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When the forums got remade, I have to admit that I was a bit taken back by the decision to include this segment - the one dedicated to suggestions and ideas - in a sub-forum marked "FOR FUN!"
The problem that I have with it is that it gives the impression that our suggestions are not going to be taken seriously. Now maybe that is the case in application; after all, how many years were we asking for power customization and haven't gotten it until Issue 16 comes out? But at the very least coming up with suggestions or ideas on how the whole "City Of" experience should be something that should be encouraged, not treated as a novelty item.
So my suggestion is this: Please move the "Suggestions and Ideas" section out of the "For Fun!" sub-forum into the "Development" sub-forum.
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Quote:I like the DJ, Rockstar, and Pla-boy ideas, although the latter would be a little dubious.Originally Posted by GreenFIame
New Day Jobs Idea's
Artist-You spend time Painting in you loft area.
Computer Programer-You design many good Software while undercover as an hero.
Teacher-You are Teacher,teaching the young Knowledge.
Model-you so off you good looks everyday
Movie Star-you are famous actor.
Rockstar-you play alot of good music
DJ-you been hang out with Dj Zero so much you now have you career as one.
Fire Fighter-you put out way to many fire,keeping the town form burning down.
Assissin-you took out to many people as an contact Killier.
Fbi Agent- can't think of anything
Play boy-you have so much money and spend you time clubbing with the ladies you became a play buy
Firefighter already exists as a badge, so I don't see that becoming a day job as well, especially since the fire calls in Steel Canyon go to random areas and there isn't a fixed place for you to be to get one. But I DO have a workaround for this.
Here are some of my ideas based on those suggestions:
DeeJay - if you hang around DJ Zero long enough in Pocket D (that's being up on the platworm with the giant speaker) then you become a DeeJay in your own right.
Rockstar - Get the DeeJay and Clubber badge
Celebutant - Get the DeeJay and Duelist badge (little easier to sell than Pla-boy)
Crisis Manager - Firefighter badge with Police Chief acolade - this would actually be something of a level 2 acolade, which would be a really good way to incorporate day job badges with achievment badges. -
Quote:I will just let my own vid do the talking...Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
Yes, all of ya! And don't give me that bull about calling out devs cause you know I'll just PM ya en masse.
*wicked grin*
This is my request for Samuraiko/Dark_Respite. If you can't hire her outright for vids, can you do a per Diem thing so she's compensated per vid?
I can't help it guys. And many of you (devs and players alike) have more than a few PMs from me, so you know how serious I am here. Dark_Respite's vids tend to be way more epic, there's just this feeling while watching them... WHOA!
So, hire her or contract her. I dun care. But I need her vids. Deeply and in a decidedly wrong way.
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The good news is that Episode 11 is now finished and is online!
The bad news... YouTube refuses to run it because it is 13 minutes long.
YouTubers have already been given the bad news in my own unique way...
But for the rest of you, here's a site that DOES allow a 13-minute video.
Episode 11 - Supergroup Bases
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I have the latest video in the Ask Captain Catastrophe series...
Unfortunately it is too big for YouTube(sux). So it's on MySpace videos instead.
Episode 11 - Supergroup Bases
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=61820629
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Quote:As per the earlier post, the new forum apparently doesn't like the old format used to make the Scoop.Originally Posted by Torero_NA
The link seems to be broken, cannot access it.
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Quote:YES I am well aware of the ingame advertising system. I was here in the forums when it was announced. That is what inspired the idea for digital billboards in the first place, and how I know they asked the players for filler suggestions. That's part of the reason why I came up with those sample billboards.Originally Posted by Zekiran_Immortal
.... You do know that there WAS ingame advertising, right? And that it didn't work? Because we haven't seen an ad up for like ... almost a year now (? 9+ months?) since there were a total of TWO ads available from the company that they selected.
YES I am also aware that the ingame advertising has not been as successful as originally expected. This did get started as the economy started to decline. Plus we have no idea which kinds of businesses were approached, what kind of deal was being brokered for the ads, and what kinds of limitations were being imposed on them.
*You* consider it to be a failure, but until a red-name comes out and actually says "We've officially discontinued this feature because it did not work" I still have to operate under the notion that it IS still active and that it CAN be viable. -
Quote:Uh, Dark? Hate to burst your bubble, but you are already a professional.Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Hypocrisy or not, justified or not - if I intend to one day consider myself a legitimate professional, I would like to think that if I am using an artist's music (and I'm not talking the stuff you hear on the radio - I mean the folks that compose music for trailers and commercials and stuff) that they are receiving their due compensation for their efforts as well.
And by the way, now you know why I've been sticking to the music that NC Soft provided when doing my videos. -
First: I KNOW this is a not a critical quality-of-life issue. In the grand scheme of things, this is just window dressing.
But the thought occured to me that one of the great ways the folks at Paragon Studios can help generate advertising revenue is to offer space on digital billboards.
I've seen plenty of these in the Northern Atlanta area. Essentially these are super-large plasma screens running screenshows of billboard ads. Each billboard can run several ads for anywhere between thirty seconds and a minute each.
So if NCSoft/Paragon Studios is still interested in generating ad interest, instead of selling out ONE static billboard space per advertiser, why not offer it to FIVE or even TEN per digital billboard?
The great thing about this idea is that the developers ALREADY HAVE THE TEMPLATE for this! The programming for this kind of advertising would be no different than the code used for the tech monitor screens. The only difference would be the size and location and image coding.
So, for instance, you have a 5-image digital billboard in Steel Canyon by the Yellow Line station that has...
Image 1: http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...tLitigious.jpg
Image 2: http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...-SupreWulf.jpg
Image 3: http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...agonRealty.jpg
Image 4: http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...GreedyBean.jpg
Image 5: http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ds/SoyChow.jpg
Every 60 seconds the images rotate, so you have different ad for that space. And if they need filler, then they can use the current billboard images, or tap some of the creative minds here.
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Let's have an election. Make it an annual event to run with Halloween. You're trick-or-treating, you're battling zombies, AND you have protesters in City Hall, ad-hoc speeches being attacked by gangs (similar to the fire alarm in Steel Canyon or the Troll Rave in Skyway City)...
With ballot measures to boot.
http://s418.photobucket.com/albums/p...view=slideshow
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This is something I was wondering about myself. Yes, this is something we should see put in.
Also, since the Rogue Isles are supposed to be east of Paragon City, wouldn't they be in a different time zone? -
Since we now have this brand spanking-new forum, and there are now TWO versions of the Scoop (US and EU) - is it possible for it to have the Scoop in it's own segment in the "News, Events & Announcements" category? That way you can have the issue and you can have discussions about the issue all in the same forum and not have to split them like you would with the other announcements.
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Quote:Thank you for letting us know. I was wondering how the new system would treat the Scoop.Originally Posted by Snow_Globe
Just to let everyone know, we are currently trying to adjust the Scoop to the new forums, and it might take a bit to return. We hope to have some promising news soon. I have found a way to find all of the back issues, and will be working with the staff to update the archive index.
There will still be formatting problems for the older issues. The root cause is that the new forums treat HTML a lot differently than the old software. -
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Quote:Thanks!Originally Posted by jwbullfrog
And now Cray is on the good Captain's case...sigh. As the great sage once said "I don't get no respect at all..."
Great as always Rock. I'm still trying to get those added to the tutorial for all new players.
And wait until you see 11! It just finished pre-production. -
Episode 10 is now up and availible for viewing.
#10 - Recruitment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVq_t-nV8Vg
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The latest video in the "Ask Captain Catastrophe" series is up.
#10 - Recruitment
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Not as well as I wanted to. I got some game-time in late on Friday, almost none on Saturday, and just a little while tonight, but I keep on hitting server lag every time.
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Spartans!!
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Sadly, this has been brought up in previous posts, and while there are plenty who want this to happen, the folks at Paragon Wiki are saying that this won't happen in i16.
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Captain Catastrophe's older brother, the one briefly mentioned and appearing at the end of the previous video episode, has taken over the "Ask Captain Catastrophe" program, and he is clearly NOTHING like his sibbling.
Ask Captain Catasrophe - Question #9: Enter MAJOR Catastrophe!
Family also plays a role in this issue as the Major's connection to his brother's community service is revealed.
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My problem with the weekend was with one place... Atlas Park.
Every invasion I took part in at Atlas ended up with mapserver disconnections.
I did not have this problem before AE was put in that area.
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I've created a second floor for one of my groups using wood blocks and desks in the medbay. It was a beotch to pull it off, though. But for whatever reason, I'm not able to replicate this process in a 2x2 workshop. The linoleum title refuses to be placed stacked up against the wood blocks. Is there an alternative to this?
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BTW I should note that I used the linoleum tile as the base for the desks, which made up the real floor. -
I've created a second floor for one of my groups using wood blocks and desks in the medbay. It was a beotch to pull it off, though. But for whatever reason, I'm not able to replicate this process in a 2x2 workshop. The linoleum title refuses to be placed stacked up against the wood blocks. Is there an alternative to this?
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The Freedom Phalanx novel had her at about 28 years of age in 1986. That puts her her birthday at about 1958. That means she would have been around 5 in 1963.
Even if you disregard that as not being canon, Ms. Liberty's relatively youthful age seems to preclude the idea that her mother would have been a well established heroine in her own right back in 1963 ...
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Unless you consider that maybe she was picked up from the Menders (or from the "mysterious note sender") in 1986, which would explain how she would know about them, as well as have her daughter there.