Dark_Respite

Thanks a lot, Steelclaw. Now everyone in my Dreamweaver class is looking at me funny because I'm trying and failing not to laugh. (Yes, I'm sneaking onto the forums during a class.)

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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On a somewhat unrelated note, I just want to take a second to thank you guys for being so positive and excited about this feature that's consumed so much of my life for so long. It's been a very long haul and tremendous amount of work from many people on the team. Your excitement about this feature is making it so much easier for me to continue to be excited about it, and that's making it a lot nicer to get through the final stretches of finishing this issue up and into your hands. I can't speak for the other people who've done a tremendous amount of work on this feature as well, but for me personally...it's a huge deal.

The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.

So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.

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*hugs*

We love you too, BAB.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

From some of my favorite shows...

"Woooo, yeah, they're here! The Rikti are finally here for their a**beating!" *pause* "Why are there so many of them?"

"Welcome to the end of your invasion. And I promise it's going to hurt."

"Daleks. Aim for the eyestalk. Sontarans. Probic vent at the back of the neck. Rikti? Run."

"There are more things in heaven and earth than are ever dreamed of in your Rikti philosophy."

"I was team leader when the call came in. We all knew it was a suicide mission. The Rikti had broken through and were closing in. Every hero we had left was ordered to circle Paragon City. We had to stop them, no matter what it cost. They came at us out of nowhere. We never had a chance. The sky was full of stars, and every star a dying hero—one of ours. My team was blown out of the sky in less than a minute."

"You're not the only one who's been touched by the Rikti."

(That last one sounds really wrong, doesn't it?)

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

*wonders if she could try and fake her way through the color selection screen in a teaser*

Hmmmm.

Still, all in all it looks damned cool.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Nope!

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

For myself...

1. What is your favorite word? Awesome!

2. What is your least favorite word? Mediocre. (Especially being called that.)

3. What turns you on? The voice of the man I love.

4. What turns you off? Being taken for granted, willful stupidity, and violence toward children.

5. What sound or noise do you love? Music, especially film scores. They can transport me like nothing else in creation.

6. What sound or noise do you hate? My husband's voice raised in anger.

7. What is your favorite curse word? S***!

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Professional videographer (come on, let's admit it, right now I only half-a** it)... also concert pianist.

9. What profession would you not like to participate in? Anything where my work is ignored, taken for granted, thankless, and not worth my time.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "Well done, Michelle. Well done."

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Something tells me I'm going to get passed over for this one.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

*laughs as she reads through everyone's answers*

Just proof that Castle is the only dev man enough to answer this.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Positron - Single male seeks female for long, involved, seemingly endless date that will take us to several distant locales. Let me introduce you to a multitude of enem... er... interesting people. A date with me will seem to last forever. I promise!

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Y'know, Steelclaw, leave it to you to enlighten me as to just how much like his TF that my Positron story actually IS.

Because not unlike his Task Force, in my story he finds himself on a long, involved, not-quite-seemingly-endless date (or several), that takes him to several distant locales, introduces him to a multitude of enem... err, interesting people, and seems to last forever.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Big diff between his TF and your story... the story is actually FUN to waste several nights on.

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Thanks, Soul. And cheers for supporting Nerd Flirting!

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

This is what happens when I go on a bender watching INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO. What with Castle caring and sharing on the "The Devs Hate..." thread, it got me wondering how BAB, Positron, pohsyb, and the other developers would answer the following (the mods can answer too!):

*****

1. What is your favorite word?

2. What is your least favorite word?

3. What turns you on?

4. What turns you off?

5. What sound or noise do you love?

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

7. What is your favorite curse word?

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

9. What profession would you not like to participate in?

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

*****

Come on, rednames... take a few minutes and tell us something about yourselves!

(Abraxxus, no answering for BAB, even if you two DO share a brain. And Arcanaville, please don't mathematically compute Castle's answers!)

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

PS - btw, Steelclaw, for your latest and greatest insanity, I challenge you to answer these for the rednames' characters.

All time personal favorite - Energy/Energy blaster, hands down. Blasts from range, gets up close and personal, and who needs herding when I can THROW everything I want into a corner and then just whale on them?

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I'm working on it, I'm working on it. I'm trying to find music that won't immediately get the damn video ganked off YouTube.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Release Notes for Build 19.20090716.0

Monday, July 20th, 2009


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[Power[*]Dark Miasma/Dark Servant (all versions): Fixed a bug that caused this power to state that it would except Recharge Intensive Pet enhancement sets. Since this pet cannot be slotted for damage, it should never have been able to accept these types of enhancements.


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So does this mean this pet is supposed to be a permanent pet?

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No, it means Dark Servant can't be slotted with any pet sets at all, recharge-intensive or not, because all pet sets focus on damage, and Dark Servant is designed to focus on support through control, debuffs and healing. However, it does take tohit debuff, healing, immobilize and hold sets, all of which can enhance the recharge. Again: Dark Servant's intended focus is primarily support, and pet sets focus on damage, so instead of damage/pet sets it takes debuff/control/healing sets. You can't even slot standard damage enhancers, unlike every other pet.
Get it?

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Crud, and I'd built Expedient Reinforcement, too...

*sighs and toddles off to the Black Market*

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Argh, I'd have to haul a** home to make it in time!!!

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Mod8 Lockdown in 3... 2...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

My personal favorite PvP moment was when I was filming in Siren's Call for the "Countdown to the Future" video, and I was trying to film a hot spot, but I kept getting ganked because there were fourteen villains in the zone... and one hero. Me. I kept saying, "Guys I'm here to film, I'm not here to PvP, I just wanna film the hot spot," and eventually it sank in (but not before they'd killed me six times).

When they realized who I was, there came the chorus of "oh you're that chick who makes videos", and they formed up around me, ESCORTED ME to the hot spot, stood around while I was filming it, and then volunteered to stage a battle royale PvP match for me to film.

Half of them switched to hero characters, came back into the zone, recruited their friends, and I then got to film a large scale PvP match, including them telling me all the neat spots I could film in. Every time someone new came into the zone, they'd yell out, "Hey, don't shoot the video chick!"

They also gave me a running lecture on how to PvP, which I thought was rather nice.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I'm curious why Longbow isn't swarming all over Striga Isle trying to stop the Council from making any further inroads there than they already have... the Legacy Chain is already busy helping out in the Hollows...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

War? Katana/Dark Armor, personally. Or dual blades/dark armor...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Task Forces, Strike Forces, Flashbacks, badge hunting, helping friends, rolling new alts...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

How do you know that it's

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Best bet, Twilight, is to swing down a bit in the forums to the Multi-Media section and check there - someone may have already posted something about viewing demo files on a Mac. If not, post there and one of the regulars will be able to help you (I don't have a Mac so I'm not sure my advice would be valid).

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

For those who don't mind, then, please link to:

[url="http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=125747"[/url]

(That is the original thread for TCoSR, with the "Show All Pages" option on. Just rightclick the link and copy the shortcut.)

Then depending on how much space you have left, you can either reference your favorite quote from the story, or just say "I SUPPORT NERD FLIRTING!"

I don't mind it if you tinyurl or somesuch, but if you do, please mention the story's name so folks know what it is before they click.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Congrats! Details! Server? Build? How you dinged 50?

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Question - for those of you who don't really use your signature space... would you support the story by putting a link to TCoSR in your signature and something like "I SUPPORT NERD FLIRTING!" or somesuch?

We're not allowed to have images, unfortunately, otherwise I'd ask folks to use one of the banners I designed.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Yes, Sheyd, it can be done. I filmed it on Virtue (video on my website - hit my profile and go to the Multimedia>Videos page), and I filmed it on Justice Sunday (still need to upload it).

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite