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FYI, I wasn't knocking the site. I'm just saying, and you might not have an issue because you are "net savy," there were millions of people infected with trojans over the past 3 months from rogue advertising that had malicious coding embedded into the rotating advertising. Proboards, NYtimes.com, Curse Networks, etc. were all places that unknowingly had this rogue advertisement in their rotating ad stock.

Like I said, just because you are "net savy" doesn't mean that your way of staying protected will affect everyone. The first rule of running your own site, be it on your own server or on a free server: take all of your clients into consideration. Don't assume that what you have in front of you is the same thing that everyone else has. Don't assume that your method of keeping yourself clean of security issues on your own website is something that others will be doing. Turning a blind eye to the safety of others, just to save face, is something that you shouldn't do with a smile.

The second rule of running your own site: don't tell people they need additional software or precautions to visting your site. Telling people to download a new browser and to insert another program into it only says, "I don't care if you have a problem. This is the only solution. Even I use it to avoid something that I may not want, but don't care enough to concern myself with."

If you really want Paragon Unleashed to survive and be a mainstay, you need to put 110% into it and not rely (and hope) that the company you are using will do the worrying for you.

I suggest you find a web host and register a domain name. Once you do, set up your own software (phpbb, vbulletin, Ubbforums, etc.) that you can control 100% so you can make the constant security updates that are needed to keep yourself, and your visitors safe. Once you have total control of what appears on the site, and what is running in the background, then you can breathe a sigh of relief and accomplishment.

I hope that you take what I say into consideration. I know what I'm talking about because I've been hosting and running my own forums for close to 15 years. Once you learn how to take control of your forums security, then everything becomes that much easier. And don't think that if a problem occurs that Proboards is going to do much for you, since it's a free service. One more, or less, free account to them isn't going to matter much.

I want anything CoH related to succeed. It in turn helps the game succeed. So I hope that you guys get a great following. But I also hope that you put more time and effort into the forum so that every visitor walks away happy and virus/trogan/keylogger free.

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Yup... everything's gonna be just fine.

The reason that I reused certain costume pieces was because of the story behind the characters. Regardless of the contest, these costumes are partially part of the story, which when it's at 100% you'll see (if you play the arc.)

The characters I made, I feel, best represent a realistic Freedom Phalanx. Now, in any major orginazation (civilian or military), there is always some uniformity.

Now, take for example the real story of Bastion/Citadel. He was rescued, by Positron, from Crey. He was reprogrammed and allowed to have "free will." Now, in my story, it's a "re-write" of the Freedom Phalanx. Bastion/Citadel was freed from Crey, but Positron didn't give him free will. He was remade into Positron's image. (Which is noticable when Citadel's mask is removed.)

If, for Numina and Sister Psyche, I offended you by having them wear the same pants and boots, I apologize. But, the reason is still there. Just like the connection that Aurora Borealis and Sister Psyche had in game lore, my version of Psyche and Numina also have a connection. That's a key point to my arc, so I won't go into detail with it.

But, like Fury said, this contest was based on our own interpretations of what we think the Freedom Phalanx should look like. This is just my take on it.

Ty kindly. These are costumes I'm using for an upcoming AE arc that features a "rebirth" of the Phalanx. Let's just say they are less than super in the arc