Dark_Respite

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  1. Dark_Respite

    Last Dance

    You'll always be the Doyenne of Digits to me.

    If you ever decide to give Lord of the Rings Online or RIFT a go, look me up. And I will be there on Beta as Johanna Sinclair. I'll be filming til the connection's lost.

    Cheers from the Duchess of Directing!

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Acroyear2 View Post
    I'm not familar with this location in DA. Where would someone find it?
    In old DA, at least, there's a plaque marker indicating the tomb of those who died in the Rikti War. Not entirely sure if it's in new DA or not.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  3. Hey, with the game ending, there may be places on this list that folks haven't had the chance to see. Screenshot possibilities and whatnot abound.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Pebble View Post
    If the forums suddenly turned into a place full of magical ponies and cupcakes, I'd actually be sad, because it meant that there was no diversity of ideas, but it'd also mean that some of the more passionate players such as yourself might have given up.
    I gave up a long time ago. But I feel gypped that I never got cupcakes.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  5. I'm going through all five simultaneously.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Quin View Post
    Am I the only one who remembers Rob Liefeld or something?
    Most of us are trying to forget him.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  7. Demorecording. End of line.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  8. I regret not whaling on Black Pebble with a nerf bat at every Pummit I ever saw him at, for him not telling me he was even more a demorecording fanatic than I am.




    What?

    In all seriousness, I regret that apparently my enthusiasm level made Matt Miller more than a little uncomfortable - to the point that the not-sure-if-serious 'stalker' jokes started going around. And I regret not having the savvy to try and behave in a slightly less-me-but-more-publicly-acceptable fashion when it came to fangirling over the game.

    I regret that it took the closure of the game before Black Pebble was finally able to address my longstanding frustration and concern about the lack of advertising for COH.

    My biggest regret, though, is that despite five years of trying, I never made a video that was good enough for Paragon Studios.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Pebble View Post
    If Matt Miller makes another MMO.....

    I'm pretty sure his in-game character will have hair.
    He'll also probably make his in-game character so unlikable that I'd never be able to write about him. Her. It. Whatever the hell he ends up creating.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dollhouse View Post
    It's kind of a given that any game with an extensive costume selection is going to have "tart-o-rama" possibilities.
    Crud, now I want to create a character called "Tart O'Rama." Kind of a cross between Flambeaux and Desdemona.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  10. 1. Please include demorecording, or something that facilitates machinima. Of course, that may incite Matt to NOT include it, in the hopes that I will not be part of his playerbase...

    2. Please keep the game's lore consistent. Make sure there's a lore bible from the outset - something not unlike the Paragon Wiki would probably be good.

    That's pretty much it.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  11. Also, the sub that you blow up as part of Nocturne's arc is an in-game model so you can place that as necessary.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bronze Knight View Post
    Music is one of them funny things that is universal yet everyone is so picky about it. Sometimes you'll find a great new track and play it while playing a game and it sort of becomes asscoeated with that activity. You find yourself thinking of the game when the track comes on in the car or when you hear a snippet of it in public.

    At least that's how it is for me. How about you?

    There was a red name that was asking Samuraiko to make a video to the tune of The Funeral by Band of Horses. Its a great track by a band I'd never heard of and I fell in love with it right away. It was a great way to channel away some of the feelings of loss on COH that I honestly wasn't even aware I had, or how deep they ran.

    Point is that this thread is an excuse to link to music that makes you think of the City and what you have accomplished there. And if you feel like it tell us why.

    I'll start with Ellie Goulding - In My City, which is another song that begs for a COH video. And I don't even think I have to numerate why this reminds me of COH. I'll do it any way though. I have a character that was a flyer. She was my only real flying character and I always made sure that she was at the fly speed cap (back before it was automatic) Im my mind she was capable of hypersonic speeds and space fligt. So many times when I was running a team late at night I was 1/2 asleep already I would be moving to the next mission and I'd zone out thinking of the acent into space and how weightless it would feel to move that fast and have the capability to move at that speed. Then I'd wake up and realize I'm running into the blue walls at the edge of the zone and am a mile from the mission again, and sheepishly tell the team that I was "OMW".

    Darn it this is what I'm going to miss the most, these fits of imagination that run across my gaming experience so often in this game.

    Well I'm done wasting your time with my terrible reminiscence writing. What music do you think goes hand in hand with this game?
    Oh Gods, where do I even begin...

    Poets of the Fall's "Locking Up the Sun" was the theme song of our Justice-based supergroup, the Star Patrol.

    (And the only song I can immediately remember that a redname wanted me to make a video for was Viridian's request for a video to Swedish House Mafia's "Save the World Tonight".)

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  13. Dark_Respite

    An Update

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter View Post
    What fascinates me here is, A_F, one of the people who claims to be on the side of common sense, is still accusing GG of not only astroturfing, but getting paid to do so. That G_G is still here arguing, contradicts that. There is nothing left to astroturf, and no studio left to employ anyone for doing so. If A_F were just tossing the fanboy/girl title around, that would at least make more sense.

    But it sounds like there's much more of a personal grudge in this case.
    Actually A_F was asserting that Arcanaville was doing the artificial landscaping, not She of the Emoticons. At least that's how it read.

    We now return you to your regularly scheduled flame war.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  14. Dark_Respite

    An Update

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starsman View Post
    Being paid to browse the web and post positive feedback or dismiss negative coverage about your employer and/or his products.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down View Post
    A quick websearch showed up this Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
    Uh-HUH. Okaaaayyyy...

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  15. Dark_Respite

    An Update

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Another_Fan View Post
    Just how much were you paid to astroturf ? I mean it's not like the scoring system did much of anything about custom critters in AE (Looks at all the s/l and fire characters that were made)
    Colour me ignorant, but what the hell does 'astroturf' mean in that context?

    (My only frame of reference is it being an actual object that's used on a football field to artificially make it green, uniform, and playable-on.)

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  16. These are awesome.

    I wonder which zone would have the Kia dealership...

    (I wish we'd had these on our Elantra... we had the license plate RPG FAN.)

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  17. Dark_Respite

    An Update

    *pauses to wonder where she falls on the Fanboy/Zealot and Dev-A**-Licker scales*

    Hmmm. More fanboy than zealot, I think. Not sure on the other, though.

    Right now, I still enjoy playing COH, I have my files backed up, and I'll be on when they shut off the servers. And I'll cry when they shut down.

    But if the game ever comes back, I'll be here.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  18. Dark_Respite

    An Update

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter View Post
    Heh. I'm sure that's temporary until a better title can be found. The original was actually Phoenix City (for obvious metaphorical reasons), I think, but a lot of folks, myself included, just didn't like the sound of it.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Evil_Legacy View Post
    yeah sounds like Arizona.
    Highly condensed areas of population and acres of emptiness...
    Unchanging weather...
    Planes flying overhead every 10 minutes...
    Roads where no one pays attention to anyone ELSE on the road...
    Laughable notions of public transportation...

    Yep, it's Arizona.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  19. Hippo birdie two ewe! If you lived near Seattle I'd give you brownies.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  20. Dark_Respite

    coXso yep yep

    36.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  21. Dark_Respite

    Veterans Day

    Hubby, roommate, and fellow SG member are all vets. Military jokes abound in our group.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  22. Wrong side of the country for me, but if you're ever up Seattle way, I'd be cool for hanging out.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  23. You should have started making these long ago, man.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
  24. Dark_Respite

    Fansy Returns!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Codewalker View Post
    http://www.timecube.com/

    And I'm always skeptical of anyone who feels the need to include their name in the thread title.
    *blushes*

    Sorry, I'll try not to do it in future.

    Michelle
    aka
    Samuraiko/Dark_Respite