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So why shouldn't someone research and publish the experiments and ponderings of those curiosities?

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My argument is not stop the research and publishing. It is to publish everything that was found and the basis in which it was determined. The martyrdom of Twixt was not the result of an unfounded humanistic phenomenon, it was the deliberate effort of the good professor that caused the ruckus. It is a classic example of someone who knows better acting like an idiot and then wondering why nobody likes him. Again not an impressive social dynamic. My 6 year old son can explain cause an effect to him very well.

Any word on Sudden Death kills at the end of a tie match?

I think if a match goes to sudden death it should be an automatic rematch of unlimited time set to one kill unless both players agree on a draw.

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just caught this and laughed:

[BMT of Champion]4shes: Ill come for kate
[BMT of Champion]Kahlan.: nice
[BMT of Champion]SonicBang: I want on katie
[BMT of Champion]SonicBang: Dangit im too slow arent I

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Dayum i thought i dodged a bullet.....nope headshot

I think its interesting, accurate and thought provoking. Much like life in CoH you either go thru

1. attempting to please others,
2. attempting to displease others
3. lead others
4. be lead by others
5. be anarchic
6. or attempt to bring people together.

Twixt's play though by the letter of the in game rules was not without fault. Having made several statements that he 'just played' is not correct. Those that came to revile Twixt did so because he goaded them. Posting his defeat logs. Spamming insults in broadcast. and more. I believe his study lacks the empirical merit and proper controls required to form the conclusive pothesis "If you don't play by the unwritten rules you become an outcast".

As many know performing a function to the letter of a specified parameter is not necessarily noteworthy. What was noteworthy about Twixt, and how the good professor portrayed him as a manic martyr, was he made no effort to justify his actions for the betterment of the community. The study is just a reinforcement of what has been long known to those with a shred of common sense....people, real or virtual, do not like what they do not understand.

LoL he took a sabattical and a stipend to play CoH to figure out what my big brother tought me at 6 years old. Hopefully on his next paper he can find a conclusive reason why developers wont return pvp back to the way it was. It can be titled, 'Biting the hand that feeds you'

4sh

hbd Blue Boi

Careful AM you may wear your F5 key out.

Come farm in RV we love farmers!

sounds cool....hopefully it will be running missions and SFs so we can get the badges along the way

perfect

Ha! I was sure you would have had a 5 hour lecture from Raid about the upcoming changes by now.

Here it is in a nutshell


PvP and Arenas - Feedback
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PVP


* Capped the base duration of all mezzes in PvP zones and Arena to 4 seconds. Strength mods can still increase the duration of the mez beyond 4 seconds.

* Fixed the bug where powers were being cleared when entering and leaving PvP zones.

* Stun duration for all versions of Rise of the Phoenix is now correctly set to 2 seconds in PVP.



Arenas


* Removed the minimum cap on the number of players allowed to play on an Arena map. Now two players are allowed to play on every single map. The maximum cap remains because of technical limitations.

* Now displaying the number of kills needed to win in the nav bar in Individual Kills Arena matches.

* Significantly increased the flight speed of the spectator camera.

* Granted the spectator camera a substantial perception radius.

* Fixed the bug where individual kills arena matches would have one more life per player than they should have.

* Sudden Death has been enabled for all timed Arena matches.

* Fixed the bug where sometimes an Arena match with a Lives victory condition would give the victory of the match to the wrong side.

* Observers can now see the time remaining in timed Arena matches.

* Altered Sudden Death in Arena matches to set all pets (including Gladiators) to 1 HP, like it does to players.

* Added 20 and 10 second notifications to the end of a timed Arena match.

* Clicking on another player and selecting 'Invite to Arena event' now works correctly.

* New Arena Terminal options: No Inspirations, and No Temp Powers.

* Added a separate No Heal Decay option to the arena.

* Improved the Swiss Draw UI:

* Clicking on a Kiosk while in a tournament will bring up the current tournament standings.

* Notifications are given during tournament intermission that let the players know when the next round is starting at 2 minutes, 15 seconds, and 5 seconds.

* Fixed a bug that would stop a player from being able to observe an Arena match that was created in a different zone.

* Fixed a bug that would sometimes stop a player from being able to join an Arena match in a slot that was designated for their Archetype.

* Altered the Buff period during a Gladiator match to a shorter preparation period where the Gladiators are spawned but the players cannot use buffs.

* Masterminds can no longer inspire Gladiator pets.

Kat when are you going to announce the settings as that will greatly determine what ATs are viable for this tourney. As one that will have to accolade and IO a toon knowing the settings ASAP would be greatly appreciated.

Also has the PvPec worked out how to handle the "SUDDEN DEATH" final 10 seconds of a tie match? in practice yesterday it is terribad and i cannot see how to turn it off.

I have had two peeps suggest auto reset on cage any other feedback on this. Power to the people. Speak and be heard.

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With the assistance of ReDorothy and Enigma we fronted all the prize awards in the past event and am going to ask for a 10 million influence entry fee from those that can afford it and if you can't then I will cover your entry. Same as last week if we get 10 teams or more I will match all donations 1 to 1 up to 100 million. We had a sick pot of 225 Million Influence thats a quarter billion folks!!

See you in game!!

4sh

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!!!Update!!!

Thanks to the generous donation by Budweiser, on behalf of Protectors of Neverland, every teams entry fee has been paid and the prize pot is a WHOPPING 500 MILLION!!!

Same rules apply as before but with the addition of I15 the settings will be

TS off
DR on
Heal Decay off
Arena insps and temps only
Random Maps no resets for cage or office

Due to the feedback I have been getting it looks like this sunday will be tough for everyone to make it considering the holiday weekend. So this big event will be Saturday July 11th. We will gather in Pocket D at 7.30 and the first round of matches starts no later than 8pm.

I will be hosting a 2v2 practice night sunday july 5th at 8pm.

Thank you Bud and PoN for keeping PvP rocking!!

glhf

4sh

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LOL this girl think she the Mr.Bigstuff. What are talking about Felecia I see Hammers, and others several sg conduct C.C. oftenly. PoN use to contribute alot awhile ago with several events. I mean were helping in PVP event which so far up 200mil. So stop opening your mouth like your king tut or the mother of champions... cause honestly your tiring to hard.. and leading to a epic failure. On a sidenote Mod 8 is not your friend.

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Exactly how much did you or any of PoN contribute to the winnings?

none ouch....please for as much as I love playing with you elf I have PvP events well under control. Perhaps more of your effort should be focused on finding a partner for next weeks event. During the raid yesterday I spoke with Cobalt about coming to play and he said he was available. I would so pair you two...like peas in a pod.

I would like to publicly thank Felecia and AOW for their uber generous 100 million contribution to our 2v2 events so we can keep PvP rolling.

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I would like to amend this statement in PoNs defense their leader Budweiser was on vacation for two weeks and did not know about the events upcoming. Without the opportunity to donate that explains we could not expect them to do so. However now is another story.

We spoke at length today and on behalf of PoN BuD has donated the entire entry fees and prize winnings for this sudays event FOR EVERYONE!!! that means if 10 teams or more compete we will be giving away 500 million influence!!!

on behalf of our modest event and participants...thank you.

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Sorry. Not going to change it. While i understand where you are coming from I am attempting something different with this event.

Defenders and Controllers are totally different with each build. However blasters, stalkers, scrappers, tanks...etc...etc....are very similar with each build. I want the contest to separate those that rely on one or two particular types of toons to always win to be forced to show more variety in their skill level.

While this only applies to a small percentage of pvprs, I have noticed several that rely specifically on one type of toon to win with. Forcing them to play other builds broadens the chances for others to win. There are many that ALMOST ALWAYS play the same toon for just about every pvp event. Because you can rock one build does not make you an excellent pvp'r IMHO. Because you can rock just about anything you play....that makes you an ELITIST PVP'R. Which is what we are looking for here. :-)

This is not an event that is really geared towards the newbie pvp'r (my other 2 events this month are), those that are hardcore enough to enter are going to have 3 viable toons to do it with. (Though I expect several to claim they don't because they know they suck on anything but their blaster/stalker/stormy etc. ) Perhaps not all purpled out, but hey thats just another way to test the skills as well...making people fight without the uber buildz. :-)

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Just in case you didn't read what you just wrote I quoted it for you! "just because you rock one build..."...all due respect Kat you do have much much more pvp experience than I, however how many matches have you fought since I13?

Builds even amongst the Same ATs are very very different. For as much i respect your position as our pvpec rep and your conribution to pvp as a whole, your stalwart unwavering attitude towards anyother idea but your own leaves much to be desired.

may i suggest you put it to those that will be participating?

Sounds excellent!! I love it....however i think if a player has two different trollers they should be able to fight with both. same for stalkers or blasters mostly because playing an Ice/therm is much different than playing an Ice/rad. Not too many people can field 3 ATs worth of pvp toons on champion.

I would like to enter the suggestion that the repeating AT be removed and in its place add you must play 3 different toons. It still supports your premise of skill and style and doesnt penalize those who can field 3 toons but not with 3 ATs.

Disorder | Rating
Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

woot i may be normal today!!!

Rumors I have heard....

Kat loves hawt Cyb0rz

Dread Shinobi is actually a machine

Budweiser slotted over full sets of Apocs, Armegeddons, and Hecatombs to slot PvP IOs....then slotted over the PvP IOs to repurple out his blaster.

Elf is OCD over anything involving anyones mom or a phallus

Cobalt secretly loves PvP and has duels with his villain Crimson Scarletta on test daily.

UC is a models for diet monster energy drink campaign.

Gfunny talks dirty to Positron in exchange for free game time.

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LOL this girl think she the Mr.Bigstuff. What are talking about Felecia I see Hammers, and others several sg conduct C.C. oftenly. PoN use to contribute alot awhile ago with several events. I mean were helping in PVP event which so far up 200mil. So stop opening your mouth like your king tut or the mother of champions... cause honestly your tiring to hard.. and leading to a epic failure. On a sidenote Mod 8 is not your friend.

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Exactly how much did you or any of PoN contribute to the winnings?

none ouch....please for as much as I love playing with you elf I have PvP events well under control. Perhaps more of your effort should be focused on finding a partner for next weeks event. During the raid yesterday I spoke with Cobalt about coming to play and he said he was available. I would so pair you two...like peas in a pod.

I would like to publicly thank Felecia and AOW for their uber generous 100 million contribution to our 2v2 events so we can keep PvP rolling.

The only word that came out of every chat window after the Championship Round was 'WOW'

Before we get the the recap of the final match I want to give mad props to our more than generous sponsors ReDorothy and Enigma for their donations to host this awesome turnout.

14 teams started the event after 4 rounds there we took the top 8 teams and started our single elimination brackets. The two undefeated teams in the first two rounds took the top spots

Rank 1 was Damage Elemental (fire/em blstr) and Berserk Frost (ice/therm troll)

Rank 2 Door Knob (SS/WP brute) and Hell who? (fire/em blstr)

Rank 3 X Synergy (Elec/Therm corr) and Onoes (pb)

Rank 4 Habachi's Mosquito (Kat/regen) and (i forget)

Rank 5 Energy of Light (fire/em blstr) and yeah yeah (Rad/ice offender)

Rank 6 False Guardian (mind/sonic troll) and dom 98 (grav/nrg dom)

Rank 7 Locks (sorry i forgot who your partner was)

Rank 8 Melted Sheets (Sonic/Therm corr) and That Darned Stalker (stlk)

The elimination brackets were awesome to watch. The last round was a rematch of one in the prelims where rank 3 team X and Onoes would fight undefeated Rank 1 team Damage Elemental and Berserk Frost.

The match started in Team X's favor. Spawning the cargo ship Team DE hid in the cargo hold to attemt an advantage against the uber range of the Onoes' squid forms attack. Team X quickly figured this out chewed some reds and waded into the fortified position. Team X had a 2-0 lead inside the 8:30 mark.

After the respawn Team DE came out blasting. BF's powerboosted holds were just enough to hold Onoes and X to score a few kills at the 5 minute mark the score was 5-3 Team X in the lead.

Having insps in reserve Team DE started popping in minute 6 staggering kills and tieing the match into the last minute 6-6.

Counting the last few seconds of the match was nailbiting. With the last kill of X Synergy Team DE won the match 7-6.

GG peeps

I must say I am so impressed with the level of play and sportsmanship shown this Saturday night.

I am looking foward to hosting our next event Sunday July 5th gathering at 7.30 pm eastern time and our first round will start no later than 8.00 pm.

With the assistance of ReDorothy and Enigma we fronted all the prize awards in the past event and am going to ask for a 10 million influence entry fee from those that can afford it and if you can't then I will cover your entry. Same as last week if we get 10 teams or more I will match all donations 1 to 1 up to 100 million. We had a sick pot of 225 Million Influence thats a quarter billion folks!!

See you in game!!

4sh

This is coming out Saturday so dont miss it!!!

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Just wanna say, Whaaaats up 4shes and Kat. On deployment so I wont be back until Christmas ish. Maybe I'll catch you guys on one day this week while we are inport, if not then I shall talk to you when we get back and if you see Scribe tell him hey.

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Psy i can't say how good it is to hear from you. Im glad you are ok and thank you so much for your service to our freedom. love to hear from you anytime.

peace bro

Kat scrap that gladiator stuff and lets do this!!!

Im matching prizes donated up to 100 million so if we get 10 teams the prize pool will be 200 million!!! I know some of your peeps from LES were looking for some action and i know kickn always had a great time 2v2n wit meh.

cyb0rz just isnt the same without you!!

this weeks event will be saturday gathering at 8.30 pm est for warmups. first round of matches at 9.pm

Well come out to the event and make some new PvP friends we are out there. Im hoping this event brings out a few of the old and new

Not cool man. I am going to ask to keep the focus positive and on topic. Ill ask if you have nothing nice to say keep it to yourself lest we take another trip to the woodshed and give your scrapper another spankin.

*anyway*

I can say though i PvP regularly i do not keep a regular partner for 2v2. so it was with that in mind i wanted to be considerate of those who like to pvp and may not have a regular partner.

hope to see you there Tuter *grabs the paddle*

glhf 4sh