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Quote:Let the spewing of doomcrying and conspiracy theories begin.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
NCsoft as a whole isn't going to be at PAX this year, which is totally weirding me out on multiple levels (Wildstar isn't out yet, you should be pushing this game hard, it looks super fun).
And this is after last year, where they had their own panel room. What.
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Quote:Minbari fighting pike FTW.Originally Posted by BrandX
I wish the metal staff looked collapsable. It doesnt actually have to collapse and extend. But look like it does!
Pool Cue is also great! Love it
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Quote:Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* MTV - Skulls Girlfriend: "That's mine over there... the one with the skull mask... no... the other one... I think... Anyway... I'm not going to be his girlfriend forever... I'm going places... I'm moving up in the world... you won't see me barefoot and pregnant still in high school... come Issue 24... I won't be his girlfriend anymore... I'll be his MINION..."
* SyFy - (visual of families enjoying a day in the park...) "Populace: Unsuspecting" (a few adults start to frown... look up into sky while shading their eyes) "Invasion: Imminent" (broad shot of a line of shadow sweeping over the grass... parents grab their children and start to run) "Rikti: Here" (screen fills with the face of a Rikti general) "Humanity: Doomed" (screen goes black for a moment then displays the City of Heroes logo) "Heroes: Needed"I do not have time to make these as videos. I do not have time to make these as videos. I have 50 other videos I want to make. I do not have time to make these as videos... I am not adding these to the list... I am beyond persuading... nothing will convince me...Quote:Originally Posted by Winterminal
* HBO - (Black screen. A grim, elderly female voice speaks:) "What do you know about fear?" (CUT TO: A slow forward shot sweeping over a snow-covered wilderness. We hear the sounds of a harsh, cold wind blowing with mournful instrumentation in the background. Back to black:) "Fear is for the winter, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep." (CUT TO: The same, but we see white wisps darting in and out of the trees, traveling with the camera. CUT back to black) "Fear is for the Long Night, when the White Walkers move through the woods." (CUT TO: Same, except the number of wisps has increased. The camera starts to pan up as we travel. Voiceover:) "When the sun hides for years, and children are born and live and die all in darkness." (With the following, the Lord Winter rises from a clearing ahead, with its back to us and turns toward the camera as we approach:) "That is the time for fear." (CUT TO BLACK, fade up "City of Heroes: The Winter Event is Coming")
If I keep saying this, I will eventually believe it.
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We HAVE Litter Affinity. It's called Grav users with Propel.
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I am in awe.
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Quote:I wonder if that name is available on Justice... now to figure out the best powersets for it.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Captain Socialist
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I am considering adding more to the game. I'm waiting to see what insights others have that they might be able to share.
For example...
- Posts a deliberately inflammatory comment during the weekend knowing that the thread won't get modded until Monday when the devs come back.
**Take a second drink if they actually start a full-on deliberately inflammatory thread for the same reason. - Complains about an account problem on the forums and then mouths off at everyone who offers advice on how to resolve said problem.
- Posts using only links.
Michelle
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Quote:I just snorted chocolate milk up my nose from laughing. Absolutely brilliant.Originally Posted by Mister Rik
I now feel compelled to share a "joke" character I made a while back: LL Bean J (known for his smash hit song, "Mama Said To Politely Ask You To Leave").
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Quote:*grins*Originally Posted by Chyron HR
You are doing it, didn't you get the memo?
Part 3.1 is due on the 31st.
Good thing for me I have an idea, then, for an SSA (including cutscenes). It'd take a bit of work to figure out how to adapt it for redside, but it shouldn't be too difficult.
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Quote:Only if you're too weakwilled to step away from the forums.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Even without alcohol abuse, I think following these rules may result in death by overhydration.
I'll discuss these with Bloodspeaker and Jade Crush, who helped me write the list.Quote:Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
Should these be added as well?Complains that the Free2Play model is just a money grab and is ripping off the VIP players.
Complains that they're not getting enough stuff for free as a Premium Player.
Infers or states that their suggested changes to the game would be/should be "easy".
(bonus drink if someone invokes the Standard Code Rant)
(bonus drink if Arcanaville adds a post that's under 50 characters long, or within 100 characters of the post limit)
Makes a thread requesting a power set/AT respec within one month of the previous thread requesting one.
(Bonus drink if the previous thread is still on page one of the suggestions forum,)
I think we've got something similar already...Quote:Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Addendum:
Makes an accusation that involves 'entitled/entitlement'.
Personally, if a) the poster keeps the initial image size reasonable (or better yet, includes a thumbnail that opens to a larger picture in a separate window), and b) the people quoting said picture remove the image from their post and just reference it, then it'd make life much easier.Quote:Originally Posted by DustRaven
I hope the Post your best costume and similar threads are exempt from #4's addendum concerning images.
And how I'm just thirsty.
Forum games are ongoing. This was more meant as a bit of friendly one-off snark.Quote:Originally Posted by Jack_NoMind
Corollary to #19: Posts a forum game in a forum other than Forum Games.
That's in-game, not on the forums.Quote:Originally Posted by Vyver
You forgot any mention of "For the greater good" when it comes to co-op
*drags 2short2care away from the keyboard*Quote:Originally Posted by 2short2care
*turns blue from having to drink and drink and drink without getting to take a breath*
Whereas the rampant references to drug use in-game are perfectly acceptable.Quote:Originally Posted by Ironik
Since this forum is rated T-for-Teen, even with the disclaimer this thread shouldn't be allowed.
I've had threads modded for lesser "violations" of the ESRB ratings. I'd think promoting alcohol would be right up there on the verboten list.
I'm not sure why you're pointing it out... please elaborate.Quote:Originally Posted by Aurora_Girl
To avoid causing a violation of the rules of the game, I'd like to point out this. The first line of the OP.
In which case I'd have to modify the first sentence to not only warn against alcohol abuse, but suicide by posting.Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Weeping/raging about Praetoria should have its own catagory.
I was trying to avoid calling out any posters (including mods) by name. The thought did cross my mind to include a rule if Zwill posted his favorite Tommy Lee Jones picture, and to take a second drink if someone else did it.Quote:Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
I'm wondering if this should have also been included in the rules:
Anytime Zwillinger posts a meme picture.
Signatures were not included in this - that'd be a subsection of the game... maybe an errata.Quote:Originally Posted by Siolfir
On a completely unrelated note, how do the rules apply to signatures?
Or, for that matter, deliberately out of context quotes? As for out of context quotes, it depends on the situation, I guess.
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Note: As a responsible adult, player, and forum poster, I would like to remind people that this thread does NOT condone the abuse of alcohol. Drink something else.
Every time someone does one of the following, take a drink:
- Uses the term "slap in the face" with regard to the game itself or the devs
- Quotes their veteran status as supporting evidence of being right ("I've been playing since...")
**Take a second drink if they use the number of veteran badges as proof of this, since the vet badge system is no longer really applicable - Uses the term 'tankmage'
- Quotes a lengthy post in its entirety only to then say "signed", "QFT", "me too", LOL, etc., or responds with anything less than a complete sentence.
**Take one drink per picture if all they're quoting is images - Asserts that "the majority of players" or "the entire playerbase" agrees with their position
- Ends any single line post with an emoticon.
- Demands a response from the devs
**Take a second drink if they demand compensation
**Take a third drink if the total value of said compensation could actually be calculated as less than fifty cents - Criticizes anything in the game while stating that they have in fact never done it
**Take a second drink if they do that in the same post as the initial criticism - Attempts to pigeonhole any Marvel, DC, or mainstream comic character as a COH archetype
**Take a second drink if the attempt to pigeonhole is actually a complaint that we can't make said character - Asks "is this character a copyright violation?" or "Is this offensive?"
- Insists that they are allowed freedom of speech on a privately owned forum
- Doesn't actually ragequit before posting about it
**Take an additional drink each time they continue to post in said ragequit thread
**Take an additional drink for each "can I have your stuff" post in said ragequit thread
**Everyone in the thread drinks if a redname posts "can I have your stuff" in said ragequit thread - Grouses about PvP
- Complains about a powerset or combo that is 'unplayable', 'unbalanced', 'overpowered,' 'underpowered', 'nerfed', or other indication that the devs can't do math when calculating powersets
**Take a second drink when someone with mathematical ability proves the poster wrong - Posts a doom thread right after the quarterly financial announcement from NCsoft
- Posts about how an issue loaded with content, QoL changes, and new powersets has "ruined the game"
- Posts only to state "FPARN"
- Invokes Hitler, fascism, elitism, etc.
- Posts "suggestions" (read: demands) in a section other than "Suggestions"
**Drink a second time if someone subsequently posts a list with links to all other threads on the same topic
**Drink a third time if any or all of the other threads were started by the same person - Posts complaining that an event is deliberately being scheduled to inconvenience/exclude them
**Take another drink for complaints that a contest excludes them despite legalities over which the mods have no control - Asks for a name purge
**Insists the reason for the purge is "there are no good names left"
*****
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Quote:Does that mean Protean is gonna write SSA 3?Originally Posted by Positron
Veridian wrote SSA 2, Dr. Aeon wrote SSA 1.
(If not, I'll be happy to do it...)
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Quote:Arbiter Warrant is the guitar-playing, FILK-writing dev.Originally Posted by Angry_Citizen
A redname appears
What do you do? And who's the new powers guy so I know who to complain to?
And Synapse is the powers guy (or one of them, anyway). I don't know if there's still that Google doc floating around with a spreadsheet of the devs and who does what.
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Quote:SSA = Signature Story Arc. There are currently 2 - the first is a 7-parter called "Who Will Die?", and the second is a 5-parter (in progress, 1-3 are live, 4 and 5 are on beta) called "Pandora's Box." These are a cross between story arcs and task forces, in that it's a series of arcs strung together to tell a larger story.Originally Posted by Angry_Citizen
What are SSA's, DFB's, I/O's (invention origins?), and where can I find the new Praetorian content GG mentioned?
Hey, what happened to all the red names, anyway? I don't recognize any of 'em.
Thanks for the welcome back(s)! I feel so old and frail and get the heck off my lawn!
DFB = Death From Below. The new sewer intro 'trial'. Great fun, and a fast way to level.
IOs (I think you mean ATO or ATI depending on who you ask) = Archetype Origin enhancement sets. Each archetype has one (including Kheldians and Soldiers of Arachnos), and a second round is coming Soon (tm).
Praetorian content = there are several Incarnate level trials (the first done once you reach level 50), including the Behavioral Adjustment Facility, the Lambda, the Keyes Reactor, the Underground, the Minds of Mayhem, the TPN (The Praetorian Network), the Dilemma Diabolique, and the Magisterium. There is also now First Ward and Nightward in Praetoria itself, zones that extend its level range up to... 39, I think it is now?
If you swing by my YouTube channel, I did trailers for several of the most recent issues, which might help bring you up to speed.
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Welcome back!
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Quote:Make sure you click on SSA 2 - Pandora's Box, THEN look for Part 3. When I first looked, I was expecting to see it listed on my first click on SSA Contacts.Originally Posted by asgard_NA
Very strange, I don't see it up...Maybe a little reboot of the game may help.
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Quote:And I still owe you a drink!Originally Posted by Turgenev
I'd be in like Flynn. Set the wheels in motion and I'll be there with bells on. Depending on "when", I might have Mini-Turg in tow, but early next year would be better (he doesn't do travel too well these days).
(Despite how well he flies in the FB video.)
Hopefully they don't schedule the next FPS during the end of September - I will be celebrating my tenth anniversary by partying in Las Vegas (hopefully).
But yeah, do bring Turglet the newbie sidekick just so we can watch all these hardened gamers start making total fools of themselves over the kid. (I admit to being one of them.)
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My deepest condolences to his family and friends...
And it's even more eerie that his forum bio says, "Bio BRB!"
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My definition of player skill has a few criteria:
1a) Are you having fun?
1b) Is your fun impeding MY fun?
If the first is Yes, and the second is No, I'm good.
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Quote:Originally Posted by ryu_planeswalker
Oh that comic arc was awesome and I think it may have been at the heart of my addiction to this game.Hickman's version of the Phalanx is the one I keep in mind when I write them. The little details he imbued them with in his story made them more real, more human, and much more fun to write. (Which is why he got a credit in the Acknowledgements section of THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE.)Quote:Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
Easily my favorite as well. the only representation of states that i actually liked.
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Quote:The Top Cow comics, issues 4-6 was a run called "Smoke and Mirrors" by Troy Hickman. It's widely considered to be the best of the TC storylines, and this is now the third time it's being honored in-game.Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
So...I'll ask...
Who is Cyrus Thompson?
First was Twilight Son's arc being pretty much the player's chance to run through said arc heroside, then they added the statue of Cyrus Thompson outside the Kings Row tram, and now they've added the community center raised in his memory at the end of the comic.
You can download all the comics as PDFs here.
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Paging Arbiter Fabulous...
Paging Arbiter Fabulous...
Please report to the thread immediately. Requesting a Captain Mako pony art piece in Aisle 1...
Paging Arbiter Fabulous...
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Being the demorecord dork that I am, I also noticed them doing a few new emotes... stumbled across a Death Head Buckshot who was rummaging through a woman's purse, tossing stuff over his shoulder every now and again.
Then there's the one where someone's carrying a speaker (seen in an earlier picture)... that one needs to be done by those Freakshow in Brickstown who stand around shouting, "Fresh inventory, get it while it's still hot!"
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Trumped by Steelclaw... but if anyone were to do it, it'd be him.
*bows*
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Awww, the Turglet looks so CUTE!
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