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I just make videos. They don't exactly hook in DROVES of people, but they pique interest enough for free trials or get folks who left to come back again.
Michelle
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I've soloed him with my Mercs/TA MM and my Bots/Dark MM... everyone else, I fight for a while, he gets away, and I salve my pride by bellowing after him, "YEAH, RUN YOU COWARDLY F***ER, THAT'S WHAT LONGBOW DO BEST!"
Kid you not, though, the second time I yelled that after him, HE ACTUALLY STOPPED. I don't know if he got hung up on something in the sewers or what, but it was like he stopped and looked at me and went, "You did NOT just say that." I caught up to him and whaled on him some more, but he still got away.
Michelle
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Quote:"I'm in awe, Lennier. The way you can take a simple proposition and turn it inside out so that it says what you want it to say rather than what it actually says. Does this come naturally or did you attend some sort of martial arts class for the philosophically inclined?"Originally Posted by Megumi_Yamato
I wasn't aware that you had a 100% monopoly on both Awesome and Lasers! ^.^
We might have to have you on now, but I'm worried the show will implode under the weight of all your Awesome. Couple that with the Stimulated Radiation and.... well, we're screwed.
Besides, it's not a "Flat out lie", more like a heroic telling of a tale of good vs. evil that has become different with each telling down the generations to the point where it's not the same story anymore. And that's completely different! ~.^
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Quote:Hubby was a bigger fan of the game than I was, but I enjoyed it (teaming the Spartans and the University = DEATH to all other factions). But my personal preference was MASTER OF ORION 2 (well, that and SHOGUN TOTAL WAR and MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR).Originally Posted by Brimstone_Bobby
As if i didn't already adore you - you are a SMAC fan as well?
Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Every time I see info on the Resistance, THIS comes to mind... (SFW)
It just works.
Michelle
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Quote:Which is really too bad - this is a prime example of an arc with 'great concept, lousy execution.'Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
Because we're not supposed to know about her heroic past. She kept her identity a secret... Until we meet her and she's giving us missions...
Besides, she's surprised as well when she generates the flame.
Of course, you're talking about one of the worst arcs in the end-game (To Save A Thousand Worlds? Man! I'm gonna be here a long time! *click-click-click-click-clickety-click-click-click* *sigh* *click-click-click-click-clcik-clicklicklicklicklicklicklicklicklicklicklicklick. ..* Man! This just goes on-and-on! Hey... Is that Requiem? What does he have to do with... Aw, it's over...).
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I'd just like to know when we're going to get more trailers for I-17 and GOING ROGUE. I wanna see spiffy stuff in Ultra Mode. And if they show one at PAX? Please see if you get it onto YouTube?
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Quote:You could always adopt the sobriquet "The Painter":Originally Posted by David Nakayama
Actually, as a former comic book creator, I can tell you that villains pretty much MAKE the hero and, when you get right down to it, they're more important than the hero themselves in the overall structure of any good superhero story. What would Captain America be without the Red Skull, or Superman with Luthor, after all?
So rest assured--I love me some villains.
But if I ever change my red name to an actual character, I think I'd like something a little more...I dunno, awe-inspiring than 'Malaise.' Love the character and the art connection but honestly, malaise is defined as 'a general feeling of being unwell.' So really, at that point, I may as well go with 'Captain Sickday' or 'Barfy McBarfbarf.'
Pretty much the same effect.
Quote:Famous painting missing
The Painter was a famous supervillain who could paint a location and then use the painting to teleport there. Someone stole his painting of a building in Paragon City called Lee Towers. You've no idea why, but the heist has the (VillainGroup)'s fingerprints all over it.(Not that we want you to turn up murdered, of course.)Quote:The Painter found murdered!
The Painter is a magical thief who paints scenes --say of like a bank-- and then somehow uses it to actually teleport to that location. He was found dead last night, and the MO suggests that the (VillainGroup) is responsible. Maybe they think they can backwards engineer the Painter's secrets with one of his paintings. Maybe you can too.
Michelle
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For the bulk of my heroes, their response would be, "You get ONE chance. ONE." (And although they'd never say it outright, the justice system would get ONE chance. None of this "charged, released, charged, released" crap.)
Giving them that ONE chance makes my heroes better than the villain, who probably gave no one a chance - not innocents, not heroes, nothing.
After that... no mercy. If they want to make it up to society, they'd better believe in reincarnation.
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Quote:You win, Agg.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
I'd give the job to War Witch. Cos that would mean War Witch with unlimited resources.
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Quote:*beats Gaelic_Reign senseless with a dead carp*Originally Posted by Gaelic_Reign
Not if you give them the Rob Liefeld treatment.
DO... NOT... MENTION... THAT... NAME... HERE!
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Easy. I'd fire the entire Marketing Department and staff it with people who would promote the hell out of the game on websites, print, video ads, etc.
I'd have a 'concept' album made for CoH, a la "Songs of the Witchblade", as a 2cd set of instrumental music spanning from heroic to horror, valiant to villainous.
I'd restart the comic line, doing storylines from in-game, but running a constant set of contests for players to be featured doing the various storylines. Each month would be a double issue - one heroic, one villainous, and the content would be ranging from lvls 1-50. So one month, you'd have eight featured heroes in the comics going through the Revenant Hero arc, while you'd have eight featured villains going through, say, Westin Phipps' storyline.
I'd get an actual STOREFRONT for the game - players have been clamouring for t-shirts, posters, mouse pads, coffee mugs, etc... I'd make sure they could get them.
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Quote:Except that Manticore has already stated:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm pretty sure they're not going to make the Atlas Park trainer go rogue
I don't know... and besides, Malaise used to be the trainer in IP (I think) after HE was reformed, and Infernal does the same in FF, and hell, look at Blue Steel!Quote:Question: Whats up with Ms. Liberty?
Answer: There have been many questions about Ms. Libertys methods and practices. In general she strongly believes in fighting fire with fire (quite literally in the case of the controversial flamethrowers). When villains, even thugs, gain access to super-powers she believes that the methods used to fight them require some amping up. As far as shes concerned, her people are not breaking the Geneva Convention. Of course anyone in power is subject to question, as it should be. There are definitely politicians and law enforcement officials, even other heroes, who question if she has gone over the edge. Some say she is more like her grandfather than she would ever like to admit in terms of her absolute belief that she is doing the right thing. The same headstrong approach that causes her to accept anyone in need of a second chance into the Vindicators, even former criminals, sometimes drives her to overly aggressive response to villainous activity. Her teammate Swan seems to be the only one who can make any headway with Ms. Liberty on these topics and even she is concerned that her friend may be headed down a dark path that will require intervention.
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Quote:Originally Posted by BlueBattler
What I remember from the comic was how every heroine in the comic had the hots for Manticore...
Wonder how THAT happened.More like the entire female contigent of the Vindicators were his fangirls. Ugh.Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Sean Michael Fish was Garry Stu-ing?
Which is why I found it hilarious that in THE FREEDOM PHALANX, Manticore was an arrogant unlikable d***, almost the exact opposite of his persona in the comics.
I see the possibility for some good mentoring between States and Des, especially once she meets Primal Earth's Infernal and realizes that there IS another way to live.
And re: Ms Liberty... I am really starting to think that she's gonna be the first one on the Vigilante Superhighway when that road opens.
Michelle
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Actually, we refer to that map as the Nazi Fish Farm.
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Quote:Troy's version of the Phalanx, barring official notes from the characters' creators, is the version I use as a reference when writing. They seem more... real.Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
that person was troy hickman, the only version of statesman that i accept from the comics.
Michelle
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Mine include:
** Finishing THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE 2 (and then starting and finishing Part 3)
** Editing my existing arcs, finishing the others I'm in the process of building (but had to wait because of missing maps or new MA features), and then doing trailers for all of them
And oddly enough, though it's NOT in my sig...
** Scripting and filming a full length feature film in CoH
Michelle
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Quote:Then there's the whole Maria Jenkins thing... read her bio some time. Makes you wonder just what their relationship was like...Originally Posted by BlueBattler
Statesman has been widowed for at least 25 years or so per the Freedom Phalanx novel.
If he wanted to only date immortals, he does have several choices in Paragon City.
1. Georgia Fields in Independence Port is over 70 years old per her biography.
2. Luminary as a robot will not age.
3. It's unclear, but it's possible that the bond between a Kheldian and human can greatly extend their lifespans.
4. Lady Grey. (I think that Lady Grey might consider Statesman too young for her.)
Michelle
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Quote:It's called sarcasm, Prof...Originally Posted by Prof_Radburn
What advertising would that be nothing about the game is advertised in the EUQuote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Woot, another win that the Marketing Department can feature in its advertising...
Michelle
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Well done tho
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Every time I see info on the Resistance, THIS comes to mind... (SFW)
It just works.
Michelle
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Quote:That's nothing... wait til the Maelstrom/Tyrant slashfic starts cropping up.Originally Posted by EmperorSteele
*sigh*, damn fanfic writers. Yes, everyone who ever meets has to fall in love *eyeroll*
=P
Michelle
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Woot, another win that the Marketing Department can feature in its advertising...
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Players reacted with howls of outrage after learning through painful experience that Castle had yet again nerfed Picture Hanging.
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
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Quote:With aerial coverage, of course, provided by the Atlas Park blimp.Originally Posted by Olantern
Thanksgiving: Paragon City experiences the annual tradition of The Wentworth's Thanksgiving Day Parade (AE arc #347683), featuring (some guy playing) Statesman as Grand Marshal, reformed Freak music sensation 5kvv33k-E P0p, floats with waving Fir Bolg, and people dressed as drum majors who aren't Nemesis soldiers for a change. Oh, and the Gobblers.
It must be seen to be believed.
Michelle
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Quote:Oh, good! Of course, now rampant speculation can begin on what the 'And more...' means, but as long as the march of development progress continues on, I'm good.Originally Posted by EMpulse
Oh, trust me. Ken Morse is still doing his thing...and more.
--EMpulse
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*feels horribly embarrassed because she was wondering who you were on Twitter and why you were following her*
I am such an idiot.
But gratz on taking up the mantle for podcasting! If you can, especially for your 'not meant to be aired' segments, get Plas to start doing his Bob Dylan impressions. They were a screaming riot when he carpooled to HeroCon with me and hubby. Better yet, have him read some of the in-game dialogue as Bob Dylan!
Michelle
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