Chatarsis

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I miss Chatarsis. If only he could get 3 months of CoX for free so he could lurk the forums a bit more.

Oh wait... /lurk off

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Good deal that isnt it? Although that does remind me to log back in to get some stuff sorted out >.<

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Indeed. However I do not intend to log in. And the only reason I'm here is because the reactiviation mail told me to go here.

Maybe I should play L2 again...

I miss Chatarsis. If only he could get 3 months of CoX for free so he could lurk the forums a bit more.

Oh wait... /lurk off

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Wow... less than a day and I'm already feeling the urge to beat GG over the head repeatedly with a Common Sense Stick. That normal?

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Less than an hour is more common.
(Did I just make a pun? How gross.)

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Better avatar. That's really pretty much all I have to say.

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Pretty much. I should probably call him "she" one last time for good measure though.

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Oh stingy. *kiss on cheek*

I really did not make this thread to see how many would miss me. Since I already got that 2 months ago ingame when I really left.

Main reasons for leaving.
Done everything ingame and even if I13 had 2 new powersets and new content it was not enough to keep me playing.
And the other being that the costume creator was declining.

Was not the usual reasons of not getting teams since I always had plenty of those.(hard being popular)

*pulls out my dual pistols and goes thrax hunting while it lasts* Pretty sweet with dual pistols you know. Especially since they are shaped like butterfly wings on your back when not in use.

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To be honest, I dont have a problem with Tubby/large characters (I am no matchstick either).
But IF they do allow it the fitness pool should be locked off.
ooo controversial.


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Fun fact. Two Ton Tina did survive rather well with no fitness pool.
(and it is a general myth that everyone that is overweight has bad health and no stamina)

Anyways... This is still a lost cause(sadly).

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They often say that the character creator in this game is the most comprehensive in the MMO industry(which it isn't but thats not the point), and limiting it with only letting people look thin and healthy is just wrong.
But that is ofcourse my opinion.

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I take all of what you say on board, but the above is the only sticking point for me. Personally, I don't think limiting characters to being slim and healthy is wrong in the context of this game. People associate super-heroes with being the epitamy of human athleticism - I hesitate at the use of the word "perfection" because of the inevitable implications the use of that word would have. Even the excessively thin characters we can make now, still have well defined musculature and are a world away from the rib cage prominent gaunt features that can be seen on pictures of those that are unhealthily thin or anorexic.

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you are right in that heroes are usually seen as the "epitamy of human athleticism".
There are ofcourse misfits that does not.
Like that Big Bertha. she goes both ways here. One way is being a cliché stupid anorectic super model and the other way being obese.
And yes. The costume creator might not be able to create a truly anorectic character.
And to make a really quick link.
But if you compare how thin you can make a character to how fat you can make it you see the difference.
Fat ingame is well muscular.
Thin ingame is wasp waist. (which should not allowed muscles)

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Did not miss that point.

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No, you quite obviously have since you're still blathering on about the social stupidity of one form on unhealthy eating being treated worse than another.

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I might have missed mentioning in my post however.
got more than this forum running in my head currently.

And I'm still saying that allowing one version should allow the other.

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I don't think you're that stupid, Chat, or nieve. So live with the fact that this isn't the place to be discussing eating disorders, and computer games should not be used to try to solve them either.

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But but... I am that stupid. Really I am. You make me sad by thinking I'm not.
(atleast thats what the math test I did last month said... )
(nieve means fist apparantly)

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I'm not commenting on what is or isn't socially acceptable. Whether you like it or not people that are unhealthily thin don't get the same media attention as people that are unhealthily overweight.

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And overly thin models got banned because? Nobody wrote about it in the media?
Just kinda lacking argument there.

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"promoting unhealthy eating and obesity". Not terribly wise in the current climate, that's all I'm saying.

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Same thing can be said for overly thin people. Just change obesity to anorexia. Because I can assure you that they do not eat healthy. (no pun intended)
And sadly people can not and will not see the difference between a game and the real world so I know that this is a lost cause.

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You're missing my point entirely. If overweight models in this game were introduced, they would likely be advertised as a new feature, would they not? The bad press this would almost certainly generate would almost certainly make NC think twice before introducing such a feature.

The fact that overly thin characters can already be created is irrelevant because it's something that's part of the existing game, and therefore doesn't need to be advertised. Given also the bad press generated for doing so, it's unlikely ever to be so either!

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Did not miss that point.
and as I said It would only cause a problem since some people can't and will not see the difference between a game and the real world. That's the main problem. Not the fact that being obese/anorectic is bad.
And those people often being parents and journalists... Those lovely and impartial journalists...
also if they did create a big scene about "now you can be fat in this game" then they might discover that you can be overly thin and... Say "omg thats hot"... I'll shut up now.
(I did say it was a lost cause.)

They often say that the character creator in this game is the most comprehensive in the MMO industry(which it isn't but thats not the point), and limiting it with only letting people look thin and healthy is just wrong.
But that is ofcourse my opinion.


And Bertha that Scarlet_Shocker linked to. She is a hero but was considered a freak because she is obese... which creates all sorts of twists since she is a super model.
Should she be considered unhealthy because her power is becomig fat? And then also because she is a super model and most likely is on a constant diet?

(and reading through all this... Did I really write all this... nonsense?)

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Better avatar. That's really pretty much all I have to say.

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You are too kind. No really... Way too kind. Be mean darnit!

Since account got reactivated and it seems people should make this kind of threads...

I'm leaving.
Well actually left August/September something or the other...

And no you can't have my stuff because I gave it all to a friend. He became instant rich with IOs worth in the billions.
See how that work? I'm leaving and I'm nice enough to give away all my stuff.

So buh-bye boys and... boys.
You wont be seeing my idiocrazy self running around here anymore. (and the crowd goes wild)
(oh and to end all the speculation and the weirdness... all male.. not in drag)

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I'm not commenting on what is or isn't socially acceptable. Whether you like it or not people that are unhealthily thin don't get the same media attention as people that are unhealthily overweight.

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And overly thin models got banned because? Nobody wrote about it in the media?
Just kinda lacking argument there.

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"promoting unhealthy eating and obesity". Not terribly wise in the current climate, that's all I'm saying.

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Same thing can be said for overly thin people. Just change obesity to anorexia. Because I can assure you that they do not eat healthy. (no pun intended)
And sadly people can not and will not see the difference between a game and the real world so I know that this is a lost cause.



Ravenswingy:
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Honestly, Chatarsis, change you avatar! I can't take a damn thing you say seriously with that there. It's hard enough as it is, but that avatar makes it impossible.

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Anything for you sweetie.

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How many fat and chubby heroes are there in comics..?

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Here's one

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Dear gods I think I'm in love.
If Two Ton Tina could be half the woman she is I would start playing the game again.

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The characters are never that skinny.

It's also possible to give the illusion of fatness by manipulating the body sliders and using baggy clothes. For some reason it seems to be easier to do this with female models .

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Was more of a counterargument against the whole "being fat is unhealthy".
But it really is just an evil circle ingame.
To thin or too fat... I say let people create the characters they want. Some will of course complain whichever option you choose.

And yes. Females actually have a easier time to look fat where the males just look... Bulky. (females do however have a hard time(read as impossible) time getting fat arms and legs... I know there is something called wasp waist but a wasp ankle*snicker*)
I should know. Two Ton Tina got everything but the chest on max.

*edit* +1 *edit*

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Additionally given the current obsession with health and obesity, even if it was something the majority of players wanted, would NC necessarily think it a good idea to promote and / or glamourise it by including it as an addition to a computer game?

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And enable females ingame to be so thin they are considered to be anorectic is... ?
Pro-ana is much worser than "promote and / or glamourise" fatness.
Just look at the models these days. They have banned models that are to thin.
so if we go by your statement the devs should remove the ability to make skinny characters.

This thread is so cuddly.
My all time favorite of rude tells is.

Some farmer: need farm team?
Me: Need to learn how to read?
Some farmer: want o lear how i can kick as if answer me in this mode?!
It gave me a headache trying to translate.

Also got that one about me being antisocial for saying no.
I would have given... It an answer to why I said no but sadly... I was ignored. Tried for ages to get the message through to the person via sgchat and other channels. And actually managed to do that... The person told me to shut up.
And the reason I said no was a mix of it being a farmer and me not having time at that moment.

Is not really a rude tell more like how the guy acted. Told him several times no both in tells and local that I did not want to join his team. He never answered all he did was trying to blind invite.
And yes indeed he blind invited me a few more times.

Maybe I should also make one of these leaving threads.
Then again... I left a couple of months ago so it would be a bit out of date.

Info here.
And bolded ofcourse.
These items will be available separately for purchase in early 2009 for customers who are not playing on a Mac.

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...Fire/Dark, TA/Energy, FF/Arch and Psi/Devices are more uncommon.

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I have a Fire/Dark Corruptor - Tar Patch + Rain of Fire is a chuckle, but nevertheless you're not wrong - I don't play it that much...


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In general since you can have Fire/Dark Tankers, Brutes and scrappers aswell.
Think my point was was that if it is harder to believe something to work together like an Ice/Fire Tanker then it will be more uncommon than a a Fire/Fire tanker. (did this make sense?)

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It's my understanding that if anyone mentions anything - ANYTHING AT ALL - as being a rare/not so popular/vanishing/whatever combo, all that will happen is that someone else is bound to turn up here and say that they've just seen a whole team of them take down the Ghost of Scrapyard without breaking a sweat and the next thing you know Assault Rifle/Sonic Resonance Corruptors will be the new byword for "uber".

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Don't know what you are talking about. *dusts off a lvl 7 Merc/TA MM on Defiant*

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Do correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that Advert created by a player?


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Given that it is on the official website (just not linked to yet), I doubt it.

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Oh right. I misread the post about it being edited.

Do correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that Advert created by a player?
As in it is a copy of the Wedding Pack one but with the cyborg parts.

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I've got a trick arrow/archery defender, not that he gets played much.

I also have a dark/dark stalker.

I don't think those types are going to be that rare, but they may be less played. /DA Scrappers aren't that uncommon.

I've no idea what the least common types are. I suspect there are a few combinations which fall into the bracket of 'not very many people make these' though.

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If we go by the obvious combos of TA/Arch, Fire/fire, Dark/Dark and such then those are sure to be rather common.
But Fire/Dark, TA/Energy, FF/Arch and Psi/Devices are more uncommon.

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Trick Arrows anything is pretty rare to be honest.

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Oh I'm not so sure about Trick Arrow being the rarest anymore since Trick Arrow Controllers seems to have gone up in popularity.

Now Sonic Resonance or Dark Armor anything... Only seen one other Dark Armor tanker and perhaps two Sonic Resonance Defenders.

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How much AFKness would you allow? Is there a general limit? What is your limit?

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15-20 minutes outside a mish is what I would allow.
AFK without saying you are going AFK and being afk for an entire mish(even with a warning) is my breaking point.
Unless I ofcourse know the player very well. Then anything goes really.

And personally I go AFK for at most 5minutes(extreme cases) any longer than that and I simply log.

Television. Any of its arcs but especially Video Killed the Radio.
So I need to fight a tiny radio to complete the mission? Ok... I can do that.

Oh and books are bad for you.

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Am I cruel for saying I wont?
Unless they ofcourse make a testicular cancer day for men... Or recognise that men can also have breast cancer in the spirit of equality.

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Let's have a look at the website for breastcancercare.org.uk shall we...

http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/c...hp?page_id=419.

Oh look, they cover male breast cancer. Wow... is't it amazing when you take the chip off your shoulder and actually read something!

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Not the point. Ask people and how many will say they are aware that men can get breast cancer?
But not going to turn this into an argument with flames allover the place.

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This isn't a gender issue, just the fact that breast cancer effects far more women than men, therefore the focus is on female screening.

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So why no Testicular Cancer day? One that is globally known that is.

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Wow, got though that whole post without using the word muppet! Go me!

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My mother had breastcancer. Go her?