Acemace
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Quote:Maybe they don't have anything substantive to tell you at this time, ey.Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer
I'm sure they know.
I just don't know why they aren't talking.
I don't see any real reason to remain silent.
Or because even *if* they were midstream in re-development of bases and pvp and revealed some early tidbits *people* would likely vetch and moan even louder demanding more details and/or their "communities" input being considered.
I believe bases will more likely get a look under the new system then they would've otherwise, and that it wont happen fast enough to satisfy some people.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Robot
The only way this move makes any sense to me is in the context of an impending announcement of City of Heroes 2.
Honestly, let it go. There isn't going to be a CoH2 in the foreseeable future.
Nice wright up by Pos on some of the behind the scenes preparatory planning, and from everything I've seen I'm completely happy with this direction.
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It took this long for him to get his star? Apparently no one informed him to pony up the 12K to get his name considered.
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I want Octopussy, I'm willing to settle with Exchange "Where your hero Rates."
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Hope all the best for your family and a speedy recovery for your son. =]
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Quote:Some smell village of people who mysteriously disappeared during the still of the night were glad you like it.Originally Posted by BaronVonSavage
Love it!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Cutlass
The VIP server might open up a whole new can o' drama.
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SOAB.
It's finally going to happen.
It only took changing part of the games financial model to make dynamic respecs possible.
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It only took changing part of the games financial model to make dynamic respecs possible.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Dinah Might
It isn't exact the "access" that worries people. It is the type of player it attracts. I'm sorry to say that, but it is true (at least my experience). I can tell you now, even with /ignore features and etc. it will be difficult to avoid such players without going to the VIP server.
This also isn't a game given it's age which attracts a WoW type of crowd or even CO/DC which were saturated with insipid kiddie ragers from the first day of temp forums and alpha, in fact I would be surprised, really surprised, if the influx of freebie players is great enough to more then mildly 'disrupt' the game you can log onto this afternoon.
The quality of the game community on this server is not going to change that significantly with F2P. I don't know why people think they're going to have to flee the existing servers like frightened Israelites escaping the clutches of the tyrannical Egyptians for the promised land of the VIP server.
The prospect that *some* of the endless list of good players greyed out in my 'friends' through the years *possibly* being enticed to try CoH for free even for awhile will have me staying right here on Champion.
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All the best.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Durakken
The critics are not "nerdraging" or "not getting it"
Let me put it this way...
There are very few movies that are less than passable... and those that are, are often so bad that they provide a laugh at how crappy they are which makes them better then an "average" movie
So to say that "Oh I enjoyed watching it" well no ****... Most if not all movies that are in a genre you like are going to be "enjoyble" to some degree. Does that may it good? No.
But it's good... right? No. Even if I take out the fact that it is GL it is not a good movie. They is crappy cuts and horrible story pacing and far too much focus on things they shouldn't have and far too little on things they should have. The movie based on it's on merits is mediocre at best and bad at worst since most film grads would never make the type of errors in this movie's editing.
But let's add in the fact that it is GL... The characters have none of the characteristics from the comics OR those characteristics are the faux version that can often be mistaken for the right version if glanced at...and when you write from a place you just glanced at the source material it shows. This is why Hal Jordan is not Hal, Sinestro is not Sinestro, The Guardians are not the Guardians, Hector Hammond is not Hector Hammond, and Carol Ferris is not Carol Ferris. And that's just characterization and not the facts of the story like the planet they landed on is supposed to be the home of the Red Lanterns, the Guardians would have told Sinestro it's stupid to form yellow rings because that's not how it works, and there is no more yellow impurity because parallax isn't in the battery any more, Oh and lets not go into the fact that Parallax doesn't look like a bug anymore, which its design is based off the innate fear that man has.. or just how ugly the costumes are...even in comic format.
Oh, and what about the writing. Its bad and doesn't seem to even pay attention to itself. The Omniscient Narrator speaks 2 or 3 times... once at the beginning and once somewhere in the middle. The narrator tells you the wrong information when it says "Green Lanterns are without fear" not once but twice (different ways mind you) and yet the whole friggin point of the movie is not that a GL is without fear, but rather has the ability to OVERCOME fear.
So I'm looking at a bad to mediocre film on its own merits then it gets almost every element of its license wrong and lets tie in the fact it cost, what? 300 million dollars to make? where as I can probably name several low budget high quality movies that are way better in every aspect or perhaps we can compare it to it's own genre family of adaptation superhero movies that are far better with less...in almost every aspect.
The movie has all that against it... and then you look at the potential and how disappointing the movie is to anyone that recognizes good film making and knows the story and the disappointment makes the 1* rating seem generous.
And as far as those saying "it doesn't have to get the elements right" I'm sorry, but I pay money for a Movie of a concept/character whatever. If nothing but the skin of that movie is that, then you are defrauding people in my opinion...and that goes for all media. Movies get away with this crap too much and it is why we don't have good movies coming out any more.
I hate the fact that movies get away with being able to #1 remake the same thing ove3r and over again or make adaptation where as in other mediums that hardly ever happens... and #2 lie about the product that they are delivering to us. They give you a surface experience of this or that license, but the substance is completely lacking and in effect it becomes a completely different product thus making the sales a fraud imo.
And further GL also suffers from the fact it opened against Thor which is at the heart of the matter the same movie done better for the same amount and is true to it's source material.
So when you combine those 6 (i think) things I mentioned you end up with a movie to anyone with a clue that is utter crap from any direction you look at it.
Words to live by..
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Just saw it with my wife and we both liked it, the 'hated it' nerdragers and G/L defenders have already overtaken the thread but I'll add a couple observations.
Spoilers
Yea it's big... /michael scott/... that's what she said.
- Sinestro turned power hungry too easily and put on the yellow ring after there was any reason to whatsoever --clumsy post credits sequel set up
- Like Superman Returns too much time spent on the Hal and Carol re-budding romance drug the pace
- Blake Lively weak
- Tim Robbins weak
- Blink and it's over 'training' period
- 5 ring projections in what was otherwise a pretty good final battle almost ignored what you'd expect to see in a Green Lantern film
Bottom line, it had holes but it was definitely, definitely, nowhere near the unwatchable wreck the hyper nerdragers are insisting it is.
Both me and my wife would recommend it.
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All Tanker Lambda in the books, a first for any server, and a breeze for the 16 skilled players who joined. Much fun Champs, and BAF is next.
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Didn't want to make a new thread for this and it doesn't hurt to bump this one, so, an all tank Lambda is in the books on champ, and yea it was a breeze but fun all the way.
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So tonight in PD whatever time I said earlier, we'll see what we can get.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Way to ignore the other systems listed. ALL of which have needed attention for quite some time.
/golfclap
My commonsense was momentarily blinded by the inclusion of pvp on your list.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
It's what they didn't say at the end of that...
"We turned to the forums. After laughing heartily at those wanting fixes for long-time issues and forgotten systems like PVP"
Yea, use limited resources to work on a nearly dead portion of the game. Mandate....
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Quote:Originally Posted by Acemace
I'd remove the cartoons or even comprise their own separate list from the l/a films.
10. Kick ***
9. Hellboy
8. Batman (1989) - easy to forget what a huge pop hit this was in it's day
7. X-Men
6. Superman 2
5. Batman Begins
4. Iron Man
3. X-Men 2
2. Spider-Man 2
1. The Dark Knight
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Quote:Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Why would you remove the animated movies? Are they not real movies or something?It's like Superman vs Capt Marvel, in live action that would be a 20mill scene, so imo a cartoon should be judged against other similar types of movies for the purpose of a 'best of' genre list.Quote:Originally Posted by Furio
I'd tend to agree with putting live action in a separate list from animated, if only for the additional technical challenge of doing live-action superheroics and not having it look silly/sloppy. -
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Quote:I'd remove the cartoons or even comprise their own separate list from the l/a films.Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
I'd probably do it more like this:
10. Kick-***
9. Hellboy
8. Blade
7. Batman Begins
6. Superman
5. Iron Man
4. X-Men 2
3. Spider-Man 2
2. The Dark Knight
1. The Incredibles
10. Kick ***
9. Hellboy
8. Batman (1989) - easy to forget what a huge pop hit this was in it's day
7. X-Men
6. Superman 2
5. Batman Begins
4. Iron Man
3. X-Men 2
2. Spider-Man 2
1. The Dark Knight
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Quote:Little wonder why only 40% of people recently surveyed said they read the news in a print newspaper or it's online version. >Originally Posted by Tymers_Realm
Noticed a link to this article
The list is to ridiculous even to debate. Blade 2 and neither xmen, epic.
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Hopefully they do this right.
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I think it's safe to meet in Pocket D to avoid the usual trial camping in rwz, and could one of you add the day and time to Tankers & TankHQ thanks. --edit, if there's room in the motd
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So I'd like to find the best time when the most 50 tanks can be on to put at least an all tank lambda in the books, which really will be a breeze and something we had wanted to do during a TT but the mixed levels (which is highly encouraged) haven't meshed with the new i-trials.
So I'd like to shoot for next Saturday the 18th in the evening around 8pm-ish edt (time converter for any euros who want to jump in), and if there are enough we'll do both trials and maybe even a "Gotta Keep 'Em Separated" badge for BAF, more i-merits & threads never hurt ;].
Nothing is binding but Sign Up below and / or post an alternate time if 8pm-ish edt doesn't work and we'll see what we've got.
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