Clave_Dark_5

1. What is your age?
46

2. What is your gender?
male

3. What nation(s) are you a citizen of?
USA

4. At what age did you first read comic books?
5

5. Do you presently read comic books?
Nope. I don't think much of what gets published (based on what I see and hear) as it tends to just be chasing after money and has precious little artist merit of any sort (often the case through-out their history of course...). I think the last superhero ones I bought must have been like 1995 or so. I get more from reading "complex" material - I grew up but comics never really did, past a few notable exceptions.

6. Have you ever read an online superhero comic?
Not that I can recall.

7. How have comic book heroes affected you personally?
I was going to say 'none', but they have opened up areas of creative thinking for me, so there's that.

8. Do you value the abilities/powers of a comic book superhero or the character/story development of the superhero?
Character by a long shot.

9. Do you think superhero comic books have had a significant impact on society?
Not that I can think of. I think of them as just the modern version of mythic characters, like Beowulf.

10. What value(s) do superhero comic books bring to modern society?
Not much that I can think of.

11. Do you think the value(s) superhero comic books provide has changed over the last 20, 30, 50 years?
Oh yes, they're always changing. Lately (say since the 80s) I think for the worse, based on what I see and hear. One critique I've heard of post-Watchmen comics is they misunderstood the "gritty" tones Moore used and are just a lot of "apocalypse-porn", which I feel is a valid point. Considering the post-9/11 landscape though, a lot of media has gone that route, not just comics. I think most media, comics included, have suffered a coarsening over the past few decades.

12. What era or decade do you think superhero comic books had the greatest impact on society?
Maybe during WWII, as readership was highest back then (not just superhero stuff though), but I'm not really sure they have ever had much impact on society.

13. What have you thought about the movies in recent years that are based on comic book superheroes?
Some are ok escapist material, others just the usual special-effects extravaganzas that happen to feature superheroes. See above about 'apocalypse porn'. When a new one pops up I'll admit it might initially hold my interest at first more than other sorts of films, as in "huh, this may be good... or not."

14. Do you think modern technologies (e.g. video games, MMO’s) have affected the creativity of recent superhero comic book publications?
As I don't read them I can't really say but I kind if think not. From what I hear about them it's a pretty moribund genre.

15. What, if any, new superhero publications have you seen in the last two years?
None.

Optional Additional Comments:

I'll toss in my brand-new, Valentine's Day-compliant arc The Sick Rose, #537898.

Based on feedback, I've changed the description of the arc a little, both in the AE and my original post.

Based on more feedback, apparently the mechanics are going a bit wonky in ally/collection placement, ending up placing them a bit out of order. Such is the AE. :/ "It worked fine for me during testing" sounds weak, but it's true. I'll be looking at a little rejiggering in the next couple of days. That said, the story still comes across nicely, I was told, so don't be scared away, it's far from broken.

Somehow the trailer didn't do it for me as much as Iron Sky's did, not sure why. Still, it's on my radar, I'm still willing to give it a chance.

I didn't know I missed these lists until SteelClaw came back. *sinlgemanlytear

A new arc!

Escorts themselves can be pretty buggy, in a lot of ways, I try and avoid them. I've also found errors popping up a number of times about "can't link that from this" when it doing so does follow logical order; however programming often doesn't work that way.

I seem to recall trying to set something to spawn once the escort is acquired (not completed) and couldn't - either the option didn't exist or that called forth those dang errors again. You're probably best off not trying for that anyways, it's just tempting fate. Plus there's always putting info in the text, "$name, you found me! Let's go, I'll show you where that mcguffin is when we get there."

What, no "I LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK!" ?

I know the accolades are really helpful for toons, but when it comes to badges, I tend to look down my list, find one that seems to fit the toon, set it for his/her badge title and forget all about them. I don't have tons of time to play so badge chasing feels like busywork that takes away from my 'real game'.

PUG Trial - you team up with 7 other NPCs with random-button costumes and poor power choices. The squishies rush in and take agro while the tougher melee types stand around you going "..." Every time someone dies, another ambush is spawned.

I'm not sure I care for the glowing on B, but as long as C doesn't win, we all win - C looks too armory and we already have tons of that to choose from.

And I just got a Bots/Dark MM to fifty yesterday - my first fifty (out of a total of three) in like three years. o.o

Grats to us all!