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You don't really need to close your account.

If you cancelled the credit card on your account, you will still be charge the $15.00 fee that you've already paid for, but you should not be charged anything else.

Check your account summary, it should say "None" under "Subscription".

'Vyx, I can confirm that the date is indeed Saturday July 9th, as per an earlier PM from Stalemate.

Not to sound pedantic, but Stale' got it right... id est (i.e., or ie.): "That is (to say)" in the sense of "that means" and "which means", or "in other words", or sometimes "in this case", depending on the context; may be followed by a comma, or not, depending on style (American English and British English respectively). It is often misinterpreted as "in example." In this situation, e.g. should be used instead.

Same here, Stalemate - send me a PM and I'll see what I can do

4 o'clock, of course, sir....

This is a very nice gesture, worthy of Comrade Hero !

A Spot for All Seasons

"Order, Order!" thought loudly Spot of Earth-C, banging on the meeting table with his mallet. "Could someone get Spot of Earth-F off the light fixture so we can bring this meeting to order ?"

Obligingly, Spot of Earth-L and Spot of Earth-T stood up, and were able to thought-convince Spot of Earth-F to climb down and sit back at the table.

"Could you not think so loud, please?", thought-whined Spot of Earth-P-minor, "I have a headache..."

"You always have a headache", thought-spat Spot of Earth-G.

In his slow drawl, Spot of Earth-J thought: "Can it, you drongos. We only meet like this twice a year; the sooner this is over, the sooner we're back where we belong..."

Spot of Earth-L and Spot of Earth-T both nodded their agreement.

"So, now that I have everyone's attention...", thought Spot of Earth-C. "Let's continue with our progress reports. Spot of Earth-V-major ?"

Spot of Earth-V-major stood up, put a foot on his chair to strike a pose, and thought-declaimed: "As you may all know," (foot down on the floor, hands on hip) "I have joined the top Super-Group of my Realm." (back of hand to forehead) "Alas, I have found it more difficult than anticipated to ingratiate myself" (both hands palm down on the table) "to the top rank of this prestigious organization." (raise chin up) "But do not worry, my brethren, I will persevere..." (sit down).

Spot of Earth-C pursed his lips under his mask, and thought: "Ahum, well, thank you, Spot of Earth-V-major. Spot of Earth-V-minor ?"

Spot of Earth-V-minor looked up his magazine and thought "Ah well, I have made some progress with my own Super-Group. I am now in charge of events, and we already have a very... profound... influence on the night life in Pocket D."

"Thank you, Spot of Earth-V-minor." thought Spot of Earth-C. "And now, Spot of Earth-P-major ?".

Spot of Earth-P-Major's shoulders slumped and he thought "I've been traded..."

"What ? How's that ?", thought Spot of Earth-C.

"Well, my Super-Group sent me to another Super-Group in exchange for that big lizard guy, don't ask me why. And that other Super-Group I'm stuck with now is full of dead-beats and also-rans, so even if I could take over - wouldn't be too hard, believe me - I wouldn't be able to do much."

"Well, I am sure you are doing your best, dear", thought Spot of Earth-V-minor while patting Spot of Earth-P-major's hand.

"And on this, meeting adjourned!". A final thump of Spot of Earth-C's mallet on the table, and the room was empty.

...

"Are you C-Spot Ron ?", the official-looking courier asked the hero slumped on the stairs of City Hall.

C-Spot Ron nodded his head affirmatively.

"And are you a member of the Reservoir Dog Super-Group, registered here in Paragon City ?"

Again, C-Spot Ron nodded.

"... weirdo, he could just say 'yes'..." the courier spoke under his breath, but C-Spot Ron's preternatural hearing heard him quite well, and he pointed his finger to his mouth – or to be precise, his lack of mouth.

The courier just shrugged, and pulled out a piece of paper from his satchel: "It is my duty to inform you that according to City Ordinance number 465 dash twelve, your Super-Group is in default of payment in regards to its rent, due the 19 of last month. Accordingly, all power and utilities have been suspended until said rent is paid in full. Here is your summons to appear before the City Bailiff."

C-Spot Ron accepted the folder piece of paper from the courier, who promptly teleported away. With a sigh, he looked at the paper in his hand, and wondered if it was too late to ask to be transferred to Earth-F...

Just my two cents, regarding attacks in MMs' primary sets (any primary):

Take them at the lower levels, that will help supplement the fewer pets you'll have.

Respec' out of them around mid-game (level twenty-ish) in favor of support Power Pools like Leadership.

Just a suggestion, mind you, YMMV...

Hummm.... spider-sense tingling...

I'll be there with bells on ! (... now, where do I put those bells...)

Still haven't tried Dual Blades from I11...

I'll let you know what I think of I20 in a few... months...

Happy Birthday Kultie !!

Happy Birthday to you !

** crickets chirping **

Agreed.

Actually, this could be applied to any workplace, or any sports team - it's called "being human", Stale...

Whenever someone is mean to me, I have to ask myself: "is he a natural jerk, or has something happened to him lately to sour his mood ?" A loss ? An illness ? Some other kind of sorrow ?

Some people come to these games some times to escape their own condition, but unfortunately they some times cannot do otherwise than bring part of it with them.

That one I don't really mind, the same way I won't invite the whole neighborhood every time I go to the movies...

Some people have friends (or that's what I heard, I wouldn't know... ), and friends like to play friends (again, that's all hearsay). Again, it's simply "human".

I wholeheartedly agree.

And also, helping out is a good way to get a good rep ! (wink, wink!)

Seriously, a lot of Protector's own reputation for being a "new player friendly" server (as I've seen on several non-Protector-based forum threads) is due to actions from volunteers like Stalemate, Sooner, Rasta, Kyo, and a lot more. So yeah, we were doing something right !

We just need to keep on doing it.

Your "Last Chance with Kult" on Monday night, and your posts in general proves to us that you already are.

And it shows, Kultie, it shows...

I do try to send a (at least half-hearted) "Good evening, shooters" whenever I log on, and I sometime reply to someone else's "Hello", but I confess (mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa) that as soon as the action starts, I have the tendancy of closing all my chat windows - my little brain can only process so much info at the time.

At the moment, my play time is reduced to the point that my monthly subscription costs me about a buck an hour to play (and I've paid for a whole year...), so I mostly come here for Hami raids or other organized events. When I'm here I don't really feel like hanging out in AP or Pocket D and just shoot the breeze on Jello Shooters anymore, I just want to PLAY!PLAY!PLAY!.. for the couple of hours I have free.

So, yeah, maybe I could be more present on Jello Shooters, and maybe I could get a less crappy job, and maybe I could be in better health...

Ouch. That's bad, and rude. It's definitively not the community I remember, and definitely not the kind of community I want to belong to.

P.S. Every time I try to do some kind of "meaningful" (i.e. not totally frivolous) post, I get a couple of PMs from people who not only disagree with me, but really, really REALLY insist to let me know what kind of an insignificant turd I am. Y'know what ? Save yourself the effort and put me on your Ignore list right now, I don't mind...