1, 1998, Hernando, then with the Office of the Clerk of Court, went to his store to borrow P3,000.00 because Hernando then needed money; that as payment Hernando promised to deliver his October 1998 half-month salary check worth P3,000.00 upon receiving it, which promise was reflected on an acknowledgement receipt; that Hernando reneged on his promise and did not pay his obligation despite repeated demands; and that the act of Hernando compelled him to commence a criminal case for estafa against Hernando.2
In his comment dated September 9, 1999,3 Hernando admitted that he had borrowed P3,000.00 from the complainant on October 1, 1998, but insisted that he had already paid the loan in full on January 27, 1999. However, the acknowledgment receipt4 issued by the complainant stated that Hernando still had a balance of P1,500.00.
On March 12, 2001, we referred the matter to Executive Judge Eleuterio E. Chiu of the RTC in Dumaguete City for investigation, report and recommendation.5
In his report and recommendation dated June 29, 2001,6 Judge Chiu recommended the following alternative courses of action, namely:
a) That the decision on the matter be held in abeyance until after a verdict was promulgated in Criminal Case No. L-345 of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Branch 2, Dumaguete City (that is, the criminal case the complainant had filed against Hernando charging him with other deceits), because said case was based on the same facts involved in the administrative matter; or
b) That Hernando be suspended for 5 days, without pay, for dishonesty due to his failure to keep his promise to pay to the complainant the obligation of P3,000.00.
On December 10, 2001, the Court resolved to hold in abeyance its action on the evaluation, report and recommendation in order to await the final outcome of Criminal Case No. L-345.7
On May 8, 2007, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCAd) received from the complainant a certified copy of the decision promulgated in Criminal Case No. L-345 on August 9, 2004 by the MTCC, Branch 2, in Dumaguete City,8 together with the entry of final judgment.9
On October 1, 2007, the Court referred the matter to the Executive Judge, RTC, in Dumaguete City for evaluation, report and recommendation.
Through her letter dated January 14, 2008,10 RTC Executive Judge Fe Lualhati D. Bustamante reported that the decision in Criminal Case No. L-345 rendered by the MTCC, Branch 2, in Dumaguete City had absolved Hernando criminally but had ordered him to pay to the complainant the amount of P3,000.00 and interest at the rate of 12% per annum from October 1, 1998 until the amount was fully satisfied. She noted that Hernando had reached the compulsory age of retirement on December 25, 2004.
In the same report, Executive Judge Bustamante also made the following recommendation, to wit:
Mr. Hernando is in the twilight of his years. In his youth, he may have committed certain indiscretions. But he was a model employee, well-liked and steadfast in his work as clerk in the Office of the Clerk of Court of the then Court of First Instance and later the Regional Trial Court. He married late and had children who are still of tender ages (the youngest is ten years old). This is the reason why he had to resort to borrowing as his salary is not enough to support a growing family as the wife is unemployed. Mr. Hernando was humble enough to admit that as of the moment, he could not pay his obligation to Dr. Tan as he is living on a day to day basis as his salary was cut off upon retirement.
The undersigned therefore recommends that the Court adopts the findings of his honor, Roderick A. Maxino, who found that he is civilly liable to Dr. Wilson B. Tan in the amount of P3,000.00 and that he be ordered to pay the aforesaid amount with interest of 12% from 1 October 1998 until fully paid.
The undersigned humbly recommends that Mr. Hernando be allowed to retire so that the retirement benefits due him be released.
On March 12, 2008, we referred the matter to the OCAd for evaluation, report and recommendation.11
In the memorandum dated May 8, 2008,12 Court Administrator Zenaida Elepaño stated:
The trial court absolved respondent of the crime of other deceits but found him civilly liable to complainant in the amount of P3,000.00 with interest at the rate of 12% per annum from October 1, 1998 until the amount is fully satisfied. The trial court explained that respondent's civil liability was pegged at P3,000.00, the full amount of the loan, in view of the parties' failure to show proof of the amount that has been paid by the respondent, thus, leaving the outstanding balance uncertain.
Considering the foregoing, we recommend that Respondent be found guilty of "willful failure to pay just debts" which is classified as a light offense and punishable as follows: 1st offense - reprimand; 2nd offense - suspension for one (1) day to thirty (30) days; 3rd offense - dismissal. Just debts refer to (1) claims adjudicated by a court of law; or (2) claims the existence and justness of which are admitted by the debtor.
This being respondent's first offense, the imposable penalty would have been a reprimand. However, since respondent already reached the compulsory retirement age on 25 December 2004 and is no longer reporting to work, the penalty of fine should be imposed instead.
WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respectfully recommended that the instant complaint be re-docketed as a regular administrative matter and that respondent Jesus F. Hernando be FINED in the amount of P5,000.00.
We adopt the recommendation of the Court Administrator because it was supported by the evidence on record.
Having incurred just debts, Hernando had the moral and legal duty to pay them when they became due. As a court employee, he must comply with his valid contractual obligation, act fairly and adhere to high ethical standards to preserve the Judiciary's integrity and reputation. Unfortunately, he failed to prove that he had adequately discharged his obligation. Hence, his actuations warrant condign disciplinary action.
The law on disciplinary action for nonpayment of just debts is Section 46(b)(22), Chapter 7, Subtitle A (Civil Service Commission), Title I, Book V of Executive Order (EO) No. 292 (The Revised Administrative Code of 1987), which pertinently states:
Sec. 46. Discipline: General Provisions.' (a) No officer or employee in the Civil Service shall be suspended or dismissed except for cause as provided by law and after due process.
(b) The following shall be grounds for disciplinary action:
(22) Willful failure to pay just debts or willful failure to pay taxes due to the government;
Under Section 22, Rule XIV of the Rules Implementing Book V of EO No. 292, as modified by Section 52(C)(10), Rule IV of Resolution No. 991936 of the Civil Service Commission (Uniform Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service), just debts include: 1) claims adjudicated by a court of law; or 2) claims the existence and justness of which are admitted by the debtor. Hernando's obligation falls under both classifications.
Hernando cannot escape administrative responsibility. As we said in Orasa v. Seva:13
The Court cannot overstress the need for circumspect and proper behavior on the part of court employees. "While it may be just for an individual to incur indebtedness unrestrained by the fact that he is a public officer or employee, caution should be taken to prevent the occurrence of dubious circumstances that might inevitably impair the image of the public office." Employees of the court should always keep in mind that the court is regarded by the public with respect. Consequently, the conduct of each court personnel should be circumscribed with the heavy burden of (sic) onus and must at all times be characterized by, among other things, uprightness, propriety and decorum.
The Court Administrator recommends a fine of P5,000.00, in lieu of reprimand, the penalty for the violation to be imposed on a first-time offender like Hernando. The recommendation is premised on the fact that he had meanwhile retired from the service, rendering reprimand an impractical and ineffectual penalty. Although we agree that a fine is appropriate under the circumstances, we hold that the amount be only P1,000.00 considering that Hernando had already been adjudged by the MTCC in the criminal case to pay to the complainant the amount of P3,000.00.
WHEREFORE, respondent Jesus F. Hernando is fined in the amount of P1,000.00.
In the interest of justice and for humanitarian reasons, the Court directs that the respondent's retirement benefits be released to him at the soonest possible time.
SO ORDERED.
1 Rollo, pp. 3-4.
2 Id.
3 Id., p. 12.
6 Id., pp. 104-108.
7 Id., p. 114.
10 Id., pp. 141-142.
11 Id., p. 150.
13 A.M. No. P-03-1669, October 5, 2005, 472 SCRA 75, 84-85.
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What does GTO mean in Poker?
by Patrick | Feb 11, 2021 | Content | 2 comments
A brief introduction to game theory and how to use it
By Brandon Wilson
A GTO, or game theory optimal, strategy cannot lose. But it is also not guaranteed to win. That alone is enough to confuse many poker newcomers! Fear not, however—DTO is here to help.
In this article, we'll learn the terms Nash equilibrium, deviation, and indifference, and piece them together using a hand example to create a basic understanding of GTO poker.
Key GTO terms defined
A Nash equilibrium is "a set of strategies that would be stable if nobody has a unilateral incentive to deviate from their own strategy," (Holt and Roth 2004). When any poker solver provides an output, this is what it is creating—a plan for each player which, if adhered to unequivocally, will force any deviation from its opponent to be costly.
A deviation can come in any size, from minor inaccuracies to massive blunders—and every poker player makes them. When a player deviates from the equilibrium unknowingly, it is often a mistake, born of misunderstanding the situation's equilibrium. When a player deviates knowingly, however, they can be said to be "exploiting," or abandoning their understanding of the equilibrium in belief that their assumption will yield them an even better expectation than the "GTO" play. In the first scenario, the player making the mistake had no "unilateral incentive" to take the action he chose. In the second, however, the player's incentive was his opponent-specific assumption.
Indifference in poker is a point at which two or more actions for a specific holding have the exact same expectation. Have you ever found yourself distressed as your opponent piles in a large bet against your middling hand, unsure of whether to look him up? It's likely that the expectation of folding and calling for your hand are very close, or in many cases, the same.
GTO in practice: hand example
To see these concepts in action, consider the following chip EV situation: with a 20 big-blind stack, you raise first in raise from the Lojack with AcJc, and your opponent on the Button calls. The flop reads 5s4s3c.
Should you check or bet? If you bet—what size?
Let's familiarize with the basic equilibrium of this spot.
Figure 1. DTO splits its flop action 51% check to 49% bet.
In figure 1, DTO mixes between betting small and checking, employing each at almost exactly a 50% frequency. This choice tells us that checking and betting small (24% pot) are worth the exact same amount of the pot, or have the same EV, and thus AcJc can be said to be mathematically indifferent to these two options. In arriving at its mix, DTO (and every solver) seeks to maximize the EV of every hand in its range. Doing so does not require, as is commonly misconceived, any "sacrifices" —that is, making a suboptimal play with one holding in the range in order to increase the EV of another. Poker situations invariably fluctuate in complexity, but the framework of indifference applies in every spot, on every street of the game tree.
Exploitative play
While a GTO strategy will always win against a non-cooperative strategy, it is also true that GTO may not extract the maximum value from specific opponents. As such, cynics of theoretical poker often encourage playing a simpler, intuitive style that emphasizes exploiting their opponents' tendencies. This involves using qualitative analyses, or "reads," to conclude that one option categorically out-earns another (such as checking 100% of the time in the previous example). However, without a thorough comprehension of the equilibrium's mechanics, these deviations, or "exploits," are often rash, erroneous, and harshly subject to confirmation bias.
In conclusion, grasping basic GTO principles is crucial to progress in poker. While there is certainly still value in knowing how to "play the player," mathematically precise game theory is the foundation from which most of today's top players operate.
Brandon Wilson is an American poker player and writer. He earned his Journalism degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and after spending three years in the field, found poker. He credits DTO as instrumental to his improvement and uses the tool regularly. Outside of the game, Brandon teaches yoga and serves as a mentor for high school students for the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Foundation.
Marc T. on 11. February 2021 at 15:31
Great article! Looking forward for more articles like this ?
Bart on 19. April 2022 at 12:34
Nice post 🙂
Does GTO include knowing how to "play the player," in terms of opponent modeling? There are so many different GTO descriptions online that I am getting lost 🙂
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New Pentagon Tech Chief to Focus on Improving Project Coordination
In his first public event as Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Michael Kratsios joined CSET's Jason Matheny to outline his priorities in the new role as head of the DOD research enterprise. See Defense News' highlights from their conversation below.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's new acting research chief wants to provide the department's vast research and development enterprise with a "north star road map" amid an effort to adopt emerging technologies ahead of adversaries.
Speaking on a webinar hosted by Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology, newly installed acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Kratsios said that he will focus on providing top-level guidance to the host of organizations that make up the Defense Department's R&D efforts. Those organizations include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and service laboratories.
Kratsios said a team of principal directors are working to establish road maps for individual technologies.
"To me, what's critical is that R&E can serve as a place where we can sort of adjudicate disagreements between individual organizations, make sure they're working on these that complement each other, making sure that similar research isn't being done at multiple different labs," Kratsios said Thursday in his first public speech since taking over the office from Michael Griffin, who left the position in July.
The Pentagon's R&E team has laid out several modernization priorities that include emerging technologies, including advancements in hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, 5G network connectivity and cyberspace. As different components across the department advance the maturity of these technologies, Kratsios said, his office will ensure modernization areas are not siloed.
"The way that we succeed and provide the best tools for the war fighter is understanding that these technologies are going to interact with one another," Kratsios said. "Even when, for example, you want to launch a hypersonic missile, that requires so much other important technology that all needs to be done and working together in concert. So for me, it's really building those relationships between those individual modernization priorities and making sure they don't remain stovepiped."
Kratsios still serves as the U.S. chief technology officer at the White House, a position he's held since August 2019. He has advised President Donald Trump on technology issues since early 2017. In that experience, Kratsios said, he's learned about the importance of looking across R&D efforts throughout the federal government, pointing to the research done by the National Science Foundation or the Energy Department on artificial intelligence as examples.
"What I've learned is that in order to get the most out of the federal government's technology ecosystem to drive innovation … you need to be better coordinated across all aspects of the ecosystem," Kratsios said.
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Driving With Your Eyes Closed
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Hello I'm aware from interviews Don Henley doesn't like explaining in thorough detail the meaning of his songs; especially in regards to 'Hotel California'.
However I've been attempting to locate any old audio and/or print interviews with Henley discussing the meaning behind 'Driving With Your Eyes Closed'.
I anticipated Henley's old 'In The Studio with Redbeard' interview would provide me answers, but that wasn't the case.
So far, I've come up with nothing.
I also typed the song title on here, but it's a timely process to wade through the results of whether my answer will appear.
I also learned from the 'Building The Perfect Beast' credits on discogs.com that Stan Lynch wrote the song.
I wasn't sure whether this forum has questions posted about this topic or if it's forbidden.
I'd like to find out what the song means but don't require a lengthy explanation. A synopsis is good enough for me.
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Re: Driving With Your Eyes Closed
Originally Posted by RushFanForever
It's perfectly fine to post such questions in here, but all I can offer is speculation, as I haven't read anything about it. If someone else has, they can of course let us know.
It was actually written by Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar, and Stan Lynch, not just Lynch.
For those unfamiliar with the lyrics who want to take a stab:
I met a Frenchman in a field last night
He was out there with an easel, painting carnival light
He said, "I used to paint the princess; I used the paint the frogs
Now I paint mustaches on dangerous dogs"
He said, "Sometimes it's a country; sometimes it's a girl
You know, everybody got to have a purpose in this world
You Yankees are so silly about matters of the heart
Don't you know that women are the only works of art
And you're drivin' with your eyes closed
You're drivin' with your eyes closed
And you're gonna hit somethin'
But that's the way it goes"
Some guys were born to Rimbaud
Some guys breathe Baudelaire
Some guys just got to go and put their rockets everywhere
You can breed 'em by the thousands
You can trick and you can train
Just look at all those poor dogs that are dragged down by the Seine
How many arrows must I shoot into the blue?
Ah, you little maniac, I'm crazy over you
Before The Death of Lovers and The Punishment of Pride
Let's go scrape across the terrazzo
It's just too hot outside
"You're drivin' with your eyes closed
Talk talk, talk and talk
Talk talk, sweet talk
Talk talk, tough talk
Talk talk, dirty talk
Talk talk, walk and talk
Talk talk, big talk
Talk talk, baby talk
Kiss kiss kiss
Talk talk, smooth talk
Talk talk, body talk
Talk talk, back talk
Talk talk, small talk
Talk talk, peace talk
Talk talk, bullshit
My theory:
The overall idea, taken from the title line and the chorus, is about pretentious people who are going through life without any meaningful direction or purpose, and that they're bound to hurt themselves and others.
The Frenchman used to be someone who did traditionally acceptable work (the traditional legend of the princess who kissed the frog, which then turned into a prince), but now he only paints absurdities. It seems to be a fall from grace and yet he is presented as a sage to whom we should listen (he, after all, is the one who originates the chorus), so perhaps he represents someone who does his own thing no matter what other people think.
The Frenchman emphasizes the importance of purpose; his statement about women being the only works of art is perhaps ironic as Don certainly creates art about more than women, but this is an album that has a lot of focus on romantic relationships with the exception of the title track and arguably this one ("Month of Sundays" was relegated to a B-side originally). It does, however, make an argument against pretension, because the pretentious artist believes that art about love is beneath him. Perhaps this might even be a justification of BTPB's thematic bent. Using a Frenchman to decry pretension is effective, I think, because they are stereotyped as arrogant and elitist in the United States and elsewhere.
The second verse starts out saying "some guys were born to Rimbaud." I think, from the tone of the song, we can take this as mockery of these types. As brittanica.com states, Arthur Rimbaud's poems "won renown in the Symbolist movement and markedly influenced modern poetry." His work certainly has merit, but citing him is also a favorite activity of pretentious types. However, Don might also be referring to him as a type of person who squanders his promise because of his inability to stay focused on a meaningful purpose. Rimbaud abruptly stopped writing at 21 to go traveling and live a rather wild lifestyle. He died almost twenty years later without doing anything else of note.
"Some guys breathe Baudelaire." Rimbaud was influenced by another French poet, Baudelaire. While most famous for Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), he also wrote Petits poèmes en prose (Little Prose Poems) which was more experimental and highly influential as well. Baudelaire was an accomplished writer of criticism and other prose works, but I get the feeling Don is ribbing those who go around quoting his poetry all the time and fancying themselves quite sophisticated.
As for the "guys who have to go and put their rockets everywhere," my most straightforward interpretation is that they are the type of self-important, obnoxious people who feel they have to make a lot of noise and leave an "impression" everywhere they go, even if it's negative and destructive. There's not any purpose to their actions other than attention-seeking and arrogance. It could also be a subtle reference to Rimbaud's failed arms dealings overseas, but I doubt it.
Going back to the dog metaphor, it isn't unusual to refer to people who aren't very impressive as dogs, and I think Don is doing so here. The irony is that these are "artists" who think quite highly of themselves; some of them may be born into it, some of them may be trained, but they can still wind up dragged down by their attitude to their doom (the Seine is a river in France).
The next verse seems to shift to the singer addressing his lover. He's telling her all of this, but he doesn't think it's doing any good. Shooting arrows into the sky is futile; like a person, an arrow should be aimed and have a purpose. This speech isn't going anywhere, apparently. He ironically cites Baudelaire's "Death of Lovers" himself next to Whitman's "Punishment of Pride" , and decides to just give up and go inside. (Note: Whitman was highly influenced by Transcendentalism, Don's favorite poetic movement.)
What I'm a little unclear on is whether he's trying to get his little "maniac" to be less pretentious and purposeless and he's given up, or he's whether he's self-aware about the fact that he's pretentious and purposeless, but he's stopped caring and is going to take his mind off of it with his "maniac."
But regardless, in the end it's all talking, some kissing, some more talking... BS.
Any thoughts, especially about whether he's talking about himself or the girl at the end? Or both? Or neither because I'm completely off-base?
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Writing Honest Code
The idea of honest code is not anything new. We are all to some extent trying to be honest when coding. However, conditions arise that causes us to cut corners, and that is often when dishonesty seeps into the code. And once it is there, it tends to stick around.
Writing honest code is to focus on writing truly appropriate code that in itself reflects the expectations and requirements of the underlaying business logic.
This means that you try to always ensure your code actually tests what should be tested, even when testing against the inverted case would result in less verbose code. Select the data structures that best reflect the expectations and requirements of the project.
Honest code results in higher quality self-documenting code that is easier to maintain, and will likely cause less regression bugs. Writing honest code is to avoid anti-patterns. Everyone will benefit, through the entire lifespan of the project, as the business logic is easier to piece together when reading the code.
For example, if your mobile app never plays any sound without user interaction, then postponing the loading of sounds until after the view is shown results in more honest code. Anyone reading the code can now induce this simple fact.
Conversely, preparing the audio while views are still being initialized is less honest as nobody can actually assert any expectations about the use of sounds in the app. A result is that it's not immediately clear if postponing audio preparation will cause issues or not.
If you use an optional boolean that is nil while no timer is running, and either true or false depending on the timer having reached a certain value, let the name of the variable reflect this. A suitable name could be something like nilOrHasReachedValue.
In short, honest code means to:
Do things as late as feasible.
Check what actually matters, not what is convenient.
Put thought into naming things.
Guard against entry requirements.
What do you think? Did I manage to explain the idea of writing honest code?
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Switch It Up
I've never liked seeing a console I love being replaced; it bothers me that the move may be little more than financially motivated. At least I feel that is true for the Xbox and the Playstation – each generation bringing little else than more horsepower.
Which is why I appreciate Nintendo. Sure, the lifespan of a Nintendo console is also determined by its commercial success – both the GameCube and the Wii U made that clear. But despite the realities of commerce, each new home console from Nintendo risked offering something delightfully different.
Chris Koelsch illustrates this with his handsome history of the Nintendo controllers created for each home console (if you want music with that, he also animated them):
For the complete history of all game controllers, you could check out this rather saturated flow chart available as a poster from Pop Chart Lab. It covers everything up to, but not including the Nintendo Switch.
Now that we know the basics of what the Nintendo Switch is, I think it's a good time to publish my expectations for the system.
Not a Clam
I was a bit surprised that the Switch didn't get a clamshell design, which makes sense for a portable system. The screens are protected and the size halfed while the console is transported.
However, I'll gladly trade in the second screen for two removable controllers – each with their own battery – allowing two players to compete while on the go. And if the Switch reveal trailer is any indication, it seems like the Switch is able to connect to another Switch without an internet connection, for a four player outdoor extravaganza!
I'm not expecting the Switch to support peer to peer connections with more than one console, but it would fantastic if eight consoles could connect anywhere for a full game of Splatoon!
For the dock I expect cover plates, and maybe back plates for the console itself. Nintendo introduced this for the New 3DS, and I'm assume it makes financial sense to offer the same for the Switch.
I'm guessing the Joy-Cons will only charge while connected to either the grip (hopefully with its own battery) or to the console itself. The battery charge of the Wii U GamePad lasts about 3 hours, which was sufficient for me, but 5-6 hours would please a lot of gamers. And considering the nature of the Switch, a better battery would make perfect sense. I'm also expecting the battery of the console to support quick charging.
The Switch seems to be supporting Micro SD cards up to 128 GB. I'm expecting this to work much like the New 3DS.
I'm nervous about the ergonomics of the Joy-Cons: the shoulder buttons seems a bit ackward. But with a good shape, they'll work just fine. Other than that, I think they make a lot of sense. The (almost) mirrored design means there are no excuse when loosing in a Mario Kart duel.
I'm eagerly awaiting the live Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 event in Tokyo, where the launch date, price and game lineup will be revealed. I think this new Home and About Game Console will deliver a really exciting package.
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Playing Splatoon
In June Nintendo announced that Splatoon had sold more than a million copies. I'm not surprised. Splatoon is a surprisingly well made game, and many Wii U owners hunger for shooter-like games. Since release Splatoon has seen two new game modes added to the initial Turf War. Let's discuss these online modes, how they affect the gameplay, and more general game tactics unique to Splatoon.
Ink is Awesome
Splatoon is not Call of Duty, Halo or any other shooter for that matter. Yes, you can splat your opponents, but in Splatoon – splatting the opposition is just a means to an end; your team doesn't necessarily win by stacking up a high splat count.
Ink is the universal ammo of the game and the only way you interact with other players. Ink is what separates Splatoon from other shooters and makes it unique. Inklings (players) use ink to:
Increase swim speed
Increase ink reload speed
Swim up vertical surfaces
Reveal and detonate mines
Reveal Bad Guys
Slow down Bad Guys
Splat Bad Guys
Help your Teammates
I'm not entirely sure of this, but I believe shooting at a friendly player removes enemy ink – which otherwise would cause the inkling to show up on enemy GamePads. Which, if true, gives you a second good reason to ink your own team (or at least those that are pulsating on the GamePad).
The only way to play more than 2 players is to go online. Currently Splatoon offers three online game modes: Turf War, Splat Zones and Tower Control. All modes pits 4 players against 4 opponents, they all use variations of the same maps, and all modes add a time limit to the match. However, only Turf War cannot be won by knockout.
A Knockout occurs when a team reaches the winning condition before the match timer reaches zero. In the event of a Knockout, the loosing team doesn't get any points – otherwise both teams earn points, and the team with the highest score wins.
The interesting part of these three modes is how they affect the tactics deployed to win.
Turf War
Stage 1 in red; expand coverage by spreading out. Stage 2; convene by the bottle neck, or edge of your controlled area and push toward opponent spawn.
Stage 1 in red; spread out to cover maximum turf. Stage 2 in blue; convene at the front to maintain perimeter.
The winner of a Turf War is the team with the most ink on the ground (walls do not count). Keep in mind that the winning team is often determined during the final 40 seconds of the match.
During the initial stage of the match, shown in red, the players spread out to cover as much turf as possible. Usually it's a good idea to have at least two players make their way to the front to secure the bottlenecks, leaving no more than two players coloring the back.
When the home half of the map is sufficiently covered, stage 2 of the match begins (shown in blue). All four players convene at the front of the controlled turf (shown in blue), where the entire team work together to keep the front intact, maintain control of the bottlenecks, and splatting any bad guys that breaks through the perimeter.
Splat Zones
Stage 1 in red; using different paths, convene at a zone. Stage 2 in blue; spread out to maintain control of the zone by adding ink to the area around the zone.
This mode is about coloring one or two smaller sections of the map with ink for 1 minute. If there are more than one zone, all zones must be controlled by the same team for the countdown to begin.
The team should use different paths to convene at the splat zone (red arrows). If there are more than one zone, use the GamePad to pick the least risky zone. Get the zone under control by covering it with sufficient ink. If you find yourself outnumbered, swim to safety or target the other zone.
When the zone is under control spread out to maintain control from a safer distance (blue arrows). At this stage focus on closing down bottlenecks and hunting down bad guys preparing an attack from the flanks. With no opponents near you location, focus on expanding the inked area around the zone – as that will make it harder for the bad guys to launch a surprise attack.
At all times try to avoid getting covered by enemy ink as you'll become visible on the GamePad. Don't ink more turf if you want to avoid to revealing your position to the enemy.
Tower Control
The goal of Tower Control is to move a tower from the center of the map all the way to the tower zone on the enemy side of the map. The tower keeps moving towards the enemy for as long as it's controlled by your team; when no player rides the tower however, it stops. If you wait too long while the tower stands still, it'll begin moving back to start (the center of the map).
BadTowerTactics
This mode is currently by far the most chaotic. Though some of the chaos is caused by the tower itself (disorienting and frustrating camera clipping issues), the tactics practiced by most players is the bigger issue: everyone are mindlessly rushing to reach and ride the tower, hoping to brute force their way to victory.
This tactic adds very little to the game. Even worse, it reduces the ink to little more than ammo – which is a pity, as ink is so much more.
The cause of this tactical choice is the small point of interest – the tower – and the fact that it is always moving, preventing players from establishing themselves on the map. However, when players get more familiar with this match mode, we'll hopefully see better teamwork emerging.
The goal of any tactics deployed should be to take better advantage of the awesome powers of ink.
Stage 1 in red; players spread out to defend the tower, no riders at this stage. Stage 2 in blue; advance to next positions when one team member moves in to ride the tower.
Stage 1 (in red) should be to spread out to cover turf that leads the team to good tactical positions. From these positions the team splats the opponents.
When at least half of the opponent team has been wiped out stage 2 (in blue) begins: Move up to better tactical positions around the tower rail, while focusing on preventing the opponents from reaching the tower both directly (splatting foe) and indirectly (inking turf).
Never have more than one concurrent rider, and try to always be prepared to step onto the tower within seconds after your friendly rider is taken out.
Finally, when the tower is within the friendly half of the map, don't try to ride it back to the center of the map! Instead simply get the enemy riders off the tower, and position yourself to simply keeping it clear. When the tower is back to start, one team member moves in while the rest of the team endeavors to keep the friendly rider safe.
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WiiU Stamina
As you likely know by now, Nintendo is once again making money. Apparently, they haven't done that since 2011. Surprisingly, the earnings are coming from lower than expected sales:
Wii U sales totaled 3.4 million, expected 3.6 million.
3DS sales totaled 8.7 million, expected 9 million (despite the New 3DS).
63 million 3DS games, expected 67 million.
24.4 million Wii U games, expected 25 million (up from initial prediction of 20 million).
The sales of the best Mario Kart in the franchise, and well received Super Smash Bros, clearly helped these numbers. Furthermore, Nintendo reported a 30% increase in digital sales, which obviously made them more money than physical disks.
However, I'm surprised digital sales didn't increase more. Digital distribution makes environmental sense, in addition to the personal advantages that I think by far outweigh the benefits of physical disks: they don't break, get lost or outdated; are instantly available, and finally encourages impulsive gaming. I guess Nintendo doesn't push digital sales more aggressively by lowering their prices on the eShop as Nintendo as a brand benefit from being visible and available in stores both on- and offline.
Anyway, if Nintendo can keep this going, the WiiU should stick around for at least another two years:
We know that Nintendo will focus on WiiU and 3DS at E3 in June, which makes it obvious that both the WiiU and (New) 3DS will last well into 2016. Which is the year Nintendo will launch their first mobile games and likely some Quality of Life products, as well as reveal the Nintendo NX, and finally get Zelda in the hands of impatiently waiting WiiU players.
Meanwhile Nintendo will keep increase their lucrative Amiibo collection and extend in-game Amiibo support; and publish Splatoon, Yoshi's Woolly World, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Mario Maker and Star Fox.
Nintendo NX
When high quality games are discussed, it doesn't take long for a Nintendo game to become part of the conversation. To my knowledge, Nintendo have been creating high quality games since Jumpman was introduced in Donkey Kong (1981).
My first thought when I think about Nintendo is how delightfully playful their games feel. The entire screen is filled with playful polygons dressed in familiar saturated colours. The use of high contrasting colors was initially a consequence of hardware limitations, but eventually a deliberate and consistent choice to remain energetic, lively and family friendly.
The family friendly appeal however, doesn't explain the enduring perception of high quality. This of course, relates more to game feel and mechanics. A classic Nintendo game feels tight, responsive and immediate, and the mechanics are brilliant – and is in my opinion, where the game truly shines. The player is given a limited repertoire of actions to manage, which the player quickly learns to master. But just as the player feels in control, the environment changes, forcing the player to relearn and adapt. This creates a rapid loop of skill mastery, which stimulates our brain and basically makes us feel good. Few games manage to do this as successfully and efficiently as Nintendo.
These good feelings associated with playing a Nintendo game is why we keep coming back, and also why their games are still appreciated more than 30 years later. Which brings me to Nintendos superior dedication to backwards compatibility, Virtual Consoles, and finally to the Nintendo NX.
I consider the Wii U to be the most complete game system available. It can play the entire catalogue of Wii games, several of which are truly classics! It supports all the controllers made for the Wii, and adds the GamePad which opened the door for assymmetric gameplay. Currently, the Wii U Virtual Console supports games for Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64 and recently the Nintendo DS.
If the Wii U wasn't launched when and how it was, it might have sold better. But primarily I think consumers were a but weary of buying a second underpowered Nintendo console; especially as rumours about the new Playstation and Xbox were so completely focusing on processing power.
Nintendo's next console, nicknamed NX, could fix this.
My hopes about the NX
This is what I'm thinking about the NX which we'll likely see in 2017, or if they rush development, already for Christmas 2016, but I doubt it.
If the Nintendo NX is a dual screen GamePad that works as a 3DS when out of the house? Sign me up!
The NX will be given enough polygon pushing power to match the PS4. It might have an overlapping hardware architecture with an "NX Portable" widescreen gaming system to enable code sharing and speed up cross-platform development.
For the NX to retain backwards compatibility with the Wii U, which it has to in my opinion, it needs to support all the official game controllers. Personally I love the GamePad, and I hate the idea of seeing it dethroned and made optional, but if replaced by a dual-retina clamshelled NXP, then I'm all for it!
I'm also hoping that the NX will support multiple NXPs being used simultaneously. This should be possible as the NXP will be a client running the game itself, not a streaming device with game controls.
I'm hoping that the NX has native support for Wii U games, and that the Wii Virtual Console is available at launch – with several classic titles.
Finally, Nintendo should focus on getting third party involved from the get go, with at least a couple of high quality games in the launch lineup. The games don't have to be exclusive to the platform; the important thing is that developers can target the NX without cutting corners, and show their dedication at launch.
I hate to see the Wii U go, but I love the idea of the NX having the power to support the fidelity seen on the Xbox On and PS4 at a time when both of them should have found their groove.
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