Castle

Where?!

Much of what I would like to comment on, I cannot for a variety of reasons. That means most of my posts are relegated to things I can comment on without stepping on the toes of marketing or potentially saying something that is incorrect.

I know there is some good info being released sooner, rather than later, but what it is and when, I can't say.

We do aim to please!

EDIT: REmoved line the showed I am an idiot who thought he was posting in a different thread.

You've got some tough decisions ahead of you. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the new stuff enough to make those decisions worth it to you. That is our goal, at least.

[censored], [censored], [censored] and [censored]. During my spare time, I've been looking at [censored].

Seriously, though, I'm splitting my time between support, GR and Posi's strike team.

She tried to get a War Witch TF in once. It involved Hockey, Molson Golden and something called the "Golden Toque." The main bad guy was some guy named MacKenzie. It was all very strange.

Ok, maybe not, but I thought it was funny. Grats once again to everyone involved!

You are correct. When you entered an event, you were teleported into this room to wait for the event to start. Ultimately, we decided it was an unnecessary step, which, unfortunately, obviated the use of this rather cool room.

Great!
Yes!
Bender from Futurama action figure
New Laptop for my girlfriend.
Like a baby treats its diaper.




















Ok, kidding on that last one, but I can never pass up a Norm'ism. Life is pretty darn good!

Edit:
You kidding? I've got it easy compared to BABs and Posi! Now THEY have rabid fans.

Instead of Speed Boost, have your friendly Kineticist cast Inertial Reduction instead. I find that makes a bigger difference than Speed Boost. Combat Jumping is the single best power you can have for this, of course. The Ninja Run power ought to be pretty handy for this, too, though I've not specifically tested it.

Ok, that got a chuckle or two out of me. Definitely fun!

EDIT: Forwarded the link to BABs, so he can see what he was up to during that black out the other day...

Looks like a bug to me. I'll prod someone and get it fixed.

EDIT: It looks like the sets were using the Scrapper/Brute values instead of the Tanker values. Effected sets are Dark Melee, Dual Blades and Electric Melee.

Yeah, but you already knew that.

Rand, to my understanding, essentially stated that "Selfishness is a virtue." In her view, a person always acts out of self-interest; there is no such thing as altruism. The enlightened person is aware of this, acknowledges it, and proceeds to act in such a way to maximize their own benefit, which includes minimizing 'costs.' Acting outside of normal socially accepted bounds is permissible under such a thought system, if the subjective benefit outweighs the subjective costs.

This is frequently misunderstood, however. It does not say that you are allowed to run roughshod over others freely; it simply says that you can if the benefit outweighs the costs. A suitably powerful, rich and connected person can do things that an average person cannot, because they have the wherewithal to ignore the outcry of those below them -- the cost is not high enough to consider. In other words, the subjective repercussions of ones actions determine their legitimacy.

As a philosophy, that's pretty dark, though it goes a long way toward describing the corporate mindset.

In real terms, this is semi-sociopathic behavior on the part of the person being discussed in the OP (and, to some degree, PK's behavior.) Being a bully and seeking to ruin other peoples entertainment for your own pleasure is not excusable behavior to most people. It shows a significant lack of empathy, at the very least. The argument that "it's just a game, don't take it so seriously" is used frequently by those who engage in this behavior and they are correct, it is just a game and it is one that has rules, both written and unwritten. As a game, certain behavior is expected -- players must play according to the written rules, and, in the cases where a rule does not cover a given aspect, the players should play according to mutually agreed upon rules. In a face to face game, a player who chooses to break those unwritten rules is likely to find himself not to be invited to return to the game. In an MMO, such isn't really possible. In such cases, reporting the player for harassment should be used if asking them to stop does not.

The GMs may or may not respond in a timely manner, and may or may not do anything about it. This is what allows people who behave like this feel they can get away with it -- the odds of there being any repercussions to their actions are slim.

To give some examples, and this is in no way, shape or form saying the degree of this form of behavior is equivalent, the same thought process that leads to people harassing others in game is the same as that which leads to gay bashing or race attacks. The target of the harassment is weak, cannot do anything about it and deserves to be mocked, made fun of, attacked or whatever because *they* are not *us.* I'm not sure if it was this thread or another one where someone posted the Mel Brooks quote "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." This idea is what he was talking about -- it's ok to laugh at something that isn't directed at "us" with "us" being whatever group you associate with yourself, be it your family, your friends, your race or just, "everyone but those damned RPers!"

Anyway, this post is far too long already, and I'm sure I'm going to get grief for it. I'm ok with that; I'm pretty sure the benefit outweighs the cost.

EDIT: BTW, if people are cybering in local chat, report them. This is a family game and that is inappropriate, too.

Shield Charge was supposed to be something like this. Unfortunately, our engine did not like it in the least, which is why it was turned into a teleport. In other words, we *can't* do it, currently. Sorry!

To add to that; I've had a couple reports of this over the last few months, and QA has not been able to replicate it internally. So, more info is definitely needed to get this addressed.

1 per enemy effected. So, Imps counted, but PA did not, since they are essentially perma-phased.

Some of the folks here have been doing "Pavel's Pushup Program" here at the office, so we had some good first hand animation reference material.

It's working as intended, sorry.

Ninja Run (I wanted to call if Wuxia, but was overruled...) is better than sprint by a pretty good margin. It's better than Combat Jumping, in terms of speed, as well.

Note to self: IfDef the walk power to have Golden Girls Walk anim play the Stunned anim, instead.