Sentences with phrase «finals stage since»

«Many contestants, myself included, enter the ABNA simply hoping to make it to the quarter finals stage since win or lose, you walk away with a Publisher's Weekly review of your manuscript.

However, they came unstuck in the last - 16 against Real Madrid, which means another year where they have failed to get past the quarter - finals stage since their takeover.

Not exact matches

Barack Obama's snark about folks clinging to their guns and Bibles because they can't handle post-modernity got a mulligan from a star - struck press corps; but among those paying attention that elitist smackdown put the final nail in the coffin of Obama - the - unifier, the trope Obama had exploited since his first appearance on the national stage at the 2004 Democratic convention.

In fact, I'd be stunned if the Zags risked taking Cremo over Williams at this stage, especially since they just landed in his final 3.

30) Malmo — The Swedish side have a strong European pedigree, having made finals of the European Cup in the past, but this is their first foray into the group stage since it was rebranded.

Dunga provided reasons as to why he chose to snub Coutinho for his first post-Copa America squad since Brazil crashed out of the competition on penalties to Paraguay at the quarter - final stage:

Meanwhile Monaco are at this stage of the competition for the first time since they reached the final 11 years ago.

The trickiest part of their route to the final was running into Paris Saint - Germain in the group stage, since when they've been almost aggressively unconvincing against a series of limited opponents.

The Three Lions should be relieved to sidestep Portugal, who have knocked them out in the quarter - finals of two major tournaments since 2004, and also beat them in the group stage of Euro 2000.

Peru ended a lengthy World Cup qualifying drought, reaching the final stage for the first time since 1982 after outlasting New Zealand in an intercontinental playoff.

In fact, it's not since the 2009/10 season that Arsenal have progressed beyond the round of 16, when they were eliminated from the tournament by Barcelona at the quarter final stage.

A Robert Lewandowski goal within the first three minutes set the stage for what was to come from Jupp Heynckes» men, and further strikes from Thiago Alcantara and Muller's triple saw the Bundesliga champions return to their first cup final since 2016.

They faced a French side they had not beaten in a competitive game since October 1949 in Stockholm and a team that was looking to finish the group stages at the top of the group and avoid a game against Spain in the quarter finals.

We may be at the quarter - final stage of the EFL Cup, but Emi Martinez has had Wembley on his mind since the first game of the campaign against Nottingham Forest.

Barcelona have not been eliminated prior to the quarter - final stage of the Champions League since 2007 but the task facing them is enormous.

England have been eliminated in the round of 16 teams stage on two occasions since the final tournament was expanded to more than 16 teams in 1982 — at the 1998 final tournament in France and the 2010 final tournament in South Africa.

All of the main protagonists made it through to the next stage of the women's 60m, including Olympic and world sprint champion Shelly - Ann Fraser - Pryce, winning heat two in 7.12 and Murielle Ahouré, who is unbeaten over 60m since finishing second to Veronica Campbell - Brown in Istanbul in 2012, winning the final heat in 7.09.

Wales have not played a competitive game since their 1 - 0 defeat to Ireland in the final stages of the World Cup qualifying campaign but did not show any sign of rustiness as Bale ran through and scored after just two minutes, before doubling his and Wales» tally 19 minutes later.

The first tie is crucial for Real Madrid's chances of qualifying for quarter final stage against a Roma side who has not qualified beyond group stages since 2011.

The 30 - year - old has been out of action since losing to Sam Querry in the quarter - final stage of Wimbledon six weeks ago.

There has been an outpouring of support for musician and Woodstock resident Levon Helm since his wife's shocking revelation that he's in the final stages of terminal cancer.

Cavanaugh said he was proud to have supervised the final stages of Battery Park City's growth, including 4.7 million square feet of new construction since 2005.

Since then, grad students have staged seven labor strikes, including one during the week before last fall's final exams.

For my mom, that moment came as a caregiver attempted to walk her through the doorway of the assisted living center where she and Dad had lived for nearly a year since Alzheimer's had ushered her into life's final stages.

While it's been a while since the game came out, Ogre Pixel has been working hard on a pretty major update to Warcher Defenders and it's finally in its final stages and targeting a release next month.

Not since Brando had a performance unleashed such lethal, unapologetic, muscular power — and Brando was the figure De Niro was evoking with his cheesy nightclub act in the film's final stages.

But Heidi left the workforce in 2007 to care for her mother, who was in the final stages of cancer, and since then she's worked a series of part - time jobs, including her current role at the electricity and gas utility FortisBC.

Since then, I have also proceeded to take classes in animal behavior and training, and am in the final stages of completing my CPDT - KA (certified professional dog trainer).

- for Sonic's 25th anniversary last year, Iizuka received a task to deliver some sort of product - the target was «dormant fans» who used to play the SEGA Genesis, but haven't really played any games since - Iizuka met Christian Whitehead, which lead to the creation of Sonic Mania - there was talk of another port, but Iizuka thought fans would desire something new from the old games - this is the first time Iizuka partnered with a team of devs spread across various countries - Iizuka said this team had a greater passion to create - this was in comparison to companies that set decisions on a pre-determined schedule (in meetings, etc)- the team had so many features they still wanted to add after the beta version was complete - since there were only a few spots with text that needed to be localized, they could bring the game to more places quicker - the game has Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish support - the Studiopolis stage is included due to receiving the most requests from the Sonic Mania development team - Iizuka actually considered reducing the amount of stages at one point in order to meet the development schedule - Sonic Mania doesn't really have much in the way of cut content like scrapped stages - since Sonic Mania was only distributed digitally, the team was able to continue working very close leading up to launch - this let them put in practically all ideas, and there are currently no plans for DLC - Iizuka recommended Flying Battery Zone for inclusion becaues he likes the music - he also likes when the player goes inside and outside the ship - Iizuka likes Mirage Saloon because the stage structure will be different depending on the player character chosen - Puyo Puyo gameplay was added because there was a Puyo Puyo game released in the west for the SEGA Genesis - this game was originally called «Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine», and the team thought it would make a fun boss battle - Iizuka didn't have plans to feature Blue Sphere in the special stages - the Blue Sphere special stages were brought over to Mania as a test, but ended up staying for the final game - the team felt the need to continuously connect stages from various eras, which is doe with the Phantom Ruby story - for Sonic Mania, it was decided that the technological limit would be set at SEGA CD, - this is higher than the Genesis but lower than Saturn - in creating a SEGA CD - grade special stage, they would intentionally make SEGA CD - grade polygons

As for Final Fantasy III, I consider it a masterpiece in terms of the «game experience» since it essentially completed the Final Fantasy system from the early stages, such as the job system and active time battle.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

Sylvio was first released in 2015 on PC and later on PS4 and Xbox One in 2017, you can find our gameplay video here Sylvio 2 has been in development since 2015 «and is now entering the final stages of completion.»

Perhaps most critically, since pre-orders occur during the final stages of development and right as the marketing effort ramps up, it allows a publisher to make a more informed decision to either slow down or speed up in the midst of the most expensive part of a game's development cycle.»

Starting with the rather camp and flowery Tulip Garden (the end of route «A» we managed to complete); Metropolis - an awesome, fictional mix of various European city landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Nelson's Column with streetlights illuminating the gorgeous night sky; Ancient Ruins - the second stage we didn't get to see unfortunately; Imperial Avenue - a jaw - dropping sunset scene with Romanian architecture and coliseums; and finally the toughest stage of them all we don't even know the name of, since we couldn't reach Ghost Forest, the only stage from which the this final and most challenging mystery section is accessible.

An annual exhibition for the final selection of New Contemporaries is staged in a leading UK arts venue; New Contemporaries has exhibited as part of the Liverpool Biennial since its launch in 1999.

Life insurance for seniors is a sensitive thing since most of these people are heading into the final stages of their lives and require these policies to ensure that their loved ones are well catered for even after they pass on.

Since, the feature is still in beta stage, it can't be made sure that's how it would work in the official release, as final product may vary based on feedback provided by beta users.