Alpha-One

For my newest commission is now complete!

Fluffy the Destroyer in plushy goodness (or should I say badness?) by Squisherific.

Reference for comparison.

*gets thwacked with subtle hint over the head*

OUCH!

Sorry Ninus, I really would like to help you out with a Master run but I can't for several reasons. First off I've been suffering from CoX burnout lately and not playing much. Second, I'm at a career turning point IRL. Gonna make this my bragging post. As of this week, I'm no longer a Tactical Avionics Systems technician (guy who fixes radars and other sensors on military planes). I am now an Airborne Electronic Sensor Operator in training, which means all the nifty toys I used to fix, I will be flying in the air and operating. I fly out tomorrow for a one week course and later this August I'm gone for about 8 months straight. My gaming drive is WAY down right now. And third, it took six attempts with Psychosis to get my Master badge. Six long, grueling, frustrating and stressful attempts. I'm damn glad to have the badge now and I don't want to do that again. However, I wish you the best of luck, and do look up Havok and Nestum as they were on my successful run and developed the tactics and strategies used to do it. And if you ask nicely maybe Botley will join in too

Good luck and good hunting!

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omg grats alpha..i would have thought you would be there by this time.

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I've gotten close before. Had about 1.6bil a few months ago then had to IO up a new 50. This was the first time I made a concerted effort to hit the cap, without cheating (using funds from other toons). Mind you I really suck at playing the market, so I work the supply angle: farm > craft > sell.

I have joined the club.

Took a few months of non-stop farming, crafting and selling. Now to go waste it all on a few purple sets.

I'll be out watching Transformers 2 at that time, so I won't be able to make it. Best of luck and have fun!

During the cutscene of the 3rd mission of the LRSF (Defeat Future Freedom Phalanx), Manticore "wigs out" for lack of a better term. He rapidly plays the draw arrow animation repeatedly. This only started with the arrival of i14, where I also noticed many enemies seem to "fast-forward" their idle animations (pounding fists, etc).

I think it was an all MM RSF I brought you guys on. Any all MM event is hella-fun. All those pets make a great steamroller. You can sorta ignore the hill of lag since the pets do the killing even if all you see is a slideshow. Just make sure you have a few ppl with immobs to keep Rommy from running like a pansy. Pick a time and date and I'll fill in if you have a spot.

Noire, one of my friends lost nearly 100lbs in a year. What he did was cut way back on portion size, cut out all grease and start working out army hardcore. But his trick to keep from relapsing is every two weeks, he got to eat whatever he wanted for supper. That way if he felt tempted, he'd just tell himself "In X days, I CAN eat that!". And usually after X days, he'd have forgotten about it.

Now I realize you're on a completely different diet, but my point is, you gotta factor in temptation and build a way to negate it. It helps turn a diet into a lifestyle change you can stick to forever. You've been doing really good already (I only lasted about 10 weeks on South Beach, me lurvs meh sgettis) so keep it up!

Thread rerail (is that even a word?)

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yea thats right were 5 day's out from me getting my new cellphone, the iPhone 3GS. anyone else allready pre-order or planning on getting it soon?

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Since my last job as a civilian before joining the forces was as a cellphone salesman, I believe I'm well qualified to provide you with the following:

/nelson

HA! HA!

/e nelson

We need money related auras too. Like have an aura where bills and coins fall off you when you move around, leaving a trail of cash wherever you go. One of my rich SG mates wants an aura where you fart dollar bills whenever you jump.

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BOB'S CHALLANGE IS UP!!!

WOW!!! I had another food Challenge set up for this morning but after seeing the comments about Burpees, I MUST change it. Today you have to give me 50 Burpees, 50 Jumping Squats and 100 Ab Crunches....I LOVE MY JOB!!!!xoxox

BURPEES!

Jumping Squats

Ab Crunches

You can do it and guess what WE GOT A STICKY!!! yay thanks Devs!!!

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*spasms with flashbacks of basic training*

NO MORE BURPEES! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY! PLEASE NO MORE BURPEES!

I've skipped most of the debate in this thread, but here's my 2inf:

I always considered badges to be a reward for "grinding" in a casual oriented game. So a casual player could level from 1-50 and probably not even get 100 badges, I'm willing to GRIND to get all the badges I can. The badge is my reward for extra hard work beyond simply playing and leveling. I did find some of the MA badges unfair: the ones where another player (or dev) could affect my badge progress. However, the rest I EARNED by GRINDING in a game that isn't "grindy". With Synapse's post I now believe the devs are simply taking the "hard-work" aspect out of badging to be fair to more casual players. And this will actually kill what keeps me busy between issues.

I have no problems with stability, simply the random 3d gfx "fracturing" like in Syntax's screenshot. I was also heavily multi-tasking at the time I did up those reports :\ more than I normally do when actively gaming. And to give extra background, I'm an air force avionics technician, who happens to build and mod computers for fun. I have a large, well ventilated case with several fans focused on hotspots and cables sleeved and managed to minimize airflow impedance. I also routinely clean components with avionics grade electronic contact cleaner to remove dust and visually inspect for any kind of damage. I might be a bit biased here but this PC is extremely well maintained and the ONLY time the graphics fracture is while running CoX. That is the only constant. It has happened in practically every zone, while teamed, solo, after playing a couple hours and sometimes with no incident for several weeks. The only other possible contributing factor would be that it never happened until I switched from XP-32 to Vista-64 to take better advantage of all that RAM. I don't believe it's a heat related issue since I would expect incidences to happen more often as ambient temperature increases with warmer weather. This has not been the case. My suspicion at this point is this may be due to an interface glitch between Vista and CoX. That's essentially why I've ignored it until I noticed this thread, also since it's fixed by simply rebooting.

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Caramelldansen, accept no substitutes

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Thou art the purest form of evil.

Well I've sorta been ignoring this issue since it happens very randomly, only in one game, and is fixed by a reboot. I thought I might help Syntax and maybe get an answer for myself by posting here. If this thread is dead I won't bother then.

Any extra info I can add to this?

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 4:44:13 PM, on 22/05/2009
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleU pdate.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Auzentech\Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1\Volume Panel\VolPanlu.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CTXFIHLP.EXE
C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\GamePanel Software\LCD Manager\Applets\LCDMedia.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\HeroStats\CoHLCD.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CTXFISPI.EXE
C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\x86\SetPoint32.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Contacts\wlcomm.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\distnoted.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Applica tion\chrome.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

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R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VolPanel] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Auzentech\Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1\Volume Panel\VolPanlu.exe" /r
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CTxfiHlp] CTXFIHLP.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [UpdReg] C:\Windows\UpdReg.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Local\Google\Update\Google Update.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [MsnMsgr] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\MsnMsgr.Exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ehTray.exe] C:\Windows\ehome\ehTray.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [WindowsWelcomeCenter] rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /detectMem (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - Global Startup: Logitech SetPoint.lnk = ?
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/ge...nt/swflash.cab
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: Creative ALchemy AL1 Licensing Service - Creative Labs - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Creative Labs Shared\Service\AL1Licensing.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Audio Engine Licensing Service - Creative Labs - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Creative Labs Shared\Service\CTAELicensing.exe
O23 - Service: Creative Audio Service (CTAudSvcService) - Creative Technology Ltd - C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Shared Files\CTAudSvc.exe
O23 - Service: @dfsrres.dll,-101 (DFSR) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\DFSR.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Logitech Bluetooth Service (LBTServ) - Logitech, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logishrd\Bluetooth\LBTServ.exe
O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\SLsvc.exe,-101 (slsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\SLsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam\SteamService.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\ui0detect.exe,-101 (UI0Detect) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\UI0Detect.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vds.exe,-100 (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\wbengine.exe,-104 (wbengine) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)

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End of file - 9344 bytes

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---

DxDiag gathered at May 22, 2009 16:42 (-07:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4094MB
.Net Memory Report: 1543MB out of 4093MB available
Page File: 4337MB (4058MB currently in use)
C Drive: (NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52G) 571624MB out of 953877MB (59%) free
D Drive: (ASUS DRW-2014L1T SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Memory: 2536 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.8048
Driver Date: 11/12/2008 3:54:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1281
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM

Sound Device Description: SPDIF Out (Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1)
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1281
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: P5N32-E SLI
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: _ASUS_ - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20070822000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: Very High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.296
Music Sound Volume: 0.099

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 1003235 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.5T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I've been having the exact same problem for over a YEAR. It is extremely random, sometimes weeks between instances, and only while playing CoH. I'll post data shortly and maybe we can kill two birds (though one reluctant) with one stone.

I can confirm they stay up, since my brother put up a couple story arcs during reactivation week, and they are still up even though he didn't resubscribe.

Bots/anything: Technologic - Daft Punk

*Checks aquarium*

Yup, Pepsi-Fish is still in there.

Broke 600 on Saturday 11-Apr. As of right now my VG is the villain 600 club on Guardian Seeing how we evil types only have access to 676 badges total, the 600 club is still a pretty big deal for us.

Arc Name: Training Program v0.1.09beta
Arc ID: 54895
Faction: Neutral
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Alpha-One/AlphaOne
Difficulty Level: Hard
Synopsis: Crey Industries Paragon Protector Training Simulation by Victor von Grun. WARNING: If this program is found in a facility not owned or operated by Crey Industries, please report to the nearest Crey Industries office.
Estimated Time to Play: Long (3 missions)
Post Feedback Here!

Arc Name: Wrath of the Luddites
Arc ID: 3740
Faction: Villain
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Alpha-One/AlphaOne
Difficulty Level: Average
Synopsis: The Luddites seek to forge a new weapon against technology...
Estimated Time to Play: Very Long (5 missions)
Provide Feedback Here!