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That house looks amazing, how many units did it take to make that?

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1240 Decorative items, so far. Its pretty much done, but I might try to build a car in the garage.

Here is a BBQ grill that I made for my patio

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-05-53-21.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-05-53-38.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-05-52-53.jpg

Pulling back a bit to view the patio

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-00-53.jpg

and a bit further

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-01-18.jpg

And a view of the whole house

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-01-47.jpg

side view

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-02-10.jpg

And while I'm posting I'll add a few more items.

The Centipede Gazebo style telepads

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-04-42.jpg

The mountings for the hazard zone beacons (a bit tricky to get those to work right)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-04-59.jpg

The energy source.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-05-10.jpg

Note the small rocks in the picture (not easy to see at first glance and better seen in person than via a screenshot) What I have is a couple of tech floor plates underneath so there is a constant uplift of rocks from the ground toward the ley trap bottom. The picture just doesn't do it justice.

A set of shelves that turned out nicely

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-06-05.jpg

Some Stone lattice work, similar to some that was posted previously.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-04-28.jpg

And the Control Room, I was rather pleased at how the black backdrop changed the feel of the room.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...2-06-03-52.jpg

I'd also like to cite Psywarrior as a source of inspiration for the house after seeing her apartment I had to build something similar.

Same mission yet another year, is it City of heroes or city of baby sitters for Baby new Year?

This was old and lame last year, its just a joke now. Same with Valentines day. Can't think up something new for a holiday mission? throw in snaptooth.

Status Reports
Star Strider Force
Name: Pele Ka Wahine
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Reporting on Assignment: Talos and Peregrine Islands
Level of Alien Threat Low
Report Details:
Reports of the defeat of the Rikti Dropships have certainly reached your desk by now and despite this great victory we cannot become complacent. There were a couple of things I noted during the battle that might have gotten overlooked in the mist of the epic events that unfolded in the skies above Talos and Peregrine Islands. There was another great battle being fought, but this one was on the ground.

While the Star Striders were battling in the skies a force of policemen, firefighters, paramedics and doctors were waging a battle of their own to avoid civilian casualties. As the dropships were defeated one by one the explosions and falling debris littered down on the city, and although the main targets of the Rikti guns were the Star Striders they spared some shots on other targets and continues to release bombs even while under attack. Fortunately much damage was prevented by heros using shielding powers and taking the time to blast the larger pieces of debris but some did get through inevitably. One such piece hit Timothy Dawkins, an ambulance driver who was evacuating casualties from an exploded bomb. His ambulance was hit by a piece of a fallen dropship but despite excessive blood loss he was able to drive his ambulance to the front of the Talos Island hospital before going into shock. Those he was transporting were saved by his brave actions although he did not live to know their fate.

I also took note of the Rikti ships firing on Star Striders just outside the hospital who were shielding the incoming patients, one can only wonder how many lives they saved by protecting the patients and the building itself.


Analysis of Current Situation:
Our medical facilities seem excessively vulnerable to these periodic Rikti raids, it is likely only a matter of time before they begin targeting them more. This alsom makes us vulnerable to potential chemical attacks should the Rikti start employing such weapons as most of our reasources for fighting such an attack are centered in these buildings.

Suggestion of Action:
Force field projectors should be erected on top of and around hospitals and medical centers and efforts should be made to keep the Rikti away from these targets by engaging them before they get near them and by making them tough targets.

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Pele Ka Wahine
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Level of Classification: Level 50 Fire/Electric Blaster, 50
Origin: Magic
Super Rank & Super Group: Angry Angels

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Commander Tsipan
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Level of Classification: Level 50 Electric/Electric Blaster
Origin: Mutation
Super Rank & Super Group: Ringmaster Adventure Follies

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Blue Mime
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Level of Classification: Level 50 Psi/Empathy Defender, 50
Origin: Mutation
Super Rank & Super Group: Ringmaster Adventure Follies

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Itesquake
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Level of Classification: Level 50 Earth/Radiation Controller
Origin: Magic
Super Rank & Super Group: Ringmaster Adventure Follies

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Loki Sky Traveller
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Level of Classification: Level 50 Fire/Warmace Tank
Origin: Magic
Super Rank & Super Group: Ringmaster Adventure Follies

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Emerald Sprite
Global Contact: @Blue Mime
Level of Classification: Level 50 Gravity/Storm Controller
Origin: Magic
Super Rank & Super Group: Ringmaster Adventure Follies

Very cool.

Here is mine:

Darwin's Chainsaw: Katana Superreflexes Scrapper


There are dregs in every society, they naturally fall into the gutters. When the gutters get full they clog the system and someone has to clean them out. Natural selection works, but it is slow, Darwin's Chainsaw is not.

Screenshots
http://68.178.145.67/images/Darwin2.jpg
http://68.178.145.67/images/thumb/300px-Darwin1.jpg
http://68.178.145.67/images/Darwin_4.jpg

Bio:

Sydney Willams was born to a poor family in the ghettos of Detroit. Her father was a sanitation worker and her mother a nurses aide. They didn't have much but her parents made their own humble way without any government assistance. Sydney was always taught to pull her own weight. When she wanted new running shoes for the track team, she took a paper route to pay for them, when she wanted to study ballet, she took a part time job to finance that. It was a humble but happy home and when Sydney got a full scholarship to Michigan State her parents were incredibly proud, and saw the chance for the family to pull itself out of the ghetto.

Things were looking up and Sydney was enjoying her first semester in school when tradgedy struck. Her father had seen mobsters dumping a body at the old city dump and called to report it. A mob informant at the police headquarters tipped off the mob and they sent a gunman to take care of the witness. Both of Sydney's parents and her baby brother fell victim to a spray of bullets.

Sydney was devasted and left school. As she gathered up her family's belongings her eyes fell on the old Japanese katana that her grandfather had brought back from World War II. Her father would not allow a gun in the house but kept the old sword in good condition as a trivbute to the memory of his father. When her eyes locked on the blade, something in the 18 year old girl changed and a voice inside her head told her "Only the strong survive!".

How she learned to use the blade is uncertain, but 5 years later the Detroit press began to report a strange series of grisly deaths of men believed to be affiliated with the mob. All of them having cuts from a very large blade of some sort, some also pushed from rooftops, crushed beneath heavy objects, etc. The only thing eyewinesses reported seeing was a female figure in a dark trenchcoat leaving the area of the deaths. After 6 months of investigations the police had still not been able to find the vigilante but gangmembers had joined the list of victims. The local people and press began referring to the vigilante as "Dark Justice" and many petty thugs retreated from the streets. Then came the Rikti.



The Rikti invasion saw millions die and "Dark Justice" was put on hold. Sydney used her abilities to fight the invasion where she could but her blade was no match for Rikti technology. Humanity was being pushed back and exterminated. She was lost without hope or direction until she heard word of Statesman and his achievements in the fight, and knew if there was a rallying point for humaanity, it would likely be found in Paragon City. Sydney joined the fight against the Rikti but was assigned by the Paragon City officials to work as an ambulance driver and she began to realize the value in saving lives and not just executing criminals.

During one of the final Rikti onslaughts of the initial invasion, Sydney watched her medical evacuation team survive attack due to the sacrifice of the hero Musashi, who held off a platoon of Rikti after a Rikti blast had damaged their ambulance. He refused to retreat and held the Rikti off until help could arrive, but suffered mortal wounds. Never had Sydney seen such brilliant swordsmanship or bravery and she refused to leave his side. The medics could do nothing for him as he had only minutes left after Sydey carried him off the battlefield. Musashi was aware of this and although in great pain he managed a smile as he looked upon Sydney. "Continue the fight" he implored her, "continue to surive". With that he held aloft his Impervium Katana and she took it and promised him that the fight to survive would continue.

Sydney then unsheathed the sword and was no more, Sydney Williams was gone, "Dark Justiuce" was gone, Darwin's Chainsaw remained. She took up the fight against the Rikti and those elements that made human society weak. To survive the Rikti humanity must be strong, only the strong survive. Her past experiences had fused into an overriding purpose, protect society to make it strong, and show no mercy to those who would weaken it.

Her resolve and her efforts were noticed by the Angry Angels as she made headlines by defeating streetgangs that preyed upon the citizens of Paragon City. And although more grim than most of the group, they saw the compassion that lay hidden beneath that she had developed working with the medics during the war. Decidining it was better to take her under their wings and nurtue that rather than let her return to being a vigilante, they offered her membership in the group. Darwin accepted the offer and now has something she hasn't had in years, a family.

Zombie invasion part is great!

The trick or treating is a big let down.

Lack of tier 3 inspirations however, is very disappointing. stocking up on some tier 3s for my supergroup was my favorite part of the event last year.

2 points.

1. I find it hilarious that people who engage in activities such as heal farming would complain about earning a badge when inactive being wrong.

2. The solution to their complaints might be possible. If the developers made a collector option that they could click on allowing them to forego all xp, influence, debt removal and other badge credits while playing online, but to get credit for the selected badge they choose to work on. This would allow them to play their favorite main badgehunting toon while still earning credit for this badge the same way they would if logged off. I doubt many would take this option, but it would put to rest any complaints about not being able to both play their favorite character and to get badge credit, and the ability to put their money where their mouth is.

What I'd like for my base.

1. Bar equipment like found in the pocket D chalet. That means beer taps an liquor bottles that look like liquor bottles.

2. Billiard tables and dart boards

3. Realistic looking beds that aren't medical ones or cots

4. Statues, a whole new category that includes large and smalle, and things like gargoyles for walls and floot mounts that don't produce forcefields.

5. Kitchen items, stoves, refridgerators

6. Water effects, also a new category, fountains, pools, hot tubs, waterfalls. Splashing effects nice, but any water better than none.

7. Open sky ceiling patterns, one with clouds, one fairly clear, one with the moon and stars.

8. Larger desks so "magic desk" creations aren't so difficult.

9. An option for no trim or invisible trim for ceilings and floors.

10. Music effects for rooms, especially entertainment areas, Things like rock, jazz,classical, trance, etc.

11. Windows

12. Wardrobes that act as acess to the icon tailor.