South Putnam ready for state title game

South Putnam head coach Chris Jones said it is how it should be with the two powerhouses battling for the state title.

"Yeah, I think it's how it's supposed to be," Jones said. "If you had to map it out to start the tournament, I'm sure that everyone wanted to see No. 1 and No. 2 play and I know we sure wanted to be there. We're excited about the opportunity we have to win a state championship."

Going against Woodlan will almost be as if the Eagles are looking into a mirror. The Warriors have a dominant pitcher; sound defense and can hit the ball with ease. Sounds familiar. But Jones believes the victor will be the one who can understand that while the victory will be the biggest of the season, the game itself is exactly the same.

"I think whoever can relax and realize it's just a game," Jones said. "It's just another game. It's both of our first appearances and so whoever can figure that out the quickest that's it's just another softball game and you want to go out and play the same way you've been playing the rest of them.

"Hopefully since we're visitors we'll be able to jump on the board a little early and maybe get them rattled. Then it's just taking care of business. Putting the ball in play and putting pressure on the defense. Then defensively, not making errors and not making mistakes," Jones added.

While the game is approximately a two-hour jaunt from Woodlan's school, the site for the championship game is essentially in South Putnam's backyard. With the site's close proximity to South Putnam, Jones believes the red, white and blue of Eagles pride will be seen in full force Saturday.

"It's nice for us because I think of this as a Speedway trip," he explained. "It's probably slightly shorter going to Ben Davis than it is getting to Speedway, but it's the say type of idea of going there -- similar distance and getting ready to play. We've gone down 70 multiple times into Indianapolis to play softball in the past three years and so we'll just treat that just the same.

"Atmosphere-wise, I don't think you could get a lot better than what we had at our regional this year and last year," Jones continued. "Talk about huge crowds -- and they'll be another one.

Dream of Mirror Online Game Review - MMO Hut

Surprisingly, I’ve found that there are very few anime inspired MMORPGs available on the market at the moment. One would think that with the obvious popularity of anime, and the well known connection anime shares with gamers, that there would be a whole lot more. In less than five minutes any anime fan could think of a hundred possible MMO anime adaptations – Pokemon for example, if properly developed, would have the potential to be one of the greatest MMOs ever made. If you’ve played any of the Gameboy versions of Pokemon, then you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.

DOMO, developed by Softstar Entertainment, is the perfect example of an anime style MMO done properly. It does so by combining five key ingredients together in almost perfect unison – Graphics, Story, Innovation, Customization, and Fun. The graphics are no doubt the most noticeable of these features, being both bright and colorful, and beautifully drawn. I have always been a massive fan of the way cell shading can bring an anime to life, and DOMO does just that.

CHECKING ALL THE BOXES To make a long and fantastic story short, the storyline in DOMO revolves around the balance between two words, the real world and the Mirror World. The Mirror World is supposed to perfectly reflect that found in the real world, but in recent times has been distorted. You have been summoned to the Mirror World by the mirror kings to help save the land and set things straight. The story happily progresses as the game does, and it a wonderful display of storytelling in true anime style.

Innovation? Where to begin? The simple cell-shaded anime themed approach is more than enough for me in these dark times, times that see games of almost exact similarity being released so often. Happily, DOMO takes it a step further and adds some new and exciting features to the mix, such as giving players that work as a team a significant experience gain, or allowing players to level not only their characters, but their weapons too. Developing different types of relationships to enhance your skills, or acquiring a pet to aid you in battle would be a couple more. My favorite though? Well that’s easy. 4 Races and 13 Classes is what does it for me.

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