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However, my example regarding the study in the library fits within the realm of TWIXTs study (regarding, specifically, the misinterpretation prior to the explanation/debriefing). There was no waiver prior to the administering of the experiment (which is why the one lady ran out of the library...she didn't know she was a part of a study and came to different, more frightening, conclusion). In this way the misrepresentation is the failure to mention that an experiment is taking place, most people assume they are not participating in experiments during everyday life.

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The other quote to which I was responding is germane here. If there was no reasonable expectation of harm (and harm gets defined VERY broadly by IRBs), then this would be approvable research. If there was predictable harm, it becomes more difficult to approve.

I think that what Myers proposed (and he had to propose something; even if he proposed it as exempt research, it had to go through a separate board who had to review it and make sure it qualified as exempt status, based on what's been posted to these forums) would have predictably led to a stress response on the part of those he targeted. I've been at other universities where studies evoking stress responses received heightened scrutiny (I saw one bounced because the person used 42-degree water instead of 45-degree water to create physiological stress...).

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What about consent from NCsoft? While I don't think there's anything in the EULA expressly forbidding the use of the game servers for research purposes, I would think that if you're using their service and publishing a paper after your findings that there's a reasonable expectation to inform the owners of the servers.

Admittedly, it's possible that he had gotten the go-ahead, since I haven't seen anything about it one way or the other.

Also, how does this paper relate to the member created content portion of the EULA?

I've been having a problem with CoH locking up. The screen flashes once, then the program simply stops responding and I have to return to the desktop and close it from the taskbar. Until I15, this would only happen maybe once a week, but since then it's gotten to a point where it's making the game almost unplayable, since I can get maybe one mission completed and I have to restart the game. Every now and again I'll get a lucky break and it won't do it at all, but there doesn't seem to be any pattern to this.

That said, I have yet to notice the problem if Steam isn't running, but because the problem does happen randomly, this could be a fluke. For what it's worth, CoH is also the only program that this happens to.

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

DxDiag gathered at July 9, 2009 19:59 (-06:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 3582MB
.Net Memory Report: 2621MB out of 3582MB available
Page File: 4605MB (858MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD1500ADFD-00NLR5) 6297MB out of 143078MB (4%) free
E Drive: (ST3750640NS) 177776MB out of 715394MB (24%) free
F Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L) zero-size drive
D Drive: (TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S183L) zero-size drive
Z Drive: (BQ7151T XME155T SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8800 GTS
Video Memory: 640.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8250
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8800 GTS
Video Memory: 640.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8250
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Driver File: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.4580
Driver Date: 09/07/2006 7:08:06 PM

Sound Device Description: Logitech USB Headset
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.5512
Driver Date: 01/01/0001 12:00:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: CROSSHAIR
Motherboard Version: 1.XX
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20070620000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x998
3D Resolution: 1280x998 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: -10, -6
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 off)
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): 1.980
Entity Detail Level: 1.980
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: 0.064
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 516648 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090619.5T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\fonts has 2 files
.\sound\Ogg\Rave has 7 files
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\common\Backgrounds has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\Login has 2 files
.\texture_library\GUI\Icons\Powers has 108 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 34 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files
.\texture_library\WORLD\Swappables_and_Decals\Graf fiti has 1 file
.\texture_library\WORLD\Swappables_and_Decals\Sign s has 1 file
.\texture_library\WORLD\Swappables_and_Decals\Sign s\Billboard\billboard_Vert_2to1 has 1 file
.\texture_library\WORLD\Swappables_and_Decals\Sign s\Special_signs has 4 files
.\texture_library\WORLD\V_COV\Bases\Details\Decora tive_liquid\Baseliquid_Monitors has 2 files

--HijackThis--

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 8:02:36 PM, on 09/07/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcIp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Tablet.exe
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcAppFlt.ex e
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\G-series Software\LGDCore.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\G-series Software\LCDMon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb1 1.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\G-series Software\Applets\LCDClock.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\G-series Software\Applets\LCDMedia.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\hpcoretech\hpcmpmgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon06.exe
E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe
E:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe
E:\Program Files\Roxio Creator 2009 Special Edition\5.0\CPMonitor.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\itype.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Sony Ericsson PC Suite\SEPCSuite.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\dpupdchk.exe
C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe
E:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EADM\Core.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMIndexStoreSvr.exe
C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\SetPoint.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WTablet\TabUserW.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logishrd\KHAL2\KHALMNPR.EXE
E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Skype\Plugin Manager\skypePM.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
E:\Steam\steam.exe
E:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

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R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Int ernet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: ContributeBHO Class - {074C1DC5-9320-4A9A-947D-C042949C6216} - E:\Program Files\Adobe\/Adobe Contribute CS3/contributeieplugin.dll
O2 - BHO: Spybot-S&D IE Protection - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper - {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} - E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Adobe PDF - {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} - E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Contribute Toolbar - {517BDDE4-E3A7-4570-B21E-2B52B6139FC7} - E:\Program Files\Adobe\/Adobe Contribute CS3/contributeieplugin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SoundMAXPnP] C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\Core\smax4pnp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Launch LGDCore] "C:\Program Files\Logitech\G-series Software\LGDCore.exe" /SHOWHIDE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Launch LCDMon] "C:\Program Files\Logitech\G-series Software\LCDMon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Kernel and Hardware Abstraction Layer] KHALMNPR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [LVCOMSX] C:\WINDOWS\system32\LVCOMSX.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb1 1.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHUPD06] C:\Program Files\HP\{AAC4FC36-8F89-4587-8DD3-EBC57C83374D}\hphupd06.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Component Manager] "C:\Program Files\HP\hpcoretech\hpcmpmgr.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPHmon06] C:\WINDOWS\system32\hphmon06.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SmcService] C:\PROGRA~1\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe -startgui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] "E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe_ID0EYTHM] C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Adobe\ADOBEV~1\Server\bin\VER SIO~2.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] E:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISUSPM Startup] C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\UPDATE~1\ISUSPM.exe -startup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ISUSScheduler] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdateService\issch.exe" -start
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RoxWatchTray] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\11.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray11.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPMonitor] "E:\Program Files\Roxio Creator 2009 Special Edition\5.0\CPMonitor.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [itype] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\itype.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliPoint] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sony Ericsson PC Suite] "C:\Program Files\Sony Ericsson\Sony Ericsson PC Suite\SEPCSuite.exe" /systray /nologon
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [DAEMON Tools Lite] "C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe" -autorun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Google Update] "C:\Documents and Settings\Bas\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Skype] "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
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O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [EA Core] "E:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EADM\Core.exe" -silent
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
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O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:\Program Files\HP\digital imaging\bin\hpqtra08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Logitech SetPoint.lnk = C:\Program Files\Logitech\SetPoint\SetPoint.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office.lnk = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\OSA.EXE
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O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to Adobe PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert link target to existing PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to Adobe PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selected links to existing PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to Adobe PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert selection to existing PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF - res://E:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Acrobat\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Spybot - Search & Destroy Configuration - {DFB852A3-47F8-48C4-A200-58CAB36FD2A2} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsu...b?1189371238515
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsof...b?1189372345953
O16 - DPF: {74DBCB52-F298-4110-951D-AD2FF67BC8AB} (NVIDIA Smart Scan) - http://www.nvidia.com/content/Driver...aSmartScan.cab
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: !SASWinLogon - C:\Program Files\SUPERAntiSpyware\SASWINLO.DLL
O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft AB - C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe Version Cue CS3 - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Version Cue CS3\Server\bin\VersionCueCS3.exe
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: Autodesk Licensing Service - Autodesk - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Service\AdskScSrv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - ALWIL Software - E:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
O23 - Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: ForceWare Intelligent Application Manager (IAM) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcAppFlt.ex e
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: Logitech Bluetooth Service (LBTServ) - Logitech, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Logitech\Bluetooth\LBTServ.exe
O23 - Service: LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service (LightScribeService) - Hewlett-Packard Company - C:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: NBService - Nero AG - E:\Nero\Nero 7\Nero BackItUp\NBService.exe
O23 - Service: ForceWare IP service (nSvcIp) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NetworkAccessManager\bin\nSvcIp.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Roxio UPnP Renderer 11 - Sonic Solutions - E:\Program Files\Roxio Creator 2009 Special Edition\Digital Home 11\RoxioUPnPRenderer11.exe
O23 - Service: Roxio Upnp Server 11 - Sonic Solutions - E:\Program Files\Roxio Creator 2009 Special Edition\Digital Home 11\RoxioUpnpService11.exe
O23 - Service: LiveShare P2P Server 11 (RoxLiveShare11) - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\11.0\SharedCOM\RoxLiveShare11.exe
O23 - Service: RoxMediaDB11 - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\11.0\SharedCOM\RoxMediaDB11.exe
O23 - Service: Roxio Hard Drive Watcher 11 (RoxWatch11) - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\11.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatch11.exe
O23 - Service: Sygate Personal Firewall (SmcService) - Sygate Technologies, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe
O23 - Service: TabletService - Wacom Technology, Corp. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\Tablet.exe

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End of file - 15043 bytes

I get that a lot, actually. I blame it on my training as a draftsman. I handwrite in all caps, and generally prefer it to standard upper and lower case when reading a font that is supposed to look handwritten. Besides, it's comicky.

DOESN'T MEAN I LIKE IT ALL THE TIME, THOUGH.

My UI

I hadn't realized until just now how crowded it is, though admittedly it's a bit different for each character. I think I need to get my hands on a widescreen monitor, though.

/Traps can hit the ranged cap without breaking a sweat, and bring a lot of other typed and positional defences along for the ride. My Sonic/Traps is capped to Melee, Energy, and Negative, and 30+ to everything other than Psi, with 50% resist to smashing and lethal for good measure. And I'm on the low end of the spectrum.

Play around with /traps a bit, and see what you can make for yourself. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised.

How do the Carnies "work"? Are they all slaved to Vanessa Devore's/Giovanna Scaldi's personality like drones or psychic puppets, individuals with a mind link to Vanessa, or something else entirely?

On the same vein, what exactly is Vanessa/Giovanni doing with the "souls" she powers herself with? Does she draw her energy from inducting a new member and siphoning some of their "essence", or by ripping it out whole and consuming it? Is that what the blue flash is when the carnies fall? Also, is it just my imagination, or is the spectral figure within the flash a skeleton with boobs? Inquiring minds want to know.

I just got back to CoH today after a short vacation, and noticed this. I appreciate them wanting to improve the sound effects, but I think they need to go back and beef them up a bit. A 200 pound guy superjumping into the ocean from 30 storeys up should not sound like somebody dropping a carrot in a pot of soup.

Hardly gamebreaking, I realize, but it just doesn't seem right to me.

I like CoV's music much more than CoH, but by and large I leave it off to keep background noise to a minimum while talking on TS or Skype, or while watching a movie or something. Generally, it's sort of an annoying distraction, particularly while going through the city and hearing only tiny snippets because you're following a neighborhood boundary or something.

My favourite in game is probably from the Double Down neighborhood in St. Martial.

Also, if you've bought the Personal Soundtrack Shirt from ThinkGeek, the "Super Hero Rescue" track that comes loaded with the sound pack is the Atlas Park theme, though with slightly different instrumentation.

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Yeah, I would just LOOOOOVE to play the game then. (whups forgot to emote sarcasm... my bad) If you've been ingame this long and cant wrap your head around the time ingame... meh; lost cause.

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This is why I don't like posting my ideas. I love CoH/V, my ideas don't reflect things I want changed because I don't like them, I just want to help contribute positive ideas to the game I've loved for 5 years. I ask for discussion ideas or something constructive. I can understand if something isn't possible, I play the game, not design it, but I get responses that only seek to disprove and deem my ideas bad/unnecessary. Every other MMO has rain, and none of them obliterate your computer, I just wish for some more positive responses, instead of variations of "Can't be done, bad idea, what are you thinking?!" *sigh*

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The problem is that after 5 years, many of these suggestions have been discussed, re-discussed, had discussions on the first discussion, re-re-discussed... People see the same suggestions pop up that have already been vetoed by the devs. Some people seem to expect newcomers to have an instinctive knowledge of what's been already talked to death about.

That said, it's always a good idea, before posting a new suggestion, to use the search tool to see what's been said before on the subject in order try and avoid repeating a discussion that's already been had.

With specific bearing on the weather effects, it has been brought up in the past. I don't remember specifically which dev did say it, but basically if they were to go through the effort of coding in a new system to bring about weather, they would want it to have something to it that makes it more than just eye candy. The problem is, they also don't want to make something that either buffs or penalizes people to the point where they feel they need to be fighting in a certain weather pattern to get their full potential. So far, they haven't found a way to reconcile the two.

As for life time day-night scale, I have to agree that I would rather not have to wait until RL evening to be able to run my King's Row CoT hunts or what have you. It feels to me like this is a change for the sake of a change, and it's probably something that the devs don't want to risk annoying half of the player base for something that's neither highly demanded, nor a significant gameplay improvement.

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I, and most of the people I know, just turn the filter off.

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That's fine for chat and such, but when you're making an MA arc you've got no choice but to follow the guidelines. This means you can't, for example, talk about a "snatch and grab" operation. Honestly, it would be nice if arcs with potentially offensive language like that would simply be flagged as "potentially containing offensive content", then have an option to allow or disallow these in the searches.

It's irritating to be prevented from telling the stories I want the way I want to tell them, just because a homograph of the word might have at one point been offensive. Honestly, I probably never would have known "nip" was a slur against the Japanese had it not been brought up here. I've similarly learned of "spook" for a person of african descent through the word filter. Seriously, this thing seems to be serving a counter-purpose anyway.

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Poison Trap isn't really worth proccing anymore IMO. Going from memory here but I think there were reports that frankenslotting hold IOs with accuracy improves the accuracy on the initial hold component, which is about the only part that's worthwhile anymore, control-wise.

I think that's about it. If I missed anything hopefully someone will fill in the blanks and/or correct me.

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I would disagree about procs not being worthwhile in /traps, since you can get 3 or so chances for the procs to fire, but I would say that they're not the be-all-and-end-all that they may have been once. The Lockdown: Chance for +mag hold in particular, I find quite nice. Since you can slot for accuracy, recharge, and hold duration, and still have the ability to put one or two procs in it, I don't think it needs to be an either/or situation either.

Magic (Apprentice Charm) and Technology (Taser) origins light the Oil Slick.

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One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is the fact that there's already one power in the game that does add a new damage type to attacks: Enchantment of Serafina. Instant psi damage, perfect for taking on the honoree in his "Unstoppable" phase.

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I just checked the information for Enchantment of Seraphina both on City of Data and in-game, and it doesn't add a damage type. It simply increases the damage of psychic attacks without increasing the damage of any other type of attack (+% strength to psionic damage for 1 m 0s on target). So, unless both City of Data and the in-game information are wrong (I've never used it so I don't know), you're reading too much into the description and not enough into the game effects (which actually matter).

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I just tested it and it seems you're right. I suppose it was a bit much to expect the power description to actually describe what the power does.

Basically, anything that's within the apartment at the time of thirst. Usually, that means water, diet coke, or milk. Lately there's been an increasing appearance of Kool-Aid, because I'm just too squeamish to inject sugar directly into my veins.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is the fact that there's already one power in the game that does add a new damage type to attacks: Enchantment of Serafina. Instant psi damage, perfect for taking on the honoree in his "Unstoppable" phase.

If Fleeting_Whisper's suggestion to have the power act like Targeting Drone and Sniper Rifle doesn't work as it should, it might be worth seeing if the code for the Enchantment could be used. Given the fact that as it stands, it's probably a straight +damage to all powers, I think it would be necessary to add these into a "Trick Ammo" set- probably a blaster secondary, trading damage from the secondary to make for stronger primary attacks.

To this "lowest common denominator" garbage, I say take a few design courses. The first thing you'll be taught is that accessibility is key. If the intent of the design doesn't come across within the first 3 seconds, then you need to work at clarifying your design. Given the number of people here who seem to be agreeing that there should be some indication of which door is which, I would say that it's not the lowest common denominator, but rather the average common denominator who find this to be a problem.

I play this game to be a superhero/villain, not to play "Let's Make a Deal". Call me dense, but I've never spent enough time in Cimerora to figure out the pattern of the doors. Hell, even if each door was marked with a different symbol- Star, Moon and Sun, for instance- at least it would be a reference point to differentiate the doors. They managed it in Pocket D, why is it like trying to get blood from a stone to get a little user-friendliness here?

Rather than limiting the recipes to increments of 5, what I would rather do is have the option to bid on a range of levels for one recipe. There's plenty of times where I want a recipe "X", but don't really care if it was level 40, 50, or anything in between.

So instead of having to choose "Well 44s are going cheapest at the moment", or placing several bids in a hope that one fills, and the rest don't, I could put in a bid for a level 40-50 recipe X, walk away, and if anything in that range comes up for bid at my price point I get it just as surely as if I had bid there.

Do I really have to choose between rewards and story? I enjoy the chance to tell my tales, but I also like to know that someone's reading them.

To that end, I would probably stop using the MA if they took out all rewards and left it just "Story for story's sake". If the people who are looking for a good story and some rewards are all avoiding the MA, why write for them? Similarly, if all I was going to get was a big map filled with mobs, and nothing more than "Go kill" as the storyline, I would probably stop using it in that case, too.

At the end of the day, I can't help but feel that they're fairly close to the balance point right now. I would like to see more teams running AE missions than farms, but that's as much on the players either to stop farming or start more story teams as it is on the devs. Probably moreso, since there's only so far the devs can go without ruining the whole deal.

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8) Basilisk Beauty - A higher powered Smile Pretty. Your grace and beauty is such that you can now mesmerize an entire group of enemies. They are so overcome by your made-up magnificence that they may retch and vomit during the experience.

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I feel pretty... Oh, so pretty!

I'm on as Caesura, and am hanging around with Imperious at the moment.

I'm up for an ITF. I'll even bring a 50!

Yeah, I like magpies. It's always fun when you find one who's learned to mimic noises that just shouldn't come from a bird. When I was younger, we had a park nearby where a pair of magpies were nesting. One would come by our yard fairly often, and it had the strangest repertoire of sounds. It barked like a dog, it laughed like a kid, and it also whirred like a garage door. Strange.

So, it's a nice day out, and I decide to open the windows and patio door in my apartment so it doesn't get overwhelmingly hot. Plus, since my computer is directly adjacent to the door, I get a nice cool breeze and I can look outside. So, I'm on playing CoH, trying to get my Dark/Stone brute to 22 when I notice that every time I hit Smite, there's a noise coming from outside.

I turn to look, and there on my balcony railing, I'm being watched by a magpie. The bird is looking in, watching me play CoH, and mimicking the sounds that my dark melee attacks are making (apparently, the council rifles aren't as interesting.) I tried to grab my video camera to get video of it, but the movement startled the bird away.

So, if one day, you're outside and suddenly you hear Dark Melee sound effects... Yeah, that's my bad.

I have a level 50 Sonic/Traps who is also my main villain. I find him to be an awful lot of fun, and despite the PGT nerf, he's an absolute monster while soloing. EBs are generally no trouble at all, and I'm currently working out a way to solo AVs. (So far, using MA, I've taken Bobcat to the point where she hits unstoppable, which then stalls me long enough that she's able to kill me. I'm not sure if I should try a different AV, or just keep plugging away.)

One thing I find is that Siren's Song is less useful in practice than I had expected it to be in making the character. Between Acid Mortar and Caltrops, your own attacks will end up waking up your enemies. If you decide not to use them, then your trip mine does less damage than it could. However, for a while I was getting some use out of it by using it to set up Time Bomb. I found, though, that I was generally progressing slower by relying on Time Bomb than I was with -res debuffs +Trip Mines

My opening sequence is typically Amplify>Seekers>Acid Mortar>PGT>PPP Soul Drain>Trip Mine>Howl. Despite the nerf, I still find a huge amount of utility from PGT, and even more so since I've gotten my hands on a Lockdown: Chance for +2 Mag Hold. Between choking, coughing enemies and high defence, incoming fire is not much of a concern while dropping a Trip Mine.

Alternately, there's always the option to drop a minefield against really hard targets. I have a friend who gets a kick out of it every time I leave an EB clinging desperately to life from a stack of 13 mines going off in their face.

For PPPs, Black Scorpion offers a solid choice. You're spitting distance from the softcap to Smashing and Lethal damage when combined with FFG, and softcapped S/L defence will protect you from an awful lot of melee attacks. I went for a positional defence build, and avoided Scorpion Shield in favour of a resistance shield as an IO mule. I have about 35% to melee and AoE and 47% to Ranged, as well as about 30% to all typed defences. One advantage to this is that there are a lot of sets for defence that this combination can take advantage of which others can't/don't. As a result, you can rack up positional defences fairly cheaply.

I've also found the combo to be fairly good on endurance. Stamina is optional (Yes, I know, stamina is always optional. It's more optional on a Sonic/Traps), particularly if you build a bit of +recovery in through IOs and slot some endrdx.

In all, you could definitely do a lot worse than Sonic/Traps. It's fun to play, and enough of a rarity that you're unlikely to see another in the course of your path from 1-50. There's a learning curve involved to be sure, but if you can get past it, you'll find yourself playing a fun, strong, unique character which will give you plenty of stories to tell your friends about.

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Ack, incorrect use of bully. "Bully for bushlad" is a cheer for "bushlad."

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Whoopsie. I've heard it used the other way on several occasions. If I misused it, well, my apologies ^_^

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I'd say that 99 times out of 100, at least in North America, the phrase "bully for you" is used sarcastically such as to mean "whoop-dee-freakin'-doo". Just like "good for you". I see nothing wrong with your usage, unless you meant something completely different.