Sentences with phrase «when pitted against other»

It seems plausible, then, that when pitted against other animal predators, the white tiger's size could have been enough of an advantage to outweigh their lack of camouflage.

Not exact matches

«Until we know the power of divine grace, we read in the Bible concerning eternal punishment, and we think it is too heavy and too hard, and we are apt to kick against it, and find out some heretic or other who teaches us another doctrine; but when the soul is really quickened by divine grace, and made to feel the weight of sin, it thinks the bottomless pit none too deep, and the punishment of hell none too severe for sin such as it has committed.

In football, they went 6 - 3 in BCS bowls between 2004 - 13 (5 - 2 when not condescendingly pitted against each other) and are 3 - 1 in New Year's Six bowls.

Then when we win it's bloody excuses for why the opponent lost, Man City was missing key players (we have missed 7 of our starting 11 for 5 weeks + this season, Chelsea have the best injury record in the PL), or predicting the «future» about how shit we will play next week, or simply trying to pit everyone against each other by mentioning AKB AOB b * llshit and this or that player will lose form.

When you use this kind of comparison, it's hurtful and also pits your children against each other — you are tapping directly into sibling rivalry and actually fanning the flames between your kids.

I know these two sectors - technology and content - feel pitted against each other when it comes to discussions about piracy.

The current system pits Onondaga County and the city against each other when it comes to negotiating tax breaks with developers.

Software teams have been battling StarCraft - playing AIs against each other for years in the AIIDE StarCraft AI Competition, but when pitted against humans, the best flesh - and - blood players still have the edge.

The findings echo research that reported oxytocin levels were raised in teams of human volunteers when they were pitted against each other in games.

When a media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) pits superpowers against each other to further his own agenda, James Bond must step in to prevent global pandemonium.

The decreased need for a compelling adversary reached its apotheosis two years ago, when the major superhero movies just went ahead and pitted their superheroes against each other.

When Fusion: Genesis ships, it will include a single - player campaign, four - player co-op, and pit up to 8 - players against each other in open world PvP.

In the new film, Kirk and Spock can't stand each other but join together when pitted against a world destroying Romulan renegade, Nero (Eric Bana), who resembles a Mad Max character with Mike Tyson facial tattoos.

Thor Vs Hulk focuses on two of Earth's mightiest heroes, whose skills, endurance and friendship are put to the test when they're pitted against each other to decide who will fight the Elder of the Universe known as the Champion.

Should you be fortunate to gather a group together, there's a 4v4 Annihilation mode which pits teams against each other to eliminate Titans and earn the most points for when time is up, Predator mode sees you controlling Titans and causing havoc to achieve points, and finally, it's every player for themselves in Expulsion as up to six people compete in the eradication of Titans.

«Too often public rhetoric pits charters and public schools against each other, when really all we care about is better opportunities for our kids.

There's no reason to pit school models against each other when we have so much in common.

When you have teachers scrambling and pitted against each other for a small amount of money [based on how their students perform on a test], what it does is narrow the curriculum to what's on the test, even if you don't set curriculum specifically.

What happens when you pit the entire Ford Performance lineup against each other in a one lap race around a professional course?

I guess the folks at Porsche's Excellence Magazine had the same thoughts and decided to find out what happens when you pit the ultimate street versions against each other.

Side - by - side comparisons are always a blast to watch, especially when it's pitting two fantastic cars against each other like the BMW M4 and the Corvette Stingray.

Ultimately, when you pit the iPad Pro and Surface Pro 4 against each other, it's not exactly comparing apples to apples.

However, when being tested for their temperament against other breeds of dogs, the pit bull actually was seen to score above average in having good temperament, even beating the temperament of the golden retriever in the process.

After 1835, when Britain banned such activities, blood - sport enthusiasts pitted the dogs against each other and often placed bets on the outcomes.

Now, I know the game looks uncouth on the outside, and when you look inside, you see that, well... it's just as gritty, but not everything in the game is focused on pitting people against each other.

When you and your buddy pick radically different personalities and pit them against each other a simple game of roshambo suddenly becomes an intense and hilarious battle of wills that is one of the game's best experiences.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

So when Final Fantasy IX decided to pit two of the most legendary creatures ever to appear in a Final Fantasy against each other, it was pretty clear that an entertaining show was about to unfold.

When in battle, the game switches to a hex - based map where you and your opponent's armies take turns facing - off against each other by pitting individual units (each of which may have a special ability) against each other.

While playtimes will vary based on a game's use of vibration, use of a headset, and other factors, the Battery: Kit Pro exhibited some solid performance when pitted against a number of rivals.

The Turner Prize was born into controversy in 1984 when its inaugural winner, Malcolm Morley, said he was «disgusted» at how the prize pitted artists against each other like a «blood sport».

Usually when I & my collaborators do a study, we try to pit two plausible but mutually inconsistent hypotheses against each other.

When the Vendy Awards first began pitting New York's food carts and other street food vendors against one another in a daylong cook - off in 2005, gourmet food trucks were still a few years...

By bringing a team of trained professionals together to help couples restructure their relationship in an environment that does not pit them against each other, parents in Collaborative Divorce learn how to communicate so that when they need to both be present at an event for their children, family or friends, they are able to do so.

Individuals must also pay detailed attention to the premium that they would need to pay from their pockets when they are pitting auto insurance quotes against each other.

However, when you pit the two of them up against each other, the different pros and cons equal out pretty squarely.

Putting aside design (since that's all subjective), it comes down to speed and features when pitting Firefox Quantum and Chrome against each other.

This iPhone 8 Plus is also straight out a winner in the raw compute power race this time, powered by the new custom designed Apple A11 Bionic, and this is godly power when you pit it against the best from other SoC manufacturers.

When pitted against powerful state and corporate actors, Indigenous people may seek assistance from others, such as environmentalists, to protect their interests and further their aspirations.

«You pit two parents against each other, so when you do that, you create conflict, you create competition,» he said.

But Ludmer, an expert in the area of parental alienation — when a child is pitted against a parent in a breakup — says there are serious ramifications on the other side of the equation.

When children of divorce spend time in two different homes, it is easy for them to pit one parent against the other.