Blitzwing_NA

Assuming I'm somehow able to get back into the game on that fateful day, I've considered several possibilities....

One involves Rp-ing(on Pinnacle) a 'to be continued' styled story featuring my Scrapper, his friends, and anyone else who'd like to get involved; he can(and has been able to for years) freely hop between his 'home' dimension and Paragon City, and, after quite a bit of work(and several -totally- unrelated explosions), devised a way to allow a way for others to visit, except now, it's to be used as a way for others to escape the impending destruction and perhaps find new adventures somewhere 'out there'....

Another option involves the Rikti Invasion schedule to occur...simply duking it out with them right up until the very end...and then we can decide who truly won....

I -loved- the MA system...massive RP sessions and comedic stories, ahoy!!

Baffled(and still baffles) me as to why people would want to exploit such a wonderful creation for the sole purpose of power-leveling...haven't played since late 2009, but discovered just yesterday that my -own- creations are still out there...hopefully, they're still useable, and if so, I'm working on getting some friends to get screengrabs and possibly even demo files out of it!

My Scrapper, CapeMike, has been around since 1997, ironically getting his beginning in a mass-author hybrid of m.u.d and add-your-own-chapter story on a newsgroup(similar to an idea proposed here); when he 'accidentally' arrived in Paragon City in an explosion that, to this day, he will swear was not his fault('that 20-foot crater was already IN King's Row!'), it only added to his 'story bible', giving him a trans-dimensional wanderer hobby...; since showing up here in late 2004, he's shown up in several webcomics, either in a brief 1 or 2 strip cameo, or, in the case of one webcomic currently on hiatus, he played a major role in a chapter-arc.

Should Paragon City lose it's ultimate battle, he can simply switch back to his home dimension(gotta love Flash-style vibrational frequencies)...but he will NEVER forget his time in Paragon City, no matter where he might roam! *salute*

...and, if anyone's interested, he shows up in issues 12 and 13 of 'The Spectacular Sparky', conveniently linked here: http://cohcomicindex.com/home/cohcom...tacular_Sparky

Still here, folks! Blitzwing/CapeMike from Pinnacle...I'll do what I can to rally support among my CoH friends!

We're also the unofficial Transformers fan-server(of which myself and Spark-1 are 'somewhat' obsessed with, heh), and the server where I'll give you a Boot to the Head for no good reason other than that I can...like so....

-Boot-

...and now that you've been 'blessed', have fun here!

I blame you for your avatar making me forget what I was going to blame you for!

Not much warning, but I'm trying to come up with something pretty darn fast!

Well, it looks like Alicia got it working...hopefully, with no more unforeseen disasters coming soon.... <_<;;

In other semi-related news, I'm still awaiting news on my immigration and work permit applications for New Zealand, but we see no viable reason I'll be refused...doesn't mean I'm still a bit concerned, though, which only makes Alicia scold me for worrying too much, heh.

On another CoH-related note, anyone know how much internet usage the game takes up per hour?

Having some issues here too...had to reformat the PC again(long story), and re-copied everything from the CoH and NCSoft folders via my USB FlashDrive...updater is having some odd issues connecting, and when/if it does, the speed is horrifically slow and sometimes just stalls out....

*scratches head*

Still more issues....

PC's video card was found to be faulty, forcing a replacement to be installed...for some odd reason, this may've botched the network card drivers, which in turn forced ANOTHER reformatting(rawr!)....

Back in business online, but now, the CoH updater is again refusing to cooperate, despite it being perfectly copied from the USB Flash Drive...re-installed the NCSoft folder and associated NCSoft Launcher, but it's getting hung up on downloading the 8.8M file to update to version 1600.20090902.5T2

...just sits there at 'Downloading', and never actually starts...ideas, anyone? :\

Alicia's none too keen on having to re-download the entire thing from the NCSoft account page, due to the size involved.... *sigh*

Little update...:

Video card on my PC was found to be faulty, forcing a replacement card to be ordered...; -should- be back in action AGAIN in a day or 2....
>_<

O.k., I'm amazed AND creeped out....

Just had one a little earlier...was glad to be involved, after having been gone for 3 months....

Sorry I had to cut and run just after we dropped the big guy though...lunch was ready...yeah, living in New Zealand throws off my old play schedule quite a bit, eh?

My return was briefly marred by the discovery of some corrupted Windows registry files, forcing a complete reformatting of this PC's hard drive...but all is well now and CoH looks gorgeous on an HD monitor at max resolution...hope to see you all soon!

....ah, there's everyone!

After much activity and moving in my life, I've been in New Zealand for a few weeks now, and have actually got CoH back up and running on a new PC after much back and forth with support over why the Updater didn't want to cooperate!

In any case, I just thought I'd say hi and see how everyone's been doing!

...I also thought I'd Boot Sparky in the Head for old times sake, but, eh...it's a little predictable...

...so he gets TWO Boots to the Head!

=THWAP THWAP=

*runs*

Dunno what help it'll be to others playing outta NZ, but after some nice back and forth with Support, this has worked quite well for me....

If you're using a shortcut to the updater.exe file, try making the target line look like this...:

"C:\Program Files\NCSoft\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 13094

This of course, depends on where your updater.exe file actually IS, but making the extension on the end look just like this has worked wonders for me!

Just a reminder that I'll go inactive here early July 9th(and likely through early September)...so if anyone wants to keep in touch via email, toss me a private message here, and I'll get right back to you!

Thought I'd toss in a few drinking game ones for myself, as I won't be around from July 9 until early September...make me happy, folks!

Anytime Blitzwing gives someone a Boot to the Head: 1 drink

...and actually has a reason for it: 2 drinks

Anytime Blitzwing makes a reference to a giant robot/mecha show: 1 drink

...and anyone else besides Spark-1 or SkySaurus gets it: 2 drinks

...and even THEY don't get it: start chugging!

Heh, that's a good one Flame...too bad I'm gonna be outta commission until early September(and not able to post here after July 9)...I'd like to see that one actually happening....

Argh...not being able to play SUCKS....

...this is giving me ideas for a Pinnacle-based 'drinking game'....

Heh, just be glad it wasn't THIS, the ultimate 'Ban Hammer': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLMTOiNwtGk

Formed when 3 spaceships combine, it's a planet-buster melee weapon used by a single mecha.... *evil laughter*

[ QUOTE ]
you are gonna scream japanese?

[/ QUOTE ]if the bad guys are -lucky-, it's the last thing they'll ever hear....

Sunnuva-....

HAD to happen while I'm still outta commission, didn't it?

That's it, I'm taking THIS to some bad guys as soon as I get back...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLg4tYvg0k

...or, I wish I could.... &gt;_&lt;;;