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Did you know...Raimi Arcade in Dark Astoria is a reference to Sam Raimi of Evil Dead fame.

(He also directed the Spiderman movies)

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And here I thought all this time it was named after his brother Ted, known pretty much only for his lame performances as Joxur on Xena...

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So everything else sounds right, just not CoX? Other games, videos, music, etc.?

Creative's drivers for Vista are less than stellar. IIRC there is a 3rd party developer of Vista drivers for Audigy series, but off the top of my head I don't remember the name of them. They are said to give you much better performance under Vista, but again, I've never heard of any problems like you've described.

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Yep.. I play Dungeon Runners as well and that sounds just like it always did.. music... everything so far sounds good.

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Well the only other thing that comes to mind is that CoX sound files are .ogg encoded. Perhaps your .ogg playback is a bit borked somehow? Maybe you should find some .ogg sound files and see how they sound.

Alchemy doesn't do anything to the sound other than route it thru a directsound wrapper so that the drivers can use hardware accelerated functions. It should have no bearing on the quality of the sound provided you don't have something setup funky in your drivers.

One other thing I can think of -- if you have some kind of CRSS or other 3D sound expansion turned on in the driver and are using 3D sound in the game this can cause things to sound a bit funky.

I would go thru your driver settings one by one and make sure that everything is set correctly. Other than that, I'm out of ideas. Perhaps a google search will turn up something.

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I installed Vista Home Premium on my machine here about a week ago and everything has been running pretty well except for CoH.

I have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS and the sound was terrible! Made sure my drivers were updated (even cleaned and did it again) and no dice. Did some research and found the issue with 3D sound and what not so went out and got Alchemy for the Audio and installed it. Set the game up inside of it and even played around with inserting it also into subdirectories. Now although I have "3D sound" now... it is horrible! Now when I play the sound has way too much bass... only way I can describe it is the sound you get when sitting at a stoplight and some ricer pulls along side you with his radio up and bass cranked...

Are there tweaks I need to do in order to get Alchemy to make my sound at least close to what it once was?

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I've never experienced this, but I don't have an Audigy. So everything else sounds right, just not CoX? Other games, videos, music, etc.?

Creative's drivers for Vista are less than stellar. IIRC there is a 3rd party developer of Vista drivers for Audigy series, but off the top of my head I don't remember the name of them. They are said to give you much better performance under Vista, but again, I've never heard of any problems like you've described.

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Ugh...I need help. D: Everything works great until I actually play the game.

Everything is black and white...and all of the other players and even the NPC's are a space to the side of where they appear to be. (Example: Enemy right in front of me. I can't click on him to target. Instead, I have to click to the empty space to the right of him. So, my perception of where everyone actually is gets all screwy, and it's unplayable).

Is this a Vista problem? Or something worse? I know next to nothing about computers and even less about MMORPG's. Someone help. ;;

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This happens because your desktop resolution isn't the same as your game resolution; e.g. your Windows desktop is 1280x960 but the game's resolution is 1024x768.

Set the game to the same resolution as your desktop and this should go away.

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So there's no chance of us facing the Sushi Monster???

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Never fought Lusca?

Also...Arcanaville for the win!

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Sure did fight Lusca, but never thought to get some rice and seaweed wrap to go with her....

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Umm, how do you know it's a her? I just figured it was European.

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Stupid Google Spreadsheets, changing the publishing address:

Use this as the updated chart.

Hopefully, that will update correctly.


Hmmm.... Saw a post Arctic was going to work with Tabula Rasa, and yet still posts here.

Geko is doing MUO, but may still be a resource for CoH.


Maybe there are a few employees doing double duty or 'helping out' on one family branch while working on another (though, it's clear the majority are on one project or the other).

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Correct, a lot of them aren't exclusive to MUO or CoX, but right now they are primarily working on MUO, and come back home only when needed.

According to Jesse's website he's done work for a number of NCSoft titles, but no mention of Tabula Rasa.

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So, I'm obligated to go out to dinner, rush back, find out the secret identity of Castle with a pic and I'm scooped. Drat.

Anyway, our ability to keep track of the Devs is woefully lacking, so, I whipped us this google spreadsheet based on forum posts and ParagonWiki (which is surprisingly lacking in info in this regard).

Take a look and help fill in any details.

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o,o sorry about that. We've had a couple dev's ask that we don't fill in info about them, and per policy, that means that their pages can't be more than the bare minimum @.@


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Hmm, given that, then, I'll just say that I don't believe Geko is a "former" - he may or may not any longer work on CoX exclusively, but I believe he's still a Cryptic employee and still the ultimate overlord of the CoX powers people.

Everything else I know is safe so long as those checks keep coming every month, and you know who you are.

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Agreed, hence the reason I have not divulged his name. If the info is readily available thru normal channels, then I guess that's fine. Otherwise, mums the word.

CuppaJo is April Burba, and Jesse "Arctic Sun" Scoble is still with us.

Tom Foss, Geko, Shane Hensley, and Serdar Copur are all on MUO.

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So, I'm obligated to go out to dinner, rush back, find out the secret identity of Castle with a pic and I'm scooped. Drat.

Anyway, our ability to keep track of the Devs is woefully lacking, so, I whipped us this google spreadsheet based on forum posts and ParagonWiki (which is surprisingly lacking in info in this regard).

Take a look and help fill in any details.

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Would help if you turn on editing

EDIT: hmm, given then above info, perhaps then this is a bad idea.

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o.o as afraid as I am to admit it, DumpleBerry has a point.. we're wasting time finding out _Castles_ name when there are more pressing questions... like what did happen to Ian Casteneda?

<.< Last we heard, Jay and the art dept ate him...

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Well then, obviously he was eaten, no?

The Devs never lie.

What I'm wondering is, what kind of sauce was he cooked in (if he was cooked at all), and did he give anyone heartburn?

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Special Sauce, a little lettuce, and some cheese I would imagine. And from what I've seen I don't think a Molotov cocktail could give JLove heartburn!

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Geko's easy.

Or I'm horribly wrong.

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I took a shot at it: as long as you basically got this then yes, its I believe its easy, and you're not wrong, since I believe there was only One True Powers God at the beginning of time.

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Yeppers!

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Funny thing, as you guys got to _Castle_'s reveal I had both his and Josh's info in my browser, and went with Josh cause the employment dates I had for _Castle_ didn't quite jive. Oh the inaccuracies of the Internets!!!

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Hmm, didn't even occur to me to search for employment dates. I just ruled out all the CoV designers that I knew weren't Castle or were also credited with being initial CoH designers (then returned to my job) and then cross-searched both against Island of Kesmai. Its not exactly something on a lot of people's resume, but I was assuming that if it was the sort of thing Castle would mention once, it would be something he would mention more than once.

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And sadly, that didn't even occur to me...

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Strangely, cross-referencing Geko, all the designer names I know, and "skull-crushing spreadsheets from hell" doesn't turn up any helpful hits. Oh well, back to work.

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LOL! After I managed to dig up his name and started searching for pix I ran across some very old info from pre-beta, that if you found it, would definitely give it all away.

Decided to flex my search-fu once again, and dug up the now-infamous pictures of Ex and Lighthouse in all their sepia glory.

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My vote is Josh, as in Josh Ferguson.

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It's Floyd Grubb.

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Yup, I'm a little late to the party...

But I did find a PIC.

And another one HERE.

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Yep, had I spent just two more minutes searching, instead of wasting time on my job, I would have hit the MOO site and zeroed in on the name. Oh well.

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Yeah, had I not been sidetracked by finding Geko's secret identity I would have zero'd in on Floyd or Josh sooner.

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Geko's easy.

Or I'm horribly wrong.

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I never knew his real name, and it wasn't easy tracking it down now. But my search-fu is strong...

Couldn't dig up a pic tho

Funny thing, as you guys got to _Castle_'s reveal I had both his and Josh's info in my browser, and went with Josh cause the employment dates I had for _Castle_ didn't quite jive. Oh the inaccuracies of the Internets!!!

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Hmm, don't think we've ever seen a pic of _Castle_...

<edited due to massive brain fartage>

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And if I can at all help it, you never will! Muahaha!

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_Castle_ Revealed!

Sorry Castle, the villain in me was dying to get out for a few minutes.

Edit: Darn, someone beat me to it.

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Dude, that pic is soooo 11 minutes ago!

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My vote is Josh, as in Josh Ferguson.

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It's Floyd Grubb.

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Yup, I'm a little late to the party...

But I did find a PIC.

And another one HERE.

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Yep, had I spent just two more minutes searching, instead of wasting time on my job, I would have hit the MOO site and zeroed in on the name. Oh well.

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Yeah, had I not been sidetracked by finding Geko's secret identity I would have zero'd in on Floyd or Josh sooner.

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My vote is Josh, as in Josh Ferguson.

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It's Floyd Grubb.

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Yup, I'm a little late to the party...

But I did find a PIC.

And another one HERE.

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Hey the book lady replied to me.

Round 2.

Champion Calvin
Freedom Frank
Guardian Greg
Infinity Isaiah
Justice Jeremy
Liberty Lionel
Protector Paul
Triumph Theodore (like the chipmunk )
Victory Victor

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There is a Victor in the building... and my dogs name is Frank Black but no cigars for females yet!

Please channel harder or use the internets to help you figure it out.

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I wish I had more time to put my search-fu to work for me, but its a busy week and I'm going to have to take a guess and say its either:

Freedom Floyd

or

Justice Josh

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My vote is Josh, as in Josh Ferguson.

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I just tried calling the office and pretending that I belonged there in order to learn Castle's name. They have tough security questions, though, such as “And who may I say is calling?”.

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But you're the Editor-in-Chief of the City Scoop!

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So what does Ex look like? And Lighthouse?

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Hmm, there was a thread with both their pics not that long ago, but it must have been purged cause I can't seem to find it.

Anyway, I did dig up a shot of Lighthouse and his "terminator eye" here

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lol trying to find a picture of lighthouse, I haven't so far, but I found everywhere he's worked in the past 10 years, where he went to school, and even what he majored in.

But still no picture

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No, that IS really Lighthouse in that link. Here's the original post by Ex Libris, and the related article

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Yes, seriously, that is Lighthouse! Did you think I just dropped a link to some unknown schmuck I found while surfing??

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I stand corrected, just couldn't see a name on there, and I seem to remember This picture going around right when he started and just wanted to check.
Thanks for that link too obsidius, lots of cool piccys there

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Sweet mercy!!! It's our Lighthouse, back when he was but a wee Nightlight!!! Your link is a bit busted, but I figured it out. It's HERE.

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Hmm, there was a thread with both their pics not that long ago, but it must have been purged cause I can't seem to find it.

Anyway, I did dig up a shot of Lighthouse and his "terminator eye" here

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lol trying to find a picture of lighthouse, I haven't so far, but I found everywhere he's worked in the past 10 years, where he went to school, and even what he majored in.

But still no picture

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No, that IS really Lighthouse in that link. Here's the original post by Ex Libris, and the related article

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Yes, seriously, that is Lighthouse! Did you think I just dropped a link to some unknown schmuck I found while surfing??

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Now see, the day after JLove started posting his "I'm too sexy for this bulletin board" posts, I was rummaging through his online collection of vacation pics assessing just how sexy he really is. That's because he made the fatal error of using his real name, "Jay," and that was all I needed. (I advised him to password those pics.)

The problem is I don't have real name to associate with _Castle_. Of all the people credited for the CoV game, there's about one third of the developers I've narrowed down who Castle could be. With just a name, I shall find his picture. And use it in my binding spells.

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Well then, I just gotta ask... where DID you find jay's vacation pix and is he really as sexy as he looks in this pic?

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I want plausible deniability for ratting him out, and not taking blame for all his unprotected personal pics alternately being lolo-shopped by the pwnz court and lustily posterized by the encrushed geekdom.

[Sheesh. I left enough bread crumbs. Develop mad net search skillz or ask an eight year old.]

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Dude... found it a long time ago, hence the reason I edited. Woulda sent you a PM, but you got it turned off

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So what does Ex look like? And Lighthouse?

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Hmm, there was a thread with both their pics not that long ago, but it must have been purged cause I can't seem to find it.

Anyway, I did dig up a shot of Lighthouse and his "terminator eye" here

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Now see, the day after JLove started posting his "I'm too sexy for this bulletin board" posts, I was rummaging through his online collection of vacation pics assessing just how sexy he really is. That's because he made the fatal error of using his real name, "Jay," and that was all I needed. (I advised him to password those pics.)

The problem is I don't have real name to associate with _Castle_. Of all the people credited for the CoV game, there's about one third of the developers I've narrowed down who Castle could be. With just a name, I shall find his picture. And use it in my binding spells.

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Well then, I just gotta ask... where DID you find jay's vacation pix and is he really as sexy as he looks in this pic?

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Actually, they have apologized for it and many other "undelivered features" over the years, and in many cases have given at least some kind of explanation (whether it's to your satisfaction or not).


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Not calling you a liar of course, but can you link to a dev post where they have apologized for CoP/Base raid? I sure can't find it. In fact, I tried to go as far back as the forum will allow to find explanations or even a status update on its future and had absolutely no luck.

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I'm sure it's long gone by now. You'll just have to take my word for it.

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Well I found this here. Not quite an apology by most standards, but for Jack it's about as close as you'll ever get.

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Thanks. Then it should be clear to all that, that post, almost a year old, which was NOT an apology or status update, should tell us how pitifully little communications there has been from the devs regarding CoP and base raids. But yet Positron has time to post inane stuff like Photo 1,2,3 while ignoring many people's repeated requests to address missing features that they have paid for.

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I'm sure it's long gone by now. You'll just have to take my word for it.


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I only deal with facts. Again, not calling you a liar. I haven't seen it. You couldn't locate it. I have drawn my conclusion and stated it. And you have the right to make your own.

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How does (your request):

"We are sorry, we acknowledge that there is a major advertised feature that we haven't implemented and fixed 2 years since it was sold."

differ so much from (Statesman's response):

"You are absolutely right. We are working as hard as we can, but that doesn’t excuse it."

As far as my command of the English language is concerned they are pretty darn similar.