Coyote_Seven
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I must add to this list: NPC enemies that don't automatically know where you are!
Not that you can hit the scenery in this game... yet. You know how sometimes the hero sneaking around the warehouse will pick up a small bit of something and throw it somewhere. The foes around him would of course immediately focus their attention on where the impact sound was made. They wouldn't magically be aware of exactly where the hero was hiding!
Not unless one of the foes happened to see from where the object was thrown. Of course then, that means you have to immediately leave the spot from where you'd thrown it, and hope you don't get spotted again!
Of course by then, they're onto you. That's when they sound the "intruder alert" alarm, and start actively looking around for you. -
I vote for smarter AI enemies.
I don't understand why anyone would prefer NPC foes that basically line themselves up to be shot down. There's absolutely no challenge in that. -
You know, maybe I ought to turn mine back on. It's like a badge, showing how many anonymous cowards with thin skins I've managed to rub the wrong way.
It's like giving me a badge for shooting so many fish in a barrel.
Dead fish.
That are big.
With targets on them.
Point blank.
EDIT: Only two red pips? I guess I'm not the scourge of the Internet afterall! lol -
You know when people call you a "Name Elitist," the silliest thing I've ever heard, what they really want to call you is a "Name Nazi." That rolls off the tongue a lot easier, doesn't it? Only they're too timid to cross the Godwin line!
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Quote:I don't like your tone. You sound aggressive to me, so that must mean you're an evil meany! This chip on my shoulder is proof enough of that!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
You should have quoted a little more of that, since I can't recognise my own post the way you cropped it. -
Quote:Welcome to the Internet!
...I'm getting a little tired of passive-aggressive people who can't see past their own noses reading every thread... 
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In fact, I think I want to make some Google searches for names of my own characters. Mind you, some of these characters I've had for a long time, so that kind of gave me the advantage of picking them up first. Haha!
Electric Fairy (Elec/Dev/Elec Blaster, my first hero!)
Cyborg Systre (Robots/Traps MM, my first villain!)
PowerBlade (Because "Power Blade" was already taken! WP/DB Tank)
Baalah (My first Warshade - OMG, I had no idea!)
La Chica Loca (Thugs/Poison MM)
A cool anecdote about "PowerBlade." And I'll note that all these are on Virtue! Some time ago, I ended up teaming with "Power Blade". This was a pick-up group. As I recall, a bit later we ended up picking up another hero named "Blade of Power." We all had a great big laugh.
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You know, on the other hand...
If you think you've come up with a unique name, you can always search for that name via Google. If you get back a lot of pages with that specific name, then you know that perhaps the name you just came up with isn't so unique afterall! And chances are, it's already taken.
EDIT: For example: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...=Google+Search -
Quote:I've said that here before! Posters laughed at that idea. Well who's laughing now???Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
As it stands, Rep is a cowards charter.
Uhm... ha, ha, ha! There, see?
I like to think that if this were a more general forum, and George Carlin were still alive, and he was a regular poster here, he'd be so, so deep in the red! You know why? 'Cause he didn't care who got mad at him! He had the guts to say exactly what was on his mind. Say what you want about that, but he certainly had moxie.Quote:I'm pretty thick skinned but I've been quite surprised at some of the vituperative vitriol spewed forth my way via rep simply because I have not followed the herd. Some of the comments received go way beyond what would be acceptable in the forums and if anyone said similar to my face they'd be chewing on my knuckles before you could even say "Jack Spratt" (or something similar.)
It's anonymity allows those who don't have the wotsits to say what they think openly and within the rules of the forum to snipe and backstab.
And that's what I think. If someone doesn't even have the guts to stand by their words on an Internet forum of all places (It's not like anyone's gonna be knocking down your front door if you say the wrong thing, folks! The worse that'll happen is... what, you'll get banned? ONOEZ!!!), then I don't think their opinions really mean all that much in the first place, don't you agree? -
Quote:Yes.Originally Posted by GlassEye_NA
No.
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Quote:Some people (especially nerd-raging OCD forum posters who shall remain nameless... >.>) are just itching to get themselves offended. That way they get to bludgeon you with their righteous indignation until you're very red!Originally Posted by Olantern
After many months on the new forums, I was up to two little green dots four hours ago. Between now and then, I either offended someone or got in the way of a deadly rep-bomb, apparently! I'd prefer green, but if I can't have that, the red still looks way better than grey, so I'm leaving rep turned on.
You have to imagine if there were anyone of the reverse disposition, we'd have a lot more people here with lots of green boxes. Obviously, despite what some posters are saying about how useless rep points are (and they really are), someone must be taking it seriously!
EDIT: But just to show that the reverse can sometimes happen, I'll let you guys know that I've been giving +rep to any poster I see that is in the red. Sometimes I don't even bother to read what they said. Doesn't matter now, don't it?
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Quote:Only Munchkins try to max out both!Originally Posted by Phillygirl
Who says you can't have both
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Quote:Well that's what you get for improving your Intelligence instead of your Charisma!Originally Posted by Scene_EU
I totally agree. I've experienced the same thing in IT for the last ...... years. Last to get thanked, first to get smited (smote?). I guarantee IT isn't the only area that experiences this
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Quote:What's his battle cry? "My name is Potato!!!" ?Originally Posted by CBeet
Managed to get a few gems over the years though.. And most of them recent. Baked Potato for instance (Fire/Fire Scrapper) was a particularly fun choice to acquire, as everyone seems to make fun of the name, but you all wish you had it.
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If I thought I had any talent for becomming immensely popular, I'd go into politics.
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Quote:You must also remember that people are far more liable to hand out negative rep than positive rep. That's human nature in action; when people are happy and content, they tend to keep quiet. They only tend to make noise when they're something bothering them. Thus, if you merely parrot what the masses are saying in order to be seen as one of them, this would not do very much to increase your rep. Whereas if you even went the tiniest amount against the grain, you might find yourself suddenly deep in the red!Originally Posted by Scene_EU
Also, it seems, when trying to help somebody with their posted questions, you have to write out vast quantities of text, even when it's not necessary, or else you get bad reppedQuote:
The only way to ensure you always have positive rep is to not rock the boat with regards to popular opinion around here. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it just matters that you go along with what everyone else says!
To get a vast amount of positive rep requires a lot of work to stroke the egos of the masses to make them all feel like special little snowflakes. This in part is why you'd end up collecting a fan base around you if you got that far in the first place. -
Quote:Ah, Chlamydia.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
And Chlamydia is such a pretty sounding name.
She was the most glorious creature
Under the su-un.
Guiess. DuBarry. Garbo...
Rolled into one!
Oooooooh
Chlamydia, Chlamydia, have you met Chlamydia,
Chlamydia, the Tattooed Lady!
She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso even more so.
Chlamydia, Chlamydia, that encyclopidia,
Chlamydia the Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is the Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus, too.
And proudly above waves the Red, White, and Blue,
You can learn a lot from Chlamydia!
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Quote:I'm totally amused by the somewhat verbose replies that single line got! I never actually made any disparaging remarks against any political party now. That was everyone else who did that!Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Seems to be caricature Republicans. The top hat and monocle are likely mind control devices.
Seems like it's always 'just a game,' until someone says or does something that you don't like. That's the plural "you" there, mind! Then suddenly it's OMG-so-serious. -
I had no idea there were so many Republicans playing this game.
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Lizard vs. Crooner. All out grudge match! Winner takes all!!!
This Sunday! Sunday! SUNDAY!!! -
Quote:Indeed! To be a mere iconoclast means you will be forever shunned and disliked. By then, it wouldn't even matter if you'd found the cure for cancer, developed an anti-gravity device and a form of free energy. No one would care because no one would like you!Originally Posted by Westley
No, that doesn't work. At least for me. People still hate me as much as they did before I had most posts than God.... in fact, I think they hate me even MORE now if that were even possible...Ah, so THAT'S where I ****** up. It all makes sense now!Quote:
The only way to ensure you always have positive rep is to not rock the boat with regards to popular opinion around here. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it just matters that you go along with what everyone else says!
No, first you have to collect a fanbase around you who will hang on your every word.
Besides, it's no fun to drink the kool-aid all by yourself. -
The only way to ensure you always have positive rep is to not rock the boat with regards to popular opinion around here. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, it just matters that you go along with what everyone else says!
Well, until you post so many times that you become a board celebrity. Then you can surround yourself with a personality cult of obsessive geeks who will ruthlessly defend you, and always look to you for their marching orders. They will always make sure you are always in the green, and will viciously strike back at any who dare to disagree with you (and usually -rep such miscreants to death!). They will all, of course, always agree with you; it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong. It just matters that they go along with whatever you say.
Come to think of it, the rest of the Internet tends to work this way! -
I'm surprised you didn't try and think of a name related to Helen Keller.
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Quote:No, it's not.Originally Posted by Godpants
It's not your fault if you found a name you liked when someone else didn't, but it is your fault, or at least your responsibility, if you take time out to snark at him or her.
Srs bzns and all that.
I don't owe anyone here anything. Anyone who thinks I do has an awfully inflated sense of entitlement.