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Heya... for those of us who are planning to attend (or trying to), here's a hopefully convenient thread to post in if you are willing to assist others in some form to attend.
Whether that includes offering to split hotel room costs by sharing rooms, carpooling to/from the airport, coordinating flights (or layovers), etc, post it here! And if you're someone who NEEDS help (such as splitting room costs, car rides, etc), ask!
For myself, we have three of us flying in from Seattle to San Jose the Friday afternoon before the summit. We should have room in our rental car for one more person (MAYBE two if you're skinny). And we're staying at the venue of the summit, so if folks will need rides for food, we're willing to help out.
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Here's hoping to see lots of folks at the Plummit!
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite -
Me, Bloodspeaker, and Jade Crush will all be there this time! Woot!
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite -
Quote:Of course - I do that with EVERY arc in the game. But I'm weird like that.Originally Posted by Melancton
DR, I would also hold out to you that this could have been a possibility, but the requisite predicates were not laid there, either, writing-wise.
Wade killed his daughter. He is going to make Wade "rot in prison until he dies." ZAAAAP, it's a trap! "Oh well, I may as well die." I don't think it works at all.
Ms. Liberty is out of control, the rest of the Freedom Phalanx has been assaulted, this guy is sucking Statesman's power right out of him and he just gives up? I know they tacked on the dead wife telling him to go ahead and die, but how many times have illusions cast by bad guys tried to get our heroes to do the wrong thing? For crying out loud, even the Wicked Witch showed up as Auntie Em to Dorothy in the hourglass--- this is STANDARD BAD GUY TRICKERY! But States takes it at face value and promptly dies without much of a struggle.
It just rings false, even for arrogant Dill-Weed Strawman Statesman, and it did not work for me at all.
I cannot help but think that as you played it, you were thinking of a dozen different ways you would have written the episode and scripted it differently had you been writing it yourself. This could have been Epic, but instead it was an Epic Fail. They wanted him dead, so he died, not in a courageous act of sacrifice or protection, but "like a chump" as it was said herein. What a waste.
Michelle
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Thanks!
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite -
I ran this heroside with Agent Tavarisch (who while not full-out Incarnate'd, was certainly fairly buff), and she was LIVID when she got to that temple. Took a few insps, but she was throwing him around and screaming at him at the top of her lungs in incoherent Russian.
Then when it was over, she just sat next to Statesman's body for a good five minutes. Just... sat.
And the only thing going thru her/my mind was...
"How am I going to tell Positron about this?"*
Admittedly, I wanted to slap States for WALKING into Wade's trap, but between the loss of his wife, the loss of his friends, and now the loss of his daughter, maybe he just stopped giving a damn anymore.
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
*This is the character that in my book THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE is dating Raymond Keyes. -
What side do you pick more than others? More heroes than villains, but it depends on what character concept I come up with.
What play style do you prefer? I prefer blasters, controllers and Masterminds. Not so much of the melee in-your-face style, though I do have a couple scrappers.
What power set(s) do you favor? WIDE variety there, but when it comes to blasters, my heart belongs to energy/energy. Oh yeah...
What zones do you like the most? I've found details that I love in virtually every zone in the game. I adore Praetoria because the art overall is the best in the game, but I've spent dozens of hours prowling everywhere just to find scenic places to film.
Do you usually play as a male or female (word of hatred) ''toon''? Usually female. I have a few male characters, but yeah, mostly female. They range greatly in age, personality, and looks.
Views on Role Playing? I enjoy it, especially when it's fun. (Playing my southern belle cancan dancer/saloon girl pistoleer, Ante Up, when she levelled, she exclaimed "Well, tie me up and tickle my fanny with a feather!" Suffice to say, she brought the team to a screaming halt as laughter ensued.)
Servers? Justice primarily, with Triumph as my home away from home.
Michelle
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Quote:Okay, so that means you're gonna show us the rest so we can see who you cropped out, right?Originally Posted by Noble Savage
It's pretty cropped as well. You're seeing maybe 60% of it?
(This is obviously meant to give David time to repaint the picture after he doodled in Dr. Aeon loading up a tomato gun to fire at the funeral procession...)
Michelle
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Quote:Oh wow... oh gods, I hope so - if someone finds it, please post it!Originally Posted by JayboH
Does anyone have a larger version of this?
Michelle
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Oh please oh please let some of those new maps be in there... oh please oh please let some of those new maps be in there...
Michelle
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Quote:Thank you for the compliment.Originally Posted by KAKTOS
Should be added to the end of the arc.Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Michelle
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Unfortunately, however, he is wily enough to not accept bread, rice, or alka seltzer from the players, so we're stuck with him.
Michelle
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Quote:That was the t-shirt from the Freedom Player Summit.Originally Posted by Ascendant
Does anyone have a link to someplace I can get a copy of David Nakayama's t-shirt, or is this one of those things I'm going to have to create on Cafe Press?
RE: The video - I'm also guessing that SSD2 is gonna feature Arachnos. Which would be nice - there's a lot of lore there (especially b/w the Spring Fling and upcoming DA stuff) that has the potential to really bring redside's lore to the forefront. I just REALLY hope they do it right. *crosses fingers*
Michelle
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There are actually two videos I'm working on for this. This is the first. (This one was actually easier to make, even though the issue just went live today!)
Tribute to Marcus 'Statesman' Cole (WWD5 ending) - YouTube version
High res version, as always, is available on my website's Videos page.
Michelle
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A quick little video in memoriam of Statesman...
Tribute to Marcus 'Statesman' Cole (WWD5 ending) - YouTube version
High res version, as always, is available on my website's Videos page.
Michelle
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And here we have it...
ISSUE 23: SOMETHING MISSING
Michelle
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Quote:Hey, everyone starts somewhere - and I've been doing these a lot longer than you have. Keep making them!Originally Posted by ShadowMoka
Well shucks. Wish I knew that earlier. Thanks for the tip! Yours will probably blow mine out of the water xD.
Michelle
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It's both - the FX tells the demofile that the weapons you're using are custom... but it has to know WHICH custom weapons you're using so it pulls that from the costume code part of the demofile. (See Revisor's entry above for an example.)
Michelle
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Quote:Oooh, nice CHORUS LINE reference.Originally Posted by jwbullfrog
This. And, to expand a bit..
I care about Tunnel Rat and BV, I care about Penny Yin and My Mirror Universe Self, I even care about Dean MacArthur and Willy Wheeler.
I just never have, and probably never will care about Statesman.
The news of his impending death, well, lets go to Broadway for a moment....
..."six months later I heard that Karp had died. So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul, and cried... Cause I felt, nothing."
Michelle
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His costume demo info is in a different place than the rest of his establishing info. Try putting it all in one place.
Looking at his costume demo info, it also seems that you don't have the right demo info for his custom weapons IN his costume stuff. For example, this is my dual pistols blaster:
Quote:This is my assault rifle blaster:0 60 NEW Revisor
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0 60 PARTSNAME Pants_Loose Pants_Baggy_01 none 00000000 00737373
0 60 PARTSNAME Jackets !Chest_ShirtTie_01a !Chest_ShirtTie_01b 00ffffff 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME V_fem_Head.GEO/GEO_Head_V_Asym_Standard !Face_Skin_V_Fem_Head_79 none 00220066 00737373
0 60 PARTSNAME Smooth skin_fingerless_01a skin_fingerless_01b 00000000 00737373
0 60 PARTSNAME Smooth smooth_matte none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME V_FEM_BELT.GEO/GEO_Belt_Security_Belt_05 !X_Officer_Belt none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME V_Fem_HAIR.GEO/GEO_Hair_Serrated_Sugar_01 !SF_Hair_Serrated_Sugar_01 !SF_Hair_Serrated_Sugar_01_Mask 00394458 00000a1f
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME V_FEM_EYES.GEO/GEO_Eyes_Mirror_Glasses_02 !X_Mirror_Glasses none 00000000 001f1f1f
0 60 PARTSNAME Top base Medieval_02 00000000 00ffffff
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none !Cape_Trenchcoat_Leather_01 none 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 capes/CapeTrenchFem_02.fx
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME V_FEM_TOP.GEO/GEO_Top_Trenchcoat_01 V_Motorcycle_03 V_Motorcycle_02_Mask 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME V_FEM_SLEEVES.GEO/GEO_SLEEVES_Motorcycle_03 V_Motorcycle_03 none 00000000 00575757
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none ffffff 000000 00c0c063 00613161 WEAPONS/Custom_Pistols/Fem_PistolLeft_NavyColtRevolver01.fx
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 1f0b00 1f1f1f 00c0c063 00613161 WEAPONS/Custom_Pistols/Fem_PistolRight_SemiAuto01.fx
0 60 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 60 MOV DRAW_DUALPISTOLS 8
0 60 FX Maintained 105212 WEAPONS/CUSTOMWEAPON_PISTOLS.FX 0
0 60 FXSCALE 10.000000 10
0 60 ORIGIN ENT 0 0
0 60 TARGET ENT 60 0
0 60 HP 820.20
0 60 HPMAX 820.20
This is what you have:Quote:0 2345 NEW "Glace Noire"
0 2345 COSTUME 1 c9e6ff 2.324103 0.107692 0.000000 0.316876 -0.201256 0.140958 -0.050916 0.007694 0.000000 -0.420000 0.720000 0.000000 -0.470000 0.040000 -0.620000 -0.440000 -0.500000 0.440000 -1.000000 0.410000 -0.120000 -0.300000 0.700000 0.020000 -0.730000 -1.000000 1.000000 -0.490000 0.470000 0.380000
0 2345 PARTSNAME Tight Chiton_02 none 000000 001133
0 2345 PARTSNAME Tight Chiton_02 none 000000 000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME V_fem_Head.GEO/GEO_Head_V_Asym_Standard !v_sf_face_skin_head_10 none 000000 001133
0 2345 PARTSNAME Smooth Chiton_02 none 000000 001133
0 2345 PARTSNAME Smooth Chiton_02 none 000000 001133
0 2345 PARTSNAME Tech_05 tech_02a tech_02b 000000 000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME Hat_Bandana Hat_01a Hat_01b 000000 001133
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME Goggle_03 Lens_01a Lens_01b 000000 131f00
0 2345 PARTSNAME V_FEM_Emblem.GEO/GEO_Emblem_Stealth_01 !Hair_V_Helmet_Longbow !Hair_V_Helmet_Longbow_Mask 000000 1f1f1f
0 2345 PARTSNAME Manga_s Manga_s none 000000 000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 000000 1f1f1f 000000 001133 WEAPONS/Custom_AssaultRifle/Fem_AssaultRifle_Mastermind03.fx
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 2345 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
Start with that, it should resolve the problem.Quote:0 1 COSTUME 0 0084adef -3.274809 -0.505500 0.000000 -0.351600 -0.340700 -0.336300 -0.461500 -0.019780 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
0 1 PARTSNAME Pants_Loose Pants_Slacks_01 none 00e3e3e3 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME Jackets_Sleeves Shirttie_01a Shirttie_01b 00ffffff 00000000
0 1 PARTSNAME V_MALE_HEAD.GEO/GEO_Head_V_Asym_Standard skin_v_head_24 none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME Smooth skin_bare none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME Smooth smooth_01 none 00ffffff 00ffffff
0 1 PARTSNAME Standard leather_01 none 00000000 00ffffff
0 1 PARTSNAME Spiky2 Style_01a Style_01b 00ffffff 00ffffff
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME Glasses_06 Glasses_01a Glasses_01b 00000000 00fdff4c
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
0 1 PARTSNAME Beard_Soul_Patch Beard_01a Beard_01b 00ffffff 00ffffff
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
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0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 00000a1f 00a57ef1 0029003d 00a57ef1 Auras/Male/Fire/FireArms.fx
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME Student Student_01a Student_01b 00ffffff 00f1cc7e
0 1 PARTSNAME Student_Long Student_01a Student_01b 00ffffff 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
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0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 0029003d 00a57ef1
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0 1 PARTSNAME none none none 00000000 00000000
Michelle
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Quote:When a) I finish shooting it, and b) the music I've commissioned for it gets done.Originally Posted by 2short2care
So when are we gonna see your I22 trailer?
Michelle
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Quote:*grins*Originally Posted by ShadowMoka
Thanks ^_^. Yeah only threw it together within an hour or so and was running out of clips so I resorted to using more combat scenes. Was a bit scary to film with the UI disabled.
That's where the beauty of demorecording comes in - you film what you want in-game using the /demorecord command, leave your UI on, beat the snot out of stuff.
Then you play back the demofile WITHOUT the UI and voila! Neat, clean, simple.
For more on how to do that, check out http://www.samuraiko.com/Toons_on_Film.html - upper righthand corner is the PDF of my workshop on how to film in COH.
Michelle
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*looks for the artist in his own drawing*
Aha! There you are!
Michelle
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Quote:Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
But I'm aerodynamic!With Golden Girl, who is not aerodynamic.Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
You're also in a comic - coming soon-ish
Buoyant, maybe, but not aerodynamic.
Michelle
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Okay, so when Hero 1 died, we all hung up our capes.
When States buys it, what fashion item goes? Helmets?
Nobody kill Positron, or everyone in power armor is doomed to rethink their costume...
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite