Cobalt Azurean

The Rogue Isles has been the ginger-headed step-child o' Champion for quite a while. Not nearly as bad as it was before, but you'd likely have better luck in Praetoria.

Updated Events Calendar.

Or contact a BMT Moderator and/or someone with Calendar permissions.

If you go to the calendar thread, you can see who's mentioned makin' updates to it, which is a good start. And as far as I know you're in BMT, so anyone with a star by their name is a Moderator.

Musculature would be Alpha Slot.

H4X. No such IO exists in the game.

I only accept Inf at this time. These augmentations don't pay for themselves, you know.

He's on CoHFaces.

I like the way you think.

It was Keltial.

Don't mention it.

Once you actually train-up to twenty at a trainer, you will be contacted with a pop-up. Durin' the course o' that mission, you will decide whether or not to be a Hero (go to Paragon City, Talos Island to be specific) or be a Villain (go to the Rogue Isles, Sharkhead Isle in this case, I think).

Champion was fairly low populated for Redside, so much so that there are global channels specifically for teamin' in the Rogue Isles, but thanks to Going Rogue and the ability to switch or play both sides, it's effectively normalized. I prefer to be either a Vigilante or Rogue to be able to enjoy the content on either Blueside or Redside, but you can earn Hero/Villain Merits by bein' those respective alignments and run Alignment and Morality missions to reinforce your alignment and use'em to buy rare, very rare, or unique enhancements at either Fort Trident in Atlas Park (Blueside) or The Crucible in Cap au Diable (Redside). If you choose to be a Vigilante or Rogue, you can earn normal Reward Merits (same as you would earn from completin' a Task/Strike Force or Trial) and use'em to buy less exclusive enhancements.

Yup, teams are generally temporary groups to run missions or Task/Strike Forces with, which you might know as a Pick Up Group (PuG). The difference between normal missions and Task/Strike Forces is that once you join a TF/SF, you can't join any other team until it's task(s) are accomplished. And if you quit a TF/SF, you won't be able to rejoin it. You would have to start another, and they require a minimum number o' players to start. On a side note to quittin' a TF/SF; if you get disconnected for some reason, you will automatically rejoin the TF/SF. Also, Task Forces are Heroside (also known as Blueside), and Strike Forces are Villside (also known as Redside).

No Supergroups for Heroes (SGs) or Villains (VGs) exist in Praetoria, so you'll be able to join one once you arrive in either Paragon City or the Rogue Isles dependin' on your choice in the final mission in Praetoria. And yes, they are effectively Guilds/Houses/Clans/etc.

From what you descibe, and I don't know this for sure as I'm not a member in the channel, Darkguard Network is for the Darkguard SG/VG and it's coalitions/friends. Quite a few SGs/VGs have their own chat channels, moreso when they have members on both sides o' the game. This allows'em to be able to communicate with each other. There are larger channels (i.e. more members) out there, which if there is space, you could be invited to (if Private) or /chanjoin (if Public). Some are more social, some are moderated to remain game-related.

Hopefully that answers some o' your questions and confusion in terms o' vernacular.

I like the way you think.

i20 next week.